Hints and Helps to Health and Happiness. or Long Life and Little Physic
by Ross, Joel H
Auburn: Derby & Miller, 1851. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Second edition. Boards lightly soiled, front and end matter and edges lightly foxed. 1851 Hard Cover. x, 303, [8] pp. 8vo. Original navy blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt titles. Woodcut frontispiece and illustrations. Hoolihan 3034: "Ross's manual of hygiene was first published at New York in... Read More
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A Voyage of Discovery, Made Under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander, for the Purpose of Exploring Baffin's Bay, and Enquiring into the Probability of a North-West Passage. In Two Volumes
by Ross, John
London: Strahan and Spottiswoode, for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Second edition. Rebound in library buckram. Minor tape repairs to fold-outs, expected transfer, otherwise an exceptional set. 1819 Hard Cover. lxix, 265, [2]; 258 pp. 8vo. Two fold-outs (one of Davis' Strait and Baffin's Bay, one depicting several geological... Read More
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Fast Cars, Clean Bodies: Decolonization and the Reordering of French Culture
by Ross, Kristin
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press / Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7x1x9. First edition. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 1995 Hard Cover. x, 261 pp. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Kristin Ross explores how the modern French resistance to influence from the US and former French colonies is framed... Read More
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The Immortal
by Ross, Walter
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Warhol, Andy. First edition. Some loss to jacket spine head and spine base, jacket stained on top corner, jacket rubbed. 1958 Hard Cover. 245 pp. Andy Warhol jacket. "The story of 24-year-old movie idol Johnny Preston told through a series of interviews with the... Read More
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L'Aiglon: A Play in Six Acts
by Rostand, Edmond; Parker, Louis N. (Translator)
New York: R.H. Russell, 1901. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. No jacket. Rear board soiled, hinges starting. 1901 Hard Cover. Includes photographs of cast from Maude Adams production at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York, October 1900. L'Aiglon is a play about Napoleon II of France, played by Maude Adams, most famous for her role as Peter... Read More
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Cyrano de Bergerac: A Heroic Comedy in 5 Acts (The Heritage Press) [Five]
by Rostand, Edmond; Untermeyer, Louis
New York: The Heritage Press, 1954. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 10x7x1. Brissaud, Pierre. Includes slipcase and Sandglass insert number III:28. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. 1954 Hard Cover. xvii, 210 pp. A new English version by Louis Untermeyer. Illustrations drawn by Pierre Brissaud. Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. There... Read More
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The Armies of Crecy and Poitiers (Men-at-Arms Series, No. 111)
by Rothero, Christopher
London: Osprey, 1984. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Rothero, Christopher. Reprint. Minor general wear. 1984 Soft Cover. 40 pp. A combination of dynastic disputes, feudal quibbles, trade disagreements and historical antagonism resulted in the opening of the Hundred Years War in 1337. The first major English land victory in this conflict was the Battle of Crécy (1346).... Read More
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The Armies of Agincourt (Men-at-Arms Series, No. 113)
by Rothero, Christopher
London: Osprey, 1985. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Rothero, Christopher. Reprint. A few minor scuffs on covers. 1985 Soft Cover. 40 pp. Henry V became King of England in 1413. He was one of the great warrior kings of the country, cast in the same mould as Edward I and Edward III. He was just, pious, athletic,... Read More
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) (Daw Book Collectors No. 1396)
by Rothfuss, Patrick; Walton, Jo; Wright, Ellen B.; Hoerter, Amanda
New York: Daw Books, Inc, 2017. 10th Anniversary Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x2x9. Weber, Sam; Dos Santos, Dan; Taylor, Nathan. Reprint of 10th anniversary edition. Brand new from publisher. 2017 Hard Cover. xx, 729 pp. 8vo. This 10th anniversary edition includes more than 50 pages of new material, including editor's and author's notes, 21 illustrations by Dan Dos... Read More
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) (Daw Book Collectors No. 1396)
by Rothfuss, Patrick
New York: Daw Books, Inc, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x2x9. Donato (jacket art). First edition, first printing, in red-haired man jacket variant. Corners very lightly bruised, otherwise an excellent copy. 2007 Hard Cover. 661, [1] pp. 8vo. Author's first novel, for which Rothfuss won the Quill Award. The second book in The Kingkiller Chronicles,... Read More
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The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day One) (Daw Book Collectors No. 1396)
by Rothfuss, Patrick
New York: Daw Books, Inc, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. 6x1x9. Donato (jacket art). First edition in green man / gargoyle jacket variant (one of three versions, only two of which are first states). A few smudges to boards, jacket in excellent condition with only minimal wear to corners. 2007 Hard Cover. 661, [1] pp.... Read More
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The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art
by Rothko, Mark & Christopher
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 7x0x9. 3rd printing. An exceptional copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2004 Trade Paperback. xxxi, 136 pp. Nine color plates reproduced from Rothko's works. A recently discovered book manuscript by the celebrated artist Mark Rothko offering a landmark discussion of his views on... Read More
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Operation Shylock: A Confession
by Roth, Philip
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 6x1x9. Advance uncorrected proof, preceding the first edition. Rear board lightly soiled. 1993 Hard Cover. 398 pp. A man whose self-appointed task is to lead the Jews out of Israel and back to Europe is at the center of this meditation on identity.
