Search Results: Titles starting with C from Thomas J. Joyce And Company

New York: Fawcett Columbine, ( 1995 ). First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo, clothbacked boards, inked date on rear pastedown Inscribed by Perry under her name on the title-page, to the Perrys [Diane + Ralph]. Features private investigator William Monk.

Joliet: P.F. Volland & Co., n.d. ca. . Revised edition. Wrappers. Fine. Silkscreened. Narrow quarto, picorial gold covers tied w. white silk cord; in fine publisher's box Recipes of 365 different cakes and cookies, as well as frostings and fillings. Arguably the most notable recipe here is for the Lincoln and Douglas Cake, "the recipes is an heirloom, left to me by my aunt, Miss Caroline Oyler of Freeport, Ill., who baked and elaborately decorated the cake and served it to these distinguished gentlemen on the veranda of my grandfather's home, at the conclusion of their famous debate in Freeport. It is a large recipe suitable for a bride's cake and was used for that purpose more than fifty years ago - Foreword." Hiller was the founder and Principal of the Chicago Domestic Science School, and a noted writer and lecturer on culinary subject.

Paris: Harrison of Paris, (1932). First, Limited Edition. Hardcover. very good, embossed cloth. Pavel TCHELITCHEW. Octavo, 239 pages, black cloth, bevelled edges, extra-gilt spine, untrimmed. Ex libris Prof. Harrison Hayford, the editor for the definitive edition of Herman Melville's writings. Lacking the glassine dj and publisher's slipcase. It is curious that this copy is not signed by Wesctott. Copy number 1 of the ordinary issue: it was gifted at "Xmas to Agnes [ Mongan?, the art historian] by Lincoln Kirstein in 1932. "Tenth -and possibly the costliest -book from the press. "...although the saints are enamored of God, their affections, in Wescott's opinion, are drastically restricted -confined to God and the Church -and therefore separated from most of humanity. Love, whether directed outwardly or inwardly, toward God or self, may lead one away from the truths of human existence -Hugh Ford, PUBLISHED IN PARIS, p. 341." Illustrated by Pavel TCHELITCHEW. Designed by Monroe Wheeler, this… Read More

Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clarke Company, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. plates, map. 8vo, 401pp., red cloth; cream dj; unread American Trails Series X. Foreword by Ray Allen Billington. "Diary exceptional on its own account for the thoroughness of overland coverage, penetrating observations of human character and trail geography, and a felicitous literary style. It becomes a classic through interpolations of grandson Bruce, who spent twenty-four seasons retracing every foot of Byron's route - Mattes, 894." [Not in Wagner-Camp, Mintz, or Cowan]. Illustrated with 38 images, mostly photographic supplied by the grandson, and a map.

San Francisco: San Francisco Corral of The Westerners, ( 1996 ). First, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/issued without dj. Edward Borein. 8vo, 105,pages, fabricoid cloth Ace rare bookseller, Jennifer Larson appears here with her article "Forgeries in the Antiquarian Book World", which is just one of the eleven contributions here. Other topics covered include Edward Borein, San Francisco's Chinatown, E. Clampus Vitus, Gelett Burgess, Doctor Nellie, and, of course, San Francisco. This is Brand Book 1 from the SF Corral.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1989). Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Octavo, 212 pages, clothbacked boards, inked names, pencilled glossing

Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 36, [ii] pages, cloth

Boston & Shaftesbury: Shambhala, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Quarto; xiv, 248 pages, cloth With errata slip laid in. Illustrated.with 129 items from the exhibitions at the Arts Museum of Princeton University.

No place: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1959. Enlarged Edition. Paperback. Good. photogravures. 8vo, 685 pages, blue wrappers, A history of northwest Indiana from the earliest to 1933. Photogravures. Indiana Historical Collectioins volume 39. The new Afterword by Lance Trusty: "The Calumet Region 1933-1977". 222222

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, pictorial boards,top joint of fragils spine splitting at ends Elf book no.493.. Art by George Schlining Studios.. 

Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1889. Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo; xiii, 420 pages, pictorial purple cloth, floral endpapers, hinges started. Also, A [fifty-page] History of the Grand Army of the Republic from its beginning to the present date, and other valuable information. "Only one claim is made: the stories are fresh and heretofore unpublished ... It was realized that much wholesome romance, together with many details in the history of the Civil War, remained treasured only in the memories of the veterans, or at least had not found their way into print." - Preface. Chapter III was written by Geneva, Illinois resident, Moses Huntley, of the 52d Illinois Infantry. In it he describes the curious custom practiced by soldiers called "spooning". The woodcut illustrations, include one of Andersonville at page 107, which Sgt. Felix LaBaume sketched, and claims is the only correct sketch of the prison, stockade and hospital. [ Nevins II:10 calls this "Highly romanticized yarns and legends… Read More

New York: George H Richmond, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo, 199 pages, green pictorial cloth stamped in silver. X-library with pockets, frontispiece re-attached With 21 illustrations. Canadian life and observations, mores.

