Authors starting with C from Capricorn Books

G. Morrish, London, n.d. / Bible Truth Publishers, Oak Park Ill.. 63 pp, 24mo (5 9/16" H), hard cover (green cloth with black lettering/borders, pictorial pastedown) - no dust jacket. 5 b&w illustrations. A reproduction of a Victorian religious tract for children about a Huguenot family in Reformation France and. their flight to England for religious freedom. Minor browning to pages and endpapers, previous owner's small label and a small old tape mark on free front endpaper, light brownin... more information

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Manor, (New York, 1977).. 172 pp, PB. "...set in a real Maine town, about people who have lived in other lives and other guises. They are there, threatening our sanity, creating our doubts, stifling our screams and moving inexorably from the edge of disbelief to the shaken. foundation of reality..." Interior - light wrinkling to page edges, interior of covers lightly browned, otherwise clean and tight. Exterior - light edgewear/scuffing, spine slightly wrinkled, but not creased. G+. ... more information

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Robert M. McBride, New York, 1928, number 1077 of an edition of 1590 copies.. 295 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover (dark green boards with gold lettering on spine and blind stamp of rearing horse on front board) - no dust jacket. Top edge gilt. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AT END OF AUTHOR'S NOTE. Contents: Precautional; The Prol. ogue; The Story of Sestina; The Story of the Tenson; The Story of the Rat-Trap; The Story of the Choices; The Story of the Housewife; The Story of the Satraps; The Story o... more information

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Robert M. McBride, New York, 1929, number 1077 of an edition of 1590 copies.. 286 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover (dark green boards with gold lettering on spine and blind stamp of rearing horse on front board) - no dust jacket. Top edge gilt. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AT BOTTOM OF AUTHOR'S NOTE. Contents: Ballad of the Double. -Soul; Auctorial Induction; Belhs Cavaliers; Balthazar's Daughter; Judith's Creed; Concerning Corinna; Olivia's Pottage; A Brown Woman; Pro Honoria; The Irresi... more information

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Robert M. McBride, New York, 1930, number 1077 of an edition of 1590 copies.. 298 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover (dark green boards with gold lettering on spine and blind stamp of rearing horse on front board) - no dust jacket. Top edge gilt. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AT BOTTOM OF AUTHOR'S NOTE. Contents: The Cream of the Jes. t (in six parts); The Lineage of Lichfield - The Epistle Dedicatory; The Tribe of Niafer; The Tribe of Freydis; The Tribe of Alianora; Bibliographic Summary; The Epilogue,... more information

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Robert M. McBride, New York, 1929, number 1077 of an edition of 1590 copies.. 319 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover (dark green boards with gold lettering on spine and blind stamp of rearing horse on front board) - no dust jacket. Top edge gilt. SIGNED BY AUTHOR AT BOTTOM OF AUTHOR'S NOTE. "...(this) volume of the Biogr. aphy considers Colonel Rudolph Musgrave's life-long pursuit of chivalrous ideals..." Interior - pages browning lightly, a few pages unopened, otherwise clea... more information

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McClelland, Goodchild and Stewart, Toronto, c1916.. 295 pp, small 8vo (7 9/16" H), hard cover (beige cloth with dark blue lettering on spine, dark blue lettering and illustration on front board) - no dust jacket. A novel of World War I based on official despatches. Contents: In Enemy Hands; A Bene. volent Neutral; Drill; A Night Patrol; As Others See; The Fear of Fear; Anti-Aircraft; A Fragment; An Open Town; The Signalers; Conscript Courage; Smashing the Counter-Attack; A General Action; At Last... more information

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Instituto de Historia y Cultura Militar, Madrid, 2001.. 298 pp, large 8vo (9 7/16" H), soft cover. B&w photographs, maps, reproductions. SPANISH TEXT ONLY. Articles: Aspectos juridico-censales en el ejercito romano; La guardia morisca: un Cuerpo desconocido del ejercito medieval espanol; La informaci. on y las decisiones en la Batalla de Bailen; Madrid: de la noche de San Daniel al Cuartel de San Gil; El fondo de franquicias postales militares en el Museo del Ejercito de Madrid; Las campanas m... more information

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Percival Marshall, London, n.d. - c1960.. 82 pp, small 8vo, HC in dust jacket. B&w photos, drawings. Contents: Introduction; Identification of Geese; Habits and Habitats - Grey Geese; Habits and Habitats - Black Geese; Goose Shooting Equipment, Butts and Hides; Tides, Weather and Geese; . Sand-crawling and Camouflage; Inland Shooting - Dogs and Decoys; Tim's First Goose Trip. Light edgewear to boards, tiny bumps to bottom corners, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Dust... more information

