Search Results: Titles starting with R from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

London: Frederick Warne and Co. (n.d.), tan cloth, embossed illustrated front board. pp.30 containing The Three Jovial Huntsmen, Sing a Song for Sixpence, The Queen of Hearts and The Farmer's Boy. Illustrated with full-page chromolithographs and drawings. light soiling to boards, some foxing to endpapers, all plates are clean and bright. Size: Square Octavo. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Robert Caldecott.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full red leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (8.75 x 6 inches). 342 pages; illustrations by John Pinkney. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author, John Updike, on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. Time magazine includes this novel in its "Time 100 Best Novels from 1923-2005." An exceptionally clean, tight (unread) copy in collector FINE condition. Signed. Limited Edition. Leather. Fine. Illus. by John Pinkney. Octavo.

Paris: Plon-Nourrit and Co., 1913. Two volumes, complete. Quarter calf leather over marbled boards, gilt titles and decoration, (7 5/8" x 5"). 301, 326 pages. Bibliotheque Francaise. French text. Showing general overall wear and rubbing to exterior, age toned paper otherwise internally clean. Size: Octavo. Leather.

New York: The Jockey Club, 1937. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards (hard cover), with paper title label, deckle edge, (11" x 13.5"). 293 pages with Index; Illustrated by 59 plates, including tissue protected frontis. Letter press printed in two colors. The second published volume in The Jockey Club's history of American Thoroughbred racing. Original errata slip laid-in. Showing some minimal exterior wear, corners bumped, internally clean, bright and tight Size: Folio. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good.

Chicago: Rand McNally, 1921. Printed wraps (softcover), 6.5 x 4 inches. 38 pages, plus period advertisements; with double-sided color map bound-in at rear (Oregon Highway Map and Oregan Railroad Map). Unfolded map dimension 28 x 20.75 inches. Contains Railroads, Electric Lines, Post Offices, Express Telegraph and Mail Service. Counties, Congressional Townships, Cities, Towns, Villages, Rivers, Lakes, Islands, Creeks, Mountains, Etc. Air Service and Landing Fields. Population according to Latest Official Census. and Main Highways. Map is near fine in wrappers showing some wear and rubbing. A desirable and scarce item.. First Edition. Wrappers. Very Good. 12mo. Map.

New York: Cornwall Books, 1999. Black cloth, gilt spine in dust-jacket, (9.5 x 6.5). First Edition. 132 pages. Wheatcrofts sixth volume of poetry. INSCRIBED on front free endpaper. A clean, tight copy. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1981. Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (8.75 x 5.75 inches), 218 pages. First Edition/First Printing with number "1" on publisher's number line. SIGNED by author on title page. A Benny Cooperman Mystery. Canada Council stamp, a clean, tight copy in very good dust-jacket.. Signed. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Octavo.

Cleveland: Max and Betty Wohlvert Ratner, 1988. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 301 pages, w/ index; profusely illustrated. An in-depth history of this important Cleveland, Ohio family. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Oblong Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Chester, Connecticut: Pequot Press, 1972. Special Limited Edition, SIGNED by Baldwin and Curtiss on front free endpaper. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 297 pp., w/ appendix and index; illustrated. This book stands as the definitive biography of Baldwin as Governor of Connecticut, U.S. Senator, and Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court. A clean, tight copy Size: Tall Octavo. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.

Marquette, Michigan: Rotary Club of Marquette, 1982. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 254 pp., with index of names and subjects; illustrated. A clean, tight copy Size: Tall Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1977. Limited 1/300 copies, cloth with gilt embossed titles, remains in publisher's shrink wrap. Size: Octavo. Limited First Edition.. Cloth. As New. Private Press.

America: Maurice E. Reagan, 1963. Spiral bound wraps (softcover) in black faux leather covers, (7 x 3.75 inches). Second Edition. 12 pages, printed on thick glossary card stock. Barbershop Harmony and Chord relationships for both conventional and solfeggio, includes ladder of tones, tone table for all keys, keystone pattern, Reagan clocks of harmony, transposing chart, eights types of chords, how to start arranging, guides in use of text, Reagan voicing codes with relative ratings. Previous owner' signature, else a clean, tight copy of a scarce title showing little use. Wrappers. Near Fine. Octavo.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1868. Two volumes. Finely bound in full red polished calf by J. Larkins, double ruled gilt borders with floral corner pieces, raised gilt ruled bands with compartments in gilt, elaborate gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, teg., SIGNED BINDING by J. Larkins. 8vo: (7 1/2" x 5 1/4"). 299, 320 pages. "Utopian novel, broken with short dialogues, of an imaginary prehistoric empire in southern Europe called "Sheviri" with a full account of its government, religion and wars." Light foxing to prelims, lightly worn, remains a fine copy in a handsome binding. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Leather.

London: Oxford University Press, 1956. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 269 pages w/ bibliography and index; illustrated. This important work stands as the first and definative non-technical account of the rebuilding of the cathedral. A clean, tight copy in a lightly worn jacket Size: Tall Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Rixheim, France: n.p., 1978. Red cloth photo album containing 31 tipped-in, color photographs of Mrs. Valery Giscard D'Estaing's tour of Zuber & Company. All photographs with printed captions describing the photograph. Size: Small Quarto. Cloth. Fine.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full brown leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (8.75 x 6 inches). 417 pages; illustrations by Uldis Klavins. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by Auchincloss on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. Auchincloss was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2005. An exceptionally clean, tight (unread) copy in collector FINE condition. Signed. Limited Edition. Leather. Fine. Illus. by Uldis Klavins. Octavo.

[Original Etching]. Don Swann Jr. (American 1911-1998). Etching of landscape with pond. Pencil signed "Don Swann Jr." lower right, title "Reflections" with Edition Number "192/300" lower left. Sheet size: 6.5 x 8.5 inches; plate size: 3.75 x 5.75 inches. Excellent condition. Unframed, loose and unmounted. Signed. Fine. Print.

Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983. Red cloth in mylar protected dust jacket. 292 pp., including a catalogue of the 138 plates. Remains an important work on the documentation the history and aesthetics of the Japanese realist tradition. A clean, tight copy showing some minor chipping to dust jacket Size: Tall Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine.

Boston: David R Godine, 1991. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 170 pages, w/ photographic resume and list of photographs; color illustrations. The first comprehensive monograph documenting the 45 year photographic career of Daniel Farber. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Folio. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Glastonbury, CT: Robert L. McCumber, 1990. Stiff yellow wraps (softcover) with black illustration and titling to front cover and titling to spine, (11 x 8.5 inches), 159 pages with Index; illustrated. The definitive standard reference book on registering banks, with 317 banks pictured in b&w photographs. Includes all manufacture information, exact dimensions, mechanism, and a rarity rating with values. An exceptionally clean, tight, unread copy in "as new" condition. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine. Quarto.