The Survival of English; Essays in Criticism of Language
by Robinson, Ian
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($11.95 and £3.50), lightly rubbed at the edges. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's names on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Robinson's analysis of the language of England's... Read More
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Housekeeping
by Robinson, Marilynne
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Near Fine. Review copy with the publisher's slip laid-in. Near Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, some marginalia throughout, most likely from the original reviewer. An early copy of Robinson's debut work, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
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Varga
by Robotham, Tom
North Dighton: JG Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second Printing. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), a few light stains, bumped at the head of the spine. Black cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of many full-color reproductions of Varga's classic pin-up drawings.
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Varga
by Robotham, Tom
San Diego: Thunder Bay Press, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Third Printing. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), a few light stains. Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of more than 90 full-color reproductions of Varga's classic pin-up drawings for Esquire.
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The King and I; A Musical Play
by Rodgers, Richard; Hammerstein, Oscar
New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned, a very scuffs and short closed tears at the surface and edges, a tape repair... Read More
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David Lynch; Interview with Chris Rodley
by Rodley, Chris; Lynch, David
Cahiers du Cinema, 2004. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. French-language edition, translated from English by Serge Grunberg and Charlotte Garson. Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped (50€), lightly rubbed at the surface. Black buckram, bumped at the corners, blindstamped lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A heavily illustrated transcription of Rodley's interviews... Read More
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Management and Morale
by Roethlisberger, F.J.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Inscribed by Roethlisberger on the front endpaper. No additional printings listed. Fine in an about near fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), toned throughout, lightly chipped along the edges. Blue buckram with a tan pastedown on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, clean internally. A... Read More
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A Requiem for Astounding
by Rogers, Alva
Chicago: Advent: Publishers, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. With editorial comments by Harry Bates, F. Orlin Tremaine, and John W. Campbell. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.00), generally toned, a few stains, bumped and with some small tears at the top edge. Grey cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound,... Read More
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Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt
by Rohmer, Sax
New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.50), lightly rubbed and soiled. Blue cloth, rubbed at the bottom edges, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature inside the front board, clean otherwise. Rohmer's crime novel about the titular character,... Read More
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Grey Face
by Rohmer, Sax
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Red cloth, toned and soiled, faintly rubbed and pushed at the edges. Bound with some reading wear and a slight forward lean, faded topstain, clean internally. One of Rohmer's London-set crime novels.
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The Principle of Cosmic Elusiveness; The Hidden Whys and Wherefores Behind Our Physical Universe
by Rojas-Marcos, Ignacio Darnaude
Sevilla: Ignacio Darnaude Rojas-Marcos, [n.d.]. Staplebound. Very Good. 39p. Very Good. Firmly bound with one staple, bumped and with some creases at the corners, a crease down the center from folding, clean otherwise. Rojas-Marcos's work about the manipulation of humanity by interdimensional beings. One copy of the Spanish-language edition located in OCLC. From the collection of ufologist Tom... Read More
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The Song of Roland
by Roland
New York: Penguin Books, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. Translated and with an Introduction by Glyn Burgess. Later Printing. Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed and bumped. Square and firmly bound, some highlighting and marginalia.
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A Satchel Guide for the Vacation Tourist in Europe
by Rolfe, W.J.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good. Red leather with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board, worn at the heads and with a chip missing from the head of the spine. Square, bound with some reading wear, hinges loose and slightly shaken, former owner's name on one of the opening... Read More
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The Ohio UFO Reporter Vol. 1 No. 1-8, 10 [7 Issues]
by Roman, Bonita
Middletown: UFO Information Center, 1973. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Edited by Bonita Roman. Near complete run, missing numbers 9 and 11. Three copies inscribed on the front cover by Roman to Kevin McCray. Very Good. Some folded from mailing and addressed to McCray, generally worn at the edges, a few bumps and creases, some marginalia throughout. A... Read More
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The TypEncyclopedia; A User's Guide to Better Typography
by Romano, Frank J.
New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps faintly bumped at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A desktop visual dictionary of practice facts and typographical features.
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The Freaks Came Out to Write; The Definitive History of The Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture
by Romano, Tricia
New York: Public Affairs, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($35.00), some spots of rubbing. Quarter black paper with yellow paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Dawn of the Dead
by Romero, George A.; Sparrow, Susanna
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), faded at the spine, rubbed and bumped at the edges. Orange paper on the boards with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The novelization of Romero's follow-up to his... Read More
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Three Virgins of Haworth; Being an Account of the Bronte Sisters
by Romieu, Emilie and George
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Translated by Robert Tapley. Near Fine in a Good jacket, clipped at all the corners, faded at the spine with a square piece missing, small chips at the corners. Blue buckram, lightly pushed, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly... Read More
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Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Rooney, Sally
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($28.00), bumped at the edges. Black cloth, bumped at the spine edges, a few spots on the boards. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, clean internally.
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This I Remember
by Roosevelt, Eleanor
New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($4.50), generally toned, a few small chips at the top edge. Blue cloth, a strip of fading at the top edge, with black ink and gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and... Read More
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Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth; Philosophical Papers
by Rorty, Richard
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Paperback. Very Good. Later Printing. Very Good. Wraps bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first volume of two written by Rorty during the 1980s.
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The Wonderful Lips of Thibong Linh
by Roscoe, Theodore
West Kingston: Donald Grant Publisher, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by Stephen Gervais. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($15.00), one scuff on the front panel. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of three stories ("The Voodoo Express," "The Wonderful Lips of Thibong Linh," and "On Account... Read More
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Drury Lane's Last Case
by Ross, Barnaby
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1933. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint Edition. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($.75), rubbed and bumped at the edges, lightly soiled at the back panel. Blue cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound... Read More
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The Tragedy of Z.
by [Ross, Barnaby] Queen, Ellery
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second Printing. Very Good in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned and soiled, some small chips at the top edge. Blue cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with red ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square, bound... Read More
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UFO's and the Complete Evidence from Space; The Truth about Venus, Mars, and the Moon
by Ross, Daniel
Walnut Creek: Pintado Publishing, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps lightly rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Ross's work that argues "[UFO] origin is the other planets of our solar system, and the space travelers are human in every respect." From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.... Read More
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