Search Results: Authors starting with R from JWMah

NY: Mills Music, 1929. (USA) Owner' sname to front panel, a few small edge tearsm, Good used copy. Paper covers, 6pp counting both covers. (1.0 JM HOX 1/a2. Sheet Music. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Sheet Music.

London: John Westhouse., 1946. (UK) 2nd Printing Owner's name to endpaper, Very Good used copy; lacking Dj. Tan cloth with gold title, xii, 269pp. Nicely illustrated with B&W frontis and many B&W plates by Brandt. (Rolf Brandt was a British artist born in Hamburg, Germany; he moved to London in 1933 and remained in Britain for the rest of his life. The brother of photographer Bill Brandt, Rolf was a distinguished artist in his own right. His career as an artist encompassed his early surrealist paintings and drawings; haunting drawings and book illustrations of the 1930s and ’40s; subtle and sophisticated abstract paintings of the 1950s; witty and inventive drawings and collages of the 1960s and ’70s. Translated by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Anthony Motteux. Intro by Denis Saurat. The Gangantua/ Pantagruel works consist of five books of which only the first two books are included in this edition. (1.6 Jm HOQ 100/b4. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by BRANDT,… Read More

London: Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited., 2003. (UK) Edition not stated. No markings, small crease to corner of cover, Near Fine. Wraps, 123pp. Variations on a theme of Corelli; Oriental sketch; Fragments; Piano piece in D minor; Daisies op 38. (1.8 JM LVR 202/b3. Paperback. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Sheet Music.

NY: International Music Company (USA) Edition not stated. No markings, owner's initials to corner of cover, Near Fine. Wraps, [70]pp. frontis. portrait of the composer. (1.33 JM HOX 2/7. Paperback. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Sheet Music.

Russia: Svetigora, 2003. (RUS) Presumed 1st edition of 5000(?). No markings, a bit of rubbing to foot of spine, Very Good in Very good dust jacket. Boards, photo end paper, 296pp, colour photos of Russian churches and religious practices. The text is entirely in Russian A heavy book. (5.0 JM HOJ 300/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

London: Cassell and Company Ltd., 1915. (UK) 2nd printing 1915. Owner's name and date to inside front cover, some toning of end papers, some rubbing of cover edges, slight fading to spine backstrip, a couple of preliminary pages lightly foxed, tiny nick to bottom edge of front cover, Good used copy; no dust jacket, |Blue cloth with gold titles, [xii], 271pp, index, tissue-protected frontis portrait of Princess Mary of Great Britain, and 7 B&W photo plates. Princess Catherine Radziwill ( 1858 - 1941) was a notable Polish aristocrat. Born in Russia into the House of Rzewuski, her maternal family was the illustrious Dashkov-Vorontsov. In 1873 she married the Polish Prince Wilhelm Radziwill. Written in 1915, this is an overview of some ryals eligible for marriage among European royal families and speculation on who in the upcoming royal generation would marry whom. One of the most poignant chapters is the one about the daughters and son of Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra, without knowing… Read More

Italy: Zanichelli Editore, 1995. (ITA) Third Edition No markings, Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Dark blue leatherette, illus endpapers, 2400pp. English-Italian and Italian-Enlglish dictionary. A thick heavy book. (6.5 JM HOQ 102/5. 3rd. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Saudi Arabia: Darussalam , 2007. (SAR) No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published. Boards, about 390 pages. This Arabic course for English speaking students is a comprehensive course for the teaching of the Quar'anic and Traditional Arabic. (2.8 JM LVR 206/b1. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

UK: London and North Eastern Railway; London Midland and Scottish Railway, 1934. (UK) No marking, travel agency stamp to first panel, which is soiled at the edges, interior panels clean, thus Good only used copy. This is a 16 panel pamphlet that unfolds to a large map showing sights along the Trosaach Tour. The map is drawn by Ralph & Brown. There are timetables for the tour for May to September 1934 and a table of tourist fares. Uncommon (1.0 Jm HOX 1/a14. Leaflet. Acceptable.

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1977. (USA) 1st printing. No markigns, crease to corner of cover, Very good. Wraps, 136pp, biblio, 400 B&W photos and illu. This book explains woven jewe;ry, rug hooking, tapestry weaving using a creative approach with antural and found materials. (1.33 JM LVR 206/b1. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991. (USA) Presued 1st eidtion No marking, very slight rubbing to pnel gloss, otherwise Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover, xviii,176pp, index. no illus. this book presents solutions to the probelm of sharing resources in a prioritized preemptive real-time environment. (2.0 JM LVR 205/1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

