Search Results: Authors starting with R from First Folio

Lexington, KY: The Anvil Press, 1986. No. 19 of 100 copies. Fine in d.j.. No. 19 of 100 copies. Quarto. 10, (ii), 51p, colophon. Illustrated plates not included in the pagination. Printed throughout in red and black in Victor Hammer's American & Andromaque uncial types, the tableaux printed at the Windell Press. Foreword by Desmond Flower. Bound in quarter black cloth over terra-cotta boards, the spine with paper title label, the upper cover with a Fritz Kredel illustration.

Paris: Libraire de Firmin-Didot Et Cie, 1888. Petite" first edition. Fine. ( One monochrome plate in Vol II with half-inch spot due to cohesion with resulting small hole in facing page not affecting any text; also a very small brown spot on lower edge of a page not affecting text).. Petite" first edition. Six volumes. Square 8vo. Illustrated with 500 plates, 300 in vivid chromolithography printed by Didot, and 200 in camaieu (monochrome) - complete. Bindings marked Brentano's Paris. Bound in half royal blue crushed morocco with gold-veined marbled sides and marbled endpapers, t.e.g., the spine richly gilt with floral ornaments. "This edition... is known as the small or 'petite' edition. The same text and plates were published at the same time in a larger edition, folio size, usually described as the "grande edition". The only difference is in the size of the page and color of the paper. Plates are printed from the same lithograph plates, but in the 'grande edition' they are on titled paper. (Hiler &… Read More

London, New York, & Toronto: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. Deluxe Edition Limited to 600 Copies Signed by Rackham, this no. 128. Six of the mounted color plates have slight creases near the mounting point, all else very fine, very handsome copy. Deluxe Edition Limited to 600 Copies Signed by Rackham, this no. 128. Quarto. viii, 207p. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 24 full-page color plates, 16 of which are tipped-in with lettered tissue guards, and 20 text drawings. Bound in an unsigned binding - but surely by Bayntun - in full dark blue morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine densely gilt with titles and floral panel ornaments with intricate surrounds, triple-rules covers, quadruple-ruled dentelles. Riall p. 146.

London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794. Second edition (stated, and same year as the first). Contents VG. Second edition (stated, and same year as the first). Four volumes. 12mo. (ii), 428p; (ii), 478p; (ii), 463p; (ii), 428p. Rebound without half titles in full calf with black morocco spine label gilt and with gilt volume numbers and minor gilt decoration. "Mrs. Radcliffe was the most popular of the early Gothic writers. The Mysteries of Udolpho was read by just about everybody who read novels at all in the last few years of the 18th century or the first half of the 19th, and its author's influence upon the Gothic tradition both at the time and since has been immense. When Jane Austen was looking for a typical Gothic novel to satirize in Northanger Abbey (1818), she found that The Mysteries of Udolpho was still the best known and most widely read of them all." (St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, p. 469). Rothschild 1701; Lowndes IV, p. 2035; Summers. Gothic Bibliography, p. 135; Tinker 1703.

Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino, 2000. Limited edition facsimile of the 1932 edition. Fine. Limited edition facsimile of the 1932 edition. viii, 725p. Black-titled gray cloth. Describes about 4000 works with useful annotations and notes.

Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1878. First edition. Mild soil and mild wear to covers, a few spots of mild foxing internally, altogether quite a nice VG copy. First edition. ix, [ii], 582p. 2p ads. With 200 text illustrations and 5 chromolithographs. Bound with red leather spine and red pebbled cloth sides, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and multiple gilt rules around the panels.

Whittington Press, 1989. One of 900 "ordinary copies. Fine. One of 900 "ordinary copies" String-tied pamphlet of 15 pages. Illustrated with two wood-engravings, 1 linocut, and line-block reproductions of 6 wood-engravings, a copper-engravings and a drawing. Sewn into Strathmore Americana Desert Rose paper covers, the title being an additional two-color linocut in brown and yellow by Judith Verity on the cover. Artists featured: John Craig, Brian Hanscomb, Richard Kennedy, Miriam Macgregor, Gwenda Morgan, John O'Connor, Howard Phipps, Judith Verity, Helmuth Weissenborn. Butcher no. 104.

