Search Results: Titles starting with R from Pages Past Books

VG- American Commerce Assoc. Chicago (1917) 1st assumed hardcover 8vo, 427 pages, index, foldouts. Functions of various departments of the railway system with particular reference to the traffic dept. Light foxing at fore edge and inside front cover. Solid clean copy.

Good+/ no dustjacket Oxford University Press London 1934 1st hardcover 8vo, 159 pages, 47 b+w plates. Remains of previous owner's bookplate inside front cover. Binding sunfaded at spine with small spot on front cover. Nicely illustrated look at numerous railway engines and locomotives.

Good 41 repros in aquatone Random House NY 1934 1st hardcover 8vo, 360pp, Indexed, with collateral reading list, technical drawings, woodcut illustrations Some binding soiling with 4" closed tear to hinge cloth reglued.

Good+/Good Caldecott illustrations JB Lippincott Philadelphia 1946 1st hardcover 8vo, 47 pages, b+w illustrations, bibliography. Pages faintly rippled at top edges, but no waterstaining. Dustjacket foxed at upper and outer rear edges with light extremity wear including a few small chips. Solid and otherwise clean with dustjacket in protective cover.

Near Fine/VG+ Random House NY 1974 1st American hardcover 4to, 302 pages, color and b+w illustrations, bibliography, appendices. Clean solid and bright with dustjacket in protective cover.

VG book/G+ box Radio Corp America Harrison 1949 hardcover Oblong 12mo, 100 pages, b+w photos and illustrations. Small ring bound hard cover guide for television servicemen. Solid copy in its original box. Light general agewear with soiling to box. Solid and clean.

VG+ condition Blanche Fisher Wright illus Checkerboard Press NY 1989 85th printing hardcover 4to, 128 pages, color illustrations by Wright, index by rhymes and first lines, color pictorial boards. Light bump to bottom right front cover. A little faint soiling to white of rear. Nice bright tight clean copy.

VG John Rae illus Wise-Parslow NY (1924) reprint hardcover 8vo, 96 pages, color illustrations and covers, decorated endpapers. Nicely illustrated book with much about holidays, animals, etc. 1937 gift inscription on half title page. Light extremity wear with paper covered boards worn through at tips; otherwise solid clean bright copy.

VG+/VG+ Knopf NY 1985 1st edition hardcover 8vo, 254pp, b&w photos, index, bibliography, notes. Short red remainder mark at bottom page edge. Nice solid, clean, bright copy.

VG+/G+ condition Columbia Univ Press NY 1970 1st edition hardcover 8vo, 280 pages, index, bibliography. "...man's attitude toward science and the role played by scientific knowledge in human life and the development of civilization. " Dustjacket with 1/2" closed tear at spine head and light rubbing.

Good+ AS Barnes NY 1930 revised softcover Narrow 8vo, 202 pages, appendices, index. Suggestions for programs of recreative athletics, games and sports and for conducting the program by the Playground and Recreation Association of America. Includes winter sports, water sports, track and field, play days, special activities and stunts, etc. Thick paper covers with distressing at spine. Solid clean copy.

VG-/no dustjacket Relyea and Jackson illus AL Burt NY (1910) reprint hardcover 8vo, 229 pages + ads, 4 color illustrations by CM Relyea and John Jackson, pictorial cover. Light general agewear. Clean and solid.

VG/VG World Publishing NY 1971 1st edition hardcover 8vo, 226 pages, color photos, map endpapers, index. Based on the experiences of Dr. Theodore J. Walker. Some brown spotting to fore edge. Light soiling and extremity wear to dustjacket.

Good+ condition McGraw-Hill NY 1932 2nd edition hardcover 8vo, 538 pages, b+w photos and illustrations including fold outs, index, tables and charts. Extensive treatment of refrigeration including systems, compressors, properties of refrigerants, ice making, household and commercial refrigeration, insulation, etc. Some color loss to green cloth at base and spine area. Pencilled notations on front endpaper. Solid clean copy.

VG/G Phaidon London 1944 2nd impression hardcover Folio, unpaginated, 104 color and b+w illustrations including tipped in. Introduction and notes by Prof. T. Borenius. Notes on plates, index of museums and collections. Dustjacket with several chips and edgewear, in protective cover.

Very Good book in a Very Good dustjacket Ernie King frontis + dj Wilcox and Follett Co Chicago 1946 1st hardcover 8vo, 210 pages, review slip laid in. Original verse based on Irish folklore and author's visits and experiences in Ireland. 122 poems. Name inside front cover. Nice dj art, light edgewear but nice bright copy.

VG-condition State of NY Albany 1894 annual hardcover 8vo, 375 pages, index. Report of 1893 on the canals of NYS including trade and tonnage. Many tables. Inside front cover has an old inked price. Light rubbing to covers with small blemish to upper left of rear. Solid clean copy.

VG/no dustjacket various illustrators Haddad's Fine Arts Buena Park 1969 1st hardcover 4to, 217 pages + index, many color illustrations. Catalog of reproduced prints with prices. Light cover wear. Solid and clean.

Good+ Bradford & Read Boston 1812 1st American hardcover 12mo, 72 pages. Paper covered boards with leather spine and tips. Name inked top front endpaper reverse. Name inked top title page. Light foxing; boards rubbed. Solid and clean.

Good/no dustjacket E.T. Seton illus A.S. Barnes NY 1930 1st hardcover 8vo, 280 pages, color and b+w illustrations by Ernest Thompson Seton, b+w photos. Contents include Indian dancing, ceremonies, songs and music, art with bibliography, chronological bibliography, songs according to tribes, and index. Great illustrations including color plates. Spine cloth darkened and worn at extremities. Name inked inside front cover. Upper right front cover and first few pages show evidence of old dampstaining. General agewear and rubbing. Solid copy.