Search Results: Authors starting with C from Peruse the Stacks

U.S.A.: Kent State University Press, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fading to spine of jacket and light wear to boards else fine.

Champaign, IL: Arcane Publications, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Scarce 1st issue of this publication with the first appearance of Lansdale's "In the Night," as well as stories and poems from Timothy Zahn, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, and others. Staple bound, near fine in orange wraps with light soiling to rear panel.

The Dial Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Nice copy of this novel from Cain. Book shows little to no wear, and jacket has just a bit of rubbing to extremities, and a bookstore sticker to back panel. Near fine.

Boston: Gregg Prss, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first printing of this collection. Fine book with a smudge to top edge of page block in near fine jacket with just a hint of edge wear.

London: Robert Hale, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First hardcover edition of two novels, Jealous Woman and Sinful Woman. Published in the U.K. in 1955 by Hale. Very good book with lightly bumped upper corner in very good jacket with small loss at head of spine. Some edge wear, and soiling to back panel, otherwise nicely preserved.

New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First thus of this omnibus edition, signed by Cain on the ffep. Very good book with some shelf wear at spine ends and corner tips. Jacket has 1" triangular chip from head of spine, chipping at heel and corners, and a tear to top edge of inner rear flap. Good. Very scarce signed copy of the author's most prominent work(s).

McGraw-Hill, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 2 volumes of this collection. Hardcover first printing, near fine with bumped lower corners in like jacket. Also includes the uncorrected proof which is fine, and also wrapped in the proof jacket which has some wrinkling at the top due to being quite a bit taller than the proof. Nice set.

PS Publishing, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Trade hardcover, limited to 500 copies, and signed. Fine in like jacket.

Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin, 1930. First edition. 24x17cm, [24]pp. Stitched in plain card wrappers in patterned paper jacket with printed label on front. Internally clean and sound, jacket toned and lightly chipped. Very good. First edition of this collection of lyric poetry from Sarah Bixby Smith (1871-1935) of the Bixby family of California pioneers.  Smith is remembered for her memoir, Adobe Days, chronicling her childhood on a sheep ranch in Rancho San Justo, and her family's involvement in the development of Los Angeles.  She was also a women's education advocate, president of the Friday Morning Club and vice president of the American Association of University Women.   Her earlier collections of California verse were printed by the Torch Press in Iowa.  However, this collection was printed by Jake Zeitlin, Los Angeles bookseller, two years after opening his first shop on Hope Street.  A scarce piece of Southern California printing.  .

San Francisco: Bacon & Company, Printers, 1872. First edition. 8vo, 300pp. Blind and Gilt stamped red cloth in very good condition with sunning and fading to spine, edge wear, and some scuffing. Front pastedown with a small doodle in purple, rear pastedown with a tear to bottom edge. Couple marginal spots else clean internally. Uncommon volume of poetry with an interesting San Francisco imprint.  Eliza Ann Woodruff Hopkins (1811-1878) before coming to California, was a resident of Joliet, IL, and assistant editor of the True Democrat newspaper.  She married the prospector, Charles Bronson Hopkins in 1837, who later left her alone with their children to find his fortune in the west.  She finally made her way out to California in the early 1860's to reunite her family.  There is a review of this collection in Bret Harte's Overland Monthly, volume 9, 1872: "Mrs. Hopkins says of her book: 'Perhaps the volume may not inaptly be compared to our California Highways - with its big and little… Read More

[Berkeley]: Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1972. 7 bifolium cards of various sizes and stocks 6 of which are illustrated. 5 have some text printed on the inside ranging from the printer's credit to short poems or blurbs. Generally near fine or better. Beautiful set New Year's and Season's Greetings cards from the Bay Area fine printer brothers, Lawton and Alfred Kennedy.  Lawton worked for John Henry Nash, the Grabhorns and others before establishing his own press in 1952.  This 1953 New Year's card on glossy stock likely represents one of the earliest efforts from that time.  Two other cards from Lawton are dated 1956 and 1969 and the other two are undated.  The two larger, colored cards are quite stunning, one containing a  woodcut Astronomer Scanning the Moon with a Quadrant, by anonymous Master DS, Basel, CA 1508, and the other an ocean scene with color scheme by Paul Quentin Foster accompanied by an interior quote from Moby Dick.    The two cards from the no-less-skilled younger brother… Read More

Los Angeles: Church of Scientology of California Publications Organization, 1977. 36x22cm, various paginations. Printed in several colors. Few revision markings in pen throughout. Bound with acco fasteners in blue plastic covers. Few tape repairs to covers, with chipping to edges. Very good. A very uncommon internal publication from the Church of Scientology, consisting of a packet of HCO policy letters and bulletins covering the detecting and handling of suppressive persons and potential trouble sources.  OCLC locates a single copy at UC, Davis.

