Search Results: Titles starting with R from Last Exit Books

E-379: Elara Press. Very Good. 2018. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Elara Press, New York. 2018. 466 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. For more than 40 years, legendary American artist Robert Crumb has documented his nightly dreams in a meticulously kept private journal. This material has stood as a guarded secret in a career defined by an impish compulsion to publically self-disclose. All of the artist's well-documented preoccupations are present and accounted for-rampant egomania, insatiable lust, profound self-disgust, the sad beauty of old America, the moral bankruptcy of new America and the fool's errand quest for spiritual enlightenment-but here they are entirely untamed, springing forth from forces beyond even his… Read More

E-328. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Published by R Gallery, New York 2000. 24, 38, 24 pgs. Illustrated. Set of 3 Catalogs sold as a boxed set with plexi-glass case. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 3 catalogs showing off the work of the mid-century modern work of the three people profiled. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-234. Very Good. Paperback. Spiral Bound. 4to. New York Transit Auhority, No Date (1969? ). Unpaginated. Illustrated with black and white photographs of R-40 trains. Wrappers worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Previous owner's name present to the title page and the front wrapper.. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The R40 was a New York City Subway car model built by the St. Louis Car Company from 1967 to 1969 for the IND/BMT B Division. There were 400 cars in the R40 fleet, arranged in married pairs. Two versions of the R40 were manufactured: the original 200-car R40 order built in 1967–1968, and the supplementary 200-car R40A order built in 1968–1969. The 200 original R40s and the first 100 R40As were unique for their futuristic 10-degree slanted end (designed by the firm Raymond Loewy and Associates) and were nicknamed the R40 Slants or simply Slants. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-331: Airfile Publications. Very Good. 2013. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Airfile Publications, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK. 2013. 76 pages. Illustrated throughout. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Featuring a huge range and eclectic mix of aircraft types including virtually all those that were operated by the RAF from the end of World War 2 until the end of the 1970s, when the RAF was tasked with policing and covering areas such as Aden, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine and Syria. Running from the age of propeller-driven aircraft through to the jet age, and heralding the increasing use of helicopters, the book not only illustrates the changes in camouflage and markings policies of RAF aircraft during this time, but the reasons why the British were there. EB; Camouflage And Markings; 8 X 0.25 X 11.75… Read More

E-003: Sutton Pub Ltd. Very Good. 2000. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Sutton Publishing, Stroud, UK. 2000. 224 pgs. Illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs, live drawings and maps. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The RFC/RNAS Handbook explores a wide range of subjects - from aircraft, airships, balloons and motor vehicles, to pay, rank, the women's branches, uniforms and even the origins of the RAF's eagle badge, not forgetting the minor conflicts that erupted at the end of the First World War. EB; Sutton History Handbooks; 10.4 X 7.7 X 0.7 inches; 224 pages .

E-106: Palgrave MacMillan. Very Good. 2017. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Palgrave Macmillan. New York. 2017. 311 pgs. Bound in illustrated paper covered cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Transnational skilled migrants are often thought of as privileged migrants with flexible citizenship. This book challenges this assumption by examining the diverse migration trajectories, experiences and dilemmas faced by tertiary-educated mobile Malaysian migrants through a postcolonial lens. It argues that mobile Malaysians’ culture of migration can be understood as an outcome and consequence of British colonial legacies – of race, education, and citizenship – inherited and exacerbated by the post-colonial Malaysian state. Drawing from archival research and interviews with respondents in Singapore, United Kingdom, and… Read More

E-056: Vintage. Very Good. 1994. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Vintage, New York, 1994. 159 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Cornel West on the half-title page. 9th Printing. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. With a new introduction, the groundbreaking classic Race Matters affirms its position as the bestselling, most influential, and most original articulation of the urgent issues in America's ongoing racial debate. Cornel West is at the forefront of thinking about race. In Race Matters he addresses a range of issues, from the crisis in black leadership and the myths surrounding black sexuality to affirmative action, the new black conservatism, and the strained relations between Jews and African Americans. He never hesitates to confront the prejudices of all his readers or wavers in his insistence that they share a common destiny. Bold in its… Read More

E-023: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Thomas Y Crowell, New York, 1964. 222 pgs. First Edition/First Pritning. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Three weeks after Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a New York City police officer shot and killed a fifteen-year-old black youth, inciting the first of almost a decade of black and Latino riots throughout the United States. The Harlem riot of 1964 occurred between July 16 and 22, 1964. It began after James Powell, a 15-year-old African American, was shot and killed by police Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan in front of Powell's friends and about a dozen other witnesses. Immediately after the… Read More

C4a. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Caron Lynne Faulds / Motor Racing Photographics, 1990. Illustrated. Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A collection of racing photography from South Africa. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-248. Very Good. Leather. Leather. 8vo. Librairie des Bibliophiles, Paris, France. 1882. 308 pgs. Illustrated double proof engravings. No. 61 of a limited edition of 100 copies, printed on Holland Paper with double gravures. Signed with an inscription by the author, Georges d'Heylli , as Edmond-Antoine Poinsot, on the half-title page. Slipcased in matching marble paper covered slipcase. Bound in 3/4 brown morocco leather with mawtching marble paper covered cloth boards with titles and raised bands present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Georges d'Heylli , born Edmond-Antoine Poinsot, theAugust 16, 1833 in Nogent-sur-Seine and died on October 5, 1902 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, is a French publicist. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

E-265: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good. 1927. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York, 1927. 222 pgs. First Edition/First Printing (matching title on the flaps and the title list). DJ has heavy shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (missing a piece of the front panel, stain present along the spine and the rear panel, flaps are hanging on). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "A new series for boys giving full details of radio work, both in sending and receiving-telling how small and large amateur sets can be made and operated, and how some boys got a lot of fun and adventure out of what they did. Each volume from first to last is so thoroughly fascinating so strictly un-to-date and accurate we feel sure all lads will peruse them with great delight. EB .

