Search Results: Titles starting with C from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

New York: Henry Holt. Very Good+. 1986. Advance Review Copy; 1st Printing. Paperback. SIGNED EDITION. This is an Advanced Review / Proof copy. This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed on the title page by the author. ; Signed by Author .

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. 6th Printing. Hardcover. 0805028188 . Signed Edition. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. This copy has been signed by the author on the half-title page after the copyright page. ; Signed by Author .

Bozeman, MT: Treasure Products. Near Fine. 1972. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized, square book with figured leatherette covers with raised lettering and a gilt portrait on the front cover. The book is in mostly clean bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. Laid-in is an errata sheet. "Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926) , [1][2] also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an American artist of the American Old West. He created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and landscapes set in the western United States and in Alberta, Canada, in addition to bronze sculptures. He is known as "the cowboy artist"[3] and was also a storyteller and author. He became an advocate for Native Americans in the west, supporting the bid by landless Chippewa to have… Read More

Carrollton, TX: Squadron/Signal Publications. Very Good+. 2003. 1st Printing. Paperback. 089747452X . B&W and Color Photographs & Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "The prototype for the C-46 plane was the Curtiss CW-20, designed in 1937 by George A. Page Jr. , the chief aircraft designer at Curtiss-Wright. The CW-20 was envisioned as a private venture to introduce a new standard in pressurized airliners. The resulting design was a large, aerodynamically "sleek" airliner, incorporating the cockpit in a streamlined glazed "dome". But with the advent of war, priority shifted to military aircraft. The first C-46 flight took place on March 26, 1940, and by the time of first delivery to the Army Air Force in 1942, it had been named the "Commando"." (from Wikipedia) .

New york: Springer-Verlag / Copernicus Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0387950761 . B&W Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "It's now clear that certain groups around the world are fabricating, stockpiling, and unfortunately using chemical and biological armaments. Words that in the not-too-distant past were obscure and seldom heard - anthrax, smallpox, sarin - have become impossible to avoid. In clear, non-alarmist language, Eric Croddy provides a detailed survey of the key issues related to CBW - chemical and biological warfare. He extensively details known chemical and biological agents, describes how they are weaponized, considers the roles they have played in history, and evaluates the actual risk of their being uses in today's highly… Read More

New York, NY: Random House, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1972. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0394481399 . Cover Art; First Trade Edition. First Edition stated on copyright page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jackaet is clean and bright, but has a bit of light toning, especially to the corners and edges. The front flap of the dust jacket has two creases. This book is a National Book Award winner. Barth's work is characterized by a historical awareness of literary tradition[11] and by the practice of rewriting typical of postmodernism. He said, "I don't know what my view of history is, but insofar as it involves some allowance for repetition and recurrence, reorchestration, and reprise [...] I would always want it to be more in the form of a thing circling out and out and becoming more inclusive each… Read More

New York, NY: Quadrant Press, Inc.. Very Good. 1984. 3rd Printing. Paperback. 0915276429 . B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition, however there is a patch of color loss to the top front cover where a sticker was removed. There is some light rubbing and beginning edge wear to the spine ends of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York, NY: Poseidon Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0671626884 . Cover Art; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but there is some color transfer from the book to the reverse of the dust jacket at the bottom rear edge. .

Toronto, Canada: Harlequin Books. Very Good. 1973. 1st Printing. Paperback. 0373016980 . This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is one light crease to the front cover of the book. .

Calaveras, CA: Calaveras County Fair. Very Good. 1963. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized program with illustrated covers and stapled spine. The program is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a vertical crease to the entire program. The spine ends and corners of the booklet covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. This is the program booklet for the 1963 Calaveras District Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee. Contents include, information on the Miss Calaveras pageant, a complete program of events, A poster contest from the U. S. Forest Service, history of the towns / cities in Calaveras county, and much more. .

