Search Results: Authors starting with R from Peter Austern & Co. Books & Ephemera / Brooklyn Books

NY: 1964, 1964. Book. Illus. by Russell Hoban. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. W.R. Burnett takes a break from his gritty noir fiction to basque in the world of Baseball from the point of view of an old timer, and it is a very pleasant season's opener, full of educated savvy, affection; humor. His ""old timer"" discusses all kinds of players; managers; umpires; the sportswriter (the average fan knows more); Ring Lardner -- the Shakespeare of baseball; bonuses; slumps; and some of the classic remarks that have been made on and off the field. Along with the illustrations by Russell Hoban and the introduction by Frankie Frisch, this should go right down the middle to any fan who has traded or flipped bubblegum cards. W.R. Burnett kept busy, producing a novel or more a year and turning most into screenplays (some as many as three times). Thematically Burnett was similar to Dashiell Hammett and James M. Cain but his contrasting of the… Read More

Tel Aviv: M.A. Bar-Juda, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. Approximately the first sixty pages of the Hebrew text are a general history of Radoshkowitz, beginning in the eighteenth century. After that, the book becomes a series of personal memoirs dealing with people, places and events, which may be important to genealogists. Illustrated with photos throughout. Belarus -- Radashkovichy. OCLC: 19204246 "I first came to Radoshkowitz at the age of ten, with my father, who took the post of rabbi. In the following years I came to know and to love it. The main street stretches diagonally from north to south. The street is tree-lined, and is part of the road from Vilna to Minsk. The side streets lead to fields and forests and some nondescript gentile neighborhoods. In the center are the markets and stores, and until the big fire in1851 some of the wealthiest residences stood there. They were replaced by plain, walled buildings which fit into the drab business… Read More

Illinois: Green Hill Publishers, 1976. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Signed by Ronald Reagan on front blank paper. Notation by Mel Hancock stating that Ronald Reagan signed the book at the Republican State Convention in Springfield, MO. in June,1976. Hancock went on to become a four term congressman from Missouri. Housed in a custom made clamshell box..

San Diago: Harcourt Inc., 2000. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback.

Berkeley CA: Image Comics, 2008. Graphic Novels. Illus. by Brahm Revel. Near Fine. staple bound. November,2008, Guerillas #2 - Private Clayton has come face to face with a troop of chimpanzee soldiers in the middle of the Viet Nam War, but are the friendly or are they blood-crazed animals. December, 2008, Guerillas #3 - The chimps are being chased by the U.S. military and hunted by the Viet Cong. Turns out Viet Nam isn't a very safe place to be a monkey....

London: William Collins Sons & Co, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Folio - over 12. The book is in excellent condition, includes the dust jacket and is signed by Leni Riefenstahl. The People of Kau is the title of the 1976 English-language translation of German film director Leni Riefenstahl's Die Nuba von Kau, an illustrated book, published in the same year in Germany. This is a photographic monograph on the life of the people of Kau in the southern part of Sudan. Riefenstahl spent 16 weeks with the Nuba of Kau in 1975. The Nuba of Kau live only 100 miles away from the Mesakin Nuba, yet they speak another language, follow different customs, and are said to be very different in character and temperament. Their knife-fights, dances of love and elaborately painted faces and bodies are represented in the book.

London: Duckworth, 1919. Book. Illus. by H.M. Bateman. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Illustrated Edition. HARDCOVER. --"SONGS OF THE LINKS"-- INSCRIBED by the author, ROBERT K. RISK, 'To Octavia Tucker from her friend, the Eminent Author, R.K.R.' Dec. 8, 1919'. Illustrations by H.M. Bateman. 9.75"x7.5". 79 pp. First illustrated edition, second edition revised-- originally published in wrappers in 1904 [Donovan & Murdoch 32030; Murdoch 644]. From dedication page, 'the thanks of the author are due to...to a number of poets, from Omar Khayyam to Mr. Rudyard Kipling, for many helpful suggestions'. Poems incl: 'The Golfaiyat of Dufar Hy-Yam', 'The Turn of the Year', 'Spring Song', 'The Golfer's Discontent', 'A Ballade of Disappointment', 'A Song of Encouragement'.     In nice collectible condition- presents well. Scattered foxing throughout. DJ included..

Scrapbook. Illus. by Hand-drawn Illustrations. Very Good. No Binding. Signed by Author(s). 1924-1926. STUDENT SCHOOL PROJECT - 'Historic Art'. SCHOOL PROJECT by student Elizabeth Roberts, who signed her work and painted (6) watercolor illustrations for her chapter titles- still bright and clean. Disbound sheets, housed in custom-made box, 12.5"x 9.75". 'HISTORIC ART'- (49) tipped-in magazine pictures (some color-tinted) -- Egypt & Greece/ ancient Rome/ Medieval/ Gothic/ Renaissance art/ ancient Europe & Asia/ colonial art drawings made by Elizabeth Roberts. Magazine photos by The Perry Pictures/ Chas. Glidden/ M.O. Williams/ Austin Breed/ Harold Weston/ Helen Murdoch/ Emil Albrecht. Overall good condition; housed in protective custom-made box. Some leaves expertly repaired. Domestic s/h $15..

