Search Results: Authors starting with R from ZH BOOKS

Moscow: Gosfinizdat, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo; original paper-covered boards; cloth spine; pp. [2], 90, [2]; one of 5000 copies. The data is in the form of statistical tables. Foredge of covers and corners rubbed; slight darkening to outer margin of boards; pages clean. During Communism, the governments in the Eastern Bloc often printed similar materials in order to justify their spending, as well as to keep up the moral of the masses. OCLC lists only one copy at the National Library of Israel.

Moscow: Detskaia Literatura, 1970. Hardcover. Forth edition; 6 x 8; pp. [2], 3-239, [1]; vloth-backed pictorial boards; some rubbing to corners; mild uniform age-toning to pages; very good or better.Aleksandr Radishchev (1749-1802) was a Russian social critic and author who was said to have brought radicalism to Russian literature. The first edition of his current book, describing the socio-economic conditions in Russia and criticizing serfdom, was published in 1790 and immediately condemned by Catherine the Great. The Queen ordered the entire printing to be confiscated and destroyed and of the 650 copies 17 survived (they were smuggled to England and reprinted in 1840). For daring to write it, the author was sentenced to death. The sentence was later reversed to exile in Siberia after Radishchev begged forgiveness of Catherine the Great and publicly disowning his book. A second edition was not published until 1905.

Miunkhen (Munich):Ukrainske vydavnyche t-vo "Vernyhora", 1947. Softcover. First edition, volumes I and II of three stand-alone tomes; 8 x 6; pp. 92 and 158respectively; stapled beige wraps; a few cuts and nicks to tips of spine of vol. I; light age-toning to margins; very good condition.A DP (displaced persons) camp publications, the books contained history and criticism of the Ukrainian literature of the "Ancient and Middle Ages" - from the oral tradition, through the early religious texts - and the "New Age" - beginning with Ivan Kotliarevskyi (1769 - 1838), considered the pioneer of modern Ukrainian literature, and ending with Mykola Kulish and the literary works of the 1920s. Volodymyr Radzykevych (1886 - 1966) was a Ukrainian writer, literary critic, and educator. Among his other works, he wrote several children's books under the pseudonym Vuiko Vlodko. He was also a great supporter and member of "Prosvita" (Enlightenment) - an organization,… Read More

Leningrad: Iskusstvo, 1979. First edition; 8 x 10 ½; pp. [5], 6-136, [2]; original glossy pictorial boards; rubbing to lower right corner and a chip to back cover at spine, else very minor wear; illustrated with full-page color plates, in-line photographs, and drawings; summaries and legends in Russian, English, French, and German; very good or better.The Lomonosov estate, also known as Oranienbaum - is the oldest of the imperial palaces around Saint Petersburg. It was also the only one of the royal residences to escape Nazi capture during the Great Patriotic War. Possibly the most opulent of the Russian palaces, it was established by Peter the Great’s closest adviser Prince Menshikov. Used as a hospice in the 1700s after Menshikov’s death, the estate was given as a gift to Peter III. By the end of the 18th and throughout the 19th centuries the complex was alternately used as a Naval Cadet College, a royal summer residence, and a museum. Though… Read More

San Francisco: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, 1921. Very good. First edition; 9 x 4 1/2; pp. [21]; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; illustrated with a centerfold map; minor spotting to margins of wraps; a small nick to top edge of front wrap; personal stamp to title page of Dr. Alexander Thomas Leonard, Jr. - a decorated WWI veteran and a noted collector of Californiana; overall in very good condition.Benjamin McKie Rastall, a native of Colorado Springs and author of "The Cripple Creek Strike of 1893," came to California in the early 20th century, after working for the New York State Department of Labor as an economic expert. As an industrial engineer with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, Rastall wrote his current program, which would become the first of its kind, coordinated plan for the city's industrial and commercial expansion and improvement. Meticulously laid out, the work to be undertaken fell into six divisions, including city structure, conditions of… Read More

Sofiia (Sofia): Pechatnitsa "Obzor", 1924. First Edition. Good. First edition; 9 1/4 x 7; pp. [1], 2, [1], 4-24; beige paper over boards and 1/4 cloth; illustrated in black; several chips and spots to paper along spine; fraying with small loss of cloth to tips of spine; small puncture to lower margin of first few leaves; small, unobtrusive remnant of a label to upper corner of front board; good to very good condition. Cover art by Aleksandur Zhendov. Signed, inscribed, and dated by the author on the title page.A fabulous copy and an example of the limited, literary heritage left behind by one of the prominent "September Four" members - Asen Raztsvetnikov [pseudonim for Asen Petkov Kolarov] (1897 - 1951) - this was his first book of poems. Author, poet, translator, and librarian, Raztsvetnikov joined three other leftist writers - Angel Karaliichev, Nikola Furnadzhiev, and Georgi Tsanev - to form the "September" literary group in the 1920s, whose ideas and views… Read More

