Titles starting with C from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

1957. first edition. First Edition, in the Rare First Issue Dust JacketSEUSS, Dr. (pseudonym of Theodor Seuss Geisel). The Cat in the Hat. [New York]: Random House, [1957].First edition, first issue. Octavo (8 15/16 x 6 3/8 inches; 227 x 163 mm.). [2], 61, [1] pp. Color illustrations throughout.Original unglazed color pictorial boards. Color pictorial endpapers. A near fine copy, far better than is usually seen. In the rare original first issue color pictorial dust jacket, with the price “200/200”... more information

c.1911. The Watchers and the WatchedWAIN, Louis. "The Cat in the Window." [N.d., ca. 1911].Original color print. Image size: 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 123 mm. Matted, framed and glazed.In this unusual nocturnal scene from Wain, the exhibitionist kitty in the window appears to making quite an impression on her voyeuristic admirers, one of whom is brazenly meowing his delight! ... more information

1832. first edition. First Edition of All Three Volumes of Balzac's Rabelaisian “Droll Stories,” “The Lustiest, Most Uproarious Tales Ever Told…An Orgy in the Writer's Playroom”BALZAC, Honoré de. Les Cent contes drolatiques, colligez ès abbaïes de Touraine, et mis en lumière par le sieur de Balzac pour l'esbattement des pantagruelistes et non aultres. Premier [Second, and Troisiesme] Dixain. Paris: Charles Gosselin et Ed. Werdet, 1832, 1833, an... more information

1900. The “Edition des Bibliophiles” of the Complete Works of Charles Dickens—One of Twenty-Six CopiesDICKENS, Charles. Charles Dickens’s Works. Edited by Richard Garnett. Most Unusually and Elaborately Illustrated. London: Merrill & Baker, [1900].Edition des Bibliophiles. Limited to twenty-six lettered and registered copies (this copy being Letter “H,” Printed for Sadie Belle Lufkin). Thirty-two octavo volumes (8 15/16 x 6 inches; 227 x 154 mm.). Elaborately illustrated w... more information

1964. first edition. “The Adventures of Four Nasty Children and Our Herowith Mr. Willy Wonka and His Famous Candy Plant”DAHL, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Illustrated by Joseph Schindelman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1964].The true first edition (preceding the English edition by three years). First issue, with six lines of printing information (instead of five) in the colophon on the final page. Octavo (9 3/16 x 6 1/16 inches; 234 x 155 mm.). [12], 161, [1], [1, blank], [1, “Ab... more information

1896. first edition. One of 150 Large Paper Copies on Japon Vellum Influenced by Walter Crane[ROBINSON, Charles, illustrator]. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses… London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896. One of 150 large-paper copies printed on Japon vellum paper. Octavo (8 3/4 x 6 inches; 224 x 151 mm.). xiv, 136, [8] pp. Over 150 line drawings including many full-page.Publisher's original dark red cloth as issued with the green cloth covers of the trade edition as doublures... more information

1931. Rackham Rings Dickens' Chimes[RACKHAM, Arthur], DICKENS, Charles. The Chimes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackhem. Introduction by Edward Wagenkecht. London: Printed by George W. Jones for Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1931. Limited to 1500 copies signed by the artist, this being copy number 493. Small folio ( 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in; 293 x 190 mm). xxxii, [4], 128, [2] pp. Six full page illustrations and fourteen drawings in black and white. Publisher's original pictorial buckram. Top edge gilt.... more information

1701. The Origin of Eighteenth-Century Dance Notation or ChoreographyFEUILLET, [Raoul Auger]. Choregraphie ou L’Art de décrire la dance, par caracteres, figures et signes démonstratifs, Avec lesquels on apprend facilement de soy-même toutes sortes de Dances. Ouvrage tres-utile aux Maîtres à Dancer & à toutes les personnes qui s’appliquent à la Dance. Par M. Feuillet, Maître de Dance. Second édition, augmentée. Paris: Chez l
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1907. first edition. First Edition, First PrintingFirst State FrontispieceTWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Christian Science. With Notes Containing Corrections To Date. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1907. First edition, first printing, with statement "Published February, 1907," boxed advertisement for Uniform Edition with seventeen titles listed and six titles under the heading "Other Books by Mark Twain," list of illustrations set in eight lines including heading, and mispr... more information

1907. first edition. First EditionFirst State FrontispieceTWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). Christian Science. With Notes Containing Corrections To Date. New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1907. First edition, later printing, first state frontispiece with facsimile signature captioned "[1906]." Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in; 195 x 133 mm). [6], 362 pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Publisher's original red "cornhuskers" cloth. Gilt lettered spine. Gilt cornhuskers vignette to upp... more information

