The Strange Case of Dr. Earle
by Freeman Wills Crofts
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1933. Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1933. First Edition. Octavo. 298 pp. Gray-green boards stamped in navy blue; map endpapers. No dust jacket. Boards show light edgewear; spine and edges toned; staining to front. Separation to top of spine and boards give a little, but binding overall holding. Staining... Read More
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The 12.30 From Croydon
by Freeman Wills Crofts
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1934. Very Good. London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1934. First Edition. Octavo. 336 pp. Gray cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges and joints; spine toned; general scuffing. Slight lean to boards and binding is sound. Touch of foxing to edges of text blocks and endpapers, but interior else... Read More
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The Stars Look Down
by A.J. Cronin
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1935. Very Good/Very Good. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1935. First Edition. Octavo. 701 pp. Printed dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket rubbed along edges with chipping at spine ends; soiling and toning to edges and spine; mild general smudging. Boards lightly worn along edges with nudging at spine ends. Binding sound... Read More
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Grand Canary
by A.J. Cronin
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1933. Very Good/Very Good. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1933. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in yellow decorative dust jacket; 318pp. Moderate shelf wear to jacket margins including small chip at spine crown and tiny gouge mid-spine panel, spine panel quite toned, corners nudged, spine slightly cocked, endpapers a bit toned along gutters, contemporary bookseller... Read More
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The Stars Look Down
by A.J. Cronin
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. First American Edition. Octavo. 626 pp. Printed dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Price-clipped dust jacket creased and chipped along edges and folds with a minor scuffing and touch of sunning to spine. Boards worn along edges and spine ends nudged. Binding... Read More
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Grand Canary: A Novel
by A.J. Cronin
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, red topstain, in green pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50); [4],330pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few small chips and closed tears, spine panel a shade sunned, corners nudged, else a Very Good, sound... Read More
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Objective Being in Descartes and in Suarez
by [Descartes] Timothy J. Cronin
Roma: Gregorian University Press, 1966. Very Good. Roma: Gregorian University Press, 1966. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey card wrappers printed in red and black; vii,[1],276pp. Wrapper extremities and textblock rather toned, light dust-soil, later (1982) ownership signature inside upper cover, else Very Good and sound. Issued as Analecta Gregoriana Vol. 154.
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Polity and Economy: An Interpretation of the Principles of Adam Smith
by Joseph Cropsey
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1957. Very Good +. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1957. First Edition. Octavo. 101 pp. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Light shelfwear to boards with a small inkspot to front near head of spine. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper and pages lightly... Read More
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The Cave Paintings of Baja California: Discovering the Great Murals of an Unknown People
by Harry W. Crosby
San Diego: Sunbelt Publications, 1997. Near Fine/Very Good+. San Diego: Sunbelt Publications, [1997]. Revised and Expanded Edition. Square quarto; publisher's boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket, pictorial endpapers; ix,[1],246pp.; full-color photographic illus. throughout. A hint of wear from handling, light soil to dust jacket, else Very Good or better.
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No Grave for March
by M.E. Chaber [pseud. Kendell Foster Crossen]
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1953. AWB; SCAR. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1953. First Edition. Octavo. 214 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in red. Unclipped dust jacket shows light chipping and minor creasing along edges with a patch of dampstaining along rear fold. Boards lightly shelfworn and corners bumped, area of... Read More
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Financing an Empire: History of Banking in California [Four Vols.; Deluxe Edition]
by Ira B. Cross
Chicago / San Francisco / Los Angeles: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co, 1927. Very Good. Chicago / San Francisco / Los Angeles: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1927. Four quarto volumes (27cm); xii,7-526pp; [ii],527-1002pp; 531pp; 448pp. Illus. throughout. Deluxe Edition in publisher's embossed brown boards; decoratively mottled endpapers; gilt top edges. Boards all a bit shelfworn along bottom... Read More
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The Gentle Reader
by Samuel McChord Crothers
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903. Near Fine/Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1903. First Edition. Octavo. 321 pages. Printed dust jacket with $1.25 price at bottom of spine. Brown blindstamped boards stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Dust jacket chipped along edges, most notable at top of spine. Two long closed tears to front panel starting along... Read More
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Water Management in Ancient Greek Cities
by Dora P. Crouch
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. First Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket; xx,380pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout, including photographs. Light wear from handling, faint surface scratches to rear jacket panel, else a Very Good or better copy.
