Search Results: Titles starting with R from James Cummins Bookseller

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1925. First Edition. 10 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original parchment backed boards in d.j. with minor fading, spine of publishers box lacking, slightly soiled, else fine, with Grabhorn designed bookplate of Robert Strong. First Edition. 10 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. One of 50 copies printed for Herbert Lionel Rothchild for Christmas 1925, with facsimile letters by R.L.S. tipped in.

Seattle, Washington: Lowman & Hanford Stationary and Printing Company, 1889. First edition [not in BAL]. Single sheet, folded once to make four. [68 lines, printed within a single-rule red border]. 16mo. Extremities of front cover very lightly foxed, faint crease on rear cover, else a very good copy. First edition [not in BAL]. Single sheet, folded once to make four. [68 lines, printed within a single-rule red border]. 16mo. "RAMON" BY BRET HARTE; SEATTLE IMPRINT, NOT IN BAL. "Ramon" was first published, in periodical form, in October, 1874, in "The Atlantic Monthly," Vol. 34, Issue 204. Scarce [not in BAL]. Moore Manufacturing Company, for "Moore's Revealed Remedy." Issued as a promotional pamphlet Inside prints Bret Harte's poem, "Ramon (Refugio Mine, Northern Mexico)

[North Carolina]: Palaemon Press Limited, 1982. Uncorrected galley proofs of the first edition. 28 pages. Unbound (as issued) octavo sheets, printed on rectos only, Fine. Uncorrected galley proofs of the first edition. 28 pages. An early state of the galleys, as the title was eventually changed, a dedication was added and the typeface was changed slightly for the final published version.

Montreal, 1839. First edition. 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original printed yellow wrappers. Fine. First edition. 57 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. NUMBER ONE. Rare. Number One of a Series of Annualk Reports. Howes R 66 "c" for all the Reports 46 Numbers

(New York): Gotham Book Mart, 1974. First edition, signed clothbound issue, limited to 100 numbered copies, specially bound, signed by Edward Gorey. Illustrated throughout by Edward Gorey. [15]pp. oblong 8vo. green cloth, with large pictorial onlay on front cover (illustrated by Gorey), A fine copy in publisher's paper-covered slipcase box (also fine); uncommon in this signed issue. First edition, signed clothbound issue, limited to 100 numbered copies, specially bound, signed by Edward Gorey. Illustrated throughout by Edward Gorey. [15]pp. oblong 8vo. LIMITED TO 100 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY EDWARD GOREY. Toledano B59b

Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co, 1888. First edition. illustrated (with a frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Frank Leslie). 128pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth, satmped in giltGilt lettering on front cover is a bit dull, uneven fading on rear cover, else a very good copy, with text fresh and clean. First edition. illustrated (with a frontispiece portrait of Mrs. Frank Leslie). 128pp. 8vo. Her third marriage was to Frank Leslie [pseudonym of Henry Carter], an artist, and publisher ('Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly'). Upon her husband's death, she took over the publishing business, and she published under the name "Frank Leslie." Mrs. Frank Leslie was a woman's rights and woman suffrage advocate, and a friend of Carrie Chapman Catt. Upon her death, she left two million dollars to Catt and the National-American Woman Suffrage Association Chapters include: "Marriage as a Fine Art," "Co-education of Boys and Girls," "Courtesy Towards Women," "How Women Should Care for Health," "Woman's Co-Operative Union," "How a Woman… Read More

Washington, 1853. 4pp. Self-wrappers. Slightly dust soiled. Good. 4pp. Bull's report of his 1850 survey of the lands between Indianola and El Paso, preceded by additional commentary by Secretary of the Interior Alexander Stuart and Commissioner John Bartlett (both of whom explain the absence of maps with the report). OCLC 12100906

Washington, 1802. 4pp. Dbd. . Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner, not affecting text. Offsetting and minor foxing. Good. 4pp. Dbd. Congressional report with a table, prepared by the War Department, showing an estimate for expenditures necessary for erecting and completing fortifications of ports and harbors in 1802. Seven locations are mentioned, including Fort Constitution in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Fort Independence on Boston's Castle Island, and Fort Mifflin near Philadelphia. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker. OCLC locates only two copies, at the Library of Congress and University of Virginia.

