Beauty and the Beast and Other Tales
by Crane, Walter, text and illustrations; Anthony Crane, introduction
London and New York: Thames and Hudson and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. A beautiful copy of this lavish edition of this famous fairy tale, here along with the Princess Belle-Etoile and The Yellow Dwarf. The texts of these tales are accompanied by 21 full page color plates done by the famed illustrator Walter... Read More
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C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer & Romantic Socialist
by Crawford, Alan
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. C.R. Ashbee (1863 - 1942) was an English architect and designer who helped to form the Arts and Crafts Movement along with John Ruskin and William Morris. He set up the Guild and School of Handicraft as well as the Essex House Press, which published over... Read More
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Fröhliche Weihnachten [Christmas in Germany]
by Crawford, William H., Jr.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1949. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. First Edition. Softcover. This humorous narrative of how Christmas in celebrated in Germany is a limited edition of which 350 copies were set aside as keepsakes by the publisher. This is #26 for distribution by the Typophiles. Text is in English; the title and an illustrated version... Read More
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Bracebridge Hall or the Humorists, a Medley Two Volumes
by Crayon, Geoffrey [Washington Irving]
New York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1822. h. Fair. h. First edition of this early work by Washington Irving, writing under the pseudonym of Geoffrey Crayon. Bound in full brown leather with red spine labels. The contemporary binding is chipped, frayed, and rubbed, with a piece of the spine missing from volume I. Joints are cracked - generally in... Read More
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The Liberty Incident. The 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship. (1st Edition)
by Cristol, A. Jay
Washington D.C.: Brassey's, Inc, 2002. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Hardcover. Mint in mint red and blue dust jacket with white title to front panel and to black spine panel. Like new. 295 pages. Includes section of notes for each chapter. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photos. Middle Eastern History. MID/8132.
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The Silver Skull: A Romance
by Crockett, S.R.; G. Grenville Manton (illustrator)
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1901. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. Dark green cloth boards with silver title to spine and front cover. Silver illustration of a sword to the spine and multicolored illustration of a landscape to front cover. Minor wear and rubbing to edges of boards and covers. Minor toning to margins and old... Read More
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The Army of the American Revolution and its Organizer
by Cronau, Rudolf
New York: Rudolf Cronau, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Vg in blue cloth covered boards with black title to front board and to spine. Wear to edges and corners as well as spine ends. Minor browning to spine. Frontis. Minor foxing and browning to end pages. Else is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. 150 pages. REV/5172.... Read More
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The Spriral Press (1926-1971)
by Cronenwett, Philip N., Compiler
New York: American Printing History Association, 2002. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Fine in cloth boards. Pristine interior. 175 pages. BOB/060112.
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A Claim to Beauty (Broadside)
by [Crooked Crow Press] Morris, William
Rockville, MD: Crooked Crow Press, 2019. Fine. Limited edition of 50 copies. The Kelmscott Bookshop owner Fran Durako worked with master printer Chris Manson to design and print this broadside in honor of the great William Morris and his Kelmscott Press. The work includes two quotations by William Morris. The first is about beautiful houses and books, taken... Read More
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Crosby's English Musical Repository. A Choice Selection of Esteemed English Songs Adapted for the Voice, Violin, and German Flute
by Crosby
London: B. Crosby and Co, 1800. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. No date. An uncommon English song book with lyrics and musical scores. Bound in light blue paper covered boards with black printed title and ads to covers. This book has been amateurly repaired with a strip of antiquated dark brown leather covering the spine and boards. A hand... Read More
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Poemes & Proses. Textes choisis et presentes par Henri Parisot precedes d'une etude par Maurice Saillet
by Cros, Charles
Paris: Gallimard, 1944. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Very good in original beige paper wrappers with red title to spine and front cover. Browning to spine, wear to spine and edges of covers, and a few minor spots of soiling. Light browning to margins of pages, else clean interior. Unopened pages. 344 pages. FRE/121713.
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Britain's Economic Problem
by Crosland, C. A. R.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with silver title to spine. Interior is clean and bright. White and grey price clipped dust jacket with black and red title to front and spine panels. Browning to spine panel and top edge of front panel and minor soiling to... Read More
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The China Trade: Export Paintings, Furniure, Silver and Other Objects
by Crossman, Carl L.
Princeton, The Pyne Press, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good + DJ. Hardcover. Second printing. 4to. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor bump to bottom corner of boards. Pristine interior filled with illustrations in both black and white and full color. Illustrated price clipped dust jacket with black title to fronand spine panels.... Read More
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Memoire sur les Indices de Refraction des Gaz et des Vapeurs, et sur la
by Croullebois, M. Marcel
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1870. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. 8vo. Signed by author on front wrapper. Beige paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Browning to front wrapper as well as one very small open tear. Minor chipping and creasing to edges of wrappers. Minor browning to edges as well as minor foxing throughout. Text... Read More
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The French War on Trade: Privateering 1793 - 1815
by Crowhurst, Patrick
England: Scholar Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean and bright. Beige dust jacket with turquoise title to spine and front cover. Minor fading to spine panel of jacket. 251 pages. FRE/040919.
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The Story of George Crowninshield's Yacht Cleopatra's Barge on a Voyage of Pleasure to the Western Islands and the Mediterranean 1816 - 1817 Compiled from Journals, Letters, and Log-Book
by Crowninshield, Francis B.
Boston: Privately Printed at the Merrymount Press, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Quarto. Built in 1816, the Cleopatra's Barge was the first oceangoing yacht made in the U.S. It was ultimately wrecked in Hawaii in 1824. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Ring shaped dampstain from a glass to front board. Minor wear... Read More
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Fables of Aesop and Others
by Croxall, Samuel
Boston: T.O.H.P. Burnham, 1864. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound in what was purple but has now faded to brown cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Edgewear, tears to cloth along hinges and bumped corners. Chipping to spine ends. Cracks to exterior hinges and front board is nearly detached though rest of binding remains tight. Minor... Read More
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Leonardo: Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology. XVI - 3 Special Issue: Psychology and the Arts. Selected Papers Presented at the International Conference on Psychology and the Arts 5-9 September 1983, Cardiff, UK. Volume 16 No. 3 Summer 1983
by Crozier, W.R. and A.J. Chapman, guest editors
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Frank J. Malina (1912 - 1981) founded this journal in 1967 as a professional journal for working artists to write about their own work. the Journal's interdisciplinary aims and scope reflect his many achievements aas an aeronautical engineer, pioneer in rocketry, research admistrator, promotor of international cooperation, kinetic artist and... Read More
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Arts in Virginia Volume Thirteen (13), Number Three (3), Spring 1973
by Cruger, George ed
Virginia Museum: Richmond, 1973. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. 4toNear fine orange side staple paper wrappers with intricately illustrated cover (fashioned after John Hariot's 1590 exploration of the New World). Minor bumping to corners. Reproduction of book inside, with translated captions for engravings, 32 pages. Art Periodical. PER/9262.
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Lenten Anniversaries: Poems 1982-1989
by [Cummington Press] Howard, Ben
Omaha: The Cummington Press, 1990. Hardcover. Fine. Littell, Harry. Littell, Harry. Hardcover. 16mo -. 140/243 c. Beautiful copy of compilation of Howard's poem, with 7 photoengraved plates by Harry Littell. INSCRIBED on colophon by writer. Light brown Japanese cloth with spine label with author name wrapped over front board with title. Printed by Harry Duncan on moldmade paper... Read More
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Twenty-four Bagatelles in an Antique Mode
by [Cummington Press] McCurdy, Harold Grier
Omaha: Cummington Press, 1989. Paper Wrappers. Fine. Paper Wrappers. 8vo. 62 of 145 copies. Printed on Mohawk paper with Bembo type. Grey paper wrappers with black title to spine. Pristine interior. Unpaginated [30 pages] PRI/040307.
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One More Time and Other Poems
by [Cummington Press] Hahn, Robert
Omaha: The Cummington Press, 1988. Private Press. Hardcover. Fine. Private Press. Hardcover. 12mo. 210 of 250 copies. Textured beige cloth boards with white spine label that wraps around to front board. Printed by Harry Duncan with Romulus roman type on Strathmore paper. 61 pages. PRI/020207.
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The Queen's Triangle, a romance
by [Cummington Press] Berg, Stephen, William Kulik [illustrator]
West Branch, Iowa: Cummington Press, 1970. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Limited Edition. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION. Number 116 of 300 numbered copies. First edition. A bizarre surrealistic poem that reads like a fever dream. Stephen Berg is an award winning poet who has taught at Harvard. Fine black cloth backed, beige covered boards with black title to front... Read More
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Cooking with Children: Fifteen Lessons for Children, Age 7 and up, Who really Want to Learn to Cook
by Cunningham, Marion
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. TIPPED IN NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Glossy illustrated paper covered boards with white title to front board and to green spine. Pristine interior filled with illustrations. Index 171 pages. COOK/040210.
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Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska. Sectio E Agricultura Vol. XIX
by Universitatis Mariae Curie-Sklodowska
Lublin: Nakladem Uniwersytetu Marii curie-sklodowskiej / I Wyzszej szkoly rolniczej, 1965. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Appears to be in Polish, English, and Czech. Includes 23 papers by Bohdan Dobrzanski, Ryszard Turski, Jozef Borowiec, Alicja Strzelczyk and more. Bound in thick brown paper wrappers with black title to front panel. Rolled spine. Minor wear to edges of covers and... Read More
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