Search Results: Authors starting with R from Renaissance Books

Dunedin: A. H. and A. W. Reed. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Softcover. Rubbing to ends of spine. Some marking to wrappers. Spotting to page edges. ; (102) pages. Grey paper wrappers. Illustrated. No date [c.1940]. Page dimensions: 151mm x 104mm. Written by the author A. H. Reed (1875-1975) about his wide Isabel Reed (1866-1939). "[T[he more I dwell upon our forty years' companionship, the more do happy and inspiring memories come crowding in, and to do justice to all of these would require many books. And if I wrote and rewrote it every year for a dozen years - should I not hear your welcoming voice before then - I should still want to alter it everytime, and should still feel, I know full well, that it failed lamentably in presenting the picture of you that should be portrayed." - from page 3. [Bagnall R265] ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Dunedin: W. Reed. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. [1939]. First Edition. Hardcover. Exlibris bookplate, Frank G. Glen. Dewey classification stickeron front cover. Rubber stamp "Glen Historic collection" (private library). ; This copy inscribed and signed by the author "Mr & Mrs A. J. Coveney / with kindest regards / A H Reed". This copy with an additional printed sheet by the author included: "M.S. describves you as a saint. And so you were, though a very human and lovable one - no 'plaster saint' you, and blessed with a rare gift of quaint, vivacious humour, And so you will enjoy this glimpse of your early childhood received just after your little book was printed, and which I must set down. - 'She was a bright, lovable child' writes May from the Isle of Wight, ' very excitable and passionate at times. When very annoyed with someone I have heard her say, 'I hate you; you are more cruel than those who crucified Jesus. After such an… Read More

Paris: Librarie De Paris. Good with no dust jacket. [c1900]. Troisieme Edition. Quarter-Leather. Book one only. No date [c.1900]. xii, 768 pages. Quarter leather and marbled boards. 5 raised bands on spine. Leather spine labels. Marbled endpapers. Marbled page edges. "Accompagnees d'un commentaire nouveau par MM. Burgaud des Marets et Rathery". Boards rubbed. Edges of boards very rubbed and worn with loss of paper. Some fraying to corners of front board. Some rubbing to head and tail of spine. Binding tight. No splitting to hinges. No signatures or stamps. Some browning to pages. ; 12mo .

Paris: Fortin, Masson et Cie.. Good with No dust jacket as issued. [c1842]. Hardcover. Leather rubbed and worn. Boards with heavy rubbing. Lacking spine label. Some marginalia. Large corner clipped from front free endpapers. Loss to blank corners of a few leaves. ; Volumes One and Two only [of 4]. "Edition Stereotype, d'Après le Procédé de Firmin Didot". Two volumes bound in one. 208; 208 pages. Contemporary half cal and marbled papered boards. Page dimensions: 139 x 84mm. Text in French. The first volume contains these 3 plays: La Thébaide, ou Les Freres Ennemis; Alexandre; Andromaque. The second volume contains these 3 plays: Les Plaideurs; Britannicus; Bérénice. .

Wellington: Methuen. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0456024301 . 160 pages. Numerous colour photographic illustrations. No signatures. Small bookseller's sticker on front endpaper. Bump to edge of front board. No tears in dust wrapper. Fading to dust wrapper spine. Some rubbing at head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper in archival mylar cover. Contents: Introduction; Mount Egmont; Tongariro National Park; Nelson Lakes and Spenser Mountains; Arthur's Pass National Park; Mount Cook and Westland National Parks; The Hopkins Valley; The Wilkin Valley; Mount Aspiring; The Rees and Dart Valleys; Darran Mountains; Useful Information; Glossary: Photo Credits; Index. ; 4to .

London: John Murray. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps, labels and markings.; "New and Revised Edition". xxi, 324 pages + portrait frontpiece. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 117mm. This edition with a 7 page Introduction by F. E. Steele, dated 1917, a 1 page "Prefatory Note" dated 1902, a 1 paragaph "Preface to the Ninth Impression" dated 1892, and a 2 page "Preface to the First Edition" dated 1885. Contents: Preface; The Function of Manager; Personal Credit; The Testimony of a Balance-sheet; The Credit of Limited Companies; Cover for Debt; Overdrawn Accounts; Insolvent Trading; Occasional Overdrafts; Recall of Advances; Bankruptcy; Trade Bills; Loan Bills and Notes; Negotiability of Bills; Personal Security; Collateral Security; Securities which are not Security; Deposits and Runs; Interest and Discount; Bank Charges; Circulation; The Use of a Banker; Salaries; Office… Read More

Dunedin: New Zealand. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. (2011). First Edition. Softcover. 0473185997 . This copy signed by the author. [2], vi, 202 pages. Page dimensions: 240 x 160mm. Illustrated. .

Glasgow: Morison Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1892. First Edition. Softcover. Covers rubbed and foxed. Small chip to lower corner of front cover. 1/2" chip at tail of spine.; 181, [3 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 175 x 125mm. Printed wrappers. Illustration on front cover, advertisements for other Morison Brothers' publications on rear cover. A humorous novel. Some small cartoon-like in-text illustrations. "'Chimley, indeed,' answered Jonathan, and it will be remarked here, as hereafter, how much at variance were this excellent pair in their pronunciation of the English language." - page 31. "But as fur as I kan make out thro' makin' inquiries, I'm in a place as they call Edinburry - which is a sort of suburb of Skotland - Skotland bein' the capital of the 'Ighlands." - page 79. .

