Search Results: Titles starting with R from Friendly Used Books

Elmhurst, IL: Penman Publishing Company, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Original printed stapled wraps; 41 pages. No additional printings. Giangreco founded the magazine and encouraged his friends and family to contribute. Page 3 carries a small photograph of him. The rear cover has a blurb for Giangreco's "The Bookbinder" and "Circles", two short novels published in one volume. Linda K. Miller also published a book of poetry entitled "Coming to be"; see our listing. The wraps show very light wear and a touch of soil. All contents clean, tight and unmarked. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Elmhurst, IL: Penman Publishing Company, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Fittro, Robert; Photographs. Original printed stapled wraps; 57 pages. No additional printings. Giangreco founded the magazine and encouraged his friends and family to contribute. The front cover verso has a blurb for Giangreco's "The Bookbinder" and "Circles", two short novels published in one volume, along with Linda K. Miller's "Coming to be" (see our listing for this title). The wraps show very light wear and a touch of soil. All contents clean, tight and unmarked. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Minneapolis: Ungdommens Ven Pub. Co., 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in black coth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Spine lettering faded. Hinges are tight. Corner tips are worn through at tips at lower corners of book. 1901 Christmas gift inscription on the front endpaper.

Unity: Five Star, 2002. First Edition (stated) . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Bound in pictorial boards with matching dust wrapper. Inscribed, dated in the year of publication, and signed by the author on the title page, otherwise unmarked. Appears unread. Clean and tight; jacket in mylar.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Bound in burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gilt. 128 pages. Preliminary issue prior to the 1920 issue of the revised treatise, which appears (by page count) to be identical to this. Ex-library copy with DD number to the spine and stamps to the front endpapers, title and copyright pages. Text clean and unmarked. The cloth shows edgewear with shallow chipping at the head of the spine and frayed corners. Hinges solid; binding square. Interesting old (1921) card pocket marked Omaha Public Library and Museum to the front pastedown. Solid reading copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New York: The Curtiss Press / William J. Watt, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Bound in beige moire cloth with titles in black. No additional printings. Light romantic crime novel set mostly in southern California and Arizona, concerning a young couple, thrown together by chance, who find themselves in possession of a half million dollars of stolen money. The result is a chase through the mountains and across the desert, an encounter with a film company on location and a couple of young flyers, a train trip interrupted by a vicious hobo, and an eventual denouement in New York City. One of the author's most difficult titles, rarely seen. This copy has has light edgewear with mild soil from handling, and slight shelf slant. The spine is a bit mottled. Hinges solid. All contents clean tight and unmarked. Oh - did I mention the daddy long-legs squashed on the rear pastedown? How can you resist?

New York: The Century Co., 1909. Hardcover. Very Good. Arthur Keller. Title page date of 1909. Hinges tight. Very good condition, clean and bright, with applique cover. 10 full page glossy illustrations.

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1873. Hardcover. Very Good. Title page date is 1873. Bound in red cloth with blind stamped cover design and gilt lettering on spine. Hinges are tight. with a 1 inch tear on front endpaper hinge ( see pictures) Endspaper are lists of other books available from publisher. Mild soil on the closed text block edges.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1936. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Epperly (jacket art). Johnny Thompson. "Mystery Stories for Boys", volume 19. Bound in blue cloth with titles and rules stamped in black. This is the so-called "Banner edition", issued somewhere between 1948 and 1954, which consisted of three of Snell's earlier books, volumes 17, 19 and 21. All have the yellow banner on the front panel of the dust wrapper ("Teen-Age Mystery Story"). The proof that this is a reprint edition is found on the rear flap, which blurbs title 21, a book which would originally be published two years after this book (1938; see full jacket photo). Volume 17 blurbs this book on the rear flap, and volume 21 has a blurb for number 17. No other titles are mentioned, indicating this was the extent of this reprint series. The price is $1.25, far more than the $.50 that the original editions were priced at. (Volume 21… Read More

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1995. Soft cover. Fine. Inscribed and signed on the title page by both authors. Fine condition softcover book, clean, bright and crisp

Minneapolis: Forfatterens Forlag, 1920. Second Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Map. Norwegian language. Bound in dark green cloth with titles and decorations stamped in gilt. 329 pages, plus a three-page publisher's catalogue. Second printing (andet oplag); originally published in 1896. No English translation available. The cloth shows only a touch of edgewear; the spine gilt is slightly rubbed. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Uncommon. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Milwaukee: Marquette University, 1965. Soft cover. Very Good. Very good condition softcover, 23 pages. Tightly bound, unmarked, clean and bright.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. First Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Bound in green cloth with titles and decorations stamped in black. First edition, with the number one in parentheses (1) on the last page of the text. 267 pages plus four pages of ads. Channery Series, volume 3. Exterior edges scuffed with tiny frays; one 1/4" fray near the head of the spine. LACKS THE FRONTISPIECE. Former owner's name and old pricing to both sides of the front free endpaper. Occasional finger smudge in the text (no text affected). Hinges good. Mattson & Davis 18500. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978. Soft cover. Very Good. very good condition softcover, clean and bright, tightly bound, unmarked. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1821. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in full tan calf gilt spine titles on red and black labels. 588 pages with index. The leather is rubbed through at the corners, there are surface scuffs which have darkened with age, the head of the spine is chipped with a glue repair, the front joint is cracked and the rear just starting. The inner hinges are quite solid so the boards remain firmly attached. Two private law library stamps to the front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. The paper quality is quite good with some mild toning but very little foxing. Uncommon.

Fresno: Fabian Books, Ltd., 1960. First Edition (NAP) . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Fabian Books Z-138; paperback original with no additional printings. A touch of edgewear; slight bump at upper rear corner. No spine crease. Clean, tight, and unmarked.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bound in yellow with brown letter on cover and spine. Glossy frontis. Hinges tight. Ads in back do not go past 1932, so we have estimated the date of book as circa 1933. The yellow cover shows mild soil

New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. very good condition. Bound in green cloth with gilt oval on front cover with green lettering within the oval. Gilt spine lettering. Hinges tight. Harper copyright code L-V ( November 1921) Pior owner name in pencil on the inside of the front cover.

New York: Vantage Press, 1952. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Bound in pale green cloth with titles in red. Review copy with the publisher's stamp to the front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Essays on religion, politics, economics, education and demographics. The cloth shows only a hint of edgewear. The jacket has a bit of light edgewear and a tiny chip at the heel of the spine. Clean and tight; jacket in mylar. Uncommon.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Lassell, Charles. Bound in red cloth with titles stamped in white. First edition, with corresponding 1929 dates to the title and copyright pages. With four illustrations on coated paper, all present. The cloth shows a touch of edgewear with a small bump to the upper front corner and mild rubbing to the spine lettering. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall