Search Results: Authors starting with C from Books Boheme

Baltimore, Maryland: Bookman Publishing, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Very Good. AMX years 1968 - 1980. Sky blue softcover book, filled with reproductions of original advertisements and black and white photographs. Octavo (10 x 7 inches; 254 x 177 millimeters). 144 pages. Condition: Very Good. Minor shelf-wear, pages slightly tanned.

London: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1921. Early Printing. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's black cloth, cover is debossed with the image of a full chess board. Title, author and publisher lettered in gold on spine. Octavo (8 11/16 x 5 1/2 inches; 220 x 139 millimeters). 246 pages. Condition: Good. A much-handled volume. Exterior of book has considerable abrasions, corners are rounded and bumped. The cloth has faded, the spine has fading and wear at the crown and foot. There is some marring to the edges of the text block. The interior of the book is mostly nice, pages are age toned and there is a fold crease that has formed a small tear on the interior of page 7/8.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1993. Collector's Edition. Hardcover, Leatherbound. Fine. Walter Velez (Frontispiece). :: Beautifully signed by Orson Scott Card, and comes accompanied by Easton Press signed and dated certificate of authenticity. :: Aliens have twice attacked and nearly destroyed the human species. Among the elite recruits at Battle School Ender Wiggin is a genius, he excels in simulated war games- but time for Earth is running out ... :: Bound in publisher's deep night-blue leather, both cover boards feature artwork by Walter Velez in gold. Four hubs upon spine encase title, author, publisher, and carry over artistic theme. All edges of text block gilt. Gold place-keeper ribbon. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 216 x 146 millimeters). 226 pages. :: Winner of the 1986 Nebula & Hugo Awards :: Condition: Fine. Beautiful copy.

New York: Bantam Books, 1947. Paperback. Very Good. :: 98 :: Terror Stalks An Unwilling Bride :: A noir mystery, made into a 1947 Warner Bros. film directed by Peter Godfrey and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks, and Errol Flynn. :: Sextodecimo (6 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 162 x 107 millimeters). 184 pages. Condition: Very Good+. Lightest shelf-wear. Small manufacturing wrinkle at crown of spine. Pages age-toned. A lovely copy, still has Detective Book Club mail-out advertisement in back.

New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1916. Windermere Series, Early Printing Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Milo Winter. Deep blue publisher's cloth, lettering and border in gold. Beautiful illustrated cover. Scenic endpapers. Lovely full color plates of artworks by Milo Winter. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches; 234 x 175 millimeters). 242 pages. Condition: Very Good. Wear to the cloth along edges and corners, particularly at crown and foot of spine. Some loss of gilt in the lettering. One petite abrasion mark on bottom of back board. Pages tanned. Overall quite nice, a wonderful copy of a belovéd book.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Signed upon the title page by astronaut Eugene Cernan, last person to be on the moon. :: A revealing and dramatic look at the inside of the American Space Program from one of its pioneers, commander of Apollo 17. :: Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards, title, author's, and publishers lettered in silver down spine. Octavo (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches; 242 x 160 millimeters). 356 pages. Condition: Very Good+, in a Very Good dust jacket. Minimal shelf-wear. Dust jacket has small bit of wear at top and bottom of spine, touch of wrinkling at bottom of the rear panel. Overall a lovely copy.

Pasadena, California: Magical Publications. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Laughlin, Jullia A.. Performance instruction & technique for close-up card magic, filled with detailed line-drawings to illustrate. Bound in publisher's lapis-blue cloth. Title and author lettered in gold down spine and upon front board within art outline of file folder. Quarto (10 5/16 x 7 3/16 inches; 261 x 183 millimeters). 245 pages. Condition: Very Good+, in Very Good+ dust jacket. Minimal shelf-wear, slightest bumping to crown of spine. Nice, clean & tight copy.

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good-. .. A riveting piece of investigative reporting that reads like fiction." Spine bound in publisher's black cloth, boards in yellow paper. Lettering down spine in gold. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches; 215 x 146 millimeters). 200 pages. Condition: Good+, in Good- dust jacket. Boards have age related soiling. Pages tanned. Previous owner's notation of 'date read' scrawled in ink on title page. Dust jacket has amateur repairs to hold together separation at seams, and small tear and fragment missing from bottom of rear panel.

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C Thomas, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Book on the diverse aspects of uniformed police patrol, includes many individual essays. :: Bound in publisher's blue cloth. Title, author and publisher lettered in gold down spine. Quarto (10 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches; 261 x 180 millimeters). 476 pages. Condition: Very Good, in Very Good dust jacket. Spine has slight lean, minor bump to the crown of spine. Interior clean. Dust jacket has small edge tears, and a two centimeter tear at the center bottom.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. :: A Borzoi Murder Mystery :: A speck of green feather caught in the thick glue led to the warm corpse of an ex-queen of burlesque. :: Bound in publisher's emerald-green cloth, front board bears attractive diamond pattern in red. Title, author, and publisher lettered in red upon spine with thematic cross-hatch diamond bars. Rear board bears tiny Borzoi Books emblem lower right. Top edge of text block red, fore-edge deckled. Octavo (8 x 5 3/4 inches; 202 x 145 millimeters). 285 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Good dust jacket. Touch of staining and wear at the crown and foot of the spine. Spine is cocked. Endpapers and pages are age-toned, foxing throughout. Dust jacket has a faded spine, worn and missing chips along the edges, flaking at the hinges. Interior amateur tape repairs. Age-toned and stained.