London: Everett & Co. Good with no dust jacket. (1907). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Heavy erasure to pencil inscription. Some rubbing to cloth at ends of spine. 1/8" loss of cloth to corners of boards. 2/3" tears along inner margins of a few leaves. ; 48 pages. Blue cloth boards. "There she is! now see her take that "bullfinch" flying -" - opening line.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Melbourne: Dolphin Publications. Good in Good dust jacket. (1947). Softcover. Foxing. Fading to ends of spine. Heavy fading to dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket with chips to margins. 2" x 1/2" chip to upper margin of rear panel of dust-jacket. ; Paperback reprint of a title originally published in 1855. Second Dolphin Books printing, May 1947. 178 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Card covers with paper dust-jacket. Page dimensions: 182 x 119mm. "A Dolphin Book". .

Kobe: J. L. Thompson. Good with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Re-bound, part of original spine cloth laid down. New endpapers. Original title page missing 1" strip at head and tail. Browning to final few leaves.; [2], xv, [1], 252 pages + frontis + plates + two folding maps. Maroon cloth boards. Page dimensions: 220mm x 138mm. ; 8vo .

New York: Hari G. Govil. Good with no dust jacket. (1928). First Edition. Softcover. 3" stain to rear wrapper. Rubbing along spine. Bookseller's stamp to half title page. ; (84) pages. Card wrappers. Full page illustrations. Page dimensions: 183mm x 124mm. Contents include: Spirit Of Hindu Art; Dance-Cycles Of The Gods; Conscious Discipline Of The Theatre; Dance Forms; Symbolism And Gesture; Plastic Harmony Of Movement; Race-Spirit And The Dance. ; 8vo .

London: London and North Eastern Railway. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Original Wraps. No date (c. 1920's) . Xxiii, 219, (1) , 200, 112, 303, (1) pages + numerous folding plans and maps. Includes advertisements. Some dog-eared lower page corners up to page xiii. One leaf badly creased owing to production fault with misfolded sheet of paper. Covers faded. With errata leaves tipped in. Contents divided into four sections: Eastern Counties Section; Yorkshire Section; Northumberland and Durham Section; Scotland Section. ; 8vo .

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. (1937). Hardcover. No signatures. 25mm chip to corner of front panel of dust-jacket. Large 90mm tear to rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; UK edition, 1937 reprint of a title first published in both the US and the UK in 1935. 310, [2 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on spine, blind-stamped pattern on front board. Page dimensions: 177 x 107mm. Top page edges dyed red. A Western novel. "From the moment Dan Clifford meets 17-year-old Milly Sutherland on her way to Los Pinos there is romance with excitement and thrills galore in this brilliant tale." - Yorkshire Observer, quoted on rear panel of dust-jacket. William MacLeod Raine (1871-1954) was born in England, emigrating to the USA at the age of 10. .

Cambridge. Good with no dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Softcover. Owner's signature. Minor foxing. Heavy rubbing to edges of wrappers. 1/4" and several 1/8" tears to edges of wrappers. ; Number 114 of a limited edition of 200 copies. Blue wrappers. "Mute in the rumble of the avalanche, / And in infinites of slim cathedrals, / The essential torture, strained upon the rack / Of screaming mirrors, will reflect your poise." Short inscription, signed by the illustrator "Daskal". Also loosely included is a short hand-written note, ephemeral in content, signed "D".; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; Signed by Illustrator .

Cologne, Germany: The Rebel Publishing House. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. [c1997]. Hardcover. 3893381139 . No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Second revised edition. [12], 455, [1], [12] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 211 x 163mm. Illustrated. Contents: The Unteachable Teaching; Why Have You Come?; An Open and Shut Case; Asking the Experts; Mind Games; Blind Man's Buff; A Man Who Loved Seagulls; Beyond Mother's Knee; When Shibli Is Absent; Just A Small Coin. .

Cologne, West Germany: The Rebel Publishing House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. [1989]. First Edition. Hardcover. 3893380752 . Previous owner's name on first leaf, and neatly on top and lower page edges. Dust-jacket in clear plastic cover. ; No date [1989]. [12], 328, [12] pages. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 210 x 184mm. Text in English. "The Nepalese word is gargaro, meaning containers of pottery full of water. When someone is leaving or arriving back, it brings good luck to place pots of water around the entrance of the house." - from dust-jacket blurb. Author formerly known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, "On January 7, 1989 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh announced that He was dropping the prefix BHAGWAN SHREE because to many people it means 'God.'" .

Edinburgh: David Douglas. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Some spots of staining to boards. Joints rubbed. 6mm loss of cloth at tips of corners of boards. Gutters split at hinges. Some foxing. Each of the maps has some foxing and an 80mm tear. ; This copy with piece of note paper with presentation inscription from the author posted to half-title page. The inscription reads: "Miss Catherine Hester Ralfe / from her affectionate nephew / P. G. Ralfe". lv, [1], 321, [1], [2 (advertisements)] pages + 50 illustrations on 48 plate leaves + 2 colour folding maps. Title leaf printed by photogravure. The maps are "Map of the Irish Sea" and "Map of the Isle of Man". Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 218 x 142mm. Top page edge gilt. .

Melbourne: George Robertson & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1903. Hardcover. Ex-library. Frontispiece missing (cut out). Moderate foxing.; Second edition. vi, [2], 195 pages + 19 of 20 plates (frontispiece missing). Brown cloth boards. Page dimensions: 184 x 123mm.; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Alexandra: Central Otago District Council. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0473010224 . No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine and corners of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; A history of the Alexandra Borough Council in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. v, 278 pages. Green leatherette boards. Page dimensions: 229 x 154mm. Illustrated. "The history of the Alexandra Borough Council is also the history of the town of Alexandra itself, the largest of the Central Otago towns with a population of almost 5000 at time of writing." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .