Search Results: Authors starting with R from Classic Books and Ephemera

A Geneve [i.e. Paris]: Cazin, 1782. Hardcover. Fair +. Volumes 2 and 3 of 4 ([4], 347, [1] p.; [4], 276 p.); 13 cm. Contemporary speckled calf with six spine compartments. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Triple gilt-ruled borders on boards. All page edges gilt. Gilt-tooled turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. Blue ribbon bookmarks. Floral title vignette or printer's emblem. Woodcut head-pieces. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper with motto "Mihi Aperies Iter" and handwritten note: "The Property of W.W. Watson." In Fair+ Condition: leather is cracked along both spines with some loss at spine ends; vol. 2 lacking spine labels; joints are cracked; both text blocks are solid.

Paris: Librairie des Publications Illustrées, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good -. Doré, Gustave. "Nouvelle Édition, revue sur les meilleurs textes et particulièrement sur les travaux de J. Le Duchat et de S. L'Aulnaye; Éclaircie quant à l'Orthographie et à la ponctuation, et accompagnée de notes succinctes et d'un glossaire par Louis Barré; illustrations par Gustave Doré." {2], 339, [3] p., frontispiece and 14 leaves of plates: in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Plain red cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. All page edges speckled red. Text is in columns. Includes a glossary. Bookdealer's label on back fixed endpaper of Joseph McDonough Co., Albany, N.Y. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; cover lightly soiled; scattered foxing; otherwise clean and tight.

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good -. Chalon, Louis. 2 volumes: xlvi, [2], 341, [3] p.; xi, [3], 455, [1] p.: frontispiece portrait of the author (vol. 1) and 14 additional plates, all with tissue guards; 29 cm. Publisher's dark green moire binding with gilt-stamped spine titles and gilt-embossed publisher's emblem on front covers. White ribbon bookmarks. Title pages printed in red and black. Engraved title vignettes, headpieces, and initials. Printed at Chiswick Press. This is no. 622 of a limited editon of 1,000 copies printed for England and America. Many pages in vol. 2 unopened. Translation of Gargantua et Pantagruel. Bookseller's label on both back fixed endpapers for Chas. E. Lauriat Co., Boston. Gift inscription on vol. 1 front free endpaper: "J. Earl Quigley from S.B. Sadler 1913." Carlisle, Pa., resident Sylvester B. Sadler (1876-1931) served on the state supreme court from 1920 to 1931. J. Earl Quigley was a court stenographer in Carlisle who became deputy… Read More

Paris: Éditions Tallandier, 1934. Hardcover. Very Good. 48 p.: many illustrations, including 6 full-page color illustrations; 27 cm. White cloth spine; color illustrated paper over boards. All page edges red. Printed in green. Title vignette. "Copyright by Société d' Editions et de Publications 1934." Contains 12 stories featuring animals, both domesticated and wild. In Very Good Condition: cover lightly soiled; edges rubbed; pages are clean and bright.

Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good +. Vol. 3 only. [4], 286, [2] p.; 14 cm. Contemporary calf spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; marbled paper over boards. Red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled author and black leather label in third compartment with gilt-tooled title. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Yellow ribbon bookmark. Part of the publisher's series Collection des Classiques François, Collationnee sur les Meilleurs Textes. Contents: Mithridate -- Iphigenie en Aulide -- Phedre. Former owner's name on series title page: Reneé Moffett. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is rubbed, with minor loss to leather spine labels; internally clean and tight.

Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, 1898. Hardcover. Good. Édition Nouvelle a L'Usage des Classes par N.-M. Bernardin." [4], 140, [2] p.; 18 cm. Black cloth spine with printed paper spine label; beige paper over boards printed in black. Back cover and page facing title page contain publisher's advertisements. Stamp in purple ink at head of front cover and title page reading "Philip Bayard" with additional lettering in Arabic; pencilled notations on p. 78 also in what appears to be Arabic. Philip Bayard (1872-1911) was descended from a long line of political and financial leaders in Philadelphia and Delaware -- he was the son, grandson, brother, and nephew of numerous prominent Bayards. From 1906 (or earlier) to 1908 he served as American Vice Consul General in Morocco, where he probably acquired this and a number of other works in French, which he marked with this distinctive stamp combining the Roman and Arabic alphabets. Tragically, he died in 1911, having jumped or fallen from the… Read More

Frankfurt und Leipzig: Göbhardt, 1762. Hardcover. Very Good. [32], 576, [8] p., frontispiece; 21 cm. Signatures: [pi]2 a-b8 A-2N8 2O4 (4to). Full contemporary calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title; blind-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Paste paper endpapers. First volume of the first German edition of La Science du Gouvernement by Gaspard de Réal de Curban (1682-1752). Scarce. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at head of spine and at upper corner of back board; minor worm damage to back board; internally clean and tight.

