Search Results: Titles starting with R from Flamingo Books

Yale University Press. Very Good. 1956 first edition Yale University Press (New Haven, Connecticut), 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches tall blue cloth hardbound in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, xxvi, 385 pp. Light rubbing, soiling and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly edgeworn dust jacket, nicely preserved in a clear archival sleeve. Note that this is a heavy book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP17~ Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Charles Baxter was Stevenson's financial agent and a friend from his days in the Speculative Society (a debating club) at the University of Edinburgh.

In Officina Birckmannica, Sumptibus Arnoldi Mylij, 1602-01-01. Hardcover. Good. In Latin. 1602 first thus In Officina Birckmannica, Sumptibus Arnoldi Mylij. (Cologne, Germany), 3 x 5 1/8 inches tall full vellum bound, engraved printer's device on title page, tail-pieces, initials, [24] 360 [i.e., 358] pp., complete. Numerous errors in pagination, including omission of numbers 335-338 and repetition of numbers 47-48, but the text is continuous and complete. The vellum covers are characteristically stained and soiled. Remnants of leather closures on both covers. Front cover somewhat warped. Bavarian monastic library stamps to front free-endpaper and title page. Contemporary ink monastic notations to title page and both pastedowns. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of a scarce edition of Fr. Arias' work on the imitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Translation by Jan Buys (Joannes Busaeus, 1547-1611) of Arias' Imitacion de Nuestra Senora, which was originally… Read More

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1953-01-01. Paperback. Good. 1953 first edition Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York), 8 1/2 x 11 1/8 inches tall paperbound in color covers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs from the university, [7], 215 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce songbook and glimpse of RPI campus life a half century ago. OCLC has no listings. ~SP21~ A rare collection of songs from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, or RPI, a private research university located in Troy, New York, with two additional campuses in Hartford and Groton, Connecticut. RPI was founded in 1824 by Stephen van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton for the 'application of science to the common purposes of life' and is described as the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world. Illustrated with nine black-and-white photographs. Contents: Songs of Rensselaer; Songs of Other Colleges; Old… Read More

Death Valley 49'ers, 1964-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1964 first edition Inland Printing / Death Valley '49ers (Death Valley, California), 6 x 9 inches tall stapled paperbound pamphlet in green printed covers, 12 pp. A very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce biography. Standard shipping orders upgraded free to First Class. ~SP40~ An historical monograph issued for the 1964 Death Valley 49er Encampment, relating the life of Ralph Palmer Merritt (1883-1963), who served as president and managing director of the Sun Maid Raisin Growers from 1923-28, project director for US War Relocation Authority at Manzanar War Relocation Center, from 1942-1946 and University of California Regent, from 1923-30. As a director of the Death Valley '49ers, he helped spearhead the effort to create the museum in Death Valley.

Soc, 1914-01-01. Paperback. Good. In French. 1914 Imprimerie Albert Kundig (Geneva, Switzerland) 9 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches tall paperbound in green printed wraps, 69-168 pp. Presentation copy from the authors. Presentation stamp and authors' signature and embossed stamp of Carnegie Institution of Washington Geophysical Laboratory to front cover. Covers are mildly stained, chipped and edgeworn. Paper is age-toned. Unopened signatures. Otherwise, a good, clean copy. Note that this is an oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SSS~

Patrick Henry High School, 2008-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2008 Senior Class, Patrick Henry High School (San Diego, California), 9 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches tall color pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), copiously illustrated with mostly full color photographs (some folding), 341 pp. Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. Typical of a high school yearbook, extensive classmate ink inscriptions to a number of pages, especially front and rear endpapers, as well as the bottom page edges. Otherwise, an excellent reading/reference copy of this scarce yearbook. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP41~ [6.0P] The 2008 yearbook for Patrick Henry High School, a public high school in San Diego, California, part of the San Diego Unified School District. Patrick Henry HS is attended by students in grades 9–12 residing in the neighborhoods of Del Cerro, San Carlos, Allied Gardens, Mission Valley… Read More

Printed for the Book Club of California by W. Thomas Taylor,, 1990. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. 1990 limited edition (395 copies) Book Club of California (San Francisco), [printed by W. Thomas Taylor], 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches tall hardbound, quarter red goatskin over grey Fabriano paper covered boards, [vi], 37, [3] pp., with a leaf from 2 Corinthians Chapter 3 from the 1582 first edition of the Rheims New Testament tipped in. Prospectus laid in. The slightest bit of bumping to the upper tip and lower edge of the front board. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy, with a blank white dust jacket with moderate soiling to the front cover and a three-inch tear to the rear cover but which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~JJJ~ [2.0P] According to Robert D. Harlan, this book drew on leaves put aside by David Magee and not 'rediscovered' until years after Magee's death in the 1970s. 'The Two Hundredth Book' (San Francisco: Book Club of… Read More