San Jose: N.p., 1919. 23x16cm, [23]pp. Photographs, illustrations. Staple bound in printed wraps. Some light toning and soiling to wrappers. Nearly fine. Addendum laid in front. Apparently unrecorded pamphlet from this Valley of San Jose, Orient of California Scottish Rite reunion, October 10-12, 1919.  Includes a petition for degrees; photographs of the temple, members, club and lodge rooms; committee lists; and program schedules complete with Masonic symbols.   Not found in OCLC.

Butte, Montana: Butte Historical Society, 1982. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Near fine in wraps. First edition sticker on front cover. Local history of Butte and its people.

New York: Cab Calloway, Inc, 1948. Two 10x8" silver gelatin publicity photos, both showing Calloway, in his double breasted suit. One photo is inscribed by Calloway to a Peggy Jo, and the other is signed by his small band, the Cab Jivers. Caption pasted to the lower margin of each, few remnants to corners from previous mounting. Generally very good. Fantastic set of signed photos from the great American band leader.  In 1948, Calloway disbanded his large orchestra in favor of a smaller band of 7, called the "Cab Jivers."  This downsized group consisting of Panama Francis, Jonah Jones, Milt Hinton, Dave Rivera, Sam Taylor, F "Keg" Johnson,  and Hilton Jefferson was suitable for smaller venues as well as television appearances.  Each member has signed the closeup photo of Calloway, and Cab has inscribed the other with best wishes and "Hi de Ho."  Photos signed by the entire ensemble are not common.  .

Fort Sill: School of Fire for Field Artillery, 1916. Hardcover. Good. WWI manual and journal belonging to Charles Wadsworth Camp of the 305th field artillery regiment. Camp, a mystery writer, drama critic, and father of author Madeleine L'Engle, would later go on to write a history of the 305th. Being exposed to mustard gas during his time in the field, he would succumb to pneumonia some 20 years later at the age of 57. 53 printed pages of manual at the rear, 31 pages of manuscript notes, diagrams, lists, essays, etc. written recto-verso in the front section of the journal. Camp's name and regiment on front of first page. Roughly twice that number of blank pages in the middle with a few others jotted on. Rear page of the manual is detached as is the front leather cover. 3 ring binder mechanism is sound and showing nice patina of age. Incredible piece of history from an important literary figure whom today is much overlooked.

Crosswicks, New Jersey, 1887. No Binding. Very Good. Early and scarce signature from Charles Wadsworth Camp, a hubin listed mystery author, WWI veteran, and perhaps most famously, the father of Madeleine L'Engle. 2 leaves from one of his childhood books, Colonial Days: Stories and Ballads for Young Patriots, by Richard Markham. The first leaf is the decorated front endpaper which states "one of W. Camp's favorite books when a little boy." The The second leaf, with the frontis on the verso, has Camp's full signature, dated in 1887 at his family estate, Crosswicks, New Jersey. He would have been 10 years old at the time. Very good with chipping and wear to edges and some foxing.

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition stated. Novel with thriller/mystery elements from Charles Wadsworth Camp, father of children's author, Madeleine L'Engle. Camp, a WWI veteran, died in 1936 from complications due to mustard gas exposure in the war. He wrote several mystery novels, including this one, which are listed in Hubin's Bibliography of Crime fiction, as well as short stories for publications such as "College Humor" magazine, and non fiction works about the Great War. Nicely preserved copy, near fine in publisher's green cloth boards with black lettering and design. Some toning along joints and light foxing to foredge, else fine. Jacket very good with some rubbing and wear at spine ends and a 1.5" tear along bottom edge of rear joint. Some soiling to white rear panel and toning to spine, else a nice copy of this scarce jacket.

London: Century, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: St Martins Press, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of this collection containing original stories from Wellman, Lumley, Lafferty, Campbell, Leiber, Aickman, and others. Near fine book in like jacket with some tanning/spotting to edges, visible on inside of jacket, and back panel.