Titles starting with C from Bauman Rare Books

1926. SIGNED. WILDER, Thornton. The Cabala. Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1926. Octavo, tan cloth, in navy and white printed dust jacket. $600. First edition, sixth impression, inscribed by Wilder to his friend Monroe Wheeler: "For Monroe, with the best wishes of his friend. Thornton." Wheeler, former director of Exhibitions and Publications at the Museum of Modern Art, and his lifelong companion, Glenway Wescott, a writer and past President of the American Academ... more information

1910. FIRST EDITION. HILLER, Elizabeth O. The Calendar of Dinners. Chicago: P.F. Volland, circa 1910. Tall, narrow octavo, original cord-bound (top edge) stiff illustrated paper covers. $200. First edition of this scarce and wonderful calendar of dinner recipes—one for each day of the year—selected by "one of America's four famous cooks." "The elegance of the dinner depends upon the choice of viands, their preparation and service, rather than upon the number of courses."... 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

1979. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. MCBAIN, Ed. Calypso. An 87th Precinct Mystery. London: Hamish Hamilton, (1979). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $125. First English edition, inscribed, "To Bob Berry—Thanks for a marvelous interview. Warmest wishes, Evan 'Ed McBain' Hunter." "The 87th Precinct stories [are] the longest, the most varied, and by all odds the most popular police procedural series in the world" (Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers, 1036)... more information

1887. FIRST EDITION. MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard. "Galloping Camel," Plate 739 from Animal Locomotion. [Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1887]. Single large folio sheet, measuring 23-1/2 by 18 inches (colotype image measures 13 by 8-1/2 inches, apart from letterpress); mat size: 24-1/2 by 21-1/2 inches. $4500. Original "Author's Edition" collotype of multiple sequential studies of a camel in gallop, from the most significant photographic work on the natural motion of animals. To... more information

1950. SIGNED. (ADAMS, Ansel). Camera signed. Rochester, New York: Eastman Kodak, circa 1950. Original Brownie Target Six-16 box camera, original yellow pictorial box. $5200. Vintage Kodak Brownie box camera, Target Six-16, with original box inscribed on side panel by Adams: "This is NOT the camera I had in Yosemite in 1916! Mine was a 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 Brownie #1- but almost the same! Ansel Adams, 4-5-80." The life of Ansel Adams was, "in his words, 'colored and modulated by the great eart... more information

1864. FIRST EDITION. TROLLOPE, Anthony. Can You Forgive Her? London: Chapman and Hall, 1864-65. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter russet calf, black morocco spine labels, raised bands. $1600. First edition in book form of the first novel in Trollope's fascinating Palliser series, works he considered "the best productions of his literary life," illustrated with 40 engraved plates, many by H.K. Browne ("Phiz"). Anthony Trollope's Can You Forgive Her?--the first of ... more information

1821. SIGNED. SOUTHEY, Robert. Carmen Triumphale, for the Commencement of the Year 1814. Carmina Aulica. Written in 1814, on the arrival of the Allied Sovereigns in England. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821. Small, slim octavo, original paper boards respined, uncut and partially unopened. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $3500. Second edition, presentation copy inscribed to Wordsworth, inscribed in Southey's hand, "William Wordsworth from Robert Southey," and signed by Wor... more information

1806. WALPOLE, Horace. A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland. London: John Scott, 1806. Five volumes. Octavo, contemporary full black straight-grain morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and boards, all edges gilt. $1100. First enlarged edition, edited by Thomas Park, beautifully bound with 125 aquatint portraits. First published in 1758 in two volumes at Walpole's famous Strawberry Hill Press, this Catalogue contains extensive notes on famous British autho... more information

1937. (SEGOVIA, Andres) KOECKERT, Gustave. Chansons Populaires Espagnoles. Geneva: Henn, 1937. Quarto, original wrappers; pp.29. $600. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title page by the publisher, "A l'incomparable artiste et grand patriote Andres Segovia. Ad. Henn." Scored for voice and piano. A fine presentation copy from the collection of Andres Segovia. ... more information

