Search Results: Authors starting with R from High Castle Books

NY, NY: Pantheon, 1996. 324 pp., 1/4 gray w/ light gray boards & dark blue lettering, map-printed endpapers; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has small portion of front board where top layer of paper covering board has been lifted off (about 1" x 1/4"), also remainder dot to top page edges, else fine; jacket has marks, probably from fingernails where a circular sticker was removed, else fine / ". . . at once a revelatory and moving journey into the forlorn soul of our heartland." Endpapers have map of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railways. /. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Grove Press, 1985. 171 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows wear to corners & to edges of spine, chipping to top right corner of front cover, some wear to left & bottom edges of back cover, prev. owner's name to bottom of half-title, a few small dog-ears / "Makes theater history. A riveting, disturbing, fearsomely funny play. A powerful, permanent contribution to American drama." - Jack Kroll, Newsweek /. First Trade Paper Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Hyperion Press, 1999. xix, 277 pp., beige spine w/ cream-colored boards; DJ in clear archival cover; NOTE: book may well be a book club edition, as no price appears on the jacket; book shows a light bump to bottom corner of front board w/ a few small lightly rubbed areas to spine / Includes selections by Charlotte Joko Beck, Sylvia Boorstein, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ram Dass, Mark Epstein, Daniel Goleman, Phil Jackson, Jack Kornfield, Robert Pirsig, Shunryu Suzuki, Alan Watts, and many others. /. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: McGraw - Hill, 1933. xv, 278 pp., black cloth w/ gold lettering; bBok shows moderate wear to ends of spine & bumping to top corners of boards; some light rubbing to boards w/ light spots to front board; prev. owner's book plate to front pastedown /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

NY, NY: Scribners, 1984. 190 pp., wraps; book has previous owner's name to half-title page, remainder stripes to top & bottom page edges / An Inspector Quantrill Mystery. /. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good to Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Viking Press / An Esalen Book, 1965. 286 pp., black cloth spine w/ brown boards & brown & white lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows small indentation to bottom edge of page block; a few ink spots to front endpapers; crease to top corner of one leaf; Jacket shows wear & short tears to edges; "x" in ink to author's name on spine; a couple of small ink spots to front flap / Author's first novel. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Avon Books, 1978. 222 pp., pictorial wraps, # 36517; Book shows very minor edgewear; only real flaw is 1/4" x 1" area at top of back cover where glossy surface has been lifted off / "Ancient powers arise in Earth's deadly future." / . First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good. Illus. by Jose Cruz (cover art).

Edinburg, TX: New Santander Press, 1996. 350 pp., glossy pictorial boards; Book shows some minor rubbing to front cover, only visible against the light / SIGNED by Raimond and Bassett, and dated by Bassett Oct. 9, 1997. Illustrated with B&W photos. /. Signed by Authors. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Popular Library, 1946. 219 pp., pictorial wraps, # 86; book shows light edgewear w/ lamination beginning to peel at edges; light reading crease to front cover along spine; light wear to ends of spine; stress lines to back cover; edge staining is a little faded & pages are browning lightly at edges; extremely short tear & small crease to fore edge of one leaf / "Justice rides the range." (cover blurb) /. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good -. Illus. by Hoffman (cover art).

NY, NY: Anchor/Doubleday, 1994. 352 pp., pictorial wraps; book has very slight edgewear to covers; erasure to half-title page / Author is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for "Grady's Gift." Illustrated with a few B&W photos and drawings. /. 6th Print.,. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

West Palm Beach, FL: Florida Publishers, 1990. 127 pp., wraps; Book shows small dent-crease to top corner of back cover w/ a number of pages toward back of book having the same small crease to top corner; "friends of library" stamp to first page / Illustrated with two B&W photos of the author in younger days. /. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Winterthur, Germany: Volkart Bros. Holding AG, 1991. 258 pp., maroon cloth w/ white lettering & decoration; Book shows a few bumps to bottom edges of boards w/ a very light bump to bottom corner of front board; in lieu of a traditional dust jacket, the book is covered in a wrapper of clear plastic, which now has some large tears & pieces missing, as well as some light rubbing overall / Illustrated with B&W photos, charts and maps. /. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY, NY / London, UK: Reader's International, 1986. 118 pp., dark blue binding w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book has prev. owner's name to front free endpaper; pages beginning to brown at edges / "Eight elegant and ironical tales by Nicaragua's master storyteller." Cover art is "The Cotton Harvest" by Nicaraguan artist Miriam Guevara. /. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Illus. by Miriam Guevara (cover art). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Award, 1969. 183 pp., pictorial wraps, # AQ1175; Book shows some wear to ends of spine & corners; reading crease to front cover along spine; small crease to bottom corner of back cover; clean diagonal cut to spine, probably from opening case of books when book was new, as well as minor stress lines & some color flaking / . 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good +.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1953. ix, 320 pp., reddish-brown cloth w/ gold & black lettering; Book shows wear, fraying & bumping to ends of spine & corners of boards; cloth shows some rubbing overall w/ some cock to spine; blacked-out label taped near bottom of spine; "withdrawn" stamps to edges of page block & front endpaper; library labels, remains of labels & card pocket to front & rear endpapers w/ additional library stamps & markings to title & dedication pages / Includes chapters on Ozark Pronunciation, Backwoods Grammar, Taboos and Euphemisms, Unusual Words and Meanings, and Sayings and Wisecracks. / . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

NY, NY: Harper Collins, 1992. 175 pp., 1/4 black cloth w/ red boards & gold lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover / "Using actual trial testimony and newspaper accounts, Doreen Rappaport recreates the drama and excitement of the famous Sacco-Vanzetti trial and provides fascinating insights into American life in the 1920's. Evaluate all the evidence and deliver the final verdict: guilty or not guilty." Ages 10 and up. Illustrated with photos, prints, and diagrams. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by John Palencar (jacket illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1960. xii, 462 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows a little light edgewear w/ covers curling slightly; small internal area of lifting lamination on spine; prev. owner's name faintly to top corner of front cover & to top margin of title page; several small brown stains to inside of front cover & to title page /. Trade Paperback. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Woman Today, 1973. 313 pp., magenta cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book has faint wear to ends of spine, small blemish to front board & light soil to top edge of page block; Jacket shows wear & some chipping to ends of spine & folds; some rubbing & small nicks overall w/ light to moderate edgewear /. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. xvii, 393 pp., wraps w/ DJ; book has spots of foxing to edges of page block w/ small light crease to top corner of front cover; DJ shows light wear to top of spine w/ small light crease to top corner of front panel / Authors include: Donald Barthelme, Robert Coover, Raymond Carver, John Updike, Ursula K. LeGuin, Joyce Carol Oates, Russell Banks, Wright Morris, Susan Sontag. /. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good -/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Stein & Day, 1978. (xii), 244 pp., black cloth spine w/ red boards & gold lettering; DJ in Mylar cover; book shows shelfwear to bottom edges w/ faint soil to top edge of page block; DJ shows wear to ends of spine w/ very short edge tears & small creases, also very slight sunning to spine; front & rear panels show some wear to bottom edges w/ a few short closed tears & small creases to top edges; 3/8" internal tear & small crease to rear fold / ". . . spans over 1200 years of history and contains material of more than 1600 famous (and infamous) persons of all walks of life. It is international inflavour invloving the great of over 70 nations past and present." /. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good to Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.