Search Results: Titles starting with C from Lamplighter Library

Westview Press. Boulder,CO. 1997. This copy belonged to the Hon. Lane Evans, Dem. member of US House of Representatives from 1983-2007. Enclosed is a letter signed by the author, Stansfield Turner, to Lane Evans that states the book presents a verifiable process by which Russia and the US could get to more reasonable force levels. As of 1998 the US had about 15,000 nuclear warheads, clearly in excess of any possible need. Book is near fine in very good unclipped jacket ($21.00) with a signed book plate on the Flyleaf. Minimal shelf wear with 1/2 inch tear on bottom of jacket spine. Quarter-bound in black with blue boards. Mr. Turner (U.S. Navy, retired) served as President of the Navel War College, commander of the US Second Fleet, Supreme Allied Commander NATO Southern Europe, and was Director of the CIA in the Carter administration.

Viking. New York. 2011. Grey boards with author's initials in copper on front and copper lettering to spine. Fine First edition with number line ending in "1". Fine unclipped ($26.95) jacket shows minimal shelf wear and is protected with a removable mylar cover. Caleb is the youngest son of a native American chieftain who forms a bond with a young Puritan girl whose father is a minister. Set in the mid 1600's the story is a riveting account of early colonial society and its' treatment of native Americans. Signed on the title page by the Pulitzer Prize winning author. 9.25 x 6. 306 pg.

Doubleday & Company. New York. 1966. Fine First Edition (stated) with no subsequent printings listed. Date (1966) listed on both title page and copyright page. Publisher's gutter code H29 on page 531. Signed on second flyleaf by author. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped ($5.95) jacket shows minor shelf wear and chipping to upper and lower spine, else fine. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Capable of Honor (COH) is the second sequel to Drury's Pulitzer Prize winning book Advise and Consent. How timely, COH looks at the role journalists play during a presidential campaign. 9.5x6.25 in. 531 pg.

William Morrow. New York. 1999. Quarter-bound in black with brown paper boards and gilt lettering to spine. First Edition (stated), first printing with requisite number line ending in 1. Shows small pinpoint spot on front board and two small wrinkles to rear paste-down. Inscribed with sharpie on flyleaf. Fine unclipped ($23.00) jacked shows minimal shelf wear now protected with removable mylar cover. During my first few months as Governor of Texas I sent a memo to my staff: "When you come into my office, please take a look at the beautiful painting of a horseman determinedly charging up what appears to be a steep and rough trail. This is us. What adds complete life to the painting for me is the message of Charles Wesley that we serve One greater than ourselves." While Texas Governor (and future 43rd President of the U.S.) Bush writes about his childhood, family, school, sports and how to work successfully with Republicans and Democrats. 6.25x9.5 in. with Index, 253 pg.

Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 1960. Fine First Edition (stated), burgundy boards with bright gilt seal on front, gilt lettering on spine and classic Borzoi (Russian wolfhound) logo on back board. Both topstain and pages not overly faded or age-toned. Unclipped ($6.75) jacket shows shelf wear with several small chips on top and one on the bottom of front. Jacket is protected with removable mylar cover. Inscribed on flyleaf by the Pulitzer Prize winning author. Charles Sumner was one of the founders of the Republican party and vocal antislavery spokesman in the Senate in the 1850's. The book covers the career of Senator Sumner up to the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Caroling. Recall, this battle was a loss for the US Army and was the beginning of the American Civil War. 9.5 x 6.5 in. 392 pg. with 24 pg. Index.

