Search Results: Titles starting with R from Whiting Books

Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 9 X 12 Inches, Oblong. Gift inscription on the title page, otherwise fine in dust jacket with just a trace of edge wear, 112 pages with more than 140 of Smith's best paintings, drawings, and sketches of military and civilian aircraft. Smith was an engineer for Douglas Aircraft Company designing many successful tactical aircraft. He later transitioned from designing them to painting them and earned a reputation as one of the finest aviation artists of all time..

New York: Harmer's of London, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Harmer's auction catalog for May 10, 1988 in London. Stiff wraps bound in black leatherette. Not page numbered. Black & white reproductions of stamps and covers for auction. Prices Realised inserted in plastic sleeve bound into book..

Singapore: Regional English Language Centre, 1970. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Previous owner name on the front cover (Dr. Valdes, founder of the Language and Culture Center, University of Houston). Inaugural issue of the journal of the Regional English Language Centre (RELC) in Singapore, a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal for the field of language learning. pp. 3-167. Includes Notes on Contributors..

New York: Arlington House, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Oversized, heavy book that will require extra postage for expedited and international delivery. About fine with just a trace of wear. 320 pages with Index of Film Titles and Index of Personnel. Profusely illustrated. History of the film company organized by decade from 1920-1929 to 1950-1960. Facsimile signatures from the RKO stars on the endpapers..

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Printing. Rear flap has corner crease. Some creasing around the spine ends. No other wear or tears. Clean, solid copy. Says Joe B. Frantz, "This book will be hailed as the best work to date on Texas politics, and it will be as valid in 2020 as in 1990.".

Frankfurt, Germany, 1963. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Minimal wear to all issues, each issue folded in half horizontally. German language newspaper with news about the German Federal Railways. The following issues by year for this monthly publication are in this lot: 1963 (complete, 12 issues), 1964 (incomplete, missing nr. 2 & 8), 1965 (complete, 12 issues), and 1966 (incomplete, contains only 2 issues - 1 & 4)..

New York: Pantheon, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Price-clipped jacket protected in a new archival sleeve. 214 pages, with Postscript: An Appreciation by Hugh Gaitskell..

Boston: The Railway and Locomotive Historicl Society, Baker Library, Harvard Business School, 1967. Book. Good. Soft cover. Covers unglued along the bottom half of the spine. Still intact along top half. Light rubbing to the covers and light chipping at the head of the spine. Clean copy, no marks, writing, or stains. Seventy-six pages, illustrated. Contents include articles on the Wisconsin & Northern Railroad, passenger equipment, the railroads of Colombia, the Atlantic locomotive in New England, an account of the first trial of the Stourbridge Lion, and the golden age of railroad books..

Marvin, South Dakota: Blue Cloud Abbey, 1985. Book. Illus. by Wendy Rose. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stapled illustrated wraps, 5.5 X 8.25 inches. Light crease in the middle of the front cover. Address stamp on the rear cover. Published by the Bendictine Monks at Blue Cloud Abbey in Marvin, South Dakota, this issue contains a collection of poems by Mohawk poet, Maurice Kenny, author of the Pulitzer Prize nominated Blackrobe. 36 pages. Cover art by Wendy Rose..

Chicago: The Homan Publishing House, 1903. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Tape reinforcement to spine. Some pages loose. Bumping, rubbing, moisture stain marks. 104 pages, illustrated..

Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1948. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Cream-colored faux leather covers, embossed in snakeskin pattern and shield on the front cover with dark blue rattlesnake illustration. Corner wear, spine end tears, and the endpapers are cracking, but the covers are holding. Lots of writing inside-inscriptions from students and signatures on photos. Not a thick book, but contains the usual photos of students and school activities, as well as local ads..

Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company, 1946. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Dark blue faux leather, embossed on the front cover with an image depicting school activities as well as scenes from World War II, which had just ended the previous year. Rear endpapers are cracked all the way through, but the rear cover is not separated. Otherwise, some edge wear and fading. No writing found inside. No Index. Not a thick book, but contains the usual photos of students and school activities, as well as local ads..

