Search Results: Titles starting with C from Camphor Bookstore

Rizzoli, New York, 2000. Paperback. Black and white wraps with color illustration and lettering in red and white. 168 pp. BW and color illustrations. Portraits.Book Condition: Near Fine. About the book: "This intimate and engaging portrait of Calder, at work and at play, offers new insight into how his art was shaped by the state's landscape, his home and studio, his family, and the fascinating circle of artists, writers, curators, and collectors who befriended him. Engaging and authoritative, this visual biography includes many previously unpublished photographs, documents, and reproductions of little-known art works. An account of the home and studio by Alexander S.C. Rower, Calder's grandson, and an affectionate tribute by Calder's neighbor, playwright Arthur Miller, complete the volume, produced in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford."

California: A Guide to the Golden StateCompiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the WPA for the State of CaliforniaHastings House Publishers, New York, 1949. First edition, sixth printing. Hardcover in the orig. dust-jacket. xxxi, 713pp, index. Many photogravures. Red cloth binding. Folding map in envelope in the back. One of the WPA's American Guide Series highlighting each state's natural and man-made landmarks, history, geography, and culture. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Condition: The book and map are very good, there's a prev owner's name in the front, otherwise unmarked. The jacket is fair- worn and fragile.

Chance; A Tale in Two Parts by Joseph Conrad Methuen, London, United Kingdom, 1914. First edition, later printing. Original green cloth, decorated in gilt; [viii]406 pages; text block 7 7/16" x 4 7/8... First published in 1914" on verso of title page. In very good condition, unmarked but with light foxing on the first few pages. About the book: Chance (1914) was the first of Conrad's novels to bring him popular success and it holds a unique place among his works. It tells the story of Flora de Barral, a vulnerable and abandoned young girl who is "like a beggar, without a right to anything but compassion."

CHINESE ART an introductory handbook to painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, bronzes & minor arts
Fry, Roger and Bernard Rackham, Laurence Binyon, A. F. Kendrick, Osvald Sirén and W. W. Winkworth; Madame Quo Tai-chi (intro)

London : B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1935. Fifth Impression. Hardcover in red cloth with black lettering to spine and front board. cloth, 26 x 17 cm, xvi + 86 pp. Ills.:With 23 Plates in Color and 62 B&W Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With appendix and index. Introduction by Madame Quo Tai-Chi. The book is in excellent, unmarked condition. The jacket is fair and chipped (please see photos)

Choix de Chansons compiled by Jean-Benjamin de Laborde

J. Lemonnyer Bookseller in Rouen, 1881, Quarto, 2 ff + 150 + (3) pages. Volumes 3 & 4 of the reprint on Vergé paper of the superb 1773 edition of a selection of songs with scores by Jean Benjamin de Laborde (1734-1794) familiar with Louis XV and the Du Barry. For Volume 1, De Laborde had begun the illustrations with Jean-Michel Moreau (1741-1814), but he collaborated with Le Bouteux, Le Barbier and Saint-Quentin for the other 3 volumes. In addition to the front cover and the title page, there is a frontispiece in this volume (bound after the title page), and 25 intaglio engravings by Le Bouteux, Le Barbier and Saint-Quentin.

Condition: The two books were clearly damaged in a fire. The boards are in poor condition, and the edges are singed. There is some staining around the margins of some of the pages- more in Vol. 3 than Vol. 4. - but many other pages show little or no damage. Please see the photos...

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The Civil War Through the Camera - A Complete Illustrated History of the Civil Warby Henry W. Elson, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Mathew Brady, et al.New York: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, C. 1912. Hardcover. Bound in heavy boards - green cloth with gilt on the spine. The 16 color repros of civil war paintings are on heavy stock paper. Unpaginated. The pages have decorative borders. Also laid in is the original pamphlet advertising the publishing of Miller's Photographic History of the Civil Way - to be published in Ten Volumes. To commemorate the semi-centennial of the Civil War, several publishers collaborated to produce the Photographic History of the Civil War, one of the classic works on the conflict. To generate sales, a subscriber's edition of 16 parts was distributed weekly through major newspapers. Each part contains a full color frontispiece (not found in the Photographic History), variant text, and hundreds of Mathew Brady's fascinating photographs, many never before published. These are all… Read More

Jonathan Cape, New York, 1981. First American Edition. First Impression. Very attractive copy in blue cloth and tan boards with gilted title embossed on both front board and spine. A very good + book, clean except for a bookplate and a prev owner's name on the front endpaper. A very good unclipped jacket with some light edgewear a little clear tape on the edge.The Comfort of Strangers is British writer Ian McEwan's second novel. Harold Pinter adapted it as a screenplay for a movie of the same name in 1990.

The Comic History of England (ca. 1880) by Gilbert Abbott A'BeckettBradbury, Agnew & Co., London: undated Ca. 1880. Green cloth binding with gilt decoration and title. Illustrated with twenty full page hand colored plates with original tissue guards and two hundred woodcuts by John Leech. Title pages printed in red and black with a comic drawing of Clio instructing the Young British Lion in history. All edges gilt. Slight lean to the spine, but unmarked. An antiquarian book in excellent condition with terrific engraved plate illustrations reminiscent of John Tenniel (Alice in Wonderland et al.)

