Search Results: Titles starting with R from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 383pp. Very good/near fine. Tight, quite handsome first edition of this thriller about "a conspiracy to destroy the Bill of Rights, of an attempt by the FBI to take over the country."

New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1938. Hardcover. 8vo. Terra Cotta cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 314pp. Very good/very good. Faintest of edgewear; bit of jacket edgewear, with several miniscule edge chips at head and tail of spine. A tight, attractive first edition of this New York writer's tale of relocating to the family farm in Chillicothe, Ohio -- where by the way he spent the rest of his life. Fine autograph addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is an Autograph Note Signed from Smart, 1p, heavy stock 5½" X 3¼ postal card, cancelled in Chillicothe, OH, 29 April [1938]. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates (1914-96, noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar). Near fine. Cordial note boldly penned in blue fountain pen thanking an admirer "for your nice letter" -- and Gates being from Cleveland, it was no doubt the Ohio focus that prompted the future Lincolnist to write the bestselling author -- though Gates did the opposite of Smart and went… Read More

New York: The Heritage Reprints, 1939. Hardcover. Small 4to. Pictorial paper over boards, dust jacket. xxxvi, 378pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn and a bit rubbed; faint floral mustiness. Tight, handsome (to cite front jacket panel) "Reprint of the Beautiful Edition Originally Made for the Members of the Heritage Club," and as title page notes, "Revised especially for this edition by the author and illustrated with 150 reproductions of the drawings, etchings and paintings of Rembrandt selected and arranged by J.B. Neumann." This copy bears choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is an Autograph Note Signed from van Loon, 1p, 8" X 11", New York, 6 March 1933. Although recipient not noted, this was sent to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). Very good. Delightfully snarky yet humorous note to an admirer: "If you send your prospective victim a self-addressed and stamped envelope you might have better results. Not all of… Read More

Poole: Blandford Press, 1985. Hardcover. 4to. Glazed pictorial paper over boards. 160pp. Numerous illustrations, maps. Near fine. A tight, quite handsome first edition of this slim survey.

Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co, 1961. Paperback. 4to. Stiff black pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Illustrations, line drawings, charts. Very good. Minor edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this popular guide on "How to Install and Operate R/C in Planes, Boats and Other Models" (to quote the front wrapper).

New York: Dover Publications, 1972. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 203pp. Illustrations. Near fine. Tight, clean, nice first of this facsimile reprint of the 1909 first edition. From the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94), with his stylized signature in black ballpoint on the front flyleaf.

Chicago: Chicago Tribune, 1933. Paperback. Compiled by Shelby Little. Narrow small 4to. Stiff color pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Very good. Minor edgewear, bit of light soiling. First edition of this annual compilation, begun in 1924 and continued until 1948. Charming, popular annual compendium of verses, articles, and essays by a variety of authors.

Washington, DC: Reserve Officers Association of the United States, 1982. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 622pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight, handsome first edition of this association history, finely inscribed and signed by co-author Carlton in black fineline on the front flyleaf: "To Colonel Ralph Arthur Ranald, / in appreciation for his loyal / support for ROA for more than / a quarter century, and in / gratitude for his desire to / learn about ROA's past / so as to contribute to its / future. / Washington's birthday / 1983 / John T. Carlton." Laid in is a copy of this group's 4to 8pp newsletter, "ROA 60th Anniversary News," January 1983.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt and silver lettering, decorative dust jacket. 512pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and bright first trade edition of this Pulitzer Prize winner, the fourth and final volume in Updike's superb "Rabbit" series.

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1980. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed brown pictorial wrappers. xvi, 441pp. Tables, 5 maps. Near fine. First of this "Illini Books" paperback edition, tight and attractive. A volume in series editor August Meier's "Blacks in the New World" series.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xi, 450pp. Near fine. First edition -- a tight and handsome copy of the great African-American historian's best essays.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1976. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xxiv, 364pp. Near fine. First paperback edition, an exceptionally tight and pristine copy.

New York: Schocken Books, 1971. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. xi, 328pp. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed, with spine sunned; couple inoffensive light stains on outer page edges. Tight and attractive first edition of this volume in the "Sourcebooks in Negro History" series. Notes the front jacket panel, "The Writings on Slavery of Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Fenimore Cooper, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Greenleaf Whittier, William Cullen Bryant, James Russell Lowell, Herman Melville, Henry David Thoreau." Uncommon and usually seen only in worn ex-library form.

New York: Richard R. Smith, 1931. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth. 58pp. Color frontispiece, 7 color illustrations. Very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. Tight, clean, attractive copy of this horse racing classic, accompanied by Bernal Osborne's "Melton in 1830." First U.S. edition, limited to 750 copies.

Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, n.y.. Hardcover. Illustrations by Fritz Bergen. 16mo. Red cloth with gilt and black lettering and elaborate black decorations. 120pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, text endpapers. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and nice undated (ca. 1900) copy, entirely in German, of volume 208/209 in the sizeable "Universal Library for Youth" series. Title translation: "Vengeance is mine, I will repay."

Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, n.y.. Hardcover. Illustrations by Fritz Bergen. 16mo. Red cloth with gilt and black lettering and elaborate black decorations. 120pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, text endpapers. Good plus. Dampstained about the edges. Tight, decent undated (ca. 1900) copy, entirely in German, of volume 208/209 in the sizeable "Universal Library for Youth" series. Title translation: "Vengeance is mine, I will repay."

Memphis: Memphis State University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Edited by James G. Smart. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jackets. viii, 274pp; 228pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jackets slightly rubbed, as usual. A tight, attractive first edition of this set of the writings of the noted Civil War journalist.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. 288pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. First U.S. edition of the Hollywood columnist's memoir.

New York: Lion Library Editions, 1956. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 188pp, (2pp ads). Very good. Bit of minor edgewear. First of this paperback edition (#LL 134), tight and nice and featuring wonderfully cheesy cover art. "Man Against the Sea," proclaims the front wrapper, "One of the Most Incredible True Stories Ever Told...." Clear new mylar wrapper added.

New York: The World Publishing Company, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and purple paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 261pp. Very good/very good. Tight, nice first edition. GRIER 31 (B). YOUNG 795.