Authors starting with R from Charles Agvent

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1929. First Edition. vellum. Fine copy in the scarce original box. Quarto (8" x 10-1/2") bound in the original full gilt-decorated vellum. Illustrated with 12 color plates and 22 black and white drawings. Copy #330 of 575 of the English issue SIGNED by the illustrator Arthur Rackham. There were also 200 in the American issue. Small adhesive remnant of a bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper. Some spotting to the spine, a little less so to the front ... more information

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New York: Promontory, 1974. Reprint. F/NF. Map. ... more information

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(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1998]. Reprint. As new. xxiv, 491 pages. A bibliography of the famous publishing firm which issued over 1600 titles between 1585 and 1712. Rahir lists 3464 titles making it a fine companion to Willems. An excellent index is included as well as valuable notes about the various editions. ... more information

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(Staten Island): M. Martino, [1997]. Reprint. Fine. Octavo, xvi, 268 pages. Limited to only 150 copies, this first bibliography of Texas is a descriptive list of books, pamphlets, and documents in print and manuscript since 1536 and up to the 1890s. Streeter's more famous bibliography covers only the period from 1795-1845. The original edition of Raines was only 500 copies. ... more information

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(London): (G. Lathum & R. Young), (1634). Fourth Edition. leather. Near Fine. Folio (8-1/2" x 12-3/4") bound in recent paneled two-tone calf with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label; [60], 184, 181-555, [1], 512, 517-669, [1], [54] pages. This copy with the poem "The Mind of the Front" bound as the first page of text and without the engraved title page with a date. It does have the printed general title page with the large portrait of Raleigh. Illustrated with six folding maps and ... more information

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New York: Random House, (1961). First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper with soiling at rear. Her first book of nonfiction, SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Minor wear to spine tips of dustwrapper. ... more information

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New York: New American Library, (1966). First Edition. cloth. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some sunning. Copy #314 of 700 SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. ... more information

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New York: New American Library, (1966). First Edition. cloth. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. SIGNED by the author on the first blank. This is apparently one of 300 copies produced after the initial 700 numbered and signed copies sold out. The 300 were signed by Rand but not numbered on the same page, though in this case there is nothing printed on the page. All else about the book is identical to the issue of 700 except that in this copy there is an erratum slip tipped in between the signature page and ... more information

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New York: Random House, (1957). First Edition. Cloth. About Fine in bright just about Fine dustwrapper. Nice copy!. Tiny tear to heel of book's spine and insignificant wear to spine tips. ... more information

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Cambridge: Pomegranate Press, 1973. First Edition. Broadside. Fine. K. Klopp. 12-1/2x19-1/4". One of only 65 numbered copies SIGNED by Klopp. ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a small tear and chip. ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Good only and lacks rare dustwrapper but inscribed. Owner name of Linda Rhea dated 1924 on front free endpaper, and below that INSCRIBED by the author "Inscribing myself cordially, but regretfully/because 'our numbers are not felicitous,'" and SIGNED in full on 4 March 1925. Corners worn. ... more information

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1919. First Edition. boards. Fine in Very Good or better dustwrapper. Original brown paper boards with paper label on the front board and spine, in the very scarce printed dustwrapper. Ransom's first book consisting of poems written while he was a cadet and later an officer in in World War I. The dustwrapper is complete but for slight loss along each flap fold and a vertical 2-1/2" chip along the spine edge and rear panel that is no wider than 1/4". Copies i... more information

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New York: Augustin, (1945). First Edition. Gutters darkened. VG in chipped, G dw.. Quarto. Photos by Rathenau. Text selected from writings of Buck, Covarrubias, Kipling, a.o. ... more information

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1926. First Edition. cloth. Near Fine, lacking the glassine dustwrapper. Green cloth. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. This is one of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by the author, though this copy is marked "Presentation" by Armstrong rather than numbered. Mild sunning to the spine of the book. ... more information

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Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, [1932]. First Edition. cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece and title page wood engraving by Eric Ravilious. Contributors include John van Druten, G.B. Stern, A. E. Coppard, Sean O'Faolain, Norah Hoult, Hamish Maclaren, Elizabeth Bowen, Ronald Fraser, and Malachi Whitaker. One of 1000 copies (there were also 200 signed copies). Minor foxing to endpapers. ... more information

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London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. First Edition. leather/boards. Brief rubbing to spine tips. About Fine. Original half dark blue morocco and marbled paper boards. Illustrated with one full-page wood engraving, one half-page wood engraving, and 15 wood-engraved vignettes by Eric Ravillious. Copy #158 of 212 printed on Arnold's handmade paper and signed by the author. ... more information

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Beaconsfield, 1943 & 1946. Fine. Interesting letters, one SIGNED in full and the other SIGNED with initials, both to the Russian author and critic Stefan Schimanski, co-editor of KINGDOM COME, the first poetry journal to appear in Britain after the start of World War II and the principle organ of the literary and artistic movement known as "apocalypticism," an outgrowth of surrealism and the anarchist philosophy of Read. In part: "Eric Newton's review represents a very general react... more information

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Columbus, OH: J. & H. Miller, 1859. Decorated cloth. Very Good. 3 steel & many wood engrs. Octavo, 385 pages. ... more information

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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Decorated cloth. Mild sunning to spines. Fine in soiled Very Good slipcase.. Two octavo (6-1/4" x 9-3/4") volumes bound in full brown duck cloth printed in brown and orange from a design by Lynd Ward. Introduction by Hendrik Willem van Loon. Wash drawings by Lynd Ward reproduced in photogravure. Copy #710 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. ... more information

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