Search Results: Authors starting with C from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. Paperback. Fair. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. 9 x 6 inches: pp. 325. Numerous photos. Lacks map. Note condition: Lacks cover, partial printer's wraps spine with handwritten title. Some light foxing. Interior good, clean, unmarked. Binding solid. Reading copy only. 58th Congress, Second Session. Document Number 155.

Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1965. Hardcover. Good. Whitney Darrow, Jr.. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1965. 6 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches: unpaginated (approximately 64 pages). Red photographic and illustrated boards with black and white type. Wear and rubbing at edges and corners of boards. Some light foxing inside front cover. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

New York: iBooks, Inc, 2004. First Edition. Mass market paperback. Very Good. Zeck, Mike. New York; iBooks, Inc., 2004. First edition. 6 5/8 x 4 1/8 inches: pp. [8], 442, [8]. Red and shades of purple illustrated wraps with white, black, gold and orange type. Edge and corner wear, rubbing. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Two novels that develop the story arc of an alliance between the Gentleman, Doctor Octopus, Electro, the Vulture, Mysterio and Pity bent on destroying everyone's favorite web slinger.

Dallas, TX: Taylor, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very Good. Dallas, TX: Taylor, 1998. First edition, first printing. 9.25 x 6.5": xviii, 238 pp. Orange and green lettering to glossy pictorial jacket. Orange metallic lettering to spine of blue boards. With epilogue, appendices, acknowledgments and index. INSCRIBED in black magic marker by ORLANDO CEPEDA to front free endpaper. A wee bit of sticker residue to front dust jacket, light edge wear overall. Light corner wear to boards. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A clean, bright looking copy. Told in his own words, Cepeda recounts his years in the major leagues, his successes and his downfall that was turned around by his new-found Buddhist faith.

New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. Carigiet, Alois. New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1958. FIRST EDITION. 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches: unpaginated. Illustrated paper dust jacket with white and black type on front panel. Blue cloth binding over light blue boards with dark blue lettering. Illustrated jacket with 2" tear and 7" diagonal crease to rear panal. Smaller tears to spine edges. Sunning to all edges. Very mild nudge to bottom corners. Previous owner's name and bookplate affixed to front paste-down endpaper. Otherwise, test is unmarked. Binding tight. Translated from the original German. The story of a brother saving his little sister and how they commemorated the day.

New York: Forty-Second Street Property Owners and Merchants Association, Inc, 1929. Hardcover. Good. New York: Forty-Second Street Property Owners and Merchants Association, Inc., 1929. 12 x 9 inches: pp. 216. Blue cloth boards with gold gilt titles and design on front board. With 40 pages bound in with advertisements and write ups of local businesses. Contains numerous black and white photographs and illustrations of Manhattan. Corners nudged, boards mildly warped. Presentation letter laid in on free facing end page. Name and address written in ink inside front cover. Age toning. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

Washington City: R.C. Weightman, 1810. First Edition. Pamphlet. Good. Washington City: R. C. Weightman, 1810. First edition. 9 x 5 5/8 inches: pp. [4], including title page + 1 page resolution. Pamphlet with untrimmed edges, black type. Two small holes present (possibly stab holes). Slight paper loss to lower right-hand corner. Pages slightly wrinkled, especially near edges, and foxed. Vertical crease to second leaf. The American stateman Henry Clay (1777-1852) put forth this resolution that senator Timothy Pickering had indeed violated the Logan Act, which criminalized unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments that were in dispute with the United States. Pickering had been found guilty of holding several conferences with special British envoy George Rose, with whom he proposed the creation of a pro-British faction in New England. This was the start of the decline of Pickering's once prominent career. He had previously served as the Postmaster General and the United States… Read More

Paris, France: Alwin Eichler, 20 Rue Dauphine, 1909. Softcover. Good plus. Paris, France: Alwin Eichler, circa 1905-1909. 10x8 inches: pp. 32 Wraps with wonderful chromolithograph cover. Rear wrap with illustration of Cody. First of the series. Text is in French. Bound with string into a stiff cardboard cover. Cardboard has a taped spine and label to front. Some toning to pages, wear to spine, binding solid. Alwin Eichler (1859-1912) ran his own publishing company in Dresden and published "dime novels" from 1903-1909.

Paris, France: Alwin Eichler, 1905. Softcover. good. Paris, France: Alwin Eichler, circa 1905-1909. 10x8 inches: pp. 32. Wraps with wonderful chromolithograph cover. 30 pages. Text is in French. Bound into stiff cardboard folder, with a taped spine and label to front. Front cover taped on, back cover missing. Some toning to pages and a few small tears not affecting text. Publisher imprint at end states A. Eschler, edit, impr. Paris. Alwin Eichler (1859-1912) ran his own publishing company in Dresden and published "dime novels" in German, etc. from 1903-1909.

Paris, France: Alwin Eichler, 20 Rue Dauphine, 1909. Softcover. Good plus. Paris, France: Alwin Eichler, circa 1905-1909. 10x8 inches: pp. 32. Wraps with wonderful chromolithograph cover. Rear wrap lists titles 1-24 and also ten Nick Carter titles. Eichler also lists a Dresden, New York and Paris office on rear wrap. Text is in French. Bound into stiff cardboard folder, a taped spine and label to front. Creasing at upper corners of last few pages. Some toning, foxing. Binding solid. Alwin Eichler (1859-1912) ran his own publishing company in Dresden and published "dime novels" from 1903-1909.

