Search Results: Authors starting with C from Quiet Friends

NY: McBride. VG book, no DJ or slipcase. Vellum spine & tips. Blue boards.. 1929. 1st limited ed. Hardcover. VG book. 1st limited, numbered SIGNED edition. #758/850. Clean, tight. Cover w minor soiling & rubbing. Inked name inside cover. . Top & fore edges uncut & unopened. .

NY: Macmillan. VG book, no DJ. Orange cloth. Clean. Extrems scuffed.. 1945, (1944cp). 2nd printing. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. FINE text block & plates. Text block top edge dusty. Pencilled ep notes, but no aging, foxing, etc. 8vo 303pp. .

NY: Dday Page. VG book.. 1903 (1902cp). Hardcover. VG book. TEG. Tight. VG+ inside. Few light foxing spots. Edgeworn. Spine ends w 1/4" tears. 8vo, x,195pp. .

NY et al: Van Nostrand Reinhold. VG+ book, VG DJ(in Brodart). FINE but for soiled edges.. cp 1970. 3rd printing. Hardcover.

London: Warne. VG book, no DJ. EX LIBRARY. FINE front cover, text & illus.. nd. Hardcover. VG book, no D/J. Library marks only inside covers. NO OTHER EX LIB marks. 28 full page & 2 double page color illustrations. . Brown boards. Pict front cover of orange & black. .

Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas. VG+ book, no DJ.. 1950. 1st ed stated. Hardcover. VG+ book, no DJ. Bkplt. Corners rubbed, spine faded. Top edge lightly dust stained. 4to, xiii,217pp. .

Baltimore MD: MD Hist Soc. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED.. nd 1966cp. Hardcover. VG book, VG DJ. SIGNED fep. Bright & tight. Some minor wear. 8vo, viii,422pp. .

NY & London: Appleton. VG book, no DJ. Early ed. FINE inside BUT: gift card on fep.. 1912 (1909cp). early edition.. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. Bright. Gilt lettered green cloth. Pict front cover map of western Canada. 8vo, xix,398pp. . 100+ b/w illustrations, mostly in text. .

Canada: Deneau & Greenberg. NEAR FINE book, VG DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED on tp.. 1979. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

Paris: Baudouin Freres. VG books. IN FRENCH. 5th edition. 21x14(cm). 382,400,383pp.. 1826 (1823cp).. 5th edition.. Hardcover. VG set. Durvand Thivet binding of half blue cloth, and marbled boards, over original wraps. All original covers bound in. . All original paper covers preserved in the rebind. Vol 1 has Barriere's 46 page "sur la vie DE MADAME CAMPAN". Vol 3 with index for all. Original paperback books quite nice; scattered light foxing but no aging, soiling, marginalia, or any other kind of stain. All text blocks tend to stay closed when stood on their spines. Thivet rebinds with minor edgewear. Spine label gilt lettered "OEUVRES/ DE/ MADAME/ CAMPAN/ MEMOIRES/ VOL #". At spine center a gilt fleur de lis and "1826" at spine heel. .

Hartford, CT: Worthington. FINE book. 1st ed. FLAWLESS book but for rubbed extrems.. 1890. 1st edition.. Hardcover. FINE book. AS NEW inside. Both boards decorated in blind with gilt lettered and decorated spine & front cover. 9"x6", 740pp. . AS NEW inside; including all three text block edges, pastedowns, text and engravings. ALSO, the book stays firmly closed when stood on its spine. A truly remarkable copy. A second part by the journalist Thomas W. Knox on "Life in the Great Metrololis". A third by the chief of NY detectives, Thomas Byrnes, "Criminal Life and Detective Experiences in the Great Metropolis". Book's spine & tp say 250 illustrations but the list of illustrations numbers 251. There are 15 full page illustrations. Campbell, Knox & Byrnes have tissue guarded full page engraved portraits preceding their parts. .

NY: Macmillan. AS NEW book, NEAR FINE DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED, glued in slip, fe. 1988. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

Toronto: Ryerson. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED on half tp. Bright book & DJ.. 1958. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

NY: Norton. VG+ books, VG+ DJs(in Brodarts), in VG slipcase.. 1969. 1st ed 2nd prt. Hardcover. VG+ books, VG+ DJs. DJ's flaws: vol 2 a 1/4" chip top spine, others a short tear or two, vol 4 spine w/few light soiled spots. .

NY: Prentice Hall. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). Bright & tight.. 1952 (1952cp). 2nd. Hardcover.

NY: Vantage. VG book, VG DJ(in Brodart). SIGNED on fep.. 1965. 1st edition.. Hardcover.

NY: St Martin's Press.. A NEW book, FINE DJ(in Brodart). 1st edition. 9"x6", 220pp.. 1988. 1st edition.. Hardcover. AS NEW book, FINE DJ(in Brodart). FLAWLESS PRISTINE book. DJ also AS NEW but: tips with minute bit of scuffing. . DJ with $18.95 price. All book text block edges white as new. Book stays closed when stood on spine, a sign of having been read with care, if at all. No remainder mark. .

Phila: Uriah Hunt. GOOD(moderate foxing) book. 6th ed. Half leather, paper boards.. 1827 (1826cp). 6th edition.. Hardcover. GOOD book. Worn covers. Two blank eps covered with neatly inked note re: death of a brother & how he liked this book. 12mo,224pp . Spine with title in gilt. Neatly inked owner's name, possibly the deceased. .

Phila: Carey. FINE map. FAE. BUT: three small sections crudely hand colored.. [1795]. 1st American. Softcover. FINE map. At top: "Engraved for Carey's American Edition of Guthries Geography Improved". Overall 15"x16", 14x15 @ plt marks . Few scattered spots of soiling but no other stain or discoloration. 4" lower fold line tear, repaired on under side with archival tissue. Few other closed margin tears but no chips, however small. These margin tears all repaired on upper side, likely NOT with archival tissue, though very thin and NOT ordinary scotch tape. .

NY: Burt. VG book, GOOD DJ. DJ fragile, with large spine end chips.. [1912] (1898cp). early REPRINT. Hardcover. VG book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart). Very nice covers, white lettered green cloth with pink, black & gray floral decorations. . 8"x5",318pp. DJ reenforced internally with archival tissue. FINE inside BUT: inked name & lightly foxed pastedowns. No aging or other foxing. Tight. Book tends to stays closed when stood on spine. This is a good quality binding, not common in a Burt. 1898 Lippincott CP date BUT: this Burt edition published 1912 as DJ rear flap lists 8 other Burts, all first published in 1912. .