Search Results: Authors starting with C from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Burlington, Iowa: City of Burlington, 1901. One Page,Folded, 8" x 5 3/8", printed one side "Contagious Diseases - Certificate for Re-Admittance, Burlington, Iowa 188....", that side left blank. Verso in manuscript black ink- " Burlington, Ia. Sept. 20. '01 This will certify that I have this day vaccinated Horace W(?) Arnold W(?) Arthur W(?) Anna W(?) C. E. Barnes". In different ink follows "Good". Very Good, 4 small holes, small ink blot. . One Page,Folded. Very Good. 8" x 5 3/8".

Huntingdon, PA: Quinter & Brumbaugh Brothers , 1879. "Carefully Revised, Rearranged and Otherwise Improved" from the 1872 first edition published by Funk and Holsinger. Very Good Minus, original black leather stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, gilt at spine mostly lost, tears to leather with some loss of leather at spine ends and edges and corners, hinges just starting to open, many pages with top corners creased contemporary owner name with lovely drawings front end page, as well as a later owner's name. Contains words and music. (2), 406 pages, with Index to First Lines, Alphabetical Index of Tunes, Metrical Index of Tunes, and Index of Subjects. RARE, OCLC locates only a single copy, at the Luther Seminary Library. No auction records found, no other copies in current commerce. . Revised Edition. Leather. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place: David R. Godine, 1983. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Printing, #178/250 copies printed, distributed at the ABA trade show in 1983. Featuring an excellent rather noir image SIGNED by legendary graphic and underground comix artist Leslie Cabarga. 22" w x 29 1/2" h. Near Fine, tiny creases at edges. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Printin. Poster. Near Fine. 22" w x 29 1/2" h. Limited Edition.

London: Frederick Warne and Co. Drawings & full-color illustrations by the great Randolph Caldecott of 8 classic children's stories including: The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House That Jack Built, An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog, The Babes in the Wood, The Three Jovial Huntsmen, Sing a Song for Sixpence, The Quuen of Hearts, and The Farmer's Boy. No date, according to the Randolph Caldecott Society this title was reissued by Frederick Warne in 1896. Lacking the dustjacket, still a Very Good copy, cloth a bit rubbed, contents are clean, tight and unmarked. . First Edition Thus. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Caldecott, R..

Sacramento, California , 1855. Two manuscript letters in ink, both on ruled paper with folding creases, the 1855 letter 8" x 12 1/2", with single spaced writing both sides, approx. 500 words. The 1856 letter 15" x 10", folded in half to make 4 pp., approx. 300 words, with small blindstamp top left corner depicting an eagle. The earlier letter is headed "September 18th 1855 Naperville Dupage County Illinois" and ends "Michael direct your letters Nevada County, Nevada post office, California". George writes to his brother Michael in Naperville that he has "seen a good dele sins i rote you they last letter", including a hundred "inshins" and some "Buffellow". He adds that "we had good luck all they way of may we left Council Bluff", and that he is not home sick yet. He then talks of the gold mines, river mining, what they are paying, and the cost of things such as board ("from five to ten dollars a week"),… Read More

New York: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1917. xxviii, 341 ps., oroginal blue gloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Very Good, gilt at spine dulled, front hinge cracked yet holding nicely, 3 pages of Introduction with top corner creases. Originally from the collection of Anne F. Oberndorfer, her signature in pencil front end page. Anne Shaw Faulkner Oberndorfer (1877-1948) a prominent Chicago music educator and a frequent contributor to Better Homes & Gardens, The Ladies' Home Journal and Child Life magazines during the 1920s. Later from the collection of noted music professor John Planer of Manchester University, his bookplate front paste down. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 1848. Third Edition stated, published 1848-1850. stamp-signed "J.Leighton, Brewer Street", among the finest of fine London hand-binders of the period. Seven volumes in full pebbled brown morocco, elaborately blind-tooled decorations spine and covers, marbled end papers, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, the armorial bookplates of B. Franklin Pepper. A Very Good set indeed, rubs at spine ends and corners, internally clean and bright with light toning only at end papers.. A heavy and oversized set that will require additional postage cost for priority and international mail- please inquire before ordering. . Third Edition. Morocco. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Henry Colburn, 1842. Four volumes bound in unsigned contemporary half dark brown morocco over marbled boards, the backs in six compartments with four featuring richly gilt tooled crown in field of flowers, end papers and edges marbled. Near Fine, small rubs at corners, rubbing to marbled boards, small prior owner name label at title pages, handful of pages with corner creases in Vol. II. Portrait and Index, xxx, 420, viii, 427, vi, 394, vi, 488 pp. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publ. Co., 1938. 32 pages, stapled color pictorial stiff paper wrappers, illustrations in black and white. A Fine copy, uncommon thus. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Fine. 3 5/8" x 2 1/2".

