Titles starting with C from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

B&w postcard showing C. E. Lofgren in uniform, holding collar of seated husky sled dog, with C. E. Lofgren signature in blue at lower edge of card. With an inscription in Lofgren's hand reading "Best wishes C. E. Lofgren, Byrd Antarctic Expedition". Both sides of card clean, unposted, very good. ... more information

B&w postcard showing husky sled dog, with C. E. Lofgren signature in dark blue at lower end of card, across dog's white legs. One small crease at left edge, front of card; verso clean, unposted, very good. ... more information

London:: Vanity Fair.. Noted rower of the day, published March 29th 1900. Vanity Fair was an English magazine that published satirical caricatures from 1868–1914. The handsome chromolithographs are prized for their portraits of important scientists, sportsmen, judges & politicians. Approximately 20 x 36 cm. ... more information

Minneapolis:. 1933.. First edition. 1/4 cloth. Very good. Folio (14" x 17 5/8"). [64] unnumbered pages. Pale blue cloth-backed boards. beige paper-covered boards,with decoraqtion, American color maps on endpapers. Illustrated with full-page reproductions of detailed crayon etchings by Margaret Bradbury of some of the public buildings, homes, schools, businesses, etc. throughout the United States which used Minneapolis-Honeywell Modutrol heatings systems. Small tear top of spine markings on board... more information

New York:: Albert & Charles Boni,. 1928.. Ninth printing. Very good. 8vo, 230pp, top edge green. Signed by the author. Light gray cloth boards with title in blue on front cover and on spine. Front and back covers are slightly dusty and spine slightly sunned. A light, unobtrusive mark across front cover. Internally very good. ... more information

London:. ca. 1840.. Copper engraved print of a Christmas cactus with the fruit, hand colored at the time. 6 x 7 1/2". We have many other botanical prints. ... more information

London:: Cassell & Co,. 1925.. First UK edition. vo, 308pp, frontis. Orig. tan cloth, black title and decoration. A bit rubbed at extremes o/w vg+. Spence 68. ... more information

Beaumont Press,. 1923.. Limited edition; first edition. Very good +. 8vo, 62pp, b&w illus. Green and mauve floral patterned boards with one quarter off white linen cloth spine. Title in gilt on linen spine. Spine is slightly sunned, and front and back cover have a very narrow sunned strip at the top of each board. Internally immaculate. Small book shop label at base of inside back cover. This volume is number 355 of a limited edition of 390 copies, on hand made paper, with illustrations by Randolph Schw... more information

Nuremburg:. 1640.. Second & preferred edition?. Published in an edition of 300 in 1613, the Hortus Eysttensis is the earliest large folio botanical and is considered one of the greatest botanical books ever created. This is a very strong impression, with an early hand notating the species names in German below the label for each flower. Archivally framed. The fresh, strong impression & absence of any bleed-through of text from the verso would suggest that this is the second & preferred editi... more information

New York:: Arno Press,. 1976.. Limited edition. Hardcover. A history of American lithography in California. One of a limited edition of 501 copies, of which this is number 404. Reprint of the 1935 edition by Doubleday, Doran, and Company, Garden City. 4to, 227 pages, b&w illus throughout, plus 12 color plates. Cream cloth boards with brown title at front cover inside blind stamped rectangular frame. Title in brown at cream spine. Spine is very slightly marked at base. Internally, near fine, bright and c... more information

Hardcover. George G. Harrap, London, 1962 . 188 PP with 1 map, 8 pp ills. Hard cover, dj . An account of a British expedition to Antarctica during the whaling season of 1960-61.with dust jacket vgc. ... more information

Watkins, Lura Woodside. Cambridge Glass 1818 to 1888. The Story of the New England Glass Company. Little Brown & Co, Boston 1930, 1st edition. 8vo, 199pp, b&w ills throughout. Orig. blue gilt cloth, pic. pastedown on front cover, printed dj slt. dusty o/w fine/fine. ... more information

London:: Winchester Publications,. 1950.. Hardcover. Large 8vo, 160pp and photographs. The author was the official photographer on the R.S.S. Discovery II 's circumpolar Cruise of 1937- 1938. With chipped d/j, vg. Spence 1029. ... more information

Ross, Alan. Camp Summer and the Australians in England. Hamish Hamilton, London 1957. 255pp. Red cloth vg+ in ruffled dj. Photo plates in text. Cricket- the 1956 Australia vs. England cricket test series, and the S. African test series. ... more information

Hardcover. A.H. and A.W. Reed, Wellington 1976, 1st edition. 8vo, xii, 182pp with 1 drawing, 3 maps, Hardboard w vg d/j. New Zealand territory in sub- Antarctic. ... more information

Voltaire. Candide ou l'Optimisme. Editions Nilsson, Paris 1928. One of the edition of 100, With original illustrated wraps & 6 superb tipped-in color pochoir prints by Robert Polack. edge of the wraps worn and torn. Royal 8vo, 211pp, half title. Tissue wrapper slt. chipped at head & foot of spine, o/w a very nice copy of an amazing production. ... more information

France:. 1880.. Chromolithograph, 2 1/2" x 4". The front shows a large red canna lily to the left, an aborigine crouching at the front, with a weapon, and two emu, one running. The verso of the card has some text on the plant, Canna ou Balisier, and text advertising chocolate below. In French. Overall, a pleasant card. ... more information

Leader post card.. Ca 1915. Photo by Bursle, showing a street scene in the town, with a large undeveloped lot in the foreground, and residences in the rear. In the distance is Mt. Canobolas. 3 1/2" x 5 3/8" b&w postcard, unused. ... more information

London:: Covici-Friede,. 1930.. Limited edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 999, illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Folio, 2 vols. Natural linen, uncut edges, t.e.g. Spines very slightly darkened, couple very light marks, otherwise a very nice copy. With the original text and the translation printed side by side. ... more information

Trenton:: Albert Brandt,. 1902.. Hardcover. Sml 8vo, b&w frontis, 198pp, b&w illus, ads (ii). Yellow cloth covers with gilt title at front cover and spine. Covers somewhat fox spotted; spine slt faded; internally, very good. This is the author's first work; a book of poetry; the verses in this collection originally appeared in Harper's Weekly, The Youth's Companion, The Saturday Evening Post, Puck, Types, The League of American Wheelmen Bulletin, and the publications of the American Pres... more information