COPPEE, HENRY

A Gallery of famous English and American Poets, with an introductory essay by Henry Coppee. Richly Illustrated, with nearly One Hundred and Fifty Steel Engravings, mostly from original designs by distinguished Artists

Philadelphia, J.M. Stoddart and Co. 1874, 1st. Full-Leather, Folio. Exquisitely bound in brown, full morocco leather with raised bands, gilt spine titles, gilt and red Victorian spine and cover designs, leather doublures with similar floral treatments on duplex (brown and green) inlaid morocco, maroon, patterned silk pastedowns, maroon silk backed heavy card free endpapers, all edge gilting. A lovely binding. In green oil cloth dust jacket and matching oil cloth and art paper lined slipcase. Published Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart and Co, 1874. Folio, 9 x 11, 488pp. illustrated with nearly 150 steel engraving. Crack to the leather along outer rear hinge, hinge secure and sturdy, surface rub at the joint ends, fraying to the silk along edges of free endpapers. Very good in very good, plain oil cloth dust jacket and very good matching slipcase. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008472

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Poetry

CORRI, ADRIENNE

The Search for Gainsborough

NY, Vanguard. 1985, 1st. (ISBN: 081490906x). Soft Cover, 8vo. UNCORRECTED PROOF, First edition. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Softcover. Published NY: Vanguard, 1984. 8vo. wrappers, 281pp. foreword by Vincent Price. Mild bump to top corner, else fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009575

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 081490906x

CORRIS, PETER

The Coast Road

Australia, Allen & Unwin. 2004. Soft Cover, 8vo. Advance Reader's Copy (ARC), Second printing. Published Australia: Allen and Unwin, 2004, as advance copy for the American edition of 2005. From two applied stickers : "In lieu of galleys we are submitting finished books." 8vo.wrappers. A very fine copy. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 000425

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Corris Peter Coast Road First Edition Advance Reading Copy Novel Fiction

CORRIS, PETER

Master's Mates

Australia, Allen & Unwin. 2003, 1st. (ISBN: 1741141362). Soft Cover, 8vo. Galley/Proof, First edition, first printing. Published Australia: Allen and Unwin, 2003, as advance copy for the American edition of 2005. From two applied stickers : "In lieu of galleys we are submitting finished books." 8 vo. wrappers. A very fine copy. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 000424

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Corris Peter Master's Mates First Edition Advance Reading Copy Novel Fiction 1741141362

CORY, DAVID

The Little Wilful Princess

NY, Moffat, Yard & Co. 1918, 1st. Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in pictorial paper covered boards. Published NY: Moffat, Yard & Co. 1918. Small 4to. 7 3/4" x 10", 97pp. illustrated with b/w drawings by Elizabeth Ivins Jones. Beige paper covered boards with brown titles and cover pictorial. Light splash staining on spine and hinge of front cover, else very good plus, clean, bright, unmarked. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009952

Catalogue: Children's

(BOURGOGNE, SERGENT) COTTIN, PAUL; HÉNAULT, MAURICE

Mémoires du Sergent Bourgogne (1812 - 1813) pulbliés d'après le manuscrit original par Paul Cottin Directeur de la Nouvelle Revue rétrospective et Maurice Henault Archiviste municipale de Valenciennes.

Paris, Librairie Hachette. 1900, 1st. Hard, 4to. Mémoires du Sergent Bourgogne (1812 - 1813) pulbliés d'après le manuscrit original par Paul Cottin Directeur de la Nouvelle Revue rétrospective et Maurice Henault Archiviste municipale de Valenciennes. First edition thus. Finely bound in half leather. Published Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1900. 4to. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2", xv+247pp. plus addenda, illustrated with full color plates and b/w engravings within the text. Text in French. Bound in red leather with raised bands, gilt titles and panel designs, over blind embossed red cloth with gilt cover emblem, all edge gilting, silk endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. Printed of bright white, heavy coated paper. 1903 prize award bookplate loosely attached to pastedown. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010274

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: Military History

COTTRELL, ALAN HOWARD

Environmental Economics: An Introduction for Students of the Resource and Environmental Sciences

NY, Wiley. 1978, 1st. (ISBN: 0470993952). Soft Cover, 8vo. First edition. Softcover. Published NY: Wiley, 1978, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 66pp. illustrated with tables. Near fine. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010104

