Search Results: Authors starting with R from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1934. Thick 8vo. clxxiv, 284 pp. Map. Brick red cloth, gilt lettrng (slght bmpng couple crnrs), w/ d.j. (slght edgewear, rubbng), VG/VG. First edition, thus of this translation and critical edition of Rabelais famed satire, Gargantua, originally published in 1893, this edition was revised and corrected with authors later notes and corrections. This volume was all that was published at the University Press for this printing.

[London]: Abbey Library, [ca. 1950]. Thick 8vo. xxxviii, 730 pp. Numerous plates, illusts., illust. endpapers. Beige cloth, gilt lettrng (uniform light toning), w/ d.j. (mnr chppng, edgewear, creasng frnt cvr), NF/G. First edition, thus, of this classic erotic satires.

New York: Portland House, [1989]. Folio. 284, [2] pp. 100s of text illusts., 100 colour plates. Burgundy boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (very slght edgewear), F/Nf. First Portland House edition, 2nd printing, of this stunning encyclopedia of design and decorative art.

Los Angeles, CA & [Providence, RI]: The Institute of Family Relations, 607 South Hill St., 1938. Two pieces. 1st - 8vo. [4 pp (unpaginated).], self-printed softcovers, photo illust. of Popenoe on front cover (crease fold from mailing, minor dustsoiling); 2nd - 4to. 8.5 x 11 in. [1 leaf]. TLS on letterhead, “Copy” and Osborn’s initials in ink (crease folds, wear & minor tears at folds, some age toning), still VG- set. These two scarce original promotional brochure and TLS reflect the ongoing efforts by prominent eugenicist Paul Popenoe, dubbed “the father of marriage counseling” to spread and inculcate followers into his racist eugenics policies. The letter to the YMCA at Brown University to drum up speaking tour dates from the Institute’s Educational Director, Loran Osborn writes that “his [Popenoe’s] fee is $100 per day . . . and he is perfectly willing to speak two of three times in a day. . . .” His speaking subjects included “A Biological View of the Jewish Problem,” “The… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. 8vo. 123, [1] pp. Colour frntsp., 5 colour plates, text illusts. Green cloth, dark blue lettering & illust. on front cover, blue lettering on spine (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing, w/o ffep.), w/ d.j. cover art by Rackham (minor dustsoiling, edgewear, couple very minor closed tears, creasing), still VG-/VG copy. Early Rackham illustrated edition of this wonderful fairy tale, and the first book in the Peter Pan Books for Little Children rewritten by May Byron.

London & New York: William Heinemann, & Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. 4to. 136 pp. Illustrated title in green & black, tipped-in colour frontisp., 14 tipped-in colour plates. Quarter-green publisher’s cloth over illustrated green speckled boards, cover art on covers & spine by Rackham, illustrated endpapers by Rackham (edgewear, rubbing, minor wear & bumping to corners, minor scuffing to spine), still a VG- copy, from the library of Anne “Nita” Wilson Patton (1887-1971), sister to General George S. Patton (1885-1945). First trade edition of this tragic German tale of changelings, water-sprites, and fated love inspired by the occult works of Paracelsus, detailing how the mermaid water-sprite could gain a human soul by marrying a mortal. Motte Fouque’s story reportedly inspired Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Mermaid.”

New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [1950]. 8vo. ix, [1], 242 pp. Green boards, gray & blk lettrng (slght shlfwr, vry slght bmpng to crnrs), w/ d.j. great cover art by Galdone (mnr creasng, shlfwr), VG/VG-. First edition of this anthology of biographies about twelve crime-catchers, behind-the-scenes sleuths who cleared up cases that baffled the police.

Springfield, MA & New York, NY: Radcraft Publications, Inc., May, 1937. 4to. pp. 641-704. Photo illustrations, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of fireboat “Super-Power ‘P.A.’” directing fire-fighters (minor edgewear, dustsoiling to spine, some scuffing, creasing to upper corner), still VG- copy. First edition of this installment of the famed science & technology magazine founded by Gernsback (1884-1967). Of particular interest is the description of the sound system installed in the Manhattan Opera House for Max Reinhardt’s lavish pageant of Jewish biblical history and persecution using the orchestration and music of Leopold Stokowski (mostly lost). The famed production attempted to alert the world to the plight of German Jews under Nazism, and featured an elaborate five level set designed by Norman Bel Geddes.

Springfield, MA & New York, NY: Radcraft Publications, Inc., April, 1937. 4to. pp. 577-640. Photo illustrations, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of motorcycle police officer tracking speeders (minor edgewear, dustsoiling to spine, some scuffing), still VG- copy. First edition of this installment of the famed science & technology magazine founded by Gernsback (1884-1967) who launched Amazing Stories in 1926, and the annual World Science Fiction Convention award the “Hugo” is awarded in his name.

Springfield, MA & New York, NY: Radcraft Publications, Inc., August, 1937. 4to. pp. 65-128. Photo illustrations, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of Television News broadcast truck (minor edgewear, dustsoiling to spine, some scuffing), still VG copy. First edition of this installment of the famed science & technology magazine founded by Gernsback (1884-1967), with this issue focusing on the nascent television industry, including building a television receiver, developments in “high-fidelity” television, and make-up tips for aspiring television stars.

Chicago, IL: Popular Book Corporation, March, 1935. 4to. pp. 641-704. Photo illustrations, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, ccover art of couple in separate beds w/ husband wearing headphones and focused on his Short Wave Craft magazine (minor edgewear, dustsoiling to spine, some scuffing), still VG copy. First edition of this installment of the famed science & technology magazine founded by Gernsback (1884-1967), reviewing many of the latest developments in Short Wave radio prior to World War II.

