Search Results: Authors starting with R from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Murfreesboro, TN: Southern Heritage Press (FL), 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 241 pages, indexed. Softcover in grey wrappers. A clear protective mylar wrapper has been placed over the covers. The sleeve has a small sticker that says 'signed'. Light wear to the binding. The lower corner of the text block is a little bumped. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Text is clean.

Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1896. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. 398 pages. Hardcover bound in tan cloth. The binding is quite worn with some pale staining at the headcap. Inner hinges cracked. The text block is a little shaken but sound. Text is toned. Early owner's 1897 signature on the front flyleaf. A reading copy.

The Holy Land: Palphot Ltd.. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. (36) pages. Soft cover bound in blue stapled wrappers Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. Prior owner's 1992 inscription on the inside of the front cover. Text is in English and German.

Chicago, ILL: The Radford Architectural Company, 1923. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. Complete 12 Volume Set. Hardcovers bound in burgundy 3/4 cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. The set is rubbed and bumped and shows average wear overall. Top edges of the text blocks are dust-stained. Endpapers are a bit foxed. The text of the volumes is mostly clean, although there are some areas of foxing. Volume VIII has some dried substance stuck to the bottom corner of the front cover, and there is a spot of damping at the lower corner of the first few pages. On Volume IX, the rear inner hinge is completely open, although the front inner hinge is secure. Otherwise the set is sound with secure inner hinges and the text is generally clean. Illustrated with a number of drawings and several photo or plates per volume.

Annapolis: Hall of Records Commission, State of Maryland, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 498 pages, indexed. LIMITED EDITION Hardcover in red dust jacket with the title on front cover and spine. DJ has been placed in protective mylar sleeve, shows no wear. The binding show the lettering and illustration on the front board and spine have dulled. The upper and lower edges of the boards have slight fading. All edges of the text block are foxed. Prior owner's name and blindstamp impression on half title page. Text is clean. Limited Edition, #307.

New York: The Dial Press, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 325 pages. Hardcover in dark pink cloth. Binding has smudging, rubbing. Spine is sunned. Title on spine has dulled and is partially illegible. Title page has partial toning where something had been stored between the title page and frontispiece. Text has light toning.

New York and Philadelphia: Published for the Author by Boericke & Tafel, 1877. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 132 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in brown and black cloth. The binding shows some wear and rubbing about the edges. Binding is sound with secure inner hinges; spine is sunned. Text is a little toned but is generally clean. Contains a couple of illustrations. We don't know if this would qualify as a Homeopathic work, but the publisher Boericke & Tafel largely published books of Homeopathy and alternative medicines

London: Collins, 1987. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. [226] pages. Hardcover with a tan and brown pictorial dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to the jacket, which has a small tear and crease at the top edge of the front panel. Prior owner's signature on the front flyleaf. Otherwise a sound copy and clean within.

New York: AACTE Publications, 1999. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. 77 pages. Blue soft cover. A fresh, clean and unmarked copy.

Laurinburg, NC: St Andrews Press, 1990. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 275 pages. Hardcover with a pale blue dust jacket. The jacket has a few edge tears along the top edge. A sound copy with clean text. Ragan was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina.

New Delhi: Assoicated Publishing house, 1969. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 374 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a dark brown dust jacket, now in mylar. Moderate rubbing and wear to the jacket. The book is sound and clean.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 459 pages. Hardcover bound in original green cloth with lettering in gilt. Moderate wear to the binding. Inner hinges secure. A sound copy with secure inner hinges and clean text. Illustrated with black and white photos. Complete with the double-page map.

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1998. 4th Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 418 pages. Soft cover bound in purple wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. Illustrated throughout.

Bangkok, Thailand: The National Culture Institute, 1953. Second Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo. 20 pages. Softcover bound in green stapled wrappers. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within.

Chicago: M. A. Donohue and Co., 1912. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 246, (7) pages. Hardcover in brown cloth with red, white, and black illustrations. Binding is foxed, has damping and scuffs. Spine is toned, has damping. Headcap/foot are bumped, has light fraying. Text block is shaken. Illustrated endpapers. 1 inch long tear at top of front gutter. Text is toned, has occasional smudges.

London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1793. Leather Bound. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. xii, 357; 360 pages. BINDINGS IN POOR CONDITION. Two volume set bound in early full leather. Spines perished and dry. Boards detached and with some chipping to the leather on the boards near the spine. Lacks the leather spine label on Volume I and the label on Volume II is scuffed. The text block to Volume I is completely broken between pages 176 & 177. There is an early 20th century owner's gift inscription on the front flyleaves of each volume, "To my son Edwin R. Freeman / with love / Elizabeth Woods Freeman." Marbled endpapers. The front pastedown of each volume has a simple unadorned bookplate of "Rode Hall / Library." (Rode Hall is a Georgian Country House in Cheshire, England). The text itself is a little toned but generally clean. Still, a binding set only. One of the earliest histories of the American Revolution by an American. David Ramsay (1749-1815) was an American historian and… Read More

Baton Rouge and London: LSU Press, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. 136 pages. Softcover in tan and blue glossy paper wrappers. Binding has light wear, rubbing. Prior owner's name written on front flyleaf. Text is clean.

Lancaster, PA: Steinmetz Coins & Currency, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 597 pages. Hardcover in blue cloth. Binding has light wear. Some soiling on rear cover. Slight scuffing. Text is clean.

Cleveland and New York: The World Syndicate Publishing Co., 1919. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. 216 pages. Hardcover with gold/pictorial dust jacket now in mylar. Spine and corners are lightly bumped. Jacket has small chips and tears on edges. Hinges sound, nice copy.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2017. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 452 pages, indexed. Hardcover in yellow, brown and grey pictorial dust jacket. Minimal wear to the jacket. The text is clean. Stated First Edition on the copyright page.