London: Staples Press Ltd., 1924. 4th Printing of the 1924 Third Edition. Very Good in the original brown cloth with gilt titles at spine, gilt a bit dulled, cloth lightly mottled, small period bookseller's sticker front pastedown. The ownership signature of E.R. Wicker front endpage. Wicker is Professor Emeritus in Economics at Indiana University Kelley School of Business and author of several academic works on banking. . 3rd Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.

Paris: Librairie d'Amyot, 1845. SCARCE biography of King Francis I of France (1494-1547, who ruled 1515 until his death in 1547). Four volumes bound in contemporary midnight polished calf, gilt rules and decorations, rules in blind, marbled end papers and edges, silk markers, Vol. I with the stamp of Simier R. du Roi front end page and in gilt at tail , that of René Simier (1772-1843), one of the best French binders of the nineteenth century and binder to the King. Near Fine, widely scattered toning, boards lightly rubbed, a quite distinguished set. A heavy set, please be advised added shipping charges will be requested for international orders. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1965. First Printing stated. Near Fine, prior owner name at front end page and half-title page, scattered foxing to fore edge of page block only. In a Very Good Plus first issue dust wrapper, designed by S. Neil Fujita, with correct date code (1/66) and $5.95 price on front flap., light wear at spine ends. Basis for the critically acclaimed movie that garnered 4 Oscar nominations. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chester, PA: Press of Chester Times, 1920. RARE, WorldCat shows no holdings. In original grey cloth, gilt lettering, Very Good Minus, prior owner name front paste down (most likely a cadet), cloth soiled, rear hinge open, front hinge starting, stains to end papers. 55 pages With 2 blank Quartermaster receipts laid in. Pennsylvania Military College was known as the"West Point of the Keystone State". . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paris: Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle , 1903. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page. Bound with original wrappers in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, the bookplate of Alfred Sutro front paste down. Alfred Sutro (1863-1933) was an English author, dramatist and translator. Very Good, rubbing at spine ends and corners, scattered light to moderate toning. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Illustrated Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York & London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Finely bound in signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding of full red polished calf, triple gilt rules with devices at corners of covers, the spine sumptuously gilt with crushed morocco labels and gilt lettering, all edges gilt, wide ornate inner gilt dentelles, marbled end papers, ribbon marker. Near Fine, two small rubs to labels, light rubs at joints. A quite lovely copy of this romanticized biography of the 15th century poet. François Villon,. First American Edition. Full Polished Calf . Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

St Moritz: Verlag Gammeter /Wetzel Offset lithograph reproduction of classic Swiss travel poster originally published 1908. No date, circa 1980s. 25"h x 18"w. Near Fine, faint top corner crease. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . Reprint. Poster. Near Fine. 25" h x 18"w.

St. Moritz: Verlag Gammeter /Wetzel No date, circa 1980s reproduction of a classic 1921 Swiss travel poster. 25"h x 18"w. Fine. Well suited for framing. Will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . Reprint. Poster. Fine. 25" x 18".

Dayton, OH: Dayton Spice Mills No date, circa(1888) which was the year the Bryson Bonebreak Block was built in Los Angeles, and the date in ink at bottom margin below photo that someone has added. From the verso: " Handsome, Historical, Instructive. Photo-Lithographic View Cards. One card in each package of Jersey Coffee! ... Jersey Coffee is pure, clean, strong and fine flavored, and is the best package coffee on the market. Sold only in 1-lb. packages. Dayton Spice Mills Co., sole manufacturers, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A." A Good complete card, several creases and small tears at edges. SCARCE, not listed at OCLC, which does list 9 of the 100 views that were issued to advertise Jersey Coffee by The Dayton Spice Mills Co. in the late 1800s. . Cardstock. Good. 2 5/8" x 5 3/4".

Garden City: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1950. RARE, her third of eight critically acclaimed mystery novels, all set in California and all published by Doubleday, and all of which are RARE in today's market in the first edition. Near Fine, the usual browning given Doubleday's use of cheap paper, in a Near Fine dust jacket. very light edge wear. One of the scarcest Crime Club selections, and with a particularly nice dust jacket. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

No Place: Liquid Peptonoids Co. , 1900. RARE advertising ephemera for Liquid Peptonoids, a patent medicine.No date, circa 1900. Near Fine in stapled fold-over handmade paper wrappers, 6 pp. with lithographic scene and poem printed recto, advertising for product printed verso. The poem "The Country Doctor" is excerpted from Carleton's book RHYMES OF OUR PLANRT, Harper & Brothers, 1895. . First Edition Thus. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 5" x 8".