Search Results: Authors starting with R from Supercalifabulistic Books

New York: American Heritage Bonanza Books, 1987 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. NF/VG Book does not appear to be opened fully and read. Tight, clean edittion with no marks, tears, etc.There is a small tear to top front of jacket and slight shelf wear to corners and edges. Otherwise the jacket is bright , glossy and in near fine condition. "This is the story of the changes that came to America and the American people in the years between the two World Wars. At first, as the 1920's dawn, there is the ultra conservatism that rejects Wilson's League of Nations, amends the Constitution to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages, suspects every immigrant of being a Red, and places TWK (meaning Trade With the Klan) stickers in merchant-members' shop windows....The great euphoria reaches its climax with the stock market crash, and American Heritage History of the 1920s & 1930s examines the causes ad effects with clarity and historical perspective. Here you see what America was… Read More

New York : Crowell, 1979 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First, stated. NF/VG, clean, tight edition. PO's name dated 1979. Dj has 1 1/2 inch open tear on front corner. Diane Redfield Massie has created an uproaious caper about a delightful hero with a very special talent. Chameleon knew he would make an excellent spy - afterall ,He was already a master of disguise. He could blend in against a white refrigerator, a brown tree trunk, or even floral wallpaper so that his own mother couldn't find him! His big break comes when he's hired by the Pleasant Pickle company to do super secret work. His assignment: recover the stolen formula for the world's best pickles!.

Grossett & Dunlap, 1924 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG/none. Dark red boards with black titles to front and spine. Small chips to spine ends and corners. Usual shelf wear. PO's adult and child signature! Tarzan and the Ant Men is the 10th book in Edgar Rice Burroughs series of novels. First published as a 7 part serial in the magazine Argosy All Story, weekly for Feb 2, 9, 16 and 23 and March 1,8 and 15th 1924..

Grosset & Dunlap, 1920 first printing of first edition. Ex-Library edition, usual library markings. Being the loved book it has always been, it was obviously checked out many times and shows wear for it. Good/none. Red boards, black titles, cover torn and worn at spine ends. Loose binding though inner pages are all in tact and in very good condition.

VG/none
Red cover with Gilt titles. Design on front and spine showing strawberry and leaf patterns.

Strawberry Acres, by Grace Richmond
A.L. Burt Co. 1911
VG Hard Boards, no dj

A spirited story of children whose mom and dad died, having an adventurous life on a farm they name "Strawberry Acres"
Written by a 20th Century American Author best known for Red Peppers Bums. Daughter of a Baptist Minister born in 1866. She wrote 26 novels and had many stories published in womens magazines over the years.

Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1949 "First and Second Printing before publication" SCARCE Edition. VG/none Orange boards bright, very good condition. Po's signature, no other marks. Slight bumping to corners, spine edges, light staining also along outside edges of page

Massachusettes: Candlewick Press, 2005 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. SET of ALL THREE Dinosaurs VG/none 2005 , number line, 681097. All pop ups in excellent/new/working condition .One tiny knick on front spine edge. A few light scratches to the exterior cover, otherwise in perfect shape. Sharks and other Sea Monsters VG/none.First edition, proper number line.2006. All pop ups are intact and in very good working order. The Shark's (third large pop up) nose sticks out further than the closed page and so is slightly bent. Same with the tip of the Sea Monster's nose. PO's name "Nail" is written on outside front cover. Mega Beasts VG/none. First Edition, 2007. All pop ups in excellent, working condition.Spine corners slightly bumped, knicked. In the third and final volume of the best-selling Encylcopedia Prehitorica Series, pop up Masters tackle the titans of th ancient world, bringing readers a humbling knowledge of the amazing mega-beasts that preceded us on… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1947 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Same Date, 1947. VG Black boards with gold titles. Slight fading to spine. No DJ. Maps on end papers. Pages 52 and 53 were stuck together at one point, effecting a 3 by 1 inch area but can still read copy.Tiny water stain effecting outer pages. Clean, no marks, medium tight copy. A story of Haiti..

Atlantic Little Brown, 1946 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Stated First Editon. VG/none. Mint green boards with oak leaf blind stamped on front cover. Slight bumping to corners and spine edges of book. Gilt titles on spine. Same date, 1946, "White Oak Edition". PO's name and address on first fly leaf. Tenth book in the Jalna series. A prolific Canadian author of rural Ontario family, winner of the Atlantic 10,000 prize in 1927 for his first book..

Atlantic Little Brown, 1944 Book. Illus. by Lee Thayer. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. VG/VG,smae date 1944 bright green boards -top left edge slight damp stain. Dj has bright colorful illustration of the beautiful mansion with stautuesque trees all around. DJ is price clipped, bit of chipping and small tear at back top corner. The ninth in the Jalna series about the Whiteoaks..

New York: Abrams, 1977 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. NF/NF 1977 print. Carols and stories poemss, recollections. Tight , clean, unmarked. Christmas comes but once a year; a Christmas book like this comes but once in a lifetime. First, the illustrations are by America's best-lovoed artist, Norman Rockwell, and the book, like Rockwell himself, is made up of equal parts of love, good cheer, gentleness, and humor. 83 plates in full color and 12 in black and white have been chosen from Rockwell's entire body of work to illustrate the many varied Christmas themes. From the literary as well as the artistic point of view, the book has ben created by the best of all possible editors: Molly Rockwell, who before her marriage to Norman Rockwell, was the head of the English Department of Milton Academy, the fine New Engalnd preparatory school, and whose knowledge of Norman Rockwell's oeuvre is, of course, unequaled..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. VG/none green boards, Copyright 1919. Black & White photos. Tight binding, clean, no marks, slight yellowing due to normal aging. "In finishing the correction of the last proofs of this sketch, I percieve that some of those who read it may suppose that I planned to write a deliberate eulogy of Theodore Roosevelt. This is not true. I knew him for forty years, but I never followed his political leadership. Our political differences never lesend our personal friendship. Sometimes long intervals elapsed between our meetings, but when we met it was always the same intimacy, and when we wrote it was with the same candor.".

New York: T.Y. Crowell & Co Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. VG/none .No date. "Oct '92" is inscripted on second fly leaf. A printed dedication to Michael William Rosetti is dated 1870-1881, so my guestimate is that this printing was made between 1881 and 1892. Beautiful cover. Light brown boards with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Gorgeous gilt design of angel flying with a young child on her back on the front cover and gilt leaf/flower design with harp on spine. Corners slightly bumped and edges worn. The boards have a few small stains on the back and one on the front left corner.The interior of the book is tight and in excellent condition. Pages are edged in gilt. "A New Edition" is printed on the title page. .