Search Results: Titles starting with C from Bee Creek Books

London: William Heinemann, 1922. Contents include: The Cabbalists; Prolegomena to a Philosophy of the Jewish Religion; A Universal Religion; Possibilitiy or Impossibility of a Direct Divine Revelation; The Mishnah; Rashi as an Exegete; Public Disputations in Spain; and Pfefferkorniana. 228 pages with index. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed to boards, edges are rubbed with some dents, spine tips are bent and fraying. Scuff marks to cover faces. Browning to endpapers. Light browning/foxing throughout interior. Book in Good+ condition. . Cloth. Good+. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 3/4". Judaism.

London: Stevens & Sons Limited, 1958. "This is the first comprehensive study of the development of the Cabinet in British Colonial Territories. Its aim is to examine the process whereby the Colonial Executive Council has developed into a responsible cabinet as part of the development of self-government." 364 pages with index. Blue cloth covers with gilt title lettering on spine. DJ in Good- condition with significant chipping and creasing to edges, large pieces of cover edges missing, tears to corners, book store price sticker on front, soiling and stains throughout, lower front flap is clipped. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, creasing to joints, spine ends are bent and faded. Spine slightly cocked. Gift inscription from author "With Good Wishes H.V. Wiseman May 1962" on front free endpaper. Some interior pages have ink marks, otherwise clean. Book in VG- condition.. Gift Inscription By Author. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good-. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1951. A Novel of World War II. Wouk won Pulitzer Prize in 1952 for this book. 494 pp. Missing DJ. Cover corners are lightly rubbed, spine ends are bent. Back hinge loose. Interior clean.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Fiction.

New York: Garden City Publishing Company, 1930. lettering on spine very faint. Rubbed through cloth on bottom edges, about 1/2". mildly soiled covers. Otherwise exterior is Good+. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. . Cloth. Good. Fiction.

Sacramento,CA: California Department of Fish and Game, 1960. 79 pp. Numerous photographs. Back wrap scraped and slight discoloring, otherwise Very Good. Table of Contents: California's Marine Resources Historical Development, California's Marine Resources Species Report, Plant Resources, Crustacean, Mollusk, and Fish Resources. References.. Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photographs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fish.

State of California, Department of Fish and Game, Bureau of Marine Fisheries, 1950. Fish Bulletin No. 75. 88 pp. Each shark/ray has its own page with description and drawing. Cover edges are discolored. Interior is clean, some small foxing spots.. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Figures (line drawings). Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Ichthyology.

Stanford University Press, 1941. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise interior is Near Fine.. Third Printing. Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Line Drawings. California.

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1970. Fine, in Near Fine dustjacket. In original shrink-wrap. Second Hardbound . Revised and Enlarged. The standard reference work on Calif. history.. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Size: Approx. 8" x 11". California.

California: California Historical Society, 1964. Atherton's diary is a virgin historical document which has been heretofore in the possession of his descendants, who only recently deposited it in the California Historical Society Library. Its publication is a signal event in the historiography of California. California in the 1830's was the scene of political turmoil, civil-religious conflict, mushrooming trade and foreign penetration. The decade was marked by frequent changes in Mexican-appointed governors, local upraisings against established authority and the secularization of the missions. Faxon Dean Atherton, a young man from New England, vividly recorded much of that process of change in his diary. Only 1550 copies printed. 1830 Foldout map of Alta California. 246 pp. Notes, Bibliography and Index. Blue-grey cloth with gilt design on front and back and gilt lettering on spine. Book is Fine.DJ's spine slightly darkened. Back inside flap, tiny nick 1/16"x 1/4" otherwise DJ… Read More

New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1949. Cover soiled with minor stains. Spine faded and top edge small tear. Overall Good. Interior is clean, tight and in Very Good + condition.. Cloth. Good. Illus. by Arden Otto, Photographs. Size: Approx. 6" x 9". Fishing.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. 305 pp. Blue cloth covers with black printing on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and lightly rubbed, edges rubbed. Spine is faded from sun exposure, ends are bent and fraying. Orange spot on edge of front cover, two spots on back. Red top page edge. Previous owner's signature on front page. Interior paged are browning along edges, otherwise clean. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. Second Printing. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good-. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Fiction.

Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1965. Photographs by Katherine Knowles. B/W photography and travel essays about Cambridge, Massachusetts. Decorative boards with corners rubbed to boards, bottom edges rubbed, spine ends bent. Interior tight and clean.. Boards. Very Good. Illus. by Photography By Katherine Knowles. Size: Approx. 7 1/4" x 8 3/4". Massachusetts.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. The Western Frontier Library. Very Good."Covers the activities of the Fifth Cavalry before joining Crook's force, including the fight on the War Bonnet, which succeeded in turning a large group of Cheyennes back to the Red Cloud Agency and prevented their joining Sitting Bull. It was on the War Bonnet that King witnessed Buffalo Bill Cody's famous fight with Yellow Hand, which he recounts in detail. 165 pp. including two pages of other Western Frontier Library Books. CAMPAIGNING WITH CROOK is Number 25. Book is Very Good +. Interior is tight,clean and VG+ to Near Fine. Dust Jacket's front top flap corner clipped. Date stamped on back flap. Rubbing at edges. No tears. Overall Good. . Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Good. Illus. by Drawings. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". American History.

Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1938. Campus Martius State Memorial Museum at Marietta, Ohio, contains in one wing the house of General Rufus Putnam which was part of the fort called Campus Martius form 1788 to 1795. This fort was the Capitol of the Northwest Territory and the refuge of Marietta residents during the Indian War. In the other wing of the museum are displayed relics from all periods of Ohio history..." 30 pp. Illustrations include: Plan of Campus Martius after Melzer Nye; and a double spread map of Marietta. Stiff covers with illustration on front. Covers are VG to VG+. Interior is tight, clean and VG+.. Third Edition. Paper Cover. Very Good to Very Good+. Illus. by Photographs, Map, Plan. Size: Approx. 5 " x 6 3/4". Ohio.

Ottawa: Canada Department of Agriculture, 1965. Plant Research Institiute, Research Branch. Laid in 4 1/2"x3" paper: "Compliments of Library, Plant Research Institiute, Research Branch, Canada Agriculture, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada." 55 pp. Stiff yellow covers, slightly soiled otherwise VG+. Interior is tight, clean and Near Fine.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Size: Approx. 6" x 9". Canada.

New York: Tree & Jacobs, 1930. With an introduction by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Adrien Moreau. 176 pages with notes. Salmon cloth covers with white cloth spine, gilt lettering on front cover and faded on spine. Cover in Fair condition with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, edges rubbed, fading and dirt smudges to cover faces particularly along edges. Spine dirty, spine ends are bent. Faded red top page edge. Small stains to long page edge. Interior is clean. Book in Good- condition.. Cloth. Good -/No Jacket. Illus. by Adrien Moreau. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". France.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1925. Charming Christmas story. 71 pp. Decorative box in VG condition with normal wear from age; corners and edges are rubbed, stains to bottom of box, some small tears to corners. Stiff covers with candle image on front. Cover corners are bent, and bottom of spine has been bumped. Interior is clean, but binding is exposed between pages 70-71. Illustrations of candle and wreath at bottom of every page. Book in VG condition with equally nice box.. Paper Cover. Very Good/Decorative Box Very Good. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 9". Holiday.

New York: The Christian Herald, 1895. Collection of short stories by famous American authors. Contents include: A True Story by Mark Twain; The Celestial Railroad by Nathaniel Hawthorne; Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving; The Lightning-Rod Man by Herman Melville. 344 pp. Red decorative covers with gilt design and title on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and edges rubbed. Cover faces have rubbing and discoloration. Spine tips bent. Front hinge broken. Some light foxing to endpapers. Interior is tight and clean. Book in VG- condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Size: Approx. 4 " x 6". Famous Authors.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1951. "His exciting, robust and thoroughly genuine story, carrying on the tradition of great books about the Navy, is an irresistible first novel by an outstanding new author, and it has aroused boundless enthusiasm in the house of Macmillian." 280 pp. Blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed, spine tips are bent and frayed. DJ flaps are laid in behind front and back covers, but rest of DJ is missing. Interior is tight and clean. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. First Printing. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good-/Poor. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Fiction.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1902. 393 pp. Nine illustations by Dan Beard. Brown cloth covers with picture embossed in red, green, black, brown and white (appears to be a cannon with white smoke rising from it, green wreaths and a red military cross), and image embossed on spine. Cover edges rubbed. Spine slightly cocked. Missing DJ. Interior is tight and clean, but page edges are lightly browning from age. Book is in VG+ condition. Howe 27-305 1985.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Dan Beard. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4". Fiction.