Search Results: Titles starting with R from Grinning Cat Books

Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with only slight wear. Undated c. 1940. In publisher's original cream cloth with pictorial front picture board and illustrated spine. All end papers clean with no inscriptions. Fully illustrated in color by the fantastic pen of R. Caldecott and containing eight different individually numbered chapters such as The House That Jack Built, Sing A Song of Sixpence and The Queen of Hearts. Tight and bright. 254pp. A wonderful copy!

First Edition, First Printing (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1995). Fine in a fine dust jacket; as new. Signed by John Updike on the front free endpaper. Scarce thus. The beautiful Everman's Library edition; the first time all four Rabbit novels were published in one volume. Comprising Rabbit Run, Rabbit Redux, Rabbit is Rich, and Rabbit at Rest. A wonderful and sharp looking compendium of the four novels following life's ups-and-downs of Updike's now iconic character, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom!

Rabbit, Run, published in 1960, established Updike as one of the major American novelists of his generation. In that first novel, the reader follows three months in the life of Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, a 26-year-old former high school basketball player who is trapped in a loveless marriage and a boring sales job, and experiences Rabbit's attempts to escape the constraints of his life. In the next three novels in the series Updike takes a comical and retrospective look at the relentless questing life of Rabbit… Read More

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by the author on the title-page. The author's award winning first novel follows the exploits and moral degeneration of four young New Englanders. Near fine copy in 1/4 green over black cloth, with slight wear to the head and tail of spine, a bit of toning to the inner boards, and small date stamp on yellow top stain. In a fine and lovely pictorial dust jacket, one of the best we've seen. Tall octavo. 306 pp. Overall, an excellent copy of Matthiessen's debut work.

First American edition of the author's contentious fourth novel, which was expurgated following its seizure in England. Near fine in tan buckram stamped black, lacking dust jacket. Square and tight with no cocking. Title-page verso bears a copyright date of 1915, while the title-page is dated 1916. Roberts gives date of publication as 15 November 1915, complicating issues by noting that Huebsch "published a more expensive edition of The Rainbow in 1916 [A7 note, p28]." The second and third printings from Huebsch however are explicitly dated 1921 & 1922 respectively. Copies with a 1915 title-page, if they ever did exist, appear not to have survived. A brilliant copy of the first American edition, cloth fresh, stamping vivid; 'marred' solely by an ink name neat at crown. 8vo. 480pp]: [x], 470 (last leaf blank). Rare in such exemplary condition.

First American Edition; First Printing. Quite rare, especially in this condition. Near fine in pictorial boards, without dust jacket as issued. Lower corner bumped with a slight chipping. Large folio. 13 1/2' x 16 1/4', unpaginated. A superb copy of this perennial classic! Seldom seen this nice.

First Edition. Near Fine in a very good plus dust jacket. A lovely, unmarked copy, with the blue cloth bright and the pages quite fresh, which is unusual for this fragile, war time published book, scarce in this condition. Some light rubbing to dust jacket; one-and-a-half inch closed tear to front panel, with another small tear at the bottom of the upper fold; and a very small chip top of spine. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.5 in. [iv], 284 pp. A great copy.

First US Edition, First Printing. Signed by LLosa on the title page. The author's seventh novel and one his finest achievements. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. In "The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta," Llosa presents an astute psychological portrait of a modern revolutionary, in the form of an account by a former friend. Through this prism, the novel examines the long, violent, and painful history of Latin-American politics. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with only a tiny closed tear on the top edge. A lovely copy of this Nobel Prize winning author for Literature, and one of the most renowned of his generation.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Harris on the on the title page. Fine in a fine dustjacket. In Red Dragon, Harris introduces Hannibal Lecter, one of literature's most memorable villains of the 21st century. Hannibal Lector aka 'Hannibal the Cannibal' Lector would go on to fame as one of Hollywood's great move villains in the film version of this book's sequel, The Silence of the Labs. A fine copy of this classic thriller!

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. First state dust jacket with the cellophane on the front missing. McCullers' 2nd book, a southern melodrama. Fine in original two-toned decorated cloth and an almost fine first state dust jacket with the original $2.00 price on the front flap. This poorly conceived jacket has an acetate "window," a rectangle cut out on the upper panel that reveals the "Reflections in a Golden Eye" title on the cover of the book below. Almost every copy of this jacket is compromised by the sizing up or shrinking of the acetate over time causing tears and disintegration to the jacket and window. This copy is one of the best we've seen, with a short, closed tear at the upper front fold and top but is otherwise nearly flawless. The binding is tight, and the boards are solid with light wear to the edges. The pages are clean, with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Truly a superior copy.

First edition thus. The book contains first person narratives dealing with the period of time just prior to and during the early part of the Civil War. The twelfth Lakeside Classic from Christmas, 1914. An early Lakeside Classic which is fast becoming more difficult to find in collectable condition. Very good plus in black cloth lettered, decorated and ruled in gilt. Black and white frontispiece of Chicago. Small chip at head of spine. Slightly toned throughout, otherwise a very good, tight copy Small 12mo. xxxiv; 174 pages.

