Search Results: Titles starting with R from William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. cloth, first edition with dust jacket. Book condition: very good, though with some slight warping of boards. Clean, tight, bright. Dust jacket: good, price clipped, with some fading from exposure to sun at bottom of dust jacket spine. 407 pages. 5 ½ x 8".

New Jersey: CUPR/Transaction, 1983. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. As new cloth with gilt lettering on spine. As new DJ. No creases or markings. Pristine copy.

U.S.A.: Warner Books, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first trade edition with silver and black lettering on spine and embossed front cover with Near Fine DJ. The book is flawless.. Binding is straight and tight, all pages bright and clear. No markings, creases, or tears. DJ is Near Fine with minor shelf wear and rubbing to top, creasing to bottom 1/3 of spine and moderate age toning. Not price clipped, not ex lib, not remaindered. Notes, index, 341 pages.

Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New cloth first printing of first edition with brilliant gilt lettering on spine and As New DJ. No flaws anywhere. Factory fresh and pristine. Not ex lib, not price clipped, not remaindered. Endnotes, bibliogriography, index. 254 pages.

New York, NY: J.B. Ford & CO., 1868. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Cloth green cover with gilt lettering, very good condition. No DJ. From the collection of E. J. Aston (a NC travel writer who published frequently with Greeley) and signed on title page by E. J. Aston. Includes a letter to Aston from Horace Greeley, dated August 19, 1869. Aston glued the letter into the front papers of the book. The letter has three folds and is signed by Horace Greeley. Binding is straight and tight. Shadows of plates on facing pages. Title page is loose and has some tanning. Many pages have normal tanning commensurate with age. Slight discoloration to front cover. Tear to cover on upper rear corner. Shelf wear to spine at top and bottom.

Massachusetts: Wright and Potter Printing Company State Printers, 1905. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very Good cloth first edition with gilt lettering on spine and cover. No DJ. Edge wear and rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Soiling and discolorations to top of front cover. Corners sharp but worn at top. Ink stains (from a fountain or dip pen) along top of front cover and front edge of spine. Light foxing to front and back end papers. Very light age toning to all pages commensurate with age. No creases, markings, or tears. Text in Fine condition. Not ex lib. 82 pages.

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine cloth with white/yellow lettering on spine and Very Good DJ in protective mylar cover. Some fading to lettering on spine, which is slightly cocked (almost imperceptible). DJ shows tanning commensurate with age, 1/8 inch tear along bottom of spine and 3/4 inch tear along top edge. No markings, creases, or tears. Footnotes. Index. 148 pages.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with silver lettering on spine SIGNED and dated by author on front free end paper with Near Fine DJ in protective mylar cover. This is the true first edition published in the UK. New Directions published the first American edition later that same year. Minor sun fading to spine of DJ. A pristine volume. Binding is straight and tight, all corners sharp. No markings, creases, or tears. 121 pages. Not ex lib, not clipped, not remaindered.

Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As New Cloth with silver lettering on spine and As New DJ (not clipped) in protective mylar cover. Previous owners name in pencil on dedication page but otherwise a flawless collectible. No markings, creases, or tears. Illustrations. Endnotes. Bibliography. 204 pages.

Pan Books, 1984. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Good softcover. This is the 1984 edition of a book that first appeared in 1972. The spine is firm and tight but creased from top to bottom. Front cover creased in three places. Age toning commensurate with age on all pages. No markings or tears. 255 pages.

Washington, DC: NASA, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Near Fine softcover of NASA first issue of the third Mercury program report. Side stapled format with blue paper cover. Creasing and edgewear along edge of front cover. Top corner of pages 108120 and top corner of rear cover are creased. Mild tanning to pages commensurate with age, but overall in suprisingly good shape. Illustrations, tables, statistics. Includes 5 essays, concluding with Astronaut Wally Schirra's "Pilot's Flight Report." 120 pages.

Chicago: Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc., 1976. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine hardcover faux leather with gilt lettering, no dustjacket. collection of transcribed documents and art relating to the American Revolution. A fantastic shelf resource. Published by Brittanica in celebration of the bicentennial. 319 pages. Index. 6 ½ x 9 ½".

U.S.A.: Basic Books, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first printing of first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ. Slight crease to bottom of DJ spine. Not price clipped, not remaindered, not ex-lib. No creases, markings, or tears A flawless collectible. Notes, bibliography, index. 580 pages.

U.S.A.: Dorset House Publishing Co Inc, 1988. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. Cloth with gilt lettering on spine, as new with as new DJ. No creases of markings. Perfect.

String Letter Publishing, 2000. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine soft cover. No markings, tears, or creases. Not ex lib, not remaindered, not clipped. Factory fresh. Contains interviews on the craft of songwriting with ten songwriters, including Jerry Garcia, Paul Simon, Indigo Girls, Dave Matthews, Joni Mitchell, etc. See images for table of contents. 181 pages.

Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine cloth first edition with gilt lettering on spine and Fine DJ. Binding straight and tight, gilt lettering brilliant. No creases, markings, or tears. Not ex lib, not clipped, no remainder marks. 157 pages.