Search Results: Authors starting with C from Classic Books and Ephemera

Philadelphia: James B. Longacre, 1839. Paperback. Very Good -. 19, [1] p.; 22 cm. Without the portrait of the subject. Disbound from a volume of unrelated 19th-century pamphlets. "9" in ink at upper right-hand corner of first page. This is from vol. 4 of The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans. The biographical essays were issued in parts on a monthly basis, with separate pagination. The author of this essay, R.T.C., has not been identified. In Very Good- Condition: disbound; light foxing, heaviest on last two pages of text; otherwise, clean and tight.

Philadelphia: David McKay Co, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good +/fair. Wyeth, N. C.. [4], 163 p.: color frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of color illustrations; 25 cm. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; color front cover pastedown. White dust jacket repeating the front cover pastedown illustration on the front section. Illustrated endpapers. Dedication page bears an inscription by the author, along with a separate gift inscription dated Christmas 1931. The illustrations by N.C. Wyeth were the result of a commission by the Unitarian Laymen's League. Presents 29 Parables of Jesus, grouped in three categories: Parables of the Kingdom, Parables Illustrating the Grace of God, and Parables of Moral Instruction and Warning. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: spine slightly soiled and sunned; both boards are clean and bright; minor soiling on p. 13; otherwise pages and illustrations are clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Fair Condition: old repairs on inside; sections of dust… Read More

Venice: Marsilio, 2007. Paperback. Near Fine. 345, [3] p.: black-and-white illustrations; 25 cm. Paperback. Copyright by Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio. Stated First Edition. Premio James Ackerman per la storia dell'architettura 2006. Text is in Italian. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: very slightly cocked; clean and tight.

Paris: Lecène, Oudin et Cie, 1894. Hardcover. Very Good. 316, [4] p.: frontispiece and 24 in-text drawings; 26 cm. Contemporary red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration. Gilt-stamped coat-of-arms of Antwerp on front board; blind-stamped borders and corners on both boards. All page edges gilt. Purple floral endpapers. Prize bookplate on front free endpaper for Marie Duxrud from École de Demoiselles in Antwerp, dated 1894. Marie Duxrud (1881-1954) was a soprano from Norway; she married Josef Stransky (1872-1936), who conducted the New York Philharmonic from 1911 to 1923. He later became an art dealer and was a partner in E. Gimpel & Wildenstein in New York City. The author, Jules Nicolas Théodore Cahu (1854-1928), was a French writer, an officer in the French cavalry, and the chief of staff of General Boulanger; he wrote biographical journalism and science fiction, sometimes under the pen name of Théo-Critt. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: head of spine slightly rubbed;… Read More

Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine -. "Dixième Mille." viii, 215, [1] p.; 19 cm. Lavender pebble-grain cloth spine; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title. Marbled paper over boards in gilt, lavender, and maroon. Lavender endpapers. Bookbinder's label on front free endpaper verso: Theo. Jirasko Relieure d'Amateurs, Lausanne. List of other works by the author on page facing title page. Former owner's name on half title page: Margaret Lowry. In Near Fine- Condition: front joint rubbed at edge of spine label and head of spine; pages are browning along edges; clean and tight.

London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1974. Fine. 24 postcards with color illustrations by Randolph Caldecott. No longer in the original packaging but with the label, which states "Pack of 24 Different." In fact there is one duplicate card. In Fine Condition: clean and crisp.

Stockholm: Forskningsradet Formas, 2011. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 499 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Red cover with blue spine title and blind-stamped cover title. Black endpapers. White dust jacket printed in dark blue. Text is in Swedish. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and solid.

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Hardcover. Near Fine/good +. xvii, [3], 330 p.: illustrations, tables; 24 cm. Dark brown cloth spine with gilt spine title; light brown paper over boards. Dust jacket. Drawings by Vivian Cohen. Stated First Edition. "Designed to clear the air, to answer questions in direct, specific, and understandable terms, and to buld a positive, responsible understanding of sexuality as a great life force." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: former owner's name on front free endpaper; one page corner creased; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good+ Condition: lighty rubbed and soiled; several tears of 1 cm. or less from upper edge; ends of spine rubbed.

Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publshers, 1987. Paperback. Fine. [4], 332 p., [8] p. of illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. Signed by the author. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.

Chicago: Blair Remedy Co, 1906. Paperback. Good. 61, [1] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Wrapper included in pagination; stapled. Wrapper title. Francis Cook Caldwell (1850-1924) graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 1883. The Blair Remedy Co. was a company owned by Thomas R. Bradford to produce patent medicines circa 1906-10. This publication advocates the use of company's Ko-Ti-Osh to cure rheumatism and "all Uric Acid diseases." Contains many testimonials. Scarce. In Good Condition: front wrapper is stained and has minor loss at spine; light stain at upper corner of first few pages; otherwise, clean and solid.

