Search Results: Authors starting with R from Tannery Books

Winston-Salem, NC: Foxhound Press, 2004. Paperback. Good +. W.R. Frye; Deep Wells, Dry Springs, and Crooked Creeks: True Stories of Inspiration and Laughter from the Life of a Quaker Pastor; Winston-Salem, NC, Foxhound Press, 2004. Trade paperback, illustration of a well on glossy tan and gray cover, 184 pp, signed by author "Willie Frye" on title page. G+: light scratches and sticker residue on cover, light bumping, cover edge starting to curl; tiny stains on title page, p. 173 and inside back cover, otherwise clean.

Raleigh, NC: State Department of Archives and History, 1965. Third printing. Paperback. Good. Hugh F. Rankin (Department of History, Tulane University), North Carolina in the American Revolution, Raleigh, NC, State Department of Archives and History, 1965, third printing of 1959 edition. Paper covers with red, white and blue front design, 82 pp, 21 bw illustrations. Alamance Battleground ca-1970s brochure laid in. Good: corners bumped, light foxing on cover, two tiny holes (staple?) at edge of cover and first pages, light blue mark on blue background at top of cover, clean, no markings.

Raleigh: The Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission, 1962. First edition. Paperback. Ex-Library. Hugh F. Rankin (Ph.D., associate professor of History, Tulane University), Upheaval in Albemarle: The Story of Culpeper's Rebellion, 1675-1689, Raleigh, The Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission, 1962, no other printings or editions stated. Red paper covers with black lettering and gold seals, 8vo (trade), 98 pp including sources, 5 bw photos plus frontispiece line drawing of 17th-century ketch (ship). Ex-lib (G): Edges bumped, library stickers, stamps and pocket residue, a few pages lightly creased, clean, no interior markings.

Summerfield, N.C.: Gwynedd Lane Publishing, 2014. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Ann Trueblood Raper, A Quaker Courtship: A love story in discovered letters and photos of two Young Friends in 1922, Summerfield, N.C., Gwynedd Lane Publishing, 2014, First Edition (POD with multiple printings; this book dated 9 December 2014). Stiff paper covers with sepia photo, 4to (28 cm), [vi] iv, 252 pp with appendices and index. Transcribed letters with added historical context of two young Quakers living in different states, who worked together on a Young Friends General Conference to bring Quakers of differing backgrounds and doctrines together, interleaved with family photographs and images from the letters. Includes family tree and reprint of Furnas family genealogy. Near Fine (new with shelfwear): lightly bumped and scuffed especially on spine edge, one copy has light crease at bottom corner, pages crisp and bright, no markings. Made in USA

1976. Paperback. Very Good. Betty Rauers and Franklin Traub, et al; Sojourn in Savannah, An official guidebook and map of Historic Savannah and the surrounding countryside - Bicentennial Edition, featuring Extraordinary Individuals and Primary Events of the American Revolution in Savannah; 1976. Trade paperback with textured yellow covers, 128 pp, many drawings and monochromatic photos, fold-out color map with tour routes in the back, bound-in supplement with Revolutionary history. VG: covers lightly tanned and bumped, small spot on back cover, 16 pp blank with loss of text (part of excursions, no loss in history insert), no markings.

Francestown, N.H.: The Golden Quill Press, 1959. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library. Winifred Rawlins, fire Within, Francestown, N.H., The Golden Quill Press, 1959, First Printing (many poems previously published in periodicals). Quarter redcloth over mottled cloth boards, slim 12mo (19 cm), 76 pp. Poems on a variety of topics including science and astronomy, hospital (dying), business, etc. Good/no DJ: ex-library with stickers, stamps and minor markings.

Dublin: Jos. Sheppard, 1772. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. John Ray, A Persuasive to the Holy Life : From the Happiness Which Attends It Both in this World, and in the World to come. Dublin, for Jos. Sheppard, 1772. Quarter leather over marbled boards, 12mo (16 cm), plain endpapers, [iv] 156 pp. Good: covers worn with boards showing, light dampstains on endpapers, last page chipped/damaged with no loss, minor pencil markings including author info.

Southport Historical Society. Paperback. Good. Bill Reaves, Southport (Smithville) A Chronology, volumes 1-3, Southport Historical Society and the author. Vol. I: 8.5 by 11 gray paper covers, second edition 1985, 130 pp with bibliography and index, 14 pp of bw photos. Historical extracts from 1520 to 1887; photos include houses, lighthouses, historical sketches including ironclad "North Carolina." Paper "Vistor's Guide" of 2000 laid in. G: small tear on bottom edge, light smudges, rear corner creased, no markings. Vol. II: 1990; 8.5 by 11 paper covers, comb-bound, 326 pp with index, 4 pp of bw photos. Historical extracts and anecdotes from 1887 to 1920, lots of nautical and genealogical history (ship names and people). G: edges bumped, rear corners crumpled, no markings. Vol. III: oversize trade pb, 1996, about 250 pp including four bw photos, plus extensive index. Extracts and anecdotes from 1920 to 1940. VG: lightly bumped with back corner crease, crisp, unmarked.

Scribner, 2010. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Kathy Reichs, Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan), Scribner, 2010, First Printing. HC, green paper boards and black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine, 8vo, 306 pp with epilogue; glossy illustrated DJ with author photo on back. SIGNED by author on title page. VG/VG: light bumping, number in ink on ffep, remainder mark on bottom edges, electronic sticker on rear fep, no internal markings, pages crisp; DJ bumped on edges, light residue on back, unclipped.

New York: Scribner, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Kathy Reichs, Grave Secrets: A Novel, Scribner, 2002, First printing. Black paper boards and quarter red cloth with silver lettering on spine, 8vo hc, 318 pp; color DJ on black with white lettering. VG/VG: spine lightly bumped, pages crisp and clean; DJ lightly bumped and scuffed, unclipped.

New York: Scribner, 2003. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Kathy Reichs, Bare Bones: A Novel, New York, Scribner, 2003, First printing. Black paper boards and quarter brown cloth with gold lettering on spine, 8vo hc, 308 pp; glossy DJ with gold lettering and leaves on front. VG/VG: spine lightly bumped, pages crisp and clean, unmarked; DJ lightly bumped and scuffed, unclipped.

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1912. Revised. Hardcover. Good. Chas. A. Reinhardt, Lettering for Draftsmen, Engineers and Students - A Practical System of Freehand Lettering for Working Drawings, New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 1912, thirteenth edition, copyright 1895, thirty-ninth thousand. Horizontal 8vo (19 by 27 cm), 3/4 green cloth under tan-gray paper boards with illustrated lettering on front, 34 thick glossy pp, XIII single-sided plates [4 pp ads]. Lessons in professional lettering, Greek alphabet, and plates with examples of styles and fonts. Good: covers scuffed and worn with edges showing, lightly bowed, po markings on front endpapers, plate XIII detached but present with ink markings on verso.

Richmond, IN: Institute of Quaker Studies, Earlham School of Religion. First edition. Paperback. Good. Earlham School of Religion, The Three M's of Quakerism: Meeting, Message, Mission - Tenth Anniversary Lectures, Richmond, IN, Institute of Quaker Studies, Earlham School of Religion, 1971, no previous editions. Green and white paper covers, 8vo, x, 86 pp. Foreword by Wilmer A. Cooper, chapters by Hugh Barbour, T. Canby Jones, William E. Barton, Barrington Dunbar, Paul A. Lacey and Charles F. Thomas. Good: Light scuffing and minor residue on covers, no markings.

Guilford College, N.C.: Guilford College, 1915. First printing. Hardcover. Good. Josephine L. Rhoades, The Guilford College History Play, Guilford College, N.C., The Class of Nineteen-fifteen, Guilford College, 1915. Red-brown cloth hc, 8vo (23 cm), [vi] 56 pp. Good: ex-library with stickers, pocket and minor pencil markings, last page either dampstained or misprint with no loss. A historical drama including settlement of New Garden (in modern Greensboro), early Quakers and New Garden Boarding School (now Guilford College), preceded by "prophecies" for the red man, the white man, and the black man.

