Search Results: Authors starting with R from Crooked House Books & Paper

New York: Modern Library, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint, Toledano binding style G5, royal blue cloth, blank endpapers, list of titles on interior of dust jacket, 841 pages plus publisher's list; light underlining and notes in the margins; price clipped dust jacket is lightly edge worn and protected in mylar. 'From France come to readers of English in all its humor and realism, without impeding footnotes or annotations. The lusty and profound Gargantua and Pantagruel, in all five books, complete and unabridged, is here transmuted into our own language for out own time.'- from the dust jacket.

Washington, D.C: Forest Service US Department of Agriculture, 1939. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6. Staple-bound softcover, 7 x 5 1/4 inches, 346 pages, German terms with English definitions; green printed stock covers are edge worn with light creasing along spine and lightly flared corners, small sticker removal injury to rear cover at bottom, previous owner's stamp in title page, toned pages otherwise clean and crisp, binding sound.

New York: Facts On File Inc, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x1x13. Blue cloth with silver titles on spine, folio, 320 pages; just a hint of edge wear; dust jacket now protected in mylar. Please note, this is an oversize book an may incur extra shipping charges. Between 1876 and 1888, a Frenchman named Albert Racinet produced a six-volume 'History of the World in Costume'. One of the earliest books on the subject, its scope and detail has never been surpassed. 'The Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes' is a recreation of Racinet's classic work.

London: Chapman and Hall, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, NAP. Full green cloth with black lettering & rules; 6-7/8" tall; 128 pp. Very slight wear to tips, pages unopened, the only real flaw is toning to last page (the reviews), likely from acidic paper being laid in at some point. The fourth book of poetry by Radclyffe Hall, one of the most prominent lesbian authors of the 20th century, most noted for her novel 'The Well of Loneliness.

Racine, Washington: Whitman Publishing Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Meixner, Hedwig Jo. Teal cloth with orange titles, 8vo, 248 pages, illustrations throughout by Hedwig Jo Meixner; dust jacket now protected in mylar cover. A vintage copy of this intriguing Chicago mystery story.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 10x8x0. Signed by Illustrator(s). Full number line; signed by Ed Young no title page and dated '93; 4to, unnumbered pages, color illustrations on every page. Ruth Yaffe Radin's lyrical text and Ed Young's vibrant full-color illustrations capture a child's sense of wonder in the majestic Colorado Rockies.

London: Printed for the Author, and sold by R. Baldwin, 1780. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Seventh edition. Signed by Raffald on page 1. Calf leather binding with gilt decorative borders, spine more recently rebacked with gilt decorations and leather title label, marbled endpapers, 8-1/8" x 5-1/2", three folding plates, 412 pp. + [14 pp.] index. Some scuffing to boards, spine calf not quite the same color as boards, ink of author's signature quite faded. Very good condition.

Enitharmon Press, 1972. Hardcover. Fine. Black & white cloth spine over red paper-covered boards, 8vo, 79 pp. #31 of 85 copies on Canson Ingres paper, signed by Raine at colophon. Originally set to be published in 1946, these are war-time essays & sketches by the noted poet and scholar.

Rajneesh Foundation, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. First edition stated, 5000 copies, ISBN sticker over printed ISBN on title page and rear of dust jacket. Hardcover, full burgundy cloth binding with gilt lettering to front cover and spine, 8-3/4" tall by 11-1/4" wide, 357 pp. + appendices. Light wear, no notable flaws. A lavishly illustrated book which both reveals teachings of Rajneesh and provides some insight into the community of followers. This copy also contains a bookmark of Rajneeshpuram, The First Annual World Celebration, 1982.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Wyeth, N.C. Royal blue cloth with pictorial paste down, gilt titles on spine, 8vo, 400 pages, pictorial endpapers and illustrated throughout by N.C. Wyeth; inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise a well kept copy.

New York: G. Routledge & Co, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Cruikshank, George. Beautifully rebound in brown cloth under three quarter leather, tooled with gilt, five raised bands, 16mo, 416 pages with original wrapper bound in back, illustrated throughout by George Cruikshank; boards are edge worn, with the leather beginning to chip at corners and head of spine, top edge gilt, pages are clean and binding is tight; no dust jacket. An exceptional copy whose unique fine binding would make it an excellent candidate for a collector of curiosities.

Chicago: Way & Williams, 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Maxfield Parrish. Designed by Maxfield Parrish, not signed. Hardcover, tan cloth with black and yellow designed repeated on front and rear covers, yellow title box on spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, 7" tall, 309 pp. + colophon. A near fine copy, top rear corner lightly bumped, light rubbing to front cover, modest dulling to spine. An early production by Maxfield Parrish, and his first for Way and Williams. The covers are not designed so much as illustrated, and it clearly points to Parrish's future in illustration and painting rather than graphic design. Nevertheless, this poster-style design is an important high point in American publishers' bindings.

Riverside, Connecticut: Hillacre, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover with wrapped dust jacket, 9-3/4" tall, 41 pp. Shelfwear and some splitting (minor loss) to bottom edge of dust jacket, some pages unopened. One of 450 copies on Utopian laid paper. A lovely fine press publication of this collection of previously published poetry (and juvenalia, in Reed's estimation.) Frederick C. Bursch.

Riverside, Connecticut: Frederick C. Bursch at Hillacre, 1913. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover, grey paper-covered boards with glassine dust jacket, 9-5/8" tall, unpaginated. Slight bumping to corners, glassine with chipping to spine and bottom edge, housed in a good to fair slipcase with a 1" section missing from spine panel, and other wear. Reed's first publication after college.

Samuel Weiser, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. Trade paperback with teal cover, 7-1/4" tall. Rubbing to covers, a nice reading/reference copy.

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Hardcover, brown cloth boards with green rules, white lettering, and color design on front cover, gilt lettering to spine, 7-1/2" tall, 115 pp. + publisher's ads, plate illustrations by Frederic Remington. Faint blemish near "O" of cover title, bookseller's stamp to front endpaper, owner's inscription in pencil.

New York: The Dial Press, 1960. Special Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s). Limited edition, full brown leather embossed with a cow skull and Remington's signature in gilt below, gilt titles on spine, 4to, 254 pages, illustrations throughout, signed by author on the colophon, in slipcase; a beautiful copy. This edition limited to 167 copies numbered and signed of which this is number 143, signed by Harold McCracken.

New York: Junior Literary Guild/Scribner's, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Blue cloth with a little raccoon on front board, 8vo, 169 pages, black and white illustrations by Barbara Cooney. Dust jacket a bit toned and edge worn with chipping at extremities, two small scuff marks on front spine edge, now in protective mylar cover. The story of a boy and his pet raccoon, based on the author's son and his own pet raccoon.

Walsworth Pub Co, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 10x8x0. Small stain inside front cover, else very clean and bright; solid binding.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Full purplish-blue cloth covers lettered in gilt, under tan, brown and black dust jacket, 7-3/4" tall, 322 pp. + colophon. Dust jacket has fading to spine and about 1-1/4" strip along front panel near spine; price-clipped. A nice, neat first edition of the first book of the Pulitzer Prize winning author.