Search Results: Titles starting with C from Books Northwest

First appearance of Mark Twain's "The Canvasser's Tale." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume XXXVIII.--Number 20. December 1876 Back cover missing; fraying to spine and edges light foxed area on lower right of pages but otherwise pages are very clean, some pages uncut (see three photos). Twain began writing for The Atlantic Monthly in 1874. Quite rare as such individual issues were often bound in hardcover collections. Issue also includes an installment of Henry James's "The American" and "Daniel Deronda: A Conversation." A true first printing of a Twain story.

840pp, Near Fine/Near Fine, 1958 First Edition 5th Printing. DJ has slight chipping bottom spine, otherwise complete w/ $35.00 price intact. Color maps on end pages. First volume of this three-volume, highly-regarded monumental history. Conservative rating of NF due to owner signature on FFEP (see photo), otherwise book would be rated Fine.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1970. Seconf Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good. 630pp, hardcover with copper-colored boards and gilt lettering on spine, mylar-covered dj with repaired 2" tear on upper right of back also showing at top of spine (see photo), quarto 10.25" x 12.5", heavily illustrated in b&w and color. Book is in fine condition, dj in good condition A beautiful copy of this rare and massive volume covering the works of this influential Dadaist and conceptual artist. Included with book is a Phillips art auction catalog from 5.13.2002 listing 14 authorized Duchamp Ready-Made duplicates from 1964 of his original works, including iconic works such as Fountain (urinal), Bicycle Wheel and Bottle Rack,  many of which were lost in original form.

201pp, red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. First edition/first printing. Near Fine/Near Fine, Dj in clear cover, small dark spot on front (see photo), unclipped price of 21s, small chip at bottom of spine, light foxing on ffep and back end page, otherwise very clean and unmarked. 18 illustrations. "The Middle East was not an easy milieu in which to work and my thirty-nine years; service covered two World Wars with plenty of civil unrest between-whiles." Detailed adventures of Sir Alec Seath Kirkbride, K.C.M.G.,C.V.O., O.B.E., M.C.

This freshly-written biography (December 2020) of the humanistic psychologist Sidney Marshall Jourard weaves his personal and academic lives together in an intimate portrait of the man and his ideas. Includes a complete bibliography of his academic publications. Researched through the author's access to Sidney's personal files as well as the Sidney Jourard Collection at the University of West Georgia Special Collections, this is the definitive biography of Sidney Jourard's life and legacy.