Search Results: Authors starting with C from Veery Books

Toronto: Exile Editions, 1989. xxi, 261 pp. A bump to the top fore edge, else fine. Articles, art photos by Alexandre Amprimoz, Margaret Atwood, Roloff Beny, Robert Bringhurst, Barry Callaghan, Morley Callaghan, Leonard Cohen, Charles Comfort, Mazo de la Roche, James de Mille, Jack Diamond, Stillman Drake, Sarah Jeannette Duncan, Sorel Etrog, George Faludy, Fastwurms, Timothy Findley, Northop Frye, G., Mavis Gallant, Greg Gattenby, Ralph Gustafson, Matthew Halton, Peter Harcourt, Geoffrey James, Anna Jameson, Alice Jones, D. G. Jones, Edward Jones, Diane Keating, Shelagh Keeley, Irving Layton, Douglas Le Pan, Gwendolyn MacEwen, David McFadden, Jay MacPherson, Antonino Mazza, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Farley Mowat, b. p. nichol, F. G. Paci, Aldo and Francesco Piccaluga, Al Purdy, Stephanie, Rayner, Charles G. D. Roberts, William Ronald, Joe Rosenblatt, Gary Ross, Moshie Safdie, Francesco Scolozzi, Duncan Campbell Scott, Michael Snow, Harry Somers, Francis Sparshott, Donald Sutherland, Harold Town, John… Read More

New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1915. 5 pp. Some short tears, PO sig. Very good. 10.5 X 13 inches. ''If you should leave me, I don't know what I'll do . . . '. Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Dover, 1977 214 pp. Small folio, mostly illustrations. Some wear to wraps and at extremities, pages clean. ''A new selection of pictures from three editions (1922, 1939, 1965) of Caricatures by Enrico Caruso, published by La Follia di New York, New York.'' . Wraps. Very Good. 9'' X 12''.

150 Nassau Street, New York: American Tract Society 52 pp. + adv. Blindstamped cloth with gilt titles on spine. A curved depression and associated stain to front board, causing a curve in bottom of spine with short tears to cloth, otherwise light wear to corners of boards. A dampstain of bottom third to half extends throughout volume causing browning. P.O. inscription on ffep., which has a 1-inch piece torn out. 6 plates, sharp, nicely inked, possibly missing frontis. With all its faults, still a pleasing volume. Sixteen stories: Ishmael, Moses, Samuel, Obediah, The Forty-two Wicked Children of Bethel, Naaman's Little Maid, Joash, Josiah, Jeremiah, Daniel and his Three Companions, Jesus Christ, The Daughter of Jairus, Little Children Brought to Christ, Children of the Temple, John the Baptist, Timothy. ''And he went up from thence unto Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and siad unto him, Go up, thou bald head! Go… Read More

New York: Dover, 1992 489 pp. Small folio, full score. Rubbing at corners, a flattened crease in rear wrap, else fine. Text block clean and white. ''A republication of three works originally published separately, all published by Gosudarstvennoe Muzykal'noe Izdatel'stvo, Moscow and Leningrad and Moscow, 1946''. Wraps. Very Good. Folio 12'' X 9''.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.: Louisiana State Univ Press, 1985. 57 pp. 'Came tooling my blue canoe by the flute zoo & could / hear the guys smelting new sound from the raw ore. Struck / sparks aloft in the dark & whimpering glimmer of slim strings.'. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Pickering & Chatto, 1934. rontis, 60 pp. 621 items. 8vo sewn pamphlet with green wraps, a split at bottom of spine and general wear. Good. The frontis reproduces the frontis of R. Johnson, The Most Pleasant History of Tom a Lincoln printed by J.W. for B. Deacon at the Angel in Gilt-Spur Street. A fascinating resource: Adventures of a Blackcoat, Adventures of a Watch, Adventures of an Ostrich Feather of Quality, Adventures of Dick Hazard, Adventures of Jack Smart, Alexis, Tyrant of the East: A Persian Tale, up to Writer's Clerk or The Humours of the Scottish Metropolis. Pithy descriptions.. Wraps. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Mills Music, Inc., 1954. Wraps. Very Good. Quarto. 28 pp. (score) and 6 parts. Composed Mexico, D. F., 1942. For six players. I: Indian Drum, Glokenspiel, Small Indian Drum; II: Side Drum I, Xylophone, Indian Drum, Tenor Drum; III: Side Drum II, Suspended Cymbal; IV: Tenor Drum, Chimes, Claves, One Maraca, Suspended Cymbal; V Tympani, Small Gong; VI: Bass Drum, Large Gong.

Mexico: Secretaria de Educacion Publica: Departamento de Bellas Artes, 1934. Wraps. Very Good. Quarto. [40] pp. Illus. For orchestra and chorus, this is the choral score with piano reduction by Chavez. The texts are taken from Mexican revolutionary ballads and reproduced below reproductions of murals by Diego Rivera interspersed throughout. ''Con 17 reproducciones de los frescos de Diego Rivera sobre el Corrido de la Revolucion.'' First performed at the inauguration of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, September 2, 1934. ''Se acabo de imprimir el dia 26 de Noviembre de 1934. La edicion consta de 5,000 Ejemplares. Las fotografias de los frescos de Diego Rivera fueron tomadas por Manuel Alvarez Bravo.''

