Search Results: Authors starting with R from Boreas Books

An outstanding copy of this title with boards and text block in near new condition. Dust jacket unclipped with very slight shelf wear to extremities. Clean, bright tight copy in collector's condition.

Artist proof linocut print inspired by Gabrielle Barnby's poem 'Peace-Land' (ISBN 978-1-912889-05-1). The print measures 30cm by 21cm and is printed on Fabriano paper. Robinson R R has a studio on Orkney. The print is sold unframed. Barnby's verse reads,Islands that nested a fleetAnd paid over their sons.One in five lost,Far more than were due.The dice were bad,One, two, three, four, five,They couldn't get a decent roll.

First UK edition of Underdog by William Riley Burnett the crime thriller author many of whose books were snapped up by Hollywood and made into films. The film adaptation of his 'Little Caesar' is considered to be the first of the classic American gangster movies. Unclipped dust jacket with some chips and abrasions to extremities. Some dust to top edge of text block.

Curiously, the dust jacket uses 'For Ever' while the title page uses 'Forever'. Good vintage Burnett story about confidence trickster who is persuaded to put off his retirement to fleece the sucker to end all suckers. The story was taken up by Hollywood as subject of 1946 film. A very good copy with dust to top edge with slight browning to page edges as the book was published to 'War Economy Standard' corners of boards with slight bumping. Orange cloth boards with white lettering to spine. Dust jacket with browning to edges and tanning to spine and some chipping to extremities and loss to top of spine top.

Book in very, very good condition with bright, clean, tight text block. Dust cover in very good condition with some little shelf wear to top and tail. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. 247 pages. Illustrated by J S Goodall. This is the true first edition of 1958, Michael Joseph published an American edition one year later in 1959 with the same dust jacket design. A scarce book as a first edition and a rare book with dust jacket. 'Storm in the Village' is the third of Miss Read's Fairacre books. Please view photographs for additional information regarding condition.

Green cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. Book in very good condition with neat ownership inscription to front end page. Dust jacket with some chipping to edges. 63 pages. Please see photographs for further information regarding condition.

From the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh section B (Biology) Vol. LXVI - Part II (No 7). Robert Rendall was an extraordinary person who combined his work in the family drapery business with his interests in poetry, theology and conchology. His collection of seaweeds and shells is housed in the Stromness Museum. The book is in very good condition with no inscriptions.

Collection of poems by renowned Orcadian poet, conchologist and historian. His other books include, amongst others, 'Orkney Variants', 'Shore Poems', 'The Hidden Land', and 'The Orkney Shore'. 48 pages. Some minor dust soiling. Please see photographs for further information on condition.

A tight copy with some age tanning to pages. Neat previous owner's name on front end paper,