Search Results: Titles starting with R from Quadrant Book Mart

Kansas City, MO: Stahl-Walker Publications, 1974. Paperback. Very Good-/None. A gem of a rare booklet! Light green softcover with black drawing and titling on front; stapled binding. Covers are toned with age, edges are softened, and spine head is bumped. Interior is clean and unmarked. Pages are toned with age. Small 8vo. (5.75 x 8.5 ins.) Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: 'A book that is new--a book that is different; in reality two books in one.' See photos for table of contents. Errata slip bound in. Illustrated in copious B&W illustrations/photos. 'While this, my new and most recent book on the raising and sales of rabbits is dedicated to THE BEGINNER especially, I sincerely hope that all will be helped by the information contained herein, not only in the raising of rabbits, but also in sales and marketing. In short, I have endeavored to make this volume… Read More

Liege, Belgium: Editions Chagor. Paperback. Good-/None. Pictorial cream stapled softcovers, with color paintings on front and back, toned at edges and edgeworn, corners bumped. Interiors unmarked. Last page of Rachella has closed 1-in. tear on side edge. (7 7/8 x 8 1/4 ins.) BOOK INFO: Brightly illustrated storybooks, two of three in a series. (The other is Les lys rouges.) Rachella retells the birth of Jesus from the point of view of 10-year-old Rachella, daughter and sister to the shepherds. Daniel! Daniel! tells the story of Daniel and Jesus. Illustrated by color watercolor paintings by J. Gouppy. Undated, ca. 1920-30.

Melville, N.Y.: Belwin-Mills Pub. Corp., 1973. Centennial Edition. Very Good-/None. The Miniature Score Series 1973 Our photos depict the actual book offered. Light blue cloth boards with gilt block titling on toned spine. Binding is sound. Light wear to extremities. Rear board lightly rubbed or soiled. Page edges are a bit toned. Interior is clean and unmarked. 9.25 x 12 ins. Ships from our family-owned bookstore in the US. BOOK INFO: Centennial Edition. Preface is an explanation of the notations in the scores that follow. Program notes for each score are provided as well.

Dublin: Comlucht Oidheachais na hEireann, 1946. Pamphlet. Poor/None. Stapled binding. Front cover separated and repaired by former owner. Wraps are browned, with water marks on front and crease on back, and repaired at spine by tape. About 8 pages have unobtrusive marking, mostly in pencil. Overall a readable copy with aged cover of a scarce little (12mo) book. A further elementary course of Irish lessons to be taught through the medium of Broadcasting

San Anselmo, CA: Balboa Pub., 1996. Paperback. Good+/None. 1996 Our photos depict the actual book offered. Beige pictorial softcover with uncreased spine, sunfaded along upper front edge. Interior is clean and unmarked. Small quarto, (8 x 9 ins.) Ships from our family-owned bookstore in the US. BOOK INFO: Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-129). 135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. B&W photographs on every page. This book 'is intended to provide an overview of the history of the railbike and a feel for what the railbiking experience is about. To share a sense of the experience of riding the rails, I've include interviews with several railbike activists who share my obsession with this special method of transportation. Railbikes have been around for over 100 years and dozens, if not hundreds, of different designs have been used.... The nature of railbiking makes it more than the average thrill-sport or mode of exercise. It combines the special benefits of cycling with the opportunity to explore open… Read More

Philadelphia: Fox-Shulman, Inc, 1951. Paperback. Fair/None. Illustrated paper covers, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., some light soiling to covers but interiors are clean and unmarked. BOOK INFO: The introductory issue of a collection of steam locomotive photographs, including ones from famous collections. No. 1 Steam Locomotives The 4-4-0 American Type (1951); No. 2 Steam Locomotives, The 2-8-0 Consolidation Type (1952), the latter built in great number in the Lehigh Valley, Pa, to move coal, and named for the ""consolidation"" of the Lehigh and Mahanoy Railroads.

