Search Results: Authors starting with R from Quirky Used Books & More

University of California Press, 1935. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards are scuffed, scratched and soiled. Dented spine ends. The spine appears to have foxing of sorts, although the brown spots really appear to be some type of liquid spatter, which looks like it happened many decades ago. Faded gilt lettering on spine. The red and white end bands are intact and good shape. Bumped corners, and edge wearing to boards, but not excessively so. Book block is still attached to spine, and the binding remains sound. The paste downs and front and back end pages are secure and the rear hinge remains intact and is not split. Text block has yellowed a bit, as well as the pages. Very readable. The subject of this book, Orrin Kip McMurray, was a San Francisco based lawyer who began practicing law in the late 1890's, before becoming part of the staff of the School of Jurisprudence at the University of California, Berkeley. Content is composed of several essays, including two in French.… Read More

Grove Press, Inc, 1962. Softcover. Good. Softcover trade paperback. First Evergreen Original publication, 1962, fourth printing. Rubbed and scratched wraps. Scraped on edges, some creases. Bumped corners. Small dings to wraps. Colorful depiction of Buddha on front wrapper. Glued binding in good shape. Readable. Underlined throughout. 103 pages.

Nodin Press, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardback. NO dust jacket. Purple boards are scratched and scuffed. Light shelf wear to bottom edges of boards. Scraped spine ends. Front board bows upward. Gift inscription on top edge of front pastedown. Glossy page stock has yellowed. Last page of book has begun to come away from end paper where the glue has begun to crack. Binding is good. Nice look back at some Viking football history. 152 pages.

Patria, 1947. Softcover. Acceptable. In Lithuanian. Softcover with red covers, covered with a fragile fold over "dust jacket." DJ is chipped, torn, tanned and faded, and worn. Red covers are also faded, worn, chipped and scraped. All pages very tanned/browned and fragile. Binding is delicate. Owner name on half title page. 286 pages.

Pontificia Universita S. Tommaso D'Aquino, 2000. Softcover. Good. Softcover. IN ITALIAN. Second edition. Good binding. Smudges on textblock. Inscription on title page. Lightly scuffed wraps and bumped tips. 636 pages.

Hall of History Foundation, General Electric, 1977. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Blue wraps with fading along spine. Bumped tips, smudged corners. The back wrap has moisture staining, which carries onto the few pages of the book. Free of marks.

Dinograph Southwest, Inc, 1978. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Wraps have yellowed slightly, with darker yellowing to spine. Bumped corners and spine ends. Upper corner of text block curls upward a bit. Ron Ratkevich has signed this copy. A couple of crimps to the outside edges of wraps. Good binding, although the glue is beginning to crack ever so slightly in the gutter between front wrap and FEP. Good reading copy. 84pps. We will happily provide photos upon request.

New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, 1966. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Bumped tips. Scuffed wraps.

Librairie du Liban, 1991. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 1991 second edition. Scuffed pictorial boards. Shelf wear to the heel of spine. Corner tips are bumped, but not DENTED. Old, faded barcode sticker on rear paste down. Solid binding. Full of colorful photographs of beautiful dishes (they'll get your mouth watering). Nice copy. 276 pages.

Self. Softcover. Good. Out of print book published by the author, date unknown. Lightly bumped corner tips, with lightly crimped and scraped cover edges. Top and bottom of spine are lightly bumped, and the covers are slightly scuffed. Clean, unmarked pages. Book has a slight wave to it.

Torchflame Books, 2014. Softcover. Good. 10x8x0. Paperback. 2014. Lightly scuffed wraps. Corners gently bent. Clean pages. Firm binding. 143 pages.

Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Brown cloth covered boards are lightly scuffed, light fingerprint marks on cloth. Very light shelf-wear to spine heel. Very tight binding, book does not appear to have been read. Darkening/aging of the glue in the hinges between title page and preface, and towards the back. 120 pages.

Historical Society of New Mexico/University of New Mexico, 1956. Softcover. Good. This yellow paperback is the index for Volumes 16 thru 30, 1941-1956 of the New Mexico Historical Review. Soiled wraps. Bumped corners. Wearing to spine. Creased upper right corner on front cover. Front endpaper has area of tanning.

Gondolat, 2006. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Lightly scuffed wraps, with vertical crease near spine. Light crimps along edges of the covers. Inscribed by the author on half-title page. That inscription has a child's scribble in blue ink pen all over it. Unpaginated.

Eden Press, 1976. Softcover. Acceptable. Small pamphlet, saddle stitched (stapled) binding. This is the ninth printing, dated 1976. The Paper Trip was a counter-culture publication by Barry Reid. Soiled and stained light green wraps, with darkened edges and creased corners. The front has the titling with the "p" in "trip" tilted to right, just like title appears on other publications of "The Paper Trip." Also on the front is a design of an awards ribbon with the wording "Certified Copy." On the rear is the Eden Press address, and a recreated version of the R. Crumb "Keep on Truckin" character. This booklet is just that, a 28 page booklet, about how to "disappear" yourself through a variety of methods. Eden Press and its' founder, Barry Reid, were taken to court by the U.S. Government in 1978 for mail fraud and a variety of other charges. 5" x 7.25" This is not a reproduction.

Herscher, 2000. Softcover. Good. Signed by Chef Reix. Light scuffing to wraps. Gently bumped corner tips. Clean pages. Firm binding. Very nice. 158 pages.

Alexander Gratier & Co, 1897. Softcover. Acceptable. Softcover. Wine red and cream colored wraps. Smudged and soiled. Bumped tips. Wearing at spine ends and along edges of spine. Previous owner name on inside of front cover. Light yellowing to pages. Sewn binding is splitting in a few places, but pages are not loose per se, but threads are revealed in several places throughout. Scraping to outside edges of wraps. We will happily provide photos upon request. 94 pages.

New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1982. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Smudged and lightly yellowed wraps and pages. Microfiche present in rear pocket.

U.S. Government Printing Office, 1998. Softcover. Good. 0x0x0. Softcover wraps. 8 1/2 w x 11 h Rubbed and scratched wraps, slightly yellowed. Bumped corner tips. Pictorial cover and colorful drawings and photos throughout. 36 pages.

Charles Scriber's Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Acceptable. Large and heavy book covering the Italian artists' life and work. 37 bookplates w/ tissue guards. Each of the large bookplates has had a small library stamp placed in lower corner of each. Many other illustrations. Volume belonged previously to the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, NE. Green patterned boards with gilt titling are dirty and stained. Scraped along all edges of boards, with fraying to corner tips. Embossed library stamp on title page. Binding is split between pages 152/153, w/ larger crack at page 256. Age-toned pages, with light moisture "waves" throughout various portions of the book. Some pages have fingerprint smudges. 407 pages.