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The Deep
by John Crowley
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1975. Fine/Fine. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($5.95); [10],180pp. A hint of shelf wear, else just About Fine. First book by the author of "Little, Big." "The Deep" is a fantasy novel full of "Swordplay,... Read More
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Fables of Aesop and Others, Translated into English: With Instructive Applications, and a print before each fable
by Aesop; Samuel Croxall
Philadelphia: L. Johnson, 1831. Very Good. Philadelphia: L. Johnson, 1831. Reprint. 12mo. 358pp. Illustrations throughout. Bound in modern morocco with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; recent marbled endpapers. Toning to spine and along edges; a few smudges and spots. Binding sound. Contemporary gift inscription on title page of a Catherine Martha from her affectionate Mother;... Read More
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Hop-o' My-Thumb and the Seven-League Boots
by George Cruikshank
London: David Bogue, 1853. Very Good-. London: David Bogue, n.d. but 1853. First Edition. Small, slim quarto; 20th-century calf over tan cloth, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; frontispiece and five leaves of plates. Spine leather quite dried and starting to crack and flake, occasional closed tears to interior leaves with old crude tape repair; a Good... Read More
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Cruikshank at Home: A New Family Album of Endless Entertainment [Four Volumes in Two]
by [Robert] Cruikshank
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. Good. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. Four volumes in two; thick 12mo; publisher's red blind-embossed cloth, spines elaborately stamped in gilt, peach glazed endpapers; frontispieces at head of each volume, thirty-six leaves of plates, additional illus. throughout text. Boards rather scuffed with shallow losses at spine ends, brief exposure at corners, spine cloth... Read More
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The Dancing Bear [Signed]
by James Crumley
New York: Random House, 1983. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1983. Stated First Edition. Octavo (22cm); 228pp. Publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with $12.95 price intact; boards quarter-bound in charcoal and black cloth with copper stamping to front panel and spine. Dust jacket notably bumped at spine ends, edges, and corners; small chip appears at top edge... Read More
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The Last Good Kiss
by James Crumley
New York: Random House, 1978. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1978. Stated First Edition. Octavo (22cm); 259pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with $8.95 price intact; boards quarter-bound in light brown and oxblood cloth with rose gold stamping to front panel and spine. Dust jacket lightly bumped at spine ends and corners; toned throughout with small stain at... Read More
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: A Story for Children
by C.S. Lewis; Pauline Baynes [illus.]
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First American Edition, first printing. Octavo. 154pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Gray cloth stamped in yellow and dark blue. Dust jacket chipped along edges with heaviest loss to crown and front panel along center of... Read More
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Poems
by C.S. Lewis; Walter Hooper [ed.]
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1965. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1965. First American Edition. Octavo; 142pp. Printed dust jacket. White cloth-backed boards stamped in gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket worn along edges with fading along spine and staining along bottom edges. Boards show shelfwear and patchy soiling. Binding sound; contemporary gift... Read More
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Color
by Countee Cullen
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Very Good-. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. First Edition Stated with H-Z letter code. Octavo; publisher's yellow cloth over decorative paper-covered boards, yellow printed paste-ons to upper cover and spine; xvii,[1],108pp. Boards quite rubbed and worn with exposure at corners, yellow cloth dust-soiled, contemporary ex libris of a Fay Lewis to... Read More
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Oh Little Black Girl
by Claire Cullen Mack
Palo Alto, CA: P.E.L. Printers, 1979. Very Good. Palo Alto, CA: P.E.L. Printers, 1979. Fourth Edition. Octavo; 63pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Side-stapled blue card wraps with black lettering and gray flower illustration. Covers faded and a bit toned along spine and edges, with a few faint surface smudges and the hint of a vertical crease to... Read More
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Ex Officio [Signed bookplate laid in]
by Timothy J. Culver
New York / Philadelphia: M. Evans and Company / J.B. Lippincott Company, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. New York / Philadelphia: M. Evans and Company / J.B. Lippincott Company, 1970. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (21.7cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price intact; boards in red cloth and blue cloth spine with dark blue and gilt lettering; [viii],498pp.... Read More
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Who Shall Inherit the Earth
by A.T. Culwick
Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk, 1969. Stated First Edition. SIGNED by the author to Johns Hopkins University political science professor and author Gottfried Dietze on front free endpaper. Octavo (8.5" x 5.5"); [x], 127p. Original dustjacket over black cloth with white lettering to spine. Jacket shows light edgewear and... Read More
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