Search Results: Authors starting with R from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: Popular Library, 1962. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Good. True spine-chilling story of eight saboteurs who came by night to paralyze America

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Weathervane Books/Crown, 1978. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Rackham, Arthur. Collection of 23 class fairy tales illustrated by Rackham, with 8 full- color, full-page plates & 53 black-and-white illustrations scattered throughout text. This is the 2nd printing (B) of the 1978 edition (First, thus) from Crown Books. Hardcover book has maroon cloth-covered boards. Condition is VG- (minus): interior is completely clean & unmarked, binding tight & clean. Heavy rubbing to edges & all corners, especially along bottom edges. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to only Good because of many small chips (unclosed) & a heavy small crease adjacent to a vertical tear along top edge of back cover. Nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Weathervane Books, 1978. First Thus . Hardcover. VG+/VG-. Rackham, Arthur. Lovely edition of classic Mother Goose rhymes decorated with the original lithographs & pen-and-ink drawings of illustrator Arthur Rackham, who first chose these 270 rhymes in 1913 as the ones he had loved best from his own childhood. This is the FIRST Weathervane Edition for Crown Publishers, First Printing, from 1978 (First, thus). In 238 pages with 13 full-page, full-color plates & 70+ black-and-white illustrations by Rackham. Hardcover 8vo has burgundy cloth-covered boards lettered in bright gilt to spine. Condition is VG+: very slight spotting to top edges of both boards, tanning & light foxing to outside page edges. Interior is completely clean & bright, pages creamy white & unmarked save for old gift inscription in pen covering the entire ffep. All plates colorful & crisp with bright white margins. The unclipped DJ is VG-: colorful & bright with a few small chips… Read More

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1931. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good+/VG-. Vallely, Henry E.. One in a series of books published by Whitman during World War II designed to show young girl readers how women could serve their country & fulfill their desire to be patriotic, as well as have a career & maybe find romance, by preparing to join one of the various branches of the Armed Services that were opening up for women. A companion set of books in the same series was aimed at boys. A FIRST EDITION, likely first printing, from 1944, this hardcover 8vo has deep blue cloth over boards stamped with orange lettering to front & spine. In 248 pages + additional page of other Whitman titles in rear, illustrations throughout text by Henry E. Vallely. Condition is Good+-: quite clean inside, but both covers somewhat faded & rubbed, bumped corners. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages heavily tanned, especially around edges, but unmarked save for a 1945… Read More

New York, New York: Bantam, 1951. First Paperback . Mass Market Paperback. Fair. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe award for best true-crime reporting tells the story of "the Deadly Dozen, the experts police call in to solve America's toughest & most notorious cases." FIRST PRINTING (May 1951) of this vintage mass market paperback (Bantam #921), complete & unabridged from the original hardcover published in 1950, with great mid-century cover art. Condition is downgraded to Fair due to first 12 pages being completely detached from binding, but still there; some top outer corners of these are chipped. Pages tanned commensurate with age. Former owner's last name in pen on first page, else unmarked. Covers show rubbing, chipped corners, spine has been wrapped in clear tape. Nicely protected in new archival mylar collector bag FREE! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have!… Read More

Los Angeles, California: Alyson Books, 2004. First Edition First Printing . Trade Paperback. As New. The author, herself a survivor, offers hope & encouragement for recovery & healing to other lesbians dealing with a history of childhood sexual abuse. Trade paperback in 407 pages, includes exhaustive appendices with resources, support groups, self-help organizations, & a comprehensive Bibliography. Condition is As New: stored since Brand New & just uncovered! Completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white & unmarked. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Grove Press, 1975. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Raffaelli, Ron. Collection of 13 played out in black-and-white photographic images of young, heterosexual couples engaged in "sensuous freedom" & explicit lovemaking. Images are preceded by "An Appreciation" by Steve Hull, that lays out in text the story behind the images. Unpaginated. A First Edition from 1975, this large (8.75" x 11.25") hardcover with off-white cloth over boards lettered in stamped gilt to front & spine is in VG condition: clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white, with mild tanning to endpapers only. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Flaws: very mild rubbing to extremities, lightly bumped corners, yellowing, with spine more heavily darkened. No DJ (missing). Discretely packaged. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Pub, 1988. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Westcott, Nadine Bernard. Famed Canadian recording artist teams up again with children's book illustrator Westcott in this delightful collection of 14 well- & lesser-known Christmas tunes. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1988, this square oversized hardcover is in Fine condition (our highest grade): GUARANTEED gift-giving quality! Bright red cloth-covered boards are completely clean, binding tight & square; pages white, colors bright. The unclipped DJ is equally flawless! An exceptional copy--please see our listing #018433 for a more affordable, Near Fine copy without the DJ).Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays Pacific time (PST); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1986. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New. Yamamoto, Joyce. This second collection of fun songs for young children from Raffi's second 3 records offers 42 songs, in easy-to-read words & music in a large hardcover spiral-bound format that folds & stays open easily! Has piano accompaniment as well as chord charts for guitar & ukulele, in 104 pages. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1986, this oversized hardcover has brightly colored paper-covered boards, in 106 pages with cover design & illustrations throughout by Joyce Yamamoto. Condition is Fine: looks Brand New! Completely clean, binding tight & square; pages white & unmarked, colors bright. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" image of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm Weekdays (PST) ship that same day; weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

