Search Results: Titles starting with R from Crow Hop Rare Books

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1930. First Edition. 120 pp. Illustrated with pen drawings by Madelaine Kroll. Near Fine in VG unclipped dustjacket (rubbing and soiling, chipping--particularly at spine--and edgewear). A complete history of yacht races for America's Cup from 1851 to date of publication with directions showing how to build perfect two-inch high ship models out of cork, matches, pins, thread, and paper.

Madison, WI: [Radical America], 1968. An SDS Journal of American Radicalism, published bi-monthly. In this issue, "Radical America takes on certain new dimensions, particularly in neo-Marxist theory and the arts." Contents include articles by James P. O'Brien, "The Early Days of the New Left"; Andre Schiffrin, "The Student Movement in the 1950's: A Reminiscence"; Dave Wagner, "Poetry & Revolution"; Stuart Ewen, "A Revolutionary Strategy?"; Staughton Lynd, "The Radicals' Use of History"; Dennis Wood, "Again, The Radicals and Scholarship."

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1963. First Edition, third state, with dedication page appearing after copyright page. Near Fine in a sharp, VG+ unclipped dustjacket (light chipping to spine ends).

Measures approximately 5.5" x 3.75". Undivided back. Circa 1905. Labeled "23" A.M. Ottennheimer, Baltimore, MD. Handwritten note below image and address to verso. Soiling and edgewear with rounded corners. The year after this photo was taken, sports legend Jim Thorpe arrived at the school (Bogdan 171).

New York: Knopf, 1985. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. First Edition of her acclaimed first book, a collection of 15 stories. Near fine in a VG+ dustjacket (common fading to flaps).

Atlanta: Housing Authority of the CIty of Atlanta, 1939. First Annual Report. June 30, 1939. Thick sewn wraps, 34 pp. With folded affixed color map in rear, entitled "Rebuilding Atlanta" as well as another folded map with tissue guard entitled "Site Plan Clark Howell Homes" in Techwood. Scarce--no copies in OCLC.

New Brighton, MN: Pattonettes Homemakers, [1974]. Cookbook assembled by the Pattonettes Homemakers Group of New Brighton, Minnesota. INSCRIBED inside front cover by one of the members listed on first page and dated in 1974. Oblong, bound with two red rings, VG+ (toning and light wear). 117 pp, printed on rectos only on blue and white paper. Section separated by full-page drawings: Appetizers and Beverages, Bars, Breads and Sandwiches, Cakes, Cookies, Desserts, Hot Dish, Pies, Salads, and Misellaneous. Includes Index where someone has annotated with words like "yummy" and "good" for recipes including Water Chesnut Wraparounds, Cranberry Christmas Cake, and Raspberry Ribbon Pie.

Brooklyn, NY: Assembling Press, 1974. First Edition.64 pp. Limited to 1500 copies. VG+ stapled wraps (soiling and a touch of toning, rust at staple). Dedicated to John Cage, "Father Generator."

Glendo, WY: High Plains Press, 1995. First Edition. Near Fine Softcover and jacket. 72 pp. May Sarton and Teresa Jordan praise.

New York: Dutton, 1955. First Edition. VG+ (slight spine lean, a touch of soiling to boards) in a VG+ unclipped dustjacket with some moderate edgewear and rubbing on back. INSCRIBED by MacMahon to Nicholas Wreden (and wife), his editor at Dutton, on the ffep in the year of publication. Wreden’s ownership inscription on the front board is also present. MacMahon is the author of The Lion Tamer and Children of the Rainbow, and his work has been compared favorably to some of the best Irish short story writers of the previous century.

Baton Rouge, LA: Southern University Department of Psychology, 1964. VG or better (toning to covers, with about 4 tiny pin holes that are present throughout). Perfect bound. (ix) 78 pp. with 25 tables (printed on rectos only). "The research reported herein was performed pursuant to a contract with the United States Office of Education Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Cooperative Research Project No. 1592."

Worcester, MA: Shield Press, 1971. [3] 20 pp., printed on rectos only. Six drawings by Stephen Jenkins. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author in the year following publication: “Best wishes To Mr. & Mrs. [ ] Corrine E. Bostic -1971-.” VG+ (edgewear, light creasing to bottom edge, lightly rubbed) in yellow illustrated wraps, in red plastic comb binding.Poems of place, faith, protest, and the black experience, with evocative lines including: “Dream Killers, / You can’t kill this dream. / It’s growing like a snowball / Rolling down the side of white America/ … / Not this dream / That has ridden from Africa / In the guts of blackmen” and “Out of a land of slaves / I see my blackman / Afro-crowned; dashiki bound; / The low riders; backsliders; / And Sleek dark Panthers / With their shiny-booted queens / United.” Bostic (1927-1981) was a poet and teacher from Worcester, MA, and a founding member of the Worcester County Poetry Association. Requiem was her first book. No copies in commerce… Read More

New York: Warner Books, 1996. VG+ Softcover (some loss to top of spine, edgewear). INSCRIBED by Alexie to the African-American poet and National Book Award winner Ai on title page: "For Ai Peace and Friendship Sherman Alexie." A nice association.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995. Uncorrected Proof. Near Fine in glossy illustrated wraps.

Atlanta: African Expressions, 1970. 42 pp. Illustrated, original stapled pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. Developed as part of the Atlanta Center for Black Art, Rhythm was a short-lived magazine with only 3 issues printed (Danky, 5137). This inaugural issue includes work by Ameer (sic) Baraka (LeRoi Jones) on “Black Nationalism vs. Pimp Art,” Bill Mahoney on “Everything is Everything,” Howard Moore, Jr. on “Racism as Justice,” Larry MacBailey on “On Terror,” drawings by Kofi X, Babatunde Okello, and Skunder Boghassion, an interview with Chuck Hopkins, and poetry from A.B. Spellman and Gaston Neal.

Rome: Alphi Editori, 1996. First Edition. 106 pp. VG+ softcover. Text in Italian. Exhibition Catalogue.Il Centro Studi Della Fondazione Levi Montalcii Presenta Rinaldo Geleng. INSCRIBED by Geleng on ffep in the year of publication.Geleng, a noted portrait and film poster artist, died in 2003.

New York: Viking , 1993. First Edition. SIGNED by Boyle on half-title page in the year of publication.Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped dustjacket. Basis for the 1994 film of the same name starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, and Bridget Fonda.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. First Edition. 78 black and white photographs. Near Fine in an about VG+ unclipped dustjacket (sticker ghost on inner flap, light wrinkling, chipping, and soiling at edges). Laid in is a Holt, Rinehart and WInston promotional booklet of their Frost publications which folds out into 18" x 24" poster (designed by Doris O'Neill) featuring an image of Frost that reads, "Robert Frost Centennial 1874-1974."

New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. First Edition. SIGNED by Ford on title page. Includes a fine pictorial postcard of Ford by Maude Schuyler Clay laid in. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dustjacket (toning to inside flaps).

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1980. 168 pp. Illustrated throughout. VG+ orange hardcover (some staining to page edges) in a VG+ unclipped dustjacket (fading and chip to spine, one small tear to rear cover, light wrinkle to top edge). First Edition. SIGNED by Berlitz on title page. A fully documented analysis of the alleged UFO crash landing in New Mexico in 1947, supposedly hushed up for the purposes of “national security.”