Search Results: Titles starting with C from Second-handSOME BOOKS

VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping, top and bottom of spine and all outside corners. One inch vertical closed tear along right upper edge of spine. Creasing/toning to top edge of flaps. Spine sunned. Minor soiling to both panels, primarily along spine and outside edges. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. Toning to endpapers alongside spine, front and back. Small pencil markings; top of FFEP and gutter of rear paste-down. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of W. Somerset Maugham's satirical novel, Cakes and Ale, the basis for the 1974 BBC miniseries and what Maugham considered his favorite work. This copy is a 1st UK trade edition, 1st impression, second state (page 147 error corrected), published by Heinemann in 1930. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping to top corners of spine and top outside corners, both panels. Small chip to top edge, back panel. Minor soiling to spine and both panels. Price clipped. BOARDS: Crown and foot of spine worn w/very small tears, primarily the latter. Front and back boards distressed. Scuffs to outside corners. Shelf rubbing to bottom edges, w/very small tear to cloth, back edge, near spine. BOOK: Topstain, w/minor spotting to same. Textblock separation from spine, top. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Joseph Heller's satirical war novel, Catch-22, often cited as one of the most significant novels of the 20th century. This is a 1st trade edition, 2nd printing of the work published by Simon & Schuster in 1961. The original dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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"Catch-22 is… Read More

VERY GOOD condition — DUST JACKET: Minor wear & tear to top and bottom edges of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Small closed tear to bottom left corner of spine. Tape remnants along outside edge of flaps. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. Separation at top of spine/textblock. Light foxing to textblock head and foredge, primarily head. Tape remnants to paste-downs corresponding to dust jacket flaps. Lean to spine. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of John Irving's coming-of-age tale, The Cider House Rules, his 6th novel, and the basis for the 1999 film of the same name. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing published by Willilam Morrow in 1985.
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" 'The Cider House Rules is filled with people to love and to feel for. . . . The characters in John Irving's novel break all the rules, and yet they remain noble and free-spirited.'—The… Read More

VERY GOOD+ condition — SLIPCASE: Minor wear w/loose seams, bottom rear. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. No issues. Please inspect photos closely for condition details. THIS IS A LARGE BOOK.
Here on offer is an exceptionally nice copy of Charles Finney's award-winning novel, The Circus of Dr. Lao, a fantastical and macabre work which won the inaugural National Book Award for Most Original Book of 1935. This copy is a limited edition, numbered and signed by the artist, Claire Van Vliet, and published by the Limited Editions Club in 1982. The book is housed in a hardshell slipcase and includes the LEC monthly newsletter for this title.
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The Limited Editions Club was a subscription-based book club founded in 1929 by George Macy (1900-1956) to publish finely made and finely illustrated limited editions of the classics of literature - and of a few carefully selected contemporary titles, such as The… Read More

VERY GOOD — DUST JACKET: Minor wear & tear to top and bottom of spine, panels, folds and flaps. Minor chipping to top and bottom of spine and corresponding corners, primarily top. Minor chipping to all outside corners. Several closed tears along top edge, both panels. Very light soiling to front panel. Tears mended on reverse with archival tape. BOARDS: Front hinge soft; slight concave bow, front. BOOK: Nice topstain. Slightly shaken binding. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very nice copy of Flannery O'Connor's award-winning short story collection, The Complete Stories, comprising all the stories in A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Everything That Rises Must Converge. The work was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1971. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve.
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"Winner of the National Book Award
The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery… Read More

VERY GOOD — SLIPCASE: Very good condition. Very minor scuffs to sides; sticker residue to left. BOARDS: Very good condition. No issues. BOOK: Very good condition. No issues. Please inspect photos closely for condition details.
Here on offer is a very fine example of metaphysical poet John Donne's extensive body of work, The Complete English Poems, published by The Folio Society, London in 2006. This is a 2nd printing of this edition by The Bath Press, Bath, on Caxton Wove paper, and bound by them in quarter leather and cloth sides, printed with a design by Jane Lydbury. The book is protected from wear by a hardshell slipcase.
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The Folio Society is a privately owned London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947 and incorporated in 1971. It produces illustrated hardback editions of classic fiction and non-fiction books, poetry and children's titles. Folio editions feature specially designed bindings and include artist-commissioned… Read More