Authors starting with R from Interesting Books

NY: Kensington Publishing/ Zebra Books, 1985. 208 pages. "Jim Winchester has ridden the blood money trail for five long years. He's a bounty hunter who kills to live and lives to kill. But there's really only one man he wants to show the justice end of his six-gun - the scarfaced man who murdered his parents. He lives with the nightmare of the day they died - and only burnt gunpowder, a well-aimed bullet, and a buzzard's feast can satisfy his thirst for revenge. Someday soon he'll cross... more information

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NY: Radio City Music Hall, 1966. Four page illustrated program for the play and the evening's other entertainment including: the Rockettes in "Flying Colors" and "Milady's Necklace", Tchaikovsky's "Overture 1812" with Paul Lavalle as Guest Conductor, played by the Purdue University Band, and many other acts. The program has a half-page ad on the back for the film "Kaleidoscope" starring Warren Beatty and Susannah York. Excellent copy: tiny (and I do mean tiny) bit of ... more information

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NY: Promontory Press, 1974. Facsimile edition of the 1871 D. Appleton edition, 391 pages with a map frontispiece. "On May 10, 1869, the linking of two railroads between the Mississippi Valley and the Rocky Mountains at Promontory, Utah, ushered in a new era in the history of the United States. Safe, quick and reliable transportation had finally subdued the hostile western landscape and opened up a new world of adventure to pioneer money and muscle. In that same year, the author, a correspondent of the ... more information

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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. 241 pages in an attractive decorated full-cloth binding and classic wraparound dj art by Eggenhofer. Very nice copy: pos of ffe, two very small bumps/wear at upper edge of back, upper edges have a tiny (and I do mean tiny) bit of brownig, Otherwise the book is very fresh-looking with NO highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. The dj has one short (7/8"), closed tear near front spine hinge, tiny bit of chipping at some extremities, couple tiny, closed lower edge tears else... more information

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NY: Permabooks (perma books), 1929. The 1929 date is wrong (more like 1950's) but it's the latest date I could find in the book. 249 pages in an illustrated small format hardcover binding. The book would be near fine (couple tiny tears at heel, pages browned) but about half the pages have light staining/wrinkling. But it's pretty faint and only covers about a quarter of the pages. Otherwise the book is in nice shape with NO previous owner's signature/bookplate/highlighting/underlining/notes/... more information

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NY: Hillman Periodicals, 1948. Hillman #11 ($.25), 192 pages. At least I think it was published in 1948; only date on the copyright page is "1915". "Steve Yeager was dead broke - and out of a job. Though Steve had been punching cattle since he could hang on to a saddlehorn, he took the first job that was offered him. The job - playing cowboy before a motion picture camera. The exciting adventures that followed, however, were far from make believe." Very nice copy: spine square/one faint... more information

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NY: Pocket Books, 1940. Pocket #78 (no price), 246 pages. "In OH, YOU TEX! William MacLeod Raine shows that he is one of the few authors who can write stories of Western adventure that ring true. This tale takes its title from one Jack Roberts, a Texas ranger in the old days of the Civil War, who was known to his friends as 'Tex.' Seldom has a more attractive character been presented, or one whose adventures with bad men, Mexicans, and Indians are more thrilling. Mr. Raine knows the country and... more information

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NY: New American Library/A Signet Book, 1958. Signet #1483 ($.25), 160 pages. "He shot the rancher who tried to kill his unarmed friend Pete. And then he stole a horse and rode up into the hills to lead the hunt away from his companions. Now he was a fugitive, alone in enemy country. There was no one to help him and no place to run. So he watched and waited...for the ring of armed men to close in - and put a noose around his neck. A blazing tale of the Wyoming range war..." Very nice copy: spine c... more information

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Greenwich, CT: A Fawcett Gold Medal Book, 1968. Gold Medal #D1946 ($.50), 160 pages. "Amos Flagg was a good sheriff, if tough as boot leather and mean as a spring bear, and the town figured he was due some official recognition. Amos Flagg Day. But they reckoned without the power and the pride of Ike Krug, who couldn't see anyone honored above himself. Anybody who wanted to celebrate the sheriff was going to miss s river of whiskey and the biggest wedding the Territory had ever seen. Krug's wedd... more information

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Houston, TX: John Randolph, 1947. 62 pages, stapled booklet with a lot of illustrations (all in one-color), filled with jokes and some useful stuff like a map of Texas and interesting facts about the state. Very nice copy: couple very small dents on front, covers a little browned/tiny bit of creasing else the book is in excellent condition with NO previous owner's signature/bookplate/highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. NOT an ex-library, NOT a book club, NOT a remainder. Near Fine.. 3rd Edition. Booklet.... more information