New York: Peter H. Wyden, 1974. Near Fine/very good +. [x], 236 p.; 21 cm. White cloth with black spine title. Dust jacket. A significant look at "grade school, high school and college coaches -- men for whom winning is too often the only thing, no matter what the ball does to the boy" [from the dust jacket]. Sports at these various levels are run by "dictator coaches and the benefits cost a terrible price" for those young men who play. "This is not an antisports book or an unrelieved catalogue of honors. It offers suggestions for reforms and includes a guide for parents to help them deal with coaches of their sons and of their daughters, too" [from the dust jacket]. A must read for anyone interested in youth sports. The book is in Near Fine condition: light crease to lower corner of first 12 leaves, not affecting text; pages are clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ condition: back section slightly soiled; ends of spine rubbed.

Kansas City, Mo: University of Missouri, 1972. Paperback. Very Good -. [42] p. numbered as leaves; 28 cm. Light blue stapled covers. Catalog of an exhibit of works held by the Institute for Studies in American Music, presented by the Conservatory of Music of the University of Missouri at Kansas City. The exhibit included material associated with the American colonies and the early American republic, as well as the Macdowell Colony, and works by Amy Beach, William Henry Humiston, Powell Weaver, Carl Busch, Walter Brenner, George Elliott Simpson, Leith Stevens, Scott Joplin, and Euday L. Bowman. In Very Good- Condition: discoloration on front and back cover; otherwise clean and tight.

Edinburgh: James Robertson, 1794. Good. "Carefully corrected, and many sentences added, which, owing to the low tone of voice used by some of the witnesses, are omitted in the London copy. The public may therefore by assured that this is the genuine edition." 195, [1] p., engraved frontispiece portrait; 20 cm. (8vo). Disbound; housed in new brown clamshell box with gilt-tooled spine label. Sold in London by D.I. Eaton, J. Jordan, W. Ramsey, and J. Marsom. Publisher's advertisement for records of the trials of Muir, Palmer, and Skirving on one page following text. ESTC T122114. Maurice Margarot (1745-1815) was one of the founders of the London Corresponding Society, which sought parliamentary reform in England. In 1793 he was arrested and charged with sedition. He was convicted and transported to New South Wales in May 1794. After his return to England in 1810 he testified regarding corruption in New South Wales. In Good Condition: disbound; first (blank) leaf and… Read More

Gloucester, Mass: Rockport Publishers, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 208 p.: color illustrations, plans; 31 cm. Green cover with white spine title. Green endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from Herb McLaughlin. New design and construction by Herb McLaughlin (1934-2015) and his firm, KMD, from 1968 through 2000. A heavy book; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority international. Book and dust jacket are in Fine Condition: clean and bright.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1998. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. xii, 79 p.; 24 cm. Black and white cover with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: slightly cocked; clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: lightly rubbed; clean and bright.

New York: Sharlee Company, 1933. Paperback. Very Good -. 64 p.; 20 cm. Paperback with illustration of an early 20th-century Baron Munchausen and price of $0.10 on both front and back. Wrapper title: Baron Munchausen Stories. Original author: Rudolf Eric Raspe. No date of publication. The year 1933 is assigned by WorldCat. Contains 29 tales based on the 7th English edition of 1793. Possibly the only book ever published by Sharlee Company. In Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; wrapper is lightly soiled; chip out of lower edge of back wrapper next to spine; pages are clean and tight.

