Search Results: Authors starting with R from Deja Vu Books

Metamora Michigan: The American Driving Society, 1989. Stapled softcover binding clean and tight. Looks unread. Faint remains of price sticker on front cover only mark on front cover, looks like a sticker removed from back cover too. Interior clean. 55 pages includes recommended reading list and an appendix of driving tests and glossary.. Illus. by sketches and line drawings. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Paris: Association "Courses Et Elevage", 1950. Soft boards with firm dark cloth spine. Illustration on front of racehorse Ajax with jockey mounted. Approx 200 pages, clean and binding secure. Glossy pages. A summary of the 1950 TB racing year with lots of advetisements and photos. A section on Inbreeding in Theory and in Practice; The second Semester of Racing in Great Britain, France and Ireland; Racing in the US during 1950; The Second Semester in Italy. Number three of a quarterly publication for the international racing world. 100's of photos, plus race charts, results, lists, standings, etc. Frame by frame description of the 1950 Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe won by Tantieme - along with the same description of other prominent races of that year including Middleground's Kentucky Derby over Hill Prince. A very interesting, unique and collectible horse-racing item.. Illus. by Jacquot, Emile Adam, and Others. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Bodley Head, 1957. Orange hardcover binding lightly soiled with just barely bumped corners is square and tight. Looks like illustration of Sow Cloud from dustjacket glued on ffep. 159 pages, some light soiling and foxing, but interior tight. Ken sees a gray horse in the upper pasture and learns that the horse is running loose because he hates grown men and his young master has gone away. Ken decides to try to tame the horse hoping the owner never returns.. Illus. by Hofbauer, Imre. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Doubleday, Doran and Company 1st 1928 Good condition. No dj. Brown cloth binding has some edgewear, corners bumped, light soiling. Text has slightly yellowing pages, not brittle, else clean and tight.. Hardcover.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903. Blue hardcover cloth binding square and tight. Water stain bottom r RH corner of binding, rubbed/bumpted corners, stain s on endpapers, else clean and tight interior. 200 pages.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Virginia: Fauquier County Civil War Centennial Committee, 1965. Red hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Bumped corners. Interior clean with a few penciled notes in margins. written to keep alive the part played by people of Fauquier County at the front and in the home during the years of the Civil War. 201 pages + 31 pages of appendices plus index.. Illus. by photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Henry Holt & Co.- renewal By Carol Watson Rankin, 1931. Gray hardcover cloth cloth binding worn on all edges, sticker on front cover, blue tape bottom of spine to cover id on spine. Split in cloth along spine, bit of tape top of spine to secure that. Boards showing at corners, top and bottom of spine. Sticker ffep, stamp and stray mark front endpapers, date slip and pocket intact back endpapers. Binding a bit shaky but integrity is good. Some smudges - a good reading copy.. Illus. by Stevens, Mary. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Creative Age Press, 1942. Light brown hardcover binding with cloth spine is square and tight, foxing, slight musty smell. Previous owner bookplate ffep, else clean interior. Dj has a few chips and minor rubbing. Protected from further damage in clean brodart jacket. 292 pages. Author's recollections of his life with horses, particularly the Arabian horse of the desert.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good+/Good+.

Ariel Books - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1961. Light brown hardcover binding with cloth spine is square and tight, small dirt spot on front cover which also has decoration of horse's head. Unmarked bookplate fep. 160 pages - clean and tight interior. Dj has a few chips and minor rubbing. Not price-clipped. Protected from damage in clean brodart jacket. Author's recollections of his life with horses, particularly the Arabian horse of the desert.. Illus. by Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Goldsmith Publishing, 1931. Green cloth binding wear to cornes else clean and tight. Pages yellowing, ads in back.. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Dictaphone Sales Corporation, 1935. Red hardcover cloth binding square and tight, lilghtly rubbed corners, slight fray top of spine. 115 pages, clean and tight interior - erased pencil marks on endpapers. Introduction on how we speak, a vocal chart, general lesson plan, phonetic symbols and modifiers. Part II is a series of lesson plans on vowels, consonants, and dipthongs. Includes exercises and practices and a section on informal speech patterns.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1977. Red hardcover binding clean square and tight. 1980 gift inscription ffep. DJ somehwat soiled with a bit of shelfwear. Unpaginated. Sharp, imaginative drawings combine the art and linear verve of Saul Steinberg, the absorbing phantasm of M.C. Escher, and the political sting of David Levine. Brilliant satire.. Illus. by Rauch, Hans-Georg. 8vo - Square. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1904. Light beige hardcover cloth binding soiled, clean and tight. Pictorial cover of dog and baby with red detail and title. Pencil scribbles front endpapers, rest clean and tight. Cracked hinge inside - one signature detached at crack but present. 146 pages. Story of a dog and a young boy.. Illus. by Wager-Smith, Curtis. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Random House, 1943. Folio sized hardcover binding secure and tight, lots of rubbing and soiling to covers. Picture pastedown shows Mary with Baby Jesus and a child-like angel - rubbed spots, small bit of writing. Hinges are good, illustrated endpapers. 36 pages. Yellowing but securely intact with beautiful illustrations.. Illus. by Masha. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1894. Gray hardcover binding with decorations showing little girl leading a horse is a bit soiled, rounded spine, bumped corners, rubbing. Library card in back of book and a very few stamps. Front hinge just starting to crack but binding integrity good. 276 pages with ads in back. Some foxing but interior overall clean. B/W plate with tissue intact at title page. Small b/w illustrations with each chapter title.. Illus. by illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Tell-A-Tale, 1948. Soiled pictorial hardcover binding, bumped corners. Slight hinge crack inside front cover but binding tight and secure. Name on title page, no other marks. Very charming illustrations - simple children's book about what does do various animals say.. Illus. by Read, Isobel. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1st. Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Green hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. DJ has minimal shelfwear, displays nicely in clean Brodart. Interior clean and tight. 124 pages.. Illus. by Goodall, J.S.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1964. Blue boards binding light wear, else clean square and tight. Bookplate ffep. Interior light foxing. Color frontispiece illus. B/W throughout. 68 pages. Children's Christian fiction.. Illus. by Illustrated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1953. Blue-gray hardcover cloth binding with red imprint of Cocker Spaniel face on front has some soiling, ex-library with spine sticker, cocked spine, rubbing top and bottom of spine and rubbed corners. No dustjacket, but DJ flap glued inside front cover along with library date slip. Remains of tape marks on endpapers. Back dj flap with author and illustrator bios glued inside back cover. Hinge cracked before last free endpaper, A color illustration of a black cocker spaniel is glued opposite copyright page - maybe from original dustjacket? Interior text block is clean and solid, some foxing. A good reading copy. 213 pages. Davy Edwards goes west to help show his beloved dogs, but along the way, peculiar things begin to happen and then Bonny's Boy disappears.. Illus. by Cortese, Edward F.. 8vo Square. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1946. Yellow hardcover cloth binding square and tight. Rubbed edges, School stamp on ffep, dj flap glued onto ffep, some smudges and light wear, but overall Interior clean and tight with a bit of foxing and one or two light school library stamps. 266 pages. When the sunny and affectionate cocker spaniel Bonny dies while Nat is in the Navy, his younger brother Davy felt he had to bring up Bonny's one living puppy to make his brother proud. Plenty of action throughout ending at Madison Square Garden and the National Dog Show.. Illus. by Kirmse, Marguerite. 8vo Square. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.