Search Results: Authors starting with R from Bee Creek Books

San Gabriel, CA: Brownville Press, 1944. Unpaginated. Brown paper board covers with appearance of wood boards and image of outhouse on front cover. Cover corners are bumped, edges rubbed, spine and spine ends are also bumped and creased. Endpapers are browning. Previous owner's name written on half title page. Middle page (closest to staples) is removed from rest of book. Rest of interior clean. Book in Good+ condition.. Second Printing. Boards. Good+. Illus. by Terry Smith. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 6 1/4". Speech.

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1995. "... an eye-opening account of how the genetic manipulation of American crops threatens our food supply -- and what we must do to try to avert this disaster." 269 pp. Blue cloth covers with black cloth spine and gilt lettering on spine. DJ in VG- condition with creasing on edges, bumped corners. Cover corners are lightly rubbed and bumped, spine tips are bent. Previous owner's writing on front free endpaper. Interior is tight, clean and in VG condition.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Agriculture.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911. 337 pp. Well-read copy. Green decorative covers have significant rubbing to edges, corners bumped, and some stains to both front and back. Front hinge broken. Foxing and browning to interior pages, but does not interfere with text. Overall book in Good condition.. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by W. Herbert Dutton and Clarence Rowe. Size: Approx. 5 " x 7 1/2". Fiction.

Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1961. Shorter Contributions ot General Geology. Geological Survey Professional Paper 414-C. Analysis of a program of sampling and measuring precipitation and melt water to determine water quality and suspended-sediment concentration, July-August 1958, and interpretation and summary of available data. 14 pp. Sunning to cover edges, corners are bumped and creased. Interior clean and tight. Document is VG+.. Wraps. Very Good+. Illus. by Figures. Size: Approx. 9 1/4" x 11 1/2". Alaska.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co, 1914. spine faded. slight soiling to back cover. Exterior is VG-. pictorial endpapers. Hinge breaking in several places.pp.76-77 brown residue from leaf? left in pages, otherwise interior is clean and Very Good. 256 pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Juvenile.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1903. Report of Jackson H. Ralston, Agent of the United States and of Counsel, in the matter of the Case of the Pious Fund of the Californias, heard before a Tribunal of the permanent Court of Arbitration under the Hague Convention of 1899, sitting at the Hague September 15, 1902, to October 14, 1902, with pleadings, appendix, exhibits, briefs, and record of the entire proceedings. 891 pp. ex-mus. label on spine and ink numbers on free endpaper. Blind tooling around cover borders with gilt lettering on spine. Spine faded. Corners slightly bumped and dented as are the back cover's borders. Front and back hinge broken otherwise the interior is tight, clean and Very Good +.. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Foreign Relations.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1960. Translated by Lloyd Guth. "The present English translation makes available another major work by this renowned histologist. Cajal's research reveals how the statis techniques of classical histology can be utilized to answer important dynamic, physiological questions of embryology." 432 pages with index. DJ is VG+ with light wear to corners and edges, some darkening to edges, rubbing to joint corners and spine ends. Cover spine ends are rubbed and bent. Interior is tight and clean, no marks or even indication that it has been read. Book is VG+ to Near Fine.. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. Illus. by Figures. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Textbook.

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co. 3 issues: November 1880. Part 1. No.1. February 1881. Part 1. No.2. and May 1881. Part 1. No.3. "Essays" include: On the Diurnal Periodicity with 3 illustrations and tables; and On the Connection Between Solar Phenomena and Climatic Cycles, by Prof. E. Douglas Archibald. No.1-2 include a General Bibliography. No. 3 only "text": General Bibliography from 1855-1881. Pages uncut. 2 issues with ex.mus.? numbers on front cover.1880 issue: small paper label at bottom edge: "Presented at the request of the author by The Smithsonian Institution to Acacemy of Natural Sciences, Davenport, Iowa." Bottom front cover's corner tip missing. 1/2" tear at spine. Soiling to covers. Overall 1880covers are Good. Laid in double sided "Circular" advertisement for The Scientific Roll. pp.7-9 loose otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Issues No. 2-3 covers are Very Good- with slight soiling. Interiors are tight, clean and Very… Read More

Orlando, Florida: The House of Collectibles, 1985. ex. library label on spine base. barcode on front cover "blacked" out. Otherwise covers are Good+. ex. lib. stamps on title page. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and VG+. 287 pp. plus ads for publisher. Many facsimiles of Third Reich collectibles with descriptions and prices. . First Edition. Paperback. Good. Size: Approx. 5 1/4" x 8". Germany.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1871. A celebrated botanist and ethnologist. pp.169-178. Two ex.-mus. stamps on front cover, one of Smithsonian Institution Jun 1871. ex.mus. stamp also on first page. Exterior wrap with black lettering on front. lightly soiled, bottom corner folded, otherwise exterior is Very Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good. Wraps. Good. Biography.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1881. Department of the Interior U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, J. W. Powell in charge. Part I: Primitive lapidarian sculptures in Europe and Asia; and Part II: Primitive lapidarian sculptures in America. 112 pp. with index. 61 illustrated figures. Disbound government document. Edges rubbed and corners bent. Document in VG condition.. Paperbound. Very Good. Illus. by Figures. Size: Approx. 9" x 11 1/2". Geological Survey.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974. California Natural History Guide 15. 132 pp. Eight color plates. Wear and rubbing to edges, corners, cover faces. Rubbing to spine ends, spine joints. Ex-Library stamp on front and back inside covers, library checkout sticker adhered on front inside cover. Interior tight, clean.. Third Printing. Paperback. Good+. Illus. by Color Plates, Drawings. Size: Approx. 4 3/4" x 8". California.