San Francisco, CA: By the Artist, 1925. Softcover. Silver gelatin photograph in printed yellow wraps, tied with a decorative silk string; photo 3 3/4 x 6 3/4, wraps 4 1/4 x 7 1/4; light creasing to wraps; photo subtitled in lower margin; near fine condition.A beautiful advertising piece from the artist's late years, most probably given to potential customers at his studio, the photograph depicted one of Rea's award-winning paintings of Loma Alta - one of the highest points of Marin County in the Bay Area - and was subtitled: "Loma Alta at the end of a perfect day. California State Fair Special Award, 1925. All copyrights reserved by Louis E. rea, Artist." Louis Rea (1868-1927) was born in Flint, Michigan and his family moved to Northern California in 1876, to the small town of Lincoln in Placer County. He exhibited a significant artistic talent at a young age and was known for his refusing to paint any buildings in his art, saying that they detracted from the beauty of the… Read More

Branchville, MD: By the author, 1876. Very good. Two manuscripts; 7 1/4 x 6 1/2 and 4 x 6 1/2; lined paper and brown ink; a few minor spots and creases, in very good condition.After serving as a clerk to the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Utah Territory, Amos Reed was appointed by President Lincoln to be the Secretary of the Territory of Utah in 1863. According to his niece, Reed "made many journeys from Washington to Salt Lake City carrying money for the payment of federal officers, under military escort west of the Missouri River." At the time, James Doty was the Governor of Utah, but after Doty's death in 1865, Secretary Reed became Acting Governor, until the arrival of Doty's successor. Reed eventually returned to his primary residence in Branchville, Maryland (outside of Washington, DC), where his title, i.e. Governor, "clung to him."The two papers, itemized receipts for products and services (including springs, shoes, tires, bars, repairs and… Read More

New Brunswick/Glassville: Brook Farm Books, 1982. Softcover. First edition; 7 x 4 1/4; pp. 107; illustrated, glossy wraps; several small, faint spots to margins of wraps; minor wear to edges; small shop sticker to back wrap; illustrated with drawings and photographs; very good or better condition.The book follows the story of Corporal Al Thiel of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, his unjust dismissal for, allegedly, disobeying direct orders, because he had asked to not be transferred to a new place yet again, one that would be his 10th in a 14-year service, and the efforts of the Town of McBride to keep him on the force.

New York: World Association of Estonians, 1944. First American Edition. Very good. First American edition (originally published in Sweden in 1943); 7 1/2 x 5; pp. 3-47; off-white wraps, printed in black; light age-toning to margins; a bit of wear to edges and corners; small, penciled-in, manuscript note: "From Consulate General of Lithuania, Washn, May 1944" to front wrap verso; very good or better condition.August Rei (1886 - 1963) was an EstonianSocial Democratic politician and, at various times, Minister of Labor and Social Welfare, Minister of Education, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of State, etc. He spent the last 20 years of his life in exile, in Sweden.

S. l.: By the artist, 1900. Very good. Etching, n. d. (early 1900s); plate - 6 1/4 x 7 1/4, sheet - 11 1/2 x 13 1/4; signed in pencil - lower right; titled in pencil - lower left; a few small creases to corners; image fine - overall in very good to near fine condition.A beautiful image by the early-20th-century artist, particularly known for his depictions of California landmarks, including San Francisco Chinatown, UC Berkeley,and here - Los Angeles.

Berlin: Z. I. Grzhebina, 1923. Very good. First edition; 6 1/2 x 4 1/2; pp. [8], 9-124, [4]; striped, yellow-and-orange paper over boards (also published with the paper in dark- and light-blue); title in brown; rebacked with a thin strip of silk; a bit of rubbing along edges; occasional minor spotting to a few pages; in very good condition.Dubbed "especially Rozanovian" and called: "...perhaps the most salacious literary memoir in Russian...," modernist author Aleksei Remizov's (1877 - 1957) "Kukkha" weaved letters, memories, and imaginary conversations with the author's deceased friend - controversial author and philosopher Vasilii Rozanov (1856 - 1919) - lamenting on the hardships of life in exile. Allegedly, Kukkha was the name Remizov gave Rozanov, when the former elected him an honorary member of the imaginary "Great and Free Monkey Federation." (Crone, Anna. “Remizov's Kukkha: Rozanov's ‘Trousers’ Revisited.”… Read More

