Search Results: Authors starting with C from Certain Books, ABAA

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Printed By Thomas & William Bradford, Booksellers and Stationers, 1801. (14) + 348 pages. Charles Caldwell (1772 - 1853) American physician, author, and teacher originally from North Carolina, later known for his "...indefatigable efforts to establish strong educational programs at the medical schools of Transylvania University and Louisville..." (Thomas A. Horrocks in the ANB) Small booksellers' ticket of Scientific and Medical Books, and all objects of Natural History A.E. Foote, M.D. 1223 Belmont Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. on the front endpaper. Approx. 6" x 9 1/2" size; bound in plain paper covered boards; lacks spine covering and the title, beginning leaves and block signatures loose; fore and bottom edge of block untrimmed. The title & a couple of leaves with old discoloration; otherwise contents clean and in good condition; a candidate for reference or rebinding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

Houlgate-sur-Mer (Calvados): Madelaine Cabinet-card size view; photograph of chateaux; with the photographer's imprint of Madelaine Houlgate-sur-Mer (Calvados) on back; no date but circa 1880s; fairly clear image, some fading; light wear; very good condition, interesting historical Calvados France view.. Very Good.

Boston: P.R. Co. Divided back postcard; used; no cancellation; no date, circa 1910; some light edge, tips wear; very good condition.. Very Good.

London, England: Half Moon Photography Workshop, 1978. 15 pages; illustrated throughout in black and white. British-based photographer's periodical, opens to approx. 11 3/4" x 16 1/2" size; light wear; in very good condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Barcelona Spain: Empresa Editorial La Ilustracion, 1874. lxi + 266 pages + (1) page plate list + (1) publisher's announcements. With 10 black and white plates illustrating the cantos of the poem, collated complete. Luis de Camoes (c. 1525 - 1580) Portugal's greatest poet, the Lusiads his most enduring work; here in Spanish translation. Title page with the small, very faint ownership stamp of previous owner George R. Brush, M.D. U.S. Navy, surgeon & medical inspector, 1861-1894. Volume approx. 6 1/8" x 8 7/8" size; bound in the full polished leather, gilt spine titles on contrasting label. Some edge, tips wear to the boards; some foxing, spotting text & plates; in very good condition.. First Edition. Leather. Very Good.

Paris, France: Gallimard, 1967. 169 pages; text in French. Approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4" size; printed softcover over-wrap. Light wear; in very good condition.. Later Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good.

U.S.A.: Archives of American Art, 1972. Inscribed and signed by the author-artist on the front endpaper, to American lawyer & social rights activist Lloyd K. Garrison (1897 - 1991) and his wife Ellen. The first, dated December 1971 to Ellen & Lloyd and handwritten, signed John, accompanied this portfolio: "...This book just came from the publisher..." and sending best wishes. The second letter, dated August 2, 1976 is typed and sent to Ellen, with content concerning a Canaday lecture delivered in Seattle, his theme on the re-legitimization of 19th century American painting and with his candid exposition of the reasoning behind his support and optimism concerning the genre. Signed John and with a postscript in manuscript; this letter with the original postal-used mailing envelope. Portfolio approx. 8 3/4" x 11 1/8" size; purple paper softcover, titles in pink; light wear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Toronto Canada: The Vacuum Gas and Oil Company, Limited, 1917. Three stock certificates; made out to Thomas I. Hunter, one certificate for 200 shares and two for 100 shares; signed by the principals; back of certificates with transfer details. Printed by the New York Bank Note Co. NY. Approx. 8" x 11 1/2" size; old fold lines, light wear; in very good condition.. Scripophily. Not Bound. Very Good.

Spain: Various, 1958. 18 slides; all professional images; with several studio stamps & film types; Spanish titles; considerable color loss to all; slight wear to mounts; in good condition.. Photography. Not Bound. Good.

London & Edinburgh: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. A sharp and clear oval Woodburytype portrait of Monsignor Capel; approx. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" size, on the original heavy paper 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" sheet;Thomas John Capel (1836-1911) British-born Roman Catholic priest "...Unusually, he did not attend a seminary, so it must be presumed that he was ordained on his own patrimony. The source of his private income is unknown. In 1863 Capel retired for reasons of health to Pau, in the Basses-Pyrénées, where he acted as English Catholic chaplain, earned a reputation as a preacher and controversialist, (characterized by his later ultramontanism) and made some fashionable converts..." he went on to become intimate with the Pope at Rome, appointed a monsignor and papal chamberlain - eventually starting the Catholic University which subsequently ran into financial difficulties, causing an examination of the affairs of the Monsignor which revealed… Read More

New Britain Connecticut: W. Allderige, 1875. Business card for this Connecticut photographer; card with the printed details of the firm on one side; the other side has an image of a child in chair, albumen photograph on mount; glued back-to-back with the business card, which also bears a handwritten notation, "Little Chonney C. M(?-indecipherable) Picture a good one"; no date, circa 1875; approx. 2 1/4" x 4" size; some light wear and soiling; in good condition; interesting Connecticut photographic studio ephemera, business promotional technique of the latter part of the 19th century.. Photograph. Not Bound. Good.

