Search Results: Titles starting with C from Boyd Used & Rare Books

New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2005. Journal. Near Fine. Very light bumping to bottom fore edge corner. A couple very light creases on front wrap. Pages are clean and binding is tight.

New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2005. Journal. Fine. Pages are clean and binding is tight.

New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2003. Journal. Fine. Pages are clean and binding is tight.

New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2001. Journal. Near Fine. Journal has tiny bit of bumping to upper front fore edge corner. Pages are clean and binding is tight.

New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 2003. Journal. Fine. Journal has a tiny bit of bumping at head of spine and upper front fore edge corner. Pages are clean and binding is tight.

New York: Padell, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition of 126 copies, numbed and signed by the author, this being copy number 16. Light speckling in outer hinges. Small spot of soiling on two facing pages. Fore-margin torn on one leaf (a presumed bindery artifact), else fine. 174, 117, 185 pp. The complete texts of three of Patchen's works (First Will & Testament, The Dark Kingdom, Cloth of the Tempest) brought together and bound in beige cloth with spine label stamped in genuine gold, printed on Rag Laid paper. The signed and numbered colophon tipped to front pastedown.

New York: P. Murphy & Son, 1903. Hardcover. Good. Four Volume set has half bound leather with dark green cloth boards. Marbled end papers. All four books have wear to head and tail of spine with a bit of missing material (a few mm in most cases). Volume 3 is missing approximately 1 sq. cm of material at base of spine. Volume 2 has crack to leather along entire front spine joint, as well as horizontal crack about 1/3 way up. All books have a bit of edge wear with some bumping to lower edges and wear to corners. A few scratches to surfaces. Each book has an artistic bookplate from the previous owner on the front paste down. Stamp from small non-circulating library on the second free end page of volume 2 only. No other library indicators. Name/address stamps on the title pages and bottom edge of the text blocks. Pages are free of marks. Bindings are firm. Each volume is 336 pages. 7 x 10 inches. "Selections from the Works of the Chief Poets, Orators, and Prose Writers of Ireland with… Read More

Barcelona, Spain: Plaza & Janes, 1989. Soft cover. Good+. Book has rubbing to surfaces with a tiny bit fading to front cover title. Sticker ghost on spine. Very light general surface soiling. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. No creases to spine. Spanish Language. 5.75 x 8.3 inches. 280 Pages.

Fresno, CA: California Christian College, 1976. Hardcover. Good+. Book has some white scuffs to the front board. Small crack to cloth lower front spine edge. A few small soil spots. Previous owner's name on ffep. Just a couple signatures. 8.5 x 11.25 inches. 80 Pages.

Beverly Hills, CA: Ira and Larry Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. Catalog for the auction held on Oct. 2-3, 2000 at the Holiday Inn in Beverly Hills (Ira and Larry Goldberg Sale No. 7). The auction featured The Wurlitzer Foundation of United States Coinage, The Ralph Morehead Collection, and The Jim Brennan Collection of United States Currency. A b/w catalog with 4 pages of color photographs. Clean with light edge wear and a faint crease in the spine. Interior is free of any writing or marks. 241 pp.

Eagle Creek, Oregon: Creation Calendars, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Signed by MacMurray on title page. Fine. Dust jacket shows the faintest of handling; in a clear archival sleeve. 83, viii pages. 10.6 x 10.25 inches 73 stunning color landscape photographs by Oregon photographer John MacMurray, the first published collection of his work. These images captured are in turn majestic and elegantly sublime, displaying the wonders of nature's pristine places, ranging from the Oregon coast to the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho, from Yosemite to the Grand Canyon, and with select images from across the United States and around the world (New Zealand, Chile, the Canadian Rockies, Scotland, Switzerland). MacMurray's work has been published by National Geographic, Sierra Club, and many others. Includes a key with MacMurray's comments about each of the locations photographed. The book is divided into two thematic sections: Majesty and Serenity.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. Stated First Edition. Turquoise cloth boards with dark green lettering on spine. Previous owner's name rubber stamped on endpapers, else interior is clean. Dust jacket shows light edge wear; a few small spots of damage on spine; rear panel rubbed (rear panel advertises " Buy War Bonds"); price clipped. DJ in archival sleeve. 304 pp. 8 x 5.5 inches. A World War II novel of American minutemen dealing with a Japanese invasion of the Pacific Northwest. Published in January 1943. During the time this was written, fears of an imminent Japanese invasion loomed large. There were attacks on the West Coast, including the shelling of Fort Stevens, on Oregon's coast, by a Japanese submarine in June 1942, and an aerial bombing on the southern Oregon coast in September. Roderick Allyn Lull (1907-1966) was a writer and longtime resident of Portland, Oregon. He was primarily a short story writer who had… Read More