Washington: GPO, 1896. Memoirs of the Natl.Academy of Sciences, Vol.VIII. House of Representatives, 54th Congress 1st Sess., Doc. No.253. An examination of "the greater mortality among persons living in houses built on made ground over those living on virgin soil." Soil was examined in both made and virgin soil to a depth of 12 feet, over a period of 10 months. Results are detailed. 3/4 red calf, marbled boards and endpapers, all edges marbled. A handsome, deluxe presentation. Some rubbing on spine and corners, else Very Good +. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good +. 42 illustrations. 4 color plates.. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Color plates, Figures. Size: Approx. 9" X 12". Medicine.

New York: The Studio Publications, Inc., 1954. "100 Studies of the Figure will take its place in the art library of the most discerning collector and will contribute to the appreciation of photography as the great art it has now become." 96 pp. DJ is Fair/Poor condition with many tears, creases, missing sections. Book covers with bumped and rubbed corners, edges rubbed, spine ends are rubbed and frayed. Waviness to top interior page edges, otherwise clean. Book in Good condition.. Third Printing. Cloth. Good/Fair. Illus. by B/W Photographs. Size: Approx. 9 1/4" x 12 1/4". Photography.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Introduction by Commander Donald B. MacMillan. A fourteen-year-old boy recounts his life working as a cabin boy on The Bowdoin. Tells his experiences traveling through the Arctic. 142 pp. Photographs. Covers are clean and VG+. Some sporadic foxing. Doesn't interfere with text. Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good. . Cloth. Good+. Illus. by Map, Photographs. Size: Approx. 5 " x 9". Autobiography.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1964. Revised by Imre Molnar, R.S. Yeoman. 125 pages including bibliography and coin illustrations Rubbing to corners and spine ends. Small nick to front side edge. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Good+ to VG-. Interior is clean, tight, and VG+. . Second Edition. Cloth. Good+ to Very Good-. Illus. by Drawings. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Coins.

1906. A Paper read before the American Institute of Mining Engineers, at the London Meeting, July, 1906. AUTHOR'S EDITION. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the Faculty of Pure Science, Columbia University, and accepted for publication in the Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. pp.467-495. ex-mus. stamp/numbers on front cover. small piece missing on back side edge, otherwise exterior is Very Good +. Interior is clean, tight and VG+. 7 illustrations. 1 table.. Wraps. Very Good. Illus. by Figures (drawings), Table. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9". Mining.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company 276 pp. Red decorative cloth covers with silver illustrations and writing on front and spine. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges rubbed. Spine is darkened, spine tips are bent and fraying. Dirt smudges to top page edge. Wavy top page edges to endpapers, but not through the rest of the book. Previous owner's name and "Christmas 1899" written on second page. B/W illustrated frontispiece. Interior is tight and clean. Book in Good+ to VG- condition.. Hard Cover. Good+ to VG-. Size: Approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/4". Fiction.

Denver: University of Denver, 1959. 253 pp. Bound in stiff blue paper "accopress binder", courtesy of the duplicating services of the University of Denver. Art Work by John B. Cuthbertson, typing by Lavonne Delahunty, multilithing by Nancy Boerup. Covers are bent and worn along edges and corners, edges are discolored and some evidence of minor water damage on front left top corner, spine ends and edges are worn. Discoloration along inside cover edges and dirt smudges where metal clasp rests. Title page has blue stain from sticker on inside front cover. Interior pages are browning along edges, otherwise clean. Book in Good+ condition.. Second Edition. Paper Cover. Good+. Illus. by John B. Cuthbertson. Size: Approx. 9" x 11 1/2". Astronomy.

New York: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 1933. Unveiling the Culinary Mysteries of the world-famous George Rector. "Whose Renown as an Epicure Extends Even to Foreign Lands, Including the Magnificant Formula for his Celebrated Onion Soup, Illuminated with many Merry Tales, Pictures, etc." 111 pp. Paper covered boards with significant wear to corners and edges, boards exposed, soiling to cover faces, tears to joints, spine ends are torn. Hinges and spine broken. Some soiling to interior pages, pages lightly browning. Book in Good- condition.. Hard Cover. Good-. Illus. by Illustrated. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 ". Cookbook.