Authors starting with C from KingChamp Books

NY: Doubleday, 1999 291 pp., index. slight thumbing of corners. Still nearly new, spine uncreased, no markings. Cahill writes a popular history of Jewish thought, showing how the religion introduced ideas of progress and the unfoldling of a cosmic plan. Part of the Hinges of History series.. 1st Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo-- 8 in Tall. ... more information

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NY: Random House, 1979 309 PP., with 15 pp. b&w photos, bibliography, sources, index. Small tear top on rear of dust jacket, crease on inside flap, light oily stain along top of front cover, spine rubbed. No marks in text. A popular history of life insurance in the U.S., using Connecticut Mutual as a focal point.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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NY: Viking, 1971 236 pp., with bibliography, list of plates, index. 79 plates and photos, nearly all full page; several double-page plates. Photos by Mulas, extensive comments by Calder and introduction by Arnason, a former Guggenheim Museum vice president. Vivid black and white photos of Calder and his work in various natural settings, including his studios in Connecticut and France. Ink check marks on 2 or 3 pages; otherwise text is clean. Dj has small tear at upper spine. Price clipped. Slight fading of... more information

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NY: Signet (New American Library), 1953 153 pp. Moderate rubbing along spine, foredge. Spine slant, moderate toning. No markings. Light foxing of inside covers. Cover art by James Avati. Caldwell weaves the tale of the troubled Crockett family, poor white trash headed by a shiftless, drunken father who clashes with his waitress daughter, Vickie. No. 838 in the Signet list, original retail price 25 cents.. 6th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - 7 in Tall. ... more information

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NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 1996. A few brackets in pencil scattered in text; 1 or 2 pages with light green highlighting. Otherwise, text is clean. Binding firm. A guide to contemporary town planning, with emphasis on New Urbanism. Several case examples in California and elsewhere included.. 8th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good +. ... more information

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NY: McGraw Hill, 1965 196 pp., no markings, dj flap has sawtoothed corner, perhaps a form of price clipping. Binding firm. A nuclear sub skipper recounts his career in the Navy, directing his comments to young men considering a military career. He explains how Navy people keep busy when there isn't a war to fight.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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NY: St Martin's Press, 1993 241 pp., 16 pp. color photos of royals. Author of Diana in Private recounts the details of the marriages of King George VI, his daughter Queen Elizabeth and her children. Pulls no punches. Binding loose, no markings.. First U.S. Edition. Cloth & Boards. Fair/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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NY: Continuum Publishing Co., 1994 268 pp. A lyric tale of a southern boyhood, brotherly bonds and their diverging paths. A few ink underlinings on a half-dozen pages. Otherwise clean. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943 381 pp., with bibliography, index. Photo of Whitman in frontispiece Some fading of red boards, endpapers darkened. Previous owner's name in ink on front endpaper. No markings in text. A personal biography of the poet and his inner life, with analysis of his auto-eroticism, his zest for life, and the impact of the Civil War on his writing.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Deerfield Beach, Fl.: Health Communications Inc., 1998 388 pp. Gift inscription on front inside cover, otherwise no markings. A collection of 101 inspirational tales, fifth in the best-selling series. Segments include "Death and Dying," "Teaching and Learning" "On Love" and "Parents and Parenting.". Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988 245 pp. Novel based on Krazy Kat comic strip by George Herrimon, a romance at the dawn of the nuclear age. Ex-libris sticker f.e.p.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. ... more information

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NY: Random House, 1979 202 pp., price clipped, slight fading of cover along edge; slight chipping and curling of dj. A smudge on p. 90, otherwise clean. A collection of Capote's "nonfiction fiction," sometimes called New Journalism. Pieces include the title story, a lengthy crime piece titled "Handcarved Coffins," a shorter piece about Manson family member Bobby Beausoleil, and a portrait of Marilyn Monroe, among others. Includes a preface by Capote describing the techniques he used... more information

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New York: Vintage Books (Random House), 1994 262 pp. Close to new, no markings, no spine creases, binding still tight. An anthology of Capote's reportage. Cover blurb: "Here we encounter an equisitely preserved Creole aristocrat sipping absinthe in her Martinique salon; an enigmatic killer who sends his victims announcements of their forthcoming demise; and a proper Connecticut householder with a ruinous obsession for a 12-year-old girl he has never met.....". First Thus. Trade Paperback. Near... more information

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NY: MacMillan Co., 1972 513 pp. with 18 pp. b&w photos.Red Cloth, light rubbing on spine. No marks in text. Capra presents his autobiography.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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NY: Bantam, 1988 346 pp., with notes, bibliography. moderate wear, faint writing on inside cover, number written on fore edge, browned covers, spine faded, light toning. Binding sturdy. 2nd edition revised and updated. Capra, founder of the Elmwood Institute in Berkeley, analyzes links and parallels between the ideas of Eastern religion and western physics.. Revised Edition, Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fair +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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NY: Wm. Morrow and Co., 1972 156 pp. plus 18 b&w photos. DJ has a memorable color photo of Ari and Jackie emerging from their Skorpios wedding ceremony in 1968. A onetime sailor aboard the Onassis yacht gives his account of Onassis' turbulent life as he observed it within the Onassis staff. . Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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NY: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991 202 pp. Subtitled: "Living in the Posthistoric World." New Age thinker Ken Carey explores how social trends are leading us to heightened spiritual awareness.. Some of his insights came to him from a larger power through a process somewhat like channelling.. 4th Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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NY: Barnes & Noble, 2000 149 pp. Nearly new, no markings. A retired college teach presents basic math and introductory algebra in easy to understand form. Uses examples from tax forms, gas mileage computations and other real life applications. Also deals with graphs and tables.. 2nd Printing. Glossy Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo -- 8.5 In Tall. ... more information

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Cleveland: E. George Lindstrom Linotype Co., 1935 117 pp. Backstrip partly loose from textblock but rear endpaper still attached. Hinges split. Some fading to cover. Author's signature on front endpaper. Scribbles on frontispiece portrait of Samuel Carlson, no other markings. Arthur Wellington Anderson, historian of Jamestown, N.Y., contributed the introductory chapter and a glowing tribute to Carlson. A mayor's wide-ranging essay on good municipal government, using Jamestown, N.Y., as an example. C... more information

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Garden City, N.Y.: Guild America Books, 1989 320 pp., with 42 photos & portraits. A collection of thumbnail portraits of 42 First Ladies through Barbara Bush, giving their varying approaches to their duties and their relationships with the public.. Cloth & Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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