Philadelphia: Kite & Walton, 1852. First edition. Hardcover. Good. The Friend: Religious and Literary Journal, Vol. XXV, Philadelphia, printed by Kite & Walton, Ninth Month 20, 1851 to Ninth Month 11, 1852, First Edition. Weekly issues bound in half leather over marbled boards, 4to (28 cm), [vi with index] 414 pp. Articles include Assyrian archaeology and the ruins of Nineveh, "Richard Shackleton's Letters," "The Minot Rock Lighthouse," the search for Sir John Franklin in the Arctic, world disasters and local weather, slavery, destruction of the whale-ship Ann Alexander by a sperm whale, "Pompeii," an expedition to Khartoum, obituaries, and much more. Good: covers well worn with spine title plate missing, minor po markings throughout with more extensive scribbling on endpapers, closed tears and some misbound edges with no loss, numbers 33-34 and 36 very tanned.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. Paul Rink, Warrior Priests and Tyrant Kings: The Beginnings of Mexican Independence, Garden City, Doubleday, 1976, First Edition. Brown and tan cloth, 8vo, bw map endpapers, [vi] 186 pp with index, 12 pp of bw illustrations; yellow illustrated dustjacket. Good/Good: ex-library with tape residue and markings, spine skewed, no highlighting; DJ faded on top and spine, unclipped. Use 9780385027045 for ISBN. Printed in USA.

High Point, NC: High Point College, 1927. First printing. Loose_leaf. Very Good. The Zenith 1927, Volume One, High Point, N.C., The Students of High Point College; with letter. Black textured cloth hardcover with blind-stamped design and border and embossed title in silver block, 4to (27cm), silver floral design on shimmery purple endpapers, 140 pp with ads, ornate mauve borders on title and highlighted pages, many bw photos. Charles Robbins (listed under Freshmen and Specials) signed the owner page and inscriptions in the ad section are addressed to him. A letter that marks intriguing and sad episodes in his life is laid in, postmarked Chicago, June 20, 1929 (a few months before the official start of the Great Depression).Dear Charlie Mitchell died in an accident. Charlie Brooks, Strick and myself going down right away. Will let you know the particulars from Decatur FrankP.S. Sorry to hear of your dads misfortune. Charles is also very sorry and said some awful nice things about him when I told him… Read More

Del Rey, 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Robert A. Heinlein, Virginia Heinlein, Grumbles from the Grave, Del Rey, January 1990, First Printing (stated First Edition with number line 10 to 1). Black boards with gold lettering on spine, 8vo, xx, 284 pp, bw photos. Collection of letters and notes spanning Heinlein's writing career, edited posthumously by his wife "Ginny," with photos, book blurbs and covers. NF/VG: light scuff on top page edges, tiny spot on rear eps, no markings, crisp, clean, tight; DJ light bumping and shelfwear, unclipped.

Williamsburg: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1957. First edition. Paperback. Good +. Robert C. Pugh, et al, The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History - April 1957, Vol. XIV no. 2, Williamsburg, Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1957, First edition. Articles: The French Farmers-General in the Chesapeake: The MacKercher-Huber Mission of 1737-1738; Revolutionary Militia in the Southern Campaign, 1780-1781; The American Dream: John Tabor Kempe's Rise from Poverty to Riches; Jefferson, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Balance of Power. Paper covers with black seal and lettering, 8vo, [ii] 125-306 pp, 1 bw plate [8 pp ads]. Good: spine tanned and slightly skewed, front lightly warped and bottom edge scratched, po label inside cover, no internal markings.

Fort Lauderdale, FL: Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc., 2003. First printing. Hardcover. Ex-Library/very good. Jeffrey L. Rodengen, Richard F. Hubbard; Jefferson Pilot Financial, 1903-2003, A Century of Excellence; Fort Lauderdale, FL, Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc., 2003, First printing. Dark green covered boards, 4to, 152 pp with sources and index, illustrated; tan DJ in clear cover. Reproduced vintage documents, photos of Sedgefield campus and the Jefferson Standard building in Greensboro, employees and administrators. History of the company in Puerto Rico laid in, 4 pp. Ex-lib (VG/VG): ex-lib with stamps and bar code, lightly bumped and scuffed, pages crisp and bright; DJ lightly bumped with barcode sticker, unclipped.