Nashville: W.F. Bang & Co. and B.R. M'Kennie, 1843. 14 pp. Dbd. Horizontal crease where previously folded in half. Scattered foxing. Overall, very good. 14 pp. Dbd. John Cocke, acting as chairman of the select committee, here transmits his committee's decision to rescind five controversial resolutions adopted by the state congress in 1839. The rescinded resolutions opposed the establishment of a national bank, the interference of federal officers in state elections, [the distribution of proceeds from public lands among several states?] among the several states the proceeds from public lands, and the reversal of a decision to support certain policies of the administrations of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Extremely rare, Allen locating only the Vanderbilt copy, and OCLC recording only a single copy within a sammelband of legislative documents at the Library of Congress. McMURTRIE (TENNESSEE) 96. ALLEN 1994. OCLC 1268122824

Madison, 1841. 36pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Soiled and dampstained, some pencil notes in margins, slight insect damage in outer leaves. Good only, untrimmed. 36pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. An important Wisconsin territorial imprint relating to the construction of a canal between the Milwaukee and Rock rivers. This report deals with issuance of illegitimate bonds to pay for the canal. The canal was eventually constructed, but was filled in 1884 to build Commerce Street. OCLC locates only one copy, at the Wisconsin State Historical Society (AMERICAN IMPRINTS INVENTORY notes two copies at that institution). Rare. OCLC 3745542. AII (WISCONSIN) 97

Nashville: W.F. Bang & Co. and B.R. McKennie, 1843. 14 pp. Dbd. Slight scattered foxing. Very good. 14 pp. Dbd. The report of Daniel Graham, comptroller of the state of Tennessee. The present report delineates the state's finances for the fiscal year of 1843. Extremely rare, not in AMERICAN IMPRINTS INVENTORY nor Allen.

Philadelphia, 1800. 4,[2]pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. 4,[2]pp. Dbd. A short précis of our national defense resources, including a census of non-commissioned officers. In the wake of Washington's farewell plea for neutrality and the Quasi-War with France, the issue of a standing army was of prime importance to the federal government. The Secretary of War, James McHenry, included in his report a list of proposed improvements. Quite scarce. OCLC locates only four copies. ESTC W21905. EVANS 38876. OCLC 17128067, 10291600

Washington, 1802. 4pp. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner, not affecting text. Minor foxing and offsetting. Good. 4pp. Dbd. Congressional report calling for government encouragement of infant industries by allowing certain raw materials to be imported free of duty, while imposing a 20% duty on imported fur, hats, brushes, stone ware, printing types, saddles, cannon, ball, and glass ware, and other duties on gun powder, cordage, soap, candles of tallow, window glass, and iron. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3412

Washington, 1864. 165 pp. including tables. Original printed wrappers. Spine heavily chipped, wrappers lightly soiled. Save for small stain in lower gutter of first few leaves, internally fresh. Very good. 165 pp. including tables. The National Currency Bureau was created in 1862 and its main purpose was to take the printing of U.S. currency from private companies and make it a government run operation. The Bureau helped mechanize the process of producing currency during the Civil War, including the creation of machines to sign currency on behalf of the Treasury Secretary. This report was submitted to Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase.

Dublin: Printed by W. Tyrrell, 1806. Second edition [so stated on title page]. 24pp. 8vo. Disbound; spine is notched on spine (where once sewn and bound with other volumes), title page and final page are foxed and unevenly tanned, with narrow chip (3/8 inch by one and one-half inch) along lower edge of spine (in blank inner margin only), light foxing to text, else a very good copy. Second edition [so stated on title page]. 24pp. 8vo. Uncommon; OCLC locates eight holdings (with only two American holdings) [Yale, Harvard, University College Cork, National Library of Ireland, National University of Ireland (Maynooth), Trinity College (Dublin), University College (Dublin), and Heidelberg (Germany)]. Uncommon; OCLC locates eight holdings (with only two American holdings) [Yale, Harvard, University College Cork, National Library of Ireland, National University of Ireland (Maynooth), Trinity College (Dublin), University College (Dublin), and Heidelberg (Germany)]