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall / Stuart L. Daniels. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0131102133 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small semi-closed tears and associated wrinkling. The spine of the dust jacket has fading and there is some generalized ground-in dirt as well. "Eric Gurney (1910–1992) was a Canadian-American cartoonist and illustrator. He emigrated to the USA in 1938 to work with The Walt Disney Company, where he was a story writer and a collaborator on several classic Disney films. Turning freelance in 1948, he did cartoon illustrations for magazines and advertising campaigns. Gurney is well known for his humorous illustrations in books… Read More

Berkeley, CA: University of California. Very Good. 1940. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Magazine. B&W Illustrations; This magazine is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the covers have some edge wear, nicking and rubbing. The text pages are generally clean and bright. "The California Pelican was a college humor magazine founded in 1903 by Earle C. Anthony at the University of California, Berkeley. Lasting eighty years, it was the first successful student humor magazine in UC Berkeley, though it was preceded by Smiles in 1891 and Josh in 1895. It is succeeded by the Heuristic Squelch, which is still running. Gender was significant in the magazine’s name. Although early issues carried an illustration of the eponymous bird on its cover, at the turn of the twentieth century “pelican” was actually an uncomplimentary term for Berkeley coeds. The… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Powell Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1929. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. Trade edition, with facsimile signatures of California pioneers. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a slight older, dusty smell to the book. There is a partially removed previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and chips missing, along with some light toning to the edges and spine. "An account of nature's resources written in a popular vein for the layman. Its development and uses by man thorugh history up to the present day." "Harold was born in Pasadena, California, on January 30, 1886. He received a BS degree from Pomona College with a major in zoology/ornithology and MS and PhD degrees in zoology from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1914, he began… Read More

Sacramento, CA: State of California - the Resources Agency. Very Good+. 1979. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is a small nick / tear to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. .

New York: Coward - McCann, Inc.. Very Good+. N.D.. New Edition. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with an inscription, by the author, on the half title page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The bottom spine end also has some beginning fading. The text pages are clean and bright. "During their day, Fremont Older and Cora Baggerly Older opened their home to some of the most well-known writers, politicians, lawyers and artists of the time. They also extended invitations to those lesser known, including ex-convicts that Fremont Older, a believer in prison reform, had worked to release. No matter who they were, they all signed a guest book, which to this day is still kept in the living room." (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author .

San Francisco, CA: H. S. Crocker Co. , Inc.. Very Good. 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This edition is limited to 1250 copies, this being # 597. The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The covers have several spots of ground-in dirt . The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The endpapers have some light generalized toning. There are several spots of foxing / toning to the edges of the text pages. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "Joseph Andrew Rowe (1819—November 5, 1887) was an American equestrian and manager of circus companies. In 1849 he brought the first circus entertainment to West Coast of the United States, in San Francisco. Rowe, born in North Carolina, joined a circus at age 10 in 1829, and worked as a child performer. He became… Read More

Nashville, TN: Southern Methodist Publishing House. Very Good+. 1882. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping , rubbing and beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's name and address on the front endpaper. "Oscar Penn Fitzgerald (August 24, 1829 – August 5, 1911) was a Methodist clergyman, journalist and educator. He served as California Superintendent of Public Instruction (1867–1871) and was elected a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1890." "In 1867 Fitzgerald was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of California, serving in this position for four years. During his administration he was instrumental in the establishment of an institution that has since become the… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The spine ends have some beginning bumping. There is a thin strip of sunning to the top and bottom edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and chips missing, along with several smallish wrinkles. .

San Francisco, CA: Louise E. Taber. Very Good. 1936. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a larger than trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book cover have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The contents include: Black Bart, Poetic Bandit, Gold Discovered at Coloma, Roaring Downieville of '49, A Strike in Rich Ravine, The Birth of Angel's Camp, and more. .

Stockton, CA: College of the Pacific. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1950. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge nicks, tears and smallish spots of chipping, especially to the top front panel. "Rockwell Dennis Hunt (1868–1966) was an eminent California historian, a professor at the University of Southern California and the University of the Pacific, and prolific author. He was named Mr. California by Governor Goodwin Knight in 1954. Hunt was born in Sacramento, California. He received his bachelor's degree from Napa College in 1890 and his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1895. He taught economics at the University of Southern California… Read More