Search Results: Authors starting with C from Bliss Books

12mo. 7 1/2" by 5 1/4". 248pp. Second Edition. Very good book in very good minus dust jacket. Dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering and graphics on spine. Scuffs along outermost edges at head and tail of board spine but not quite fraying. Tiny rub-throughs on fore-edge corner tips. Board panels and spine folds are lightly scuffed in general. External page edges are age-darkened and a bit soiled. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Shadow transfers on end-papers. Text pages are age-toned. Internally clean with no marks or tears. Text block is sound.
Dust jacket is soiled overall, heavier on the folds and back panel is very smudged. Jacket spine and fore-edge folds are sunned. Losses across width and corners at head and tail of jacket spine, as well as adjacent edges. Lower right corner of front panel has a 2" closed vertical tear along the fore-edge fold and with adjacent loss on the lower fore-edge corner; upper left corner of front panel has a 1 1/4" slightly diagonal… Read More

Sm8vo. 1037pp. First Edition. Four complete Father Brown stories comprising: The Innocence of Father Brown, The Wisdom of Father Brown, The Incredulity of Father Brown and The Secret of Father Brown. Very good book in very good dust jacket. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt-stamped lettering and graphics on spine. Upper external page edges are maroon-tinted. Spine and boards are sunned. Edges at head and tail of board spine are crimped but not fraying. No rub-through on board edges. Side and lower page edges are age-toned. Shadow transfers and faint foxing on end-papers. Text pages are age-toned, else clean, no marks, tears or foxing. Text block is sound. Dust jacket is soiled overall, more noticeable on the white backgrounds of the spine and back jacket panel. Extremities are sunned, more so on the upper edges. All folds are creased and scuffed but not rubbed through except at the fore-edge corners. Head of jacket spine is rubbed and chipped and with several closed vertical tears, including the… Read More

Back to Work. Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy by Bill Clinton. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2007. Fine, unread, first edition book in fine dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Internally clean and tight. Not price clipped, no remainder marks.