Search Results: Authors starting with C from Turn and Temper Books

Nan A. Talese, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Cover has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in very good condition with creases at the base and a price sticker mark on the cover. We package all books in cardboard book boxes for shipment. "In Volume VI of his acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill guides us through the thrilling period of the Renaissance and the Reformation (the late fourteenth to the early seventeenth century), so full of innovation and cultural change that the Western world would not experience its like again until the twentieth century. Beginning with the continent-wide disaster of the Black Death, Cahill traces the many developments in European thought and experience that served both the new humanism of the Renaissance and the seemingly abrupt religious alterations of the… Read More

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1948. First Edition ?. Hardcover/Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Covers some rubbing, but edges clean. Pages clean and tight. Owner's name and date on front endpaper (first blank page) ("P. H. Hofmeister 11-54

Random House, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. First printing Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with the author's initials stamped on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 3/8 by 5 5/8 inches with slight fading of the cloth near the head of the spine corresponding to the chip loss from the dust jacket. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with chips from the upper edge of the spine area and tear at top tip. 343 pages of text. A first edition copy with all of the issue points (e.g., "1/66" on inside flap, stated first printing, no book club marks, back flap recognizing Random House well-known publishing) for the book and its first issue dust jacket. There are no prior owner's names, dates or book plates.

Bobbs-Merrill, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition; First Printing (stated). Tight, clean and crisp. Top of spine faded, otherwise tight and clean. One page is dog-eared. DJ has chipping and tears along top and bottom of spines and board. Mylar protective cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, Ltd., 1937. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition in English, 2nd printing. xvi+352pp. Blue-green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Joints rubbed, light fraying to spine tips and corners, minor wear. Rare, clean copy.

Charlotte, Vermont: Camden House Publishing, Inc., 1991. First Edition ?. Hardcover/Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. "First Edition" stated with no other printing indication. DJ shows light wear and chipping on corner. Original price intact, illustrations by the Author in black & white and color.

Reagan Arthur Books, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing (with full number sequence including the 1). As New in an As New dust jacket. A tight, clean copy that is crisp and feels unread. Price intact-- NOT price clipped. Small remainder mark at base. Her first novel. Her second won the Booker Prize. All books shipped in cardboard and packaged with care.

University of California Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition 1st printing - Three small tears on top of dust jacket, otherwise very good with no chipping or rubbing. Near fine condition of boards with only some minor foxing. Previous owner's birthday inscription on title page. Strong contents clean.

Chambers, 1997. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Sixth Edition, reprinted. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked dust wrapper. Tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 2008 pages ; 26 cm. Notes; Previous ed.: 1990. Subjects; Biography ; Dictionaries. Biography. Biography Dictionaries. Dictionaries. Biography. History. Publications. Biography 20th century. Genres; Dictionaries. Dictionary.

Crofton Creek Press, 2000. First Edition ?. Hardcover/Hardback. Fine/Fine. South Boardman, Michigan: Crofton Creek Press, 2000. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover/Dj. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Thomas W. Ford illustrator. Dj wrapped in mylar. Fine, as new condition,  no marks or scratches, tears, or bumps. Signed & inscribed by author on first title page- "For Howard, With much gratitude and my very best wishes. Kay Charter June, 2019".

MIT Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine book in Near Fine dustjacket. Dust jacket has a small tear and crease on the back top. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. The limits of rationality are explored. First printing. Computational Models Of Cognition And Perception Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 152 pages.

New York/Heidelberg/Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Pictorial boards, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, name stamp on top and side edges, slight shelf wear, else clean tight copy; 8vo; 325pp indexed.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1944. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover 1944 1st edition / 11th printing in Very Good condition. Black cloth bound boards are nicely contrasted with gold gilt spine lettering. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. The book will be carefully packaged and shipped in cardboard.

The Macmillan Company, 1946. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. Stated Third Printing. "A distinguished teacher writes of the fun of learning", with the author's style being a very human and humorous account of life in the educational world. Also noted as an autobiography of American education. INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Condition: Fine. Dustjacket: Good. Tight and clean binding. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper and penciled name/code. Pages are clean and binding feels crisp. Boards are without scuffs, dents, or marks. Price-clipped DJ has significant chipping on base and top, as well as several smaller tears at base or top throughout.

New York: Chanticleer Press, 1963. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Botanic Manuscript of Jane Colden, 1724-1766. First Woman Botanist of Colonial America. Published by the Garden Club of Orange and Dutchess Counties of New York, 1963. Edition limited to 1500 copies. A reproduction of Colden's manuscript with transcribed notations on over 60 plants. Includes a brochure from the Garden Club's 1989 meeting. The book is in beautiful, fine condition. The jacket has tears and creasing along the top. A fine book in a very good jacket.

New York: University Photo Books, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover/Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 208 pp. Original green cloth covers, very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends with scuff on center of top board. Illust. w/ b/w photos.

Simon and Schuster, 1959. First Edition Eighth. Hardcover/Hardback. Good/Good. 8th printing. Discoloration to pages, inside covers and slightly on DJ. DJ has multiple small close and open tears along the edges with some light creases. Light creases on DJ spine.

Counterpoint, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Half black cover over gold boards is pristine. Boards and spine are straight, with only very minor bump on the top of the spine. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket is in great condition with no blemishes or tears. Publisher's price of $26.00 on DJ flap.