1936. Christmas Card, for the Year 1936Signed by Beatrix Potter to One of Her Favorite NiecesPOTTER, Beatrix. Christmas Card, for the Year 1936. Small octavo (4 1/4 x 6 inches; 118 x 152 mm.) Folding cream card with a color printed illustration by Beatrix Potter of two rabbits mounted to the front of the card within a blind border, with the word “Greetings” printed underneath. On the verso of the front is a printed line drawing also by Beatrix Potter of "Tom Kitten's Mother" with a ... more information

1930. first edition. Seventeenth Century LoversSpecially Bound[FERRAND, Anne de Bellinzani]. [DULAC, Jean, illustrator]. Cléante and Bélise. Their Loves and Their Letters. Translated by Eric Sutton. Embellishments by Jean Dulac. Paris: Henry Babou and Jack Kahane, n.d. [1930]. First edition in English, limited to 300 specially bound copies on hand made Montval out of a total edition of 320, this being copy 35. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in; 187 x 115 mm). 239, [1, blank], [1, colophon, [1, blank] ... more information

1867. first edition. First Edition of Anthony Trollope's “The Claverings,” in the Original ClothTROLLOPE, Anthony. The Claverings. With Sixteen Illustrations, by M. Ellen Edwards. In Two Volumes. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867.First English edition in book form (preceded by the first American edition). Two octavo volumes (8 3/4 x 5 9/16 inches; 222 x 141 mm.). [4], 313, [1, printer’s imprint], [2, advertisements]; [4], 309, [1, printer’s imprint], [2, advertisements] pp. No half... more information

1909. One of Twenty-Five Presentation CopiesBIERCE, Ambrose. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce. New York & Washington: The Neale Publishing Company, 1909-1912.One of twenty-five Presentation copies out of a total edition of 250 sets, with a preliminary leaf in volumes one, two and four signed by the author. Twelve octavo volumes (8 11/16 x 6 1/16 inches; 221 x 154 mm.). Frontispiece portrait in Volume I.Contemporary Three-quarter brown levant morocco over brown cloth boards ruled in gilt. Spines w... more information

1748. first edition. A Fine Collection of First Editions of Smollett’s Works[SMOLLETT, Tobias]. The Adventures of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1748. [Together with:] The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. A New Translation, by the Author of Roderick Random. Adorned with Thirty-Three Cuts, Neatly Engraved. In Four Volumes. London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1750. [And:] The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle. In which are included, Memoirs of a Lady of Quality. In Four Vol... more information

1822. Twenty Vividly Hand-Colored Lithographed PlatesDepicting the Costumes of the Netherlands[GREEVEN, H., illustrator]. Collection des Costumes des Provinces Septentrionales du Royaume des Pays-Bas, Dessinés d’après Nature par H. Greeven et lithographiés par Vallon de Villeneuve. Amsterdam: Chez François Buffa et fils [and] Paris: Chez Engelmann et Cie., 1828. First edition. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/4; 343 x 260 mm.). Lithographed title in French and Dutch and lithographed li... more information

1958. A Fine Collection of Sherlock Holmes Novels DOYLE, Arthur Conan. [Collection of Sherlock Holmes Novels]. London: John Murray, [1958-1964].Uniform Edition. Fifteen (of eighteen) octavo volumes (7 1/16 x 4 11/16 inches; 179 x 119 mm.).Comprising the following Sherlock Holmes titles: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ([1960]); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes ([1960]); The Return of Sherlock Holmes ([1962]); His Last Bow ([1960]); The Hound of the Baskervilles ([1964]); The Sign of Four ([1963]); and Th... more information

1803. A Fine Early Nineteenth-Century BlackstoneBLACKSTONE, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England, In Four Books. The Fourteenth Edition, with the Last Corrections of the Author; and with Notes and Additions by Edward Christian, Esq.…London: Printed by A. Strahan…for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1803.Fourteenth edition (first published at Oxford 1765-1769), the sixth edition published after Blackstone’s death, with notes and additions by Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely Edward Christian. ... more information

1902. The Tamerlane Edition of the Works of Edgar Allan PoePOE, Edgar Allan. The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Edited and Chronologically Arranged on the Basis of the Standard Text, with Certain Additional Material and with a Critical Introduction by Charles F. Richardson…Illustrated by Frederick Simpson Coburn. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, [1902].Tamerlane Edition. Limited to 300 numbered sets printed on Ruisdael hand-made paper (this set being No. 210). Ten octavo... more information

1902. The Paumanok Edition in the Publisher’s Three-Quarter Morocco BindingWHITMAN, Walt. The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman. Issued under the editorial supervision of his Literary Executors, Richard Maurice Bucke, Thomas B. Harned, and Horace L. Traubel. With additional bibliographical and critical material prepared by Oscar Lovell Triggs, Ph.D. New York, The Knickerbocker Press: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1902.The Paumanok Edition. Limited to 300 numbered sets printed on Ruisdael hand-made paper (o... more information