Search Results: Authors starting with R from Certain Books, ABAA

Pencil inscribed above the art of a group of partying soldiers in part-uniforms; and titled and signed below by the artist; Black and white etching in a blocky, cubist-futurist mode; no date but circa 1950s; given to James "From Here to Eternity" Jones by the artist; image 4" x 4 7/8" approx. size, short margins; tipped on to old matte mount, not glued to cardstock backer; a little darkened; matte needs renewing; in very good condition, interesting provenance association with the wartime theme and Jones' intense interest in the subject.. Signed by Illustrator. Very Good. Illus. by Harold W. Rabinowitz.

Bermuda With details in pencil on back; also one with Bermuda News Bureau stamp and Royal Gazette Photo stamp; approx. 8" x 10" size; short (1/2") closed tear on edge of "Janabel" image; otherwise, very good condition and good vintage Bermuda Yacht Race photo images.. Very Good.

United States of America: Not Published , 2015. Color photograph, by Staton Rabin, a sharp, clear, horse race action image. Approx. 8" x 10" overall size; notation in pen on back, and date-stamp. Slight wear, one corner with shallow crease; in very good condition. . Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good.

Troy: New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, 1883. 3 bill receipts for this railroad; for stoves, evidently from the Schenectady Stove Co. & M.L. Filley; two from 1883, one from 1884; all signed by the Agent Andros; small vignette of a railroad locomotive, tender & freight cars; each 4 1/2" x 8" approx. size; light wear, darkened; very good condition.. Very Good.

No date or publisher; loose plate, approx. 10 1/2" x 15" overall; with V. Raineri printed at bottom right; apparently image is of classical decorations, architectural ornamentation, a jewel-pendant, decorative furniture or statuary, 6 items depicted; no date but circa 1830s; some light sotting and foxing; good quality paper; small (1/2") blindstamp at impression edge stating "GF Il Costume Antico e Moderno"; good condition.. Very Good.

Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. 753 pages; Ayn Rand pseud of Alissa Rosenbaum (1905-1982), Russian-born naturalized American writer and philosopher, The Fountainhead "...the novel that would make her name...Her novels cannot be separated from her philosophy, which admits no middle ground. It is virtually impossible to be objective about objectivism. Thus Rand is destined to be one of the most controversial writers--and thinkers--of her time." (James T. Baker in the ANB); no other printing stated on copyright page; old booksellers' ticket of Hudson's Bookshop Detroit on back endpaper; an early printing, with 3 reviews & author portrait on back panel, $ 3.00 price on inner flap, no other printing indicated on copyright page; polished blue cloth with gilt cover & spine titles; dustjacket edgewear, darkening, chipped, rubbed, closed tears; first leaves with old shallow 'push' marks on paper; volume and dustjacket in about good condition, okay in a… Read More

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: W.D. Hoard & Sons, 1925. 261 pages; inscribed and signed on the front endpaper by the author, "To Alfred G. Arvold with the hope that he may derive a measure of profit and pleasure from the reading of the life of a truly great man, W.D. Hoard. Sincerely, Geo. W. Rankin Fort Atkinson Wisconsin Sept. 14, 1928"; with a black and white portrait frontispiece of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918) 16th Governor of Wisconsin from 1889 to 1891 and of great influence on the dairy industry, via his weekly "Hoard's Dairyman."; with other illustrations & with biographical material regarding Hoard's early life, influences, Civil War record, agricultural & political career, more; bound in the publisher's original black patterned-finish cloth, gilt cover medallion portrait of Hoard, gilt title panels on cover and spine, marbled endpapers; some light wear to binding, some spottiness to first leaves, back endpaper with a tear-rub at hinge; in very… Read More

Upper Brookville, NY: John L. Rawlinson, Village Historian , 1982. ix + 128 pages; with a few black and white illustrations; tipped-in at front is a form letter dated 1984 on The Inc. Village of Upper Brookville letterhead addressing the copy to a "Dear Resident..."; each resident received a complimentary copy, with information on purchasing additional volumes if wanted; the author was a professor at Hofstra University, village historian and a resident of the community. Published on the occasion of the village's fiftieth birthday, with a list of former Village officials, trustees, clerks; the author "...reviewed fifty years of minutes most meticulously...free access to many citizens and officials of the Village, past and present...people, zoning, police and fire protection, civil defense, economics, roads, budgets, policies and plans...Minutes and memos help to keep the facts straight. Interviews with people who played leading roles or who were keen observers of the scene add color and texture..."… Read More

New York, NY: Co-Published By Avon Books and King Features Syndicate, 1974. 160 pages; front cover illustration by George Wilson; back cover art by Alex Raymond (1909 - 1956) American cartoonist "...His place in the history of his profession (is) established by his brilliance as an illustrator of four successful and influential comic strips. The technical triumph he achieved in the three strips he launched in 1934 (including Flash Gordon) helped establish the illustrative mode as the best way of visualizing a serious adventure story..." (Robert C. Harvey in the ANB) "First Avon Printing" notice on copyright page; # 20446 in Avon numbering. Approx. 4" x 7" size; color illustrated paper back covers; top edge tinted orange; slight wear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Floral and graphic art; pencil signed presentation "For Gina" and signed by the artist below the image lower right; 23 1/2" x 28" approximate image size, margins make it 31" x 26" approx.; beautifully printed, very good color; untitled and with floral & script 'Scranton Pennsylvania' (as if for a poster design) motif; printed on quality heavy rag content paper; bright and clean; little bit of edgewear to paper; very good condition and suitable for framing.. Signed by Illustrator. Very Good. Illus. by R. Rayner.

