Search Results: Authors starting with R from Ash Rare Books

London : John Westhouse, 1945. First Brandt edition. Seventeenth-century translations of Rabelais by Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660) and Peter Anthony Motteux (1660-1718), here combined with the extraordinary illustrations of Rolf A. Brandt (1906-1986). Introduction by Denis Saurat. Demy 8vo (23cm). [xvi],(270),[ii]pp. Fourteen plates by Brandt. Original black cloth, lettered in gilt; a touch rubbed and slightly rolled; a few minor marks and spots, but a good copy in the Brandt dust-jacket - lightly tanned, slightly worn, nicked and split, with some neat taped repairs, but substantially complete and not unattractive.

London : B. T. Batsford, (1987). The 1987 reprint of the original 1956 edition of this extensive directory of the some 2,000 known London bookbinders of the period. With an introductory essay on the evolution of London binding styles. Crown 4to (26cm). xiv,(156),[vi]pp. Forty plates. Original boards; a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket.

London : B. T. Batsford, (1987). The 1987 reprint of the original 1954 edition of this extensive directory of the known bookbinders of the period working in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. With an introductory essay on the evaluation of the source materials, etc. Crown 4to (26cm). (xvi),250,[iv]pp. Sixteen plates. Original boards; top edge very slightly spotted, otherwise very good in dust-jacket.

London : William Collins, Sons & Co. [1872]. First edition. An attractive and unusual Victorian school text, with a folding coloured map of the county, woodcut illustrations and population statistics drawn from the 1871 Census. The "New Code" referred to would appear to be the New Education Code of 1871. In the "Collins County Geographies" series. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 32pp. Folding coloured map. Original wrappers; a little worn and slightly dusty, but a very good example of a scarce, fragile and ephemeral production.

London : Orion Fiction, (2020). First edition. "When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it's not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days. Rebus fears the worst - and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect". Medium 8vo (25cm). [viii],[328]pp. Original navy boards, lettered in white; a touch bruised but a very good copy in the blacksheep.uk dust-jacket - the jacket likewise very good.

London : Orion Books, (2012). First edition. Signed by Ian Rankin on a pictorial slip inserted by the publishers, and with the original "Signed Copy" sticker on the front of the jacket. Rebus now working as a civilian in a cold-case unit, but then a long-dead case reignites. And Malcolm Fox thinks he's bent. Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],356,[vi]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; map endpapers; a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket.

London : Orion Books, (2016). First edition. "For John Rebus, forty years may have passed, but the death of beautiful, promiscuous Maria Turquand still preys on his mind. Murdered in her hotel room on the night a famous rock star and his entourage were staying there, Maria's killer has never been found". Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],310,[iv]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; just a hint of age and use, but a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket.

London : Orion Books, (2015). First edition. Retirement does not suit John Rebus - and Siobhan wants help with the case of a murdered senior lawyer. Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],(346)pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; just a hint of bruising, but a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket.

London : Orion Books, (2013). First edition. Rebus comes out of retirement, but reduced in rank and unrepentant - "I'm from the 80s ... I'm not the newfangled touchy feely model". Crimes present and crimes long past collide. Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],328,[ii]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; a very good copy in an equally very good dust-jacket.

London : Orion Books, (1998). First edition. "Damon Mee was last seen in a blurred security video on the dance floor of a Kirkcaldy night club ...". One of the "Criminal Records" series of novellas, edited by Otto Penzler. Crown 8vo (20cm). [vi],73,[i]pp. Original blue boards, blocked and lettered in silver; just a hint of tanning, but a very good, bright and firm copy in the dust-jacket - equally very good.

London : Orion Books, (2014). First edition. Twenty-nine Rebus short stories, a number previously unpublished, or unpublished in book form. The collection concludes with an absorbing twelve-page essay from Rankin on the origins of the Rebus character. Medium 8vo (25cm). [vi],(452),[vi]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; one tiny corner crease, but a very good copy in the dust-jacket - the jacket with just a hint of bruising, but also very good.

London : Orion, (2019). First edition in this form. Signed by the author on the additional Waterstone's signed first edition title-page. A revised version of Rankin's long-forgotten early techno-thriller, with an interesting new six-page introduction on the book's origins and history by Rankin. Medium 8vo (25cm). [xviii],288pp. Original white boards, lettered in gilt; black edges; very faint bruise to one corner; slight bleed from sprayed black edges to final few leaves, but otherwise a very good copy in a very good dust-jacket. With the publisher's "Signed" and "Lost Classic" stickers on the dust-jacket.