UK: Christophers, 1921. (UK) New Edition This is a refurbished book where the spine has been rebacked (by a professional) with the remnants of the original spine (now darkened) adhered to the rebacked spine, the end papers have been replaced, the book is tight, the cover corners are "soft", the pages clean but with a hint of toning to the edges, thus refurbished copy in Good only used condition, no dust jacket. Green cloth with gold title, [xxx], 363pp. Frontis portrait of Anne Milbanke, and 7 plates; 2 facsimiles of letters. This book by Byron's grandson was written in 1905 and was intended for private circulation only, as it touched upon Byron's separation from his wife of 12 months in 1816. It was rumored that the cause was Byron's incestuous relationship with his half-sister Augusta (Bryon), wife of Colonel George Leigh, and mother of several children. This rumor was discredited at the time mostly by the conduct of Lady Byron who kept up a friendship with Mrs. Leigh then… Read More

NY: Panther Music Corp., 1955. (USA) Owner's name and date to the 2nd page, blind embossed stamp and music store stamp to cover, Very Good used copy. Paper cover, 4 pages including both covers. Illus cover in red with photo of The Platters. . (1.0 JM HOX 1/2. Sheet Music. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Sheet Music.

San Francisco: Peace & Pieces Foundation, 1976. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, remnant of price sticker to cover, Very Good. Wraps, no page numbers,[about 98pp], B&W photos by the gay Filipino American photographer. This was his first book. (1.5 JM HOZ 402/b2. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Vancouver BC: Vera Ramsay, 1972. (CAD) Second Edition INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, no other markings, Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket with tiny mark to top of spine and light toning to edges of Dj. 11 x 8 1/2", red leather covers with gold title, , 284pp, index. 625 B&W instructional line drawings showing construction details, sewing tips, etc. The subtitle reads: "A system of adjusting commercial patterns, from basic to style, with dressmaking construction details and finishes for the couturier look". Ramsay had extensive experience in custom manufacturing and Haute Couture. She had worked in LosAngeles, Hollywood, Vancouver and Montreal; she was the dressmaking "hand" in the salon of Norman Hartnell, "Dressmaker to the Queen" in London. This is a very detailed book explaining dressmaking technique. A heavy book. (3.3 JM HOJ 304/5. Inscribed By Author. 2nd. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by RAMSAY, Vera M. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paris: Galerie Enrico Navarra, 2000. (FR) Owner's inscription to end paper, no oher markings, a bit of rubbing to silver covers, fine spine crease, Very Good. Wraps, 208pp, colour photos. This exhibition on the works of artists and designers that distort the human body features Aziz + Cucher; David Cronenberg; Alexander McQueen; Nick Knight; Reiko Kruk and others. The text is in French and in English. A heavy book. (3.5 JM HOZ 403/b3. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". Exhibition Catalogue..

Irvine CA: Second Renaissance Inc., 1990. (USA) 7th printing. No marking, Fine; no dust jackeet as published. Blue cloth with gold titles, paginated by issue. [approx 224pp]. frontis facsimile of manuscropt of The Fountainhead. Through the 1960s and early ’70s, Ayn Rand edited and published a series of monthly periodicals. The Objectivist Newsletter was produced from January 1962 to December 1965. This volume reproduces the entire contents of each issue. The material for Ayn Rand’s essay collections, such as Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal, was drawn primarily from the pages of her periodicals. For instance, her articles “Man’s Rights”) and “The Nature of Government,” which were included in the book The Virtue of Selfishness, were originally published in The Objectivist Newsletter (in the April and December 1963 issues, respectively.) (2.3 JM LVR 206/b3. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

USA: Ayn Rand Institute Press, 1999. (USA) 1st printing. Owner's name, no other markings, Fine. Wraps, 223pp, B&W photos. The teenage Ayn Rand wrote two booklets in the USSR abut the American film industry. Facsimiles of the Russian manuscripts are followed by complete English translations. Also included is her "movie diary" in which she recorded details of her viewing of hundreds of films in the Soviet Union, Europe and the USA during the 1920s. (1.5 JM HOJ 302/0. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

USA: Chesterfield Historical Society, 1977. (USA) This is the new edition published by the Chesterfield |Hitorical society in an edition of 500 copies (this is copy number 252). The book was originally publihed in 1882. No markings, some rubbing to cover edges, (mistly along spine edges), otherwise about Very Good; no dust jacket perhaps as published. Dull red cloth, 525pp, a few B&W illus. (mostly portraits). Chesterfield is a rural hill town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Chesterfield was first settled in 1760 and was officially incorporated in 1762. It was named after the Earl of Chesterfield. The town center, established after the Revolution, has well-preserved Federal period houses along Main Road. (2.0 JM HOQ 101/4. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Cambridge / London: The MIT Press, 1980. (USA) 1st American edition, No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 320pp, index, graphs, diagrams. Fro the jacket: Written from the perspective of the practising modeler, the `4 contributors in this book explore how system dynamics models are made. (2.2 JM LVR 205/1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".