Search Results: Authors starting with R from Matthew's Books LLC

New York: McGraw Hill, 1933. first edition. hardcover. very good: age wear/dust dulled boards, faded gilt lettering on spine, slight lean, spots of foxing/toning to endpapers, text clean, binding intact./no DJ. 12mo. 278pp. stated first edition. from Introduction: "Ethnology is the study of aboriginal cultures. No adequate description of any culture is possible that does not include as much of its history as is accurately and legitimately possible. Our primary duty is to the specific tribe we are describing. Upon this, certainly all ethnologists are agreed. The vast majority, however, insist that ethnology has another function. They contend that its results should be made subsidiary to much larger problems--to the determination of historical processes and cultural dynamics as such; that they are to furnish us with the raw material for the formulation of general laws. It is the present writer's contention that little warrant exists for thus extending its meaning and that, on the whole, confusion and… Read More

St. Andrews Press, 1990. first edition. hardcover. fine: as new, inscribed by the author on FFEP/near fine: some spots of discoloration, barest signs of edgewear.. Octavo 275pp. inscription on front free endpaper reads: "To Bill and Glo with Best Wishes and High Regard, Sam Ragan Nov. 27, 1990" (for William and Gloria Delamar, the writer). #00182.

Laurinburg, North Carolina: St. Andrews Press, 1987. first edition. hardcover. near fine: clean, square, tight./very good: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped.. 8vo 143pp. from front flap: These elements, place, spirit, and beyond, form the structure for this special anthology of poems written by resident artists. Further, the graphics, from the cover rendition of the dogs at the entrance gate to the paintings of the scenes of acting and being, attest to the place, spirit, and beyond which is Weymouth." #01234.

New York: Haskell House, 1973. first thus. hardcover. Book VG+: clean, square, tight, unmarked. 8vo 380pp. reprint of original edition from 1907. from Preface: "The primary purpose of this volume is to present a vivid picture of life in Italy in Dante's day, based, as far as possible, upon original authorities." #02352.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1957. first edition. hardcover. very good: mild lean, mild shelfwear to boards and spine, text clean, binding tight./very good: age wear/toning, NOT clipped ($3.50). 8vo 240pp. from front flap: "Santha Rama Rau is at all times a delightful traveling companion. In this newest book she revisits, in the company of her husband and young son, the countries described in East of Home--and beyond. [. . .] A book to read for pleasure, View to the Southeast is unique as a one-volume survey of an important part of the world." #01091.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1947. Book Club. hardcover. very good: age wear/soiling to boards and spine, slightly bumped corners, toning to endpapers, gift inscription FFEP, booklet tipped in at rear endpapers./no DJ. 12mo. 221pp. #01134.

Signet, 1961. first printing. paperback. Very good: tight binding, clean pages. Small crease visible on front cover (pictured), normal shelf wear. Stated first printing. from the rear cover: "Ayn Rand's beautiful, thought-provoking novel depicts the horrors that can happen to mankind if current social trends are projected into the future. First published in England in 1938, this book's unconventional philosophy delayed its American publication until 1946. Now appearing for the first time in a Signet edition, here is this unforgettable story of courage and rebellion against totalitarian collectivism--a classic statement of the ideals of Ayn Rand, the bestselling author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged." #00009.

Signet, 1962. mass market paperback. good: text clean, binding tight. Signet T1791 fourth printing 1962. #00403.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1984. first edition. hardcover. Book NF: clean, square, tight, unmarked, flat signed by editor and contributor on title page/DJ NF: clean, NOT clipped ($15.95). 8vo 327pp. from front flap: "The Eyes Have It brings together today's most distinguished practitioners of the private eye story. This important collection of stories--all written especially for this book--offers a complete cross-section of the genre--hard-boiled and sensitive men (and women) who combine crime fighting with insights into the human condition." . #02199.

