Search Results: Titles starting with C from Magus Books

Henry Holt, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good in decorated blue boards with some rubbing to white titles on front cover and spine. Otherwise clean and tight. A very attractive copy of this extremely scarce golf novel.

Doubleday, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Very early printing with no additional printings listed on copyright page and $3.95 price on dust jacket flap--identical to the first edition save for no "First Edition" statement on copyright page. Near-fine with barest trace of rubbing to corners, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket with slight wear at the spine ends and corners. NEATLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page: "Best wishes to Mr. Joe Field--Herman Wouk." A beautiful signed copy of this classic, basis for the Humphrey Bogart film.

San Jose: The Pacific Short Story Club, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good in illustrated stiff wraps (somewhat soiled) over cardboard boards. Small puncture along left edge of front board extends through first 20 pages but does not affect text. A scarce title by Bland, who was California's Poet Laureate from 1929-31.

Western News Company, 1898. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good minus with wear to spine ends and corners (quarter-inch loss at top of spine) and a bit of soiling to boards. Paper loss to interior hinges but binding intact. Ownership label and bookseller stamp on front pastedown and faint number "50" at top corner of title page, otherwise pages clean and unmarked.

Gregg Press, 1975. First Thus . As-new with no flaws--a beautiful copy.

Chapman and Hall, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A fine copy--bright and clean--in a near-fine dust jacket with very slight edgewear. A beautiful copy of this scarce title, featuring 114 prints including illustrations by Hogarth, Cruikshank, Caldecott, Tenniel, Goya and many more.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. 1st Edition . First Knopf edition. Near-fine with slight offsetting to endpapers, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a fine dust jacket with $11.50 price intact. INSCRIBED BY UPDIKE on the flyleaf to Stathis Orphanos, co-founder of Sylvester & Orphanos Publishing House and a well-known photographer who produced portraits of many famous authors, including Updike (who said he felt Orphanos gave him the definitive personality he always lacked). A beautiful signed copy with a nice association.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Early printing of the first edition, in a first-state dust jacket with $1.00 price. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out with no significant flaws. In a near-fine dust jacket with a touch of wear at the top of the spine. The first printing of this title is quite rare, as are early printings in this condition.

Doubleday Crime Club, 1934. 1st Edition . Near-fine with slight shelf wear, otherwise bright and clean. In a very good dust jacket (price clipped) with a small abrasion near the top of the front panel, light chipping at spine ends, and clear tape along the reverse at the edges. Very scarce.

Phoenix Press, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good in red boards with name and date written at top of flyleaf; pages bright and clean. Original dust jacket is trimmed about an eighth of an inch at the top and a quarter of an inch at the bottom, and the flaps have been affixed to the front and rear pastedowns. A very scarce title.

London: Order of the Trustees, 1912. 1st Edition . Very scarce complete five-volume set, published in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1905 and 1912, respectively. Very good plus in original light brown cloth with slight shelf wear and a touch of soiling. "Presented by the Trustees of The British Museum" label affixed to front pastedown or flyleaf of each volume. Bindings firm, with gilt titles on spines bright and clean. Cataloguing 3,890 bird species represented by nearly 70,000 types of eggs; included are 79 full-page color plates. A beautiful set.

Bantam, 2009. 1st Edition . Near-fine with slight bumping to corners, otherwise clean and tight. In a near-fine dust jacket with the barest trace of wear at the spine ends. The surprisingly scarce sequel to The Wolf of Wall Street, basis for the Martin Scorsese film that received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.

University of Southern California, 1926. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very good plus. Very good plus in stiff card wraps with light edgewear; 111 pages (clean and unmarked). Includes several addresses and many photos pertaining to the 1926 dedication ceremonies for USC's law building. Extremely scarce.

New York: Putnam, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The very scarce true U.S. first printing (stated on copyright page). Near-fine with neat ownership name written on blank page opposite title page, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket--$5.95 price intact--with a touch of wear at the spine ends and corners. An excellent copy. Von Daniken's controversial book theorizes that extraterrestrials impacted early human life and was the basis for a 1970 film.

Harper & Brothers, 1897. First Edition . Hardcover. Very good plus. Very good plus in dark green boards with gilt titles. Some rubbing to the spine and edges of boards; interior clean and unmarked. A beautiful copy of a scarce title.

Henry Holt and Company, 1916. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First issue with first page of ads in back dated 3'16 at bottom of page. Very good in dark green boards with slight rubbing to spine ends and corners, and fading to gilt title on spine (but still completely legible). Ownership inscription on flyleaf, tiny price stamped at top of rear pastedown, and offsetting to a few pages where clippings had been laid in. Included is an 8 x 10 black and white photo of Carl Sandburg and an historically significant letter that relates to it. The letter is addressed to the original owner of the book (whose name is written on the flyleaf) from a relative of hers. In November 1936, the letter-writer and a companion paid an unannounced visit to Sandburg at his home in Harbert, Michigan. While there, his friend took photos of Sandburg, including the one here (this is a copy of the original) showing Sandburg sitting by the fireplace with his famous four-volume Lincoln biography (to be released a… Read More

McGraw-Hill, 1988. 1st Edition . Fine in a fine dust jacket, BOLDLY SIGNED BY SHIRLEY TEMPLE (signature only) on the flyleaf. A beautiful signed copy.

Ballantine Books, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very good plus/Very Good. Very good plus with slight shelf wear, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket ($2.00 price intact) with a bit of chipping to spine ends and corners, slight fading to red title on spine, small (and very light) stain to bottom edge of rear panel, and a couple of small stains to the reverse (not visible from the exterior). An attractive copy of this 20th Century science fiction high spot.

Macmillan, 1902. 1st Edition . Very good plus with a touch of rubbing near the top and bottom of the spine and at the corners. Front hinge professionally repaired and slight foxing to illustrations and opposing pages, otherwise clean and unmarked. A beautiful copy of London's scarce third book.

Macmillan, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Pogany, Willy. Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a very good plus dust jacket ($3.95 price intact) with slight rubbing at the spine ends and corners. An excellent copy of this rather scarce title.