London : Orion Books, (2007). First edition. The Rebus career draws to a close with the case of a murdered Russian poet, which the politicians and bankers of Edinburgh would prefer not be investigated too thoroughly. Medium 8vo (25cm). [x],380,[x]pp. Original black boards, lettered in metallic red; a few hints of use, but still a very good copy in the dust-jacket - the jacket with a reduced price sticker on the front panel, but also very good.

London : Orion Books, (2009). First edition. "Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops" - the first of the Rankin novels to grant Malcolm Fox the leading role. Medium 8vo (25cm). [xii],(382),[ii],[4]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in silver; a very good copy in the dust-jacket - the jacket also very good.

London : Jonathan Cape, (1971). First edition. "When a woman tells you her past, you can be sure she intends you to be her future, you can quote me there" - the interior monologue of a very ordinary man with a mind to murder his wife. "Its theme is the habitual duplicity of civilized life. Conspiracy, says Frederic Raphael, is the inevitable partner of permanence; we share our beds with strangers". Post 8vo (21cm). (184)pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; top edge red; slight tanning to endpapers and a couple of spots, but a very good copy in the Colin Andrews dust-jacket - the jacket sunned at spine (as usual) and price-clipped by the publisher, with a revised price over-sticker, but with only a very faint suggestion of wear and also very good.

London : Hamish Hamilton, (1946). First edition. The cadet and the stolen postal order - the pursuit of justice for the unimportant - based on a true story and one of the defining plays of the mid-twentieth century, frequently revived, with numerous film, television and radio adaptations. Here inscribed by Rattigan to his secretary Mary, signed with forename (Terry) and dated October 1946. Mary Herring began working for Rattigan shortly before the play opened at the Lyric in May 1946 and was to become his confidante, companion, guardian of his reputation, controller of his finances, and keeper of his secrets for the next seventeen years. Crown 8vo (20cm). (110),[ii]pp. Original grey cloth, lettered in red; original production flaw to two leaves leaving them proud, but otherwise a very good copy in the dust-jacket - the fragile and brittle post-war jacket a little tanned, with some minor chipping and slight repairs at head and tail.

London : William Stevens, [ca.1955]. First edition. "I will not be argued with, girl! You will marry young Charles Blofield, or out of my house you go, and stay out! I'll cut you out of my will into the bargain". Nancy Raven had been contributing to the various William Stevens series since at least 1939, with titles like "Bonds of Pride", "Glad Surrender", etc. New Moon series - reference number on first page 786. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 51,[i]pp - wrappers included in pagination. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; a few minor marks; a touch of rust to staple, but otherwise very good. No copy located in any major UK library.

London : Anthony Blond, (1970). First edition. "In the sixth novel in the 'Alms for Oblivion' sequence, Lancaster College, Cambridge, has had a windfall of about a quarter of a million pounds from the sale of farms in Lincolnshire, and there are strongly divergent views on how the money should be spent" (Nottingham Guardian, 4th March 1970). Post 8vo (21cm). 224pp. Original green boards, blocked and lettered in silver; a sliver of sunning at tips; mild tanning of endpapers; a handful of spots, but a very good copy in the Oliver Elmes dust-jacket - the jacket with a couple of unobtrusive short nicks, but otherwise also very good.

London : Frederick Muller, (1989). First edition. The demise of the Provost sets off a chain of disgraceful doings. "Raven has the mind of a cad and the pen of an angel" (Guardian review). The fifth volume in "The First Born of Egypt" sequence. Demy 8vo (23cm). [vi],(198),[iv]pp. Original boards; just a hint of bruising, but a very good, bright and sound copy in the Patrick Mortemore dust-jacket - also very good.

London : Muller, Blond & White, (1986). First edition. The third novel in the "First-Born of Egypt" sequence - "in some Italian gutter there is a snipe with a legitimate claim to the entire Canteloupe estate". Demy 8vo (23cm). [viii],274,[vi]pp. Original black boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; just a little bruised, but otherwise a very good copy in the Lawrence Toynbee dust-jacket - also very good.