Search Results: Authors starting with C from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., [1936]. 8vo. viii, 309, [1] pp. Burgundy-coloured ribbed cloth, gilt lozenge front cover, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. cover art of rearing horse on pinned page (minor edgewear, light dustsoiling, couple very small closed tears), still NF/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this anthology assembling Cabell’s prefaces to the deluxe Storisende ediiton of the “Biography of the Life of Manuel” outlinging “the course of prudery among editors, publishers, and the reading public, never sparing an individual.”

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1930. 8vo. xxvii, [1], 291, [1] pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine (minor dustsoiling, slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. Arts & Crafts cover art illust. of woman in orientalist-style dress (minor scuffing, edgewear, upper fore-edge reinforced on back), still VG/G copy. First edition of this anthology drawing from such works of Cabell’s as The Silver Stallion, Chivalry, Jurgen, Something About Eve, The Certain Hour, and more.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1960. 8vo. 320 pp. Text illusts., photos. Orange cloth, black lettering (minor shelfwear, slight bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. (couple minor closed tears, wear to corners), still VG/VG copy. First edition, stated, of this excellent history of the decisive B-17 Flying Fortress bombing raids on the ball-bearing factories of Germany during World War II.

Cleveland & New York: World Publishing [1946]. 8vo. 258 pp. Black cloth, turquoise-coloured lettering (uniform interior toning as usual), w/ d.j. cover art photos of Joan Crawford & Ann Blyth from the movie, photos on tack cover (minor chipping head & foot of spine), still VG/VG- copy. Early Photoplay printing, of the Warner Bros. movie tie-in starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, and Bruce Bennett. Michael Curtiz directed. Joan Crawford won Oscar award for role.

New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1947]. 12mo. 121 pp., plus 1 pp. publisher’s ads. Colour-illustrated softcovers (slight shelfwear), still NF copy, w/ neat ownership label of Hiro Wakabayashi (1930-2017), Japanese-American and Korean War veteran on pastedown. Early Pocket Books edition, No. 443, of this noir mystery, which served as the basis for the 1946 MGM film noir starring Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, and Hume Cronyn, directed by Tay Garnett.

Chicago: Published by the Author, 1923. Oblong 4to. [2 pp]., 60 plates, each with explanatory text of facing plate on verso (most in colour, some tinted photos), [8 pp.], plus 2 illustrated publisher’s ads. Embossed ribbed blue cloth, gilt lettering, octagon-shaped colour plate mounted front cover of decorative cake icing piece (very minor bumping to corners, front hinge starting, edgewear), still VG- copy w/ former ownership signature on title. First edition of this beautifully printed work on Jazz Age decorative cakes. There are cakes for New Years, birth announcements, Easter, birthday cakes, wedding cakes, cakes with macaroons, Marzipan decorated cakes, caramel sugar baskets, post card cakes (very beautiful), and many others. The recipes and ads at the end offer the instructions and equipment to produce these beautiful confections.

[Stourbridge & Birmingham, England: Taylor, Law & Co., Ltd., 1930]. 8vo. 31, [1] pp. Printed & illustrated throughout in sepia and pink, text illustrations, photo illustrations. Photo-illustrated softcovers in sepia & pink (slight shelfwear), NF copy. Second edition of this advertising catalogue and promotion for Tala Works Icing sets for cakes, and cake decorating.

[Helena, MT]: The Western Press, Historical Society of Montana, [1958]. 8vo. xiv, 147, [1] pp. Numerous photo plates. Tan cloth, red lettering, w/ d.j. (slight scuffing, slight sunning to spine), VG/VG copy. First Western Press edition, No. 115 of 2000 copies, of this excellent biography of the famed Calamity Jane, i.e. Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, Army Scout, and close friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

New York: Henry Holt and Co., [1927]. 8vo. xii, 347, [1] pp. Photo frntsp., numerous plates, illust. endpapers by Margaret Freeman (mnr chppng & fryng hd of spine), still G copy. First edition, 2nd printing of this excellent biography of the famed Calamity Jane, i.e. Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, Army Scout, and close friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

London: Hutchison, [1972]. 8vo. 248 pp. Plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (slght dustsoilng to fore-edges), NF/VG. First edition of this work examining the 19th-century precedents for freedom of speech.