Washington, D.C.: Gales & Seaton, 1822. Paperback. Fair. "April 5, 1822. Printed by order of the House of Representatives." 7, [1] p.; 23 cm. Disbound from a volume containing pamphlets relating to government land offices. At head of title: [106]. Last page blank. Shoemaker, 10973. The letter from John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850), Secretary of War under President James Monroe, is in reply to a letter from Daniel Pope Cook (1795-1837) with a report of a committee about the Land Offices in Ohio. Calhoun has included several documents, dated 1812, 1816, and 1822, relating to the employment of several people who were later elected members of Congress. Former owner's name on title page: John H. James (although part of the last name was cropped, it is clear from others bound in the same volume). This was John Hough James (1800-1881), an Ohio lawyer who was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1836. Very scarce. In Fair Condition: disbound; first leaf and final leaf are separated; loss… Read More

New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xiv, 202 p., 8 unpaginated pages of illustrations; 22 cm. Black and beige cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Evelyn Scott (1893-1963) was an American author who was very active in the 1920s and 1930s but largely forgotten before her death in 1963. She wrote 12 novles, 2 volumes of poetry, 4 children's books, and 2 autobiographical works from 1921 to 1941. In this praised biography, D. A. Callard draws on a variet of sources to present a full picture of this interesting and rebellious American writer. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly rubbed; clean and bright.

New York: Aspen Law & Business, 2002. Paperback. Very Good -. Fourth Ed. xxx, [2], 586 p.; 25 cm. Paperback. In Very Good- Condition: covers have light creasing; clean and tight.

Boston and New York: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1996. Paperback. Fine. xiv, 226 p.: illustrations; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Part of the Bedford Series in History and Culture. Includes chronology, bibliography, and index. In Fine Condition: clean and bright.

New York: Dial Press, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/good. 317 p.; 22 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. Blue endpapers with facsimile of Calnan's records as a German prisoner of war. Illustrated dust jacket. Thomas D. Calnan (1915-1981) was commissioned in the RAF in 1936. While flying a photo-reconnaissance mission over France at the end of 1941 he was shot down and captured. His many escapes and attempts at escape are recounted here. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Good Condition: rubbed; chipping at edges; slight discoloration at upper edges near spine; otherwise, clean and bright.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. Hardcover. Near Fine. [8], 100, [2] p.; 19 cm. Vellum binding; red and black spine and cover titles. Red and black rules run from the back cover to the front. All page edges red. Illustrated title page signed: W. Calvert delr., M. Byfield sc. The text of each page is within an ornamented border. Former owner's name on front fixed endpaper: Susan Carhart Tallmon. Susan Carhart Tallmon (1842-1890) married George Washington Tallmon. Her journal and letters are at Oberlin College in the Jones Family Papers. In Near Fine Condition: cover is lightly rubbed and soiled; pages are clean and tight.

Sparks, Nev: Materials For Today's Learning, 1990. Paperback. Very Good +. xii, 139, [1] p.: illustrations, tables, map; 23 cm. Paperback. Part of the Golden State Series. Gift inscription from author on page facing title page. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; lower corner bumped; cover lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight.

1834. Near Fine. 1 handwritten document, dated 10 Nov. 1834. P. Cambridge will pay to Wingate & Gaskell, merchants of Philadelphia, $494.41 by 10 Aug. 1835. Cambridge authorizes James Macmanus, Esq., to appear on his behalf. Witnessed by Andrew Curtin. Signed on the reverse by James Gilliland, prothonotary, and Samuel Milliken. James Macmanus was an attorney in Centre County, Pa. Peter Cambridge had a general store in Bellefonte, Centre Co. Andrew Curtin (1815-1894) was from Bellefonte, Pa., and was a lawyer before serving as governor of Pennsylvania from 1861 to 1867; he later served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as U.S. Ambassador to Russia. James Gilliland (1804-1889) was prothonotary of Centre Co. from 1831 to 1836. During the Civil War, Gov. Curtin appointed Gilliland commissary and quartermaster of the 1st Regiment of Pennsylvania Veterans; later he was transferred to Washington as assistant agent for Pennsylvania. In Near Fine Condition: folded; just starting to separate… Read More

London, Eng: Samuel French, 1903. Paperback. Fair +. 15, [5] p.; 19 cm. Publisher's advertisements on final 5 unpaginated pages and inside back wrapper. Copyright 1903 by McClure, Phillips & Co. Margaret Cameron (1867-1947) was the author of a number of plays published in the first quarter of the 20th century. This one-act play for an all-female cast (and one cat) is extremely scarce. In Fair+ Condition: wrappers starting to separate along spine; wrappers and pages are soiled and creased, with a shadow in the front wrapper; tear of 3 cm. from fore-edge of p. 11 through back cover, without loss of text. Includes pencilled notations for a production featuring Eve Brubaker, Dot Blair, Anna Everett, Grace Leitzell, and Caroline Steans.

Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1976. Hardcover. Fine. x, [4], 306 p., [16] p. of illustrations; 22 cm. Red cloth with white spine title. No dust jacket (as issued). First published in 1955, when the British conservative politician Anthony Eden (1897-1977) was still active. He served as Prime minister from 1955 to 1957. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.