Search Results: Authors starting with C from Keel Row Books

London; Harborough Publishing Co, Ltd, 1960., 1960. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST ACE BOOKS EDITION. Softcover, pp. 156, [4] catalogue. Pictorial card wraps. Cover edges lightly rubbed and light background a little surface soiled. Contents toned as usual otherwise clean; no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Ace Books H345. Love and murder in a lonely Maryland road-house, from the author of "The Postman Always Rings Twice".

London; Bantam Press, 2007, 2007. Hard Cover. SIGNED and dated FIRST EDITION. Octavo. pp 414, [2]. Publisher's black paper covered boards in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A very good copy in like jacket. Bumping to head of spine with associated creasing to jacket. Signed and dated (02.07.07) by the Author without dedication to the title page. The first book in the Samuel Carver series.

London; Arcadia Press/ Heinemann, 1971., 1970. Hard Cover. No. 3 in a SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of 265 copies only. Quarto, pp. 288. Numerous illustrations throughout including 29 plates in colour, of which 3 double-page. Hand bound by Zaehnsdorf of London in full tan morocco, with gilt titles to green panel to spine and decorative motif in green, gilt and black to upper board; aeg; vivid marbled endpapers in shades of orange and brown. The motif and binding were designed especially for this edition. A Fine copy signed by the Author, without dedication, to limitation leaf. A handsome example of the study of Leonardo da Vinci and his works, by the Scottish journalist and academic (1906-82). Heavyweight, so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

Bishop Auckland; J Cummins, 1884., 1884. Hardcover. Octavo. Fold-out frontispiece Geological Map of the County and 2 fold-down Strata sections, all in colour. Book Condition: Very Good. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and blind borders to boards; bottle green endpapers. Cover cloth rubbed with minor wear to corners and spine tips. Gift inscribed by the Author to W Innes Watson, to ffep. 3-inch closed tear to map from joint; map edges creased otherwise contents clean & tight. Scarce in this condition.

London; John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1950., 1950. Mass Market Paperback. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp. [32]. Full-page illustrations in colour throughout. Publishers' pictorial paper-covered boards in matching price-clipped dust-jacket. Spine tips a little rubbed otherwise a clean copy, with no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket rubbed, nicked & creased with small loss but bright; 2 cm closed tear to lower edge, repaired to verso with clear tape. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First of the Bill Frog adventures and sixth picture book written and illustrated by Cam; the story features Wilberforce Frog and his rescue of Mrs Springer's little girl Skippit from the castle of villainous magician Nightshade, ably assisted by his friends. Barbara Mary Campbell worked in the Land Army after studying at Clapham School of Art and St Martin's, and during the evenings of World War II she wrote and illustrated her first work "Barbara Lamb" under the pen-name of "Cam"; her works are exquisitely and vividly… Read More

Oxford; Clarendon Press/OUP & Sandpiper Books, 1996., 1996. Hard Cover. Special Edition for Sandpiper Books. Octavo, pp. xvii, [1], 468. Publishers' navy blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped sky-blue jacket with white titles. Clean and crisp with ownership inscription to ffep; jacket slightly ceased top edge and tail of spine. A Near Fine copy in very good jacket. Detailed study of the imperial delicate balancing act between pleasing the military and the senators in Rome. From the library of eminent archaeologist Paul Bidwell O.B.E. Bidwell was responsible for the excavation of Vindolanda, and the reconstruction of Segedunum, on Hadrian's Wall, and remains one of the most respected archaeologists of his generation.

London; Macdonald, 1991., 1991. Hard Cover. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [8], 374. Publishers' black cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Top edge a little dusty otherwise a clean tight copy. Inscribed by the Author to title page, to fellow horror and supernatural short story writer Laurence Staig: "For Laurence- Some kind of a joke- All the best! Ramsey". Jacket very lightly surface scuffed with minor creasing at head of spine. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. The story of a man's uncontrollable obsession with chain letters and their effect on his luck.