Ramsey, NJ: Penn Publishing Co., 1953. Paperback. Fair/None. Illustrated paper covers, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., some light soiling to covers but interiors are clean and unmarked. BOOK INFO: Photographs and descriptions of the locomotives, with introductory text. No. 5 The 2-6-0 Mogul by J. W. Corbett; No. 6 The 0-4-0 Locomotive and Switcher by A. K. Galloway

New York and London: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/None. Contemporary American Architects Faded boards, worn at edges and lightly soiled. Large octavo. Binding is sound and square. Interior is unmarked. Toning and some foxing to fep and pastedowns. Pages are toned around edges, not affecting text. NOT ex-library. BOOK INFO: A five-page introduction describes the philosophy and artistic influences of the firm. The B&W photographs and drawings that follow in the remaining pages of the book (pp 19-115) illustrate these ideals with depictions of libraries, public buildings, chapels and churches across the US that the firm designed, including such architectural details as baptistries, screens, altars and clergy stalls. The Federal Building in Boston, then under construction, is pictured, along with the Provident Mutual Life Insurance building on Arch Street in Philadelphia; the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in NYC, with its scheme; the US Military… Read More

New York, NY: Robert A. Siegel Auction Gallery, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine/None. Black pictorial hardcover with gold titling on cover and spine. Binding is tight. Interior unmarked. Quarto. BOOK INFO: Glossy pages with full-color illustrations. Featuring U.S. 12c and 15c 1861-68 Issues; Covers Addressed to Famous Americans; French Colonies Eagle Issue Covers; Samoa Mixed Frankings.

Paris: Galerie Claude Bernard, 1977. Paperback. Good-/None. Full-color pictorial softcover, rubbed along spine and with light scratches on front cover. Binding is sound. Interior is unmarked, except for rear flyleaf, where some numbers were marked in black pen. Oblong, small quarto. BOOK INFO: With an introduction and lengthy interview by Brenson. Illustrated in B&W and color by photos of Mason's sculptures and drawings. Raymond Grieg Mason (2 March 1922, in Birmingham, England ? 13 February 2010 in Paris, France) was a sculptor who trained at the Birmingham School of Arts and Crafts under William Bloye, the Royal College of Art (for one term), and Slade School of Art. He lived and worked in Paris beginning in 1946. He was a close friend of the late Nobel Prize?winning scientist Maurice Wilkins. Forward, 1991, destroyed in Centenary Square, Birmingham by arson in 2003. He is known for his sculptures of tightly packed people made from clay, with works on McGill College Avenue in Montreal;… Read More

New York, NY: Robert A. Siegel Auction Gallery, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine/None. Black pictorial hardcover with gold titling on cover and spine. Binding is tight. Interior unmarked. Blank bid form laid in is edgeworn and has a little closed tear. Quarto. BOOK INFO: Glossy pages with full-color illustrations. United States One-Cent 1851-56 Imperforate and 1857 Perforated Plate One Late Issues.

London, England: Tony Bingham, 2006. Paperback. Near Fine/None. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Pictorial softcover with white titling on front and spine; spine is uncreased. Text block had a shallow ripple. Light edgewear. Binding is sound. Interior is bright, clean and unmarked. Large 8vo. Ships from US. BOOK INFO: See photos for Table of Contents. Illustrated in B&W. 'It was estimated in 1829 that one man in ten in London played the flute. Players, teachers, composers and makers competed for their share of the vast market for anything to do with the flute. Much of the history of the flute in the nineteenth century is based on the works in this collection, which includes descriptions of newly-invented flutes, arguments about their relative merits and some extraordinary battles between rival makers and players. -- A Word or Two to Mr. W. N. James (1829) by Charles Nicholson; Mr. James's Answer to Mr. Nicholson (1829) by W. N. James; A Few Words on the Flute (1843) by William Annand;… Read More

Brussels, Belgium: Mary Dusaer, 1935. Paperback. Fair+/None. Tan staplebound softcover toned with age and edgeworn. Laid in is a business card from Dusaer's shop in Brussels, about 3 times normal-sized, with map on back, one corner of which is soiled. 8vo. BOOK INFO: Illustrated with B&W photos of lace, bordered in light green. With an introduction by the shopkeeper and a terminal page for notes. A review from the guidebook Hand Me Down describes her work: 'reliable and excellent lace...no imitations...will make anything to order...speaks perfect English...reasonable.' Brussels lace; Mary Dusaer; Boulevard Emil Jacqmain; Hand Me Down