Toledo, OH: Historical Society of Northwestern Ohio, 1949. First Edition. Flexible covers. Good. Octavo; viii, 189 pages, quarter cloth, wrappers; inked name of a Toledoan on the title-page Volume II of the Lucas County Historical Series - proposed to be six volumes. . Downes was the Director of the Historical Society. Illustrated by Art Students of Scott and DeVilbiss High Schools of Toledo, and by Iris Keller and Kathryn Miller Keller.

Paris: Librairie Octave Doin, 1924. First. Softcover. Fair. 105 figures. Octavo, 681 pages, French wrappers, top cover detached, rear chipped, unopened. Very Scarce. Illustrated with 105 figures. This is one of a series of books, each focussed on cancer of different organs and regions of the body, all under the editorship of Professors Hartmann and Berard. Part 1 is devoted to carcinomata, Part 2 is on sarcomata. Three varieties of adenocarcinoma ard described.

New York: John Edmund Mackenty. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. 63 pages, cloth This work explores not only cancer of the larynx, but also the invention of the artificial larynx by the Western Electric / AT&T Laboratories who worked with Dr. Mackenty in its creation and use circa 1929.

New York: Hermitage House, 1949. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. Sydney Joseph. Small 4to, clothbacked boards; bookplate of Vincent Strangio, top corner bumped, water spot on rear cover at bottom. You'll want to re-read this classic just to enjoy the saucy monochromatic illustrations by Sydney Joseph. This copy is number 978 of 1500 examples. Joseph did a number of cover illustrations for the Conde Nast syndicate.

London & New York: The Nonesuch Press / The Heritage Press, 1939. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Sylvain Sauvage. Small 4to, 147 pages, two-tone cloth, lightly rubbed; lacks the publisher's slipcase. "For the optimistic, innocent Candide, and his equally guileless if more worldly-wise mentor, Dr. Pangloss, and their delicious adventures, still command our attention. The folly of philosophic and religious optimism is displayed with a vigour and wit that carries the reader away. Irony without exaggeration, a perfect restraint in its admirable humour, a gift for the 'hrowaway line' ('pour encourager les autres' is a classic example); all these show Voltaire's style and originality at their incomparable best --PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN, 204." Illustrated from 20 watercolors by Sylvain Sauvage. Translated by Richard Aldington; Introduction by Paul Morand. This is one of the few Nonesuch Press books which was co-published with The Heritage Press.

New York: Hermitage House, 1949. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good. Sydney Joseph. Small 4to, clothbacked boards. You'll want to re-read this classic just to enjoy the saucy monochromatic illustrations by Sydney Joseph. This copy is an unnumbered copy. Joseph did a number of cover illustrations for the Conde Nast syndicate.

New York: Random House, 1975. 50th Anniversary Edition, Book Club Variant. Hardcover. very good . ROCKWELL KENT. Quarto, 111, [ii] pages, embossed red cloth covers; with a publisher's facsimile slipcase. This is a facsimile editioin of the first book published by Random House, whose logo was designed by Kent. This edition has an additional 3-page Bibliographical Note by Charles Edmund Merrill, Jr., in 1929 explaining that this reprint edition has all of Kent's illustrations in the 1928 RH edition, with some minor changes in the translation from the French. This edtion has a new Publisher's Note. "For the optimistic, innocent Candide, and his equally guileless if more worldly-wise mentor, Dr. Pangloss, and their delicious adventures, still command our attention. The folly of philosophic and religious optimism is displayed with a vigour and wit that carries the reader away. Irony without exaggeration, a perfect restraint in its admirable humour, a gift for the 'hrowaway line' ('pour encourager les… Read More

New York: Random House, 1930. Second edition. Hardcover. very good . ROCKWELL KENT. Quarto, 111 pages, violet cloth, some sunning, tender front hinge; ex libris Chicagoan Louis Edward Tilden, with a bookplate designed by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. Signed by Rockwell Kent on the free endpaper ( Rare thus ! ). This was the first book published by Random House, whose logo was designed by Kent. This edition has an additional 3-page Bibliographical Note by Charles Edmund Merrill, Jr., in 1929 explaining that this reprint edition has all of Kent's illustrations in the RH edition, with some minor changes in the translation from the French. "For the optimistic, innocent Candide, and his equally guileless if more worldly-wise mentor, Dr. Pangloss, and their delicious adventures, still command our attention. The folly of philosophic and religious optimism is displayed with a vigour and wit that carries the reader away. Irony without exaggeration, a perfect restraint in its admirable humour, a gift… Read More