Search Results: Titles starting with C from Old Bookshelf

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1905. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 59pp. Blue boards, blind-stamp design to front cover, gilt lettering, 2 fold-out diagrams plus other diagrams, errata slip bound-in at rear. Corners have the slightest of rubbing, contents are age-toned but otherwise clean and binding is tight and sound.

Ottawa: Ministèe du Commerce, 1939. Soft cover. Good. 195pp, folding map and folding plates. Text in French. Corner chipped and other moderate wear, some cover bleeding to edges and margins of last pages, text mostly clean and sound.

Washington: 19th Congress House of Representatives, 1826. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. Disbound, pages tanned, and otherwise unmarked. Report on the feasability "of making a survey of a canal route from Canton to Weymouth, Massachusetts for the purpose of ascertaining the practicability of uniting the waters of Boston Harbor with the Naraganset Bay.

Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring, by Thomas & Andrews and D. West, 1797. Hardcover. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Alexandre Benois. 351pp. 1797. Full leather binding 2 engraved plates. Cover worn and chipped, large pieces missing from rear board, interior missing front free endpapers and pages 343-350, paste-down endpapers partially torn away, frontispiece missing, 2 plates present and partially torn off, text and plates are age-tanned and occasionally moisture-stained, binding is tight and text is entirely readable. An imperfect copy, but rare edition in any condition.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 404pp. Brown cloth, paper labels to cover and spine, 12 illustrations. Faint stains to boards, spine ends lightly chipped, text is age-toned and has very scattered foxing, and binding is tight. Book is overall sound.

Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black cloth, unpaginated, no date c1980. Text iin English and Italian. Book is in near fine condition, unworn, very good dust jacket. Text by Vittoria Ottolenghi, photos in performance and behind the scenes.

New York: Privately Printed, 1928. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 313pp. Brown paper over boards, black leather spine label gilt lettered, a Limited Edition of 750 copies of which this is #726, 8 full page plates. Covers are clean, spine darkened, contents are clean and sound some pages still unopened.

New York: S.R. Wells, 1871. Fifth Edition . Audio Book (Cassette). Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 126pp +16pp ads. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Soiling and light wear to cover, light dampstaining and foxing to some margins and endpapers, text is mildly age-toned. An 18th century discourse on the art of painting and decorating carriages, gilding, varnishing, staining and ornamenting, and the materials required. An early printing of this title.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1936. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 98pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering and decoration. Cover is clean and unworn, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, text is mildly toned. Author's analysis of "Alice in Wonderland.

New York: American Water Color Society, 1917. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 33pp + ads. Light edgewear of cover and lightcreasing, contents are clean. Illustrated.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1932. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 153pp. Red printed wraps. Very good copy, very lightly worn, pencilled notes on rear endpaper. A comprehensive listing of Carroll's works , including "non-Alice" works and related material such as musical interpretations, and games and puzzles.

Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1921. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 63pp. Grey card stock, orange and blue lettering and decoration. Moderate wear to edges and spine, glue residue in gutter of inside front cover, text and illustrations are clean. Listing of faculty, course descriptions, rules along with illustrations.

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 352pp. Blue cloth, silver lettering. Spine is faded, book is otherwise in clean and unworn condition. Original clear vinyl jacket has a 2 inch tear mended with tape.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1948. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. x, 292p. Red cloth. Cover in nearly like new condition, slight spotting to pastedowns, owner's name on rear free endpaper, text is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is edgeworn, lightly chipped andsoiled, and has some tape residue along top. Brief biographies of stage, screen and music personalities with their favorite recipes. Laid-in is the publisher's slip directed to a book reviewer, for publication date of Oct. 28.

Self-published. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 204pp. Tan wraps, glassine jacket, frontispiece and several illustrations in black and white. Couverture souple, bon état. Illustrations en blanc and noir. Insigné par Paule de Lestang Vallas. Text in French. Cover lightly soiled, foxing to page edges and occasionally in text. Warmly INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Paule de Lestang Vallas.

Manchester, NH: Henry A. Gage, Printer. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 145pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt title. Spine faded, corners lightly rubbed, owner's name on front free endpaper, text is clean and unmarked, and binding is sound.

New York: The Century Co., 1900. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 233pp. Spine and endpapers darkened, inscription on front free endpaper, contents are clean and binding is tight. Illustrated. A sound copy.

Liverpool: Saxon House, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Light age-toning and mild foxing to endpapers only, dust jacket has very light edgewear.

Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, 1911. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 534pp. Blue cloth, gilt lettering to cover and spine, New York State Seal embossed in white and gilt to front cover, numerous illustrations, one fold-out map and one fold-out illustration. Slight wrinkle to front cover and spine, faint damp stain to margins of first 40 pages, otherwise contents are clean and binding is tight, circular ink stain to top page edges, stamp of Hon. Loren H. White, Senator 31st District on front free endpaper.

Kjobenhavn: Kjobenhavn, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 166pp. Text is in Danish. Printed paper over boards. Light wear to boards, contents clean, binding is sound, inscription on front pastedown.