Search Results: Authors starting with R from Boyd Used & Rare Books

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good+. Early printing (1943). Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked. Eight illustrated plates, including frontispiece portrait of author. xiii, 108, [2] pages. Thomas Percy Gleave's memoir, recounting his experiences in the RAF 1939-1940 as commander of 253 Squadron, his participation in the Battle of Britain, his encounters with German aircraft, and getting shot down. He describes his severe injuries and relates what happened to him in hospital, including his reconstructive surgery (he was one of the first patients of plastic surgeon Sir Archibald McIndoe) and recovery.

Vista, California: Palomar Radio Club, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good-. Saddle stitch book has a little bumping and wear to the head and tail of spine. A little light wear to spine edge. General all-over soiling to wraps. Listing of all members and their call signs. 179 pp. 6" x 9

Ruth A. Radmore, 1971. Soft cover. Good+. Ruth A. Radmore. Staple bound book has bumping and a tiny bit of curling to the fore edge corners. A little general surface soiling to wraps. One very small closed tear to upper back edge. Pages are free of marks and binding is tight. A fun and quirky little book with drawings on each page speculating on how babies entertain themselves while in utero, including yoga, playing jump rope (with the umbilical cord), reading, and many others. 5.75 x 6 inches. 30 one-sided pages. No institutional copies located on OCLC.

Portland: Mann & Beach, Printers, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Brown cloth spine with printed papered sides. Previous owner's name on ffep and some markings on the rear endpapers, else generally clean.128 pages. 1905 membership lists for the social clubs in Portland, Oregon. The clubs include the Arlington Club, Concordia Club, Commercial Club, Portland Hunt Club, Irvington Tennis Club, Multnomah [Amateur Athletic] Club, Multnomah Rod & Gun Club, Portland Rowing Club, Waverly Golf Club, and the University Club. The members' addresses are also provided.

Falls Church, VA: Stripes Publishers, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Surfaces of the plain black boards show minor wear with a few light scratches. Very light warp to front board. Inscribed on page 56 by June Courtean (recipient of the 1989 Naismith Award for Women's Official of the Year). Pages are clean and binding is tight. First edition, first printing, 1990. Features several articles and essays on the history, philosophy, and practice of refereeing basketball; detailed discussion of basketball rules, including the illegal defense, a detailed catalog of all the basketball camps in the US, and the complete roster of referees for the year 1989-1990 in the NBA, CBA, USBL, and for each of the Division I conferences in the NCAA (including both Men's and Women's). 122 pages.

Santa Monica, California, and Hamilton, New Jersey: The Sculpture Foundation, Inc., 2014. Hardcover. Very Good+. Hardcover. Illustrated boards. Some wear at foot of spine. Internally like new, clean and unmarked. Thoroughly illustrated in color photographs. Includes a pictorial catalog of the more-than 260 pieces he created during the years 1969 to 2014. 282 pages. 12 x 12 inches. An exploration of artist Seward Johnson's life in sculpture and a pictorial history of his works and the personal and professional stories that brought his aesthetic and his pieces into being. John Seward Johnson II (1930-2020) is known for his life-size (and some monumental) trompe-l'oeil painted bronze statues, found in locations all across the United States, as well as in western Europe and Australia.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Achey & Gorrecht, 1918. Hardcover. Very Good+. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Very small nick on spine; light soiling on rear cover; corners pushed, else fine. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Thirteen illustrations on plates, displaying the Kromayer Lamp and the Alpine Sun Burner. xiii, 162 pages. The first American book to address the efficacy of ultra violet rays in the practice of dermatology. Written by Dr. Ralph Bernstein (1877-1948) a homeopathic physician and veteran professor of dermatology at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. He provides a brief and clear presentation of the clinical application of UVL in the treatment of many cutaneous diseases, based on case experience from private practice, the Skin Section of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia, and various other institutions with which Dr. Bernstein was connected. Contents: [I] The Evolution of Artificial Light Rays. [II] Physical Effects, Histological Changes and… Read More

