Search Results: Titles starting with R from The Bookworm

Gas City, Indiana:: L-W Book Sales, 1992.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperback; Good condition.. 4to (11 inches tall) . Description: 688 prints are shown in black and white, and includes a section of color plates showing a few of them in color as well.. Includes a value guide, index by Fox list number, and alphabetical index of print titles.

Philadelphia:: J B Lippincott, 1973.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red binding; a slight spine slant; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket. The R-Master by Gordon R Dickson. Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1973. Hardbound, 8.5 inches tall, 186 pages. The World Economic Council said the world had b become Utopia. There should be no cause for dissatisfaction. But for those who were still restless, there was the new mind-stimulating drug R-47. Those who rook the drug were engaging in a sort of lottery whose rare winners would be super-geniuses and whose losers might be fit only for asylums. Etter Ho, whose brother was one of the losers, took the drug on the eh chance t hat, if he won, he could cure his brother. But what he became when he emerged from the mainlining was something non expected. For he became a menace to Utopian order, a danger to those who knew him, and the only man who might, just possibly, diagnose the real illness of the world.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) .… Read More

Chicago:: Reilly & Lee, 1908.. Children's Own Books.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with front paste-on art; owner's gift note on the front endpaper, no other markings; well rubbed at the corners and spine ends, otherwise Good; no dust jacket.. 12mo (about 7 inches tall) . color illustrated endpapers. Description: A few b&w and several color illustrations by John R Neill. This is Volume Five from the publisher's series, The Children's Own Books. Includes the title story plus another short tale: J Cole. The printed date is 1908. The list of Oz titles in a one page ad at the end concludes with The Long Kings of Oz which was published in 1925; this is probably close to the printing date for this copy.

Garden City, New York:: Doubleday & Company, 1950.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red cloth; a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket design by Robert Frankenberg. ''A race around the Horn for glory and a girl.'' For gold and for the love of Ellen Appleton -- daughter of the owner of the Appleton line -- two captains raced wildly from Boston round the Horn and into San Francisco -- brother against brother; one proud, valiant ship against another; steady, cold courage against hotheaded recklessness.

New York:: Modern Library, 1915.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light red cloth with black and gilt; the top edge tint is a dark shade; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. The jacket is age-toned.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: This is book number 128 in the Modern Library series. This edition is complete and unabridged. The only printed date is a 1915 copyright. Dating from the ML guide, this copy from Fall, 1952; the list of 362 titles includes Cooper, The Pathfinder; but does not include Gunther, Death Be Not Proud. The dust jacket rear panel style is h5; binding style 8.

San Francisco:: Phillips & Van Orden, 1919.. Heavy card covers . BINDING/CONDITION: heavy card covers with thin brown paper covering the cardstock, cover text and vignette printed in red; owner's name in ink on the front cover and inside the front cover, the top edge of the text block is heavily age specked and darkened, the rest of the paper is clean and healthy: overall grade: Fair condition.. 16mo (about 6.5 inches tall) . Description: This copy is Inscribed and Signed by the author. Features black and white illustrations by Jane Jefferson Flippen. Fanciful poems and stories; the first portion of the book is fairy tales, the last part of the book is on Native American myths.

Warwickshire:: Practical Action Publishing, 2008.. Later Printing.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; Very Good condition.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Appendices, references, index. Description: Figure illustrations. Originally published in 1999, this is a later printing. ''A review of practice in the collection of rainwater. It presents case studies with numerous examples from around the world which will help anyone intending to design or construct a rainwater catchment system. The prime focus of the book is on implementation of roof and ground catchment systems for meeting either total or supplemental household water requirements. All aspects of design and construction are covered, including simple methods of sizing systems, erection of gutters, choice of materials, construction techniques, training, operation and maintenance. A detailed illustrated step by step account is provided of how to build several different types of household rainwater tanks with volumes from 2 to 90 cubic… Read More