Paris, Texas: The Wright Press, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark blue leatherette with silver lettering. Evidence of light moisture staining at the top of the pages, visible at the endpapers and first and last several pages. No other flaws to the book. 263 pages with numerous illustrations and statistics documenting the career of Paris High School football coach, Raymond Berry. From 1938-1962, Berry served as head coach and took his Wildcat teams to seven district titles, including four outright and three co-championships. Notable players he coached included his son, Raymond Emmett Berry, who played on the 1947-48 teams, spent 13 years for the Baltimore Colts (1955-67), helping them to two World Championships. He then coached the New England Patriots for six seasons, getting them to the Super Bowl in 1985 and being named NFL Coach of the Year. Gene Stallings was another player under Berry's tutelage at Paris High School, playing from… Read More

Houston, Texas: The Port of Houston Authority, 1989. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 9 X 12 Inches, Oblong. Hardcover in matching slipcase. Tiny dent to the spine, rear cover and corresponding place on slip cover. The slip cover also has some sticker shadow in the upper corner. 88 pages, illustrated with historical photos. Published in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Port of Houston..

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Light spotting top-edge, light shelf wear. Jacket has light edge wear. Eight leading scholars in the field of Romantic literature have contributed to this collection of essays on Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the man and the poet. 288 pages, with Bibliography, Contributors, and Index..

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Printing. 667 pages with Bibliographical Essay. Anthology of writing on the philosophy of religion, presenting the analytical viewpoint..

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1951. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Jacket has a bit of scuffing to the spine and rear panel, a small tear on the rear flap fold, and a minor amount of rubbing to the rear panel. 661 pages with Appendix and Index. Divided into five parts: Part I: The American Working Class, Part II: Trade-Unionism, Part III: Collective Bargaining, Part IV: Employment Security, and Part V: Income and Leisure Security..

Postcard. Very Good. No Binding. 3.5 X 5.5 inches. Real photo post card (RPPC) with light wear, postally used with a 3-bar cancellation from Ross, Wyoming, a discontinued Post Office (DPO). The image includes school children and teachers in three groups around the school building. The sender wrote at the top of the postcard "Ross Wyo" and "Dec 16, 1907." On the reverse side, in addition to a message to the recipient in Fort Benton, Montana, the sender wrote at the top "Central School." Central School opened in 1891 and was demolished in 1910 to make way for what became Washington School. In turn, it was demolished in 1964 and Wyoming National Bank built on the site (Durbin and 1st) now occupied by Wells Fargo Bank. The image of the original school building at that site, Casper's first public school, appears to be rather scarce to the market as well as institutional holdings, with Casper College Western History Center being the only source we could locate. 0.

Mexico Postcard. Good. Soft cover. 3.5 X 5.25 inches. Mild edge/corner wear. Foxing and toning to reverse side of photo. Ink stamp from "Manhatten Curio Shop Next to Catholic Church Matamoros, Tam." Posted to Richmond, Texas circa 1940s with handwritten message and 6 centavo stamp: Correos Mexico Monumento Commemorativo del Camino Mexico Guadalajara. Black and white photo view of the inside of the bar with two customers seated at the bar drinking. In view are bottles of liquor in the background and an old cash register on the bar..

Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. A few faint spots to the fore-edge and bottom edge. Memoir of Leonor Villegas de Magnon, a participant in the Mexican Revolution who rebelled against her aristocratic class. In 1910, she moved from Mexico to Laredo, Texas and continued her support of the revolution as a member of the Junta Revolucionaria and founding La Cruz Blanca (The White Cross), a corps of nurses for the revolutionary forces. [lvi] 297 pages, including Preface (In Search of an Autobiography: On Mapping Women's Intellectual History of the Borderlands) and a lengthy Introduction (Revolutionary Women and the Alternative Press in the Borderlands). Appendixes to the text include the following: Appendix I - Chronology of Events Surrounding the Mexican Revolution; Appendix II - Bio-Bibliography of Historical Characters; Appendix III - Autobiographies of the Mexican Revolution Published Between 1920-1955; Appendix IV - Glossary; Appendix V -… Read More