Search Results: Authors starting with R from Lux Libri

[Bombay: University of Bombay] 1951. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. First published 1939. VG hardcover; no dust jacket. Includes material on the evolution of Indian music; the physical laws of musical sound; the progression from oral tradition to folk and classical music; the unities and aesthetics of Indian music, etc. 12mo, 7.5 by 5 inches. ix, 204 pp., with bibliography and index. Sound binding. Text pages clean and unmarked.

Boston: David R. Godine, (2003.) 1st edition. Signed by the author on the half-title in gold ink. A verse novel that imagines new events after The Odyssey by Homer. Odysseus returns home and learns two startling things from Penelope: He fathered twin daughters before he left 20 years earlier, and his faithful wife is now ready to set off on her own travels and adventures. A lively narrative in un-rhymed free verse. ix, 243 pp., with brief glossary. Map endpapers, vignette text illustrations. Quarto hardcover. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket ($35) with clear archival cover. A nicely produced book. Uncommon signed.

Self-published in Dover, DE, (2016.) 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. A collection of true stories of nine members of the Greatest Generation during WW II. Part of a series of books by the author that pay tribute to America's veterans by preserving their wartime stories. 131 pp. 8vo trade paperback. B&W photos and illustrations. Minor edge wear, but about Near Fine overall.

London: Siegle, Hill & Co., 1906. 1st edition. A guide for English travelers to Italy in the Edwardian era, "Containing Useful Conversational Vocabularies and Phrases, Travel Talk and Idiomatic Expressions, with Correct Phonetic Pronunciation." 104 pp. Text illustrations and 4 plates on glossy paper. See images for contents. 12mo. Flexible cloth binding. VG with some wear along the spine, age-toning of the text. Small bookseller label (Brentano's of Paris) in the rear of the book. Pencil signature of Horace Andrews / Paris / July 3. 1909. The word "Restaurant" is neatly written in red ink at the top of p. 47. A sound copy overall of a scarce travel book.

Edinburgh: University Press, 1948. 1st edition. A critical study of the French medieval classic. Editor's introduction, select bibliography, notes and variant readings, glossary, and appendix. Text in English and French. xxiv, 90 pp. 12mo clothbound hardcover. VG in Good dustwrapper that is chipped, faded and price-clipped. Protected by a clear archival cover.

Firenze: Nella Stamperia di S.A.R. Per i Tartini, e Franchi, 1735. 1st edition. A dictionary of quotations from the works of Plautus and Terence, comic playwrights of Ancient Rome. Arranged alphabetically, with entries in both Latin and Tuscan Italian. xxiii, [1], 311, [1] pages, Errata on p. 311. Decorative wood-cut initials, head- and tailpieces throughout. 12mo. 6 x 4.25 inches. Quarter-vellum and marbled paper boards. Some rubbing and signs of age, but VG+ overall. An exceptionally clean, tight copy of the scarce 1st. OCLC/WorldCat locates just two institutional copies, in Italy and Slovenia.

NY: W.W. Norton, (1979.) 1st edition. Essays by the influential American poet on subjects that include racism, history, literature, language, and lesbian feminism. 310 pp. 8vo hardcover. Near Fine in dust jacket with clear archival cover. Jacket priced at $13.95, but lower flap clipped by the publisher. (Norton had a practice of printing more than one price when the retail price was still undetermined.) Sound, tight binding. Clean internally. A nice copy overall, as shown.

Original typescript of a lecture by Guy Richardson, a New England editor, writer, and early advocate for animal rights. 74 typed pages in four numbered sections with handwritten corrections throughout. Dated 1936 in the text on page 1. As found, stored in a 1924 envelope addressed to Our Dumb Animals, the magazine of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Richardson (1873-1954) was editor of the magazine and longtime secretary of the society. Richardson evidently delivered this lecture a number of times over the years. The earliest date we found was November 1921, when he lectured at the Boston Public Library for Stevenson's birthday and in conjunction with an exhibition of his first editions. Stevenson's life and work are presented chronologically, and the lecture was illustrated with lantern slides of Stevenson portraits and other photographs. Along with his animal welfare work, a 1920s ad for a separate lecture on Abraham Lincoln describes Richardson as "Editor, Writer,… Read More

London: Oxford University Press, 1955. 1st separate printing. An offprint from the Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume LXI. Originally delivered as the Albert Beckett Archaeological Lecture. (The author was an Oxford professor of archaeology and a prolific excavator of Romano-British sites.) Illustrated by several plans and diagrams in the text and 5 full-page plates on glossy paper. 20 pp., + the plates. Printed paper wraps. 9.95 x 6.25 inches. VG with minor signs of age, small rust marks to the cover from the stapled binding. Clean and securely bound.

