Authors starting with C from James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1913. First Edition. The dedication copy from James Branch Cabell. The printed dedication page reads: “TO SARAH READ MCADAMS, IN GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION.” Hand-inscribed and signed by the author< James Branch Cabell, on the front free endpaper: “To Sarah Read McAdams, in gratitude and affection. James Branch Cabell. September 1st, 1913.” With four terrific color illustrations, including the frontispiece, by Howard Pyle. Very good copy with some very minor rubbing to... more information

[New York]: [Privately printed by Robert M. McBride], (1919). First Edition. A small broadside (6 1/4” by 5 3/4”) printing Ben Hecht’s essay on James Branch Cabell’s novel, Jurgen. Approximately 600 words. “...The secret is that Mr. Cabell has written the most delightfully indecent and charmingly salacious volume ever, to my knowledge, thrown upon the public market by an American publisher...A delightful volume for a sophisticated fireside is ‘Jurgen’: a fairy tale for the baldheaded row at Z... more information

New York: McBride, 1936. First Edition. Near fine copy with a very faint hint of rubbing to the lettering at the top of the spine in a very good lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some darkening to the spine and a few small nicks and tiny tears. ... more information

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1913. First Edition. With four terrific color illustrations, including the frontispiece, by Howard Pyle. Very good copy with some minor edge wear and a bit of rubbing to the lettering at the spine without dust jacket. ... more information

New York: McBride, 1919. First Edition, second state. Bookplate. Very good copy without dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Scribners, 1879. First Edition, First Issue with preliminaries and final flyleaf with no advertisements at the end of the volume. With a faint trace of wear to the extremities, else a fine clean copy with bright gilt. Tipped in is a two page Autographed Letter Signed by the author, George W. Cable “Northhampton, Mass., Nov. 16, 1899.” written to Morris K. Jessup, New York City, reading: “My dear Mr. Jessup, I can write this letter to you with confidence because of what you know of me, as we... more information

New York: Crown, 1982. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from Sid Caesar, inscribed by the author: “To ___, With love & laughter!! Sid Caesar.” Illustrated. The autobiography of the noted comedian who ruled Saturday nights on television during the 1950s withYour Show of Shows and Caesar’s Hour, to the point where theater owners complained that their venues were empty during the broadcast of his show. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Caesar’s show has recently been immortalized in Neil Simon’s hi... more information

Syracuse, NY: Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Paperbound. Square format, 8 1/2” x 8”. A handsomely presented publication featuring the photography of Steve Cagan at the Light Work program affiliated with Syracuse University. Fine in printed wrappers. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Signed presentation copy inscribed by the author, James Cagney to actor & writer, Albert Hackett, and his wife (with whom he collaborated on many screenplays), playwright & screenwriter Frances Goodrich, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her play The Diary of Anne Frank. The inscription reads: “For Frances & Albert. Love, Jim.” Near fine with a touch of wear to the top and bottom of the spine in a lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some chips and tears. Illustr... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. Second printing. Signed presentation copy from James Cagney, inscribed by the author: “For Phyllis & Rick, James Cagney.” Fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some light age toning and a hint of dust soiling. Illustrated. The great actor’s autobiography. Rarely found inscribed by Cagney. ... more information

New York: William Doyle Galleries, 1992. First Edition. Excellent auction catalogue of the Cagney estate auction which is finely printed listing and detailing hundreds of items. Many illustrations. Among the items sold were books, autograph letters, manuscripts, film scripts, clothing, oil paintings by Cagney, furniture, Cagney’s own copies of his films, etc. Accompanied by the prices realized sheets listing the prices at which each lot individually sold. Paperbound. Very good, lightly used copy. Uncommo... more information

N.p, n.d. (1930s). First Edition. This is an original engraved bookplate of the great actor, James Cagney, is a striking design showing the masks of comedy and tragedy, against a laurel branch reading: “JAMES CAGNEY - His Book.” ... more information

Burbank: Warner Brothers, 1934. First Edition. A shooting script from the personal library of James Cagney with his bookplate laid in. The film starred James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Gloria Stuart, Frank Mc Hugh, Dorothy Tree, Robert Barrat, and was directed by Lloyd Bacon. This was Cagney’s first film after the inception of the Legion of Decency code, and the film was Warners’ answer to the sensors that Cagney’s personality and antics were to continue. Cagney plays Chesty O’Connor, an undisciplined ... more information

Burbank: Warner Brothers, 1935. First Edition. A shooting script from the personal library of James Cagney with his bookplate laid in. The film starred James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin, Henry Wadsworth, Isabel Jewell, and was directed by Howard Hawks. Under the acute direction of Howard Hawks, Ceiling Zero became the most powerfully dramatic aviation story since MGM’s Night Flight two years before. Cagney plays Dizzy Davis, an irrepressible pilot whose antics cause troubles which a... more information

Burbank: Warner Brothers, 1935. First Edition. A shooting script from the personal library of James Cagney with his bookplate laid in. The film starred James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Margaret Lindsay, Frank Mc Hugh, Helen Lowell, Robert Barrat, and was directed by Lloyd Bacon. Cagney plays Tommy O’Toole, a well-heeled kid and stunt flyer who joins the Marine Flying Corps and rises to the head of the class, but not without making enemies and eventually getting put in his place. This partial shooting script ... more information

Burbank: Warner Brothers, 1935. First Edition. A shooting script from the personal library of James Cagney with his bookplate laid in. The film starred James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Lindsay, Robert Armstrong, and was directed by William Keighley. Cagney plays Brick Davis, a young lawyer who wsa educated by a racketeer and becomes a G-Man to avenge the death of his best friend, with a terrific ending. This partial shooting script is 47 pages, staplebound, with the working title Mr. Farrell. The first p... more information

N.p: Grand National, 1936. First Edition. Two shooting scripts from the personal library of James Cagney with his bookplate laid in each. The film starred James Cagney, Mae Clarke, James Burke, Edward Brophy, and was directed by John Blystone. This was Cagney’s first film since his break with Warner Brothers in 1935. Cagney plays an ex-prizefighter who becomes an honest public official fighting against a gang of chiselers while trying to get re-elected. The first shooting script is 113 pages, signed by J... more information

N.p: Grand National, 1936. First Edition. A shooting script from the personal library of James Cagney with his bookplate laid in. The film starred James Cagney, Mae Clarke, James Burke, Edward Brophy, and was directed by John Blystone. This was Cagney’s first film since his break with Warner Brothers in 1935. Cagney plays an ex-prizefighter who becomes an honest public official fighting against a gang of chiselers while trying to get re-elected. This partial shooting script is 70 pages, bound with brads ... more information

Burbank: Warner Brothers, 1939. First Editions. Two shooting scripts from the personal library of James Cagney with his bookplate laid in each. The film starred James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, and was directed by Raoul Walsh. Cagney plays Eddie Bartlett, a former garage mechanic who comes back from the war and cannot find work, he goes through a series of jobs and finally succumbs to the lure of bootlegging, with unfortunate results. The first shooting script is 167 pages, with... more information

Burbank: Warner Brothers, 1941. First Edition. A small archive including a shooting script, a Typed Letter Signed, and a group of rewrite pages, all from the personal library of James Cagney with his bookplate laid in each. The film starred James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, and was directed by Raoul Walsh. Cagney plays Biff Grimes, a correspondent school dentist whose life is turned upside down by a chiseling contractor who steals his girl and five years of his life when he is se... more information