Search Results: Titles starting with C from Star Cat Books

Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, Inc, 1992. Near Fine. Reader's Digest edition. Near Fine Condition. Some Slight bending on bottom spine. Slightest fading to corners of boards. Pages clean and tight. Gold writing on front and spine, along with an image of a ship. 555 pg. With afterword by James Hynes. Readers digest original ephemera with information about the author included. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Good - very good condition, no jacket. Spine slightly sunbleached. Spine slightly bumped from shelf use. Back corners also slightly bumped. Back cover has some sun damage (laid on a table?). Tight binding, undamaged pages, crisp corners and pages.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. Good-. N.C. Wyeth. Hardcover. Good- Condition. Red Cloth boards with a gold emblem of the Royal Navy. Black lettering on spine. Spine faded with age. Heavy shelf wear on spine. Binding tight. Pages crisp and clear. Top edge of pages appears to have originally been colored. A three in one volume of the Hornblower stories: Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, Flying Colours. 662 pg. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Watson-Guptill, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Near fine hardcover with no DJ. Illustrations in color throughout in vivid 4-color process. Index. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

New York, NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1945. 1st. Good. Crockett Johnson. A classic of young children's books, this 1st edition (1945) would be a great addition to any library. Good condition. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good (considering age). Slightly worn cover edges, very tight binding, but some spotting on edges of pages when book is closed. Gorgeous frontispiece showing map of Manhattan in 1949. 1st edition.

New York, NY: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1993. As New. 1st. mm paperback, 1st printing. As New condition. 3rd book in the Roma Sub Rosa series. With these books Steven Saylor established himself as one of the preeminent writers of historical mysteries. Rare to find in As New condition paperback of these books. 495 pg.

New York, NY: Orchard Paperback, 1999. 1st paper. Fine. S. D. Schindler. 1st paperback ed. 1st printing paperback. Fine condition, barcode label on back cover. 40pp. Full color illustrations, pen & ink with watercolor. The first of Le Guin's Catwings book series, this charming little book is a great addition to any Le Guin lover or for children. 7x5" octavo. We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

New York, NY: Orchard Paperbacks, 1999. 1st paperback. Very Good +. S. D. Schindler. 1st paperback ed, 2nd printing. Very Good+ condition. Small smudge on back cover from a removed labels, otherwise would be Fine condition. 49pp. 2nd book in the Catwings series. 7x5" octavo. Very collectible because it's by Le Guin! Charming little book for children of all ages (including the child at heart in us all). We are a small indie bookstore in scenic Vermont, specializing in children's, YA, and science fiction. Please consider buying from us and supporting indie bookstores and our bookstore cat, Wesley!

Garden City, NY: Blue Ribbon Books, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Slightly scuffed cover, tight binding, good pages with no marks or tears, great typefaces used-- so very early 40s! This is an anthology of other detective stories which Queen then renamed using fake author names to make it a guessing game for the reader. Answers to the story as to the real author are at the end of each story.

U.S.A.: Annick Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. This is stated to be the 8th printing, from 2008, of the 1st edition of this book. "The statistics of the millions infected with HIV/AIDS in southern Africa find a human face in this gripping story." (Booklist) This copy has the silver cover sticker identifying the book as an Honor Book for the American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. I would list this book in As New condition except for an old bookstore stamp on the inside front cover. The book appears unread. There is little or no shelf wear, the spine is unblemished, and the rest of the pages are unmarked and intact. This is a beautiful copy of a major book that has since been made into a movie. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall.

Franklin Square, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st ed., deckled edge paper, very good condition; cover boards have wear across middle front from shelving. Color plates - color illus by S. Ivanowsk. Frontispiece with tissue intact. Gilt on blue cover boards and spine.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. The autobiography of Joe Torre, assisted by Tom Verducci, reveals how his upbringing and time as a player shaped him as a manager, and allowed his appointment as manager of the Yankees to shape that team's turnaround to win their first Series since 1978. This book is in As New condition, with no obvious evidence that it has been read. The cover has minimal wear and is in similar condition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

U.S.A.: University Alabama Press, 2003. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Biography of General Claire Lee Chenault, with attention to both his time as leader of the Flying Tigers and his post-War work in China. This reprint of the 1987 edition (distinguishable only because it has a 13-digit ISBN on the back cover) is a trade paperback that seems unread. It would be graded As New except for light shelf wear. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Shelburne, VT, USA: The New England Press, 1983. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Langley, Marilynn. 1st edition of a rare little book printed by the New England Press of three stories set with a Christmas theme in Vermont: Meddles, the Christmas Elf; A Child Shall Lead Them; All God's Children. Collectible. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. 1st American edition, 1st American printing. Translation from the Spanish, original copyright in Columbia, 1981. This hardcover is in fine-plus to as-new condition with an as-new dust jacket ; name of owner written in ink on flyleaf. Deckled paper.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Curtis Books, 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. 1st printing, 1st ed. Good condition, small crease across front cover, some age spot/dirt to cover and inside front cover, but otherwise is clean, crisp, and appears to have never been read (only stored). "An offbeat Science-Fiction novel; featuring: THE DOOMSDAY LADIES. Picture a refined group of ladies discussing their next international political assassination over sips of claret. The garden club is a quiet oasis in a world where Africa has gone pre-fab; the new look is the 'Optiman' (radiation victims who have changed into Cyborgs) and men are still waging furious politics. Our gals are busy preserving peace until a final ironic twist demonstrates that feminine wiles are no always wise." (Virginia Kirkus, Bookshop Services).

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pinnacle Books, 2004. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. 1st ed., 1st printing paperback Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp. Hard to find copy. In As New condition, barring a sticker residue on the back over the UPC/Bookland code. Otherwise clearly never opened or read: perfect spine, cover, and pages. "Syndicated radio psychiatrist Dr. Gina Davenport's sole concern is the well-being of her listeners ... until a shove through her office window brings her career and her life to a shockingly brutal end. Before the Kansas City police have a chance to make an arrest, a troubled young woman turns herself in for the doctor's murder. Defense attorney Lou Mason takes the case--yet something about his client's story doesn't add up. Lou believes she's protecting a remorseless psychopath whose deadly agenda is nowhere near complete. To catch a killer, Lou must venture into a sordid world of money, drugs, and a devastating black market. But even on the 'better' side of town,… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Chelsea/Bonanza, 1969. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 1969 hardcover by Bonanza Books/Chelsea House - coffee-table sized. Good condition inside, but with definite wear to edges and a loose front and back cover on bottom edge. DJ in fair condition with curling, some tears, all from ageing and shelving. Full color and b&w illustrations throughout. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall.

Chicago, Illinois: Homewood Publishing Co, 1910. Hardcover. Fair. 1st thus for 1910 edition for Homewood Publishing, appears to have been previously published in 1903 by W.B. Conkey Company. This is a collection of "Readings and Recitations for Young People" with illustrations. Cover boards have been worn and torn on edges, spine tight, pages intact. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.