Search Results: Titles starting with C from Glenn Books

Ramona, CA: Ballena Press , 1972. Spine and edges lightly sunned. Spine title in ink. Limited to 750 copies. Owner's name, address on front flyleaf. 59 pages of autographs accompanied by a few lines of information about each entry. Three to four autographs per page. Quite nicely done. 59pp.. First Edition.. Blue Wrappers. Nearly Fine.. Thin Royal Octavo.

San Buenaventura: Junipero Serra Press, 1976. Limited to 350 copies. Minor scuffs rear cover. 49pp.. Limited Edition. Full Black Leather. Nearly Fine/No Jacket. 3" x 2 1/8".

Worcester, Massachusetts: Achille J. St. Onge, 1975. Cover stamped in silver. All edges gilt. One of 1500 copies printed in Holland and bound in Limoges, France. An album with stamp images in black and white on the recto, descriptions on the adjacent verso. Six-cent bicentennial stamp is tipped-in as frontispiece. . Limited Edition. Full Blue Morocco. Nearly Fine/No Jacket. 3 1/2" x 2 1/2".

London: Seeley and Company., 1900. Gilt lettering and central cover design. Top edge gilt.. Well-illustrated. Slight foxing to fore-edge. Comprehensive history, hard to find in first edition. Black endpapers. Front hinge just barely starting to weakn. Eight full-page color illustrations protected by tissue guards. Twenty others in monochrome. All illustrations printed by Edmund Evans at the Racquet Court Press. Chapters on cameo materials and their cutting processes, early cameos and glass pastes, Graeco-Roman and medieval cameos, Renaissance and later cameos. 66pp. + adverts.. First Edition. Maroon Cloth. Light Corner Wear./No. Royal Octavo.

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1950. A companion to earlier works on American and British diaries. 1276 alphabetical listings, typewritten format. 130pp plus index.. First Edition. Green Cloth. Nearly Fine./Nearly Fine.. Octavo.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1977. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk sewn-in bookmark. From the Easton series "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written". Illustrations by Sylvain Sauvage. Color frontispiece portrait of the author. This novella was first published in 1759. Voltaire (1694-1778) was a French writer, poet, historian, social and religious critic. 131pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Gray-blue Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Demy Octavo.

Tokyo, Japan: Seibundo-Shinkosha Publishing Company, 1956. The cover is made from Judogi fabric, used to fashion the judo uniform jacket. Front cover and spine lettered in black. Some light wear of spine lettering but quite readable. See photos. Illustrated endpapers. This is the so-called "Holy Grail" of the judo community. Replete with photographs in black and white throughout the text, with the author's instructive positions and techniques. Very clean and crisp throughout. Kyuzo Mifune (1883-1965) was one of the greatest exponents of the art of judo after only the founder Kano Jigoro. He is considered one of the greatest judo technicians ever. Later edition are seen for sale, but seldom does a first edition appear on the market. OCLC records twenty libraries worldwide holding the book, and ABPC did not show a single auction sale the past 30 years. Reprint editions are now selling for $500-600. It is our pleasure to offer this rare treatise on the art of judo. 245pp.. First English… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1978. All edges gilt. Covers and spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Silk bookmark sewn-in. This edition done into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill, newly revised for this edition. Frontispiece illustration of Chaucer. Double-page color illustration preceding the prologue. 550pp. The earliest printed edition of this classic work was done by Caxton in 1418. Chaucer lived from 1243-1400. A finely-bound copy of the famous work. . Collector's Edition. Full Brown Leather. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Large Octavo.

Kansas City: The Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation, 1982. A selection of historical photographs and documents including a handwritten manuscript by Mr. Truman reproduced in actual size of the original and titled "The Military Career of a Missourian". A clean and crisp copy throughout. 107pp.. First Edition. White Paper-Covered Boards. Fine/Fine. Thin Quarto.

Kenosha, Wisconsin: Samuel Lowe Company, 1944. Spine lightly chipped. Fore-edge front cover has several brown stains. Old ink stamped name rear cover. A book of games, riddles, tricks, stunts for the family. Three of the puzzles have been completed by a former owner. Otherwise, a very clean copy. Captain Marvel first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 in 1940. The magic word "Shazam" changed alter ego Billy Batson into the caped superhero!!! See Overstreet p. 507.. First Edition. Color Illustrated Card Wrapper. Light Edge and Corner Wear/No Jacket. Large Octavo.

New York: Random House, 1989. Front cover with gilt palm leaves. Spine lettered in gilt. Very slight rubbing of title. Map endpapers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. This is #582/1000 specially-bound copies. Custom box in excellent condition. 673pp. James A. Michener (1907-1997) waqs an American writer fo over 40 books. He won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel, "Tales of the South Pacific". . Signed by Author. Limited, Signed Edition. Aqua Cloth. Nearly Fine/Housed in Slipcase as Issued. Thick Demy Octavo.

Fort Belvoir, Virginia The Engineer School 1940. Gray wrappers. Moderate soiling and spotting of covers. Reprint of the 1922 edition. This is Part V, the instructor's guide..

Hornsea, England: PV Publishing Ltd, 2014. Housed in fine slipcase. Limited to 974 slipcased copies, this being #191. Signed by Glenn Chadbourne the illustrator; James Lovegrove who wrote the foreward, and by Kim Newman who wrote the afterward. A fine, unread copy of King's first novel, celebrating the 40th year of publication. Illustrated throughout. 214pp.. Signed by Illustrator. The Deluxe 40th Anniversary Edition. Color- Illustrated Boards. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

Copper engraving. Twelve coats-of-arms, NOT hand-colored. From Tome 2, No.47 of the Chatelain, "Atlas Historique". "Avec Privilege de Nosseigneurs les Etats de Hollande et de West Frize". Printed circa 1710. Quite a large, impressive "family tree". . Minor Tear at Fold. . 39 1/2" x 16".

Southworth, Washington: R.M. Weatherford, Inc., 1988. 671 listing from the library of Mr. Yost, one of the most extensive gatherings of Russell illustrated material ever offered for sale at that date. . First Edition. Tan Wrappers. Nearly Fine/No Jacket. Quarto.

Philmont, NY: Turn of the Century Editions, 1989. Illustrated throuighout in black and white photos from private collections. Listed with original prices. A fine piece of Roycrofter ephemera. 64pp. See photos. First Edition. Tan Illustrated Wrappers. Nearly Fine/No Dust Jacket. 10 1/4" x 7 1/4".

London: Spink and Son, Ltd, 1976. Paper label front cover. 221 listings. Color portrait frontispiece. Illustrations in black and white. . First Edition. Grey Wrappers. Minor Edge Wear. Small Quarto.

London: The Museum Book Store4, 1928. This is catalogue #28. Cover edges toned, Slight crease rear cover. 522 entries on 64 pages. Not illustrated.. First Edition. Grey Wrappers. Light Wear ./No Dust Jacket. Square Octavo.

East Brunswick, NJ: Movable Book Society, 2004. Eleven movable and pop-up reproductions by famous creators. See photos. The custom box shows several small areas of quite minor soiling and rubbing. The movables and pop-ups are fine. . Limited Edition. Purple Cloth. Fine. Quarto.

New York and London: Frederick Warne, 1946. The line illustrations in the booklet are from colour pictures in Kate Greenaway books, except for those on pages 6 and 7 which are from "Kate Greenaway" by Spielmann and Layard. 15pp.. First Edition. Color Illustrated Wrappers.. Nearly Fine./Glassine Protective Wrapper. Thin Octavo.