Search Results: Titles starting with C from Caravan Book Store

Quarto (11 1/4 by 8 3/4 inches) Denver, Colorado: Tom Klinger, 2004. First Edition. 280 pages printed on coated stock, illustrated with vintage black and white photographic portraits, maps, a gallery of photo images of Como, Colorado, views of trains, equipment, bridges, cabins, "Addendums" of time tables, engine ratings, time books, engineers, firemen & trainmen rosters, glossary, and index. Very good condition.

An homage to the legacy of the Colorado & Southern railroaders of the South Park Line; well researched, and beautifully presented.

Large quarto (14 X 10 1/2 inches) San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. One of 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 171 pages printed on heavy wove paper, quarter bound brick red leather with title in gilt on the spine, patterned paper over boards, hardcover - very good condition (minor scuffing at head and tale of spine from shelf wear, not affecting contents).

Illustrated with 60 plates - full size reproductions showing examples of California Gold Rush letter sheets - one facsimile is in a pocket at the rear of the book. Also included: a selective bibliography; an index of artists, engravers, lithographers, and publishers; and a subject and title index.

A checklist and census of artists and printers who produced "... thousands of vivid pictorial records on sheets of writing paper, (that) remain the major surviving visual account of California of that era....," both during and after the California Gold Rush.

"A . . . curious blend of local enthusiasm and topical recording ...… Read More

Small octavo (7 5/8 by 5 1/4 inches) New York: W. B. Smith & Co., 1882. Second Edition 201 pages + 8 pages of publisher's ads, dark red hardcover, cloth binding, with ornamental rules framing the title, centered in gilt on front cover beneath a gilt decoration of a riverside camping scene, ornamental rules at top and bottom of covers, and on spine. Very good condition (minor shelf wear to back cover, and along hinges; not affecting contents or overall good condition of the book).

"It has been the intention of the author of this volume to briefly portray the real features of a journey by rail over the great American Plains into the popular and more inviting resorts of the Rocky Mountains.""It has been a careful endeavor to make it attractive with incident of both journey and camp; and instructive and suggestive, by imparting such knowledge as it was her opportunity to gain from experience, observation, or otherwise; and to make it desirable by noting those points of interest that might hereafter be of… Read More

Octavo (8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches) Los Angeles, California: The Primavera Press, 1936. First Edition. 132 pages, quarter cloth, with Chinese characters printed on decorative paper covered boards; title, decorative device, author's name, and publisher's name in gilt on spine; original worn dust jacket protected by mylar, title page drawing by James Bodrero. Very good condition.

A collection of short stories, based on the author's experiences in San Francisco, and the Gold Rush environs of California.

Quarto (12 1/4 by 10 inches) London: Printed For Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row; and Henry Butterworth, No. 7, Fleet Street, 1827. Early facsimile. 274 pages, half leather binding, marbled boards, matching marbled end papers, tooled spine, title and date in gilt on spine, five raised bands, leather corners, good condition, modest shelf wear, bookplate of previous owner on front paste down, limited to 250 copies.

The "illustrations" reprint the documents, poems, and letters referred to in the text from Middle English to Modern English; with brief commentary, and historical perspective.

Octavo (9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches) Various places: San Rafael, California; Springfield, Massachusetts; Chicago; Columbus, Ohio, 1931 - 1958 a sammelband of TWELVE INDIVIDUAL BOOKLETS (eleven specifically on magic) bound together in their original stiff paper wrappers (several of them decorated with illustrations), all in very good condition; bound in a professionally prepared binding in red cloth, with a black label and gilt title on spine.

The titles include: "The Magic of Rezvani," "Joe Karson's The World's Fastest Card Trick" (with a signed presentation by Karson), "Ireland Writes A Book," "Le Paul Presents The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M. 'New and Different Effects With Playing Cards," "Thornton's "Secrets of Mental Magic," "How's Your Library? A Guide To Cataloguing And Caring For Books," "Rope Eternal, an encyclopedia on cut and restored rope tricks," "Sponge Ball Manipulation," "Tricks For Kid-Shows," "How To Do Headline Predictions,"Ireland's "Card Annual 1957-1958 (two volumes)"… Read More

Small octavo (7 3/4 by 5 inches) 80 (unnumbered) page booklet, printed on coated stock, decorative, embossed colored wrappers, illustrated with black and white photos featuring the scenery, sights, hotels, lodges, amenities, and boarding places available to the traveler; along with descriptive text. Very good condition (mild wear along spine, one page with small tear in margin, not affecting text or contents).

An elaborate promotion for the "Rock Island Lines;" describing "The Ideal Vacation Land." Cover art by the illustrator F.R.Harper, scenes of Denver, the Royal Gorge, Colorado Springs, and Manitou, Pike's Peak and Cripple Creek, with a section on Salt Lake City and Yellowstone Park.

Small Quarto (9 1/2 X 6 inches) San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1975. First Edition. 175 pages, printed in three colors on English Inveresk cream mould-made paper, vignettes from wood engravings in "Ecole des Cuisinieres, Paris, c. 1870," 425 copies, quarter blue cloth with paper label, patterned paper over boards, very good condition (almost imperceptible minor age toning to one edge of front cover and label, not affecting contents.)

"Intellectual infection..." A stimulating sampling of food related aphorisms from many sources collected over many years by a well known San Francisco fine press printer and bon vivant; in a beautiful edition.

16 mo. (6 3/4 by 4 1/2 inches) London: R. Baldwin in Warwick-lane, 1697. Original First Edition. 7 preliminary leaves, two volumes in one: 80, 392 pages; good condition: rebound in late eighteenth, or early nineteenth century brown mottled calf, with gilt decorated spine laid down, raised bands, (missing label), minor wear to covers at front hinge (not affecting contents), lacking frontis.

