Search Results: Titles starting with R from Hatfield Books and Memorabilia

New York: A Plume Book, 1996. 25th printing stated. AS NEW paperback. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents E L DOCTOROW'S CLASSIC novel RAGTIME!, the basis for the film directed by Milos Forman (1981) and for the Broadway musical. This copy is in AS NEW condition The only mark is a remainder mark on the bottom 5 1/4" x 8", 270 pages, the cover is glossy dark blue paper with an image of the Statue of Liberty torch wrapped in the American flag, particulars in red and white "One of the best books of the decade!" (Time Magazine

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Wake-Brook House, 1978. FIRST LIMITED EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. FINE/GOOD +. Beautiful poetry by a prominent mid Twentieth-Century Benedictine nun, this Limited Edition is indicated by the number "115" under the ISBN in the same ink as the INSCRIPTION AND SIGNATURE opposite by the author. Never reprinted after the late 70's. A COLLECTOR'S FIND. 6" x 8 5/8", 85 pages. Overall book is Fine. Pages (Note: brown textured end papers) = As New: Inscription to owner on first end paper, author's inscription and signature on dedication page, and aforementioned limited edition # on copyright page, else clear, tight, sharp, no other marks. Cover (red quarter bound cloth boards with 3/4 leather and floral velvet boards, particulars in gold gilt on spine only) = Near Fine: small stain front and back 1 1/2" below top edge, 3 air release bubbles to red cloth middle of front, else tight, square, clear with no rubbing. Dust Jacket (white glossy paper with photo of the author back,… Read More

Privately Printed by the Compiler in either 1900 or 1928. First edition thus, First printing thus. Very Good. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE RECREATION OF MY IDLE HOURS, a VERY RARE and very large anthology of poems and quotations assembled in the early 20th Century by one of the pioneers of "self publishing," JOHN DONNAN. The Donnan family lived in and around Richmond, Virginia, and this volume was "privately printed by the compiler for distribution to my friends." 6 1/4" x 9 5/8", 557 pages (including an exhaustive 60 page series of cross reference indeces), no dust jacket (probably as issued). Overall condition VERY GOOD. Pages = Very good: penciled name and addy of owner, on first fep, penciled page number (336) on back reverse cover which refers to a love poem on said page which is check marked in pencil, light to moderate tanning, scratch across lower edges, else clear, tight, lightly rounded corners as issued, no additional marks. Cover (green cloth… Read More

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1977. Hardcover. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION STATED of Mark Helprin's very first novel, REFINER'S FIRE. "A wonderful writer. He moves from character to character and from culture to culture, as if he's been born and raised everywhere." (John Gardner) Over the past 3 1/2 decades, HELPRIN has been awarded the National Jewish Book Award and the Prix de Rome from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. A fellow of the American Academy in Rome and a former Guggenheim Fellow, Helprin is also a senior fellow at the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy. This attractive FIRST EDITION measures 6 3/8" x 9 1/2", contains 373 action packed pages, and includes the ORIGINAL DUST JACKET.Overall book condition is NEAR FINE. Pages (top edges are tinted red) = Fine: light bumps to outer edges, else As New. Cover (black quarter cloth binding over medium blue boards,… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1965. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION STATED, FIRST PRINTING THUS. VERY GOOD PLUS. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents THE RISE OF CHRISTIAN EUROPE. Stated as the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, this renowned European History book was reprinted throughout the last half of the Twentieth Century. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4", 216 pages (including bibliography, list of illustrations and notes), 124 b & w illustrations, paperback. Overall book is Very Good Plus. Pages = Very Good Plus: moderate yellowing, owner's signature and addy on front reverse cover, original price on ffep, pp. 35/36 separated and laid in, light staining to bottom and side edges of pages, else clear, tight, sharp and square. Cover (dark blue stiff paper, with color photo mosaic and particulars in white and light blue) = Very Good Plus: mild rubbing to front, back and corners, light creasing to spine, else clear, solid color, tight and square.

HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents FIRST EDITION BCE of MARJORIE MCINTYRE'S debut novel, THE RIVER WITCH. "An important new writer makes her debut with this fine novel..." FINE/FINE. ORIGINAL DUST JACKET, with romantic illustration of steamboat scene by JOHN ALAN MAXWELL (who illustrated books for John Steinbeck, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Joseph Conrad, among others). 5 3/4" x 8 1/2" , 251 pages. Boards are blue with black print on spine. A discoloration stripe on first ffe (over map of Missouri River), slight chipping and discoloration top edge of rear face of jacket, else very tight and sharp with no interior marks. Noted book appraiser James Beattie has given this copy a value of $35.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1917. First edition thus, first printing thus. VERY GOOD. N C Wyeth. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents ROBIN HOOD by PAUL CRESWICK. This is the FIRST APPEARANCE of the eleven full page color illustrations by AMERICA'S GREATEST ILLUSTRATOR, N. C. WYETH (who was also a realist painter, and whose works command a high price today) The eleven illustrations (which were engraved by the Beck Engraving Company) include those on the front cover and the front and back end papers Paul Creswick, who was the published author of a number of children's books, penned this version of ROBIN HOOD at the turn of the twentieth century. His version of the tale "brings it to life, and the luminous Wyeth illustrations complete the picture" 7 1/8" x 9 1/2", 362 pages, no DJ. Book in VERY GOOD condition. Pages (with gold gilded top edges) = very good: moderate tanning to edges, bottoms, tops, small dedication to owner on first ffep, else very tight, clear, sharp, no… Read More