Learning from Las Vegas
by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1972. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ROBERT VENTURI (AND SIGNING ALSO FOR HIS PARTNER DENISE BROWN) on the front free endpaper. A solid, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition of this seminal manifesto in urban planning. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG example of... Read More
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Mental Photographs: An Album for Confessions of Taste, Habits, and Convictions
by Robert Santon, Ed
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good +. The uncommon 1869 1st edition of this charming guidebook intended to record the "mental" characteristics of friends thru a series of uniform questions designed to pinpoint their tastes, attitudes and orientations. 34 separate 2-page spreads (versos and rectos) of indentical printed questions. What's so wonderful in this case... Read More
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The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916
by Robert Judson Clark, Ed
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1972. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. Thorough, detailed catalogue based on the 1972 exhibition at Princeton's Art Museum and the 1973 exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Minor chipping at the head of the jacket's spine, several small closed tears along... Read More
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The Worlds of Alfonso the Learned and James the Conqueror: Intellect and Force in the Middle Ages
by Robert I. Burns, Ed
Princeton University Press, 1985. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the 1985 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 232 pgs.
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Young Working Girls: A Summary of Evidence from Two Thousand Social Workers
by Robert A. woods and Albert J. Kennedy, Eds
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1913. Cloth. Very Good +. A very presentable copy of the September 1913 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its wine-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Neat former owner name to the front free endpaper, mild fading at the spine. Introduction by Jane Addams, among other achievements the first... Read More
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Gargantua
by Gilles Robertet
Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good +. Pierre Courselles. A handsome copy of this 1927 1st thus, nicely illustrated thruout by Pierre Courselles. Clean and VG+ (with a bit of offsetting at the rear panel) in its pictorial boards. Quarto, 156 pgs. Text in French.
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Loisirs Anglais: 120 Photographies de Tony Ray-Jones
by Robert Cowley, Intro; Ainsley Ellis, Preface
Paris: Editions du Chene, 1974. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1974 1st French edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a bit of wear to the laminate along the front flap-fold. Quarto, Tony Ray-Jones's crisp black-and-white plates.
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Watch the Northwind Rise
by Robert Graves, Jack Lindsay and Peter Warlock
New York: Creative Age Press, 1949. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED BY ROBERT GRAVES on the second front endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1949 stated 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ (with just a touch of spotting at the rear panel) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light wear along the spine edges.... Read More
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Robert Indiana (Signed by the Artist)
by Robert Pincus-Witten, Joachim Pisarro and John Wilmerding
New York: Rizzoli, 2006. Boards. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY ROBERT INDIANA across the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 2006 1st edition of this major monograph on the artist. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of very light bowing to the front board) in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Folio, beautifully-printed color reproductions thruout. ... Read More
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Baltusrol 100 Years: The Centennial History of Baltusrol Golf Club
by Robert S. Trebus and Richard C. Wolffe, Jr.
New Jersey: Baltusrol Golf Club, 1995. Collectible; Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on the title page. ADDITIONALLY, INSCRIBED TO DOUG LA RUE SMITH, ESTEEMED CLUB HISTORIAN AT WINGED FOOT, BY 2 MORE OF THE MEMBERS. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1995 1st edition. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Tall quarto,... Read More
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Beatrix Cadwalader Jones/An Attempted Evocation of a Personality/Dumbarton Okas--A Great American Garden
by Robert W. Patterson, Mildred Bliss and Lanning Roper
1960. Decorative Boards. Very Good +. 3 separate gardening-related articles, all offered here in 1 handsome volume published by Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss. Tight and VG+ in its decorative boards, with very light wear along the spine base and 2 neat former owner names/inscription(s) at the front pastedown and the front free endpaper. Octavco, two dozen crisp black-and-white... Read More
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Early German Music in Philadelphia
by Robert Rutherford Drummond, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1910. 1st. Hardcover. 1910 1st edition. A VG+ copy in its original green cloth with gilt-lettering on spine. Quarto, 88 pgs.
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Zero Mostel Reads a Book (in Dustjacket)
by Robert Frank, Photographer
The New York Times, 1963. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1963 1st edition, in the glassine dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine in a completely-intact, VG dustjacket, with a perfectly circular light coffee ring at the front panel. Octavo, wonderful photographs thruout by Robert Frank.
