Search Results: Titles starting with C from Uncharted Books

New York: Del Rey, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback science fiction book.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Wraps. 757 pp. Minor shelf wear. This is an uncommon uncorrected proof of Hoopes' biography of James M. Cain.

New York: Meredith Press, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Illustrations throughout by Victoria Chess. Shelf wear to jacket edges, including several chips and closed tears. Sunning to spine. Bookplate on front free endpaper. This is an uncommon first edition book of ostensibly authentic magic recipes. According to the publisher's warning: "These recipes, culled from the ancient writings of black magic and alchemy, are presented for their historic value alone. Neither the author nor the publisher represent them as having safe or magical properties, and so would prefer not to be held responsible for any results obtained in their applications." With charming illustrations by Chess, the whole thing is presented in a rather tongue-in-cheek fasion. Truzzi was a noted paranormal and pseudoscience investigator, and this early book was unique among his otherwise academic writings.

[New York]: New Directions, 1947. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. 8vo. Red cloth. Dust jacket. 158 pp. Several chips to jacket edges and a 1/2" closed tear at bottom of front jacket cover. Some notes in pencil on rear jacket cover. Signature of late bookseller Paul S. Rohe on front free endpaper. This is a first American edition of Camus' two plays.

Oak Park, IL: Poor Farm Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Square 8vo. Boards. Full color plates. Unpaginated. A few small dings to rear board. Dark spot of discoloration at bottom of front cover. This is an uncommon retrospective of works from The Suburban avant garde art gallery, ffounded in Oak Park, IL and presently in Milwaukee, WI.

Garden City: Anchor / Doubleday, 1961. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback copy of Chaucer's classic medieval tales.

New York: Random House, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Minor jacket wear and a few spots of discoloration. This is a stated first printing of O'Hara's short story collection.

Estes & Lauriat, 1894. Boards. Good. Cover is scuffed and has some stains. Interior has some foxing and owner's name and stamp on flyleaf. A nice children's adventure from the end of the 19th century.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Inscribed on title page. This is a signed first edition novel by Inman.

Grosset and Dunlap, 1935. Boards. Good. Chipping at edges and stains on spine and back cover. Interior is very good. This is a children's story story about Carmen's adventures seeing sights up and down the coast of California, with charming photographic illustrations combining famous landmarks with actors portraying the characters in the book.

Granite Falls, MN: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Association copy. Inscribed on half-title page to fellow Illinois poet Rick Holinger, a friend of Etter's. This is a signed first edition poetry book by celebrated Midwestern poet Dave Etter.

London: Bodley Head, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/very good. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Red stained top edge. 82 pp. Minor scuffing to jacket edges and a 3/4" closed tear on rear jacket cover. Scuffing along jacket spine. Price clipped. Book is fine. This is an uncommon first edition of Greene's allegorical play.

New York: Dell, 1960. Paperback. Very good. The disappearing actress..." Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback mystery book. Dell D366.

New York: Berkley, 1988. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage paperback mystery book by humorist Friedman.

New York: Macmillan, 1960. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Boards. Dust jacket. Minor shelf wear. This is a first book club edition of the classic James Bond novel.

New York: DAW, 1981. Paperback. Very good. Minor shelf wear. This is a nice vintage paperback science fiction novel.

London: Duckworth, 1983. Paperback. Very good. 8vo. Wraps. Minor shelf wear. Creases to corners of wraps. This is a very uncommon annotated translation of Roman poet Catallus.

Librarie Camille Sourget. Hardcover. Very good. In French. This is a gorgeous catalogue of rare books available from famed Parisian dealer Librarie Camille Sourget. With many sumptuous full-page color photos and illustrations.

Tenri: Tenri Central Library, 1955. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. Facsimile pages throughout. iv, 313 pp. Rubbing and closed tears to dust jacket edges. Slight bend to upper right corners. This is a bibliography of primary sources regarding Christian missions to Japan. Follows the first volume from 1932 and contains a listing of the works from that volume.

Tenri: Tenri Central Library, 1973. First Thus. Cloth. Fine/fine. 8vo. Navy buckram with leather panel with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket. Facsimile pages throughout. 7, 227, iv, 313 pp. This is a bibliography of primary sources regarding Christian missions to Japan. This is the single volume edition collecting facsimiles of Volume 1 (1932) and Volume 2 (1955). An attractive and finely printed book.