Search Results: Authors starting with R from The Bookworm

New York:: American Institute of Social Science, 1955.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth with black and gilt on the spine; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good- dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8 to 9.5 inches tall) . Index. Description: Includes a few b&w photo plates. ''Saga of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1881-1954''.

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1990.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: tan marbled boards with half black imitation leather (corners and spine), all edges gilt, ribbon place marker, Very Good condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Printed endpapers. Description: The English translation was originally published in 1977, this reprint edition is part of the Time-Life World War II Classics series, The Secret War. Sador Rado organized one of the most successful Soviet spy networks in Europe during World War II. Rado, A Hungarian cartographer, journalist and educator, joined the Communist Party in 1918 at the age of eighteen. When political winds shifted the following year, he fled to Austria, where he established Rosta Vienna, an early Soviet news agency. In 1935, while serving as the head of Geopress, a map news service, he was recruited by Soviet Military Intelligence. Using Geopress as his cover, he adopted the codename 'Dora'; and settled in… Read More

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1990.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: tan marbled boards with half black imitation leather (corners and spine), all edges gilt, ribbon place marker, Very Good condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Printed endpapers. Description: The English translation was originally published in 1977, this reprint edition is part of the Time-Life World War II Classics series, The Secret War. Sador Rado organized one of the most successful Soviet spy networks in Europe during World War II. Rado, A Hungarian cartographer, journalist and educator, joined the Communist Party in 1918 at the age of eighteen. When political winds shifted the following year, he fled to Austria, where he established Rosta Vienna, an early Soviet news agency. In 1935, while serving as the head of Geopress, a map news service, he was recruited by Soviet Military Intelligence. Using Geopress as his cover, he adopted the codename 'Dora'; and settled in… Read More

London:: Corgi Books, 1979.. Later Printing.. Mass market paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: a mass market paperback; Good condition.. 12mo (about 7 inches tall) . Description: Gives advice and teachings on the care of man's physical and spiritual forms. Preparation on the present plane of existence can equip man more fully for the life which commences in the Astral World.

London:: Corgi Books, 1969.. Mass market paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: a mass market paperback; the paper is tanning, Good condition.. 12mo (7 inches tall) . Description: T Lobsang Rampa explores the spiritual potential inherent in every human being. He provides advice and teachings on the care of man's physical and spiritual forms. Preparation on the present plane of existence can equip man more fully for the life which commences in the Astral World.

London:: Corgi Books, 1971.. Mass market paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: mass market paperback; Good condition.. 12mo (7 inches tall) . Description: T Lobsang Rampa states, ''It is said, 'It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.' In my first ten books I have tried to light a candle, or possibly two. In this, the eleventh book, I am trying to feed the flame.'' This is ''mainly concerned with answering some of the many questions which Dr. Rampa's readers have put to him over the years. It covers such subjects as Life after Death, Suicide, Meditation, and Ouija Boards.''

London:: Corgi Books, 1976.. Mass market paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: a mass market paperback; Good condition.. 12mo (about 7 inches tall) . Description: The publisher's blurb reads: ''The Chief Astrologer of Tibet had been summoned to proclaim the horoscope of the six-year old Lobsang, son of Lord and Lady Rampa. It was the most difficult reading, the hardest life he had ever encountered, the old man said. The boy was going to learn all the medical arts of Tibet, and then journey to China to study medicine in the Western style. He would know immense suffering and dreadful hardship, travel in many countries, be unjustly imprisoned. But above all, the boy's lonely destiny would be to carry out a great task of the utmost importance to all humanity -- and evil forces would work against him to thwart his efforts. This is an account of the life and achievements of a remarkable man.''

London:: Corgi Books, 1972.. Mass market paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: mass market paperback; crease on the front cover, Good condition.. 12mo (about 7 inches tall) . Description: This ''answers many questions which Dr Rampa is often asked about the world of the astral, healing, life after death, and similar topics.''

New York:: Ballantine Books, February, 1965.. 1st Printing, this edition.. Mass market paperback . BINDING/CONDITION: mass market paperback; the paper is browning; Good condition.. 12mo (7 inches tall) . Description: Publisher's book number U5027 -- a Ballantine Original. ''Here is T Lobsang Rampa's long-awaited book -- A startling completely absorbing story of his experiences at the great Lamasaries of 'Tibet.''

New York:: Viking Press, 1987.. 1st American Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red binding with black cloth at the spine; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art by Russell Farrell. ''In an alleyway in San Jose, Costa Rica, a botanist is shot to pieces, and the specimens he is carrying are stolen. A primitive but thriving coffee collective in the mountains runs into sudden opposition from the authorities. An agricultural field station in Nicaragua is wiped out in a surprise attack, and three years' worth of research is destroyed. These events and the brutal killings that follow are the consequences of a covert operation mounted by Greenfinger Inc, a subsidiary of the giant Associated Foods International. A contract killer and commando group have been given tier orders: Destroy 'Zdt', a new coffee hybrid, and anyone who has knowledge of it. When Kit Carter, an agricultural economist,… Read More

