The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Hartford, CT: The American Publishing Company, 1900. Original cloth. Near Fine. True Williams. A surprisingly crisp, well-preserved copy of this early, 1900 reprint of Twain's immortal classic, which was first published (by the same publisher) in 1876. This copy, identical to the first edition in design and appearance, is tight and very solid in its deep-blue cloth, with... Read More
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Winston Churchill's Anti-Depression Proposal
by William E. Clement
St.Louis, MO: Public Revenue Education Council, 1958. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1958 1st edition. Crisp and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 226 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Langage des Sables
by Lucien Clergue
Marseille, France: AGEP, 1980. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. LAVISHLY INSCRIBED BY LUCIEN CLERGUE on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1980 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light chipping at the spine crown and the slightest amount of creasing along the panel edges.... Read More
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Nee de la Vague
by Lucien Clergue
Montreal: Les Presses Select Ltee. Original wraps. Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1st paperback edition, circa 1970. Clean and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with very light creasing along the spine and mild soiling to the rear panel. Quarto, lovely black-and-white photos by Clergue, endlessly celebrating the female form in its natural state.
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Mali le jeune
by Henry Clerisse
W.U.B., Innsbruck, 1930. Soft Cover. 1st edition and first title in the wonderful "Mali (the French Hippopotamus)" series. Circa 1930. VG in its stiff pictorial wrappers. Folio, 39 pgs. Light chipping along the bottom-edge, tender father-to-son inscription (including artwork) at the title page. Beautifully illustrated by Rene Pellos in rich color.
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Body Image and Personality
by Seymour Fisher and Sidney E. Cleveland
Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand Co, 1958. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A nice copy of the 1958 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing at the spine crown. Octavo, 420 pgs.
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Guard: Son of Cop
by Reginald M. Cleveland
Springfield, MA: Milton Bradley Company, 1931. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1931 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG- (with light soiling to the panels, endpapers and pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping at the panel edges and spine ends. Thick octavo, 247 pgs.
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Francis Beart -- A Single Purpose
by Jeff Clew
Somerset, England: Haynes Publishing Group, 1978. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1978 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (very light spotting at the top-edge) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, dozens and dozens of historic black-and-white photos thruout.
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Fifty Years in Wall Street (With January 1929 Full-Page Letter from Barron's Book Department)
by Henry Clews
New York: Irving Publishing Company, 1908. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A crisp, very well-preserved copy of the 1908 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-insignia and titling along the front panel and spine. Light bumping to the lower tips, otherwise very clean externally. And internally very impressive as well,,... Read More
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The Nylon Safari
by Rehna Cloete
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1956. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1956 1st edition. Tight and VG (with very light staining along the panel top-edges) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light wear to the spine ends and light rubbing to the... Read More
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Demo #1: NYC
by Brian Wood (Becky Cloonan)
San Francisco: AiT/PLANET LAR, 2003. Original wraps. Fine. Becky Cloonan. The November 2003 1st issue of "Demo", an impressive Punk-themed comic book issued out of San Francisco and written by Brian Wood and illustrated by Becky Cloonan. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers. An all-but-pristine copy.
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The Death-Ray
by Daniel Clowes
Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2011. Laminate boards. Fine. A pristine copy of the 2011 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Tall quarto, wonderfully illustrated by the maestro Daniel Clowes.
