Search Results: Titles starting with R from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. This authoritative account of the East St. Louis race riot blends local history and eyewitness accounts with an analysis of collective racial violence in the United States. Octavo: xvii, 300 p. Original black cloth binding, with red titles. The ink signatures of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Parks appear on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is lightly faded along the spine, with a small chip to the bottom edge of the rear panel; else crisp, clean, and very good.

Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Rust on the front flyleaf. "...investigates whether the unconventional religious beliefs of their colonial ancestors predisposed early Mormon converts to embrace the 'radical' message of Joseph Smith Jr. and his new church." Octavo. Original tan cloth binding, with burgundy titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Los Angeles: Pied-Piper Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Inscribed by Quintero to the prolific radio producer C.P. MacGregor on the front flyleaf. Little is known about Quintero or this conspiracy novel, which pits a maverick inventor against big business. Small octavo. Original red cloth binding, with a pictorial title label on the front and gilt titles on the spine. Some minor edgewear; otherwise very good.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Frontispiece, with 16 pp. portraits. Second edition. This copy is inscribed by Allen B. DuMont on the front flyleaf: "To Commander Carr, Best wishes for the success of Television in Mexico. Allen B. DuMont." DuMont (1901-65), one of the one hundred innovators profiled in this work, was an American scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers. Seven years later he manufactured and sold the first commercially practical television set to the public. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. The dust jacket is edgeworn, with a one-inch chip to the spine head (affecting the title), and some occasional mild rubbing; otherwise very good. Inscribed by Author.

San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Four pp. facsimiles. This was Mayhew's copy, and is signed and dated by him on the front flyleaf above a handwritten list of corrections to be made to the text. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some mild browning and wear along the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise a crisp, very good copy.

Fresno, California: Valley Publishers, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Profusely illustrated. Fresno, California: Valley Publishing, 1980. First edition. The history of railroad development in San Luis Obispo County transpires over the course of forty years, concluding in 1904 when the Southern Pacific finally linked up with the southern terminus of the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad, closing the so-called coastal gap that had existed since 1864. Green buckram binding, with gilt lettering. A fine copy in a lightly rubbed dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by W.S. Merwin on a prefatory blank leaf. A collection of poems concerned with intimacy and wholeness. Among the most widely read and honored American poets, William Stanley Merwin has twice received the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (1971 and 2009), and was named the seventeenth United States Poet Laureate in 2010. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt and blind-stamped titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated in the year of publication, with an original drawing, by the author to writer and Los Angeles Times literary editor Paul Jordan-Smith on the half-title: "For Paul Jordan-Smith who broke out the bottle of Old Priory for which I was truly thankful, Thorne Smith". Jordan-Smith's bookplate appears on the front pastedown. The inebriated adventures of a cuckold husband, his three partners in a big-city department store, and a salesgirl from the pornographic books department. This is Smith's most openly erotic novel, with many direct suggestions of sexual encounters, accompanied by cartoons of nude women cavorting with the protagonists, drawn by artist Herbert Roese. Octavo. Original rose cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Small ink notation to the front pastedown. Some light fading along the spine. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with a bit of general… Read More

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by the author. Salmon cloth binding, with decorative blue stamping. Small bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Some mild browning along the extremities of the dust jacket; otherwise an especially crisp and clean copy.

New York: W.W. Norton, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Presentation copy, inscribed by Ed Cray to his colleague, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Parks, on the half-title. The life and career of the most recognized and beloved folk musician of the twentieth century are recalled here, with details of his hobo days as well as his marriage, his "subversive" activities, and his eventual death by Huntington's Disease. Cray (1933-2019) was the first biographer to be granted access to the Woody Guthrie Archive. Octavo: xxiii, 488 p. with 20 photographs. Original green paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine, with silver titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of edgewear.

Los Angeles: The Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Near fine. This is Number 552 of 1,500 copies printed by Saul and Lillian Marks at The Plantin Press and signed by the illustrator. Despite its romantic excess, Ramona (1884) is possibly the most famous California novel and important for both its literary and historical facets. In much the same way that Uncle Tom's Cabin helped to arouse public sentiment against slavery, the abuse of California Indians depicted in Ramona helped to bring about reforms in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Jackson herself was appointed special commissioner to examine the condition of the Mission Indians in California. Quarto. Full woven terracotta cloth-covered boards, with a printed paper spine label. Mild toning to the spine label; else near fine. Housed in the publisher's slipcase, which is also a bit toned.

Pasadena, California: San Pasqual Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to one printing of only 2,500 copies. Signed by W.W. Robinson and Irene Robinson on the half-title. Excellent history of the development of the Mexican Ranchos and land grants of Los Angeles County into sprawling cities. Includes drawings by Irene B. Robinson and an appendix of land grants for all of California. Octavo. Original natural linen binding, with pictorial pumpkin stamping. A few faint spots and smudges along the edges; otherwise very good.

Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co, 1908. Wraps. Very good. Uncommon folding map of the Arizona Territory, published four years before statehood. In addition to locating all cities, towns, post offices, railroad stations, villages, counties, islands, lakes, and rivers, it shows in detail the entire railroad system, identifies the nearest mailing point of all local places, and names the express company doing business over each road. The 14" x 21" color map is housed within printed brown paper wrappers (4" x 6 ½"), along with a list of Arizona railroads, a 10-page index, and advertisements for Elmer Chute's New Map of Goldfield and other Rand, McNally & Co. maps. [18] p. with the folding map. Original printed brown paper wrappers, bound with three staples. A few very minor creases to the map, with some minor edgewear to the wrappers; otherwise very good. Scarce, OCLC locates no holdings of this 1908 map, with only two of the 1907 issue and just one of the 1909.

Santa Barbara: The Schauer Printing Studio, Inc, 1950. Hardcover. Very good. This Roblar Edition is limited to 100 signed and numbered copies of which this is No. 91. A collection of verse. Spaulding (1891-1982) was a longtime Santa Barbara resident and the first headmaster of Laguna Blanca School. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. A very good copy.

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Eight pp. photographs. Inscribed by Ransom on the title page. A fine copy in a very lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Inscribed by Author.

New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First Edition. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Signed by Judith Van Gieson on the title page. The second Neil Hamel mystery. Octavo. A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.

New York: Dutton's Children's Books, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Paul Zelinsky on the title page. Winner of the 1998 Caldecott Medal. A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Colorfully illustrated throughout. Quarto. Original pictorila boards. Light foxing to the top edge; else fine in a fine dust jacket.See this book and other children's books at the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, October 8-9 at the Seattle Center. For more information and tickets, visit: www.SeattleBookFair.com

London: Michael Joseph, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dick Francis on the title page. Hired to fly four racing buffs to the track, pilot Matt Shore finds himself caught up in a web of intrigue after making an emergency landing just minutes before the plane explodes. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some very light wear to the dust jacket; else very good or better.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Textual illustrations. An exciting history of the Western cattlemen written by one of the last of the old-time cowboys. Original brown paper over green cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Signed by William F. Nolan on the front flyleaf. An early critical companion to the writing and influence of Ray Bradbury (1920-2012), embracing the full range of his creatively, including novels and stories, stage plays, screenplays, television and radio scripts, verse, comic strips, etc. Includes an introduction by Bradbury and facsimiles from unpublished and uncollected work. Octavo: xiii, 339 p. with a frontispiece portrait and numerous textual illustrations. Original blue cloth binding, with silver titles and pictorial endpapers. A crisp and clean example, better than very good. Housed in the publisher's slipcase, with some browning and scuffing to the paper label.