Search Results: Titles starting with C from Renaissance Books

Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. Near Fine with no dust jacket. (1997). Softcover. 3631305451 . Text in German. 143, [1] pages. ; 8vo .

London: G. Bell & Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1928. Hardcover. Some marginalia. Moderate foxing. A 1" cut to margin of rear board. ; Book One of Caesar's "The Civil War". xi, [1], 236 pages. Green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 184 x 118mm. Text in Latin, with introduction and notes in English. With 32 illustrations and 2 maps. ; Bell's Illustrated Classics - Intermediate Series .

Princeton: Princeton University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 0691053014 . No signatures. No tears to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xi, [1], 430 pages. Red cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 137mm. Illustrated. History of Medicine. "Pierre-Jean-Georges Cabanis (1757-1808) stands at the crossroads of several influential developments in modern culture - Enlightenment optimism about human perfectibility, the clinical method in medicine, and the formation and adaptation of liberal social ideals in the French Revolution. This first major study of Cabanis in English traces the influences of these developments on his thought and career." - from dust wrapper blurb. [Seller Ref: TaylorCol]; 8vo .

Skokie, Illinois: Publishers' Development Corporation. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1966. First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Some marginalia on page 3. A couple of stickers on corner of front wrapper. ; 72 pages including covers. Numerous b&w photographic illustrations. Fold-out colour centrefold. Page dimensions: 279 x 215mm. 11" x 8 1/2". .

Skokie, Illinois: Publishers Development Corporation. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1969. First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Small pen mark on page 3. Crease to corner of centrefold. ; 72 pages including covers. Numerous b&w photographic illustrations. Fold-out colour centrefold. Page dimensions: 11" x 8 1/2". Contents includes nudity and partial nudity. .

London: Henry G. Bohn. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-libris Hardwicke Knight, with his bookplate on the front endpaper. Some foxing and dust stains. Some staining to boards.; Volume Four only of four volumes. Engraved frontispiece and title page. Individual pagination for each author. Blindstamped green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 183 x 115mm. Text printed in a very small eye-straining font in double columns. This volume containing poetry by the following authors: Dryden, Lyttleton, Hammond, Charlotte Smith, Richardson, Bloomfield, Gifford, & Canning. [Seller ref: Knightcol]; 8vo .

London: Cassell & Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1925). Hardcover. Rubbing to spine. Some rubbing to boards. No signatures.; Secondary issue in brown cloth. xii, 308 pages + portrait frontispiece. Light brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Black Royal Navy ensign illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 212 x 136mm. "I have written this book in the hope that it may be of some use to the youngster who is filled with the desire of 'going to sea." - from the Preface, page vii. Contents: Foreword by Viscount Inchcape; The Beginning : On the Worcester; Calcutta to Demerara; The Last Voyage of the Plassey; The Last Trip 'In Sail'; Introduction to the P. and O. Service; First Acquaintance with the Far East; The Jubilee Review; On the 'Ferry Line'; On the Australian Run; Loss of the Bokhara; Three Years in the Arctic Regions; Harmsworth, Peary, and the Windward; The Scott Antarctic Expedition; After the Antarctic… Read More

London: Methuen & Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1952). Hardcover. Some fading to boards. School library rubber stamps on front endpaper. Some small adhesive tape stains to endpapers.; Books Two and Three of Caesar's "The Gallic War". vii, [3], 107 pages. Blue papered boards. Page dimensions: 170 x 106mm. Text in Latin, with introduction and notes in English. 2 maps. ; Methuen's Classical Texts .

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front endpaper. Moderate spots of foxing to dustjacket. A 2/3" tear at head of dustjacket spine, and small 3/8" chips at corners of dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xiv, [2], 313 pages + frontispiece + plates + 2 folding maps. Blue cloth boards with circular gilt ship illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 229 x 151mm. Top page edges gilt. 115 illustrations. Selected chapter titles: In the Bazaars of Cairo; Climbing the Great Pyramid; Old Thebes and the Valley of the Kings; Steaming through the Land of Cush; Across Africa by Air and Rail; Omdurman, Stronghold of the Mahdi; Through the Suez Canal; Along the African Coast; Aden; In Mombasa; The Uganda Railway; The Great Rift Valley and the Masai. ; Carpenter's World Travels; 4to .

Calcutta: Corporation of Calcutta. Very Good in Good dust jacket. (1978). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Some tears and chips to margins of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xxii, 324 pages + plates. Black cloth board with small gilt illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 217 x 138mm. "This book is an extremely readable account of Calcutta's multifaceted problems, which have all along baffled solution [. . .] The din of the markets and the cry of the hawker ring aloud in the following pages; roads, water supply, sewers and drains attract the city administrator's notice. He does not hid the filth and garbage of the city. Buildings and museums do not escape his searching eyes." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .