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The Jolly Jump-Ups (With 6 Well-Preserved Pop-Ups)
by Geraldine Clyne
Springfield, MA: McLoughlin Bros, 1939. Pictorial boards. Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1939 1st edition, with all 6 pop-ups in very good working order. Light soiling to the rear panel but still solid and VG+. And internally very sharp, with no writing or markings to speak of. The pop-ups include: Moving Day, Mother's Day Off,... Read More
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Basic Swimming: Beginning and Advanced Lessons for Adults and Children
by Robert Kiphuth (Yale and Olympic Swimming Coach)
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1950. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good -. The 1950 1st edition of this charming instructional on swimming, authored by the head swimming coach at Yale and published by Yale University Press. Tight and VG+ (just a touch of soiling to the rear panel) in a bright, price-clipped, VG- example of the pictorial... Read More
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Boston Bells
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Manning deV. Lee. The 1952 stated 1st edition of this uncommon tale of a young, pre-American Revolution John Singleton Copley, one of the great portrait painters America has ever produced. Atmospheric and firmly set in Boston. A very sharp copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in a... Read More
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Jack Henderson on Tipping
by Benj. F. Cobb
New York: Hurst and Company, 1905. Pictorial cloth. Good +. Marshall D. Smith. Uncommon 1905 1st edition of this wonderful, rakish guide on tipping. Good+ only in its pictorial cloth, with pronounced wear and spotting to the boards and offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets. Still though, charming and presentable. 16mo, nicely illustrated by Marshall D. Smith. ... Read More
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Elijah Cobb: The Memoirs of a Cape Cod Skipper
by Elijah Cobb
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1925. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Uncommon 1925 printing of "this stirring narrative, with its curious spelling and quaint turns of phrase, possessing the real flavor of New England". Solid and VG+ in its russet cloth. And in a crisp, VG to VG+ example of the undoubtedly scarce original dustjacket, which shows... Read More
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The History of the Town of Marlborough, Ulster County, New York: From the First Settlement in 1712, by Capt. Wm. Bond, to 1887
by Charles H. Cochrane
Poughkeepsie, NY, 1887. Pebbled Boards. Very Good. The uncommon 1887 1st edition. Solid and VG in its bevelled, chocolate-brown boards, with light offsetting and dusting to the front panel and a tender (but still perfectly sturdy) rear inner hinge. Octavo, several fold-out maps and a number of full-page engraved illustrations.
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The Stars at Noon (With Floyd Odlum as Wingman)
by Jacqueline Cochran
Boston: Little, Brown (Atlantic Monthly Press), 1954. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1954 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (mild rubbing along the spine) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with a streak of light rubbing as well at the jacket spine and light creasing along the front flap-fold. Octavo, lovely color... Read More
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Children's Advent and Christmas
by Vita et Pax -- Benedictine Nuns of Cockfosters
Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1966. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. Vita et Pax. A handsome copy of the 1966 1st American edition of this charming "story of the first Advent and Christmas". Solid and VG+ in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling to the rear panel. Wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color.
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Jean Cocteau: Drawings (The Announcement Card)
by Jean Cocteau
New York: Julien Levy Gallery, 1935. Ephemera. Near Fine. Jean Cocteau. The uncommon May 1935 announcement card for Jean Cocteau's one-man exhibition (of his drawings) at New York's Julien Levy Gallery. The peach-colored card, designed by Cocteau himself, is crisp and bright, with just a touch of very light spotting at the rear blank panel. ("Julien Levy: Portrait... Read More
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Opium: The Diary of an Addict
by Jean Cocteau
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1932. Cloth. Jean Cocteau. The 1932 1st American edition, translated from Cocteau's original French by Ernest Boyd. Solid and VG (with very light sunning to the spine ends and upper edges) in a bright, price-intact, VG- example of the 1st state dustjacket (with the "$2.00" price). Light interior (and inconspicuous) staining to the... Read More
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Diary of a Film (La Belle et la Bete)
by Jean Cocteau
New York: Roy Publishers, 1950. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A presentable copy of the 1950 1st American edition of Jean Cocteau's "day-to-day account of how the film 'La Belle et La Bete' (Beauty and the Beast) wss made". Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with a couple of tiny chips (one at the front... Read More
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Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue
by Grace Coddington
Paris: Edition 7L, 2002. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine. The 2002 stated 1st edition of this definitive look at the 30 year career of Grace Cottington at Vogue Magazine. Clean and Near Fine in its dark cloth, with the wonderful orange, white and black caricature of Grace adorning the front panel. Lacking the printed acetate dustjacket but including a... Read More
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Elite Tables and Occasional Pieces
by Elite Furniture Co
Elite Furniture Company, Jamestown, New York, 1933. Soft Cover. Rare 1933 Elite Co. catalogue of tables and occasional pieces. VG+ in its original brown wrappers. Tall quarto. Dozens of high-quality photos of Colonial and Period reproduction tables. Elite Tables 1933 price list and order blank tipped-in as well.
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