Warwick, Eng: L. Edgar Stephens, 1939. First Edition. Fine. Published under the direction of the Records Committee of the Warwickshire County Council. Forword by Sir Wilfrid Greene. lxxvii, 275 p.: folded frontispiece, 7 leaves of plates (1 folded); 24 cm. White buckram spine with gilt-stamped spine title; green cloth over boards with gilt-stamped vignette of the bear and ragged staff coat-of-arms of Warwickshire on front cover. No dust jacket. Includes indices. First Edition. The fifth volume in the series of Warwick County Records. In Fine Condition: clean and tight.

London: Hering & Remington, 1848. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored lithograph 400 x 475 mm. (image is 276 x 318 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 20 inches). The lithograph was created by Edmund Walker (1813 or 1814-1882) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the British Bengal Army during the first Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842. The sketches he produced were published in 30 plates in Scenery, Inhabitants, & Costumes of Afghaunistan (1847-48). This is plate no. 2, a portrait of Dost Mohammed, who had been deposed as Emir of Afghanistan. In January 1841, when Rattray was granted an audience with him in Peshawar, Dost Mohammed was a prisoner, on his way to exile in Calcutta. Rattray wrote that since Dost Mohammed had been "a ruler just and merciful and attentive to affairs of state" the people of Peshawur thought that he had been unjustly treated by the British. Green dealer's label on back of mat from Harold T. Storey, London. Very… Read More

London: Hering & Remington, 1848. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored lithograph 430 x 527 mm. (image is 264 x 372 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 23.25 inches). The lithograph was created by Robert Carrick (1820-1905) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the British Bengal Army during the first Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842. The sketches he produced were published in 30 plates in Scenery, Inhabitants, & Costumes of Afghaunistan (1847-48). This is plate no. 14, showing two falconers from Kohistan, Khudadard and Guldin, with their hawks. Rattray saw them in September 1841 when they were part of the cavalry escort of his brother, Captain Rattray. Green dealer's label on back of mat from Harold T. Storey, London. Very scarce. In Near Fine Condition: lithograph is clean and bright; minor soiling to mat.

London: Hering & Remington, 1848. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored lithograph 429 x 533 mm. (image is 275 x 375 mm.; mat is 19.5 x 23 inches). The lithograph was created by Edmund Walker (1813 or 1814-1882) of Day & Son, after James Rattray's drawing. James Rattray (1818-1854) was a lieutenant in the British Bengal Army during the first Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842. The sketches he produced were published in 30 plates in Scenery, Inhabitants, & Costumes of Afghaunistan (1847-48). This is plate no. 22, in regard to which Rattray wrote: "I sketched this Uzbeg at the Fort of Lughmaunee, Cohistaun." The ambassador represented Mir Wali, prince of the frontier town of Kulum, near Kunduz. In September 1840 the British were negotiating with Wali to transfer his allegiance to Shah Shuja. Green dealer's label on back of mat from Harold T. Storey, London. Very scarce. In Near Fine Condition: lithograph is clean and bright; minor soiling to mat.

New Brunswick, NJ: Ruters University Press, 1988. Paperback. Near Fine. xxix, [1], 319 p.: illustrations, map, table; 23 cm. Paperback. Translation of Städte- und Culturbilder aus Nordamerika (Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1876). The author, Friedrich Ratzel (1844-1904), was a German geographer who travelled through North America, Cuba, and Mexico in 1874 and 1875. He published his account of that journey the following year. In Near Fine Condition: upper page edges lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight.

New York: Wardle Corbyn, 1857. Paperback. Very Good -. First produced at Niblo's Garden." 11, [1] p.; 23 cm. Pink wrappers; front wrapper printed in black within decorative border; back wrapper blank. "Corbyn's American Edition of Ballet and Pantomime Books" -- at head of front wrapper. Translated from Jerome Ravel's original French manuscript by W. Corbyn. Includes cast list with Antoine Ravel in the title role and Jerome Ravel as Don Brocolo. Jerome and Antoine Ravel were part of the performing Ravel family who first came to the United States in 1832. After touring in the United States and Europe for many years, they retired to France in about 1867. Very scarce. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper is lightly soiled; 2/5-cm. closed tear from fore-edge of front wrapper and first leaf; minor separations at ends of spine; lightly creased.

New York: Crown Trade Paperback, 1989. Paperback. Very Good -. First Paperback Edition. viii, [4], 435 p.; 24 cm. Paperback. In Very Good- Condition: front cover curls up; edges lightly rubbed; clean and tight.