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: 0470993952

COUPLAND, DOUGLAS

Shampoo Planet

New York, New York, U.S.A. Pocket Books. 1992, 1st. (ISBN: 0671755056). Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Pocket Books, 1992. Author's second book. Fine in dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000589

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Coupland Douglas Shampoo Planet First Edition Fiction 0671755056

COVINGTON, MICHAEL

Astrophotography for the Amateur

Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1987. Hard, 4to. Illus, Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. 168 pages, illustrated. Fine in fine dj. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 000030

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: Covington Michael Astrophotography Amateur Methods Space Science

COWARD, NOEL

Cavalcade

NY, Grosset & Dunlap. 1932, 1st. Hard, 8vo. Illus, First edition thus. Published NY: Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. Illustrated with 18 plates - photos from the film. Yellow cloth with decorative blue and red lettering, blue end papers. Outline darkening to the covers and spine, else a fine, untouched copy, with pristine interior. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000252

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Coward Noel Cavalcade First Edition Photoplay Stills Performing Arts

COWLEY, MALCOLM

The Dream of the Golden Mountains: Remembering the 1930s

Viking Press. 1980, 1st. (ISBN: 0670284742). Hard, 8vo. Ex-Library, First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1980. 328pp. illus. Ex-library copy with pocket and small bar code label on rear pastedown, rubber stamp top edge, dj glued on. No writing or markings to text. Very good plus copy in dj. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 000630

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: United States History 1919 1933 0670284742

COYLE, HAROLD

Sword Point

New York, New York, U.S.A. Smithmark Pub. 1991, 1st. (ISBN: 0671665537). Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Smithmark, 1991. Few pages have rough separation at the top where they were improperly cut at the bindery. VG in fine dj. Very Good/Fine.

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Book number: 000804

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Coyle Harold Sword Point First Edition Fiction Technological War Iran 0671665537

COZZENS, FREDERICK SCHILLER

Japanese Landscape / Lake [SIGNED Original Wash Drawing]

. Hard, 8vo. Ill.: Cozzens, Frederick Schiller. Art, Prints & Posters, A fine wash drawing in blue tint of noted American artist Frederick Schiller Cozzens (1846-1928). Best known for his maritime and yacht paintings, Cozzens illustrated for publications such as Harper's Bazaar, The Daily Graphic, Yachts and Yachting, Our Navy and others. His widely received edition of lithographs, American Yachts, was published in 1884. Here, his subject is pastoral in a finely executed Japanese scene of mountains, forests and a mountain lake, in which a Japanese boatman is rowing, while another boatman, sitting upon the bank on an overturned boat, is contemplating the lake. Signed F.S. Cozzens in lower left. The drawing is on white vellum card and is unframed and measures 5 1/2" x 9 1/4". It is fine, with a 3/16" closed tear on the left edge and a few traces of foxing. There is a pencil study of mountains and human figures on the verso. Housed in a three part 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" custom case, the outer case bound as a book in half leather with gilt ornamented raised bands and titles over heavy boards in blue oilcloth; the second part an inner slipcase containing a folded oilcloth pouch with the loose drawing between archival boards, along with an engraved portrait of Cozzens. Light wear to the leather spine, part of the leather pull to inner case lacking, else fine. An unusual Cozzens work. Near Fine.

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Book number: 009933

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Cozzens, Frederick Schiller

CRANE, WALTER

Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New

London, Bracken. 1984, 1st. (ISBN: 0946495416). Hard, 12mo. First edition thus. Reprint of the 1896 Bell edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Bracken, 1984. 12mo. 243pp. illustrations throughout. Mild toning to the paper, else fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009603

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Books About Books 0946495416

CRANE, JULIA G.

Educated to Emigrate: The Social Organization of Saba

Assen, Van Gorcum & Comp. 1971, 1st. (ISBN: 9023207025). Hard, 8vo. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Assen: Van Gorcum & Comp, 1971. First printing. 8vo. 269 pp. illus. b/w plates. Black cloth with gilt lettering and design. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket, which has a traceline of discoloration on the rear panel. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 002771

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: Anthropology Social Science Saba Emigration 9023207025