THE SCHOLAR AND THE FUTURES OF THE RESEARCH LIBRARY
by Rider, Fremont. (Acorn Club)
NY: Hadham Press, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Book near fine and inscribed by the author top of ffe. Green cloth. In cusom made typed wrapper missing pieces to spine. xiii, 236. Handsomely typeset.
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DIE FORM Monatsschrift für gestaltende Arbeit. 2 Jahr Heft 1 -
by Riezler, Walter (editor)
Berlin: Verlag Hermann Reckendorf, 1927. Soft cover. Near Fine. Complete run - 12 issues - of Volume 2 of DIE FORM, a German monthly journal for design, architecture and decorative arts, for the year1927. Some incidental wear at a corner of several of the issues, else remarkably well-preserved.
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ROADSIDE
by Riggs, Lynn
NY: Samuel French, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sparkling copy of a comedy written by the first playwright of Native American heritage (1/8 Cherokee on his mother's side) to have plays produced on Broadway, and generally regarded as the first Native American dramatist. A native of Oklahoma, the stories he heard told as a youth were... Read More
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ESSAI SUR LE GIORGION
by Rigollot, (Marcel Jerome). (Giorgio Barbarelli). (Charles Athanese Walckenaer)
Amiens: Duval et Herment, 1852. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Original pink, printed covers, string tied, 55 pages. Long, critical essay by Marcel Jerome Riggolot (1786-1854) about the life and work of Italian painter Giorgio Barbarelli (1477/78-1510). Known as Giorgio, Barbarelli, although he died in his thirties, is credited along with Titian by art historians for the... Read More
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CLARENCE DARROW
by Rintels, David W. (Henry Fonda)
NY: Doubleday, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed on the verso of the ffe by Henry Fonda who played Darrow in this one-man play. Dustjacket toned, book near fine.
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Search for the Spiny Babbler: An Adventure in Nepal
by Ripley, Dillon
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952. First Edition. Yellow Cloth. Fine -/Very Good +. Spine ends slightly bumped, edges and corners sharp. Dw with chipping to spine ends, faint horizontal crease top front panel, small closed tear top and bottom edge front panel and top edge rear panel, brightly colored and not price-clipped. Cartographical pastedowns and endpapers. Text clean.... Read More
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RAILS OF THE WORLD
by Ripley, S. Dillon; Storrs L. Olson (Chapter on Fossil Species by)
Boston: David R. Godine, 1977. Limited First Edition. Half Red Leather, Beige Cloth. Fine. Lansdowne, J. Fenwick. #108 of 400 copies. Signed, numbered print laid-in. Handsome, red, half-leather over cloth. In publisher's cloth slipcase. Fine.
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Rails of the World: A Monograph of the Family Rallidae
by Ripley, S. Dillon; Storrs L. Olson (Chapter on Fossil Species by)
Toronto: M. F. Feheley, 1977. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Lansdowne, J. Fenwick. Edges and corners sharp, color illustrations throughout. Dw with very minor crease top edge front panel, not priceclipped, bright and clean. In F original publisher's cardboard slipcase.
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UNDATED ALS FROM ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE TO AMERICAN BUYERS OF "THE ANGEL
by Ritchie, Anne Thackeray. (Thackeray, William Makepeace). (Julia Margeret Cameron) (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
1875. No Binding. Near Fine. Undated note, (circa 1875) two sided, on polished sheet approx 7x4.5" from author Anne Thackeray, daughter of the famous William Makepeace Tackeray, with embossed letterhead with her address in South Kensington, London "8 Southwell Gardens, South Kensington Gentleman I write to acknowledge/ with many thanks the safe/ arrival of the money/ which you... Read More
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THE FRESCOES OF DIEGO RIVERA
by (Rivera, Diego). Evans, Ernestine (introduction). Weston, Edward (forntispiece photograph)
NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to, black cloth covers, an apparently unused copy, with front and rear panels of broken slipcase.
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HEIDI ABROMOWITZ
by Rivers, Joan. (Blahnik, Manolo)
NY: Delacourte Press, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. First book from popular comedian Rivers based on her alter ego she developed for her stand-up comedy routines. Affectionately inscribed to US executive for Manolo Blahnik designer shoes: "Dear Darling George. You are the best!!! Thank you for everything JR" Rivers has signed the inscription with... Read More
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ROBERT RIVERA: PAINTED GOURDS
by Rivera, Robert (art of). Joan M. Cowley and Robert Rivera (compiled and edited by)
Lenexsa KS: Joan Cowley Gallery, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Signed by artist Rivera on the half title.