Delhi:: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1974.. Later Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: plum colored cloth; a Fair book, with a Good dust jacket.. small 8vo (7.5 inches tall) . Description: The publisher's blurb reads: ''This book deals with the Ideals and Elements of Vedanta and the exposition of Vedanta symbology by taking recourse to the stories and illustrations drawn from the Epics, Puranas and Classics. The principal aim which runs throughout -- from the short story of Suka's advent to the long life-tale of Vamadeva and other miscellaneous stories -- is the realisation of Self, the Knowledge of the Atman, the elaboration and impression of the sublime truth taught by all religions and sages of antiquity, lord Srikrsna and Jesus Christ. The author has delved deep into the subjects of great controversy such as the concepts of Atman, Karma-yoga, Bhakti, Virtue and Sin and has cleared the intricacies of the subject-matter in as simple, homely and interesting style as possible The variety… Read More

Boston:: Atlantic Monthly / Little, Brown & Co, 1973.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth; the boards are bowed, otherwise a Very Good book; the dust jacket has a light coffee ring on the rear panel, and slight darkening at the spine, otherwise a Very Good- dust jacket; the dj is price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Description: Panoramic dust jacket art by Douglas Gorsline. The author was born in Laramie in 1899; this is his memoir of his family's small working ranch from his earliest memories until the ranch was sold at about the time America entered World War I. This copy is inscribed and Signed by the author.

Chicago:: Rand McNally, 1961.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; no markings, Very Good condition; no dust jacket.. 4to (12.25 inches tall) . Description: Large color illustrations on every page. This book combines previous Rand McNally books originally published in the 1950s and 1960s. Contains Jack and the Bean Stalk; Little Red Riding Hood; Aesop's Fables; and Rip Van Winkle. The most recent printed date is 1961; this copy probably printed in the 1970s.

Santa Barbara, California:: Tustin Institute of Technology, 1984.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue binding with light gray text; a slight spine slant, otherwise in Very Good condition.. 4to (11.25 inches tall) . Glossary, sources, index. Description: Many figure illustrations. The preface explains that this book began in 1962 as a series of lessons by mail. Those lessons dealt with vibration measurement, analysis, calibration and testing. A year later, Holoman Air Force Base in New Mexico asked author Wayne Tustin come to teach in person. The lessons had to be repackaged into an informal text. With much rewriting, and new material that text was used by thousands of TIT students for twenty years. But a complete rewrite was needed, and thus this book was born.

Philadelphia:: John C Winston Company, October, 1951.. 3rd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth with light yellow text and vignette; owner's gift note on the front endpaper, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Kurt Wiese. How could a six months old puppy, a Samoyed, one of the oldest breeds of dog in the world, have come to be adrift in Davis Strait in a kayak? That was what puzzled the men of the seagoing police in a Royal Mounted patrol boat. Finally they gave Ranger for safekeeping to a lonely boy in Halifax Harbor and the young white dog settled down to what should have been a quiet life. But fate intervened and Roger and Ranger were plunged into danger and adventure.

Garden City, New York:: Doubleday & Company, 1977.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: blue boards with black cloth at the spine; owner's gold foil embossed seal, a very light remainder spray to the bottom edge of the text, otherwise a Good+ book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. A man and a boy -- a kidnapper and his fourteen year old victim -- a wealthy prep-school dropout, face danger from each other and from the wilderness of the deep Maine woods. The author lived in Maine; he was also the author of The Deep Six, The Admiral, and other novels.

New York:: Mysterious Press, November, 1988.. 1st U.S. Edition, 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark blue boards (matches the endpaper color), with black cloth at the spine, gilt spine text; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket.. small 4to (about 10 inches tall) . Dark blue endpapers. Description: Dust jacket design and art by [Anne] Bascove. Interior full page color illustrations and section caps by Clifford Harper. Three Brother Cadfael mysteries, including the story of his entry into the monastery at Shrewsbury. The three stories are: A Light on the Road to Woodstock; The Price of Light; and Eye Witness. Introduction by the author.

