Search Results: Authors starting with R from Carpe Diem Fine Books

Pall Mall, London: Royal Automobile Club, 1923. 1st. Hardcover. A near fine copy (some fading to spine and front board; light soiling).. 12mo. xxxii, 338pp + 234 pages advertisements; 6pp Index. Blue cloth; blind stamped lettering and decoration to front board and spine.

Santa Fe, NM: Privately Printed, 1937. 1st. Softcover. Large 8vo. 51pp. Stiff blue-grey wraps. INSCRIBED by the poet on half-title. A very good copy (missing title label and glue stain to front cover; lower 2" spine cover missing; light general soiling).

Ashburn VA: SKBF Publishing, 2008. 1st. Paperback. Fine copy - as new & unread.. Octavo; 365 pages.

Munich: Galerie Rossler, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. [7] pp text; 20 color plates; Exhibition Directory. Grey printed softcover in fine condition.

Karachi: Orangi Pilot Project, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Vol I: 507pp, +7pp survey guidelines; Vol II: 472pp. Black and grey-tone illustrations throughout; city layouts. Color illustrated boards. Light wear to extremities; small previous school label in each volume else a fine set. Volume One: The First Hundred Katchi Abadis Surveyed. Volume Two: The Second Batch of Hundred Katchi Abadis Surveyed. This is a heavy set and may require extra postage.

[Los Angeles]: [Union Pacific System], 1924. 8 3/4" x 7 3/4" booklet, folded. 16 pages (including cover). Illustrations. Staplebound wrappers in very good condition. An uncommon railroad tourist brochure highlighting the beauties of Zion National Park and promoting the Salt Lake Route train trip to visit the North Rim of the Grand Canyon via Wylie Way beginning in Lund, Utah.

Buffalo, NY: International Railway Company, 1911. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. 8vo. 17 pp. Photo-plates; car floor plans. Stiff gray wrappers with black lettering with light wear to extremities and short closed tear to lower rear cover. a near fine copy of an elusive and early American transportation title; only 1 copy located at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, DE. "The Nearside (or Near-side) Car was a streetcar (trolley car or tram) designed by in-house engineers of the Thomas E. Mitten management team, which ran the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (PRT). Nearside refers to the fact the car would pick up and discharge passengers on the "nearside" of an intersection rather than the "farside" as the previous generation of "conventional" cars did (this method of operation caused frequent gridlock, as the stopped cars blocked cross traffic)...The cars were in service in Philadelphia from 1911 to 1955, when they were scrapped in favor of the more modern PCC streetcar." - wiki.… Read More

New York: Skira / Rizzoli, 1979. 1st. Hardcover. Folio. 169, [2] pp. Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Glossary-Index. 258 illustrations (including 36 in color). Purple cloth in color printed dustjacket, housed in publisher's slipcase. A fine copy. The most recent presentation of the teaching of Buddha reaching Japan at the beginning of the ninth century. The illustrations have been for the most part unpublished. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Washington D.C.: Kennen Institute, 2008. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 42pp. Staplebound wraps in fine condition. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

Oakland CA: East Asian Numismatic Library, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; vii, 22pp unbound. 'Number 4 of a Limited Edition.' Henry Alexander Ramsden was the foremost exponent of East Asian numismatic studies in the early 20th century. Although this 'projected publication' was advertised in 1914, at Ramsden's death in 1915 it remained unpublished. When the unfinished work was found among his papers at the Museum of American Numismatic Society, H.F. Bowker (a noted numismatist and philatelist, he created the first bibliography of Western language publications on East Asian numismatics) edited it for printing in 1969; we can locate no record of this booklet being published either. The offering here is assembled from loose sheets.

Papua New Guinea: University of Papua New Guinea, 1990. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 49pp. Light blue wraps in near fine condition. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

Jerusalem: The Jerusalem Post, 1987. Fourth edition. Hardcover. 14 1/2" x 10 1/2." 376pp. Illustrations. Black glossy illustrated boards in fine condition. Includes front pages for major events from the years 1932 - 1987. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Oakland, CA: Rather Press, 1970. 1st. Paperback. First Edition, Limited to 105 copies. Square 8vo. [20] pp. Illustrated by Lois Rather, assembled from a mixed accumulation of printer's ornaments as her first typesetting lesson. Various sizes and kinds of type. Stiff red string-tied wrappers with black lettering to front cover. Slight wear else a fine copy. This inspirational collection of printer's verse is intended as a sort of in-joke for fellow typesetters. Incldues poems by Edgerton Harvey, Thomas MacKellar, William Hoit, Jr., Henry Davenport, Edwin Roffe, and others.

Oakland, CA: Rather Press, 1976. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition #121 of 151 copies. 4to. 80pp. Illustrations. References; Index. INSCRIBED "With all best wishes/Lois & Clif Rather." Designed, hand-set and hand-fed, hand-sewn and cased by the Rathers. Green cloth spine over green illustrated paper boards. A fine copy. The story of Rudyard Kipling's visit to San Francisco in 1889. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Oakland, CA: Rather Press, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition, Limited #125 of 150 copies. 4to. 91pp. Illustrations; tipped-in photo-plate of Wiggen. References; Index. Designed, hand-set and hand-fed, hand-sewn and cased by the Rathers. Maroon cloth spine with gilt lettering to spine over red, white & blue illustrated paper boards. A fine copy, as new. The story of Wiggin's life in San Francisco where she started the first free kindergarten in the state in 1878. As well, here she began her writing career; her best known work was "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.

Oakland, CA: Rather Press, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 137 copies. 8vo. (iv), 88, (4) pp. Bibliography; Index. Illustrations. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Two single sheets - Printer's Note & Prospectus laid in. A fine copy. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Holyyoke, Mass. and New York City: Clark W. Bryan & Company, 1885. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 214pp. Index. Introductory Chapter by Judge James M. Barker. Orignal dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. INSCRIBED by Mrs. Petitclerc. A near fine copy (minor foxing; minor wear to extremities). Provides Cheshire's history dating from 1767 to 1884. Founded by Baptists from Rhode Island, the town is named for Cheshire, England. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 414pp. Many black & white photo illustrations. Bibliography; Index. Fine in fine dust jacket. Provides much detail on British sculpture from the 1830's until the early years of the twentieth century. Includes works by noted sculptors Marochetti, Triqueti, and Dalou. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1957. 1st. Original cloth. First Editions. vii, 480; viii, 470; 769 pp. Bibliography; Index. Black & white photo-illustrated plates. Text in French. Yellow cloth in color illustrated dustjackets. Uniformly very good plus, with slight wear to extremities; short closed tears). The first three volumes in this invaluable reference. Volume I provides an introduction disengaging the principles of Christian iconography; Volume II details the iconography of the Bible divided into two parts, the Old and New Testaments.

Laguna Beach, CA: Redfern Gallery, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 76pp. Color reproductions. Brown leather with gilt lettering in fine condition. "Fred Grayson Sayre was a pioneer artists of the Southwest who became one of California's leading desert painters." Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.