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Recent Contributions to Hudson Valley Prehistory
by Robert E. Funk, State Archaeologist
Albany, New York: New York State Museum, 1976. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1976 1st edition. Solid and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with very light creasing and rubbing to the panels. Quarto, 325 pgs.
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Some 19th Century English Woodworking Tools: Edge and Joiner Tools and Bit Braces
by Kenneth D. Roberts
Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire: Ken Roberts Publishing Co, 1980. Collectible; Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1980 signed/limited. #712/750 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Bright and Fine in its light-brown leatherette, with crisp gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. Thick quarto, 482 pgs., dozens and dozens of engravings and photographic reproductions thruout. Signed by... Read More
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The Structure of Design
by Leslie Earl Robertson
The Monacelli Press, 2017. Pictorial boards. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY LESLIE EARL ROBERTSON on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 2017 1st edition. Tight and VG in its pictorial laminate boards, with the last 35-40 pgs. showing light staining (not at all affecting the text) along the lower-edges. Still though, handsome and very presentale. Leslie... Read More
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Panhandle Pilgrimage: Illustrated Tales Tracing History in the Texas Panhandle
by Pauline Durrett Robertson and R. L. Robertson
Canyon Press: Staked Plains Press, Inc, 1976. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS on the verso of the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1976 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping along the spine crown. Quarto, hundreds of black-and-white photos... Read More
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The Chronycle: The Letters of Charles Rennie Mackintosh to Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh -- 1927
by Edited by Pamela Robertson
University of Glasgow (Hunterian Art Gallery), 2001. Cloth. Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 2001 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its blue cloth. Tall quarto, edited by Pamela Robertson. Letters collected from the great Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh to his wife Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh.
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A Gate or Door to the Holy Tongue, Opened in English (The 1653 1st Edition)
by William Robertson
London: Printed by J. Flesher, for Joseph Cranford, 1653. Full calf. Very Good. The uncommon 1653 true 1st edition of this Hebrew grammar, titled "A Gate or Door to the Holy Tongue, Opened in English". Printed in London "by J. Flesher, for Joseph Cranford". Signed on the title page by John Robertson, author of "The True and Ancient... Read More
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The Grave, a Poem
by Robert Blair, William Blake (Illustrator)
London: R.H. Cromek, 1808. Marbled boards. Very Good. William Blake. The 1808 1st edition, with William Blake's 11 celestial plates and L. Schiavonetti's engraved portrait of Blake (at the frontispiece), his etched title page and his additional engravings suffused with Blake's drawings. Solid and VG in its contemporary-to-the-period marbled boards and more recent professional re-backing along the spine.... Read More
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Bringing Up Raffles
by Gertrude Robinson
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1940. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1940 stated 1st edition of this charming tale of Raffles, the cocker spaniel puppy. Solid and VG (with tasteful former owner bookplate at the front blank endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine crown and upper... Read More
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The British Post Office: a History
by Howard Robinson
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1948. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A well-preserved, clean copy of the 1948 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket. Thick octavo, 467 pgs.
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Edward G. Robinson's World of Art (With Wonderful Ephemera)
by Jane Robinson
New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. A nice Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BOTH EDWARD G. ROBINSON AND THE BOOK'S AUTHOR, HIS WIFE JANE ROBINSON, TO THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER on the front free endpaper. (Edward G. Robinson's inscription reads: "Don't believe everything they say about me--Love, Grandpa"). Also includes a terrific piece of ephemera,... Read More
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The Zoo at Night
by Martha Robinson
New York: Margaret K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster), 1995. Boards. Fine/Fine. Antonio Frasconi. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ANTONIO FRASCONI at the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the 1995 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thoughout in rich, colorful woodblocks by the great Frasconi.
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Higher Excited States of Polyatomic Molecules (Vols. I & II)
by Melvin B. Robin
New York: Academic Press, 1975. Boards. Very Good +. Handsome copies of the 1974 and 1975 1st editions of Volumes I and II respectively. Both volumes clean and VG+ to Near Fine in their off-red boards. Octavos, dozens of figures complementing Melvin Robin's text.
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