New York: Doubleday, 1992. first edition. hardcover. near fine: clean, square, tight, flat signed by editor Robert Randisi on title page./DJ near fine: clean, NOT clipped ($18.50). 8vo 369pp. stated first edition, April 1992. From front flap: "When two of the most influential organizations of mystery writers in the United States get together to produce an anthology of short stories, the result is guaranteed to be criminally exciting. And that is indeed the case in Deadly Allies, a collection of twenty stories by members of Sisters in Crime and Private Eye Writers of America." #01314.

Mysterious Press, 1984. first edition. hardcover. near fine: tight, clean, square. Flat signed by editor and contributor Robert Randisi on title page./near fine: slight shelf wear top of cover/spine. NOT clipped ($15.95). 8vo 327pp. from front flap: "The Eyes Have It brings together today's most distinguished practitioners of the private eye story. This important collection of stories--all written especially for this book--offers a complete cross-section of the genre--hard-boiled and sensitive men (and women) who combine crime fighting with insights into the human condition." #00951.

New York: St. Martins Press, 1987. first edition. hardcover. Book NF: clean, tight, square, flat signed by author on title page./DJ VG: mild shelf wear, NOT clipped.. 8vo 277pp. #01446.

New York: Doubleday, 1990. hardcover. Book VG+: mild foxing fore edge text block, text clean, binding tight./DJ VG: mild shelf wear, not clipped. 8vo 360pp. from front flap: "Here at last--unexpectedly from the pen of a German theologian--comes the definitive study on the oppression of women in Western society. The tale Uta Ranke-Heinemann has to tell--fascinating and horrifying by turns--begins with ancient, pre-Christian taboos and the relatively healthy attitudes of the ancient Jews towards sexual matters. Dr. Ranke-Heinemann confronts us with the incontrovertible evidence that the early Christians chose, not the Jewish perspective, but the pessimistic pagan models of sexual conduct." #02131.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. first edition. hardcover. good: fading to gilt lettering on boards, streak of discoloration down spine, age wear and spotting to boards, slightly bumped, toning and foxing to paste downs and endpapers, writing on FFEP, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 496pp. + illustrations. most famous work of American journalist, editor, and literary critic. #00917.

Norwalk, CT: Heritage Press, 1952. first edition. hardcover. Book VG+: few light spots of foxing to endpapers and top edge text block. text clean, binding tight. Slipcase: age/handling wear.. Fritz Kreder. 8vo 175pp. includes Sandglass pamphlet. edited, with introduction by John Carswell. #02275.

Ignatius Press, 2014. first edition. hardcover. very good: minimal signs of wear, no writing, tight pages and binding/very good: minimal signs of wear on dust jacket. the first published volume (though listed as Volume XI) of the collected works of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI.

Doubleday, 2007. First American Edition. hardcover. very good: no writing, minimal signs of wear to dust jacket or pages/very good.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1911. hardcover. Book VG- : bumped corners, mild shelf wear to boards and spine, ex libris bookplate front pastedown, name on FFEP, mild toning. marking in table of contents, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 429pp +advertisements. reading of Christian history through the lens of its approach to surrounding society, from primitive Christianity through industrial revolution to "present day" (early 20th. c.). #01370.

New York: WW Norton & Company, 1953. BCE/BOMC. hardcover. very good: mild edge wear on boards, toning and offset to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./DJ good: edge wear and chipping with small spots of loss, age toning, NOT clipped. 8vo 282pp. BCE/BOMC (blindstamp rear board). from review on front flap: "The affectionate, high-spirited account of life as it was lived in the Darwin Circle. . . .Her drawings, her delicious wit and judgment, give every incentive for turning these pages. . . . Punch calls this enchanting family memoir a classic, and I really think it is." --Edward Weeks, The Atlantic. #01244.

New York: Viking Press, 1971. first edition. hardcover. very good: foxing to fore edge of text block, spots of foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./DJ good: age toning, mild edge wear, clipped.. 8vo 477pp. from front flap: "It was Bernard Cornfeld's declared amnbition to make Investors Overseas Services the most important economic force in the Free World," the authors of this amazing book begin. "The game was mutual funds." #01269.