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Sequel to American Popular Lessons Intended for the Use of Schools
by Robbins, Eliza (1786-1853)
NY: R. Bartlett and S. Raynor, 1835. 1st Edition or early edition. Hardcover. Good. A real book. An original edition, 1835 (with 1827 copyright) in original binding - black quarter leather, gilt titles overt blue paper boards. Covers worn and scuffed, some foxing internally but solidly bound. Small 8vo. xii + 376p, with some engraved plates. Owner name,... Read More
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March to Quebec: Journals of the Members of Arnold's Expeditions Compiled and Annotated By Kenneth Roberts During the Writing of Arundel
by Roberts, Kenneth
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Dustjacket. A fine copy of the first edition, salmon-colored rough weave cloth in fine condition. With one laid-in ANS on Robert's letterhead with Kennebunk Beach, MAine address dated Dec 14,1927 to NY bookseller Peter Decker declining a title, ordering another and one TNS on same... Read More
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AMARANTH
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
NY: Macmillan, 1934. First Edition Limited. Fine. #64 or 226 copies. Fine copy - as new, really - in soiled slipcase.
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Dionysus in Doubt: A Book of Poems
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
New York: MacMillan, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dustjacket. endpapers slightly toned and foxed, bound in red cloth with paper labels front panel and spine, clean with no previous owner markings.
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The Subtropical Garden; or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden
by Robinson, W.
London: John Murray, 1871. First Edition. Pub Cloth. VG. Scarce Robinson title. 8vo, pub crimson cloth, gilt vignette centered to blind-ruled front, moer gilt and titles to spine, half title(pub list Robinson titles) + frontispiece(blank) + title + (v) - vii + contents (list of illustrations) + B2 - 241p. Illustrated w/ 59 engravinsg, incl. fontispiece. Porfessinally recased... Read More
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A DREAM FOR ADDIE (An Addie Mills Story)
by Rock, Gail
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Gehn, Charles C. jacket illustration). A novelization of the CBS Television Specia "The Easter Promise". Inscribed by Rock to the show's producer.
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ADDIE AND THE KING OF HEARTS (An Addie Mills Story)
by Rock, Gail
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. McVicker, Charles (jacket illustration). A novelization of the CBS Television Special. Inscribed by Rock to the show's producer.
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THE THANKSGIVING TREASURE (An Addie Mills Story)
by Rock, Gail
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. McVicker, Charles (jacket illustration). A novelization of the CBS Television Special.
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Rebuilding Central Park: A Management and Restoration Plan DRAFT EDITION
by (Rogers, Elizabeth Barlow)
NY: Central Park Conservancy, 1985. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. The uncommon 1985 DRAFT EDITION published by the Central Park Conservancy itself that preceded the 1987 final edition published by MIT. Tall folio, pictorial paper covers, stapled spine, 93 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w historic and contemporary (showing the decline of the park) and original and new,... Read More
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What Becomes a Legend Most? The Blackglama Story
by Rogers, Peter. Richard Avedon and Bill King (photography). Zwingle, Erla (foreward by)
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A behind-the-scenes look from the ad exec who managed one of the most successful advertising campaigns of the 20thC. Book is near fine. Dustjacket is price clipped with some rolling, a closed tear and a small chip top edge front panel.
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What Becomes a Legend Most? The Blackglama Story
by Rogers, Peter. Richard Avedon and Bill King (photography). Zwingle, Erla (foreward by)
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A behind-the-scenes look from the ad exec who managed one of the most successful advertising campaigns of the 20thC. An uncommon inscribed copy, with best wishes and dated 11/ 12/79 by Rogers on the ffe. In the bottom right corner is another inscription, " From me too.... Read More
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The Boy With The U. S. Fisheries
by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Impressively well preserved copy in period decorated cover, light blue cloth stamped on gilt, black and white with photo pastedown, 8vo, 397 (6), with 51 duotone photographs of all manner of US fishing and whaling. A hard-to-find title in the publisher's U. S. Service series. Spine... Read More
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THE TUSK-HUNTERS
by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1927. Hardcover. VG+. Solid copy, lacking dustjacket. Contemporary juvenile gift inscription ffe. Although this kind of hunt is illegal, it sadly exists still.
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