Search Results: Authors starting with R from De Wolfe and Wood

New York: American Tract Society, 1920. 205 pages. In good condition. With a long inscription from Ranney.

Saint Paul: McGill- Warner Company, 1911. 67 pp. Wraps worn. Two copies located at Cornell & University of Oregon. A very scarce piece written by the security officers of the railroad and given away by the line. Various criminals are described including clairvoyants.

Hillacre, 1917. 41 pp. Uncut. Dust jacket lightly worn and faded. Waldo Pierce's copy with his bookplate and a note signed "Waldo" laid into the front. Reed was an active American Communist who died in Russia in 1920.

A promotional booklet for this extravagant stage presentation of Custer's last stand. The piece includes a list of actors and a program. Good condition with minor tape repairs to the lower corner of the front cover. OCLC finds only 2 copies at Brown and the Clarke Historical Library in Michigan.

Pennsylvania: The Stackpole Company, 1964. 528 pp. Originally published for military use this revised edition was marketed to police officers, special guards, and the individual. Includes instruction on dealing with Mob Violence, Communist Tactics, Chemical Munitions, and more.

Boston: W.J. Reynolds, 1851. Letterhead dated Boston, Oct. 23rd, 1851. Good condition but likely had another leaf and was a stampless letter sheet. The left side of the letterhead lists 18 titles published by this company including music, poetry, schoolbooks and more. The letter to H.M. Vilar (?) is in regard to books Vilar wishes to sell to the publisher. Reynolds writes that they only sell current new books and that he would only by the copies of a speller for 8 cents each.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. Deluxe edition in 3/4 morrocco with slip case. A fine copy and number 389 of the deluxe edition signed by Ripley and the artist J. Fenwick Lansdowne. A lovely copy. 406 pp. pp.

J. Dixwell: London, 1762. Removed from a bound volume and page edges unevenly trimmed The mother and daughter Metyard were tried, convicted and executed for beating and starving to death an apprentice named Ann Nailor The mother owned a Haberdasher's shop and as it turns out had abused other children indentured to her This example is not located in the English short title catalog The Ordinary of Newgate was given the authority to publish accounts of the condemned as a source of income 23-31 pp pp.

Three letters from W. J. Rogers. Dated St. Louis 1930's to Mrs. Schumaker. Some tears on folds. The letters are about Stereoscope photography. Also, includes a typed paper titles "Combining Cycling With Stereo Photography." The trip to Yellowstone was taken in 1925 and the papers included a list of his itinerary and an inventory of the 81 stereo photographs that he took. WE DO NOT HAVE THE STEREO VIEWS.

311 pp. Jachet in poor condition with some of the edges and much of the spine lacking. Bound in black cloth with light wear and a few small dents to the front board. This copy is inscribed by Maine artist Marsden Hartley to his nephew Theodore Newell in New York City in 1924. 14 artists, critics and writers are profiled in the book including Hartley, Wiliam Carlos Williams, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe and Stiegliz.

London: Ellis and Scrutton, 1886. 528, 521 pp. End papers foxed and embossed blue cloth bindings show some wear and dents.

Brooklyn: Dunhill Publishing Company, 1922. 222 pages in dust jacket with some soiling. Long Inscription from Rothschild. Printed mailing label for Honorable Al Smith. Printed card indicating that all who read the book should sign it and pass it on. This will serve as a prayer for the author's recovery. This copy signed by 4 people Printed note at the end "Please Don't Break This Prayer Chain. Rothschild was paralyzed from the waist down as the result of an automobile accident.

London: Frederick Muller Limited, 1958. 255 pp. Peter Whitehead never knew his father and was orphaned by the only person who could tell him, his mother, when he was 13 years old. He would be detained in mental institutions for the next 12 years of his life which was often common practice for children without parents at this time in England. This book recounts his experiences within the systems that were keeping him from the outside world and how he was finally released following a High Court application in 1956. Slight cracking and discoloration to dust jacket.

Boston: Morrill & Son, 1863, 1863. 20 pp. In good condition with taped repair to the front wrap, spotting and light wear. Scarce with 4 copies located. Poems written by a Maine Civil War soldier.