US: Ohio State University Press, 2018. Paperback. Very Good+/None. Glossy red pictorial softcover with white titling; bottom front corner is bent; spine is uncreased. Interior is clean and unmarked. 8vo. Photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in the US. BOOK INFO: See photos for table of contents. 'Fake news, alternative facts, post truth-terms all too familiar to anyone in U.S. political culture and concepts at the core of Dana L. Cloud's new book, Reality Bites, which explores truth claims in contemporary political rhetoric in the face of widespread skepticism regarding the utility, ethics, and viability of an empirical standard for political truths. Cloud observes how appeals to truth often assume-mistakenly-that it is a matter of simple representation of facts. However, since neither fact-checking nor 'truthiness' can respond meaningfully to this problem, she argues for a rhetorical realism-the idea that… Read More

Phillipsburg, NJ: Great Society Press, 1977. Paperback. Very Good-/None. Staplebound, beige softcover with softened edges. Rear upper edge has a tiny closed tear, and the wrappers are a bit dusty. No inscriptions or other markings. Short 12mo., (5 x 6.75 ins.) Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: Scarce booklet of 24 poems by Angelo De Luca; according to a synopsis on the back cover, this is book four of a four-book series of poetry by the author. Also on the back cover, is a short review by Professor Rudolph J. Vecoli of University of Minnesota, that describes the inclusion of De Luca's papers in a collection at the University. Cover art, 'The Poet,' by R. Dagley.

Chicago: Fleming H. Revell Co.. Hardcover. Fair+/None. Little Folks' Bible Tales Pictorial black and red stamped beige cloth boards, stained on front with light edgewear to extremities. Stamped 'Presented to, by the Old Mennonite S. S. of Skippack, Pa.,' on FFEP and filled in with name and year, 1905. Sewn binding sound. 12mo. (4.75 x 7 ins.) Ships from U.S. BOOK INFO: Illus. every other page by B&W woodcut engraving. Each page is a discrete story, poem or history lesson.

Easton, PA: Easton Area High School, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. Our photos depict the actual book offered. Embossed gray-green hardcover. Binding is sound. Extremities worn. Page edges are toned. Interior is unmarked with foxing on at least one page toward the back. Quarto. Ships from our family-owned bookstore in the US.

US: Henry Holt, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine-/Very Good+. Signed. INSCRIBED and signed by author on title page. Very nice presentation: Bright, glossy gold and full color DJ protected by Brodart. Red cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine and corners sharp and unworn; front top corner tiny bit bumped. Gilt upper page edges. Red ribbon bookmark. Maps-decorated end papers. Binding is sound. Interior is clean and unmarked. Octavo, 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 8vo. Our photos depict actual book offered for sale. Books are carefully packaged by hand and shipped from our family-owned bookshop in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. BOOK INFO: 'Third in Penman's ambitious and admirable trilogy (Here Be Dragons, 1985; Falls the Shadow, 1988) centered on the medieval maelstroms of power, passions, and terror during the reigns of England's King John, weak Henry III, and, here, that Hammer of the Scots, pounder of the Welsh and any others threatening the supremacy of the Crown--Edward I. This is the story of… Read More

New York: D Appleton and Co, 1888. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair/None. Dark red cloth boards, edgeworn, spine sunned, large 8vo. Front and back hinges loosening, webbing visible, but holding. Dampstain in lower gutter front, back, and a few middle pages. Light pencil marks/marginalia on perhaps 4 pages. Top right corner of 2 ffeps torn from over-vigorous pen which bled through in 2 brown dots to second title page. Also 2 heavily-pencilled words on ffep. Front pastedown has typed last name glued on, rear pastedown has tiny former bookstore 1 in. sticker at bottom. Not ex-library or reprint. French engineer and diplomat instrumental in developing the Suez Canal describes his experiences in Rome, Paris, Madrid, Algeria and Tunis, building the Suez Canal, the attempt at the Panama Canal, and Steam Power. Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, French developer of the Suez Canal; Mediterranean and Red Seas

Paris: L'Aventurine, 1997. Paperback. Very Good/None. Bright magenta wrappers only slightly edgeworn. Quarto. Interior clean and unmarked. Inventory sticker on back. BOOK INFO: ""Collection of Interior Decorations."" The First Empire Style, a neoclassical design period during Napoleon's reign.