There are thiry-one letters are that supposedly give insight into secret diplomatic transactions between the English and French courts. "History of the Stuarts," is a perceptive contemporaneous account.

Small quarto (9 1/4 by 6 inches) [San Diego, California], August 19 to August 26, 1911. Original Edition. 16 page stapled weekly advertising periodical, and calendar of programs, bound in wrappers for the "Tent City" adjacent to the famous Coronado Hotel. Good condition (there is a small scribbled date along the lower margin of the front cover, modest age toning, and minor wear to edges; none affecting contents which are clean and intact).

Volume XII, No. 10 for Saturday, August 19, 1911 with sections on "Locals and Personals," "Arrivals" (with names of guests), a "Program" for each day of the week for concerts and performances ("The Great Sousa Night"); and many interesting local advertisements for businesses in San Diego and vicinity including one for "Madame Zelma."

Small quarto (9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches) London: Rowland Ward, Limited, 1909. First Edition. xv, 252 + [4] pages of Publisher's Advertisements, "With 73 Full-Page Plates (on unnumbered leaves), a Map, and 56 Illustrations in the Text, Reproduced From Original Photographs."

The colored map is folded into a pocket attached to the rear pastedown. Original gray cloth binding with title and author on upper cover, and in gilt on spine; patterned end papers, appendix, and index. Very good condition (small blemish on lower margin of front pastedown, and front fly leaf, minimal shelf wear; none affecting contents).

A hunting expedition to Siberia and Alaska, originating in Japan, with ethnological observations on indigenous people, and descriptions of mining, and of the fisheries.

The Appendix is a "Synopsis of the Animals Collected by the Author During His Expedition" (that included mammals, birds, and invertebrates).

Octavo (8 5/8 by 5 3/4 inches) New York: Cassell Publishing Co., [1890]. Original. 348 pages, illustrated "With 130 (sepia toned) illustrations throughout the text." Good condition, hardcover, original green cloth with decorative device in gilt on upper cover showing two figures: a male and female in the water holding a large shell, title, author and publisher's name in gilt on spine (mild shelf wear to top and bottom of spine, and marks on back cover, all not affecting contents), index.

A description of "strange things" that includes, among many: "Amazons," "Pygmies," "Giants," "Wild Men," "Hairy Men," "The Centaur," "Woolly Hens," "Four Footed Duck," "The Kraken," and "The Sea Serpent."

Octavo (10 X 7 inches) Chicago: Chicago & North Western Railway Co., 1927. 48 page booklet, illustrated with captioned photos (several in color), descriptive text, five maps in color, cover is an embossed vignette of Yosemite Valley. Original, staple bound wrappers. Very good condition.

Historical and natural beauty of California are featured with colorful images and glowing adjectives.

12 mo. (6 x 4 inches) San Francisco: Marvin & Hitchcock, 1852. First Edition. 2 [v]-viii, 258 pages, original quarter blind tooled red roan, good condition, cloth boards, with wear to lower spine (lower left hinge on front cover split, but holding), gilt title at head of spine, publishers name in gilt at foot of spine, original cloth boards showing evidence of old moisture splash or spill, minor foxing on preliminary and last leaves; contents clean, intact and unaffected. Old library label beneath old inked inscription "Placed in Library because of California history contained in the (the last word is un-readable)" on front pastedown.

A fine unsophisticated example. The Norris catalogue refers to it as "The first text-book published in San Francisco."

An observation attributed to Cowan refers to it as "... the first educational work published in California after American rule." The last 12 pages are titled "Geography, History, and Present Condition of California."

Marvin and Hitchcock were San… Read More

Octavo (9 x 4 inch) circa 1930s, original promotional paper brochure folded five times to form 12 unnumbered panels printed on both sides with halftone photos and descriptive text; cover title against an orange background, headlines printed in red, Wilmington Transportation Company flag on front cover surrounded by images of recreational activities on the Island. Very good condition

"In All the World No Trip Like This"

16 mo. (6 7/8 X 4 1/4 inches) Mobile: S. H. Goetzel, 1865. Fifth Edition - Fortieth Thousand. 48 pages, bound in original stiff sewn wrappers which are formed from inverted wallpaper, woodcut illustrations on the cover, and title page, including one showing a man and woman operating a large printing press. Very good condition (minor age toning to covers, not affecting contents). Crandall 4040

An early juvenile, in remarkably good condition, published in the Confederacy; where resources were scarce. "Under the present circumstances, the scarcity of materials is in itself a safeguard against a fruitless competition in the publishing business; but it is not the publisher's mission to depend upon physical incidents...."

Octavo (9 X 6 inches) San Diego, California: Liberton & Taylor, 1888. First Edition. 218 pages, illustrated with photographs and engravings, presentation inscription from W. L. Prouty who, according to the Directory of San Diego City and County for 1893-94, was the Superintendent of Streets. Good condition, original limp cloth showing wear and light stains from handling.The date and title are written discreetly on the spine.

Van Dyke was a prominent journalist who wrote several books that reflect the history of the San Diego region. In this book he states, "I have been asked to sketch the history, topography, resources and progress of the city and county of San Diego, up to date." He includes agriculture, climate, outdoor amusements, and biographies in his descriptions.

Octavo (8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches) Smith and Company, 1952. Original edition. 94 pages, illustrated with photo portraits and drawings, map.

Hardcover, decorated brick red cloth, silhouette of Indian on horseback on front cover, good condition (minimal shelf wear to edges, not affecting contents).