Search Results: Titles starting with R from The Book Closet

New York: Bantam, 1989 Black boards with black tape binding; gold foil lettering on spine; dj is protected with Brodart cover; dj is yellowed with age; sticker residue on ffep from previous owner; full number line (0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1); not price clipped. "Now the Ramans have finally returned, in a sequel with a scope and vision even grander than the original...Decades have passed since Commander Norton and his crew met with the enormous alien ship dubbed 'Rama' and declared it an intelligent robot with no interest in the creatures of our solar system." -- from the dj

New York: Bantam, 1994 Red boards with dark red tap binding; gold foil lettering on spine; dj is protected with Brodart cover; edges of dj show yellowing; not price clipped; full number line (0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). "On its mysterious voyage through interstellar space, a massive, alien starship carries its passengers to the end of a generations-long odyseey. For the great experiment conceived by Ramans has failed. 'Rama III,' with its carefully designed Earth habitat, as well as environments to house other intelligent species, has become a battleground." -- from the dj

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Tan boards with brown lettering; dj has chips and dings, but is protected with a Broadart cover; pages has age spotting and stains. "There are few novels better known than the story of 'Ramona.' Intensely thrilling wihtout sensationalism, it most graphically illustrates the white man's injustice to the Indian. It is a stirring romance of an Indian girl, Ramona, who, though brought up on a great Spanish estate in Southern California, chooses the life of her own people." from the dj

New York: Bantam Books, 1991 Black boards with black binding; silver lettering on spine. Tight, clean spine and pages. DJ has two small tears and minor shelfwear with sticker residue on back. DJ protected with a Brodart cover. "Angus Thermopyle was an ore pirate and a murderer; even the most disreputable asteroid pilots of Delta Sector stayed out of his way. They muttered that everyone who had ever gotten close to Thermopyle had ended up dead - or in the lockup." - from the dj.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1903 Published october 1903; faded green boards with paste on pictorical cover, which has a chip in the upper right hand corner; spine is slightly slated with edge rubbing; pictures available upon request.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Aqua=blue boards with pictorial cover; balck farmhouse scence with black lettering; spine edges are faded; endpapers show eight scenes from the movie; pages are yellowing with some stains; dj has major chips and dings, but is protected with a Brodart cover. "Few books in American literature have achieved such lasting popularity as this fresh and delightful story of a quaint little girl who leaves home at the age of ten to live and grow up with her aunts in a distance town. Rebecca is the favorite of thousands of readers both young and old." -- from the dj

New York: Delacorte Press, 1997 Black boards with red foil lettering on spine; pages are clean; spine is tight; appears to be signed by author on title page; dj has slight sticker residue on back and is now protected with Brodart cover. "It was truly a crime against innocents. Eleven dolphins, part of an experiment in healing, are found slaughtered in their saltwater tanks. When Thorn investigates, he triggers a vicious attack that leaves him paralyzed from the waist down, plagued by unrelenting pain. Now Thorn, a Florida renegade who has lived a life of fierce freedom, is starting over in a wheelchair, bitter enough to drive his lover away, desperate enough to seek miracles on the fringes of medical science -- where his childhood friend, now a doctor, is doing cutting-edge research in a quest for the ultimate painkiller." -- from the dj.

New York: Random House, 1992 Grey boards with red tape binding; red foil square on front cover; dj is not price clipped; stated First Edition.

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2016 Blue boards with light blue foil lettering on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated first edition. "Imagine: A boy with a gun waits for the man who killed his mother. A troubled detective confronts her past in the aftermath of a brutal shooting. After thirteen years in prison, a good cop walks free as deep in the forest, on the alter of an abandoned church, a body cools in pale linen. This is a town on the brink. this is Redemption Road." -- from the dj

New York: Dutton, 1996 Red boards with tan tape binding; silver embossed lettering on spine; stated First Trade Edition; dj protected with Brodart cover; price sticker on lower corner of dj; not price clipped. "It's a summer afternoon in Wentworth, Ohio, and on Poplar Street everything's normal. The paper boy is making his rounds; the Carver kids are bickering at the corner convenience store; a Frisbee is flying on the Reeds' lawn; Gary Soderson is firing up the backyard barbecue. The only thing that doesn't quite fit is the red van idling just up the hill. Soon it will begin to roll, and the killing will begin. A quiet slice of American Suburbia is about to turn to toast." from the dj

New York: Dutton, 1996 First Trade Printing. Red boards with tan tape binding; silver embossed lettering on spine; dj shows shelf wear and has a small tear on the top front. "It's a summer afternoon in Wentworth, Ohio, and on Popular Street everything's normal. The paper boy is making his rounds; the Carver kids are bickering at the corner convenience store; a Frisbee is flying on the Reeds' lawn; Gary Soderson is firing up the backyard barbecue. The only thing that doesn't quite fit is the red van idling just up the hill. Soon it will begin to roll, and the killing will begin. A quiet slice of American suburbia is about to turn to toast." from the dj

William Morrow & Company, 2003 1st Edition

New York: Del Rey, 1989 Cream boards with cream tape binding; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; near fine copy. "As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky and ravaged the ladn. In exchange for santuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their Lord Holders, who in turn supported the Weyrs, whose dragons were Pern's greatest weapon against Thread." -- from the dj

New York: Tor, 2013 Burgundy boards with silver lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition with full number line. "When we left the Named Lands at the ned of 'Antiphon,' our main characters were scattered between the earth, sea and sky." -- from the dj

New York: Doubleday, 1996 Black boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; previous owner's address stamp on ffep;; dj is not price clipped, but there is soms sticker residue on the back cover; protected with a Brodart cover. "Irina Ismaylovs kills men and women. For her victims, death comes unexpectedly and she leaves no trace of her presence behind, because each assassination is carried out in its own unique and ingenious fashion." -- from the dj

New York: Tor Fantasy, 2002 Red boards with silver lettering on spine; dj is protected with Brodart cover and is not price-clipped; stated First Edition. "It has been three years since their devastating battle, and peace has settled across their land. But to the south an empire lies ready to crumble. When the Dowager Empress dies, along with her successor, the dark clouds of war loom on the horizon." -- from the dj

Amherst, NY: Pyr, 2005 "Private Detective Jonah-McEwen is wanted for murder. Someone has been killing women who resemble Marylin Blaylock, his former colleague and ex-lover. The latest grisly discover is right on his doorstep. He is te obvious suspect." - from the dj

New York: The Modern Library Soft brown leather-like cover; "Modern Library" crest embossed on front; spine shows signs of wear; 507 pages; previous owner's name on ffep; some faint pencil markings throughout. Pictures available upon request

New York: Orchard Books, 2005 First printing, full number line; some mnior rubbing on back cover; first book of the Grey Griffins' magical adventures. "Max Sumner and his three best friends, Harley, Ernie, and Natalia - who form the secret club The Grey Griffins - seem to be the only people in their very normal Minnesota town to notice that strange things have started to happen." -- from the back cover.

New York: F.M. Lupton Publishing Company Maroon boards with glit letting on spine. Some shelf wear to edges and boards. The author preface is dated 1850. Pictures available upon request.