S.l.: S.n., 1915. First Edition. Very good. Advertising broadside; 14 x 11; very thick, beige card stock, printed and illustrated in black; a bit of wear and creasing to corners and very mild spotting to margins; overall in very good condition.A beautiful advertising piece for the Reno Stock Company, founded by Denny (1875 - 1969) and Dottie (1878 - 1967) Reno. Circus acrobats by profession, they performed with various circuses and carnivals and travelled extensively throughout the US, Europe, and South America in the early 1900s. It was said that once they had to spend the entire winter in Alaska, after missing the last boat to the lower 48. in 1908, after the birth of their daughter, the Renos settled in St. Joseph, Missouri and devoted their careers to vaudeville. The child, also named Dottie, performed with her parents, as well, and would later go on to establish her own theater company. The current broadside featured a cartoon-ish illustration of "The Great Renos in one of their… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: Janentzky & Co. (Sole Agents), 1870. First Edition. Good +. First edition, n. d. (ca 1870); 14 pp. of sepia-tone lithographs, illustrating 13 scenes in San Francisco + a bird's-eye view of the city and county of San Francisco; folded accordion-style into an oblong, laquered, embossed, black covers; title and ruling to front board and Seal of California to back board in gilt; each pp. 3 x 4 1/2; bird's-eye view 3 x 9; uncolored lithograph street map of the city with accompanying text (public and government buildings, hotels, etc.) folded and attached to back board verso (approx. 11 1/4 x 13 1/4); covers with some chipping and rubbing; map very fragile, browning, with splits and cuts (no losses) and with the map section, where mounted to covers detached; good to very good condition.A set of rare, early views of the City by the Bay, the current publication stated: "12 Copyright Photographs transferred on stone y a new process rendering them permanent..." The… Read More

S. l. (Sioux City, IA): s. n., 1898. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 6 x 4 3/4; pp. [16]; self-wraps, as published, tied with a decorative string; very light, uniform age-toning; a small nick to fore-edge of first leaf; period, manuscript note to top margin, identifying the publication; in very good or better condition.An uncommon, regional booklet, featuring the lyrics of 16 patriotic songs and including "Marching Through Georgia," "The Battle-cry of Freedom," "From Mission Ridge," and others, it was published in conjunction with the 24th Annual State Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which took place in Sioux City, Iowa, in June of 1898. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization, founded in 1866 in Illinois by Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson, which encompassed veterans of the Union Army-, Navy-, and Marines, who had served during the Civil War.At the height of its enrollment in the early 1890s, it had more than 400 000… Read More

New York: Howerlia, 1962. Very good. First edition to be published in the US; 7 x 5; pp. [1], 4-64; green, pictorial wraps, printed and decorated in black; illustrated with drawings by Mykhailo Fartukh; mild age-toning to margins of wraps; in very good condition. Published by one of the biggest Ukrainian publishing houses in the US for the children of the emigre community, the story of William Tell was retold by Antin Lototskyi (1881 - 1949) - Ukrainian journalist and prolific children's author.

New York: Howerla, 1957. Very good. Second edition, first to be published in the US; 7 1/4 x 5 3/4; pp. [2], 5-52; green, pictorial wraps, printed and decorated in blue; illustrated by Ulrich Baur; small nicks and creases to tips of spine and corners; age-toning to margins of wraps; in very good condition. Published by one of the biggest Ukrainian publishing houses in the US for the children of the emigre community, the story of William Tell was retold by Antin Lototskyi (1881 - 1949) - Ukrainian journalist and prolific children's author.

S. l. (San Francisco): s. n., 1966. Softcover. First edition; oblong 6 x 9; pp. [5]; stapled, pictorial wraps in blue and white; illustrated with drawings and photographic images; very minor wear to edges; near fine condition.A small, but informative booklet, it follows the history and statistics of the two San Francisco Bay Area landmark islands - the centuries-old Yerba Buena and the man-made Treasure Island.

Pennsylvania: Dorrance & Company, 1986. Hardcover. Fine. Second printing; 5 3/4" x 8 3/4"; pp. [4], 1-52; original black boards; pictorial DJ; fine in a near fine jacket (small closed nick to bottom edge). Signed/inscribed by Noel Reyburn. He was a poet and an actor, starring in several movies alongside John Wayne and Walter Reed. His poems reflect basic feeling every human being posesses.

San Jose: Rich Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. Fine. First edition;5 3/4" x 8 3/4"; pp. [8], 1-52, [4]; original black boards; pictorial DJ; fine in a near fine jacket. Signed/inscribed by Noel Reyburn. He was a poet and an actor, starring in several movies alongside John Wayne and Walter Reed. Lyrical poetry.