[New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co.], May 13, 1922. 4to. 28, 1099-1154, 29-72 pp. Over 100 illustrated ads, numerous photos, diagrams, maps, charts. Salmon-coloured printed & illustrated softcovers w/ ads on front & back (very minor chipping foot of spine, minor dustsoiling, edgewear), still VG- copy, stapled as issued. First edition, thus, of this installment in the noted trade magazine.

Cincinnati, OH: Adams Express Company, March 1, 1882. 8vo. [10], 87, [1] pp., w/ added leaf of errata inserted printed on yellow-tinted paper. With 67 pp. of table columns for tariffs and currency rates neatly filled out in ink manuscript, numerous stations added in manuscript. Contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, printed Adams-Express Company, Western Division label mounted on front cover, “Cincinnati, OH, 1882” in ink manuscript at lower edge of label (minor chipping head & foot of spine, minor chipping to 1 corner, wear to other corners, minor soot soiling to endpapers), still a VG copy. First edition, thus, of this exceedingly scarce Adams Express Co. in-house manual for a Cincinnati, OH Express Co. agent which provided a quick tariff and shipping rate reference for the company’s lines, all neatly filled out in contemporary hand with point-to-point rates. Some of the “Western Division” lines were still under construction such as the Grand Rapids & Indiana RR, Louisville, New… Read More

New York: Street Railway Publishing Co., 1897. 8vo. [8], 268 pp. With 139 text illustrations, diagrams, photos, plates. Blue-green publisher’s cloth, embossed ruling on covers, gilt lettering on spine, patterned endpapers (minor light uniform interior toning, inner hinges starting, minor tear to gutter margin of ffep.), still VG- copy, w/ ownership markings of Adolf Kuylenstjerne. First edition of this informative Victorian work on powering electric railways, trolleys, interurbans, and heavy railways. Dr. Bell (1864-1923) was an active proponent of the conversion from steam engines to electricity for railways, not only for the cost savings, but also the increased efficiencies, less maintenance, and more horsepower. See: Warren Devine, Jr., An Historical Perspective on the Value of Electricity in American Manufacturing (1982), pp. 19-20.

San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, [1976]. 4to. 125, [3] pp. Double-page photo-illust. title in orange & black, over 200 photo illustrations. Brown simulated calf boards, gilt lettering on spine, w/ d.j. wraparound photo cover art (minor chipping & wear to spine, closed tear), NF/G copy. Early printing, of this history of the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad interurban line which grew from the modest Waukegan trolley line in the 1890’s to the Electroliners of the early 1960’s before closing down in 1963.

Edmonds, WA: Pacific Fast Mail, [1987]. 4to. 319, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., 100s of photo illustrations throughout, 84 maps, pictorial maps on endpapers. Light gray-green publisher’s boards, green lettering (scotch tape ghosting at fore-edges from old brodart, minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art by Bill Pirie of Big Baldwin Trestle (minor edgewear, couple closed tears), still VG-/VG- copy. First edition of this invaluable history of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Oregon, including nearly 500 photos, and 84 maps including the specific USGS topographic route maps. Of special interest is the large fold-out section which reproduces the entire Eugene RR yard.

Seattle: Superior Publishing, [1972]. 4to. 192 pp. Photo frntsp., illust. title, 100s of photo illusts. (many in colour), maps. White & black cloth, red lettering (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art of electrified Bi-Polar E-2 locomotive (slight scuffing, shelfwear), NF/NF copy. First edition, stated, of this excellent history of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company and its routes through Montana, Idaho, and Washington.

[Portland, OR: Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway System, Oregon Trunk Ry, Oregon Electric Ry], April 27, 1958. 4to. 12 pp. With photo illustrations, route map. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art photo on back showing the 1908 Golden Spike ceremony (slight shelfwear), NF copy. First edition of scarce SP&S Railway time table, which followed the Columbia River between Vancouver and Pasco, up the Snake river, and through Eastern Washington towards Spokane. The railroad was jointly owned by the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway. No copies located in Worldcat.

Bend, OR & Omaha, NE: Union Pacific Railroad Co., Dept. of Traffic, 1945. Twelve pieces. Two 4to. TLS, 1 on thin onion-skin paper, the other on thicker paper stock; Two architectural drawings of offices, one sample of Union Pacific offices in Milwaukee, WI, the other in pencil on onion skin of offices in Bend, OR; 8 silver gelatin photos, sized 8 x 10 in., all with excellent contrast. This intriguing grouping opens with a letter from the Union Pacific Dept. of Traffic offices in Omaha requesting photos and floor plan of each Union Pacific office in the system, including that of E.S. Farrell in Bend, Oregon during World War II. To meet this requirement, Farrell secured eight different photos of the office interior and exterior, as well as furnishings, along with a manuscript blueprint mapping out all the principal aspects of the offices. Two of the images show the large double-sided porcelain Union Pacific sign hanging from a wrought iron bracket, painted glass sign, and interior advertising. The… Read More

[Modesto, CA]: Guy L. Dunscomb, [1972]. 4to. 496 pp. Illust. title in green & black, with 800 photos & text illustrations throughout, 2 colour plates, 18 division maps. Green embossed publisher’s boards (scotch tape ghosting at fore-edges from old brodart, edgewear, minor chipping), w/ d.j. cover art of the progression of Steam Locomotives (edgewear, creasing, some rubbing), G/G copy, signed by the author on the title. Second edition, 2nd printing, signed, of this exceptional reference work detailing the steam locomotives and the Southern Pacific railroads extending from the Pacific Ocean to the Great Salt Lake sprawling over eight states and Mexico.