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-. Zhenya Gay. Dark green cloth boards with gilt on spine. Interior is clean and unmarked; some foxing on pages. Top edge of text block dust stained. Copyright pages states ''Second Printing July 1929 (Before Publication)''. Dust jacket (''3rd Large Printing'' noted on front panel) is rubbed; shows light general soiling; some spotting on the rear panel; in an archival mylar sleeve. Eight full-page illustrations (including frontispiece) by Zhenya Gay. xxii, 349 pages. Considered to be the authentic memoirs of a British criminal, disguised by its author in the form of a novel. Our subject, alias Ralph Rashleigh, was convicted in London of burglary in the early 1800s and placed on a prison ship bound for the penal colony of New South Wales (Australia). He writes of the many terrible realities encountered.

Lawndale, CA: Issue Records, 1994. Audio Book (CD). Very Good+. Two compact discs, both clean and free of any scuffs or scratches. Light indentation on front insert. Booklet has extremely slight wear. A scarce collectors item. Recordings made of the legendary basketball coach Jack Ramsay, produced by the former Trail Blazer and Laker Bill Walton. Two compact discs (total playing time: 2 hours, 24 minutes). Produced by Bill Walton and Harvey Robert Kubernik. Brief liner notes by Bill Walton. Track Listing (Part 1: History) My History in Basketball; Giving Up Playing; First Pro Playing Experience; Eastern League; High School Coaching; College Coaching; College Game Then; Winning and Losing Teams; Coaching Bad Teams; Pressure Defense. (Part 2: Basketball) Organizing a Practice; Teaching Desire; Assistant Coaches; Team and Individual Drills; Developing an Offensive Scheme; Keeping the Offense Familiar; Team Philosophy-Passing; Getting Point Across; Training Players; Calling Plays; Pro Versus Other… Read More

Seattle, WA: Shorey Book Store, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good-. Staple bound booklet has a stress crease across the spine edge. Very light soiling to wraps. Pages are clean. Binding is tight. Reprint of the original 1902 publication. This is the second printing, 1974. 5.25 x 8.25 inches. Unpaginated.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition, first printing (October, 1930). Blue cloth; spine stamped in gold; front board is ruled in blind. Head of spine lightly pushed. Clean and unmarked. Pages crisp. Dust jacket shows some chipping at spine ends and at top fore-corner of rear panel; light general edgewear; natural toning from acidification on front panel; front flap clipped but still showing the publisher's price of $2.50; in a clear archival sleeve. xxiv, 524 pages. 7.4 x 5 inches. Novel by John Rathbone Oliver (1872-1943), an American psychiatrist, medical historian, author, Anglican priest, and runner-up for the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for Literature. The story of two-generations of families and the cultural entanglements between the French Canadians and Americans, with a setting background of the shores of the St. Lawrence River.

Portland, Oregon, 2018. Soft cover. Very Good+. Softcover. Pre-publication copy. Light wear. No index. xviii, 383 pages.

New York: Exposition Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Inscribed by Author(s). Inscribed by the author on ffep. Stated First Edition. Gray cloth boards with navy blue lettering on spine. Some wear to a few page edges. Dust jacket lightly toned; chipped at head of spine and corners; short tear to top edge of front panel; extremities rubbed; bit of soiling on rear panel. DJ in clear archival sleeve. 77 pp. 8 x 5.5 inches. Winter Dusk is the second volume of poetry by Mary Reed Joslin (1876-1956). She received her education at Smith College and Radcliffe College and was a lifelong resident of Boston. Her first volume of poetry, Spanish Moss, was published by Emory University's Banner Press in 1939 (14 poems from that volume appear again here). She was an active member of The Poetry Society of America and the National League of American Pen Women. This is a collection of more than sixty poems, some of which previously appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, the Boston… Read More

Arcadia House, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good+. Book has heavy wear to board edges with exposed boards. Head and tail of spine are worn with a little fraying. Ex-library book has faint tape stains on boards and more pronounced stains on the end papers. Back ffep has scarred area where it looks like pocket has been removed. Stamps to head and tail of spine as well has title page. A few ink notes in gutter on half-title page. Lightly spine cocked. Dust jacket has a little very light wear at fore edge corners. Head and tail of dj spine are bumpsed with very tiny closed tears. A few horizontal creases along spine edges and fore edges of dj. No signs of library ownership on dj. 220 pages.

