Search Results: Authors starting with R from BiblioStax

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. No date; circa 1925. Copyright, 1887 at copyright by Ticknor and Company. Dk. blue-green full cloth boards, stamped gilt and violet cover and spine design, lt. shelf wear. Pages fine, sharp. Frontispiece by Doré of Gargantua atop the tower of Notre Dame. Profusely illustrated throughout w/beautiful full-page images by Gustave Dore and entertaining partial-page drawings, decoration, etc. by A. Robida. Bind fine; hinges intact. Scarce dust wrapper moderate wear, some chip; unclipped 2.50, protected in new clear sleeve. The Rabelaisian giants offered here are the most marvelous in literature. The tales of Grandgousier, the good-natured guzzler, the lusty Gargantua, and the noble Pantagruel are too wonderful for any one to miss. Adapted for ease of reading by John Dimtry. Near fine in scarce wrapper. Large 6 3/4" x 8 3/4" design. 246 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Dore,… Read More

London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, 1885. No date; circa 1885. First edition thus. Fine textured black coated cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles, blind-stamped borders, lt. shelf wear, bump. Pages fine, clean. Gilt top edge. String-bind solid, straight; hinges fully intact. Beautifully and charmingly illustrated throughout on plates w/the whimsical images of the famed Gustave Dore befitting the wise, good humored Rabelais. Contains Gargantua and Pantagruel, a series of five books including: Pantagruel (1532); La vie très horrifique du grand Gargantua, usually called Gargantua (1534); Le Tiers Livre ("The third book", 1546); Le Quart Livre ("The fourth book", 1552); Le Cinquiesme Livre (A fifth book, whose attribution to Rabelais is debated). Near fine example. 640 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Dore, Gustave; et al.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1973. Some cover, edge wear. Pages good, some underline. Insightful look at the political economy of one few remaining places where economic affairs are conducted in an environment of free enterprise. 79 pages. Good useable copy. Few bookstore marks.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: William Heinemann, 1913. No date; circa 1913. William Heinemann, London at title page. Stated All Rights Reserved at copyright page. Grey full-cloth pictorial boards navy, green and reddish orange cover and spine design, moderate cover wear, discoloration, bow. Cover features ornately patterned bands with several small vignettes and scenes in each area with whimsical titles in orange and navy. Spine with similar titles and floral colored imagery. Pages generally near very good; moderate varied fox at first few pages, some toning at white endpapers. Dark blue upper exterior text block. Antiquarian signature and brief note near hinge, pencilled at front blank endpaper: "D. Gabriel". Silhouette decorated title page of children in ring, around the rosy tree, w/detailed states of other children at play in four corners of border. Frontispiece mounted color plate and captioned tissue guard features humorously haunting imagery: "Jack Sprat and his wife". Complete… Read More

London: William Heinemann, 1913. Bound in polished calfskin Zaehnsdorf with Moroccan back labels with gilded letters, gilded vignette on the front leaf, gilded covers and inner teeth, marbled attachments, all edges gilded Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 13 full-page colour plates with inscribed fabric protectors and numerous illustrations in the text. Original linen and picture endsheets bound at the back In good condition First edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated rendition of the classic nursery rhyme collection. Octavo, bound in full polished calf Zaehnsdorf with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt vignette to the front panel, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 13 full-page color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous in-text illustrations. Original cloth and pictorial endpapers bound in at rear. In very good condition. "So far as titles go (but not so far as artwork goes) we move into a… Read More

New York: The Century Co., 1913. Stated at copyright: Published, October 1913; title page also dated 1913. Black full-cloth boards, mounted pictorial plate, some shelf, corner, wear, rub. Cover features mounted plate of Mother Goose in top hat flying in on her trusty bird to children in awe below. Pages generally good, some w/moderate discoloration, closed and open tears. Endpapers removed. Silhouette decorated title page of children in ring, around the rosy tree, w/detailed states of other children at play in four corners of border. Frontispiece color plate and captioned tissue guard features humorously haunting imagery: "". One dozen darkly charming color plates and captioned tissue guards. Also, many full-page b&w plates and partial page imagery, decoration, and vignettes throughout. Here is Arthur Rackham at his most charming and, slightly macabre, best. From Rackham foreword: There are many more Nursery Rhymes than included in this book, though I think most of the… Read More

