The Objectivist. (A Complete Run, Jan. 1966-Sept. 1971)
by Rand, Ayn
New York: The Objectivist. First Edition. Original Wraps. January, 1966 - September, 1971. A complete set; octavo, original blue-green printed wrappers (Nathaniel Branden also edited some of these issues). Included are essays by Ms. Rand and Barbara Brandon (then still married to Nathaniel Brandon) and articles such as, "Gold and Economic Freedom" (by Alan Greenspan), The Anti-Industrial Revolution, Kant... Read More
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Justice for Hire. The Fourth Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (Signed By All contributors)
by Randisi, Robert J. (ed.)
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Octavo, 278 pages; number "M" of 26 copies SIGNED by all 16 contributors, among them, Lawrence Block, James Ellroy & Max Allan Collins. Black cloth binding, spine printed in red, in publisher's slipcase.
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The Falls. An Inspector Rebus Novel
by Rankin, Ian (SIGNED)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. 399 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $24,95 on front flap. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on title page to mystery collector Arthur H. Parson: "To Arthur - / Cheers! / Ian Rankin" followed by his drawing of hangman. First St. Martin's Minotaur Edition,... Read More
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Historical Dictionary of Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. African Historical Dictionaries, No. 18
by Rasmussen, R. Kent
NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1979. First Edition. Near Fine. octavo, 445 pages; publisher's black cloth, printed in white. No dust jacket. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was author, expert on South Africa and gave lectures before the United Nations. Internally clean and bright.
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THE YEARLING
by Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. First printing, in first issue dust jacket. 428pp. Decorated by Edward Shenton. Bound in cream pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in green; nearly fine in very good, unclipped dust jacket with mild chips. Tasteful bookplate frontpaste down.
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GRIFFITH GAUNT; or, Jealousy. Three Volumes
by Reade, Charles
London: Chapman & Hall, 1866. First Edition. Three Quarter Leather. Fine. Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. 302, 318 328pp. half-titles present in volumes one and two, bound in 3/4 brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, green morocco spine label within one compartment, spine decorated with a gilt vine motif, marbled endpapers top edges gilt. Quite a handsome... Read More
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PEG WOFFINGTON
by Reade, Charles. Intro By Austin Dobson
London: George Allen, 1899. Half Leather. Fine. Hugh Thomson. Small Octavo. Signed fine binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London England for Marshall Field and Company. Bound in brown half leather and marbled boards with raised bands spine, gilt lettering and decoration spine, tope edge gilt, marbled endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark. Many black and white illustrations through out including... Read More
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OUR BIG BOOK (WITH DICK & JANE) All Seven Stories Included
by (Dick and Jane Reader)
Chicago: Scott, Foreman and Company. Very Good-. Contains seven stories from We Look and See, with Dick and Jane; first Pre-Primer of the Basic Readers. Two page Introductory notes not included. Seven stories three hole punched with green cloth spines housed in a black pebbled cloth three ring binder with stands attached; pages are easily removeable; page size... Read More
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FRANCIS BACON Our Shake-Speare
by Reed, Edwin (SIGNED)
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDWIN REED TO A CLOSE FRIEND WHO HE HAD SENT TWO OF HIS BOOKS. Photo-illustrated portrait of the author and two of his residence, mounted to front free endpapers; recipient's bookplate to front paste-down, 242pp. Bound in 3/4 white buckram over gray... Read More
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BACON AND SHAKE-SPEARE PARALLELISMS
by Reed, Edwin (SIGNED)
Boston: Charles E. Goodspeed, 1902. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDWIN REED and with a letter from the author to a close friend laid in telling the friend two of the author's books have been shipped. Recipients bookplate mounted to front pastedown, 441pp., unopened. Bound in 3/4 white buckram over gray paper... Read More
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DEATH DU JOUR
by REICHS, Kathy (SIGNED)
New York: Scribner, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO MYSTERY COLLECTOR ARTHUR PARSON BY KATHY REICHS ON TITLE PAGE. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 379 pp.
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Trekking On
by Reitz, Deneys & Smuts, J. C.
London (1947): Faber & Faber. Fine. 12mo, 264 pages; original tan cloth, spine printed in gilt. An early printing; no dust jacket. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, a scholar on international politics (especially South Africa) and he delivered many lectures before the United Nations.
