Search Results: Authors starting with R from Scraps of American History

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1915. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 357 pages with index, handsome photogravure illustrations. A Russian aristrocrat who married a Polish prince and lived a life of luxury, gossip and intrigue. Original red coth binding with gilt wreath decoration on front cover and gilt titles on front cover and spine. Cover shows some wear and staining, spotting, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, discoloration of end papers, front fixed end paper wrinkled, some foxing of first few pages, interior pages tanning with a few spots and minor stains, binding tight other a little hinge weakness.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue, 1913. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 251 pages plus advertising, illustrated with black and white frontispiece. A group of Boy Scouts head for the Wild West to help the Secret Service capture a gang of train robbers. Green illustrated cloth binding with black and white titles on front cover and spine, illustrated end papers. Wear to cover with scuffing and spotting, wrinkles in back cover cloth, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed, former owner name on front free end paper, interior pages tanned with a few stains, binding tight.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1902. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 118 pages with pronouncing vocabulary plus advertisements. Also contains a biographical sketch. The adventures of a hard working and often cruelly treated dog, plus the story of a little boy named August. Olive green cloth binding with black decorations on front and back covers and black titles on front cover and spine. Some spotting of cover, edge wear, small holes in cloth near spine, corners and spine ends bumped, small notation at top of front fixed end paper, interior pages bright with a few pencil markings, binding tight. Measures 4 3/4 x 7 inches.

Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1936. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/good. 247 pgs. Two girls spending a summer in Mexico are kidnapped while trying to help their young Mexican friend. Green cloth binding with black titles on front cover and spine. Cover boards bent and curved, stains on front cover, light edge wear with bumping of corners and spine ends, pencil gift inscription on front fixed end paper, pages yellowing, wormed at edges (does not affect text), binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with red titles on front cover is discolored by age, short tears and small chips in edges of jacket, 1/2 inch tear in top edge of jacket back, not clipped.

276 pages with index. The story of five hundred slaves that rose in revolt in 1811 New Orleans. Tan boards and black spine with silver titles on spine. Very minor shelf wear, interior pages slightly tanned, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with red and black titles shows a little edge wear, slight tanning of interior folds, not price clipped

New York: Mercury Publications, 1938. Reprint. Paperback. Fair/No jacket. 128 pages, abridged edition. Mercury Mystery Number 155. A witchcraft expert is murdered in a sealed apartment and magicians are the suspects. Blue-green illustrated wraps with white titles on front cover and spine. some edge wear, creases at corners and across spine, chips in cover along spine, some scrubbing and spotting, interior pages show some stains at bottom near binding, light tanning, a few pages dog-earred, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1947. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good +/good. Ray, Jim. 104 pages, with index, illustrated with black and white and two-color blue illustrations. Covers the history of air transport, from pioneer experiments to future experimental plans. Red cloth binding with black titles on front cover and spine, black stamped airplane on front cover, illustrated end papers. Light edge wear, a little fading along edges, minor spotting, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, a little foxing of end papers, minor tanning of interior pages, binding tight. Illustrated dust jacket with white and black titles shows some surface loss, small chips along edges, tanning, short tears at folds, $2.50 price not clipped.

Wilton, Connecticut: Morehouse-Barlow Company, 1976. Not stated. Paperback. Good +/No jacket . 75 pages, illustrated with color photographs, black and white and color charts and diagrams and drawings. A brief history of needlepoint as religious art, use of color and instructions for stitching and finishing a piece of needlepoint artwork. Contains 38 symbolic motifs. Yellow illustrated wraps with green and black titles on front cover, spiral bound. Crease in front cover at binding, light spotting and minor edge wear, remains of old sticker on front cover and price sticker on back cover, interior pages clean and bright with no marking or notations, binding tight. Trade paperback, measures 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.

New Haven, Connecticut: Van Dyck & Company, Inc., 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 53 pages. Poems dedicated to "My Mother" that appeared in period magazines and newspapers. Green textured cloth binding with black titles on front cover. Some fading and spotting of cover, light edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, back cover a little scuffed, former owner's bookplate on front fixed end paper, inscribed by author on front free end paper "To Eugenia Baumgardner, As your Russian friend says they also 'do this very much in America.' Nan Terrell Reed, Jan. 1927." interior pages bright, binding tight, newspaper clippings of Reed's poetry affixed to back fixed end paper with corresponding tanning to facing page.

Boston: D. C. Heath and Company, 1940. Abridged ed. Hardcover. Good. 260 pages, in French, with notes, exercises and vocabulary. Appears to be a mystery story abridged for use in the classroom. Cloth binding with snake illustration and green decoration on front cover and spine. street map of Paris on end papers. Has matching set of alphabetical tabs attached to vocabulary pages; not sure if they are original or not. Darkening and spotting of cover, edge wear, bumped corners, spine a little cocked, interior pages bright with some pencil and ink notations, remains of old label on front free end paper.

