Search Results: Authors starting with C from Uncharted Books

Sociedad Potosina de Estudios Historicos, 1975. Paperback. Good. In Spanish. This is the history of an infamous Mexican mining town featuring many black and white photos. Edge wear and a few marks and stains on cover. Corners are bumped and covering at top and bottom of spine is rubbed. Interior is clean and binding is tight.

Baltimore: Penguin, 1967. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name on fore block edge. This is a vintage paperback printing of the classic Roman history.

Librarie Camille Sourget. Hardcover. Very good. In French. This is a gorgeous catalogue of rare books available from famed Parisian dealer Librarie Camille Sourget. With many sumptuous full-page color photos and illustrations.

New York: Ace, 1947. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

New York: Ace, 1972. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

New York: Random House, 1973. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage hardcover science fiction anthology.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage hardcover science fiction anthology from Astounding/Analog magazine.

New York: Ace, 1961. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

New York: Pyramid, 1976. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. Chip to top right corner of front cover. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

New York: Ace, 1956. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. Crease on rear cover. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

New York: Ace, 1973. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

New York: Ace, 1977. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. Sticker on front cover. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

Franklin, TN: AC Projects. First Edition. Very good. This is a pair of first edition books printing the letters of science fiction writer and editor Campbell. Vol. 1 is a common paperback and Vol. 2 is a rare limited edition hardcover. John W. Campbell (1910-1971) was an influential American science fiction writer and editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later changed to Analog) magazine. As an editor, he helped shaped the careers of Asimov, Heinlein, Sturgeon, Clarke, and many more of the great midcentury authors. Asimov is quoted as calling Campbell "the most powerful force in science fiction ever." (I, Asimov) These two volumes collect a small selection of Campbell's letters and provide an overview of his far-reaching influence. Vol. 1 is a 12mo paperback book in very good condition but with minor shelf wear to wraps. This title was never published in hardcover. It contains many letters by Campbell to science fiction and fantasy writers and scientists. Vol. 2 is a limited edition 8vo hardcover… Read More

[New York]: New Directions, 1947. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 8vo. Red cloth. Dust jacket. 158 pp. Several chips to jacket edges and a 1/2" closed tear at bottom of front jacket cover. Some notes in pencil on rear jacket cover. Signature of late bookseller Paul S. Rohe on front free endpaper. This is a first American edition of Camus' two plays.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1966. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage book of literary criticism.

Portland: Pomegranate Communications, 2016. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Oblong 4to. Boards. Dust jacket. Color photographic plates throughout. 318 pp. Minor shelf wear to jacket. This is a book of architectural photography of the great buildings of Chicago with accompanying essays.

New York: Bantam, 1972. Paperback. Very good. Many photographs. Minor shelf wear. Sticker on front cover. Brown discoloration inside front cover. This is a vintage paperback copy of Capra's classic Hollywood memoir.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Wraps. 491 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon advance copy of Caputo's bestselling novel.

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1870. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Cloth. Shelf wear. Cloth scuffed and torn in several places. 2 pp. loose and laid in. Pencil notes on rear endpapers. This is an uncommon book about the "science of society," a relatively new field of study in the 19th century.

New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1987. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth. Very good/very good. 8vo. Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. 191 pp. Minor shelf wear. Red mark on bottom block edge. This is a first American edition critical biography of William Golding, author of Lord of the Flies and many other works.