Titles starting with C from Antiquarian Bookseller

London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. 4 vols., 8vo, viii, 596; iv, 464; iv, 600; iv, 288, clxxxiii pp. With a folding chart in vol. 4. Old half calf, green morocco labels lettered in gilt, a good set with some light pencil annotations of the period and the early signature of William Spooner (not the renowned Oxford don) dated 1826. A pleasant set of Tacitus, front free endpaper to vol. one removed (perhaps to hide an ownership mark). SpoonerÕs signature is in vol. 3. Brotier was a French Jesuit schol... more information

Paris: Maeght, 1963. Folio, 28 pp. Includes 8 original lithographs by Calder with text by James Jones. Original wrappers. One of the most striking of the series, with brightly colored original prints by Calder of which 3 are double-page. There are also b/w illustrations and a color photo portait of Calder. ... more information

San Marino, California: Henry E. Huntington Library, 1972. 4to, trifold with reproduction of an engraving from BlakeÕs The Book of Job (plate 21). Very good. ... more information

San Marino, California: Henry E. Huntington Library, 1972. 4to, trifold with reproduction of an engraving from BlakeÕs Book of Job (plate 21). Very good. ... more information

London: Lackington, Allen, 1810. 8vo, xiii, 186, (inserted slip, 2pp. ads) pp. With five engraved plates colored by hand. Original half red roan, marbled boards, binding slightly worn, internally a beautiful copy on fine thick paper. Bookplate of Joseph Young at front and a few simple pencil sketches on the rear blanks. First and only edition of this scarce title. COPAC records two copies (BL and Cambridge); plenty of copies on OCLC, but none at auction or online (6/06). This was PhelpsÕs first book... more information

London: George Routledge & Sons, [1883]. Three (of four) oblong 8vo cards with envelope. Illustrated on one side only. With originally issued publisherÕs illustrated cream envelope, tape-repaired and chipped. Figure in black of a woman and two children holding signs: ÒA Happy New Year to You.Ó & ÒChristmas is Come.Ó Cards with rounded corners and some chipping & edge wear. A very good, though incomplete, set rare with the envelope. First edition. First... more information

London: Joseph Johnson, 1787. Small 8vo, vii, 82, (1), (4, ads)pp. Original tree calf, backstrip lined in gilt, marbled endpapers,, a fine copy as issued John Aikin dedicated this title to his sister Anna Laetitia Barbauld the poet and childrenÕs book writer. He was a surgeon and tutor at the Warrington Academy and wrote numerous books on medicine, science, song-writing, topography, natural history, and literature. First printed in 1784, this collection of descriptions of the months of the year in p... more information

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2009. Tall 4to, unpaginated, with additional portfolio of 4 separate plates, original woodcuts signed and numbered by the artist. In sheets, loosely inserted in original illustrated wrappers, within quarter red morocco and green cloth case, with paper label affixed to backstrip, suede lining; illustrated throughout by means of 30 original wood engravings. As new. First edition, one of ten proof copies, of which five were printerÕs proof and five were arti... more information

San Francisco: John Howell, 1936. Oblong folio. (12x18 inches). [113]pp., including 50 full-page reproductions with accompanying text on facing page. Wine cloth, gilt-lettered paper label on front cover. Very good as issued. Limited to 850 copies [of an edition of 1,000]. Designed by Edwin Grabhorn. Presentation inscription, signed by the publisherÕs son, Warren Howell, to E.H. Lauer. Fifty full-page reproductions of birdÕs-eye-views of cities and mining towns principally in California, but i... more information

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1941. 8vo, xi, 251pp. Original gray card wrappers, light sunning to spine. Full-color frontis. One of 30 copies printed on 100% rage paper. A very good. First edition in original wrappers, one of 30 on rag paper, with a bibliography and index; scarce thus. University of California Publications in History, Vol. 26, (reprinted in 1975). A detailed study of the competition between Spanish, Russian, and American interests to exploit the lucrative Pacific Coast trad... more information

Sheet 10.2 x 12.8 cm., image and plate mark as per Essick (3.1 x 7.8 cm., and 3.3 x 8.1 cm. respectively). Printed in pale brown on a small 8vo sheet. Delicately printed, matted and framed, in very fine condition. BlakeÕs last engraving, executed for one of his closest friends. The images invoke one of BlakeÕs greatest themesÑthe relationships between time and eternity. Opinions vary on the purpose of this plate but it should be noted that at the time (1827) it was not uncommon to pa... more information

London: Bernard Lintott, 1710. Small 8vo, [xvi], 72, [5], [3] pp. With a frontispiece portrait of Katharine Phillips titled "Orinda". Disbound, inserted into a new cloth folding case. First Edition in English. The poem by the French abbe Claude Quillett (1602-1661) was first published in Leiden in 1655 and in Paris in 1656. A Latin version was issued in London in 1708. Two English versions appeared in 1710 and another in 1712. The plates by Elisha Kirkall (1682-1742) were not ready when the book ... more information

Cleveland & London: The Press of Case Western University, 1971. 8vo, xxiv, 342pp. Frontispiece plus 12 black and white plates. Illustrated map endpapers. Blue cloth with blue illustrated dust-jacket. Some edgewear and signs of use. Very good. First edition. Includes all of BlakeÕs illustrations to Paradise Regained, a catalogue of BlakeÕs illustrations to Milton, and a study of the illustrators of Paradise Regained from 1713-1816, as well as several essays ... more information

New York: St. MartinÕs Press, 1971. 8vo, 233pp. Orange cloth with gilt lettering to backstrip. Very good. First US edition. Examines BlakeÕs relationship to Arthurian Britain, the Druids, Stonehenge, etc. Bentley, BBS, p.355. ... more information

London: William Heinemann, 1910. Small folio, xviii, 231pp. With a map and 140 photographs from life by the author. Original red cloth stamped in gilt with wear at extremities neatly repaired. First edition of this account of a four months' expedition in British East Africa for the purpose of securing photographs of game animals from life which, of course, involved shooting them with guns as well as cameras. Nonetheless a fascinating account of relatively early attempts at high speed photography in the... more information

London: Carfax, 1906. 8vo, 40 pp.. Original gray printed wrappers, front cover intact but detached. Good. Rare catalogue wherein is reprinted parts of BlakeÕs original descriptive catalogue to accompany the paintings etc. in this show. Bentley, Blake Books, 600. ... more information

London: Carfax & Co., Ltd., 1906. 8vo, 40pp. Dark gray printed wrappers with light soiling to edges. Staples rusted. Some sun fading. Pages spotted. Notice tipped-in opposite title page. Very good. Rare catalogue wherein is reprinted parts of BlakeÕs original descriptive catalogue to accompany the paintings etc. in this show. Bentley, Blake Books, 600. ... more information

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1968. 8vo, 351pp. Brown cloth with illustrated dust-jacket, closed tears along top edge. Very good. First edition. Bentley, BB, 2104. ... more information

Santa Cruz: University Library, 1980. 4to, (11), 128, (2) pp. Illustrated with facsimiles and a portrait. Original wrappers, fine. The catalogue of the Strouse Carlyle collection donated to UC Santa Cruz, accompanied by two later UCSC publications: the Strouse Carlyle lectures vols. 1 and 2. ... more information