SOMOGY EDITIONS, 2008. hardcover. Like New/Like New. 10x1x11. Text in English. 2008 Somogy (Paris), 10 x 11 3/8 inches tall hardcover, copiously illustrated, 411 pp. A new copy, still wrapped in publisher's clear wrap, with a bit of soiling, rubbing and tearing to the clear wrap. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP32~ [6.5P] Roger Taillibert (1926-2019) was a French architect, active as a designer from about 1963 to 1987. Taillibert was notable for designing the Parc des Princes in Paris and the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Australian War Memorial, 1962. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. 1962 Australian War Memorial (Canberra, Australia), 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall blue cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, index, xiii, 786 pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~K~ [3.5P] This volume is concerned mainly with the air war against Japan from December 1941 to the end of the first quarter of 1943 when air superiority was first wrested from the Japanese. It describes particularly the experiences and achievements of the Australian airmen who fought as integrated RAAF units or as members of units of the British and American air forces in Malaya, Burma, the East Indies and under… Read More

W.H. Andersen. Very Good. 1996 signed first edition, W.H. Andersen (Racine, Wisconsin), 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches tall spiral bound (black plastic comb) in green printed covers, [4], 119 pp. Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of creasing to the lower tip of the front cover. Nicely signed by the author on the title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history. OCLC (No. 34709466) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide, at the University of Wisconsin. ~B~ Organized by subject and presented in a question-and-answer format, a collection of historical facts about Racine, a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River, between Milwaukee and Chicago. As of the 2013 U.S. census, the city had a population of 78,199. Contents: Racine County; Burlington; Caledonia; Mt. Pleasant; Raymond; Norway; Yorkville; Dover; Rochester; Waterford; Indian Era; The Early Years;… Read More

Academic Press, 1975-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1975 first edition Academic Press, Inc. (NY), 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches tall x 3 inches thick green cloth hardbound, no dust jacket, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and charts, xxi, 1381 pp. Light soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, with significant cracking along the length of the front hinge. Two-inch closed tear to top edge of front pastedown. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~BBB~ Documents the proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Radiation Research held in Seattle, Washington, 14-20 July 1974. While the focus of the Congress was on fundamental research, there were several well-attended sessions on the practical aspects of radiation research as it relates to radiotherapy, central station power generation by both nuclear… Read More

News of Osaka Micropaleontologists, 1984. paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. 1984 signed and inscribed copy, News of Osaka Micropaleontologists (Osaka, Japan), 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches tall paperbound in blue printed covers, copiously illustrated with full-page black-and-white photographs and maps, index, 148 pp. At the top margin of the front cover, ink signature of prior owner and Radiolaria specialist Dr. Stanley A. Kling (1934-2021). At the top margin of the title page, inscription and signatures of both authors. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~SP11~ [1.5P] A careful catalog of the radiolarian assemblage in the area of the Nankai Trough in the Northwest Pacific. Some 241 species-level radiolarian taxa are described from each one of 21 samples from the studied area. The occurrence of each species is charted and illustrated by photographs using a scanning electron microscope.

Universidad Veracruzana, 1988-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. In Spanish. 1988 Universidad Veracruzana (Xalapa, Mexico), 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches tall paperback in glossy pictorial covers, 360 pp. Very slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with slight bumping to the lower tip. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~LL~ [1.5P] Mexican anthropology. Author Jose Luis Melgarejo Vivanco (1914-2003) was a professor, historian, anthropologist, poet and politically active in Veracruz, Mexico, serving in a variety of governmental positions. This work was written while he served as director of the Museum of Anthropology of Xalapa, from 1988 to 1992, in the government of Dante Delgado.

J. Lane company, 1907-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. 1907 John Lane (London), 6 x 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, marbled, gilt-ruled boards over burgundy leather spine and tips, five raised bands and gilt ruling and decoration to spine, top page edges gilt, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, title page printed in black and red ink, illustrated with full-page engravings (a total of 20 plates, including frontispiece and portraits), xxiii, [2], 296 pp. Slight to moderate soiling and rubbing to covers. Slight, mostly marginal foxing to front and rear prelims. Moderate fore margin staining to a couple of pages. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this uncommon issue, in a leather binding which gives a splendid shelf appearance. ~SP25~ [2.5] In 1746 Heathcote published a Latin dissertation on the history of astronomy, Historia Astronomi