Bobbs-Merrill Company. 1926. First Edition in aged hunter green cloth boards with embossed red lettering on front board and spine.(see photos). Paper is age-toned without foxing. Unclipped ($2.00) jacket is bright orange on front with sunned spine commonly seen on other copies. Jacket had paper loss on front (upper right and lower left-see photos) and several small chips on margins. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover.
Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) wrote the series of Charlie Chan detective novels with The Chinese Parrot being the second in the series and seemingly the most popular. The story involves two mysterious deaths, the first being the parrot. End of story? I think not. The book was adapted for film twice, as The Chinese Parrot (1927) and as Charlie Chan's Courage (1934). Both films are considered lost films so we're left with the book to solve the mystery of the Chinese Parrot. 5x7.5 in. 316 pg.

Simon & Schuster. New York. 1995. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Fine later edition, later printing is inscribed and dated by author on second free end paper. Near fine unclipped ($15.95) jacket has the "autographed copy" sticker on the back of the jacket. "Whatever the reason, I find that with each passing Christmas the story of the Christmas Box is told less and needed more". (jacket back). What is Christmas really about anyway fits the story; told less and needed more. 5x7.25 in. 125 pg.

New York: Doubleday, March 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/good +. Shelf wear on front/back of DJ, with tape repair of small tear on back of DJ. Full number line ending in "1". Black cloth-backed gray boards blocked in gilt on the spine. 8vo. 422pp This is the story of eleven-year-old Mark Sway, who, as the novel opens, witnesses the bizarre suicide of a New Orleans attorney

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0395537614. Black paper covered boards with black cloth spine and silver gilt lettering. Unclipped price DJ with number line ending in "1". Small bump to lower corner of front board. 1 corner of DJ has a small tear. Text pages clean & bright. Overall, a very good copy.8vo.599pp. Serving as the basis for the Spike Lee film, Clockers takes homicide detective Rocco Klein back to the street to investigate the murder confession of a (possibly) innocent man.

Atheneum. New York. 1978. Stated First Edition. Book shows normal wear with faint sticker ghost on front and small library stamp on front and back paste-downs. Without the rare dust jacket the summary says it all....Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers-until the weather takes a turn for the worse.

Blue Rider Press. New York. 2015. Quarter-bound in white with grey boards; author's initials and lettering on spine in silver. Fine third printing Inscribed by Patrick Kennedy on flyleaf. Near fine unclipped ($37.95) jacket has corner crease on front jacket flap protected in removal mylar cover. Son of the late Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy the author relates how his time ended as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Rhode Island and recovery from addiction to painkillers and a bipolar condition began a new life. 9.5 x 6.25. 422pg.

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1980. Quarter bound in red with black paper boards and bright gilt lettering to spine. Congo imprinted on front board. First Trade Edition stated on copyright page. Normal shelf wear for book over fourty years of age with corresponding wear to top-edge. Unclipped ($10.95) jacket shows shelf wear, small crease and chip on front and upper back. Print code 11/80 on back jacket flap. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Crichton's fifth novel (under his own name) follows an expedition looking for diamonds in the rainforests of the Congo; and investigating the mysterious deaths of the prior expedition. Made into a 1995 movie that had bad reviews (and several Golden Raspberry Awards) the film still grossed $152M worldwide. 5.75x8.5 in. Including References, 348 pg.

New York. Farrar Straus & Giroux. 2001. Quarter bound in black with pale white paper boards and silver lettering to spine. True First Edition with Erratum slip laid in for text reversed on pages 430/431. PO name on flyleaf, else fine. Unclipped ($26.00) jacket is clean, without the NBA seal common on later printings. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Despite the misprinting and disinvitation to appear on TV for the selection of being on Oprah's Book Club, the book won the National Book Award in 2001. Family life in the late 20th century is the setting for life with the Alfred and Enid Lambert family. 6.25x9.25 in. Intentional or not, the last page is unnumbered.

Harper & Row. New York. 1980. Pictorial cover has bumped spine bottom and creases in several pages from prior owner folding as a bookmark. Unclipped ($7.95) has a large (1 - 1.5 in) piece missing on the spine with the 0480 code on the front jacket flap. Is Nina Terrance a pet crow or not? A heartwarming story by the author of Julie of the Wolves.