Search Results: Authors starting with C from Chanticleer Books

New York: Abbeville Press, (1981). First US edition. Hardcover. Slight fading to bottom edge of spine, else fine in fine jacket. 148 pp., 68 color plates; large folio (15 x 12 inches), original green cloth, pictorial jacket. A survey of antique maps with fine reproductions and accompanying text.

Geelong & Melbourne: George Mercer & George Robertson, (1873). First edition. Hardcover. Fairly faint dampstain to bottom outer corners of some plates, moderate foxing to text, else internally very good and externally fine. xii, [4], 224; 30 pp. 9 tinted lithograph plates, 9 wood engraved illustrations, folding map; small octavo, later (but not recent) half dark brown morocco, gilt.

Ottowa: Smart-Woods, Ltd., n.d. (circa 1915). Original edition. About fine. Pictorial wrappers, 8.5 x 6 inches, 66 pp., profusely illustrated with line drawings and half-tone reproductions from photographs. Tents and canvas products of all sorts as well as an array of outdoor clothing, sleeping bags, and camp furniture. Not found on OCLC/Worldcat.

Huesca: Inst. de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 1989. First edition thus. Hardcover. Both volumes fine in lightly worn slipcase. 2 volumes (facsimile and commentary), folios, green leatherette with gilt title and ornaments; 277 leaves (i.e. 554 pp. facsimile), 166 pp. (commentary), slipcase. Beautiful facsimile reproduction of the late 13th century illuminated manuscript. Text outlines the new legal code established following the reconquest of Spain from years of Moorish dominance. Text was written by the Bishop of Huesca, Vidal de Canellas for King James I of Aragon and Catalonia. Originally written in Latin this manuscript is a translation into the Navarro-Aragonese vernacular language. The original, the only extant copy of this text, is in the J. Paul Getty Museum. (Shipping weight is approximately 7 kilos or 15.5 pounds and extra shipping charge will be necessary).

Bloomington: IDD Books, (1994). First edition. Paperback. Fine, quite clean and unworn. Original pictorial wrappers (10.75 x 8 inches), xii, 103 pp. Explores both the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and the exotic Egyptian dancers introduced there. One of whom, "Little Egypt" became something of a legend . . .

Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto (11 x 8 inches), original 3/4 black morocco and green cloth; 1045 pp., profusely illustrated with full page portraits from photographs of leading citizens, also buildings and localities around the counties. Some scuffing and wear to covers, first few and last few pages with short tears to fore-edge margins, else very good About 200 pages of history, including histories of the several townships in the two counties, followed by biographies of leading citizens. Scarce. Cowan II, p. 835, #75; Rocq 5322.

London: Cassell and Co., (1967). First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Original red cloth, quarto, (xxxiv), 1 fl, 280 pp. Illustrated. Edges spotted, some staining to covers, endpapers and jacket from old-style jacket protector, else very good Annotated catalogue of 424 books that changed the world

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good, quite clean and unworn, in moderately worn jacket with shallow chips at spine ends and corners of boards, light soiling. [7] pp. text + 163 b/w photo reproductions; 4to, original white burlap boards. Front jacket flap states that Cartier-Bresson was the first foreign visitor to Moscow since 1917 allowed the freedom to photograph whatever and wherever as he pleased. Captions were written by Mme. Cartier-Bresson

Lawrenceville, Illinois: Cornelia Carter, 1944. First edition. Paperback. Very good, quite clean and unworn. Original decorative wrappers, 86 pp., 22 color plates, 168 text illustrations. A manual of principles and techniques for free-hand cutting of letters and decorative shapes. For use in poster making and other artistic applications.

Chicago & London: Open Court Publishing Co., 1917. Early reprint. Hardbound. Fine. Original dark blue cloth with gilt title and cover ornaments, octavo (7 x 5 inches), xx, [4], 311 pp., illustrated. Lovely copy of this classic retelling of the story of Buddha. Originally published in 1894.