1726. FIRST EDITION. (MASSACHUSETTS ACTS AND LAWS). The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. WITH: Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. Boston: B. Green, 1726-27. Folio, period-style full paneled calf, raised bands, black morocco spine label; pp. [2], 14, [2], 354, 17. $4000. First edition, scarce colonial printing of the Massachusetts charter and laws, with... more information

1742. FIRST EDITION. (MASSACHUSETTS ACTS AND LAWS). The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. WITH: Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. Boston: Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green, 1742. Folio, modern full dark red calf, raised bands. $4800. Scarce colonial printing of the charter and laws within the Massachusetts Bay province, one of the earliest and subseque... more information

1767. FIRST EDITION. (RHODE ISLAND). The Charter Granted by His Majesty, King Charles II. To The Governor and Company of The English Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence-Plantations, in New-England, in America. Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, Printer to the Honorable General Assembly, 1767. Folio, period style full speckled brown calf gilt, red morocco spine label, raised bands, marbled endpapers. $4800. Exceedingly rare 1767 Rhode Island Acts and Laws, one of only 200 copies, printed with the 1663 Roya... more information

1914. SIGNED. SHACKLETON, Ernest. Check signed. London: Lloyds Bank Limited, June 27, 1914. Printed check measures 8-1/4 by 4-1/4 inches. Handsomely matted and framed with photographic portrait. $4800. Check from the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition to supply the ill-fated Endurance expedition, signed by Shackleton as expedition commander. Handsomely framed with portrait. Shackleton embarked in 1914 in the Endurance to make the first crossing of the Antarctic continent-1800 miles from sea to sea. But ... more information

1732. (SAINT-HYACINTHE, Themiseul de). Le Chef d'Oeuvre d'un Inconu, Poëme heureusement découvert & mis au jour, avec des remarques savantes & recherchées, par M. le Docteur Chrisostome Matanasius. The Hague: Husson, 1732. Two volumes. 12mo, contemporary full sheep gilt, blind armorial stamp on center of each upper board, raised bands, tan morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. $1500. Sixth edition of the popular "Masterpiece of an Unknown," first published i... more information

1844. CORNEILLE, Pierre. Chefs-d'Oeuvres Dramatiques. Paris: Lefevre, 1844. Two volumes. 12mo, early 20th-century full green morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and covers, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $250. Later edition of Corneille's theatrical works, handsomely bound. "Corneille has been called by his countrymen the Shakespeare of France" (Lowndes, 524). This third edition in French of his dramas contains a brief biography and critiques of each of the play... more information

1895. FIRST EDITION. BIRD, Henry Edward. Chess Novelties and Their Latest Developments with Comparisons of the Progress of Chess Openings of the Last Century and the Present not Dealt with in Existing Works. London and New York: Frederick Warne, 1895. Small octavo, original red pictorial cloth gilt, patterned endpapers. $400. First edition of Bird's sixth and final book on chess. "Well known for his rapidity, dash, and eccentric openings, Bird was the most popular referee of his time and answere... more information

1887. FIRST EDITION. MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard. "Child Crawling," Plate 471 from Animal Locomotion. [Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1887]. Single large folio sheet, measuring 23-1/2 by 18 inches (colotype image measures 15-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches, apart from letterpress); mat size: 26-3/4 by 20-1/2 inches. $4500. Original "Author's Edition" collotype of multiple sequential studies of a child crawling, from the most significant photographic work on the natural motion of animals. T... more information

1845. FIRST EDITION. NORTON, Caroline. The Child of the Islands. A Poem. London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. Royal octavo, contemporary full brown crushed morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spines and boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. $850. First edition, splendidly bound by Rivière. Mrs. Caroline Norton, daughter of Thomas Sheridan and grand-daughter to statesman and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan, was devoted to the cause of those less fortunate throughout her privileged life... more information

2001. FIRST EDITION. (PHOTOGRAPHY) THOMPSON, Kathleen and MAC AUSTIN, Hilary, eds. Children of the Depression. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, (2001). Quarto, original blue-gray cloth, original dust jacket. $150. First edition of this arresting and poignant collection of Farm Security Administration photographs documenting the plight of Depression-era children, with over 150 black-and-white images. From the collection of award-winning photojournalist Peter Turnley. "It's ... more information