Carmel, New York: Guideposts, 1981. Not stated. Fine/very good. 144 pages, illustrated with color art work of flowers. Memorial tribute by Fred Bauer included with poetry arranged in sections by subject. White binding with green titles on spine, pink end papers. Light spotting of cover, minimal edge wear, a little tanning along some edges, light wrinkles in spine, corners sharp except for small ding in bottom cover near leading corner, titles bright, interior pages bright, binding tight. Illustrated white dust jacket with green and pink titles has some spotting, light edge wear, not clipped. Measures 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches.

Indianapolis, Indiana: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1932. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 359 pages with index and bibliography, illustrated with black and white plates. A biography of the feisty little lawyer who became Vice-President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Brick red cloth binding with gilt title block and titles on front cover and spine. Gilt partly rubbed off, a little spotting of cover, wrinkle in spine at hinge, paper residue on back cover leading edge, small holes in end papers at hinge, interior pages lightly tanned with light staining on bottom edge, binding tight. Measures 6 x 9 inches.

New York: Viking Press, 1986. First edition thus. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 563 pages, indexed. A detailed study of the complicated society of the country of Mexico, including anthropology, history, economics, politics, culture and psychology. White illustrated wraps with copper and black titles on front cover, gilt titles on spine. Cover yellowing, slight shelf wear to cover, tiny crease in top of spine, a little spotting, old price sticker at bottom of back cover, interior pages tanning, owner's name on front free end paper, binding sound. Mass market paperback, measures 4 1/4 x 7 inches

McClure's Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine. Not stated. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 242 pages. A collection of stories featuring the title selection, From the Darkness and the Depths, Noah's Ark, The Finishing Touch, The Rock, The Argonauts, The Married Man, The Triple Alliance, Shovels and Bricks, and Extracts from Noah's Log.Red leatherette cover with blindstamped ship emblem in front cover and gilt titles on spine. Spine darkened with some holes in leatherette along spine and top edges, stains, edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, interior pages lightly tanned, hinges a little weak, binding otherwise tight.

Chicago: C. Ropp & Sons, Publishers, 1906. Hardcover. Good. 160 pages of tables. Red leatherette binding with black lettering on front cover, advertisements on front and back fixed end papers. Cover heavily scrubbed with edge wear, crease in leading lower corner of front cover, spine cover missing, corners bumped and frayed, interior pages tanned with chips and creases to a few corners.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004. Early printing. Paperback. Good +/No Jacket. 351 pages with index and bibliography. Tips and techniques, grilling, backyard classics, vegetable sides, special salads, cool drinks, great desserts and spicy condiments and other extras. Illustrated wraps with green, orange and white titles on front cover and spine. Some scrubbing and a little spotting of cover, light edge wear, ding in spine with light reading crease, two price stickers on back cover, remainder mark on bottom page edges, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Trade paperback. Measures 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. Hardcover. Good +/good. 378 pages, indexed with notes and black and white photograph section. A biography of the wife of Abraham Lincoln, a Kentucky girl who became First Lady during a difficult time in American history. Red and dark blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Light edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt a little faded, light crease in spine, interior pages lightly tanned. Illustrated dark jacket with orange and white lettering is protected in mylar cover. Some wear to edges, small tear in front, creases, small tear in bottom leading edge front, small chips and tears in back, not price clipped.

London: Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press, 1913. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 482 pages with index of first lines, black and white frontispiece author's self-portrait protected by tissue. Collection of the poet's work and translations dated 1850-1870, including the prose story, 'Hand and Soul'. Red binding with gilt titles on front cover and spine, decorative blindstamped edging to covers. Spine darkened, marred by square where a sticker might have been removed,some light edge wear and faint spotting to cover, corners and spine ends a bit bumped, small chip in top of spine, stains on back cover, interior pages lightly tanning, former owner's name on front free end paper with bookseller's stamp at bottom corner, binding tight. Measures 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches.

New York: Doubleday, 1991. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 215 pages with index, illustrated with black and white and color plates and drawings. A rambling anthology that flits like a butterfly from science to art and back. Brown quarter cloth over brown boards with gilt titles on spine, red end papers. Titles bright, light spotting of cover, minor edge wear with light bumping of corners and spine ends, a little spotting of end papers, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Mylar covered tan illustrated dust jacket with brown titles on front cover and spine shows very light edge wear, slight fading at spine, spotting that may mostly be on mylar cover, not price clipped. Measures 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches.

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. 225 pages, with black and white tissue protected plates. A beautiful book that does not appear to ever have been read. The art is mostly scenes from the writings of the authors. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine. Spine gilt faded, a little spotting, light edge wear, spine ends and corners a bit bumped, rough cut interior pages very lightly tanned.