Search Results: Authors starting with C from Bookbid Rare Books

The Overlook Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition as stated on copyright page and numbers 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Signed by Jane Goodall on bookplate on front free end paper. Very good book, dents on top edge of front and back cover, bumps on top corners on front and back cover and bump on bottom front cover, and cut on spine and bottom left corner of back cover. Very good dust jacket, rips on corners of front and back jacket and bottom front and back, and marks on front and back cover.

Knopf, 1937. first. hardcover. near fine/good. First edition, as stated on copyright page. Book near fine. Dust jacket good, some wear, some pieces were missing and have been previously repaired with some white paper.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near fine first edition (so stated on the copyright page) in a near fine dust jacket. Some slight foxing on fore-edge. Housed in a custom-made quarter leather collector's case.

Avon, 1944. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition thus, very good in wrappers. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #20, 1944. Digest Size Paperback. Book Condition: Very good. Jack Deckter (illustrator). 1st Thus. First separate edition.

New York: Knopf, 1937. First. hardcover. Very good/Good, one repair.. A very good first edition (so stated on the copyright page) in a good dust jacket with original price of $2.50 still present on top of front flap, small repaired chip at top of dj spine. This is the red and purple version of the dramatic dust jacket design.

Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket. First Edition stated on the title page and 1934 on the title page. Original price of $2.00 net still on front flap of dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Knopf, 1941. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition, as stated on copyright page. Book near fine, glue shining through to rear of front and rear paste-downs, two tiny holes to rear cover that go through to rear paste-down. Dust jacket very good, some wear, price-clipped.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. NY: Knopf, 1937. First edition, second printing, December, 1937. Book near fine, signed by previous owner on front free end-paper, tiny bookshop stamp top of rear paste-down. No dust jacket.

F. first edition, book in fine condition, no DJ.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First Edition stated on the copyright page, very slightly leaning, at front and rear paste-downs some wear, tiny bookstore sticker at bottom of rear paste-down. Dust jacket has some chipping and rubbed edges. Obvious wear on the front cover has worn away a portion of the graphics at top. Price clipped.

Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition (First Edition stated on copyright page) in a very good dust jacket, with original $2 price on front flap. First issue jacket with correct books listed on the back panel. Owner's signature on front free endpaper. Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

NY: Knopf, 1953, 1953. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1953. First Edition is stated on copyright page. Book fine except for fading along edges, slight discoloration on front and back paste downs & free end pages. DJ very good except for chipping on corners, wearing and chipping on spine ends, minor nicking on top edge of front and back cover, 1/4" tear on top edge of back cover and front cover, fading and discoloration on covers, spine, and along edges of inside flaps. DJ price reads "$3.00 net.

Robert Hale Limited. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. No date on copyright page, London. Book near fine, except for some minor edgewear, corners very slightly bumped, previous owner's signature and stamped "Colonial Edition" on ffep. DJ very good, with some rubbing and chipping at spine ends and corners, slight tearing along top of rear bend, small tear near top of front (1/2" long), tiny tear near top of back, tiny tear near top of back flap, slight staining on back. Contains the novels Career in C Major, The Embezzler, and Double Indemnity.

NY: Knopf, 1947, 1947. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1947. First Edition is stated on copyright page. Book fine except for fading along top and bottom edges, discoloration on front and back paste downs & free end pages. DJ very good except for rubbing on corners, wearing along top and bottom edges, minor chipping on spine ends, fading and discoloration on covers, spine, and inside flaps. DJ price is covered with white sticker.

Alfred A. Knopf. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good. First edition, 1941, Advance Issue. Advance Review Copy, in good condition. Back cover slightly detached from book, some wear and tear, some discoloration on front free end-paper and front paste-down. In specially made slipcase.

Alfred A. Knopf. F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. first edition, book in fine condition, DJ very good with wear and tear, and missing piece on spine.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine in original black cloth covered boards with silver stamped lettering on the cover and the spine. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Slight edge wear; else a nice, bright, square copy.

Cape, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The first UK edition, the copyright page states "First Published 1938". Very good, edges foxed, in very good dust jacket chipped at tips and spine ends. By the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice. The first UK edition is extremely rare in dust jacket. Story about "violent and passionate characters" (according to the front flap) has an opera background.

Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition of Cains most significant title. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 188 x 127 mm). [viii], 187, [1], [1, blank], [1, colophon] pp. Publishers orange cloth with blue-stamped spine outlining the lettering and blue lettering and designs on the front, top edge stained blue. Covers soiled. First edition stated on the copyright page. In dust jacket with the $2.00 price. Overall a good to very good minus copy in an unrestored dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate attached to front free end paper. See photos. "Cain was one of the masters of American hard-boiled fiction. His first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, is a story of a young hobo who has an affair with the wife of a roadside stand owner and plots with her to murder her husband and collect his insurance. In taut, sparse prose, Cain depicts a bleak, amoral society of desperate characters driven by their need for love, however twisted, as well as… Read More

Knopf, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine first edition in a near fine dust jacket. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.