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The Counterlife
by Roth, Philip
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1986. First Trade Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 7x0x9. First trade edition. Jacket edges bumped. Ink name. 1986 Hard Cover. 324 pp. "This radical work, whose protagonist is the novelist Nathan Zuckerman, ranges from a Christmas Carol service in London's West End to a Sabbath evening celebration in Israel's occupied West Bank.... Read More
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High Time: A Novel
by Rothschild, Hannah
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First American edition. Jacket spine head corner lighlty bumped. 2023 Hard Cover. 340 pp. Eight years have passed and in 2016 many things have changed for the eccentric Trelawney family. In the months leading up to the Brexit referendum, Ayesha, the beautiful, young... Read More
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Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe since World War II
by Rothschild, Joseph; Wingfield, Nancy M
New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. Third Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8x1x5. Third edition. Front cover lightly bowed. 2000 Trade Paperback. xii, 338 pp. "This text offers a complete political history of East Central Europe from World War II to 1998. The third edition introduces a co-author, Nancy Wingfield, and thoroughly updates the text and bibliography. This... Read More
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Japanese Paratroop Forces of World War II (Osprey Elite, No. 127)
by Rottman, G.; Takizawa, A
New York: Osprey, 2005. 2nd Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Chappel, M.; Hook, A. Second printing. Minor general wear. 2005 Soft Cover. 64 pp. Osprey's examination of Japan's parachute units of World War II (1939-1945). For the first time in English, this book offers a concise but fact-packed account of the organization, equipment, and all operations of... Read More
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US World War II and Korean War Field Fortifications, 1941-53 (Osprey Fortress, No. 29)
by Rottman, Gordon L
New York: Osprey, 2005. 1st Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 7x0x9. Palmer, Ian. First printing. Minor smudges on rear cover. 2005 Soft Cover. 64 pp. The US Army and Marine Corps in World War II considered themselves highly mobile, offensive forces. Their mobile-warfare doctrine envisioned field fortifications and obstacles as temporary in nature. As a result, their design... Read More
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Degas a Renoir: Neznama Dila
by Rouart, Denis; Stevanovic, Momcilo
Praha: Statni nakladatelstvi krasne literatury a umeni, 1964. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Includes publisher's color pictorial jacket and clear acetate jacket. Pictorial jacket edges rubbed. 1964 Large Hardcover. xxx, 111, [7] pp. Tipped in color plates and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Slovak text. A collection of unknown work by two famous painters, Edgar Degas and Pierre-August Renoir.
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Horseheads History and Zim Memorial Centennial
by Rounds, Lucile; Hardman, Daniel C.; et al
Elmira, New York: Elmira Quality Printers. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Botsford, Talitha. A few smudges on back cover, spine toned. Binding tight and square, text clean and unmarked. 72 pp. A history of Horseheads printed to celebrate the centennial, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Timeline of important events follows text, local advertisements throughout.
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Troupers of the Gold Coast; or, the Rise of Lotta Crabtree
by Rourke, Constance
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8x5x1. No jacket. Gutters soiled, minor general wear. 1928 Hard Cover. xiii, 262 pp. Lotta Crabtree, in full Charlotte Crabtree, (born Nov. 7, 1847, New York, N.Y., U.S. - died Sept. 25, 1924, Boston, Mass.), American actress whose early days as an entertainer during the California... Read More
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![Journal De Medecine, Chirurgie, Pharmacie, &c., Janvier-Juin, 1775, Tome XLIII [FRENCH TEXT]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/718/334/1615334718.0.m.jpg)
Journal De Medecine, Chirurgie, Pharmacie, &c., Janvier-Juin, 1775, Tome XLIII [FRENCH TEXT]
by Roux, M.A
Paris: Chez Vincent, 1775. Full-Leather. Very Good. Loss to spine head and to spine base, boards rubbed. 1775 Full-Leather. 576 pp. Full-leather. French text. Six monthly issues in one volume (January-June, 1775). 18th century French journal of medicine.
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Columbus and Caonabo: 1493-1498 Retold
by Rowen, Andrew
New York: All Persons Press, 2021. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 6x1x9. First printing. An exceptional copy. 2021 Trade Paperback. xxii, 483 pp. Columbus assured Spain's Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand that he'd conquer "Española" with little opposition from its inhabitants, but he soon discovered the promise ominously false. A historical novel, Columbus and Caonabó 1493-1498 Retold dramatizes... Read More
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The Return of Frank Clamart
by Rowland, Henry C
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him) with his blind stamp on front endpaper. 1923 Hard Cover. 277... Read More
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Year 2 at Hogwarts)
by Rowling, J.K
New York: Scholastic Inc, 1999. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. GrandPre, Mary. 4th printing in first state binding and jacket with no 'Year 2' on spine of either, $17.95 jacket price. Spine leans forward, two 1/4 inch jacket tears, a couple minor smudges on edges. 1999 Hard Cover. vii, 341 pp. "The Dursleys were so... Read More
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