The Compleat Smuggler by Jefferson FarjeonThe Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis and New York:, 1938. First edition (stated.) Hardcover red cloth w bright gilt titles on the cover and spine. 337 pages; Description: 338 p. Incl. , front. , illus. 22 cm. Impressively illustrated with 8 full-page, black-on-green engravings and numerous woodcut vignettes. A book about smuggling in England, America and elsewhere, past and present. There's a "christmas 1938" inscription in front, but otherwise unmarked. In particularly nice condition without the jacket.

Dorset, 1989. Hardcover w DJ. Book and jacket in near fine cond. Authoritative and comprehensive. 10,000 terms relating to wood and its use, explained and clarified. 1000 illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

The Complete Book of Curries by Harvey Day.

A.S. Barnes and Co., 1966. Likely first edition (unstated.) Hardcover in tan cloth with gilt titles on spine. In the original dust-jacket. Four sections or books - includes dozens of authentic recipes for curries from India, Burma, Thailand, Iran & Iraq, Malaysia, and Turkey. 12mo - 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. 252 pp. with the original unclipped jacket. A terrific vintage cookbook in very good, unmarked condition. The jacket has a small chip tear along the top edge - but is otherwise good.

Edison, NJ: Chartwell., 2008. Comprehensive overview on a history of the origins of firearms, detailed information about shooting techniques and arms systems, information on arms manufacturers and weapon brands, and a survey of available handgun ammunition. 400 color photos. 272 pages. . Seventh Edition. Glossy Hard Cover/Boards. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Near Fine condition

The Works of Jane Austen in 12 Volumes
Limited to 250 copies
Roberts Brothers, Boston, 1892. Octavo, 12 volumes, bound in leather and marbled boards. Gilt titles to the spine, raised bands, inner dentelles, frontispieces. The set is complete. In addition to her novels (Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Emma, Mansfield Park, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey) it includes a volume of her letters, the short epistolary novel Lady Susan and the unfinished novel The Watsons.
This set includes Jane Austen and Her Times by G. E. Mitton - as a 13th volume, identically bound.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, London; Methuen & Co, New York, 1905. B & W illustrations, B & W frontispiece with tissue.
Limited to 250 copies and in exceptionally good condition.

Complete Poems and Selected Letters of MichelangeloTranslated by Creighton Gilbert, Edited by Robert N. LinscottNew York: Random House. 1963. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First Printing (stated.) Unmarked and in VG condition. About the book: This volume "brings together all of Michelangelo's poetry and a large selection of his letters - works which reveal the personality and genius of the artist as deeply and incisively as do his paintings, drawings, sculpture, and architecture."

Contemporary Jewelry in PerspectiveNew York: Lark Jewelry & Beading, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Quarto. 9.25 x 11.25 in. 263 pp. Fully illustrated with color reproductions of photographs of art and jewelry. VG+ in original glossy pictorial boards (light bumping on cover corners)About the book:"What is contemporary jewelry? What is the background of the medium, and how does it stand now and possibly in the future? "Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective" examines the field with abundant photographs and thought-provoking insights.Featuring some of the most notable jewelry writers and other contributors from around the world—as well as hundreds of striking images—this compelling book, edited by Damian Skinner and produced in association with Art Jewelry Forum, is essential reading for jewelers, designers, teachers, students, collectors, and art fans." - AJF

Chez N. Etienne Lucas, Amsterdam, 1732. Volume 2 (of 2) only. Contes et Nouvelles En Vers: Nouvelle Edition Corrigee, Augmentee, & Enrichie de Tailles Douces Dessinees - Par Mr. Romain de Hooge. Text in French.Illustrated with 40 fine detailed half-page engravings, plus numerous chapter endpieces. An engraving precedes each fable. Illustrated by Romain de Hooge (or Romeyn de Hooghe / Romaine de Hoog) (1645-1708), fine Dutch artist, engraver, caricaturist. Size: 16 x 10cm. 285 pp. an index at the back. Condition: The Book LACKS a front cover board, and the back cover is barely attached but present. The book is in very good condition, all the prints and tales are present and in VG condition, the binding and spine are holding.

Crime: Its Causes and Remedies by Cesare LombrosoGryphon Editions / Legal Classics Library, 1994. This special edition has been privately printed for the members of The Legal Classics Library. Full leather binding with gilt design at the front and back covers and gilt title, author and embellishments at the spine. Four raised bands at the spine. Gilding on all the edges. A booklet of "Notes from the Editors" on Lombroso and his place in the history of criminology is included and laid in. This volume is "as new" and in excellent condition.About the book and its Author: Cesare Lombroso, (1835 - 1909), was an Italian criminologist whose views, though now largely discredited, brought about a shift in criminology from a legalistic preoccupation with crime to a scientific study of criminals.His final book, Crime: Its Causes and Remedies, appeared in English in 1911. It is, in large part, a response to his critics who questioned his belief that inherited traits were a determining factor in the causes of… Read More

Cuisine De Tous Les Pays (in French)by Urban DuboisLibrairie Dentu, Paris, France, 1881. Quatrieme Edition. In the original binding, Leather spine 3/4 marbled paper. Fourth edition. 4to 7.75-9.75'' tall. In French. 743 pp. with 400 in text illustrations (engraved drawings) and one color frontis. Marbled endpapers, The book and binding are in VG condition. The cover boards are rubbed, the leather spine and gilt titles are in VG shape. Age toned pages. About the Author:Urbain François Dubois (1818 – 1901) was a French chef who is best known as the author of a series of recipe books that became classics of French Cuisine, and as the creator of Veal Orloff, a popular dish in Russian cuisine. He is credited with introducing service à la russe to Western European dining, and the term chef.