Search Results: Authors starting with R from Black Paw Books

Minneapolis, Minnesota: Privately Printed, n.d.. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 28 pp. Black & white text illustrations. Stapled wraps. Minor soiling to wraps.

Pamplona, Institucion Principe de Viana, 1965. Softcover. Good+. Spanish language work by German officer who served in the Carlist army in Spain during the 1830s. Wraps are browned and spine slightly cocked. Top corner of book block and wraps is bumped. Pages remain clean and unmarked. Includes 2 fold-out maps.

Marty Count Council, 1992. Very Good. Quarto, [56] pp. In wraps. From private collection. Corners show a little wear. Sticker mark on back. Scarce.

New York: Sky Books Press, Ltd, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Six main features cover the British evacuation of Dunkirk, the D-Day landings in Normany, the airborne landing at Arnhem, the Battle of the Bulge, the air attachs on the Ruhr Dam, and Nazi Nuremburg. Quarto, paginated by section (approx. 200 pp). Black cloth boards. From private collection. Light wear to edges of dust jacket.

University of Califonia, Berkeley: Institute of Business and Economic Research, 1971. Softcover. Very Good. Stated preliminary draft. Quarto, 122 single-sided pages. Staple bound with stiff card stock wraps. 3 fold-out black & white maps. From the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer and historian David Herbert Donald. Clean, unmarked copy.

Orient Longmans, 1970. Hardcover. Good+. Overview and history of India's civil services, with chapters on recruitment and training, organization, discipline, and suggested remedies. From the collection of Frederick A. Hagar. Octavo, 344 pp. Gray cloth binding. Cover shows some soiling from shelf wear. Prev. owner's name on ffep. Faint spotting to edges of book block. Pages remain clean and unmarked (no underlining); binding, square and tight.

Bombay: Shakuntala Publishing House, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scholarly work on F. Max Mueller (1823-1900), who was a prominent German philologist and Orientalist, known for his work on the translation and study of the sacred texts of India. Quarto, 176 pp. Green cloth backstrip over paper-covered boards. Indian printing. From private collection. Dust jacket shows heavy edgewear.

Beaufort Books, 1986. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. In 'Sound the Retreat", Simon Raven details the hectic death throes of the Indian Empire, when tradition and honor were giving way to riot, nationalism, and hatred. The second part of Simon Raven's acclaimed Alms for Oblivion series begins in 1945, at the end of World War II. British colonial rule in India is slowly disintegrating. Peter Morrison arrives at the Officer Training School as one of a batch of one hundred Indian Army Infantry Cadets during turbulent times, just as the army leadership is turned over to the Indians. With the Empire's demise at hand, only a few of the cadets will ever be officers in India or anywhere in the Far East." Stated First American Edition. Octavo, 258 pp. Blue cloth backstrip over cream paper-covered boards. Top edge of text block dust-stained with faint foxing along fore-edge, else Fine. Dust jacket shows some rubbing to edges.

Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publishing, 1990. Softcover. Very Good. 12mo, 259 pp. In wraps. From the personal library of Pulitzer Prize-winning Lincoln biographer and historian David Herbert Donald. Clean, unmarked copy.

London: John Murray, 1896. Hardcover. Good+. Contemporary biography of English academic and Anglican clergyman Harvey Goodwin, who served as the Bishop of Carlisle from 1869 until his death in 1891. Octavo, xi, 372 pp. + 28 pp. publisher's adverts. Blue cloth binding. From private collection. Cloth shows heavy rubbing. Corners of boards and text block gently bumped. Offered here as a solid reading copy.

Oxford University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Contributed work explores the emergence of entrepreneurs and industry in India during the colonial period. They also illustrate aspects of the investment behavior of the various European and Indian communities (e.g. the Parsis and the Marwaris) involved in business and industry. Octavo, pp. [ix], 263. In black cloth binding. From private collection. Prev. owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Pages remain clean and unmarked; binding, tight. In clean dust jacket.