NY: Knopf, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in lightly edgeworn, near fine jacket. Original pictorial boards, octavo (6.5 x 9.5 inches), xx, 457 pp. Illustrated with drawings, including endpaper maps, by Oscar Ochoa.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Like new. Quarto (13.25 x 10.25 inches), original green cloth with color pictorial inset on front cover, paper spine label, slipcase; xiv, 144 pp., profusely illustrated with 80 color reproductions from the original paintings, drawings, etc. Publisher's prospectus laid in. As new in faintly worn slipcase Explores the works of 28 individual French artists and their artistic impressions of California over the span of more than 100 years. Designed by the Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo, edition of 450 copies. Color reproductions are superb.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1880. First edition. Corners bumped, light wear to spine ends, couple spots to covers, top edge dusty, still very good copy. Original green cloth with gilt title and decoration; small octavo (5 x 7 inches); ix, 299 pp. Engraved frontispiece and 2 plates with tissue guards, folding map A 19th-century Yankee's fond account of his trip Hawaii

Bishops Stortford: J. M. Mullinger, et al, 1826. Reprint of the 1700 first edition. Hardcover. Covers moderately scuffed, light scattered foxing to text, lithograph plates are very foxed. 2 volumes, large octavo, brown calf and boards with later rebacking, red and green morocco spine labels; xx, 502; (1), 614 pp. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece, folding county map, and 43 lithograph plates (38 are double-page). Text interleaved with a great many blanks, most with manuscript additions by an unknown hand, a few illustrations added, some bound in, some tipped to blank leaves. Recent cloth slipcase. Originally published in 1700, an exhaustive study of the history and habitation of Hertfordshire.

(Paris): Editions du Ponant, (1987). First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. [30] pp. Illustrated with 13 full-page maps printed in colors; oblong folio (28 x 38 cm), original green cloth with titles in gilt. Mild scuffing to covers. Maps depict various regions of Bordeaux.

Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin, 1991. First edition. Box top corners split, else about fine. Portfolio, 44 loose plates (including title, half-title, copyright / publication notice, and 2 section titles) in 2-piece cardboard tray box with 4 die-cut flaps at opening of foam-lined box bottom. 30 x 30 cm (11.75 x 11.75 inches). Accompanying exhibition catalog leaflet laid in. Reproductions of the South Korean artist's sculptural projects "Ground Project Tokyo, 1989" and "Underground Project Korea, 1986, collectively known as the "World Underground Project." In a press release for the 2012 exhibit of the artist's work at Kukje Gallery in Seoul the World Underground Project is described as: "a body of work that frames the artist’s intense interest in the life and history contained in the earth’s strata. The project began with the artist burying many layers of paper deep underground, in several places around the world, and then unearthing them a number of years later.… Read More

NY: A. O. Moore, 1859. Early reprint. Light bumping to corners, corner of rear free endpaper torn away, else about fine.. Original brown blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine title; small octavo; 71 pp. + 5-page catalog at rear, engraved frontispiece, several engraved illustrations in the text. A popular treatise on grape-growing promoting native American grape varieties for outdoor cultivation and several European grapes for indoor cultivation. Gabler G15820

Westfield, Mass.: Vitamin Research Association, 1922. First edition. Paperback. 3 volumes with rusty staple darkening surrounding area on wrapper, else all very good in worn slipcase. 10 staplebound pamphlets, 6.5 x 4.5 inches, decorative cream wrappers printed in green; various paginations (about 20-35 pp. each), in publisher's slipcase. Eugene Christian (1860-1930) was a crusader for dietary reform and prolific author of books on vegetarianism, raw foods, vitamins, and related topics. Scarce.

Los Angeles: F. G. Thayer, (1923). First edition. Paperback. Finger smudge to front cover, else near fine. 21 pp.; original decorative wrappers, 6.75 x 4.75 inches. 12 magic tricks thoroughly described.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First US edition thus. Light scuffing and some dulling to cover cloth, previous owner name to front fixed endpaper, else very good.. Original blue cloth with gilt spine title; large octavo, xii, 866 pp., 20 full-page maps and charts (some folding), 34 additional maps, charts, etc. in the text. Revision and abridgement of the work previously published in 4 volumes. First US printing thus.