Oakland, California:: Rather Press, 1972.. Limited Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: tan boards with green decorations; dark green cloth at the spine; shadow on facing pages from the laid in news clipping; otherwise a Very Good+ book; no dust jacket.. about 9.5 inches tall by 7 inches wide . References, index. Illustrated endpapers. Description: This copy is Signed by Lois and Clif Rather, with a personalized inscription. Includes a few black and white illustrations by Dan Solo, plus a frontis map. This was limited to 115 copies. From a contemporary news clipping: ''The Rather Press, printers and publishers of limited editions from a small printshop in their Guido Street home here in Oakland, have come up with what they introduce as practically the first history of Oakland to be produced in this century. Lois Rather is the resident historian of the new 162 page history. She was also layout artist and bookbinder. Her husband Clifton was typesetter and pressman. Of the two dozen or more books… Read More

Oakland, California:: Rather Press, 1976.. Limited Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green pictorial boards with darker green cloth at the spine; the top edge is bumped, otherwise Very Good condition; no dust jacket.. about 10.5 inches tall by 7 inches wide . References, index. Mustard-tan endpapers. Description: This copy is Signed by Lois and Clif Rather. Includes a few black and white illustrations. This is number 113 of 151 copies. Clif Rather says of Kipling in his colophon, 'Printer's Progress': ''He was just a young fellow eager to get ahead and impress the folks back home by his wit and sophistication. Maybe we shouldn't be too hard on him. He was in San Francisco for only a short time but made quite an impression (not altogether favorable) which was remembered for a long time.''

New York:: Modern Library, 1939.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth with black and gilt; the top edge tint is a dark shade; spine is slanted, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Fair dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: This is book number 246 in the Modern Library series. The most recent printed date is a 1939 copyright. Using the ML dating key, this shows to be from Spring, 1954; the list of 370 titles on the verso of the jacket includes Byron, Selected Poetry; does not include Browning, Selected Poetry; the dust jacket rear panel style is h5; binding style 8.

California Department of Parks and Recreation, 1994.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark blue cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . facsimile endpapers. Description: Includes a few b&w illustrations. Some of the letters in this book were previously collected and published in 1973, under the title What Makes a Man. This new edition of the letters is considerably more complete, both in terms of the number of letters and the completeness of the letters themselves. The original letters have been consulted and their exact language meticulously reproduced and lightly annotated for the convenience of contemporary readers.

Pleasantville, New York:: Reader's Digest, 1993.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: cream colored binding with dark green and gilt text and vignette; dark green at the spine; Very Good+ condition.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Green endpapers. Description: This is from the Reader's Digest World's Best Reading series. The text is complete and unabridged. Illustrations by Edward Shenton; afterword by Thomas DePietro. Includes the publisher's insert.

Littleton, Colorado:: Matchless Publishing Company, April, 1971.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Paperbound: center-stapled format . BINDING/CONDITION: a paperbound pamphlet; center-stapled format; a Good book.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Description: This is number 341 out of 1000 copies. The rear cover has printed line: Promotional Copy.

Garden City, New York:: Doubleday & Company, 1971.. 1st American Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: binding in the style uniform to the Aircraft and Classic Cars in Profile series; gray cloth with dark blue at the spine; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 10.25 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide . Description: The publisher's blurb reads: ''Here are 12 superb double page color plates of the utmost technical accuracy and fine detail, upwards of 400 illustrations, and over 120.000 words, with historical information based on original research. This first volume of Locomotives in Profile is something new in locomotive literature. Never before have exhaustive studies of a dozen of the most notable steam locomotive classes from British and American practice been concentrated within one binding. Ranging from the Rocket of 1829, through the American 4-4-0, the New York Central Hudsons, the Gresley A1 and A3 Pacifics, the Royal Scots, the… Read More

Alamo, California:: Self Published, 1999.. Paper covers: plastic comb binding . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covers with a plastic comb binding; there are high-lighting marks on five pages, otherwise Good+ condition.. 4to (about 11 inches tall) . Index, recommended reading list. Description: This copy is Signed by the author. Illustrated with diagrams. A highly detailed guide, specifically directed toward coaching youth flag football. From the front cover: ''How to coach Offense, Defense and Special Teams under the team-size, eligibility and other rules unique to flag football.'' Contents list: Overview; Tryout and draft; Kickoff team; Kick-return team; Punt team; Punt-block / return team; PAT / Field goal team; Defense; Offense; and Running your team.

New York:: William Morrow, 1979.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Very Good (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: 8vo, 222 pp, three sections of photographs. Includes an early interview with Richard Gere and a late interview with Jimmy Stewart; others include Susan Sarandon, Sophie Loren, Meline Mercouri, Walter Matthau, Natalie Wood, Jack Lemmon, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Geraldine Page, and many more.

Caldwell, Idaho:: Caxton Printers, 1977.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light blue boards with darker bright blue text; a Very Good+ book, no dust jacket.. 4to (11.25 inches tall) . Bibliography, index. Blue endpapers. Description: Well illustrated in black and white with historic photographs. This is both an account of Custer and the 7th Cavalry, and of frontier Army life in all its minutia and daily detail. Preface by Lawrence A Frost. Introduction by Don Russell.