Authors starting with C from Bauman Rare Books

1960. SIGNED. (SPACE) (MERCURY ASTRONAUTS) CAIDIN, Martin. The Astronauts. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1960. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $16,000. First edition, second printing (following the first by one month) of this introduction to Project Mercury, inscribed "To Steven & Christopher Rose with warm personal regards—The Astronauts" and signed by all seven of the original astronauts: Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Walter W. Schirra, Jr., Dona... more information

1976. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (CALLAHAN, Harry). Callahan. (New York): Aperture in Association with the Museum of Modern Art, (1976). Quarto, original black cloth, original dust jacket. $950. First trade edition, signed by Callahan on the half title. "One of America's best-known photographers" (McDarrah & McDarrah, 71), Callahan "eschewed the popular but waning photographic styles of the 1940s—social realism and pictorialism [and] turned his attention to finding beauty and form... more information

1734. CALMET, Don Augustin. Commentarium Literale in Omnes ac Singulos tum Veteris cum Novi Testamenti Libros. [Augsburg]: Augustae Vindelicorum & Graecii, Sumptibus Philippi ac Martini Veith, et Joannis Fratris Haeredum, 1734-35. Eight volumes. Thick folio, contemporary full white alum-tawed leather over wooden boards, raised bands, red and white calf spine labels, elaborately blind-tooled paneled covers, original brass catch-pins and clasps. $5800. Third Latin translation of Calmet's Commentaire... more information

1948. FIRST EDITION. GERNSHEIM, Helmut. Julia Margaret Cameron. Her Life and Photographic Work. Introduction by Clive Bell. London: Fountain, (1948). Quarto, original tan cloth. $300. First edition of this major study of the influential photographer, with 54 brown-toned plates featuring images of Tennyson, Longfellow and Cameron's iconic image of the mother of Virginia Woolf, with an introduction by Woolf's brother-in-law Clive Bell. This association copy is from the library of photographer Marger... more information

1934. FIRST EDITION. CAMM, F.J. Newnes Television and Short-Wave Handbook. London: George Newnes, (1934). Octavo, original red and black cloth. $250. First edition, richly illustrated with 230 line drawings, diagrams, and photographs. This two-part book covers the elementary principles of building televisions as well as short-wave and ultra-short-wave radio telephony. The author was the editor of Practical Wireless, Practical Television and Practical Mechanics, as well as being the author of a number of ... more information

1899. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. CAMP, Walter and BROOKS, Lilian. Drives and Puts: A Book of Golf Stories. Boston: L.C. Page, 1899. Small octavo, original green pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $4500. First edition of these 11 tales of the links by Camp, assisted by magazine short story writer Brooks, with frontispiece by H.C. Ireland, inscribed, "May you always be at least 'one-up' on the last hole. Walter Camp, Lilian Brooks." Generally considered a... more information

1860. (CAMPBELL, Thomas) REDDING, Cyrus. Literary Reminiscences and Memoirs of Thomas Campbell. London: Charles J. Skeet, 1860. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter red morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. $300. First edition of this two-volume biography and critical summary of Thomas Campbell, the much-loved 19th-century poet and magazine editor, written by one of his closest friends, handsomely bound. During the early 19th ce... more information

1807. CAMPE, Johann Heinrich. Metzi'ath Ha'aretz Hachadasha [On the Discovery of America by Columbus]. Altona: Samuel and Judah Bonn [i.e., Segal], 1807. Small octavo, modern three-quarter brown calf, raised bands, red morocco spine label, marbled boards. $2800. First Hebrew edition of this children's history of the discovery of the New World, with woodcut navigational illustration. Precedes David Zamosc's 1824 translation, which is often cited as the first. Speculation about Columbus'... more information

2002. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. CAPA, Cornell. Cornell Capa: Photographer. (Santa Monica, California: Peter Fetterman Gallery, 2002). Quarto, original blue cloth, mounted cover photographic print. WITH: Original photographic print, measuring 8 by 10 inches. Housed in original chemise and slipcase. $4200. Signed limited first edition, number 37 of 50 copies with original photographic silver print ("Bolshoi Ballet School") signed and numbered on the verso by Capa. Like his brother Robert, Cornell Ca... more information

1994. FIRST EDITION. CARLE, Eric. My Apron. New York: Philomel Books, (1994). Quarto, original laminated pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. $150. First edition of Carle's colorful tribute to his uncle, with original child-sized apron in plastic pocket affixed to the rear board. Carle found inspiration for My Apron in his own childhood experience helping his uncle with masonry work and in a painting of laborers by French modernist Fernard Léger. "Clearly conveys the warmth between the ... more information