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, Paternoster Row, 1866. Thick 4to. xii, [2], 239, [1] pp. Woodcut-engraved & illustrated title in red & black, illust. half-title in red & black, red & black frontisp., many leaves printed in blue, red, yellow, or green, woodcut-engraved plates, historiated initials, head- and tail-pieces, woodcut borders. Contemporary full red morocco with gilt ornamented designs on front & back cover, gilt decorated spine, raised bands, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. (very minor rubbing at hinges, minor rubbing to corners, very slight tidemark to fore-edge of first couple leaves), still a NF copy, bound by Riviere, w/ their stamp on lower fore-edge of inner ruled dentelle on front pastedown. First edition of this lavish Victorian work celebrating the life span of man in the 12 months of a calendar year, beginning with the infant in January, the schoolboy in February, the apprentice in March, as well as the soldier in June, the philosopher and statesmen in September, and more.… Read More

[New York & Hartford, CT]: Equitable Life Assurance Society, Osborn & Betancourt, P.B. Donovan Real Estate & Insurance Agency; Gray Lithograph Co., [1897]. 4to. 8.25 x 11.25 in. [6 pp (unpaginated).] printed on thick paper stock, accordion-style which extends out to 25 x 11.25 in, three raised & embossed colour chromolithograph plates w/ calendars & lettering in blue & gilt (minor edgewear, very minor rubbing to hinges, minor lifting & offsetting on 1 plate), still VG bright copy. First edition of this finely printed Victorian chromolithograph calendar for the famed Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States during the Gilded Age. Incorporated in 1859, the Equitable Life Assurance society was known for decades as one of the largest life insurance companies in the country, and maintained a vast sales force. These independent agents actively cultivated clients, and advertised heavily through calendars, greeting cards, brochures, and other printed mediums.

Chicago & New York: N.K. Fairbank Company; Lithographed by G.H. Buek & Co., [1897]. 4to. 8.5 x 11.75 in. Six colour chromolithograph leaves, printed on thick paper stock, each with image on recto, calendars & lettering in blue & gilt, punch sewn through upper margin by white silk braid (very slight shelfwear, slight rubbing), NF copy. First edition of this exceptional and brilliantly printed Victorian chromolithograph calendar for the famed Fairy Soap Company during the Gilded Age. These splendid images of fairies draw from paintings by Gustave Liebscher (1870-1953), known for his figure and cityscapes; Eugene Grivaz (1852-1915), a Belle Epoque artist who exhibited in Chicago, New York, and Switzerland; Charles Schabelitz (1844-1905), best remembered for his Buffalo Hunt painting; Albert H. Sonn (1867-1936), noted American artist well known for his watercolours, and striking commercial art; Walter G. Read (1863-1950), an excellent artist, perhaps best known for his famed watercolour painting of… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: Petroleum World Publishing Co., 626 So. Spring St., June-July, Sept., 1925. Three vols. 4to. 124; 120; 124 pp. With 100’s of photo illustrations, text illustrations, diagrams, illustrated ads (some in colour), w/ 1 large folding map of Baldwin Hills Oil Field, sized 17.5 x 19.5 in. Photo-illustrated colour and black & white softcovers, photo cover art of oil derricks, and McDonald equipment, Hughes Tool Co. ads on back covers (some edgewear, minor chipping head & foot of spine, minor wear to fore-edges), still VG set. First editions of these very scarce issues of this noted California oil industry trade magazine, filled with articles and advertisements for oil derricks, oil drilling equipment, addressing oil drill and oil rigger safety issues, oil fires, and more. Ads for truck companies such as White, International Harvester & Herbert Chandler, along with oil pumps, gasoline service station pumps, and more fill the pages. Of additional interest are the several articles directed… Read More

