Search Results: Titles starting with C from Clearwater Books

Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., London, 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), printed from the sheets of the somewhat more common US edition which appeared earlier the same year. 8vo. 230pp. Beige cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Title page border printed in blue. Top edge lightly dust soiled, else a fine copy in dust wrapper, lightly toned at the spine panel, with a single tiny splash of light staining to the rear panel, a touch of wear to several extremities and three tiny fractions of edge-loss. The author's first novel, published a year before his Pulitzer Prize winner 'The Bridge of San Luis Rey'..

Secker & Warburg, London, 1986. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 212pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with twenty-nine photographs and reproductions. Top edge very slightly spotted, else a fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. A personal biography of Dylan Thomas, penned by his wife with the assistance of George Tremlett (who produced a further Thomas biography five years later)..

Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd., London, 1971. Book. Fine. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition. Broadsheet. A thirty line poem, signed by the author. A fine copy. Also included is the accompanying Club covering letter..

Anthony d'Offay, London, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Small 4to. Cloth. A fine, unopened copy in fine dust wrapper. Illustrated with twelve full page Jasper Johns watercolours, and probably produced as a complementary New Year's gift, with a printed note from the owner of the d'Offay Gallery laid-in..

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 2007. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 248pp. Mustard-coloured boards lettered in black at the spine. A fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with just the tiniest hint of creasing to the head of the spine panel. The author's highly acclaimed debut novel, winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Gay Fiction. Uncommon in this signed first printing state..

Cesara Publications, Enniscorthy, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Slim 8vo. vii, 126pp. Card wrappers (not issued in casebound format). A trace of spotting to the fore edge margin of the title page, else a virtually fine copy. The spiritual autobiography by the co-founder and high priestess of the Fellowship of Isis. Uncommon in this first edition state..

Selwyn & Blount, London [1920]. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition (first printing) of the author's posthumously issued first collection of verse. Slim 8vo. 48pp. Paper-covered boards with a tanned paper spine label. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Boards a little marked and rubbed. The binding just a fraction tender at the title page, and with some spotting to the free endpapers, pastedowns and to several preliminary and concluding leaves. A nice bright copy. Lacking the fugitive dust wrapper. A four-page introduction by A St. John Adcock precedes sixteen poems. Hodgson was killed in action in April 1918 at the Fourth Battle of Ypres. His widow 'Bessie' Farnworth and his close friend Arthur Adcock collected his verse, issuing two posthumous collections, the present volume and a year later 'The Voice of the Ocean' (1921). 500 copies were printed. Uncommon..

Hutchinson, London [no date, c.1945]. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Small 4to. 159pp. Beige cloth lettered in red at the spine and upper board. Lavishly illustrated throughout with over 120 black and white photographs. Just a touch of spotting to the rear board, and a little more to the edges, endpapers and half-title. Slight wave to the paperstock. A very good copy in the most uncommon colour dust wrapper, magnificently designed by Stein, non-price-clipped but a little rubbed and a little nicked at several extremities, with a little chafing to the natural folds, and several small areas of internal taped repair. An account of the war efforts of the workers at Morris Motors Ltd., who switched from building cars to armaments and military vehicles. Warwick Library holds a copy inscribed to H.A.Ryder, managing director of MG and dated 7 Dec 1945, thus probably establishing the publication year..

Chatto & Windus, London, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 203pp. Covers faded at some edges. Quite a nice copy in slightly tanned non-price-clipped pictorial dust wrapper..

Christie's London, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 36pp. Stapled card wrappers. Near fine. 136 lots, most illustrated. Uncommon. Together with David Bailey and Brian Duffey, Donovan, who died in late 1996, was one of the first real celebrity photographers, capturing and in many ways creating the swinging London of the 1960s (but perhaps overseeing a few too many Robert Palmer videos for my personal taste)..

