Search Results: Titles starting with R from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

Toronto: Kingswood House, 1963. Biography of Canadian Prime Minister, in power during the Great Depression. Hardcover, no jacket. Covers show mottling & spotting; endsheets tanned, some foxing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Freeman's magisterial & influential life of Lee, Pulitzer Prize winner in 1935. Hardcover, four volume set, full red cloth, gilt titling. Volumes I & II are first printings, with an "A" on each copyright page; volumes III & IV are later printings, 1935, but without the "A". Books show light wear, minor bumping to spine ends & corners; spines a bit faded & tanned; pages lightly tanned with minor creasing. Howes F350. Texts clean; xviii, [2], 647; xi, [3], 621; xi, [3], 559; viii, [2], 594 pages; maps, b/w plates, index in volumes II & IV. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this set of books will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6½" by 9½". Set.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973. Biography of this economic historian, teacher, and Labor Party activist, born in 1880. Hardcover in jacket as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket lightly worn with small nick to spine. Text clean; x, 373 pages; index, notes, bibliography of Tawney's works. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

London: Cunard White Star, 1939 Stapled pamphlet, navy & aqua blue cover, gilt decoration. Minor creases, light foxing, first page cockled where frontispiece is attached; pencil checkmarks and brief notes by some of the passengers. 16 pages; passenger list with brief general information; color frontispiece portrait of the ship; general information section in English, with a little French & German; Cunard schedules; ad for "Franconia" world cruise 1940; list of Cunard offices. The "Scythia" sailed from New York and Boston to Galway, Belfast & Liverpool on June 23, 1939.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. 5½" by 8¼".

Chicago: The Radford Architectural Company, 1903 Full tan cloth, red titling, red and green cover design. Shows some wear, especially at the corners; hole through entire book at upper left corner, with string, presumably for hanging the book; the string has parted. Name and address on first blank, 'pocket' and slip for personal library pasted to inside cover; pencil notes inside rear cover. B/w drawing of each house, with basic floor plan, for 108 buildings, mostly houses, but including a couple of churches, a two-story shop, a carriage house, and a lumber warehouse; plus index and two pages of ads for other Radford publications.. Seventh Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 7½" by 10½".

Washington D.C.: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1950. Technical study of these engaging but plaguey beasts. USDI Fish and Wildlife Service pamphlet North American Fauna Number 60. Goldman left the manuscript completed in 1940, when its publication was delayed by the war; he died before it was published and in the meantime, some additional papers on raccoons were published, so the bibliography was revised by Jackson, who added a foreword and appendix. Paperback, grey covers, black titling. Light general wear; "RACCOON" handwritten on the lightly tanned spine; previous owner's name on front cover. Text clean; vi, 153 pages, bibliography, 22 b/w plates, 2 maps.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 6" by 9".

Newton Abbot/New York/Vancouver: David & Charles, 1975. Scholarly study of the development and misuse of the idea of 'race', as applied to human beings. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book & jacket. Text clean; 160 pages; index, bibliography, a few figures. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: The New Press, 1992. Champion interviewer Terkel's examination of American race relations, discussing with people from many walks of life their views and feelings about prejudice, racism, and society. INSCRIBED by Terkel on the half-title page: "To Janet -- Here's to the delight of working with you. Peace, Grace and Beauty -- Studs Terkel". Hardcover in jacket as pictured; stated first edition (first printing) with full number line. Light wear to book, minor bumping to corners, faint foxing to pages edges; jacket shows a little edgewear, with minor creasing. Text clean; [12], 403 pages. . Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Octavo.

Metuchen, NJ & London: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1980. Definitions of terms relevant to racial & ethnic studies, with a bibliography arranged by region. About 60/40 dictionary/bibliography. Levine was a professor of history at the University of Miami and author of several books on Brazil, Cuba & Latin America. Hardcover, full green cloth, white titling. Light wear, corners bumped; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean; viii, 252 pages; index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1919 Pamphlet. Good. Large Octavo. 6 pages. Offprint from Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 55. Smithsonian Publication No. 2278. Edges of text unopened and uncut; text yellowed but not brittle..

