Search Results: Authors starting with R from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

New York, New York: A & W Publishers, 1983. First Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 247 pages. A near fine, clean hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a near fine lightly worn dust jacket, with the original price.

New York, New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 371 pages, black boards with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket, with the original price.

New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 414 pages, black boards with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good+ dust jacket with a one-inch chip at rear top edge, light sporadic soiling primarily on rear panel, with original price. Publisher's review slip laid in.

New York, New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 275 pages, blue quarter-cloth with gilt title on spine. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine, clean, slightly worn dust jacket, with the original price.

Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing: NY, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 324 pages, beige illustrated cloth. A near fine, clean, hard cover edition with light shelf wear ; hinges and binding tight, paper slightly yellowed. In a very good, lightly edge worn dust jacket, with original price present.

Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1976. First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket as issued. 12mo 6 7/8" tall, xxiv + 452 pages, gilt top fore-edge, gilt titles on decorated blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat, hardcover with little shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white, but slight foxing to the fore-edge. Issued without dust jacket.

Viking Press: New York, 1968 . First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, 533 pages, black half cloth. A near fine, clean, hardcover first American edition with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a good, clean, moderately edge worn dust jacket with small chips at the folds, several short edge tears, with original price present.

New York, New York / North Haven, CN: Catbird Press; North Haven CT, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Originally published in Britain by Orion in 1993. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 374 pages. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine dust jacket with original price.

Academy Photo Offset: New York, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Sold as a good original reading copy only. Text in English and Yiddish. Octavo, 13 3/4" tall, 140 pages, color frontispiece, illustrated in black and white throughout, red titles on blue cloth. A good, first edition, (actual first printing is difficult to determine) hard cover edition with moderate shelf wear, some minor fraying at the back strip cloth edge, and light exterior foxing and soiling (damp staining) ; interior better but with a previous owner's inscription on the rear endpaper, binding solid, paper generally clean and moderately yellowed but with light scattered foxing foxing, especially to the endpaper gutters. In a good, moderately edge worn and lightly soiled dust jacket with dampstaining to the upper margin.

Gale Research Inc, 1987-08-15. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Without dust jacket, as issued. Quarto, 11 1/4" tall, xv + 406 pages, blue cloth. A near fine, clean, neat hardcover with little shelf wear, slight exterior soiling; interior fine hinges and binding tight, paper white.

New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 299 pages, blue quarter cloth; publisher's review slip laid in. A fine, clean, hardcover first edition, first printing, with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a fine dust jacket with original price.

New York, New York: Avon - Bard, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 245 pages, brown and tan boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket. With publisher's review slip laid in.

Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, Mifflin: Boston, 1962. First American edition, First pr. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Translated from the Italian. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 244 pages, green cloth. A very good, clean, neat hardcover first edition with minor discoloring to the cloth at the top and bottom edges, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a good dust jacket with chipping at the folds, creasing at the ends of the back strip, and with original price present.

Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Co, 1884. First edition?. Decorative Cloth. Fair. An original copy, still useful. Octavo, 8 3/4" tall, 479 pages with intertextual illustrations, decorated gray cloth. A fair copy only but the exact printing is uncertain because the title page as well as pages #15-16 (a portion of the contents listing) missing, boards are worn through at corners, cover cloth soiled, back strip cloth is fraying, hinges cracked but secure, binding shaken, and, paper moderately yellowed and with scattered foxing throughout. Still a good reference reading copy but not worth re-binding. Sold as is.

New York, New York: Robert Carter, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library copy with markings to the endpapers. A parable told from the perspective of a bird. Octavo, 7" tall, 235 + [6] ad pages, gilt titles and decorations on full brown cloth. A good solid hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear; front and rear endpapers pencil marked, binding solid, pages moderately yellowed with minor scattered foxing, mostly in the margins.

New York, New York: Trident Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 160 pages, black quarter-cloth with gilt title on spine. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with minor shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good+ dust jacket with some darkening along the back strip, slight soiling to rear panel, minor edge wear, with original price.

Fox Hollow Press, 2017-03-06. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Octavo 9" tall, [vii] + 345 pages, stiff wraps; one b&w map. A near fine, clean, neat soft cover edition overall with light shelf wear, gently read; binding tight, paper cream white.

West Los Angeles, California: California Graduate Institute, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover--leather. Near Fine/Without dust jacket as issued. ....a dissertation presented to the education committee, California Graduate Institute, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology." The author, Morton Reed, later published 'Proof of Innocence' among other texts. Quarto, 11 1/4" tall, iv + 152 pages (typewriter typeset single-sided), decorative endpapers brown leather. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear overall (rubbing at the fore-corner tips); hinges and binding tight, paper white. Without dust jacket.

New York, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by author on front free end paper with first name only (Franklin) and with short inscription. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 248 pages, gilt and white titles on green cloth. A near fine, clean, hardcover first edition with minimal shelf wear, small stain to cloth at bottom edge, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a very good, clean dust jacket with slight edge wear, a short edge tear, with original price.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First edition, first printing . Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 426 pages, black cloth. A very good, clean, hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a good dust jacket, moderately worn and soiled with several short closed tears. Story of a coal city in eastern Pennsylvania.