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Tomball, TX: John Randolph, 1961. 64 pages, stapled booklet with a lot of cartoons (all in one-color), filled with jokes. Excellent copy: one very faint crease on back cover else the book is as new with NO previous owner's signature/bookplate/highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. NOT an ex-library, NOT a book club, NOT a remainder. Fine.. 3rd Edition. Booklet. Fine. ... more information

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NY: New York University Press, 1963. Some of the authors of the articles included in the book are listed above. At least I think it's a 1st edition; no statement of printing on the copyright page. 319 pages in an attractive/durable full-cloth binding, includes several illustrations/graphs. "This collection of mathematical writings quickly suggests to the general reader the diversity, the profundity, and the cultural value of a science vital to our time. Set in historical perspective by the editors&... more information

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NY: Vantage Press, 1996. 291 pages; Mr. Rasmussen writes about how humans evolved from prehistory and how it led up to the present day power structure. Excellent copy: head/heel of spine just a little bumped else the book is as new with NO highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. The dj is just a little rubbed, very slight edge creasing else as new, also, with NO tears/other creases/chips. NOT an ex-library, NOT a book club, NOT a remainder, dj NOTprice-clipped ("$17.95"). Fine in Fine dj.. 1st Edit... more information

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London: Michael Joseph, 1984. 340 pages, includes a lot of artwork and maps. "When Arthur Wellesley arrived in Portugal in 1808, the French were in almost total control of the Iberian Peninsula. Five years later he was able to write: 'I imagine there are none of the enemy in Spain tonight.' The story of that astonishing triumph has never before been told by the one man who did more to direct its outcome than any other - Wellington himself. Julian Rathbone has made a selection from his war dispatches an... more information

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Freeport, IL: The W.T. Rawleigh Company, 1921. 319 pages, includes some period pictures and an Index. Nice flexible black binding with gold lettering. Interesting example of early 20th century retailing. Back has a few light marks, a few pages have a little creasing else very nice copy. Very Good-, no dj issued.. 1st Edition?, 1st Printing?. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Dj Issued. ... more information

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Gettysburg, PA: Times and News Publishing, 1963. At least I think it's a 1st edition; no statement of printing on the copyright page. 32 pages, oversize stapled booklet full of nice artwork. The center of the book has a two-page spread of a "Map of the Gettysburg Battlefield"and President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is on the back cover. Nice copy: covers are somewhat foxed, tiny bit of wear/couple tiny tears at some extremities, covers have a couple minor creases. Otherwise the book is in very n... more information

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Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1955. 309 pages in an attractive/durable full-cloth binding with great wraparound vintage dj art. "It is 1595. For more than a hundred years frail, intrepid ships - the dark swans of Spain - have been searching through unknown seas in search of dominion abroad, wealth, power, glory. They have sailed from a Europe rent by civil and religious strife...This is the story of three persons who carry with them on a voyage beyond God both the tragic burdens and the glorious inh... more information

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St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001. SIGNED and inscribed Mr. Razor on the title page, his 1st book. 200 pages with two pictures. "In stark, haunting prose, first-time author Peter Razor recalls his early years as a ward of the State of Minnesota. Deftly disclosing his story through flashbacks and relying on research from his own case files, Razor pieces together the shattered fragments of his boyhood into a memoir that reads as compellingly as a novel. Abandoned as an infant in 1930... more information

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NY: Thomas Y. Crowell/Book-of-the-Month Club, 1961. Cool old speed reading course. Includes five largish stapled booklets with colored covers, 20 to 33 pages long. The titles of the booklets are listed above (except for the last one [ran out of room]: SPEED-AND-COMPREHENSION TESTS). Excellent copies: most of the booklets are as new (one still has a paper seal on outer edge); one has a little cover browning/faint creasing. NONE of them have previous owner's signatures/bookplates/underlining/notes/stamps. The... more information

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El Segundo, CA: International Rectifier, 1969. At least I think it's a 1st edition; no statement of printing on the copyright page. 49 pages, stapled booklet with a lot of plans/illustrations. Nice copy: covers a little worn/a few small creases, a few tiny (and I do mean tiny) dents on front else the book is very nice with NO previous owner's signature/bookplate/highlighting/underlining/notes/stamps. NOT an ex-library, NOT a book club, NOT a remainder. Very Good+ to Near Fine.. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Bo... more information

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