Search Results: Authors starting with C from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: The Heritage Press, 1943 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter brown cloth, dec. beige paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, top edge dyed brown, xxxi, 224 pp, 5 ff color plates, 11 color illustrations in text. One corner lightly bumped, else fine. About half of plain (unprinted) glassine DJ is laid in. In addition to the seven stories in Old Creole Days, contains Lafcadio Hearne's "The Scenes of Cable's Romances," and an introduction by Edward Larocque Tinker. This is a cheaper but still attractive reprint of the Limited Editions Club edition, which retains its design & special contents. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). . Near Fine/Poor. Illus. by John O'Hara Cosgrave II. 26 X 17 cm.

Boise, ID: The Peregrine Fund, Inc., 1988 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Putty cloth, gilt titles on spine, endpaper maps, xviii, 949 pp, color frontis., 16 ff b & w plates containing 68 photos, many figures in text, bibliography, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Proceedings of a conference on the recovery of populations of one of the raptors whose brush with extinction in the 1960s led to the banning of DDT. Contains 80 papers by 127 authors including the editors. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . Fine/Fine. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Nan A. Talese (Doubleday (Random House, Inc.)), 2006 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. White boards, gilt titles on spine, pict. endpapers, xvi, 343, [8] pp, color illustrations throughout, sources, index. Bottom corners bumped, spot on bottom edge, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Fine. 24 X 16½ cm.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth with gilt Nabisco logos in decorative frame on front board, 367 pp, bibliography, index, numerous photographs and reproductions of documents and ads included in pagination. Three corners lightly bumped, light soiling and wear to bottom edge of boards and spine, head of spine and top edge, else as new. Front board has a small manufacturing defect, a small spot of glue, partially gilt, that overlaps logo. Pictorial DJ is soiled and rubbed, and has two chips on front panel--1½ X 2 cm on top edge and 3 X 3 cm on bottom edge. DJ is in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/G. 23½ X 16 cm.

Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan boards, black & white titles, pictorial endpapers, xi, 458 pp, chapter references. Spine sunned but legible, bottom edge of front board bumped, old ownership stamp on recto of ffep. Proceedings of a conference (date and location are not given). Reviews studies of cancer in defined populations such as Mormons and Seventh-day Adventists, and of genetic studies in similarly restricted populations. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light blue cloth with silver titles, 3 volumes in one: xxiv, 345 pp; xviii, 319 pp; xiv, 286 pp; numerous illustrations in all three volumes. Lacks rear free end paper, otherwise good with moderate rubbing of extremities, soiling to bottom edge near fore-edge, and a small tear to tail of spine. Learning to Sail is aimed at the "landlubber," according to the foreword. "It begins at the beginning, and gives just enough information to enable anyone to take out a small boat and bring her back in safety." Contents: selection of a boat; mooring; vocabulary; preliminary warnings; useful knots; bending and hoisting sail; reefing; theory of sailing; before the wind; sailing to windward; reaching; making and clearing a dock or mooring; helmsmanship; ballast and trim; seventeen ways to get into trouble; seventeen or more ways to get out of trouble; capsizing; what to do in a… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1941 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth with foil titles, printed on coated paper, xxiv, 345 pp; numerous illustrations. Faintly musty, top edge a bit dusty. DJ rubbed at extremities, a few small tears (up to 1 cm), lightly soiled; in Brodart archival cover. Learning to Sail is aimed at the "landlubber," according to the foreword. "It begins at the beginning, and gives just enough information to enable anyone to take out a small boat and bring her back in safety." Contents: selection of a boat; mooring; vocabulary; preliminary warnings; useful knots; bending and hoisting sail; reefing; theory of sailing; before the wind; sailing to windward; reaching; making and clearing a dock or mooring; helmsmanship; ballast and trim; seventeen ways to get into trouble; seventeen or more ways to get out of trouble; capsizing; what to do in a thunderstorm; sailing in a tideway; laying to; waves; coastwise… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth with foil titles, xiii, 286 pp; 61 illustrations incl. 9 ff b & w plates. Small frayed spot at head of spine, extremities rubbed, top edge dusty, bookplate. How to cruise along the coast while living aboard: philosophy; requisites of a cruiser; rigging; the yawl and ketch; the schooner; the sloop and cutter; the auxiliary motor; lights; food and cooking; water; sleep; plumbing; equipment; fire prevention; keeping dry; navigation; the dinghy problem; anchoring; evening chores; cruising outside; etiquette; night sailing; companions; racing; the organized cruise; routine; seamanship.. First Edition. . G+/No dj. 20 X 14 cm.

New York et al.: Harper & Row, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. First printing of this edition. Light grey linen, red titles on spine, ix, 78 pp. Top edge foxed, else fine. Price-clipped DJ lightly rubbed, edges browning slightly; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Reprint. . VG/Near Fine. 19 X 13½ cm.