Cupples, Upham & Co. Very Good. [1888] Cupples, Upham and Co. (Boston, Massachusetts), 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches tall brown cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, dark brown embossed lettering to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, illustrated throughout with black-and-white engravings, 351 pp. Slight soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers. Slight bumping to lower tips. Small historical society stamp to margins of blank front free-endpapers and title page. Slight shadow to a couple of pages where a slip of paper was once used as a book mark. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce history. OCLC (No. 458222302) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide. ~SP28~ [2.0P] A late nineteenth century American's description of Europe and discussion of its history, in the context of his five months of travels there. Contents: Introduction; Leaving the United States; Ireland; Scotland; Edinburgh; The Debatable Land; From the English Border to the Hebrides;… Read More

The Social science Pub. Co, 1885-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1885 first edition, The Social Science Publishing Co. (New York), 5 x 7 1/2 inches tall decorated blue cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, front panel stamped in black, rear panel stamped in blind, gilt lettering to spine, yellow endpapers, 498 pp., complete. Slight rubbing and edgewear, and moderate to heavy soiling/staining to covers, with mild bumping to all four tips. 1891 prior owner's name to blank front free-endpaper. Yellow rear free-endpaper has been glued to rear pastedown, and the adjacent blank rear free-endpaper has some tearing near the gutter. Otherwise, apart from very slight age toning, a very good copy of this scarce title. References: Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 74; Rooney, Dreams and Visions: A Study of American Utopias, 1865-1917, p. 199. ~WW~ [2.0P] Writing as 'A Capitalist,' Alonzo Van Deusen (1829-1908) lays out his utopian vision of communism. Just 12 years after its… Read More

Villa Moret Inc. Music Publishers. Good. 1927 first edition Villa Moret Music Publishers (San Francisco, California), 6 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches tall stapled paperbound, [24] pp. Moderate to heavy creasing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce collection. Not in OCLC. ~II~ [0.5P] A collection of 'symphonic ukulele arrangements' of 10 songs: Consolation; Love's Old, Sweet Song; Song of the Wanderer; Aloha Oe; Elegie; Don't Sing Aloha When I Go; O Sole Mio; Moonlight and Roses; Lay My Head Beneath a Rose; Ave Maria. Ray Canfield was a song writer, arranger and musician in the 1920s.

Publication Office 'Our Hope, 1932-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. No date, but circa 1932 (a year the prior owner wrote on the front cover and title page) Publication Office 'Our Hope' (NY), 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches tall paperbound in brown printed covers, 100 pp. Covers rubbed, ink-marked and edgeworn, with thumbing to the tips. Pencil notes on contents by subject on verso of front cover. Year in red pencil to title page. Extensive pencil notes to verso of rear cover and lower portion of last page of text, with a dozen or so pages within with marginal check marks, light underlining or a notation. Mild age toning throughout. Apart from these detractions, an execllent, solidly bound reading / reference copy of this rare title. OCLC (No. 859868025) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide, at the Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Canada. Standard shipping orders upgraded free to First Class. ~PP~ For each day of the year, a quotation from Scripture, followed by a one-paragraph… Read More

Macmillan and Co. Acceptable. 1864 fourth edition Macmillan and Co. (London), 4 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches tall brown buckram cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, gilt design and lettering to front cover and spine, page edges red, all pages ruled in red, xi, 208 pp. Moderate to heavy soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with cracking along both sides of backstrip, where it appears to have been glued at some point. Lacks blank endpapers, but is otherwise complete. 1870 prior owner's name in pencil to half title page. A few pages with light to moderate soiling or creasing. Despite all these detractions, still an excellent reading/reference copy of this scarce compilation. OCLC (No. 181736949) locates only two copies of this edition at institutions worldwide. ~BBB~ [1.0P] A compilation of Christian quotations and poetry drawn from many sources, with an introduction by Charles John Vaughan (1816-1897), an English scholar and Anglican churchman.

Monde Illustr, 1894-01-01. Hardcover. Good. In French. No date, but bibliographies indicate 1894, Monde Illustre (Paris), 8 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches tall red hardbound, pebbled leather boards over grain leather spine, gilt lettering and ruling to spine, mostly color engraved illustrations throughout, 156, 160, 96 pp. Moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, with slight tearing to the leather at the top spine cap. Neat contemporary prior owner name to blank front free-endpaper. Light to moderate mostly marginal foxing throughout, a bit heavier at the front of the volume. A few pages with light to moderate soiling. Otherwise, a good to very good copy of this scarce work. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP18~ From Le Monde Illustre (The Illustrated World), a leading illustrated newsmagazine in France which was published from 1857-1940 and again from 1945-1956. It was in many ways similar to its contemporary… Read More