[Santa Ana, CA: Orange County Board of Supervisors, 1926]. 4to. [24 pp (unpaginated).], printed in red & black. Photo frontisp. birds-eye of County Courthouse, photo illustrations throughout, including 2 centerfold panorama photos, map of paved highways on back cover. Self-printed colour-illustrated softcovers, birds-eye pictorial map of Orange County on front cover (minor dustsoiling, edgewear, light rust marks to staples), still VG copy. First edition, thus, of this land promotion for Orange County, CA during the Roaring 20’s. This nicely illustrated piece details the the nearby beaches, paved boulevards, the advantages to automobile tourists, and historic missions. In addition, the advantages of Southern California Spanish Revival architecture are extolled, and the oil industry growth touted. The map includes the major cities and towns in Orange County, and photos and text include towns & cities such as Santa Ana, Anaheim, Fullerton, Orange, Huntington Beach, Brea, La Habra, Newport Beach,… Read More

[n.p.: J. Roy Jones 1971]. 8vo. xv, [1], 361, [1] pp. Numerous photos, illusts. Blue cloth, gilt lettrng & illust. on frnt cvr, gilt on spine (mnr shlfwr, slght rubbng), VG copy, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on frnt pstdn. First edition of this memoir and local history of Yreka, Henley, & Hornbrook in the California Siskiyous of the Cottonwood Basin, including sections on mining, timber, agriculture, and railroads.

Berkeley: W&E Bentley, 1939. 4to. [26 pp (unpaginated)]. Colour frntsp., colour-illust. title, numerous colour illusts. Illust. beige linen, signed on colophon leaf by Hans, Wilder & Ellen Bentley, VG copy, from the library of Herbert Gray Hills, of Hills Brothers Coffee, Piedmont, California. First edition, signed, 1 of 450 copies printed, of this delightful tale of early California.

Fresno, CA: Graphic Technology Co., 1976. 4to. 240 pp. Double-page illust. title, 100s of photo illusts. Colour-illust. boards, photos on covers (mnr rubbng, shlfwr, slght bmpng hd & ft of spine), still VG- copy. First edition, 1st printing, stated, of this anthology of photographs of the Fresno area and San Joaquin Valley from the files of Claude C. “Pop” Laval.

San Francisco: Hotel Roosevelt, [Printcraft Press], [ca. 1928]. 4to. [4 pp (unpaginated).], printed in orange & black. Illustrated, map on back. Self-printed softcovers, cover art of Hotel Roosevelt, center crease fold as issued (slight shelfwear), NF copy. First edition of this scarce Roaring 20’s brochure touting the amenities and location of the Vayssi’es Roosevelt Hotel at Jones and Eddy with 165 rooms. Along with the radio concerts offered in the lobby, guests could secure their own loudspeaker systems to listen to their own programs. The hotel also featured drug, millinery, & tailor stores, millinery & beauty shoppes, and cigar stand. No copies in Wordlcat.

[San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, Schwabacher-Frey, Co., 1939]. 4to. 246, [20] pp. With large folding colour lithograph frontisp., illust. title, photo plates, text illustrations, maps, & diagrams throughout, 12 large folding blueprint plates at rear. Brick-red publisher’s cloth, white lettering, illust. of Golden Gate Bridge pier (minor rubbing, edgewear, some scuffing to lower fore-edge, ring on recto of frontisp.), still VG copy. First edition of this lavishly illustrated engineering report detailing the Herculean efforts to build the Golden Gate Bridge, including a detailed history of the project, the planning stages, construction, materials, and finished construction. Although Strauss and his original team incorporated Ellis (d. 1949), Strauss managed to shunt Ellis aside in November, 1931 after several delays, and forced him into retirement and long stretches of unemployment, even though he continued work unpaid on the calculations and structure of the Golden Gate Bridge.