Titles starting with R from bookwitch

Macmillan Publishing Company, Incorporated, Old Tappan, NJ, U.S.A., 1978 Royal octavo, hardcover, VG ex school library copoy with pocket removed from back endpaper, blue pictorial wraps in mylar. A biography of R.. Buvckminster Fuller, the architect and inventor whose investigations into the principles of nature influenced his designs and helped revolutionize our world. 163 pp. plus index. . ... more information

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Putnam, NY, 2004, First Printing Octavo, hardcover, fine in lightly edgeworn red dj. Kinsey Malone Mystery No.18. 352 pp. 18th in alphabetical series she started in 1982, planning to finish in 2015. Here Kinsey uncovers a complex and clever money laundering scheme that is also about love, love gone wrong, love betrayed and denied. Reba the daughter of privilege realizes that what you hand out in life comes back to bite you in the ass.. ... more information

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Putnam, NY, 2004, First Printing and 2005 First Printing Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine dustjackets. Kinsey Malone Mystery No.18 and 19. 18th and 19th in alphabetical series she started in 1982, planning to finish in 2015. In Ricochet, 352 pp., Kinsey uncovers a complex and clever money laundering scheme that is also about love, love gone wrong, love betrayed and denied. Reba the daughter of privilege realizes that what you hand out in life comes back to bite you in the ass. In Silence 374 pp. Kin... more information

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New York: Literary Guild of America, Inc. 1930 Octavo, hardcover, brown cloth boards. No dj. Broken back hinge else interior VG. Cover has rubs and edgewear and sun to spine. Antique map of Amsterdam on end papers A.D. 1660 and Holland A.D. 1660, .. 570pp. The book is an account of the last years and the death of the painter Rembrandt Van Rijn, a painter and etcher of renown; 24 full page plates; frontispiece of Rembrandt .. ... more information

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New York, Grossman Publishers, 1973., 1st ed. Small quarto, hardcover, fine in somewhat edgeworn red pictorial dj. 338 pp. Ifa, teacher of gods and men, is the oracle of the Yoruba, an important West African people. Like I Ching, Ifa is a system of divination based on the casting of sacred objects to produce a set of signs -- "hexagrams" in I Ching, "odus" in Ifa. But unlike the codified Chinesse system, Ifa is an oral tradition transmitted and revealed only by its priests in recitatio... more information

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New York Dial Press 1982. Small octavo, hardcover. Ex lib. copy with stamps, first endpaper removed, else VG. Story of Birstein (1892-1959), rabbi of the actors' Temple, immigrant to America and his adventures in the heart of Broadway.. ... more information

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A Knopf, NY, 1981 and 1990 Octavos, fine in VG dj's. 465 pp. and 512 pp. includes notes on author. New characters and old populate these scenes from Rabbit's middle age, as he continues to pursue, in his erratic fashion, the rainbow of happiness. first printing of a first edition book Rabbit at Rest is a book club edition where the Rabbit has aquired heart trouble, a Florida condo and a second grandchild.. ... more information

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New York: Doubleday and Co. 1944. Junior Books. Octavo, hardcover, grey pictorial boards with dark blue lettering on spine. Decorated endpapers. Covers a little stained else VG. Clean and unmarked inside. 175 pages. The summer adventures of Mary Jane and Sandy when they find that the long hair of Sandy's rabbits can be woven on a loom! The rabbits are Polar, Feather and Frosting. Mr. Ebenadams helps advise the children of how to do things. Good Easter book.. ... more information

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William Morrow and Co., NY, 1948 12 mo., hardcover, VG with first endpaper removed. Green boards with black lettering. No dj. A how-to book on rabbit care, for children, with great old-time 40's illustrations on every page. About 50 pp.. Illus. by Joy Buba. ... more information

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Bentley, Cambridge, 1980. Quatro, softcover, VG cond. 10 sections: lube and maint., brakes & wheels, suspension and steering, fuel and exhaust, engine and clutch, electrical, body & interior, manual trans. and auto. trans. and index. thick book each section paged separately.. ... more information

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NY , Doubleday, 1957. Octavo, hardcover, green boards with black box and gilt lettering on spine. Near fine. No dj. 586 deckled pp. Has been called "the greatest historical novel written about America". Endpapers show the theatre of operations of the Northern Army 1775, 76 and 77.. ... more information

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Heyday Books, Berkeley, California, U.S.A., 2003. Oblong octavo, softcover, near fine in glossy blue pictorial wraps. Gift note on endpaper. An engaging and enjoyable guide to getting along with the creatures in your backyard "anecdotes and advice culled from a long and distinguished career in wildlife rehabilitation and journalism." 144 pages with notes on author and illustrator.. Illus. by Chuck Todd.. ... more information

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Frederick A. Stokes, 1942 (assumed first) Octavo, green pictorial boards. Pages browning, ex lib. copy but light wear. 127 pp. Stamps on endpapers, small taped tear on title page else VG. Great b & w illustrations of raccoons; tight and bright book.. Illus. by Kurt Wiese. ... more information

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Dutton, NY, 1966, First Ed. Octavo, hardcover, near fine copy in VG yellow and blue pictorial dj. 187 pp. Decorated endpapers. He believes the raccoon is a very intelligent animal who love music. They see in the dark, have a keen nose and delicate palate and sensitive and pr4ehensile hands, able to open any door, drawer or cupboard. They can turn on fawcetts and showers. By author of "Rascal".. ... more information

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Grosset & Dunlap. 1965 Octavo, softcover, VG in brown and gold wraps. Light edgewear. Ex high school library book with small stamp on title page.. 302pp., A history of the disenfranchisement of southern blacks from Reconstruction to 1908, with a sociology of more recent voting trends. . ... more information

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Stanford Alumni Assn March 1992 Octavo, softcover, pictorial wraps. VG cond. The Portable Standford Book Series. Book focuses with insight and detail on a single campus; it opens up campus race relations in ways that no survey could. Frank and moving responses of students and faculty. 172 pp.. ... more information

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Full Access, 2001 Video is new and unopened, in shrinkwrap.Entertainment for race fans. Volume 2. ID #590234. The 8 1/2 x 11 photo shows Jimmy Vasser holding up his trophy and smiling, wearing a firestone hat and target, honda, and other ads on shirt, and signed "Jimmy Vasser #1).. ... more information

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Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 1992. Octavo, hardcover, fine in VG blue and green pictorial dj. Jossey Bass Business and Management Series. Shows how every organization can keep its focus on quality. A valuable resource for any company, integrating concepts of quality with organizational change; advice is simple and direct, hopeful and quality is attainable. 402 pp. including index.. ... more information

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Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1992. Octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine green and black dj. 402 pp. Based on interviews and site visits with twelve Baldrige Award-winning companies, as well as with two winners of the President's Quality and Productivity Award, this book is a complete guide to implementing Total Quality Management (TQM) in all organizations - private and public. The experiences of leading-edge companies will help managers assess their organization's readiness for the transition and pr... more information

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Abelard-Schuman, NY, 1955 Octavo, hardcover, VG ex school library book in green boards. No dj. Text is clean & tight. 26 illustrations by John Bradford and maps showing distribution by head size, skin color, etc. . Illus. by John Bradford. ... more information

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