EB. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. 12mo. Published by The Wander Company, Chicago, IL. 1936. 31 pgs. Illustrated. Issued in stapled wraps. Wrappers worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present (light fading present to the wraps). Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-096: New in Chess,Csi. Very Good. 2011. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by New in Chess, Alkmaar, Netherlands. 2011. 351 pgs. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Ragozin Complex is a flexible and versatile chess opening system that, despite its popularity, rarely has been a subject of serious study in chess literature. A hybrid of the Queen's Gambit and the Nimzo-Indian Defence, the Ragozin featured in a famous book by Soviet theoretician Lipnitsky in the 1950s. Bobby Fischer decided to learn Russian to be able to read that work and immediately afterwards started playing the Ragozin. In recent years the Ragozin has had a tremendous revival and is now being used at top level by players like Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian and Vasily Ivanchuk. In this book, the first monograph on this important system, acclaimed chess author Vladimir Barsky… Read More

E-184: Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art. Very Good. 1969. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Square. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, 1969. 103 pages with 394 objects illustrated. Illustrated with color and black and white plates. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Andy Warhol ruffled the concepts of the museum as a construction of quality and selected items from the storage which had never been viewed before as they were considered mediocre or copies or damaged. This project was the idea of Dominique de Menil, Director of the Museum who writes in his introduction "For what is beautiful to the artist, becomes beautiful. What is poetical to the poet, becomes poetical. So let's visit museums with poets and artists." De Menil invited Warhol as a 'Pop Artist' to 'relook at the collection with his eyes' which resulted… Read More

C4b: Bookmasters, Inc.. 2014. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Old Chapel Press, Amherst, MA, 2014. 170 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Railroads and streetcars have been part of the Amherst story since 1830. Local entrepreneurs were instrumental in the ideas, enthusiasm, and initial financial backing that attracted the three or more ventures that constructed steel rails on wooden ties in the 19th and 20th centuries. This book is full of nearly 185 years of Amherst railroad and trolley history, with photos, charts, maps, schedules, and diagrams to help the reader recreate the colorful past. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages .

E-019: Golden Hill Pr. Very Good. 1995. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Golden Hill Press, Spencertown, NY. 1995. 194 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This is the first book to focus exclusively on American railroad ephemera of the 19th and 20th centuries and gives the collector comprehensive coverage found nowhere else. Provides detailed historical context for railroad passenger, employee and freight timetables, tourist and travel guides, travel brochures, posters, tickets and all their variations. Over 360 examples are shown in nostalgic and graphically stunning reproductions, some from rarely seen private collections. The author explains where to fine material, what factors affect condition and rarity and discusses archival… Read More

E-070. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1899. Iv, 269 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in brick red cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Remains of previous owner's bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Arthur Twining Hadley (April 23, 1856 - March 6, 1930) was an economist who served as President of Yale University from 1899 to 1921. He graduated from Yale College in 1876 and received prizes in English, classics and astronomy. He was a tutor at Yale in 1879-1883, instructor in political science in 1883-1886, professor of political science in 1886-1891, professor of political economy in 1891-1899, and first Dean of the Graduate School in 1892-1895. He wrote a classic study of the economics of railroad transportation. As an economist he first became widely known through his investigation of the… Read More

E-187: The University of North Carolina Press. Very Good. 1955. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. 1955. 328 pgs. Maps. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In the struggle for power from which emerged the modern railroad network, the southern railroads, which had originally been locally financed, came largely under the influence or control of northern financiers and institutions. The focus of this book is on that aspect of southern railroad development, but in a larger sense it is the story of the creation of one of the most important components of the New South. E-066; 328 pages .

E-045: W W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good. 1981. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. W. W. Norton, New York. 1981. Unpaginated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. For over a third of a century, Don Ball has had a well-documented love affair with trains. While it is well-documented that Bell is a gifted photographer, many of his finest photographs have never been reproduced until they are offered here, in Rails, a very personal album. EB; 11.2 X 10.3 X 0.6 inches; 150 pages .

E-019: Golden West Books. Very Good. 1965. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Golden West Books, San Marino, CA. 1984. 176 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Later Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Fascinating black and white pictorial showing the wide range of Southern railroads in the steam era, especially the small, often underfunded short lines and branch routes. Almost 100 railroad lines are shown -- from the largest (such as the Southern and the C&O) to the smallest (the Tweetsie and the Live Oak, Perry & Gulf) with many stops in between. EB; 11.1 X 8.7 X 0.7 inches .