Search Results: Authors starting with R from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

Chicago: Ghent Guild, 1949. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Quarto (4to). Approximately 80 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Limited to 200 copies published, of which this in number 47, signed by the artists Gordon L. Kensler, Shirley J. Kifer, Robert F. Hiser, Jack M. Bela, Lynn Lagerstrom, and H. Rabel. Each page is a hand-screened print..

New York, NY: Dodd, Mead & Company Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Small quarto (4to). 808 pages of text. Black hardcover cloth binding with gilt lettering and elaborate decoration on spine and front cover; minimal shelfwear. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Dustjacket is black with red lettering and decoration with extremities are rubbed, spine is somewhat sunned, and a small closed tear to bottom edge near spine; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with 525 vignettes by Joseph Hemard. Front pastedown has minor residue from a bookplate (inconspicuous). First free endpaper is slightly browned at edge due to offsetting from dustjacket. Small imperfection on page 342..

Stuttgart, Germany: Stadtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, 1995. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Tall quarto (4to). 163 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Original glassene (plastic) dustjacket with moderate shelfwear, including a few tiny tears and chips. Contains numerous color and black & white illustrations. Contains a chronology, bibliography and list of expositions..

Milan, Italy: Editions Michele Trinckvel, 1992. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. 189 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket with a small chip and a large tear and creases to the bottom of the front panel, and minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. One of 3000 copies printed with an original lithograph frontispiece. The text is clean and unmarked; in French. First edition..

Chicago: Arts Club of Chicago, 2001. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 31 pages. Paperback binding in almost new condition. Illustrated in color. Exhibition catalogue. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

Minneapolis, MN: Bibliotheca Islamica, 1994. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. Second edition. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 180 pages of text including an index. Paperback binding an almost new condition. No underlining or markings. The second edition..

Norfolk, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Co., 1994. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 259 pages of text. Illustrated with black & white woodcuts. Hardcover binding. Unclipped dustjacket protected in archival mylar..

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company Inc., 1930. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 340 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket has one tiny chip, and several small tears and creases, and is lightly shelfworn; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed to "Billy" Breakenridge on the front endpaper "To Colonel William M. Breakenridge, With admiration and affection, [signed] William M. Raine." Contains 26 illustrations. The text is clean and unmarked. Stated on copyright page: First Edition..

Cambridge, MA: Trans-action Books; Aldine, 1970. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [x], 186 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing, soiling and shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. These essays, edited by Lee Rainwater, previously appeared in Trans-action Magazine..

New York: Atheneum, 1962. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 234 pages. Hardcover binding with minor sunning along the top edge. The unclipped dustjacket has a few small tears and creases, and is moderately soiled and yellowed from sunning, remaining attractive; protected in archival mylar. Previous owner's stamp neatly on the front endpaper. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

India: Gandhigram, 1964. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 352 pages; illustrated with frontispiece. Hardcover binding; endpapers are slightly foxed; minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket is slightly soiled, with several small tears at rear; minimal wear to extremities; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed by Ramachandran on first-free endpaper to Chester Bowles (Governor of Connecticut 1949-51, ambassador to India and Nepal 1951-53 and India 1963-69) "To Mr Chester Bowles who loves India + whom India loves kindly + deeply. (signed) G. Ramachandran." Also signed by T.S. Soundram and dated 17/02/67. First edition..

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1986. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). x, 471 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Original hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. No dustjacket; as issued. The text is clean and unmarked. Stated: First edition..

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1871. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xx, 188 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear, with moderate rubbing and chipping to spine extremities. Previous owner's name "W. B. Burleigh" and a bookplate on front endpapers. Two small chips to endpaper, and a few small stains to a few pages of text. Title continues "...with a Chapter upon Herbaceous Plants Requiring Similar Culture.".

Cologne, Germany: Benedikt Taschen, 1991. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 239 pages of text. Stiff paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. Illustrated with hundreds of full-color photographs. Text is in English..

Chicago, IL: Man's Country, 1972. Autograph. Very good+ condition. Unbound. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Promotional card from the nightclub "Man's Country" located at 515 N. Clark St. in Chicago; printed on both sides. One side has a printed photographic image of Rand, over which she has inscribed "To the Up North Restaurant [signed] Sally Rand." The reverse of the card reads "Your host Gary Chichester invites you to meet Miss Sally Rand. Miss Rand will be delighted to autograph this photograph for you between shows..." A few tiny spots of mounting adhesive on text side of card, with one tiny spot affecting image. Born as Helen Gould Beck caught her fame on the midway in the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair where she danced with fans made of huge ostrich plumes, and not much else. Entertainment, Celebrity..

Chicago, IL: Parthenon Press, 1954. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. 86 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with a few tiny tears, moderately soiled and sunned on spine; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed by author to previous owner. First edition..

New York, NY: New Direction Books, 1973. Book. Near fine condition. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First paperback edition. Octavo (8vo). [viii], 192 pages of text, followed by [ii] of publisher's advertisement. Paperback binding, with the slightest of age-toning. Inscribed on the title page "For Royce - in solidarity, Margaret.".

Paris, France: Gallimard, 1993. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 182 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket has a small tear to the top edge and minor shelfwear. Contains hundreds of color photographs. A few page edges are lightly soiled. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

London: Orion Books, 2004. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). [xii], 399 pages of text. Paperback binding with minimal shelfwear, and no defects of note. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page "To F...B...The World's Coolest Person! [signed] Ian Rankin" followed by his drawing of a smiling face..

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1916. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 179 pages of text. Hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear, and slight sunning to top edge. Lacks the dustjacket. Copyright by F.G. Ranney; published posthumously. A collection of 102 poems. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..