1781. CARLI, Comte Giovanni R. Le Lettere Americane Nuova Editione corretta ed ampliata colla Aggiunta della Parte III. ora per la prima volta impressa. Cremona, 1781-83. Three volumes. Octavo, original paper wrappers, uncut. $385. Second edition, in original wrappers. Published by Isidoro Bianchi and dedicated by him to Benjamin Franklin. "Confutes de Pauw's Recherches… sur les Americains, and ascribes the origin of the American natives to the Atlantides" (Howes C149). "American ... more information

1974. FIRST EDITION. CARO, Robert A. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Thick octavo, original black cloth, cartographic endpapers, original dust jacket. $325. First edition of Caro's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of Robert Moses, the powerful and controversial man "most responsible for the shaping of modern New York City," illustrated with 36 pages of photographic images and five maps. "Moses was one of the most influential... more information

1806. FIRST EDITION. (IRELAND) CARR, John. The Stranger in Ireland; or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of that Country. London: Richard Phillips, 1806. Quarto, 20th-century three-quarter brown calf, raised bands, marbled boards and edges, renewed endpapers. $3200. First edition of Carr's engaging picturesque tour of Ireland, illustrated with 16 beautiful aquatint engravings (five folding) printed in a buff tint after Carr's own drawings, and an engraved map. A lawyer by training, Sir Jo... more information

1924. FIRST EDITION. (GIOTTO) CARRA, Carlo. Giotto. WITH: LONGHI, Roberto. Piero della Francesca. Two copies of the same work; i.e., two volumes. Rome: Casa Editrice d'Arte 'Valori Pastici', 1924. Together, three volumes. Small quarto, original pictorial boards, uncut. Housed in custom cloth chemise and half morocco slipcase. $550. First editions of these works on two of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance, Giotto di Bondone and Piero della Francesca, each richly illustrated ... more information

1872. FIRST EDITION. CARROLL, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan, 1872. Small octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter red morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $4500. First edition, first issue of Carroll's second Alice volume, equaling the first Alice "in the brilliance of its nonsense." Handsomely bound by Bayntun of Bath. A sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass "equals its pred... more information

1995. FIRST EDITION. CARSON, Anne. Plainwater: Essays and Poetry. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Octavo, original half blue cloth, original dust jacket. $150. First edition of this collection of poetry and prose. "Seemingly composed of equal parts enigma, experiment and exegesis, Carson's writings incorporate a dizzying spectrum of forms—prose poem, mock interview, travel journal, academic essay… The poet's near-scientific intellectualism… gives her work a dazzling lucidity&... more information

1982. SIGNED. CARTER, Jimmy. Typed letter signed. Atlanta: February 24, 1982. One page (6 inches by 8 inches), embossed with the Great Seal of the United States. Handsomely framed. $650. Typed signed letter from Jimmy Carter. The letter reads "Thank you for your thoughtful letter and the enclosed advice. It's good to hear from someone who enjoys fly-fishing as much as I do. With best wishes, Sincerely, Jimmy." With a printed note acknowledging receipt of the letter and the original envelope... more information

1991. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri). Henri Cartier-Bresson (exhibition catalogue). (Osaka: Kunihiko Tsukamoto, 1991). Quarto, original white stiff photographic covers. $150. First edition of this extensive catalogue of the exhibition at the Osaka University of Arts, with 411 illustrations. From the collection of acclaimed photojournalist Peter Turnley, signed by him. "Cartier-Bresson has a special interest in photographing people and in capturing the essence of what has not previou... more information

1996. FIRST EDITION. (CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri). Henri Cartier-Bresson: Pen, Brush, and Cameras (exhibition catalogue). (Minneapolis): Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (1996). Slim quarto, original white stiff photographic covers. $100. First edition of this creative catalogue of Cartier-Bresson's sketches, paintings and photographs held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, with 47 full-page illustrations (four in color). From the collection of acclaimed photojournalist Peter Turnley. "Cartier-Bres... more information

1870. FIRST EDITION. CATLIN, George. The Lifted and Subsided Rocks of America with Their Influences on the Oceanic, Atmospheric, and Land Currents, and the Distribution of Races. London: Trübner, 1870. Octavo, original burgundy cloth. $850. First edition of scarce and highly controversial survey of North and South American geology by famous North American Indian expert George Catlin proposing a radical explanation for the formation of the Americas, with large folding color map. A young lawyer turned... more information