Cambridge: Macmillan & Co, 1881. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio bound in blue leather; original blue cloth sides with gilt pictorial (Hobson's Conduit) and lettering; board margins are raised leather with gilt rules. Cloth a bit scuffed; worn spot at foot of spine. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. Six page letterpress introduction with historic and illustrative notes for each engraving, by John Willis Clarke. 40 x 28 cm. A handsome collection of views of Cambridge, England, drawn and etched by the Cambridge native Robert H. Farren (1832-1910). 25 engraved plates, each with its own etched title page. Also, there are engraved pictorials for the title-page, dedication page, the head of the Introduction, and the table of contents page, plus three smaller pictorials in the front. Tissues are missing for the table of contents and two of the plate title pages. Some tissues have dusty edges. Previous owner's name at head of flyleaf. Gerry Frank was an American soldier from Oregon who fought in the European… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Signed by Author(s). Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Inscribed, signed and dated by the author on the half-title page. A mystery novel featuring San Francisco's female private eye, Odyssey Gallagher. Brown cloth boards. Front bottom fore-edge corner lightly bumped. Dust jacket shows light edge wear; not price clipped. DJ is in an archival mylar sleeve. 234 pages. 8.25 x 5.5 inches.

London: Benjamin Franklin Stevens, 1888. Hardcover. Very Good+. Two volumes. Original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Bit of cracking at head of spine of v.2. Minor wear to bottom edges. Gilt top edge. Discolored spot on half-title page of v.1. Penciled number in bottom margin of title pages. Otherwise a very good, clean set. Tipped-in errata slips for each volume. xxix, 507 pp.; 465 pp. 10.25 x 7 inches. An exceptionally good, annotated work encompassing all of the material relevant to the acrimonious Clinton-Cornwallis Controversy. Contents: [Volume I] Introduction; Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative; Earl Cornwallis's Answer; Clinton's Observations on Answer; Correspondence of Clinton & Cornwallis; Themistocles' Reply to Narrative; Parting Word on Controversy; Chronological Correspondence, 17 May 1780 to 31 May 1781. [Volume II] Chronological Correspondence (Continuation), 4 June 1781 to 27 Dec 1781; Supplement; House of Lords Journals (Extracts);… Read More

Toronto: NC Press Limited, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good-. Booklet has spiral top binding. A little light bumping to corners of wraps. Light fading to edges of wraps. Small inked out mark on front wrap. Every page includes a small illustration of colonial era household item. 48 pages.

Canby, Ore.: Herald Printing Co., 1922. Soft cover. Good. Staple-bound in printed wraps. Cover is split along the spine; booklet is held together by string through a punch-hole. [5] pages. 9 x 5.5 inches. 1922 Canby (Clackamas County, Oregon) telephone directory.

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Book is lightly bumped and worn at head and tail of spine. Faint wear to fore edge corners. Very faint tide mark on rear board. Does not impact any other parts of book. Spine is slightly cocked. A few small soil spots on spine and boards. Name and date on ffep. All other pages are free of marks. Binding is sound. 5.5 x 8 inches. 341 Pages.

[Waikanae, New Zealand]: Heritage Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Very faint wear to spine ends. Previous owner's name stamp on front and rear flyleaves, otherwise clean. Dust jacket in clear archival sleeve. Illustrations and maps. Index. 236 pp. 20.5 x 14.5 cm. Biography of the New Zealand pioneer, politician, and captain, William Crush Daldy (1816-1903). The English-born merchant mariner first arrived in Auckland in 1841 and became an influential member of society, helped create several important institutions, and served as the representative of the City of Auckland in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament from 1855 to 1860.

London: Boriswood, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First trade edition. Black cloth boards decoratively stamped in silver and red on spine and front cover. Interior is clean and unmarked. One leaf has a dog-ear crease, else fine. Dust jacket with an original Book Society belly-band; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. 423, plus [7] ads.