New York; Macmillan Publishing Company, 1983., 1983. Hard Cover. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, with complete number sequence 10 to 1. Octavo, pp. [12], 368. Publishers' green quarter cloth with silver titles to spine and pale green paper-covered boards, in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Covers a little toned, and bruised top edge; contents clean and bright, boldly inscribed to title page in black marker: "For Geoff- some of my bad dreams! All the best, Ramsey". Jacket lightly surface soiled and a little nicked & creased to edge, mainly at spine tips. A Very Good copy in like jacket. "A Novel of Terror" featuring participants in a controlled experiment in prophetic dreaming, with unexpected consequences...

London; Folio Society, 2018., 2008. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Large octavo, pp. xv, [1], 410; 104. Numerous monochrome figures throughout text volume, and photographic colour plates to companion volume. Publishers' green cloth with gilt titles to spines, blocked in gilt, with top edges gilt; housed in orange cloth-covered slipcase with historic serpent design blocked in gilt to front face. Volumes both clean and bright with no annotation or inscriptions; slipcase very slightly scuffed to lower face and inside opening. A Fine set in Near Fine slipcase. Based upon the 1991 Revised Edition with minor emendations. Heavyweight so a contribution to increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; W. Clowes and Sons, 1838., 1838. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [8], [i]-ix, [1], 117, [1]. Scarlet cloth with gilt titles to upper board and fillets and scrolled decoration in blind to boards. Primrose yellow endpapers. Spine lightly sunned and rubbed with wear to tips; boards a little creased with bruised corners Bold ownership inscription in red ink to ffep; single leaf corner creased otherwise contents clean and crisp. A Very Good copy. Scarce regimental history in the Historical Records of the British Army series, from formation as one of the three English units in the Dutch Anglo-Scots Brigade, evolving into the Fifth Regiment of Foot in 1782. Copac locates just 3 copies at British holdings.

New York; Auerbach, 1971, 1971. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. viii, 184 pp. Pictorial title page; illustrations in text. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Good. Publishers' grey cloth with orange titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Spine a little creased at tips; top edge toned & foxed. Very minor foxing & toning to endpapers otherwise contents clean; no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket sunned to spine with numerous nicks & creases to edge and very minor loss at spine tips and corners. Biography of boxing champion "Kid McCoy", one of the very first sports celebrities and the subject of many column inches in contemporary newspapers. Scarce.

Oxford/New York; Published for The Early English Texts Society by the Oxford University Press, 1983., 1983. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. cvii, [1], 410. Frontispiece and 6 further plates as called for, including 2 fold-outs. Russet cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine and upper board, and gilt Early English Text Society crest to upper board. Very minor bruising to spine tips; 1 cm tear to each fold-out plate affecting margin only. Near Fine copy. Early English Text Society No. 285. Substantial contribution to the historical literature of Medieval English and spans the time period from Adam and Eve to 1417. Includes extensive introduction, commentary and glossary.

Milwaukie; Dark Horse Comics, 2003., 2003. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Quarto, pp. 128. Colour cartoon-strip illustrations throughout. Publisher's laminated pictorial boards with coloured titles to spine and upper board; red endpapers. Modest bruise to spine head and very small areas of surface loss to spine tail. Overall a Near Fine copy. Legendary artist Frank Frazette teams up with cartoonist Al Capp for these Li'l Abner Sunday cartoon strips. With commentary by Denis Kitchen. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas postage.

Durham; Wm Ainsley, 1880., 1880. Hardcover. Large octavo. Xviii, 312 pp. Book Condition: Very Good. Decorative brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and blindstamped border to bevelled boards. All edges stained red; canary yellow endpapers. Bookplate to ffep and binders ticket to rear pastedown; endpapers soiled. Foxing to early & late leaves otherwise a very clean copy. Cover cloth rubbed to corners with wear at spine tips. Volume I covers the Cathedral, St Mary-the-Less, St Mary-le-Bow and St Oswalds. Rare.