Victoria, B. C.: Hoot Productions. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: A collection of anecdotes about the RCAF during the 1950's by Childerhose whom served with RCAF Regular Force from 1951-56; with 411 Aux. Sqn. 1957-66. :: Bound in publishers white cloth, title, author, and publisher's symbol lettered in vivid blue down spine. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 236 x 158 millimeters). 346 pages. Condition: Very Good-, in a Very Good dust jacket. Book has minimal shelf wear, a nice, tight, clean copy. Dust jacket has small tears along the top and bottom edge of the rear panel and some light scratches. A touch of crumpling at the foot of the spine.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Frank Wright (Dust Jacket). :: Exotic tale of South African romance and adventure, centered around a mysterious ring. :: Bound in publisher's paprika-red cloth, front board bears title and author in black. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Octavo (7 9/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 192 x 132 millimeters). 279 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Very Good- dust jacket. Slight rubbing at edges and corners, some rubbed abrasions to the front board. Spine is slanted, and book has had a repair at the rear gutter. Former owner's name inked upon front paste-down. Pages age-toned. Dust jacket has chipping along edges, petite holes, and a 1/2 (8 mm) vertical tear from top edge near spine that has an amateur tape repair from the underside.

London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company Limited, 1931. First Edition Thus, Cheap Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: Cassell's Shilling Novels :: Bound in publisher's black cloth. Front board bears title and author in rectangle surrounded by gold lace-print design. Title, author, and publisher lettered upon spine in gold. 6 13/16 x4 1/2 inches; 173 x 114 millimeters). 316 pages. Condition: Very Good-, in a Very Good dust jacket. Shelf-wear, soiling and moisture speckling to rear board. A little shaken, vertical ridge along spine. Pages age-toned. Front free endpaper has traces of prior owner's name erased, and small hole. Dust jacket has chips missing at hinges, wear and small tears along edges, light soiling.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Paul Galdone (Dust Jacket). :: A Red Badge Mystery :: A mounting terror had engulfed the normally pleasant household of the late Aristide Leonides - certainly one of his family had given him the fatal dose of poison. :: Bound in publisher's gray paper-covered boards, front board bears Red Badge Detective emblem. Author, title and publisher lettered within red down spine. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 208 x 142 millimeters). 211 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Good- dust jacket. Wear at the crown and foot of the spine. Foxing and petite stains upon the text block and along the top of the boards. Endpapers toned, occasional stain within. Dust jacket has small tears and chips along edges, and crease-folds. There are large tears that have been amateur tape-repaired upon the interior. One of these runs vertically the entire length of the jacket along the hinge of the rear inner panel. Jacket is toned and stained.

(Self Published), 2010. Paperback. Fine. Quarto (11 x 8 1/4 inches; 280 x 210 millimeters). 198 pages. Condition: Fine. Book appears as new.

New York: The McBride Company, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edward C. Caswell. Lighthearted travel memoir from Charles Cobb's motorcar adventure with his mother through France, Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Damascus, Bagdad, Teheran, India and elsewhere in the early 1950's. :: Signed and dated by author on front free endpaper. :: Contains black and white photographs and charming illustrations! :: Bound in publishers red linen-like textured paper-covered boards. Front board bears title in purple, and a petite oval Eiffel Tower on the lower right. Title, author, and publisher lettered on spine in purple. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 212 x 144 millimeters). 145 pages. Condition: Very Good+, in a Very Good dust jacket. Book is in excellent condition, endpapers age-toned. Dust jacket has chips along edges, and some tiny tears. There is a sticker pull at the bottom of the rear panel.

London: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bound in publisher's light green cloth, title in black lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, middle photographic plates in color. Octavo (10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches; 253 x 195 millimeters). 184 pages.Condition: Very Good, in Very Good+ dust jacket. Book cloth shows fading along spine and along the top of the front and rear boards. Dust jacket has small marks of wear at top and bottom of spine, and a little wear at the corners.

London: James & James (Science Publishers) Ltd, 1999. Preprints Volume II. Softcover. Good. ICOM-CC (International Council of Museums) Commitee for Conservation reference work regarding: Mural Paintings Mosaics and Rock Art, Graphic Documents, Photographic Records, Ethnographic Collections, Wet Organic and Archaeological Materials, Textiles, Leather and Related Materials, Natural History Collections, Stone, Glass Ceramic and Related Materials, Metals, Lacquer, Resins, & Modern Materials. Quarto (11 5/8 x 8 5/16 inches; 291 x 211 millimeters). 920 pages. Condition: Good. Shelf-wear, crease to spine, former owner's stamp on title page. Highlighting and annotations present on table of contents pages only.

San Antonio Texas: The Naylor Company, 1946. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Bound in publisher's red cloth, title in gray lettering. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 210 x 145 millimeters). 248 pages. Condition: Fine, in Very Good- dust jacket. Dust jacket has creasing to bottom of front panel, large chips from top of rear panel and small chips on spine. Book is clean and tight. Beautiful copy, a delight.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. :: A Bloodhound Mystery :: At the climax of the only other performance of Phoebus, the dancer had gone mad- this time tragedy seemed even more grimly certain - and more fatal. :: Bound in publisher's rain-blue cloth. Title, author, publisher, and Bloodhound Mystery emblem lettered on the spine in fuchsia. Text block fore-edge deckled. Duodecimo (7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 193 x 133 millimeters). 249 pages. Condition: Very Good-, in a Very good dust jacket. Spine is cocked, wear at foot of spine, light soiling. Endpapers toned. Stains in margin, Chapter Twelve. Hinge cracked last pages. Dust jacket has chips missing and small tears along edges, most notable at bottom of spine.