[Paris]: Chez l'Auteur, 1897. 1st edition. No. 172 of 500 copies on vellum paper. Issued for subscribers, with two portraits by Théophile Steinlen. Signed by Jehan Rictus on the half-title page in 1921 for Marcel Quentin. There is also a laid-in letter from Rictus dated 1918 with wartime and literary content. A collection of poems on the plight of the poor. Written in the common language of the streets and cafes of Paris amid the widening social disparities of the Belle Époque at the close of the 19th century. ***Bound with Huit Lithographies en Couleurs de Sunyer pour Les Soliloques du Pauvre de Jehan Rictus. Eight colored lithographs by [Joaquim] Sunyer. No. 4 of just 8 signed suites on Japan paper. Each lithograph with remarque and pencil signature of Sunyer (1874-1956.) Important early work by the Catalan painter, created soon after his arrival in Paris as a young artist. Originally published separately in portfolio format by Pierre Duffau in 1897 and now quite scarce, especially in this small… Read More

Édition nouvelle, adaptée à l'usage de la jeunesse, par M. l'abbé Millault. Paris: Plon Frères, 1850. 1st edition thus in a later binding. Original wraps bound in. A history of Spain's discovery, conquest, and settlement of the Americas. Based on a 1777 work by Scottish historian William Robertson. Includes material on the great age of exploration, the voyages of Columbus, the conquests of Mexico by Cortés and Peru by Pizarro. All text is in French. 379 pp. 8vo hardcover. Rebound in cloth and marbled paper boards. Applied spine label, lettered in gilt. Ribbon page marker. VG with light external wear, light to moderate intermittent foxing of the text. Old ink stamp of a French bookseller on the free endpaper (adhered to the front wrap.) Sound binding.

NY: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. 1st edition. A book of light and humorous verse. Signed and inscribed by Robinson, an Indiana-born journalist and author of the long-running "Philosophy of Folly" column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Inscribed to Adolph Elwyn (1888-1955), noted American embryologist and neuroanatomist. vii, 136 pp. Decorative 12mo hardcover. Green cloth spine and printed paper boards with a whimsical representation of the Greek god Pan. VG with moderate wear and signs of age. Bumped corners, some spotting of the page edges, but a sound and attractive copy overall.

A humorous, typed letter signed by the English-born American author and occultist. Written in 1912 to literary anthologist Curtis Hidden Page after they mistakenly exchanged hats at the home of poet Edwin Markham. Gray personal stationery, 8.5 x 11 inches. Near Fine with original mailing folds. Will ship unfolded, as shown. Francis Rolt-Wheeler (1876-1960) was a popular and prolific author of books for boys before turning in mid-life to occult and esoteric subjects. He left America in the 1920s and lived and worked in North Africa and France for the rest of his life. He founded the Astrological Institute of Carthage and published the French journal L'Astrosophie, first in Tunisia and later in Nice. The Seer, an English-language version, was a monthly review of "Astrosophy and of the Psychic and Occult Sciences." His sister, Ethel Rolt-Wheeler, was an English journalist, poet, fellow esotericist and member of the Theosophical Society.

Chicago and London: Museum of Contemporary Art & the Serpentine Gallery, in association with Abrams, (2003.) Third printing. Illustrated exhibition catalog of work by American painter John Currin (b. 1962.) An arresting collection of figurative paintings that draw on classical forms, 20th century pop culture, fashion, and kitsch. With two essays: "John Currin and the American Grotesque" by Robert Rosenblum; and "The Lovers, the Invalids, and the Socialites" by Staci Boris. Interview with Currin by Rochelle Steiner. 124 pp., with list of plates, biography and exhibition history, and bibliography. Pictorial hardcover. 11.25 x 9.25 inches. Not issued with a jacket. Near Fine. Clean and securely bound. No owner signatures or other marks.

Portland, Oregon: Atelier26, (2014.) Signed 1st edition. Poetry and prose that trace the author's experiences as the daughter of Holocaust survivors. Signed in gold pen on the title page. With an inscription to Dana and Yvona [Fast], mother and daughter co-authors of the memoir, Good in the Midst of Evil: One Girl's Survival of the Holocaust. 109 pp. Artwork by Lola Fraknoi. Trade paperback. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. VG with slight wear, bump to some upper page corners. Clean and securely bound.

(Stockholm): Zemgale, (1960.) Printed in Sweden. Apparent 1st edition. All text is in Latvian. xvii, 794 pages, with bibliography and index. Well-illustrated with numerous maps, charts and photographs. Thick sturdy hardcover. About 9.5 by 7.25 inches. Handsomely bound in one-quarter cream leather (spine and corners) over blue paper-covered boards. Gilt-lettered blue leather spine label. Minor wear to the extremities, but VG otherwise. Crisp, clean and securely bound.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (2016.) 1st edition. Signed by the author. A social and design history of the humble chair, spanning the centuries from ancient Egypt and Greece to the modern era. A consideration of the chair's many forms and functions – from a simple "tool for sitting" to the artistry of Thonet, Eames, and others. Illustrated by small drawings in the text. 242 pp., with index. 8vo hardcover. Minor rubbing of the dust jacket, a couple of small spots in the blank margin of p. 155. Near Fine otherwise. Clean and securely bound. Jacket is protected by a clear, archival cover. Uncommon signed.