Search Results: Titles starting with R from Second Life Books Inc

NY: Rizzoli, 1994. First American edn. 4to, pp. 239. Bibliography. Published to accompany a traveling exhibition originating at the Tate Gallery in London. Many color plates, with commentary by the artist. Chronology, with black and white illustrations. A nice copy in scuffed and slightly soiled dj.

NY: Braziller, 1962. First printing. Small 4to, pp. 127. Bibliography, index. An article on Fuller, followed by many pages of photographs and drawings. A nice copy; no dj.

NY: St. Martin's, 1980. First Edition. 4to, pp. 218. Documented and edited by Robert Snyder. Copiously illustrated with photographs and drawings. A nice copy in little torn dj.

Slough, UK: Elliman, 1904. Fourth edition. 8vo, pp. 250. Index. Illustrated. Blue cloth stamped in green and white. Cover spotted, little worn at edges and spine, front hinge tender and flyleaf loose, rear hinge tender, o/w VG. A first-aid book published by the makers of Elliman's Universal Embrocation.

Milano: Corriere Dela Sera, 2005. 8vo, pp. 317. Index, appendix. Translated into Italian by Cinzia Pieruccini. Paper wraps. As new. The book of lost tales.

NY: Dutton, 1966. Second printing. 8vo, pp. 191.Illustrated with 87 photographs. Pictorial map on endpapers. Blue cloth stamped in yellow. Top edges spotted, o/w a VG tight copy in little soiled and worn dj.

NY: Race, 1970. Reprint of the 1935-36 issues. Periodical. 4to, pp. 111. Green paper over boards. A nice copy. Articles include "Du Bois dons a new suit," by E .Franklin Frazier, "Marxism and the Negro," by Bertram D. Wolfe, "Mr. Wilkins on Harlem," by Martha Gruening, "The Negro in the drawing-room," by Langston Hughes, and "Triumph? or fiasco?," by Ralph J. Bunche.

Albuquerque NM: University of New Mexico, 1972. First Edition. 8vo, pp. viii, 167. Notes, index. Gold cloth over boards. Edges slilghtly spotted, o/w a nice copy in slightly chipped and scuffed dj. This is a history of the legal status of interracial marriage.

[NY: Dryden, 1943. First Edition, Review copy with slipped tipped to the end paper. 8vo, pp. 143. Bound in black cloth with some chipped and worn dj. A very good copy. Eye Witness Accounts of the Detroit riots of June 20th, 1943 Here they try to answer the questions, "How does it start? What must we do?" From Wikipedia: "The 1943 Detroit race riot took place in Detroit, Michigan, of the United States, from the evening of June 20 through the early morning of June 22. It occurred in a period of dramatic population increase and social tensions associated with the military buildup of World War II, as Detroit's automotive industry was converted to the war effort. Existing social tensions and housing shortages were exacerbated by the arrival of nearly 400,000 migrants, both African-American and White Southerners, from the Southeastern United States between 1941 and 1943. The new migrants competed for space and jobs, as well as against European immigrants and their descendants. The Detroit riot was one of… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1911. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 275. Illustrated with 6 portraits. Three-quarter maroon leather, very slightly worn at corners, a nice tight copy. A biography of the Jewish actress.

NY: Cook, 1855. Sheet music. Large 4to, pp. 6. With a color lithograph of the actress Elisa Felix (Rachel, 1820-1858), on front. Disbound from a collection. Somewhat soiled and offset, o/w VG.

London: Hutchinson, n.d.. 8vo, pp. 334. Illustrated. Some wear to the cloth, good. Biography of the 19th century Jewish actress.

Girard KS: Haldeman-Julius, 1929. 12mo, pp. 32. Paper wraps. Cover somewhat spotted, some water staining on outer margins of leaves, but a VG tight copy. This is considered to be Schuyler's first publication in book form. (His first novel, Black No More, was published in 1930.).

Girard KS: Haldeman-Julius, 1929. 12mo, pp. 32. Paper wraps. Small tear on outer edge of front cover, o/w a VG tight copy.

NY: Norton, 1976. First edn. 8vo, pp. 399. Nice in slightly worn dj. OP? Preparation and tactical principles for racing sailing yachts.

NY: Morrow, 1994. First printing. 8vo, pp. 203. Foreword by Virginia C. Fowler. Paper over boards with cloth spine. A nice copy in scuffed dj.

Boston: Ditson, 1878. Sheet music. 4to, pp. 7. For piano. Disbound from a collection. Lithograph on front of a couple crossing a stream. Outside slightly soiled, o/w VG.

Boston: Humphrey, 1913. Large 8vo, pages not numbered. Donor's presentation onflyleaf, cover little stained and worn, o/w VG. A short istory and description of Radcliffe, with drawings of various buildings associated with the college.

1866. 8vo, pp. [39]. Periodical. Wraps missing, o/w VG. Includes a poem by Walt Whitman.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1997. First printing. 8vo, pp. 261. Appendix, notes, index. A nice copy in little rippled dj.