[No Place]: Fantod Press, 1994. First edition, limited to 526 signed copies signed by Edward Gorey [500 numbered and 26 lettered]-- this copy is not numbered, but is designated "O/S," signed by Gorey. [8] leaves. Pictorial wrappers. A fine copy, with an original padded mailing envelope, sent by Edward Gorey, with mailing address and return address in Gorey's ink holograph. First edition, limited to 526 signed copies signed by Edward Gorey [500 numbered and 26 lettered]-- this copy is not numbered, but is designated "O/S," signed by Gorey. [8] leaves. INSCRIBED BY EDWARD GOREY; IN GOREY MAILING ENVELOPE. Toledano A112b

[United States/ (Milwaukee, Wisconsin?)]: [Privately Printed for Authors], 1932. First edition. 8vo. Binding is lightly rubbed at extremities, with faint soiling, final printed page of text is over-opened (but binding is tight), else a very good copy, with text (and plates) fresh and clean. First edition. 8vo. Uncommon publication; OCLC lists only six holdings [Virginia, Arkansas State, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Denver Public Library, US Air Force Academy and New Mexico]. Inscribed to J.E. Raycroft from "Skeet." April 10-1933.

New York: Riverside Press, Published by Hurd and Houghton, 1867. First edition. pp. iv, [5]-64 (plus plates), illustrated (with six full-page engraved plates). 12mo. Green embossed cloth stamped in gilt on front cover. Owner's early rubberstamp on front flyleaf. A fine, bright copy. First edition. pp. iv, [5]-64 (plus plates), illustrated (with six full-page engraved plates). 12mo. OCLC lists twelve worldwide holdings: Harvard, Brown, New York Historical Society, LC, Delaware, Florida, University of Illinois, Southern Illinois, Chicago, Kent State, Texas A&M and Oakland University.

[London]: The Right Review, 1938. First edition. 8vo. Covers are lightly dust soiled, with light offset tanning on a few pages of text (from the woodcut prints), else a near fine copy. First edition. 8vo. TWO 'PLYWOOD STUDY' PRINTS BY SURREALIST ARTIST (1938). A desirable issue (Number 7), with four original woodcut prints, including two by English artist Georg Hann (1900-1979) and two by surrealist artist Toni del Renzio [1915-2007], a Russian-born artist, who became an important member of the Surrealist movement in the United Kingdom. In the June, 1939 issue of The Right Review, Count Potocki contributes a three-page tribute to artist Georg Hann, in which Potocki discusses the publication of the woodcut prints in this publication. He states: "ever since our first number, published in Octobr 1936, when we printed on our old galley-press, a simple but excellent 'Negro Girl,' done like most of his woodcuts with lino-cut tools upon plywood... it is a disaster that so many of his blocks have been… Read More

(London): The Right Review, 1939. First edition. Covers are lightly creased along upper edge and tip of one corner, else a near fine copy. First edition. WOODCUT BY SURREALIST MARGUERITE SALLE. Early issues of The Right Review are scarce; OCLC lists one institutional holding of various issues [British Library]. This issue includes an original woodcut ('Tiki') by surrealist artist Marguerite Salle. 'The Right Review' was issued by poet Geoffrey Wldyslaw Vaile Potocki de Montalk (1903-1997), who was born in Auckland, New Zealand; he moved to England in 1926 and settled in France in 1949. In 1932 he was "arrested after attempting to publish a manuscript of erotic translations of works by Rabelais and Verlaine, with three short bawdy verses of his own... The charge was 'obscene libel'... he was sentenced to six months in prison... Aldous Huxley... later funded the purchase of Potock's first printing press..." [per wikipedia]. Potocki de Montalk edited and published 'The Right Review' from 1936-1973;… Read More