Titles starting with R from Yellow House Books

Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1941. First edition. Not an ordinary travelogue, but a series of sketches of prominent surgeons, physicians, medical schools, and hospitals abroad, written by a practicing surgeon in America. Gibson's rambles take him to England, France, Ireland and Scotland. Medical practice is commented on, the hospitals are assessed, and the schools evaluated, all in utmost fairness of manner. Octavo, 309 pages bound in brown ribbed cloth with large bright letters stamped in gilt o... more information

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New York, 1888. Folio, 80 pp., with 17 plates printed on heavy cardboard. Gill is the author of Lightning Stair Builder and Mechanical Stair Builder, and was the superintendent of all main stairs in the Vanderbilt mansion. As a short autobiographical statement makes clear, he is a practicing carpenter first and a writer second; the book's subtitle is "Fifty Years Experience at the Bench." The 17 plates contain 136 problems "treating on carpenter and joiner work," problems doubtless m... more information

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Schiller, NY, 1983. A selection of 200 important historical children's books, manuscripts and drawings from the pre-eminent children's book dealer of our age. Mind-boggling collection, headed by a contemporary manuscript copy of Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience. Oblong octavo bound in stiff white wraps, color cover illustration shows a page from the Blake, many illustrations in text (in black and white). Errata sheet laid in. Near fine. ... more information

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np, nd. Quarto, 50 pp. bound in stiff wraps with illustrated cover and linin spine. Nine color lithographs; 25 children's songs arranged for piano and voice. Very good condition (front cover foxed along borders, pages yellowing). ... more information

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Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna, LA, 1993. First printing, a story dealing with the importance of kindness and good manners, co-written by the renowned teddy bear artist Chester D. Freeman and an authority on New England basket-making traditions, John E. McGuire. The book is warmly inscribed by the authors. Near Fine in like dust jacket. ... more information

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