Canyon, California: Buddhi Publications, 1995. Soft cover. Very Good+. Illustrated children's story centered around a young Indian girl & the Hindu God Ganesha. In 36 numbered pages with lovely watercolor illustrations by the author throughout. Oversized softcover is VG+: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white & unmarked. Very slight edgewear, mild corner curling. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York: Routledge, 1993. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. As New. Collection of 10 scholarly articles by professors of sociology, cultural & feminist studies, philosophy, & English & comparative literature exploring the relationship between Foucault & feminism. In 271 pages with Name/Subject Indices. From a single-owner collection, stored since new & never used. Trade paperback is in Fine condition, essentially a Brand New book! Completely clean, binding tight, pages white & unmarked. Extremely slight yellowing to white back cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Trust Media Distribution, 2000. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The first book to tell the parents' side of the story of the (still unsolved) murder of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado, on Christmas night, 1996, in 396 pages + 16 pages of black-and-white photos. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 2000, this hardcover 8vo has matte black paper over boards lettered in gilt to spine. Condition is Near Fine: very clean with mild dust dulling to outside fore edge Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & completely unmarked. The unclipped DJ is also Near fine: colorful & bright with a tad of rubbing to extremities. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New American Library, 1982. First Thus . Boxed Set. Near Fine. Boxed set of 4 Rand classics from New American Library/Signet, c. 1982. All 4 books are Near Fine & obviously never opened! Complexly clean, bindings straight & tight, no creasing. NO writing/underlining/highlighting; not ex-lib. Flaws: pages are all moderately-heavily tanned, commensurate with age & paper quality. Foxing to all spines. The box is graded only Fair because it is split along a seam on the bottom edge & heavily bumped at one lower corner, with rubbing to extremities, & light soiling all over. One 2" tear along one top edge seam, but still very sturdy & functional Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: too large for expedited domestic or any… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. Rand's first magnum opus which popularized her philosophy of Objectivism in 1943. Never out of print over the ensuring decades, this is the FIRST EDITION bound in red cloth with gilt to front & spine, with all the requisite error points. This is a Later Printing, though, as it has no edition statement & a price or $6.00, not $3.00; NOT the new centennial edition. It is also an Ex-Lib copy, with the usual stamps & markings in the front matter only (no stamps on outside page edges). Condition is thus only Good: binding strong & secure, pages lightly but evenly tanned. Gilt lettering bright, not faded, First Issue red boards bright, with residue & stains from old tape used to secure DJ to book. The DJ itself is also Good, with spine fading, rubbing to extremities, & some small chips. Old call letter sticker from library on lower spine. The old library mylar has been… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: New American Library, 1982. Boxed Set. Near Fine/Good. Boxed set from the late 1960s-early 1970s (pre-ISBN) of 4 Rand classics from New American Library/Signet. All 4 books are Near Fine & feel never opened! Complexly clean, bindings straight & tight, no creasing except for a few short creases at heel of "Atlas." Pages are all lightly tanned around edges only, but completely unmarked. "The Fountainhead" has a partial bookplate from former owner inside front cover. The box is downgraded to only Good due to heavy rubbing along one edge & bumping/slight tearing of the paper covering at all corners. Else, completely sturdy with no tears. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. SORRY: too large for expedited domestic or any… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1992. First Paperback . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The world's premier magician & debunker of scams offers an exhaustive overview of the colorful, sometimes scandalous, history of magic & conjuring around the world. Profusely illustrated, in 314 pages with Index & Bibliography, list of magicians, Glossary, & more in rear. A First Edition, first printing from 1992, this hardcover book has flat black paper-covered boards with a quarter black cloth-wrapped spine adorned with gilt lettering. Condition is Near Fine: just lacks that Brand New crispness! Completely clean, binding square & secure, pages white & completely unmarked, colors vivid. The unclipped DJ is equally Near Fine, with just slight rubbing to both ends of spine; beautifully protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't have here! Same Day Shipping on all orders… Read More

Detroit, Michigan: Harlo Press, 1984. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Minvielle, Chestee Harrigton. A factual account of the War between the States (American Civil War) as it occurred in Louisiana's bayou country, vividly illustrated with old maps, real photos, personal reminiscences, & human interest stories. In 199 pages with Index, Notes, & References. A FIRST EDITION, Third printing from 1984, SIGNED by the AUTHOR (his name only) on half title page. With bright red cloth-covered boards & gilt lettering to spine, this hardcover book is in Fine condition: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages white; corners crisp. The unclipped DJ is downgraded to Near Fine due to a few rubbing spots on back cover on author photograph; else nearly flawless & protected in new mylar cover Free. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by… Read More

New York, New York: Bantam, 1976. First Paperback Edition . Soft cover. VG-. Discover what your plants can do for you!

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd, 1967. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Offers 11 chapters on assessing dangerous &/or the potential for violence or criminality among the mentally ill. 118 pages. A FIRST EDITION from 1967, this hardcover is from a therapist's library, just removed from storage after 20 years, where it was packed away AS NEW. Condition is Fine in a Near Fine DJ: completely clean, binding tight & square, pages white & unmarked.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm Weekdays (PST) ship that same day; later orders, weekends & holidays, very next business day.

Freestone, California: Freestone Publishing Company, 1971. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Efroym, Max. In the style of the Whole Earth & Big Rock Candy catalogues, this book was written by a couple who were one of the first to explore "free schools" as alternative methods of educating children in the 1960s-1970s. They get down to the nitty-gritty with details about all the steps involved in creating a school in your own community, highlighting the needs of those from marginalized groups. They offer examples & experiences from the school they started in Freemont (Sonoma Country), Northern California, citing both historical & contemporary ventures. Viewing traditional school as "prisons" that stifle the mind, the book is dedicated to "the millions of children still in prison.and the handful of adults trying to help them,'' in 125 pages, with sepia-toned photos & sketches throughout. Orig. published in 1970, this is the fourth… Read More