New York: Weybright and Talley, 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, white & pale blue titles on spine, [v], 257 pp. Sticker mark on fpd. DJ has a 1 cm scratch on front panel and a bit of edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Part One was originally published in England as In the Shadow of the Steeple; Part Two appears here for the first time. From the DJ: "After an absence of some fifty years, Erskine Caldwell returns to the southern states where he spent his youth, the son of an Associate Reformed Protestant Minister, in search of the mind and heart and attitudes of the Deep South--the south of the tambourine-shaking, electric-guitar playing, Bible-thumping congregations of the fundamentalist churches. With the experienced eye and ear of a reporter, the noted author has caught the tone of Deep South, both black and white, as it was and as it is, through the varied and fascinating speech of its people." Shipping… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light blue-grey cloth, titles in black on front board, top edge dyed grey, 499 pp. Cloth soiled & worn, corners bumped, cloth worn through to board at corners, shaken hinges reglued with acid-free PVA, lacks front free endpaper, still a nice reading copy with text clean and complete. The Scribner's first printing code (an 'A' below the copyright notice) is on verso of title page, but first editions of this novel are described in such a profusion of bindings that we suspect this a book club edition. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . Fair/No dj. 21½ X 15 cm.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Signed by Author recto ffep. Full mauve cloth, gilt titles on spine, xii, 180 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, index. Extremities lightly sunned & rubbed. DJ extremities rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Caldwell was born in China to a family of missionaries, and lived in Korea for three years "as a military information specialist, diplomat, and business man" in the run-up to the Korean War. His book is highly critical of the State Department and U. S. policy in Korea. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 2nd ptg. . VG+/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm.

Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full mauve cloth, gilt titles on spine, xii, 180 pp, 4 ff b & w photo plates, index. Corner of ffep clipped, slight shelf wear. DJ extremities lightly rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Caldwell was born in China to a family of missionaries, and lived in Korea for three years "as a military information specialist, diplomat, and business man" in the run-up to the Korean War. His book is highly critical of the State Department and U. S. policy in Korea. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). First Edition. . VG+/VG+. 21½ X 14½ cm.

New York: The Dial Press, 2004 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Fake parchment boards, beige spine with red foil titles, vii, 372, [1] pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Suspense novel in which two Princeton students are about to decipher the mysteries of a Renaissance manuscript, the Hypneratomachia Polyphili when another scholar of the book is murdered. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 12th ptg. . Fine/Fine. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on half-title. Salmon cloth, gold ink titles on spine, blue endpapers, vi, 276 pp, 20 full-page b & w drawings. DJ has faint damp stains along top edge, tears to 3 cm, a small chip to bottom of front fore-edge; in Brodart archival cover. Warmly inscribed and dated in Dec. 1979 by author & signed by illustrator on half-title. Caldwell travels through & comments on places on the "afternoon side" of the Mississippi River. From the DJ: "Punctuated by a running commentary in letters to a friend in France, his own observations and impressions are enriched by vividly reported conversations with local inhabitants: teacher, farmer, student, storekeeper, gas station owner, restaurant hostess, oilman....These give insight into varied ways of life--from an abandoned village to a thriving oil-rich metropolis, from the dustbowl area to fertile… Read More

Pleasantville, NY & Montreal: Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1990 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pictorial boards, green spine with white titles, pale blue endpapers, 672 pp, several dozen pages of color illustrations and many more b & w drawings, index. Spine sunned to blue, bottom corner of fore-edge cockled in last 100 pages. Shipping weight 5 lbs. 11th ptg. . Near Fine/No dj. 22 X 26 cm (oblong).

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, gilt titles on spine & blind device on front board, xvii, 794 pp. Extremities rubbed, previous owners' names on endpapers and one faintly visible on front cover. Contains English definitions of Russian words commonly found in technical writing, culled from a variety of Russian technical articles, textbooks, and existing technical dictionaries. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG-/No dj. 20 X 14½ cm.

London: Quantum Books, 2002 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Copyright date is 1993. Pictorial boards, black titles on spine, 176 pp, profusely illustrated, glossary, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Contents: materials & tools; techniques; decorative devices; layout guidelines; letter construction; the alphabets; more advanced techniques & projects. Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 4 lbs. (International 3 lbs., 4 oz.). Reprint. . Fine/Fine. 28½ X 28½ cm.

London: Collins, 1972 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black cloth-textured boards, gold foil titles on spine, endpaper maps, 254 pp. Small coffee spots on bottom edge. DJ browning slightly, else fine; in Brodart archival cover. A soldier's-eye view of the (fictional) Allied raid on a Nazi-occupied Norwegian port. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). First Edition. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 13½ cm.

New York: Halcyon House (Blue Ribbon Books, Inc.) WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date, but about 1937. Full dark blue cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, top edge dyed blue, xxxiii, 321 pp, 65 ff b & w photo plates, index. Some rubbing & minor scuffing to boards. Extended title: Early American Scenes and History Pictured in the Pottery of the Time, with a Supplementary Chapter describing the celebrated Collection of Presidential China in the White House at Washington, D.C., and a complete Checking List of known Examples of Anglo-American Pottery, with over 200 illustrations. No date of publication is given. Copyright date is 1916 (to E. P. Dutton), but added text in fine print mentions President Franklin D. Roosevelt's new china, and supplemental Chapter D is a list of prices realized at a 1937 auction. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Reprint. . VG-/No dj. 24 X 16 cm.