Glasgow: William Collins, Publisher & Queen's Printer, 1864. 295 pages; expounding and interpreting various topics and ideas: Endless Variety of Divine Workmanship, Not Two Objects Alike, Varieties Geological and Geographical, The Elementary Particles of Things, Varieties Chemical, The Animal Kingdom, Man, Astronomical Varieties, Examples of Extraordinary Development Among Man as Pledges of His High Future Destiny, Nature Providence and Revelation Indicate This High Destiny, The Happiness of God in the Contemplation of His Works and His Ways, and His Own Attributes and Character, Reasons for the One Common Universal Religion, and That Christianity, more; original publisher's dark brown half-leather & cloth covered boards, gilt spine titles, marbled edges; edge, tips wear to binding, spine ends rubbed; front (blank) endpaper lacking; some foxing and spotting; good plus reading or reference condition. . Hard Cover. Good.

Kobenhavn: Branner Og Korch, 1962. 'Danmarks Fugle' with 692 pages, consecutively paginated, bound in the original 16 parts, each in its own illustrated wrapper, with cumulative index at back of last volume; color plates, black and white drawings, distribution maps, more; Danish text throughout; approx. 8" x 11 1/2" size, bound in blue paper illustrated wraps, side sewn; (with) 'Danske Fuglestemmer' (15) 45 rpm records, two-sided, with recordings of various bird-songs of Denmark; each in its own illustrated stiff-paper sleeve, with text on back describing each song and keyed to the text via a numbering system, complete; the records all in very good visible condition, some sleeves unopened (records have not been played by us); some edge, tips wear and rubbing to covers of texts and records; overall, very clean and all in very good condition; previous owner had kept these in a slipcase, titled accordingly and also included.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1876. A sharp and clear oval Woodburytype portrait of the Lord Redesdale; approx. 3 1/2" x 4 1/2" size, on the original heavy paper 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" sheet; John Thomas Freeman Mitford, first earl of Redesdale (1805-1886), British politician; photograph by Thompson Cooper, Lock & Whitfield photographers (this particular portrait being used in the present DNB); oval Woodburytype, (photoglyptie) patented in 1864 by Walter Bentley Woodbury (1834-1885) an early form of photomechanical print, made by embossing a photographic image on paper with a metal mold containing the gelatin relief of a photographic negative: "...the tonal scale of the resultant image was highly luminous...has a continuous tone, showing neither a screen nor a grain pattern..." (Baldwin, 1991); a striking portrait of this British politician & philanthropist; a few small, faint spots in outer margin of mount paper; in very good condition. .… Read More

Japan In two volumes. The large illustrated volume with hundreds of photographic examples of tea and rice bowls, with a text volume accompanying; thoroughly illustrated in black and white and with a few color examples, Japanese text throughout. A heavy set, approx. 6 lbs with the shipping. Approx. 8 3/4" x 12" size; bound in gray-blue silk patterned cloth over paper, side bound in silk string; illustration volume with paper cover title label pasted-down. Some edge, tips wear to the cloth of the binding, loose folds around cloth edges; contents clean and in very good condition; an extensive reference. . Brocade Covers. Good.

Japan: The International House of Japan Library, 1997. 447 pages, with a useful index. Reference works in English and in Japanese for bibliographies of various subjects, politics & foreign relations, law, economics, language, science & technology, history and other topics, all as relevant to Japanese studies; with a list of Japanese institutions supporting this research. Approx. 7 1/8" x 10 1/4" size; printed softcover; light wear to the binding; in very good condition.. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Reims France A real-photo view of the ruins of the Cathédrale at Reims; a sign stretched over an (apparent) souvenir booth, with several Navy (US?) tars standing in front; undivided back, postally unused; no photographer or date but circa World War One; some corner wear and aging; good condition.. Good.

Weimar: Geogr. Instituts, 1822. Handcolored map of this Scandinavian region; German language; map darkened, some edge, tips wear, a little splitting along old fold lines at edge; decent margins, 23 1/4" x 29" overall size; has been rolled for some time; good condition overall.. Good.

France': No Photographer Noted, 1875. Carte-de-Visite Photograph Portrait of a Painting of Our Lady of Sorrows the Mater Dolorosa; approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; identified on front of mount; no studio identified; no date, circa 1875; some light wear to mount; in very good condition.. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good.

New York: Viking, 1999. 226 pages; chapter notes, bibliography, index; black and white illustrated; (From the dustjacket information): "...this battle that first defined the United States as a military power...an almost unbelievably colorful cast of characters...militiamen, regulars, untrained frontiersmen, free blacks, Indians, and townspeople. Swashbuckling privateer Jean Lafirtte...the proud, reckless Brtish general Packenham...."; by the (NYT) "...foremost Jacksonian scholar of our time"; "First Published" and number line "1" stated on copyright page; light wear to dustjacket; very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Munchen: Herausgegeben Und Eingeleitet Von Carl Georg Heise Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1928. 21 pages of text, followed by 100 photographs; Vince Aletti in his description of the volume in Andrew Roth's 2001 'The Book of 101 Books' describes the New Objectivity photography by Renger-Patzsch: the "...style he sparked was one of Germany's most pervasive modernist movements..." Laid-in are a letter of acknowledgment for purchase of the book from Ledel Gallery NY and a two-page press announcement from the gallery for a showing of vintage prints by Albert Renger-Patzsch. Approx. 9" x 11 1/2" size; blue cloth, silver gilt cover design and spine titles. Some edge, tips wear and rubbing; in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Albert Renger-Patzsch.