Search Results: Authors starting with R from Johnson's Used Books

NY, Lowrey-Marden Corp., 1921, early reprint, hardcover, blue cloth, good sound mildly age-specked covers, internally very good, unmarked, 117 pages plus table of contents, 4-1/2""x7"", no dust jacket.

This is a rather convincing facsimile of the original, complete with 18th-century style leather binding and marble endpapers that also have a very aged appearance, backstrip starting to peel, outer hinges cracked but still tight and sound, wear (simulated or actual?) to the extremities, 3-3/4x6-1/2"", 192 pages plus index. Fair condition. raxx

Birmingham AL, Classics of Medicine Library, 1979, hardcover, full dark brown leather with gilt lettering and décor, marbled endpapers, silk page-marker ribbon, all edges gilt, ribbed spine, very good, printed personalized bookplate from the publisher affixed to blank page in front before title page, no other previous owner name or marks, moderate rubs to cover extremities, slight scuff to the top spine rib, 5-1/4""x8-5/8"", ill., 437pppp plus plates in rear, very attractive high-quality book, appears unread, no DJ as issued, all edges gilt, shipping weight under 4 lbs

High Quality Recordings, copy. 1979, heard on National Public Radio, produced by the Mind's Eye, appear unused, each in it's own plastic case, all housed in an actual wooden box (the lid on top lifts off completely)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 2009, coded 1st edition/printing, ed. Christopher Tolkien, black hardcover, fine unread unmarked copy, fine dust jacket, gift quality and condition, 5-1/2""x8-1/2"", 377pp, shipping weight 3 lbs

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, copy. 1966 coded 6th printing, hardcover, gilt with green lettering and red background, gilt slipcase. The book is unmarked and appears unread, fine gift condition with slightest rubs/bumps to cover extremities and 2 very faint drip spots on front cover on green background near the top.. nearly invisible, in a very good slipcase (slightest of rubs to extremities), ill. by the author, 6-3/4""x9-1/4"", all edges have green decor, 317pp plus maps in the rear. A nice copy, gift edition, shipping weight 3 lbs

Tuscaloosa AL, Univ of AL Press, 1985, 1st edition hardcover, dark green cloth, very good sound square tight copy except for slight slant to the spine, unmarked, slight rubs to cover extremities, oblong, 11""x8-1/2"", 301pp, mostly black and white full-page photo ills., good attractive dust jacket (very good except for a small chip on the bottom edge of the front panel). raxx

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1911, 1st UK edition, red cloth, fair sound square copy, endpapers are rather age-toned, but the text is rather bright, moderate wear and sunning to the covers, inner hinges tight and uncracked, moderate chipping and fraying top and base of spine, no previous owner marks (note: I found a few light marginal brackets and a few underscores in pencil that I easily erased, but it is possible I missed some.) Rather scarce, 5-1/4""x8"", 286pp, no dust jacket.

New Haven CT, Yale Univ Press, stated 3rd printing, 1965, hardcover, red covers, near fine square tight unmarked copy, lots of ills including facsimiles of old maps, 9""x11-3/4"", 291 pages, some foldouts. Good slightly edge-worn dust jacket. aaxx

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1925, stated 1st edition hardcover, brown cloth, very good except paper spine label mildly chipped at edges and free endpapers age-toned, light previous owner bookplate and name on free front endpapers, text clean bright and unmarked, 5-1/4""x8"", 324 pages, no dust jacket, very nice copy. rxx

illustrated by John Butler, published by Viking/Puffin, 1998. This adorable children's book is bound in pictorial glossy boards and has a matching dust jacket. The book and dust jacket are both in near fine condition with only the mildest evidence of shelfwear. DJ has original publisher's price on flap. cbxx

Merten Company, Cincinnati OH, 2000, probably 1st edition, red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering, fine except minor foxing on the first few leaves in front (endpapers up to the half-title page…I believe typical for this book) and blank leaves in the rear, 9""x12-1/4"", 184pp, slightest rubs to cover extremities, near fine dust jacket, shipping weight 5 lbs. This revised expanded edition honors the Cincinnati Reds ""Big Red Machine"", no previous owner marks

NY, Viking, 1961, 1st edition hardcover, blue cloth, very good, SIGNED presentation from the author on the free front endpaper...there is also the above mentioned card signed and filled in, in the author's hand, as well as several browned news clips about this book, plus about the story for an award-winning movie ""The Brave One"", which Rader claims was his and was used without his permission and for which he filed suit against the movie studios. The 2 pages where the clips were laid in are slightly offset age-browned from the clips. Spine very slightly slanted, mild wear to cover extremities, fair decent serviceable dust jacket, 5-1/4""x8-1/8"", 374pp. fxx

NY, Dial Press, 1970, stated 1st printing, hardcover, beige cloth, near fine crisp bright copy, SIGNED presentation from the author on the free front endpaper, otherwise unmarked, slightest rubs (if any) to cover extremities, very good crisp bright dust jacket, 5-1/2""x8-1/2"", 245pp

NY, Harper Row, 1970, stated 1st edition hardcover, large previous owner name-stamp on the free front endpaper, otherwise unmarked, yellow and burgundy cloth, near fine crisp and bright, near fine dust jacket, 304 pages, 5-1/2""x8-1/2"". rxx

Chicago, Moody, 1967, stated 1st edition hardcover, blue cloth, very good, color frontis., quite a few b&w photo ills., light ink gift inscription on free front endpaper at top, otherwise unmarked, good dust jacket, 5-1/4""x8-1/2"", 224pp

Phila PA, Jewish Publ. Soc. Of America, 1915, copy. 1916, 1st ed HC, olive green cloth hardcover, no name or marks in the book, minor rubs/bumps to cover extremities, minor very unobtrusive silverfish marks on cover edges, , 258pp, No DJ text is moderately and evenly age-toned, 421pp, 5""x8-1/4"", gilt titling, nice clean copy, no dust jacket, shipping weight 3 lbs

NY, Free Press, 2005, stated 1st printing, hardcover, brown cloth spine with beige covers, ill., 462pp, mild even age toning to the text

1886-1986, Montvale NJ, pub. By the company, hardcover, solid black cloth with gilt lettering and emblem, mild sunning to top and bottom cover edges, otherwise fine, no previous owner marks, slight rubs to cover extremities, 9""x12-1/4"", shipping weight 6 lbs, crisp bright dust jacket with a few minor 1/4"" closed edge-tears, nice quality, color and black and white ills.

Archon Books, Hamden CT, 1984, hardcover 1st edition, clean sound little-used ex-library book, with the usual library/ex-library marks, otherwise very good with like dj, dark blue cloth, sound reading copy, 5-1/2""x8-3/4"", 179pp