Search Results: Titles starting with C from Sawtooth Rare Books

New York: Knopf, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Mendelsohn on the title page.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982. First edition. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. No fading to the spine. Signed and inscribed by McMurtry on the front free end paper.

New York: Viking, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket. A couple of short creases to the top of the dust jacket spine that have been taped on the inside of the jacket. Price of $22.95 present on front flap. All in all a lovely copy of this bulky book. This was Reisner's seminal work on water, irrigation and development of the American West. An important look at the politics and economics of water development in the arid Western United States, even more important as climate change alters the landscape and water resources. First printings have become uncommonly scarce.

West Branch: Morning Coffee Press, 1984. Limited edition. Pamphlet. Pamphlet. Limited edition. Limited Edition. A fine copy. This is number 546 of 600 copies. Oblong octavo. String-tied Japanese-style binding with striped paper wrapper and printed paper label. Signed by the author. Photos available on request.

New York: Hastings House, 1939. First edition, first printing. hardcover. hardcover. First edition, first printing. A good to very good book in light green coarse-weave cloth with dark green lettering with soiling and staining to the spine and boards. Offsetting to the front and rear endpapers. Book is second state of the first printing with Federal Writers/Project on the spine more than equidistant between the title and imprint. The supplied very good jacket is a later issue with a price of $4.50 on the front flap and 14 guide titles listed on the rear flap. Contains the original map in the rear pocket.

New York: New Directions Books, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Offsetting to the endpapers. Some wear a the jacket extremities and light soiling to the rear panel.

New York: Ecco, 2012. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. By the author of Independence Day and Lay of the Land. Signed by the author on the half title page.

New York: Knopf, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Previous owners name on front endpaper. The author's second novel. Signed by Ozick on the title page. Signed by the author.

Toronto: Little, Brown, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An uncommonly nice copy of the Monette's scarce first book, a collection of poetry. A tight, unread copy.

Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. Anthology of poetry by 75 poets who examined the the brutality and mayhem of the Vietnam War. Among the poets are Robert Bly, Hayden Carruth, Gustav Hasford, James Laughlin, Denise Levertov, Thomas McGuane, Richard Shelton and William Stafford. Signed by the author and editor W. D. Ehrhart.

Port Townsend: Copper Canyon, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page.

New York: Counterpoint, 2000. First edition. hardcover. hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Salter set out to revise his second novel, The Arm of Flesh. Instead he wound up rewriting it from start to finish and this book is the result. Signed by the author on the title page.

New York: Viking, 1978. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Oblong quarto. Front board is splayed, maybe from moisture. Jacket is worn at the front flap fold. Poems by Ted Hughes. Poetry by Ted Hughes. 27 full-page black & white illustrations by Leonard Baskin who illustrated many of Hughes' books. Critics frequently call Hughes one of the best poets of his generation, and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.

New York: Everest House, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a close to fine dust jacket. Price clipped. Many say this is the one of the finest baseball novels ever written. A look at turn-of-the century America as immigrants make their way up the economic ladder, using baseball and New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson as a narrative backdrop.

Washington DC: Department of the Interior, 1949. A very good book in blue stiff boards. Contains many maps and statistical tables on potential for development of dams and irrigation projects in California's Central Valley. This is Senate Document 113, 81st Congress, First session. Library stamps on a couple of pages and library label on lower spine.

Norman, Okla: University of Oklahoma, 1995. First edition. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Stated first edition. Part of The Oklahoma Western Biographies series. A biography of Farm union leader and organizer Cesar Chavez.

New York: Norton, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Wear to the head of the dust jacket and some soiling to the rear panel of the jacket and front fold. Price clipped. This is the authorized autobiography of farm labor leader Cesar Chavez that was published just as the Farm Workers Union was winning labor contracts with California growers. Signed by Chavez on the half title page. Signature only.

New York: Viking, 2011. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First edition. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Some offsetting to the front panel and sunning to the jacket spine. This is a biography of farmer labor leader Cesar Chavez and a history of the movement to unionize farm worker in the United States, especially in the Central Valley of California. The author spent years covering rural poverty in California and Chavez as a reporter for The Fresno Bee.

London: Faber and Faber, 2012. First British edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. The most recent novel by the author of The True History of the Kelly Gang and Oscar and Lucinda. Signed by the author on the title page.