Calcutta: G. L. Colvin / East Indian Railway. Good+ with no dust jacket. [c1926]. Softcover. Loss of paper at head and tail of spine. Internally very good.; No date [date of 1925 mentioned on page 20]. [4], 58, [2] pages + 1 folding plate. Illustrated wrappers. Page dimensions: oblong 247 x 183mm. Numerous relief half-tone black-and-white photographic illustrations. Small vignette illustrations of monuments and statuary printed in blue at lower corners of leaves. .

London: Robert Hale. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 070917988X . No signatures. Some dust stains to top page edges. 1/2" tear in front panel of dust wrapper. A couple of 1/8" chips at head of dust wrapper spine. Moderate rubbing and some creasing to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 160 pages.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: The China Island Mission. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1926. Softcover. A 25mm tear at tail of spine. Some rubbing to covers. No signatures. ; 1926 second edition of a title first published in 1923. viii, 215, [1 (blank) pages + frontispiece + 13 illustrations on 11 plate leaves. No map in this edition. Blue card covers with black lettering on spine and front cover. Page dimensions: 184mm x 123mm. "It was barely six weeks before the terrible earthquake, when, little realising what was about to happen, we set out from the capital of Shensi in North China to visit the very region to be most devastated by the calamity." - page 1. Contents: Leaving the Plains; Sundays by the Way; Sundays by the Way (continued); Lanchow at last; Orient and Occident; The Earthquake; A Battlefield of Humanty; Far-off Langchow; Beyond; Children of the Mountains; "Western Peace"; The Great "Butter Festival"; A "Living Buddha"; The Salars of the Tibetan… Read More

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. 0589012169 . No signatures. Some rubbing to corners of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xiii, [1], 145, [1] pages. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 212mm x 135mm. "This is the story of how Ray Tinsley grew up as a hunter. As a boy living in Upper Hutt he used to shoot just about anything that moved: rabbits, opposums, birds of all kinds - even the occasional cat!" - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Auckland: David Bateman. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (2007). First Edition. Hardcover. 1869536665 . No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 242, [2 (blank)] pages + 16 pages of colour illustrations. Light blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 252 x 189mm. Numerous photographic illustrations. "New Zealanders have been at the cutting edge of exploration and research of Antarctica and this vast southern continent has loomed large in our collective psyche as a site of heroic exploration, legendary 'Kiwi' ingenuity and fascinating scientific discoveries. Since 1957, New Zealand has had an official presence in Antarctica, establishing one of the first permanent bases on the Ice at Scott Base. This book is a celebration not only of Antarctica, and more specifically the Ross Sea region, but also of the many men and women who have contributed to our understanding of this unique environment and its impact on our world." .

Wellington: A. Gyles & Son. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1909. First Edition. Softcover. Covers detached. 3" tear to front cover. Dampstains to margins of leaves. Staples rusted.; 65, [1] pages. Printed paper covers. Page dimensions: 216 x 136mm. Contents: Preface; Expansion of the White Race in America; Expansion of the Yellow Racein Australasia; Hints from the History of Greece; Hints from the History of Rome; Modern Europe I; Modern Europe II. [Reference: Bagnall B1152 - "Discussion in dialogue form on historical illustrations of the problems of the day." .

Auckland: David Ling Publishing. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. (2010). First Edition. Softcover. 1877378372 . No signature. Bookstore's price sticker on rear cover. ; 372 pages. Page dimensions: 240 x 162mm. Illustrated. "The first four Mission Sisters journeyed from France to Napier, New Zealand, in 1865. One hundred years later, there were more than three hundred sisters living and working in New Zealand and elsewhere. Sadly, national and diocesan church histories in New Zealand tend to overlook the important contribution that women, particularly Catholic Sisters, have made to the life of the Church. This book attempts to redress that situation by directing attention too the significant educational and pastoral ministries in which the Mission Sisters were involved before Vatican II, and the changes that the Vatican Council's decrees and teachings meant for their lives ministries. The last section explores the spirituality of the Sisters, the close relationship… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Good in Fair dust jacket. (1951). First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Spotting to page edges. Slight spine lean. 1 1/2" x 3/4" chip at head of dust wrapper spine. 1 1/2" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. 3/4" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. Rubbing and tears along front fold of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 255 pages. Papered boards. Page dimensions: 183mm x 117mm. "Londoners are beginning to feel cheated by their fogs. While Metropolitan policemen have, by common consent, remained wonderful, Metropolitan fogs have not." - the opening sentences. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Manchester: John Heywood. Fair with no dust jacket. (1899). Hardcover. Staining to leaves and boards. Boards sewn with string. ; 68 pages. Black cloth boards. Page dimensions: 182mm x 112mm. Title continues, "Containing, In Addition To The Usual Matter Of An Almanack, Practical, Techinical, And Industrial Knowledge, For Artisans & Handicraftsmen, And Those Engaged In Mechanical, Engineering, And Building & Construcive Trades: Decorative, Artistic, Manufacturing, And Kindred Operations [. . .]"; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscription, "JR Robinson Emmanuel College Department Exp Med. Cambridge 1951." Some rubbing to ends of spine and to corners of boards. ; ix, [1], 235 pages + frontis + plates. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 216mm x 135mm. ; 8vo .