San Antonio, TX: Southern Literary Institute, 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1st edition. Scarce- 1935 San Antonio, TX imprint. A rare book with a rare autograph and inscription of Carrie Rodgers. Mississippi is home to the blues, birthplace of Elvis Presley -first star of rock n' roll, and home to Jimmie Rodgers "The Father of Country Music." Rodgers had two other nicknames during his career, "The Singing Brakeman," which referred to his work on trains, and "America's Blue Yodeler," which described one of his distinctive contributions to country music. A partial dust jacket remains [front cover & flap]. The text block is uniformly edge-toned.The remains of damp stain and mildew are many decades old- mainly to the back cover, rear pastedown & last 3 pages. A scarce item of a precious icon of American music. .

Typewritten. Illus. by Mildred A. Roemer. Very Good. No Binding. 31pp, ii- 1940s original typescript with illustrations for a children's book about growing a garden for the first time. Mildred A. Roemer was an East Rockaway, NY artist, writer, journalist, historian and civic activist. This manuscript is unpublished and was returned to the author in 1975 from Doubleday & Co..

New York: Int. Univ.'s Press, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Volume ONE of this Annual. Géza Róheim was a Hungarian psychoanalyst and anthropologist. Considered by some as the most important anthropologist-psychoanalyst, he is often credited with founding the field of psychoanalytic anthropology; was the first psychoanalytically trained anthropologist to do field research; and later developed a general cultural theory. .

NY: Lothrop Company, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1960, You Learn By Living by Eleanor Roosevelt, signed 1st edition, Harper & Brothers. Signed on the front endpaper by Eleanor Roosevelt. and later inscribed [as a Christmas gift] by Abba Schwartz, a close political associate of J FK, Robert F. Kennedy, and Eleanor Roosevelt's trusted advisor. When Kennedy became President he named Schwartz Assistant Secretary of State for Security and Consular Affairs. One of the most admired people of the twentieth century, Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, just two years before her death, Roosevelt wrote this simple guide toward a more fulfilling life. Her commonsense ideas-and heartfelt ideals-presented in this volume are as relevant today as they ever were. Her keys to a life well lived? Learning to Learn Fear: The Great Enemy The Use of Time; The Difficult Art of Maturity Readjustment Is Endless… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1949. Book. Illus. by Illustated with Photos. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1949. 1st ed.,1st printing. Signed/inscribed - Eleanor Roosevelt. With 40 historical photos. "This I Remember" is Eleanor Roosevelt's recollections of the years preceding FDR's first term as Governor Of NYS to the day of his death during his 4th term as President of the United States. Mrs. Roosevelt's clear, thoughtful writing about those years show why Franklin D. Roosevelt was four times elected President of the United States. Nice condition, book jacket chipped at edges but presents nicely..

Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1928. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 1928, author inscribed 1st edition. Excellent collectible condition. "...The term "Malice Domestic" was used by Roughead to describe crimes that occur within a domestic setting, typically involving family members, close acquaintances, or individuals within the same household. These cases often feature intricate interpersonal dynamics and psychological complexities. Roughead's writings on such cases often delve into the motives, relationships, and legal proceedings surrounding these crimes..." Considered the father of modern true crime literature. Dorothy Sayers called William Roughead "the best showman who ever stood before the door of the chamber of horrors," and his true crime stories, written in the early 1900s, are among the glories of the genre. Displaying a meticulous command of evidence and unerring dramatic flair, Roughead brings to life some of the… Read More

England: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1992. Book. Fair. Hardcover. inscribed by Mother Teresa. 1st Edition. 1992. 1st edition, 1st printing. -- 'MOTHER TERESA - A Life in Pictures'. INSCRIBED-- 'God bless you', M. Teresa, 19/4/93' -- on half-title page. Hardcover in dustjacket. A handsome book - 160 pages of b&w photographs and descriptions show Mother Teresa and her long life of service to humanity. Chapters include: Introduction/ The Early Years in Skopje/ The Long Awaited Arrival in India/ Home Away From Home; The Loreto Convent/ Loretto Entally, Calcutta; The Vocation Expands/ The Great famine And Direct Action Day/ The Call Within A Call/ The First True Home; Mother House/ Shishu Bhavan - Children's Home For The Blind, Dumb, Crippled And Abandoned/ Nirmal Hriday - The Place Of The Pure Heart, Home For The Dying Destitutes/ Calcutta/ Mother Teresa receives The World's Recognition For Her Work. In very good condition overall-- clean square, bright, and tight, with… Read More

NY: Doubleday & Company, 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Rube Goldberg inscription tipped in..

London, United Kingdom: B. T. Batsford Limited, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Signed by Ken Russell. 1st Edition. Directing Films : The Director's Art from Script to Cutting Room In this fascinating book, acclaimed and controversial film director Ken Russell displays the creative insights, technique, know-how, and sheer determination that have enabled him to create more than fifty diverse and yet intensely personal films. Drawing on his parallel experiences of producing, screenwriting, and editing, and referring to films by his fellow directors, Russell places the director's role of author within the context of filmmaking as a collaborative enterprise. .

Scrapbook. Very Good. Hardcover. --1970s HANDMADE, WOODEN, CATHOLIC MEMORIAL TRIPTYCH-- 'bronzed', decoupaged, front-doors open up to show Catholic church ephemera from the 1970s/ personal papers/ memorials in Spanish - memorial-devotional made by Jorge Ramirez Urrutia, a religious Catholic living in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico. (2) Felt-Stitched Pockets line the decoupaged doors -- hold church articles & ephemera on religious opinions, eulogies, sexual behavior. 'Handmade Catholic Memorial Triptych' -- still brightly colored and in very nice condition. Closed Triptych measures 11.25" x 15"- it opens up to 11.25" x 30"..