Raynor Inventory Mangement Service Publications, 2007. Hardcover. Near Fine. Historically accurate reference guide for the Confederate enthusiast, with complete autographic and holographic exemplars of the leading Confederate Commanders both civilian and military. Each with detailed military biography accompanied by period photograph. Biographies for service with the Confederate States of America include dates of promotion, participation in key battles, casualty records and more. This reference book also provides the collector with autograph collector lists that will assist the Confederate autograph enthusiast to better define their unique collecting interest." Inscribed by author to previous owner on front free endpaper. Limited edition (no. 32 of a limited edition of 100 copies). Quarto (11" tall), 260 pp. Leatherette binding with decorative gilt-stamping to upper board. From private collection. Clean, unmarked copy. No dust jacket (presumed as issued).

Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas, Department of Journalism Press, 1935. Softcover. Very Good. Political and social history of periodical that exercised great influence during the early years of the "Robinocracy." Octavo, 38 pp. Stiff wraps. From private collection. Edges of wraps are a little agetoned.

Boston: J.H. Daniels & Son, 1895. Softcover. Very Good+. An 'America' Testimonial Souvenir has been published for the benefit of Dr. Smith...and is handsomely designed, and printed on heavy paper with covers in two colors, and contains: Origin of 'America' Testimonial, with facsimile signatures of leading citizens of Boston and New England. Portrait of Dr. Smith, with autograph. Biography of Dr. Smith. Facsimile of 'America' manuscript. Music and words of 'America'. Dr. Smith in his library on Washington's birthday, 1895. How 'America' was written by Dr. Smith. Dr. Smith's residence at Newton Centre. Reception Committee of Eighty-six, and Executive Committee." Commemorative brochure honoring Samuel Francis Smith, who wrote "America." (The song served as a de facto national anthem until 1931.) 200 x 175 mm. 32 pp. Blue stapled wraps. From private collection. Wraps show minor wear included small split along heel of spine. Pages remain clean and unmarked.

Privately Printed, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. Grangerized copy of Senator David A. Reed's unpublished work on Pennsylvania Republicans. Book consists mostly of short (one-paragraph) biographical sketches of leading Republicans. Quarto, 102 pp. Brown leatherette binding with single-sided typescript bound with clips. Previous owner (unknown) has pasted newspaper clipping and other articles related to Abraham Lincoln and his assassination onto the first 42 pages.

Cohasco Publication, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. This detailed and well organized collection of autographs, is the definitive resource for referencing Confederate personages. Quarto, 225 pp. Brown buckram cloth binding. From private collection. Several pages show penciled price; pages are otherwise clean and unmarked; binding, tight. No bookplates or signatures. Dust jacket is faded along spine and worn along top edge and crown of spine.

Eugene, Oregon: Pulphouse Publishing, 1991. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo, 103 pp. Card stock wraps. Minor wear to upper corner of book block. Small sticker mark on front.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Once in a Blue Moon, 1980. Softcover. Very Good. Everything you ever wanted to know about WorldCon Masquerades--with photos to match." 1980 magazine appears to be a cross between cosplay and burlesque. Quarto, 50 pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs. From private collection. Wraps show faint foxing along edges. Pages remain clean and unmarked. Scarce.

Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, 1960. Softcover. Good+. Author was was on the Bedford County Record Office staff and a frequent contributor to the Bedfordshire Magazine. Octavo, 256 pp. In wraps. From private collection of Boston historian Frederick A. Hagar. Name printed inside book. Pages remain clean and unmarked; many leaves remain unopened. Wraps are browned and show some soiling along spine.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: New England Science Fiction Association, 1984. Softcover. Good. Quarto (11" x 8.5") 74 pp. Stapled binding. From private collection. Sticker scuff on back Last page may be missing (no back wrap--ends with page 74. Pls. see images).