New York: National Litho. Co., 1890. Color illustrated card, 2 3/4" x 4 1/8" approx. size; advertising Naphey's "Gold Brand" lard; object is to find the items hidden in the image; slight edge, tips wear and darkening; very good condition.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London, England: John Churchill , 1838. xlvii + 154 pages; title page printed in red & black. Including the Expositions: Medical Topography of London; On Scrofula; On the Preservation of the Health of Children; On the Disorders of Old Age; and On the Efficacy of Cathartic Medicines. The various lectures on these subjects given by Sir Anthony Carlisle (1768 - 1840) British surgeon and anatomist whose "...most famous scientific contribution had been communicated to the Royal Society in 1800. Drawing on Volta's recent discovery of a chemical means of generating electricity, Carlisle and William Nicholson electrolyzed water into its constituent gases...." (W. F. Bynum in the ODNB) Title page with the previous owner name of Ticknor; endpaper with the name of George R. Brush; M.D. in the U.S. Navy; a surgeon & medical inspector, from 1861-1894. Final endpaper with a pasted-in newspaper article on the character and habits of Whitebait fish. Volume approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; bound in the original light… Read More

New York & London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1955. Inscribed and signed on the endpaper "To Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Ward with my very best wishes and with very happy memories of their first visit to Boys Town, Rome Oct. 5th, 1960 J.P. Carroll-Abbing"; 242 pages; slight dustjacket and volume edgewear; overall, very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Washington, DC: Hydrographic Office, 1927. [027512] (World War II - Australia - United States - Cartography). Australia East Coast Cape Grafton to Double Point From British Surveys Between 1848 and 1924. Washington, DC: Hydrographic Office, 1927. A U.S. Hydrographic Office chart; showing the coastline of Queensland Australia and offshore; red dots at several coastal areas on these landmasses as well as among the coastal waters; with profile views of the Grafton and Flora passages. Noted as the 2nd Edition, of June 1927; with the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 30 1/4" x 41 3/4" overall sheet size; good margins; printed on medium paper stock. A little edge, tips wear and surface crinkling; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety.. Map. Not Bound. Very Good.

Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1934. A U.S. Navy WWII Emergency Reproduction of a British Admiralty Chart; showing the coastline of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Manus Island, Mussau and New Hanover, New Ireland. With the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 30" x 50" overall sheet size; printed on medium paper stock. Some edge, tips wear; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety.. Map. Not Bound. Very Good.

Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1932. A U.S. Navy WWII Emergency Reproduction of a Dutch chart; showing the coastline of New Guinea; with inset maps of Mond der Mamberamo River en Matabori and Ankerplaatsen Nabij Sarmi; these have been stamped 'Cancelled'; Dutch language place-names and column of Netherlands and English terms & conversion of fathoms to meters; with the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 30" x 50" overall sheet size; good margins; printed on medium paper stock. A little edge, tips wear and surface crinkling; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety.. Map. Not Bound. Very Good.

Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1933. A U.S. Navy WWII Emergency Reproduction of a Dutch chart; showing the coastline of New Guinea; with an added small red ink dot on a buoy marker in Humboldt Bay. Dutch language place-names and column of Netherlands and English terms & conversion of fathoms to meters; with the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 31 3/4" x 46 3/4" overall sheet size; good margins; printed on medium paper stock. Some edge, tips wear and surface crinkling; small darkened area under the title; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety.. Map. Not Bound. Very Good.

Washington, DC: U.S. Navy, 1945. A U.S. Navy WWII Emergency Reproduction of a British Admiralty Chart; showing the coastline of Queensland Australia and New Guinea; red dots at dozens of areas on these landmasses, as well as indicated among the coastal waters. With the U.S. Navy stamp in the margin. Approx. 30" x 41 3/4" overall sheet size; generous margins; printed on medium paper stock. Some edge, tips wear and surface crinkling; in very good condition overall. NOTE: Shipped rolled for safety.. Map. Not Bound. Very Good.

New York, NY: J.H. Sears & Company, 1929. 305 pages; small black & white illustration on title page; unknown artist. 'Second Printing, January, 1929' stated on copyright page. Vera Caspary (1899 - 1987) Chicago-born author, screenwriter, and playwright, "...Her first novel, The White Girl, was unusual in its time in having a black heroine, a woman who had left the South for Chicago, passing as white..." (Mary A. Gardner in the ANB) Made at the Kingsport Press, Tennessee; previous name of Mrs. P.D. Fisher on the front endpaper. Approx. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4" size; bound in charcoal black cloth; white cover and spine titles; including only the front panel blurb from the book's dustjacket neatly pasted-in on front endpaper; volume with light wear; in very good condition.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good.