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Murder Being Once Done
by Rendell, Ruth
New York: Doubleday & Company - Published for the Crime Club, 1972. First Edition. Fine/About Fine. Octavo, 201 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $4.95 on front flap. First edition, stated.
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The Lake of Darkness (Signed)
by Rendell, Ruth
New York: Doubleday & Company - Published for the Crime Club, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/About Fine. octavo, 210 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $10.00 on front flap. SIGNED on the title page by the author. First edition, stated.
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Hemingway's Reading 1910-1940. An Inventory
by Reynolds, Michael S.
Princeton (1983-91): Princeton University Press, 1981. First Edition. Fine/Fine. octavo, 236 pages, publisher's black cloth, spine printed in red and silver. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, an authority on international politics, especially South Africa, and he delivered many lectures before the United Nations. A lovely, as new copy.... Read More
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Henslowe's Rose. The Stage & Staging
by Rhodes, Ernest L.
Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/About Fine. Octavo. 286 pages; original green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. A lovely copy; bookplate of Shakespeare enthusiast Jerry D. Melton.
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SIGNED AND INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
by Riley, James Whitcomb (SIGNED)
Fine. Offered is a photograph signed and inscribed by James Whitcob Riley. The photograph is in a museum quality frame with engraved biographical plate. Riley (Oct. 7, 1849 - July 22, 1916) was known as "The Hoosier Poet". He was the creator of Little Orphan Annie. His principal works are: "The Old Swimmin' Hole"; "Rhymes of Childhood"; and... Read More
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ANATOMY MANUSCRIPT PLATE BOOK
by Ripp, Dr. Leo
Hard Cover. Very Good. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" (c. 1930) From dentistry in 1975. He passed away in 1997. Dr. Ripp worked his way through school. Upon his death, he left an endowment to Creighton University to help students who were in need tuition assistance. A very nice and interesting work bound in 1/4 green cloth over... Read More
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GEOMETRY OF TIME AND SPACE
by ROBB, Alfred A.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering spine. Very good+ copy with owner inscription front paste-down, mild chip lower spine tip. Robb's early contributions were influential to relativity theorists. The present volume is essentially a second edition of the one which was published by the author in... Read More
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Moreau De St. Mery's American Journey. Uncorrected Proof. Benet's Copy
by Roberts, Kenneth
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1947. Original Wraps. Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. Bound in original brown wrappers, with publisher's slip stapled to front wrap - "Benet" written in pencil on publisher's slip. Octavo, 374 pages, printed on rectos only. Heavy paper folded chemise. A very good copy.
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THE BATTLE OF COWPENS the Great Morale-Builder
by Roberts, Kenneth
New York: Doubleday & Co, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. 111pp.(9)pp., catalog listing of publications and their printings. bound in 1/4 blue cloth over tan cloth stamped and lettered in gilt, endpapers are maps, a fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket. A clean bright copy.
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AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION Concerning the Knowledge Which the Ancients Had of India
by Robertson, William
London: For A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1791. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Quarto. uncut; containing two very nice large folding Asian maps, half-title, 364pp., [11]pp.index, [1]pp. errata, bound in original paper covered boards, paper spine label printed in black; light foxing to end leaves; internally very bright; early owner's bookplate. Concerns the progress of trade with... Read More
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The Witchery of Rita and Waiting for Tonti
by Robinson, Will H. (SIGNED)
Phoenix AZ: The Berryhill Co, 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY WILL H. ROBINSON TO HIS BROTHER ON FFEP. 12mo, 71 pp. Bound green cloth spine over green printed boards. Minor edge wear; faint pencil marks rear endpapers; a very good copy.
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Defense Policy Formation. Towards Comparative Analysis
by Roherty, James M.
Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 1980. First Edition. Fine/About Fine. octavo, 315 pages; INSCRIBED on ffep "Many Thanks! / Jim Roherty" - Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, a scholar on international politics and he delivered many lectures before the United Nations.
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Rome, Photograph album, c. 1890
by Photo Album of Rome
Full-Leather. Very Good. Oblong, 14" x 10" album, containing 63 black and white photographs and 37 hand-colored photos (for a total of 100 photos), mounted on heavy card stock, depicting people and historic structures in Rome, Italy. One photo is a portrait of Pope Leo XIII, 1878 - 1903. Photos are c. 1890 and measure 9 5/8" x... Read More
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