304 pp. Octavo, 6 x 8.5 in. This is an near perfect facsimile of the original March 25, 1957, publication. The book, dust jacket, and slip case are in fine condition. The F.E.L. 3.5 x 7.5 in. info card is laid in. An archival cover has been added to the dust jacket.

South Kensington: Christie's, South Kensington, 2002. 64 pp. 219 lots. Lots 1-45: Art reference and modern illustrated books; 46-61: Maps and atlases; 62-115: Travel and natural history books; 116-176: Continental books, including incunabula; 177-219: English books. . Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Christie's, New York, 2005. 311 pp. 482 lots. Many excellent illustrations in color including full page reproductions of both Alexander Wilson's and Audubon's Carolina Parrot or Parakeet. . Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Christie's, London, 1992. 101 pp. 548 lots. Pages lightly tanned toward top edge, otherwise fine. English Literature: The John Bowden Collection of 18th Century books and bindings in remarkably fine condition; Shakepeare's Henry IV part I 1639; an unrecorded variant of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey 1818, and an important Samuel Mearne Binding with an original fore-edge painting. Children's books: from the Collection of Eric Quayle, Esq. Including: The first English edition of Pinocchio 1892; Lamb's Tales of Shakespeare 1809, Travels of Tom Thumb 1746.. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Litho poster, [29 x 23 inches].Very good, some rippling, light edge wear. The poster features an aerial image of Manhattan (credited to Skyview Surveys) with several bold arrows pointing at the northwest corner of Union Square. The Underground disco was located in the basement of 860 Broadway, just above Union Square on the east side of Broadway. Warhol's Factory was also present in this building at the time. The poster lists events to take place the week of and on the day of the Gay Pride March on Sunday, June 27, 1982. No exemplars found in collections or in trade. All posters are presently stored between acid free boards, flat, under weight. They will be shipped rolled, in tubes.

New York: Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1918. 3 pp. 10.5 X 14 inches. Some creases at bottom of spine. Ink has been lost from wrap artwork, but image still striking. ''That isn't all I'm going to miss, A world of perfect bliss.''. Wraps. Fair. Illus. by Barbelle. 10.5 X 14 inches.

London: Methuen, 1990. 255 pp. No faults. Includes note by Pierre Chanel; The diaries: January 1, 1953--December 28, 1953; List of works by Cocteau, Index. Mentions: Kenneth Anger, Animal Crackers, Jean Anouilh, Apollinaire, Louis Aragon, Georges Auric, Johann Sebastian Bach, Baudelaire, Beauvoir, Sarah Bernhardt, Hieronymous Bosch, Georges Braque, Bullfighting, Cannes Film Festival, Paul Cezanne, Clair-Obscure, Gabrielle Colette, Salvidor Dali, Edouard Dermit, Vittorio De Sica, Walt Disney, Madame Favini, Flamenco, Jean Genet, Francoise Filot, Francisco Goya, El Greco, Sacha Guitry, Gypsies, Mary Hoeck, Pastora Imperio, Max Jacob, Federico Garcia Lorca, Madame Maeterlinck, Andre Malraux, Jean Marais, Francois Mauriac, Michel de Montaigne, Edgar Neville, Charles Orengo, Pablo Picasso, Art of poetry, Alberto Puig, Aleksandr Pushkin, Erik Satie, Igor Strvinsky, Miguel de Unamuno, Paul Valery, Francine Weisweiller, Orson Welles among many others.. First British Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over… Read More

Conception, Mo.: Conception Abbey Press, 1956 50 pp. A bump to one corner. Inscribed by the editor to Saul Novack. Papal positions on liturgical music: Pius X--Tra le Sollicitudini (Among the concerned), Pius XI--Divini Cultus (On divine worship), and Pius XII--Musicae Sacrae Disciplina (Rules of Sacred Music). Concerning mostly the revival of Gregorian chant in the twentieth century.. Inscribed By Editor. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Norton, 2001. 461 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket. Contents: The loss of self; The diagnosis of dementia; Reactions to the diagnosis; Setting goals after the diagnosis; Medications to cure Alzheimer's disease : where are we?; Drugs : helpful and harmful; Ways of caring; Long-term care at home; Coping with the stress of caring; Depression : getting the help you need; Rehabilitation : a focus on function; Choosing a nursing home if the time comes; Death and dying; What scientists know about the causes of Alzheimer's disease; The cost of caring. . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1960. 262 pp. Very Good in good dust jacket. DJ has some sticker damage and a stain. Contents: Preface; Le Prison Nouveau; Different Kinds of Failure; George, Rilke, Valery; To the Remote Hesperides; The Vision of the Apocalypse; In the Waste Land; New Violence Breaks In; The Poetry of Resistance; Virgin Soil; Where We Stand Now; Bibliography and acknowledgements. "Ich ging ja, / damit das alles, unter dem begraben / der jetzt mein Gatte ist, zergeht, sich auflöst"-- —Rilke. . Second impression. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Les Editions et Ateliers d'Art Graphique Elsevier, 1960. Cloth. Good/none. Quarto. viii, 179 pp. 674 in-text illustrations with 15 maps in color. Decorative end papers. Cloth is beginning to split along front of spine, else very good. Profusely illustrated in-text with musical examples, printing examples, and photographs of musicians and musical instruments.