London:: Phaidon Press, 1996.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: plain white wraps printed only with publisher name, a large format paperback with a dust wrapper; the book and jacket are both Fine.. about 11.5 inches tall by 10 inches wide . Bibliography, index. Description: This copy is Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. From the jacket blurb: ''The art of visionaries, folk creators, spiritualists, recluses, the mad and the socially marginalized is no longer scorned and cannot be ignored. Among the first to value and collect such work as the French artist Jean Dubuffet. For those he judged to represent the purest form of creation he coined the term Art Brut, literally 'raw art' -- raw because it was uncooked by culture, raw because it came directly from the psyche, art touched by a raw nerve. John Maizels traces the history of the recognition and study of this art and examines the different theories and definitions that have… Read More

Pleasantville, New York:: Reader's Digest, 2000.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; a Very Good+ book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. small Folio (about 13.5 inches tall) . Chronology, glossary, index. Illustrated endpapers. Description: Lavishly illustrated in color, and includes up-to-date maps and diagrams. Includes detailed star maps for all seasons. A few pages following the regular text feature facts at your fingertips -- a quick run down on each planet, and each moon of each planet. Fact charts for lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, meteor showers, important robot missions in space, manned missions to the moon, and basic facts charts for constellations, nebulas, galaxies, and selected stars. This is a companion volume to the Reader's Digest Children's Atlas of the World.

Pleasantville, New York:: Reader's Digest, 1983.. Hardcover; metal comb binding . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards over a metal comb binding; bound so that the pages will lie flat when the book is open; Very Good condition.. about 12.5 inches tall by 9.75 wide . Pumpkin-tan endpapers. Description: A few small decorative illustrations. A collection of 95 favorite Country and Western songs, arranged for voice, piano, organ or guitar. Includes brief notes about each song (annotated by Dorothy Horstman). A few of the favorites here are: Back in the Saddle Again; Beautiful Brown Eyes; Can the Circle be Unbroken; Deep in the Heart of Texas; Empty Saddles; Lucille; Make the World Go Away; Oh Lonesome Me; Riders in the Sky; This Ole House; The Touch of God's Hand; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Wabash Cannonball; Wings of a Dove; and many more. This includes the booklet of lyrics.

Garden City, New York:: Garden City Books, 1958.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: decorated boards; the front hinge is weak and is reinforced with clear hinge tape, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index. Orange illustrated endpapers. Description: This is part of the Real Book series. Illustrated with drawings by Albert Orbaan. Discusses several different sports, largely by focusing on several major athletes such as Don Larson, Mickey Mantle, Jim Thorpe, Knute Rockne, Harold Grange, brief mention of many old time baseball Hall-of-Famers, Bob Cousy, mentions watching with interest the game of a college player, Wilton Chamberlain, Eddie Shore, and more. Has a chapter on the Harlem Globetrotters.

New York:: Simon & Schuster, 2006.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: red binding; a tiny bit of edge damage to two leaves, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.5 inches tall) . Notes, bibliography, index. Description: Frontis portrait, chapter head illustrations, plus a section of color plates. ''The marriage of Caroline of Brunswick to the foppish and unpopular George, Prince of Wales began disastrously and soon got worse. He was repulsed by her vulgar looks and habits; she was disenchanted by his manners and his immediate call for brandy. They did not speak the same language. Three years later they were locked in enmity. Caroline moved to Europe where she lived life in flamboyant style, entering into scandalous associations. After the death of their only daughter; George determined that when he became King his wife would be barred from being crowned as Queen. In an attempt to divorce her, he brought… Read More

Birmingham, Alabama:: Notable Trials Library, 1994.. Facsimile Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a series with semi-uniform bindings -- quarter leather (leather at the spine); with gilt decorations; raised spine bands; all edges gilt; ribbon place marker; Fine condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: This is a volume from the Notable Trials Library under the general editorship of Alan M Dershowitz who wrote a special introduction for this facsimile edition. This is a facsimile reprinting of a book published in 1986 by Alfred A Knopf. Book design by Daniel B Bianchi and Selma Ordewer. From the introduction: ''Reckless Disregard, the title of this account of two great libel trials of the 1980s, derives from the legal standard for libel in a lawsuit including a public figure. Renata Adler has an almost religious sense of The Truth -- a major thesis of this book is that Time Magazine did not tell The Truth about General Ariel Sharon's responsibility for the… Read More