Philadelphia - New York: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1962. No date; circa 1962. Large 6" x 8 3/4" design. Printed and bound in Great Britain. Sharp grey cloth boards, crisp maroon cover and spine titles, fine. Cover depicts stylized titles at center surrounded by witch on broomstick and smirking cat; impish goblin at spine surrounded by stars. Pages fine; no writing. Illustrated endpapers in gold of Puss in Boots holding a rabbit with affirming king looking on. Includes an introduction by Arthur Rackham and illustrations. Eight color plates and fifty black & white illustrations throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Rare dust wrapper, fine; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Yellow wrapper front panel features Rackham color plate from Blue Beard by Perrault: "She took then the little key, and opened the door, trembling". A beautifully preserved bright volume in near fine original wrapper. From Rackham's preface: The illustrations are new and have never been… Read More

One Park Avenue, New York: Weathervane Books, 1978. First edition thus; letter-line beginning w/B. With a foreword to this 1978 new edition by Solomon J. Scheppes. Large 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" design. Smooth dark maroon lightly pebbled cloth boards, sharp gilt spine titles, light shelf wear Frontispiece color plate features the original title page from first edition. Heavy stock coated pages, fine. A dozen Arthur Rackham full-color plates and numerous fancifully drawn figures enhance these simple songs of innnocence. Also, over seventy black and white designs by Rackham as decorative headers, tailpieces, and vignettes greeting the reader and viewer throughout. Features scarce near fine wrapper in black with classical titles with Rackham illustration of Mother Goose in red cloke w/black peaked hat flying in on her goose above awestruck little children. Near fine example in same dust wrapper. Mother Goose has never had a more charming interpreter of her classic well-loved rhymes… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1955. Undated; circa 1955. Large 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" design. Printed in Great Britain. Grey cloth boards, maroon cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear, rub, some sunning. Cover depicts stylized titles at center surrounded by witch on broomstick and smirking cat; impish goblin at spine surrounded by stars. Pages good, no writing. Illustrated endpapers in gold of Puss in Boots holding a rabbit with affirming king looking on. Includes an introduction by Arthur Rackham and illustrations. Eight color plates and b&w imagery, decoration throughout. Bind good, some cant; hinges intact. Scarce near very good charming example. From Rackham's preface: The illustrations are new and have never been published, though in the case of several stories this is not the first time that this has fallen to my lot to illustrate them in the thirty years that my work has led me through enchanted lands. Features twenty-three favorite fairy tales… Read More

182 High Holborn, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1948. Early printing; February, 1948. Handy 6" x 8 3/4" design. Matches first edition in design and layout and preserved in scarce good wrapper. Red cloth boards, black embossed cover titles, yellow-orange silhouette cover and spine design, moderate edge wear, bump. Cover depicts large owl at center surrounded by witch on broomstick and smirking cat; impish goblin at spine surrounded by black stars. Pages very good. Vintage inscription at front endpaper: "To Yvonne, With much love, From Auntie Kitty". Illustrated endpapers in gold of Puss in Boots holding a rabbit with affirming king looking on; some toning. Includes an introduction by Arthur Rackham and illustrations. Beige dust wrapper moderate shelf wear, rub, chip; unclipped 10/6 NET, protected in new clear sleeve. Pictorial wrapper matches cover design of owl, witch, cat and imp in orange w/black cover and spine titles. Eight color plates and full-page… Read More

New York: The Century Co., 1913. Signed at limitation page by Arthur Rackham: "This Edition is limited to eleven hundred and fifty copies. This is No. '141' 'Arthur Rackham'". Extra large 9 1/4" x 11 3/4" design. Cream colored buckram (full-cloth) boards, gilt impressed cover and spine titles, designs, some shelf wear, toning, discoloration. Cover depicts stylized titles and Mother Goose in peaked hat with cane and circle partially drawn around her duck. Spine with pattern of flower and titles, some rub, edge wear. Color frontispiece plus a dozen stunning tipped-in color plates mounted on earthy dark brown matte leaves, each with fine captioned tissue. Also, profusely illustrated w/beautiful black and white imagery throughout with superior printing to the trade edition. Rough cut thick deckled pages, very good. Gilded top edge. Moderate fox at front endpaper. Antiquarian bookplate at front pastedown: "Billy Doob Teddy". Unique pictorial… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959. Signed by Norman Sperling at front endpaper. Sperling is noted as being the primary co-designer of the Astroscan - the most popular telescope ever. Bright blue, fine buckram (cloth) boards, gilt stamped spine titles w/border, lt. shelf wear. Pages fine; name inside cover behind front flap, little residue. Dj moderate edge wear; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. With 11 pages of illustration plates from photographs and 17 diagrams. With a Foreword by Dr. W. H. Steavenson, President of the Royal Astronomical Society and Gresham Professor in Astronomy. Never since the invention of the elecope has the night sky been so extensively studies by amatuer astonomers but, most of this is visual work. Many deny the plesaurable fasination of astro photography simply as a result of popular belief that this is left to the professionals. Dr. Rackham shows definitely that the amateur can produces results of real scientific value in the case of planetary… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., 1976. 1976 printing. Large 5 3/4" x 8 3/4" design. Printed and bound in Great Britain by Redwood Burn Limited. Grey cloth boards, maroon cover and spine titles, design, moderate shelf wear. Cover depicts stylized titles at center surrounded by witch on broomstick and smirking cat; impish goblin at spine surrounded by stars. Pages near fine; no writing. Illustrated endpapers in gold of Puss in Boots holding a rabbit with affirming king looking on. Includes an introduction by Arthur Rackham and illustrations. Eight color plates and b&w imagery, decoration throughout. Bind good, moderate cant; hinges intact. Scarce dust wrapper, some edge wear, chip, rub; unclipped 10.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel features Rackham color plate from Blue Beard by Perrault: "She took then the little key, and opened the door, trembling". From Rackham's preface: The illustrations are new and have never been published, though in… Read More