First edition, First Printing. (1896) In 2 volumes, complete. Near fine. Quite scarce. Illustrated profusely with numerous color plates, maps, folding maps--all complete. Volume One includes: 'The Indian Forts of the Blue Mountains' by H. M. M. Richards; "The Frontier Forts in the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna River" by John M. Buckalew; 'The Frontier Forts Within the Wyoming Valley Region' by Sheldon Reynolds, M.A.; and 'The Frontier Forts in the Cumberland and Yuniata Valleys' by Jay Gilfillan Weiser. Volume Two is "The Frontier Forts of Western Pennsylvania" by George Dallas Albert. Spines a touch faded, top corner of front free endpaper in Volume One has been archivally mended, otherwise an about near fine two-volume set in original dark blue cloth. Heavy Octavos. 627; 636 pages. A lovely and scarce set of this important period of Pennsylvanian history.

First Edition, First Printing. Very good plus in original green cloth, titled in gilt on spine. Two colored frontispieces. Scarce thus. This work provides an excellent summary and analysis of the economy in the United States right after the end of the Civil War. Sir Samuel Morton Peto (1809-1889) was a prosperous building contractor who was in involved in the construction of many important building and railway projects in Great Britain and abroad. He also served several terms in Parliament, but had to resign after accepting a government contract. Unfortunately, his economic and business positions were devastated in a general financial panic, and he actually filed for bankruptcy in 1868. Front hinge starting, but otherwise binding is square and sound; foxing to preliminary pages, otherwise text is clean and bright. Attractive bookplate to front free endpaper. Octavo. xv + [i], 428 pp.

First Edition, First Printing. Signed by Prelutsky on half title page. Fully illustrated in color. Tiny, faint tape marks to endpapers, otherwise fine in original pictorial paper-covered boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Thin quarto. 9 x 11.25 in. 64 pp. A lovely copy.

First American Edition, First Edition in English (translated from German by A.W. Wheen). Gorgeous dust jacket art by Wenck. A thrilling World War One novel which follows up Remarque's famous, All Quiet on the Western Front. Fine in a VG+ / near fine dust jacket, with a 1/2 inch closed tear, scratch, and some edge wear on the jacket front. Octavo. Overall, an excellent copy, one of the best we've seen.

First Edition, First Printing (1942). Fine in a very good plus dustjacket. Original teal cloth with the white lettering bright and in tact and with the pink stripe unfaded on the upper cover and the spine. Beautiful and rich. Dustjacket is richly colored with a small closed tear on the front small and light wear to the spine head and joints. Some toning to the rear. The author's very uncommon second book. Welty's loose retelling of a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, set against a Southern backdrop. Copies in this condition are mostly not found at all. One of the best we've seen of this wartime production. Octavo. 185 pages.

First Edition thus (1913). Quite rare. Printed by order of the trustees of the British Museum, and sold at the museum. Includes photos and commentary on the Rosetta Stone. Better than good in original paper cover, a bit damp stained on edges, but not affecting the content, which is in very good condition, with clean text and unmarred. Cover with creases and closed tears along edges. The Rosetta Stone is a stele inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in Memphis, Egypt in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes. The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and Demotic scripts respectively, while the bottom is in Ancient Greek. There are only minor differences between the three versions, which made the Rosetta Stone key to deciphering the Egyptian scripts. Folio. Overall, a very nice copy of this famous academic work.

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. First Edition Thus. The highly sought after 1894 printing with illustrations by Elihu Vedder in Octavo size. A beautiful edition of the Rubaiyat, vividly illustrated by Elihu Vedder in 56 illustrations in panels that incorporate the poems of Omar Khayyam.
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is the title that Edward Fitzgerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and numbering about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048 - 1131), a Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer. A ruba'i is a two- line stanza with two parts (or hemistichs) per line, hence the word rubáiyát (derived from the Arabic language root for 'four') , meaning 'quatrains.'
From the moment of its publication, Vedder's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám achieved unparalleled success. Indeed, Vedder's presentation of the Rubaiyat is possibly the most important and influential… Read More

First Editions, First Printings, all. Fine-to-near fine in fine-to-near-fine dustjackets. Each title signed by Sams on pictorial front free endpaper. Small closed tear on Whisper dust jacket, otherwise fine. An amazing set in wonderful condition!The Peter Osbourne story, beginning with Sams' first novel, Run With the Horsemen and through his award- winning novel, When All the World Was Young, the final novel in the trilogy and continuing the adventures of naive but resilient Porter Osborne Jr. in this loosely autobiographical novel, set during WW II.

First American Edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Black cloth fine, with minor edge wear on spine tail. Signed by Le Carre on the front free endpaper. The title 'The Russia House' refers to the nickname given to the portion of the British Secret Intelligence Service that was devoted to spying on the Soviet Union. The motion picture based on the novel was released in 1990, starring Sean Connery and Michelle Pfeiffer, and directed by Fred Schepisi. Octavo. 353 pages. A wonderful copy of this classic!