Search Results: Titles starting with R from Bygone Books

Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing, 1930. Hardcover. Collectible; VG-. Fern Bisel Peat. No printing statement, probable first edition (the pictures are sparkling!), folio, illustrated paper-covered boards / rust linen spine, 59 pages, 12 full -page color illustrations. VERY GOOD- condition /no jacket: light rubbing to spine extremities, board edges and corners are just opening, light scratching and faint soiling to rear board, internally clean and tight throughout, all illustrations all present with four of them just starting to pull away from the hinge (though they look as though they were bound in this way), and one has a very tiny tear at the spine tail hinge. A very nice copy of this lovely Peat book.

Edinburgh: Saltire Society, 1951. Soft cover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Joan Hassall. 24mo, sewn wraps, 8 pages, design on front in green and black / white illustrations by Joan Hassall on each page. The story is taken from Chamber's Popular Rhymes of Scotland, and is here written in Scots dialect. Condition is VERY GOOD with a slight toning around edges of covers and a few faint stains to front cover. Hassall is known for her illustrations for the Folio Society edition of Jane Austen's novels.

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. 1st edition, SIGNED by the author on the title page, 8vo, softbound, 179 pages, notes, bibliography, index. Condition: NEW. "'Reading John Keats' reconstructs the adventure of becoming a poet, and is itself an adventure for the reader, since it evokes the energies of Keats's imagination with a style and intensity rarely found in critical writing.

New York: Praeger, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG. 1st American edition, 8vo, dark green cloth, 153 pages, [4] pages maps, b/w illustrations throughout. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has slight rubbing to top edge of boards, internally clean and tight; jacket has light edgewear, two small closed tears to front panel, light toning to white. A splendid introduction to the Regency Period of London, according to Ms. Margetson, "the gayest, the most opulent, the most fashionable city in Europe.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. First Edition . Hardcover. G/G. 1st editon. 8vo, 334 pages, index, bibliography. Condition is GOOD book / GOOD jacket:: general wear; some underlining and margin notes. DJ: soiling, edgewear, creasing.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st edition (stated), 16mo, oblong, illustrated boards, unpaginated, b/w illustrations throughout. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: book has slight edgewear at extremities; jacket has slight rubbing to spine folds, price crossed out with new price written in, price sticker on rear fold. A very nice copy, terrific drawings.

NY: Lyle Stuart. Soft cover. VG+. Privately printed, no publication date, originally presented in 1949. 8vo, stapled wraps, 14 pages, two-color illustrations. VERY GOOD+ condition. A science-fiction story by one of the scientists who worked on the A-Bomb project, it tells of aliens visiting a post-apocalyptic earth. This was originally presented orally on March 27, 1949 during a University of Chicago Round Table of the Air program...it was delivered "off the air" and has only appeared in print in the original transcript of the program, not for general circulation. A scarce title.

Bedford, MA: The Authors - Edward and Evelyn Stickney, 1965. Soft cover. Very Good. Originally published in 1956, revised 1961, 1965. 8vo, stapled pamphlet, 22 pages, b/w photographs. Condition is VERY GOOD: there is a bend to the covers and pages at the fore-edge, author names written on title page - this may be a signature, or one writing both names as the writing is the same for both names. A letter dated January 1965 is laid in, and the last page (21-22) is typewritten and inserted rather than stapled in. The Stickneys revised this again in 1976 as new Revere bells came to light. An invaluable resource.

New York: Routledge, 1992. First paperback edition . Soft cover. VG+. 0415055253 8vo, wraps, 196 pages, b/w illustrations, bibliographical notes, index. VERY GOOD+ with slight edgewear.

Ringling Bros,- Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, 1981. Soft cover. VG. Souvenir program, 1981, 110th edition. 4to, illustrated stapled wraps, unpaginated, color illustrations and photographs throughout, poster intact and still attached. VERY GOOD: corners slightly curled; rubbing to spine; 2 small (1/2") tears back cover and last two pages. Article on "The Circus Spec.enduring yet ever new" by Greg Parkinson which includes vintage circus posters; other articles on Charly Baumann, The King Charles Troupe (the first all-black Circus act in the world), The Flying Segreras, Wardrobe Wizardry, The Flying Padillas, the Ice Follies, and more. Order form for Circus posters and other memorabilia; advertisements for Nabisco, Circus World, Mattel and Walt Disney.

London: Curwen Press for the Heritage Press of New York. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rene Ben Sussan. With introductory notes by John Mason Brown and Carl Van Doren and Illustrations by René Ben Sussan. No date noted, but circa 1956. Large 8vo, decorated cloth, red spine label, glassine wrapper (just a portion of the rear panel remains), slipcase, 333 pages, red top page edge, delightful color illustrations. Condition is NEAR FINE book in a VERY GOOD slipcase: book has no visible wear, faint toning to spine tail, clean and tight; the slipcase has some edgewear at top with a 2" split, light toning at fore-edge opening. A nice copy. The Rivals was first performed at the Covent Garden Theatre in 1775; School for Scandal was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in London in 1777.

Bristol, UK: Redcliffe Press, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. VG+/VG+. 1st edition, 8vo, green boards, 96 pages, b/w and color illustrations, bibliography. VERY GOOD+ book / VERY GOOD+ jacket. The first book solely devoted to John Wood's Royal Cresent in Bath, England - an architectural and social history.

Bennington, VT: Images from the Past,, 1997. Soft cover. NF. 1st softbound edition. 198p, b/w photographs. Condition is NEAR FINE. The story of Kipling's stay in Vermont during the years 1892-96, when he wrote the Jungle Books.