Paris, France: Alwin Eichler, 20 Rue Dauphine, 1909. Softcover. Good plus. Paris, France: Alwin Eichler, circa 1905-1909. 10x8 inches: pp. 30. Wraps with wonderful chromolithograph cover in French and English. Text in French. Bound into stiff cardboard folder, with a taped spine and label to front. Name written on right hand corner of front cover. Some toning to pages and a a few small tears not affecting the text. Text is unmarked. Binding solid. Back cover of magazine seems to be glued to the cardboard folder. Alwin Eichler (1859-1912) ran his own publishing company in Dresden and published "dime novels" from 1903-1909.

Arcadia Publishing, 2006. Softcover. Very Good. Charleston, SC, Chicago, IL, Portsmouth, NH & San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Publishing, 2006. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. 128. Black pictorial paper cover with yellow type. Illustrated throughout with numerous images depicting the history of Paradise California, which in 2018 was devastated by wildfires. Two mildly dogeared pages near front. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A lightly used copy. "The images of America series celebrates the history of neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. Using archival photographs, each title presents distinctive stories from the past that shape the character of the community today" (Taken from back of book).

Portland, OR: Salmon Trout Steelheader, 1978. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Jeff Dayne. Portland, OR: Salmon Trout Steelheader, 1978. Second Printing. 11 x 8 1/4 inches: pp. 118. White photographic paper dust jacket with white and black type. Green boards with silver lettering to spine and front cover. Contains numerous black and white photographs of fishermen. Also contains 8 pages of color illustrations depicting well over 100 different types of wet flies for steelhead, alphebetically listed. DJ now protected in mylar. Light rubbing, some foxing to dust jacket. Minor foxing to fore edge, page edges. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

New York: A.L.A. Casting Co, 1966. Hardcover. Good. New York: A.L.A. Casting Co., 1966. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches: pp. 448. Blue textured cloth with embossed titles in white and gold gilt. 448 pages of illustrations which are thumb indexed [earings, animals, lockets, frames, pendants, charms, bracelets, etc. Corners bumped, spine gilt a bit dull. Page wrinkling on free facing end page. Product-tabbed for easy reference. Some wear to thumb indexes, margins lightly toned. Some foxing. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Heavy, solid copy.

Chicago, IL: Carson Pirie Scott & Co, 1914. Paperback. Very Good. Chicago, IL: Carson Pirie Scott & Co., 1914. 13 x 10 inches: pp. 104. Gray wraps with gray taped spine with titles in black on front and spine. Cover titles are embossed. With over 550 color illustrations of patterns for rugs and carpets and 29 pages of black and white illustrations of hardware [curtain rods, window shades, shade rollers, carpet hardware for installation, etc.]. General light wear to wraps. Some age toning. Corners are lightly creased. Interior clean and bright, binding strong. No price list included. The Carson Company was founded in 1854 and at one time had expanded to over 50 locations mostly in the Midwest. Louis Sullivan designed the iconic Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building in 1899 which stands at the corner of State and Madison in Chicago.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Enquirer Company Steam Printing Establishment, 1856. Pamphlet. Good. Cincinnati, OH: Enquirer Company Steam Printing Establishment, 1856. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 78. String-bound self-wraps. Small bit of pencil writing on upper cover of front panel. Staining and age-tanning to cover and text. Text is unmarked. The election in which James Buchanan is nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party, the subsequent election of which, he won. Sabin 13100 (Vol. 4, p. 89). The election where James Buchanan is nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party, the subsequent election of which, he won.

New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1850. Hardcover. Good Plus. New York: Leavitt & Allen: No date [1850]. 6 x 4 1/4 inches: pp. 288, floral design around text to each page. Blue cloth with embossed design on cover and gold gilt titles and decoration to spine. Corners bumped and chafed, frays to head and tail of spine. Some light discoloration to cover, general edgewear. Top gilt has numerous scuffs, scratches. Some names and writing on front endpapers, enumerated birth date, marriage date and death of previous owner (?). Names and dates of several different members of the Welton family on the upper edge of the next few pages. The book was obviously handed on to several generations within the family. Some spotting to margins and light toning, overall text clean. "Lane County Pioneer Museum - Eugene, Oregon" stamped on bottom of page 33 and blacked out on free facing end page. Eliza Cook [1818-1889] began writing poetry as a child and published her first poetry collection , "Lays of a Wild Harp" when she… Read More

West Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press, 1993. FIRST EDITION. Trade Paperback. Good. West Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press, 1993. This is one of 1250 copies from the first edition, it is however NOT one of the 26 copies lettered A-Z, signed and bound in cloth. 7 x 8 inches: pp. 111. White photographic wraps with black type. A few minor stains, crease and some wear along front edge of cover. Bottom corner of pages are bumped. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The authors of this book made multiple trips to Kerouac's home town to visit specific sites connected with Kerouac's work, taking in these sites as a "memory protein" of their own work (Paraphrased from back cover).

London, England: Constable and Company, 1958. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Barbara Cooney. London, England: Constable and Company, 1958. First edition. 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches: pp. [36]. White illustrated paper dust jacket with red and black type. Bright orange boards with a black cock, colorful endpaper. repeating design Lovely copy of Barbara Cooney's adaptation of a Chaucerian tale. Nice, clean dustjacket with just a bit of edge wear, chipping and rubbing. Though neatly clipped at top, original price of 12 /6 net appears at bottom of DJ flap. Dust jacket preserved in Brodart wraps. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

Boston, Mass: Dana Estes & Company, 1909. Hardcover. Good Plus. Boston, MA: Dana Estes & Company, 1909. Illustrated Sterling edition. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. 460 / 538. Grey cloth-covered boards, with contrasting black spine label, lettered in gold gilt. 4 illustrations. Light edge and corner wear. Top edge of pages gold gilt, fore-edge and tail untrimmed. Sunning to spine. Faint tape ghosts to pastedown endpapers. Light toning at page edges. Unmarked. Binding lightly shaken. Solid.