Gloucestershire: The Whittington Press, 1988. No. xvii of 100 copies with an extra set of the broadsheets (total edition 900). Fine. No. xvii of 100 copies with an extra set of the broadsheets (total edition 900). Imperial 8vo. (vi), 191p. Illustrated: Eight original wood-engravings, four pochoir illustrations, and a silk-screen illustration by Gloria Stuart; line-block reproductions of seven drawings, three title-pages, a linocut and a wood-engraving; lithographic reproductions of 8 pp. of drawings by Charles Mozley, 12 pp. of specimen pages and 16 pp. of halftone photographs. The wood-engravings are printed from the wood, and the line blocks are made by Keene Engraving." (limitation statement). One of 100 bound in quarter tan morocco over marbled boards with an extra suite of the broadsheets in a separate folder bound in pattern paper. Housed in slipcase. Whittington Press Bibliography No. 97.

Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 1988. Third edition, limited to 650 copies. Fine. Third edition, limited to 650 copies. Small 8vo. Unpaged. Illustrated with linocuts by Judith Verity. Printed in black and orange. Bound by the Fine Bindery in red patterned cloth with circular printed label on upper cover.

Herefordshire: The Whittington Press, 1984. First edition, limited to 250 copies. Fine. First edition, limited to 250 copies. Small 8vo. Unpaged. Illustrated with linocuts by Judith Verity. Printed in black and orange. Bound by the Fine Bindery in red and blue pattern cloth with oval printed label on upper cover.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. First edition. The 7s 6d Series. Fine in fine dust dust jacket, rare thus. First edition. The 7s 6d Series. 8vo. ix (i), , 166p., (ii ads). Illustrated with 16 color plates after paintings by Rawnsley. In the publisher's green cloth, the spine and upper cover with gilt titles with decorative designs of leaves and fine in gilt and darker green, t.e.g.

London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1976. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Tall 4to. xv, (i), 192p. Illustrated with 39 plates on coated stock, most with photos of objects with transcriptions facing. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in gilt on spine and upper cover.

New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library and Cornell University Press, 1982. First edition. Clothbound. Fine in dust jackets. First edition. Clothbound. Quarto. xxxii, 245p (iii); (vii), 246-557p (v). Describes 396 books with complete bibliographic detail, illustrations, and extensive annotations. Also illustrated examples of fine bindings. Bound in gilt-titled red cloth with gilt figural device on the upper covers. Excellent and essential reference.

Fine. Quarto. 60p. Illustrated. Bound in repeating pattern paper-covered boards with paper spine label. Along with a portfolio: "Parenthesis 11: Deluxe Ephemera" containing 13 pieces from various presses. All contained in a slipcase matching the cover of the issue.

Deluxe edition limited to 90 copies (total edition 900). Fine. Deluxe edition limited to 90 copies (total edition 900). Quarto. 64p. Illustrated. Bound with red cloth spine with pattern paste paper sides and paper spine label. Along with a portfolio: "Parenthesis 17: The Portfolio" containing 13 pieces from various presses. All contained in a slipcase with the paste paper sides.

Chicago: Canterbury Press, 1928. First edition. A very good bright copy with only minor wear at extremes. First edition. [viii], 297p. Black-titled orange cloth. Blockson 5042.

Chicago: Canterbury Press, 1928. First edition. Some edge wear and soil, good+. First edition. [viii], 297p. Black-titled orange cloth. Blockson 5042.

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984. First edition. Mild foxing to edges, else fine in dust jacket. First edition. Quarto. xii, 285p. Illustrated. Gilt-titled scarlet cloth.

London: The Folio Society, 2006. Second printing. Fine in slipcase. Second printing. xxv (iii), 369p. Introduction by A. J. P. Taylor. Foreword by V. I. Lenin. Illustrated from photos. Bound in quarter cloth over pictorial boards.

New York: Putnam's, 1912. First edition. Fine (one tiny light spot on spine) in worn paper-over-boards slipcase with same design as the book. First edition. xi, 343p. Printed in black and red. Illustrated by Dalton Stevens, frontispiece in color. Bound in lavender ribbed cloth with designs on spine and upper cover by Margaret Armstrong, t.e.g., upper cover with florid design in gilt, maroon and white, spine designs in gilt. Gullans / Espey no. 213.