182 High Holborn, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1939. Early printing; january 1939. Large 6 1/4" x 9" design. Matches first edition in design and layout and preserved in scarce good wrapper. Red cloth boards, black embossed cover titles, yellow-orange silhouette cover and spine design, moderate shelf wear, bump. Cover depicts large owl at center surrounded by witch on broomstick and smirking cat; impish goblin at spine surrounded by black stars. Pages near very good. Vintage inscription at front endpaper: "To Andrea, with love from Ron, 1942". Illustrated endpapers in gold of Puss in Boots holding a rabbit with affirming king looking on; some toning. Includes an introduction by Arthur Rackham and illustrations. Eight color plates and full-page b&w imagery and decoration throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Solid charming rarity w/imagery throughout. From Rackham's preface: The illustrations are new and have never been published, though in the… Read More

Pitkin Pictorials Ltd., 1966. Moderate corner, edge wear. Coated pages very good. Floor plan inside cover. Impressive pictorial w/ accompanying text. Bookstore mark at cover.. First Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Whittlesey House - McGraw Book Company, 1934. Signed by Paul Radin at title page: "Paul Radin." Stated First Edition at copyright page. 1934 date at title and copyright page. Apparently, for whatever reason, the first and only printing of this material. Dark maroon buckram (cloth) boards, cream cover and spine titles, light shelf, corner wear, rub. Pages near fine, clean. Small signature penned at front endpaper: "Elveiler - 1934." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Sharp signed rarity of this pivotol volume. From dedication page: "To the memory of my father. Who was always in the vanguard of liberal movements and who understood, as he exemplified in his life, the dictum of the great Greek: 'Tis not in hate, but love, that men unite themselves.'" Paul Radin was an American cultural anthropologist and folklorist born in 1883 in the cosmopolitan Polish city of Lódz, then a part of the Russian Empire. His family emigrated from Europe to… Read More

Danbury, Connecticut: Childrens Press, 1986. Moderate wear. Pages good. 48 pages.. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1984. First printing. First Published 1984 as an Archon Book. Fine navy cloth books, gilt spine titles, sharp. Pages fine, no writing. Dj w/navy silhouette Ezra Pound profile w/overcoat, hat, and cane, fine; protected in new clear sleeve. Very attractive. 170 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Boston, Massachusetts: South End Press, 1997. Lt. blue boards, silver spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Pages fine, no writing. 268 pages. This collection of thoughtful, courageous, and honest essays explores the intersections of class background, social status, and "queerness", challenging the often narrow and rigid definition of gay and lesbian community. By highlighting race, ethnicity, gender, ability, and age, the contributors to Queerly Classed explode stereotypes of queers aspiring to assimilate into the mainstream of the American middle class. Rather, these authors address the radical impact of intertwined forms of inequality on identity, empowerment, and activism.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Romania: Ad Libri, 2005. Rare material. Extra wide 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" design. I Travel Around the Country Series. Glossy pictorial wraps. Heavy stock coated pages fine. In Romanian, English, and French. Rich photographic guide w/text to the architecture, history and heritage of the Apuseni Country in Romania. No other region in Romania welcomes its guests with such fabulous sceneries, as the Apuseni (Western) mountains. Caves, valleys, and wildlife abound.. Soft cover. New. Illus. by Andreescu, Florin; Lascu, Cristian; Dinescu, Dan (Photographs). Book.