Paris; Mercure de France, 1913., 1913. Hard Cover. INSCRIBED COPY. French text. Small octavo, pp 351. 2 portrait plates with tissue guards, including frontispiece of Thomas Carlyle. Half blue polished calf with marbled boards by A Renaud with gilt ruling to edges and gilt titles & decoration to spine; marbled endpapers. Original yellow paper cover bound-in; yellow silk placemarker. Corners bumped with wear and edges lightly rubbed. Binder's ticket to front pastedown. Ownership inscription to verso ffep and to title page, with a little annotation to verso p 351. Lengthy inscription by the Massons in purple ink to half title dated in the year of publication, 1913. Page edges toned; scattered foxing, mainly to prelims. French translation of Norton's text of Thomas Carlyle's posthumous publication of his wife's work, taken from her diaries. Scarce.

London; Military Historical Society, 2000., 2000. Softcover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 72 pp. Book Condition: Near Fine. Booklet in pictorial card wraps. 20 illustrations in colour (including covers) plus 41 black-and-white. No inscriptions.

Edinburgh; Printed for the Author by T. and A. Constable, 1900., 1900. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION: LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies only. Quarto, pp. xxxii, 339, [1]; [7], vi-xi, [1], 350, [2]. Engraved portrait frontispiece of the Author as frontispiece to Volume I with tissue guard; numerous decorative initial letters and illustrations throughout text. Publishers' trade binding, white parchment with maroon labels with gilt tittles and decoration to spine; top edge gilt, others uncut. Binding very slightly surface soiled, with minor wear to spine tips. Contents clean and crisp with no annotation or inscriptions. An excellent set, in an unusually clean binding. First printing of Carmichael's magnum opus of Gaelic folklore and customs, mostly drawn from the Western Isles, which was eventually expanded to six volumes. The songs and verses are printed in parallel Gaelic and English text. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

Privately printed, [1903]. , 1903. Hard Cover. Quarto, pp. 42. 10 plates, plus numerous in-text illustrations. Original white patterned cloth with gilt titles inside decorative double diaper border to upper board, and to spine. Printed compliments slip bound-in to fore. Covers very slightly surface soiled, with minor bruising to edges and corners. Endpapers lightly foxed otherwise contents clean. A Very Good copy. Account of the celebrations marking the safe return of the Major from the South African War, including the presentation of Swords of Honour to the Major and Captain H. Carr, and bracelet to Mrs Carr-Ellison. Ralph Henry Carr-Ellison of Hedgeley Hall in Northumberland (1863-1923) rose to the rank of Colonel of the 1st (Royal) Dragoons and the images include close-ups of the presented swords and jewellery. Rare.

London; Nonesuch Library, 1939., 1939. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Octavo, pp. xiv, [2], 1165. "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" with many of Tenniel's original illustrations. Publishers' bevelled red cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt crest of the Institution of Electrical Engineers to upper board. Unclipped red pictorial dust-jacket. Cover cloth a little rubbed at spine tips. Printed Award Plate of the Institution of Electrical Engineers to front paste-down, completed tidily in ink and dated 1956-57; no annotation or inscriptions, contents clean and crisp. Jacket a little rubbed to extremities, with nick & associated creasing top edge. A Very Good copy in like jacket. Complete works including verses and short stories, with Introduction by Alexander Woollcott. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

London; Raphael Tuck & Sons, Ltd., Circa [1937]., 1937. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Quarto, 152, [8] catalogue. Double-page pop-up panorama in colour, 2 colour plates by A. L. Bowley including frontispiece, 16 full-page black-and-white illustrations and numerous line drawings throughout text. Red quarter cloth with black titles to spine and cream pictorial paper-covered boards. Spine lightly surface soiled and rubbed; minor wear to board edges and lower board stained to fore-edge. Scuff marks to front paste-down, and gift inscription to ffep dated 1937 but "This Book Belongs to" left blank. Minor scattered foxing throughout; rear free endpaper vertically creased. The Panorama is complete and uncreased. A very good copy of a children's book usually found in poor condition. Attractive re-telling of Carroll's classic story in Tuck's Storyland Treasury.