John Murray, London, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author on the title page with her printed name struck-through, and with her affectionate contemporary presentation inscription to her great friend Brendan [Lehane] inked to the front free endpaper. 8vo. 282pp. Brown cloth lettered in gold at the spine. With a double-spread map and fourteen black and white photographs. Top edge lightly spotted and the tips of two corners very gently bumped. Very good indeed in price-clipped dust wrapper with a tiny hint of creasing to the upper edge..

National Portrait Gallery, London, 2010. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), published to coincide with a July to October 2010 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery to mark the centenary of Silvy's death. 4to. 160pp. Dark blue boards lettered in silver at the spine. Illustrated with one hundred examples of his photographs. A fine copy in fine dust wrapper. The first full-length study of the noted nineteenth-century French photographer, who was primarily active in London..

Macmillan, London, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 297pp. Red boards lettered in gold at the spine. A trace of near invisible partial toning to the front free endpaper, and to one blank rear flyleaf. Contemporary former owner name and date inked to the front free endpaper. A very good copy in very slightly rubbed and marked non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with just a trace of fading to the spine panel. A very nice copy of the author's second and most celebrated adult novel. Uncommon..

Marlu & Associated, Tucson, 1988. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 2nd Edition. The revised second edition. This copy signed by the author at the base of the introduction leaf. Slim 8vo. 48pp. Glossy card wrappers. A one-page introduction precedes forty-seven full-page black and white photographs of saguaros ("the giant of the desert cactus"), each with a humorous caption and [unused] space below to contribute your own caption. A tiny trace of marking to the wrappers. Very good indeed - and surprisingly amusing. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Art & Technics Ltd., London, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), of which 1,000 copies were printed. Tall 8vo. 95pp. Decorated paper-covered cloth lettered in gold at the spine. With a colour frontispiece, twenty-two captioned wood-engraved colour plates, one further coloured engraving and twenty-one wood engraved header and tail pieces and vignettes. A touch of light spotting to the endpapers, half-title and one or two preliminary and concluding leaves, and a small area of light miscellaneous staining to the corner of one text leaf. Very good indeed in handsome pictorial colour dust wrapper, non-price-clipped but a little dust marked and soiled with a touch of light edgewear, one short repaired tear and some internal reinforcement. Contemporary (1951) former owner name and date inked to the head of the front free endpaper..

Grosset & Dunlap, New York [1929]. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A reprint of the second Philo Vance detective novel, issued to accompany the release of the 1929 cinema adaptation and with four stills from the movie used here as plates. 8vo. x, 343pp + [i] publisher's advertisement. Black cloth lettered and ruled in green at the spine and upper board. Top edge lightly dust soiled, and with just a trace of light partial browning to the free endpapers. Contemporary former owner details neatly inked to the front free endpaper. Very good indeed in very slightly rubbed and dust soiled dust wrapper, with no price printed to the flaps. The front panel of the dust wrapper reproduces the design from the original 1927 Scribner wrapper, and the rear panel shows a colourful stylised illustration of William Powell in the movie role, designed by Skrenda. The second instalment in the author's celebrated series of amateur sleuth novels; this one said to have broken "all modern publishing records for… Read More

Faber, London, 1971. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's first play. Slim 8vo. 95pp. Red cloth, lettered in gold at the spine. Two small inked numerals to the tip of the front free endpaper, else in fine state with slightly chafed and marked non-price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly tanned at the spine panel..

Bodley Head, London and Oxford University Press, London, 1973. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first English edition (first printing). 8vo. 141pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A virtually fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper..

Harvill, London, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). This copy signed by the author by way of a title-specific bookplate pasted to the front free endpaper. 8vo. 181pp. Blue boards lettered in gold at the spine. Half a dozen tiny pinpricks of spotting to the top edge, else a fine copy in virtually fine price-clipped dust wrapper, marred only by a little fading to the publisher's spine panel lettering. A novel about the Border Reivers of the 16th century..

Macmillan, London, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. x, 260pp. Blue buckram with gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. Covers a little faded in places and slightly rubbed at the head of the spine. Fore edges and preliminary leaves foxed, otherwise a good, bright copy. Missing dust wrapper. 3,000 copies were printed. Fifoot EA43..