New York, Evanston, and London: Harper & Row, 1955. Hardcover. Fair/Good. Maurice Sendak. Ex-library. Library name rubber-stamped on dedication page, glue blemishes (from removed pocket/label) on front endpapers, no other library indications. Pages are well-thumbed, some spots of soiling; last leaf has a tape-repaired tear. Dust jacket chipped at head of spine; Harpercrest label present; in a new clear archival sleeve. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket. [32] pages. 5.5 x 10.75 inches. Harper & Row, early re-issue (circa 1960s) of the 1955 Harper & Brothers first edition.

Berlin, Germany: Internationale Bibliothek GMBH, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Books have minimal wear to edges or corners. Light soiling to boards. Light bumps to fore edge corners. Has owners stamp on title page with a date of 1927. All other pages are clean and bindings are tight. Volume 57 of the Bibliotheque Francaise. French Language. 296 pp.

London / Toronto: Ernest Benn Limited / University of Toronto Press, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition. Boards in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Internally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows very light wear at corners; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. Illustrated in color throughout. 175 pages. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Covers more than 70 different species of Asian, Australian and New Zealand timbers, both hardwoods and softwoods. Beautiful color plates showing the grain(s) of each specie, along with a general description, notes on its distribution and supply, technical properties, and uses. Designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber, but are not specialists in wood technology, indicating the outstanding characteristics of the timbers and, where appropriate, each timber is compared with allied or technically similar timbers that may be considered for the same purpose. Intended primarily for use by timber-using industries as well as… Read More

Cincinnati, Ohio: Contemporary Arts Center, 1977. Soft cover. Very Good. (Includes the accompanying 45-rpm record). Light wear to wraps (rubbing, minor wear along edges). Interior is clean. 24 full-page photographs (b/w with one color) showing the artist and the sculpture at various stages, from initial design sketching to completion. Includes a brief introduction by the curator Ruth K. Meyer, an essay by Laura H. Chapman, and a one-page biography/CV of Renick. 66 pages. 7.4 x 7.4 inches. Includes the original commissioned music for the exhibit, ''Music for Triceracopter,'' a Moog synthesizer composition by Paul Martin Palombo (b. 1937). The 45-rpm record is dusty, but scratch-free. Side A is 9:46, Side B is 5:10. Comes with a plain record sleeve. Illustrated exhibition book for ''Triceracopter,'' Patricia Renick's sculpture of a modified helicopter, conceived in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, and reflecting the themes of obsolescence and the impact of… Read More

New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Mendoza; Arthur Hawkins, Jr.. Scarce First American edition, 1931. Buff colored cloth with burgundy lettering on spine and double-rules on covers. Speckled fading on front board. A few pages show very light soiling, else internally clean and unmarked. Rare Arthur Hawkins, Jr. illustrated dust jacket. DJ shows some scuffs on spine and some slight general soiling; lightly chipped at spine ends and corners; not price clipped ($2.50); in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. xvii, 304. ''A wittily malicious study of the England and the English... an attack on the Englishman's calm assumption that everything English is the best in the world and that the foreigner must share his opinion. To this he retorts that the Englishman is sexually repressed... that his legal system is a tangle; that, while justice is incorruptible it is too full of class prejudice to be impartial and is cruelly harsh in its punishment; and that the Englishman… Read More

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good+. Book has some wear to corners as well as head and tail of spine. A couple of small scuffs to spine edges. Minimal soiling to boards. Pages are age-tanned on edges, but are all clean. Binding is tight, but title page has pulled away from binding on top 1/4 of page. Olive green boards with black floral motif and lettering on front. Likely printed circa 1887-1895.