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Gallery, New York, (1989).. 144 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. "...contains all the hold-downs, throws, armlocks and strangleholds needed to progress from novice to black belt in a clear and informative way...concludes with chapters on Women's Judo, Junior Judo, Judo Kata and th. e progression through the gradings, syllabus work and rules of Judo contests, finishing with a helpful visual glossary of referee's signals." 250 instructional photos. Dj has light wrinkling to top of spine,... more information

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Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York, 1965, second printing.. 304 pp, 8vo (8 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs. "The rules were simple enough - even if they were loosely applied and even more loosely interpreted. For landing fields anywhere and any place close enough to roads and a center . of population would do. If you could put the wheezing, staggering planes down on the field, and people could come out to watch you careen through the air, and if you were smart enough to ... more information

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Baen, (New York, 1989), Ist Baen printing.. 596 pp, PB. Interior - pages just starting to brown, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor edgewear, spine uncreased. VG. ... more information

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Ballantine, New York, 1973, fourth printing.. 160 pp, 8 1/4" H, soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, drawings, map. "The agile, brilliant fighter planes and their masterly pilots blasted all opposition from the air. They '....weren't just good - they wre hell on wheels'. F. or a fatally long time the horrifying reports came in - and were disbelieved. For that space 'Zero Fighter' ruled the Pacific sky." Interior - Previous owner's ink stamp... more information

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Profile Publications / Doubleday, Windsor/Garden City, 1976, revised 4th edition.. 144 pp, large 8vo (9 15/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0853834113 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and colour illustrations by P. Endsleigh Castle, J. Goulding, K. Broomfield and R. Ward. "Internationally recognized aviation wr. iters present comprehensive but concise histories of aircraft of many nations and of wide variety, both military and civil. There are the frail biplanes and trip... more information

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Profile Publications / Doubleday, Windsor/Garden City, 1975, revised 4th edition.. 144 pp, large 8vo (9 15/16" H), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0853834105 Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and colour illustrations by P. Endsleigh Castle, J. Goulding and R. Ward. "Internationally recognized aviation writers present c. omprehensive but concise histories of aircraft of many nations and of wide variety, both military and civil. There are the frail biplanes and triplanes of World ... more information

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University of Toronto Press, n.p., (1969).. 272 pp, 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. Contents: Recent Basic Developments; Nature and Objects of Universities; The Part of the University in the Pattern of Education; Universities and Research; Degrees and Teaching; Student Malaise; The Governme. nt of Universities; The Response of Universities to the Changing Situation; The Universities and the Government; The Criteria of Decision on University Growth; Other Ways of Financing Universities; Reflections on ... more information

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UBC Press, Vancouver, (1991).. 192 pp, 8vo (9" H), soft cover. B&w photos, maps. "Alex Lord, a pioneer inspector of rural BC schools, shares in these recollections his experiences in a province barely out of the stage coach era. Travelling through vast northern territory, util. izing unreliable transportation, and enduring climatic extremes, Lord became familiar with the aspirations of remote communities and their faith in the humanizing effects of tiny assisted schools. En route, he pe... more information

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Grolier, New York, (1967).. 63 pp, small 8vo PB. B&w and col. illus by Randolph Caldecott. "The Diverting History of John Gilpin: Showing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again. Written by Wm. Cowper. Interior - clean and tight. Exterior - very lig. ht edgewear, spine uncreased, clean and tight. VG+. ... more information

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Dolphin / Doubleday, Garden City, New York, n.d.. 548 pp, mass market paperback. "Frances Calderon de la Barca was born in Scotland, settled in the United States, and in 1838 married the first Spanish Minister to Mexico. A lively and well-read lady, she spent the first two years of her marriage i. n the diplomatic circles of the restless new republic, and from that vantage point observed its landscape, customs, manners, and its political broils. The letters she wrote to friends and relatives form... more information

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Crescent, New York, (1979), Ist American edition.. 64 pp, small 4to, HC in dust jacket. Profusely illus in color and b&w. "...the account of the epic voyage of a single ship and its highly trained crew, as they embarked on a journey towards the very heart of the Galaxy. Drawn from their own recor. ds, this book tells the story of their extraordinary adventures during their solitary and often dangerous passage through strange and distant worlds..." Light bumping to bottom of boards, l... more information

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