Fallbrook, CA: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1977 144 pages with index. Inscribed "I hope you will enjoy my book, Richards K. Parry" on half-title. Wear to edges of covers; sticker tear on back cover; upper corner of fore edge bumped and creased. Text is clean and binding is tight.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Fair. Large Octavo.

Santa Ana, CA: Steve Smith Autosports, 1982. Practical advice for building high-performance engines, often using common parts; with, the cover tells us, tips from Smokey Yunick, Junior Johnson, Waddell Wilson, Jerry Weaver, Dennis Fischer, Butch Elkins, Bruce Crower, Robert Yates, Jim Ruggles, John Reed, and Wayne House. Revised edition, 1982; first published three years earlier. Paperback, as pictured. Shows some wear, light chipping, sticker-removal scar, minor creasing. Text clean; 151 pages + publisher's ad; many figures & b/w photos. . Revised. Paperback. Good. 8¼" by 11".

Santa Ana, CA: Steve Smith Autosports, 1992. Technical advice on many aspects of race car technology & tuning for this budget-conscious class of race cars, including safety, suspension & steering, chassis construction & set-up, brakes, tires & wheels, a little on engines. Thin paperback, as pictured. Shows some creasing & wear, page edges a little grubby. Text clean; [4], 114 pages + 1 page publisher's ad; many b/w photos & figures.. Revised Edition. Paperback. Good. 8½" by 11".

Westport, CT/London: Greenwood Press, 1993. Collection of documents generally supportive of Asian Americans, specifically those of Chinese & Japanese origin, and anti-racist work by both white & Black groups. Includes sections on legal dissent, statements by journalists and the famous including Mark Twain, Henry George, John Stuart Mill, William Lloyd Garrison; religious opinion, labor opinion, African American organizations & speakers, particularly Frederick Douglass; World WarTwo relocation opposition. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear, minor bumping to corners. Text clean, no names or marks; xi, [3], 311 pages plus note on the editors; bibliography, index. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

Chicago: Open Court, 1912. Criticism of the Gospels, rejecting the "Liberal" Christianity of the day, though not accepting Biblical literalism either; rather, reflecting then modern European scholarship based in logic & historicity, not often referred to by English-speaking scholars. Small hardcover. Light wear, corners rubbed; no jacket, possibly as issued. Text clean; xvi, 124 pages + 4 pages ads for Watts & Co. books, based in London, and the printer of this book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Duodecimo.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970. Important essay on & bibliography of these novels and the conditions that produced them; INSCRIBED by the author to a University colleague on the free endsheet, dated (in different ink) April 1979. Stated third printing; first published 14 years earlier. Hardcover, black cloth spine over red boards, gilt titling. Light wear to book; price-clipped jacket rubbed with edgewear including tears & creasing to lower front panel, faded spine. Text clean; viii, [4], 339 pages, index, notes, bibliography.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

New York: Harper & Row, 1973 Cloth. Good/Very Good. First Edition. Octavo. Some penciled marginalia. A few minor creases on edges of dustjacket. Footnotes, bibliography, index. 424 pages..

Chicago and New York: M. A. Donohue & Company, 1922. Teen boy & ham radio operator is sent to England for his health; adventure ensues, while his twin brother stays home working the wireless network to help solve the mystery. The first of one of three series on electrically adventursome youth which burst forth in 1922. Hardcover, later printing, listing four (of six) titles in this publisher's series. Light wear to book; jacket shows light rubbing, a few chips & short tears. Text clean; 255 pages + 3 pages ads, b/w frontispiece. . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small Octavo.

London: Focal Press, 1967 292 pgs; references; bibliography; index, 8 b&w plates; 53 figs. Translated by J.N. Davidson from "Dünne Schichten für die Optik" (1965). Book is clean & unmarked, inside & out; binding tight; hinges sound. Jacket shows moderate edge wear, with a few small chips & short tears; light soiling overall. "The first comprehensive presentation to examine each stage involved in the preparation of high quality radiographs.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

London: Academic Press, 1979. Chapters on nuclear radiation and isotope decay; ionization counting, scintillation counting; applied techniques. Blue hardcover, gilt titling. Spine faded. Ink name and field on front free endsheet. Text clean; 536 pages, index, figures, tables, references. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 6¼" by 9¼".