Search Results: Authors starting with R from LaCelle Rare Books

New York: Random House, 1957. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket as Issued. New York: Random House, (1957). Later Printing - probably a book club issue. TWO VOLUMES, COMPLETE SET. Good+. Tight bindings; clean pages; name on both front endpapers; spine creases; covers worn. Ayn Rand's classic novel. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1943). Third Printing, August, 1943. [Actual 1943 printing; literally all of the copies you see advertised as second states or printings are much later]. Good. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary owner's name on front endpaper; a few pencil notes; one page has crease; spine lettering faded; some wear; lacking the very scarce dust jacket.  Third printing of the great classic [much earlier than those that don't state a printing]. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON BLANK PAGE.  Original cloth, lettered in gilt.  Illustrated with portraits. Top edge gilt. 412 pages + ads. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; bookplate of Edmund S. Meany - prominent history professor and Lincoln scholar - on front endpaper; another bookplate of David Leroy - a Lincoln expert - on reverse of front endpaper; moderate wear; bumping to top corners. Author was a law clerk under Lincoln and Herndon according to Monaghan. He offers many details of Lincoln's personal life and his relationship with Ann Rutledge.  Very scarce signed.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Philadelphia: Press of Wm. F. Fell & Co, 1892. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Philadelphia: Press of Wm. F. Fell & Co., 1892. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 270 pages. Illustrated. Fair or better. Hinges very cracked, especially in front; binding slightly shaken; clean pages; some wear to corners. Scarce regimental; none on current market.  The 114th Pennsylvania was the brain-child of Charles H. T. Collis, an Irish immigrant who settled in Philadelphia becoming a prominent young lawyer. Collis initially raised only a small company of men calling them the "Zouaves d'Afrique" which served while attached to other regiments. They saw action in the 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, the Battle of Cedar Mountain, and the Battle of Antietam. The "Zouaves d'Afrique" were much admired for their military bearing and prowess in battle to the point that it was decided to raise a full-sized regiment which was given the numeric designation of 114th Volunteer Infantry. Like other Zouave… Read More

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1935. Hardcover. Good/Fair. New York: The Macaulay Company, 1935. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 256 pages. Good in Fair or better Dust Jacket. Hinges a bit cracked else tight binding; clean text; some wear to covers; dust jacket is quite worn and scuffed; tape repairs on reverse. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1923. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with First Printing stated on copyright page, correct jacket blurbs, etc. Very Good in Fair or better Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; name stamps on endpapers; moderate wear; dust jacket is worn with some tears, creases and scuffs; several tape repairs on reverse; price not clipped ($2.00). Very scarce mystery. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Bonsall, Crosby (Illustrated by). New York: Harper & Row, (1963). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; small tape ghost on front endpaper; slight wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with one long closed tear, another tear repaired with tape; price not clipped ($2.50). SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1945). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with correct $2.00 price on front flap, correct jacket ads, etc. Very Good in Good- Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; moderate wear; dust jacket is fairly clean with tears along edges; price not clipped ($2.00). First edition by the author of Curious George. Very scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with 1947 date on title page, correct jacket ads and price ($2.50). Very Good in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; contemporary 1947 owner's inscription on front endpaper; A few smudges, light pemcil marks and erasures; moderate wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with almost no wear; small tear at heel of spine; a couple of staple holes at top of panels; hardly visible; likely the best jacket you'll ever see; price not clipped ($2.50). First issue of the second Curious George title, extremely scarce in dust jacket. [This isn't the Literary Guild issue that is more often seen. It appears that the other examples on the market all have the Guild dust jacket.] SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with 1958 date on title page, correct jacket ads, etc. Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; pages have small smudges and wear; a couple of tape marks on each endpaper; some wear at corners; dust jacket is a bit worn with a couple of very small chips and a larger tear; price clipped.  First issue of the classic Curious George title, scarce in dust jacket. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, (1963). Twenty-first Printing. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MARGRET REY ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only very slight wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with only very slight wear; price not clipped ($12.95).  The fifth Curious George book. Scarce signed. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Cleveland: Cobb, Andrews & Co. Publishers, 1881. Hardcover. Good. Cleveland: Cobb, Andrews & Co. Publishers, 1881. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER; ALSO NOTATIONS BY AUTHOR ON AT LEAST TWO PAGES.  Original cloth, lettered in gilt. 300 pages. Good. Front hinge a bit cracked else good binding; clean pages; a bookplate, notes and a newspaper clipping on front endpaper; some wear.  A very scarce history of the early settlement of the Connecticut Reserve, also known as Putnam County and Cleveland, Ohio.  References: Howes R-247. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING         with all first issue points, including FIRST EDITION on copyright page and correct $2.50 price on front jacket flap.  Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; owner inscription on front endpaper; slight wear; dust jacket is clean with moderate wear; price not clipped ($2.50). SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS..

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. Hardcover. Good. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. VOLUME II ONLY. Original cloth. 228 pages. Good. Binding somewhat shaken; cracked in front; some foxing; bookplate and name on front endpaper; scraping to spine label; some wear. Important memoirs of the author's life in India. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Franklin Classics, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. RECENT FACSIMILE OF THE 1916 EDITION.  28 pages. Illustrated. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; moderate wear; a couple bumps at bottom of front cover. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co, 1883. Hardcover. Fair. Illustrated. Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., 1883. FIRST EDITION. 210 pages. Size: 9 1/2" x 6". Illustrated.   Fair. Hinges and spine reinforced with tape; one illustration loose; pages mostly clean; exlibrary with usual marks; some wear. A scarce Massachusetts regimental. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Oslo: Forlagt Av H. Aschehoug & Co, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Oslo: Forlagt Av H. Aschehoug & Co., 1928. First Norwegian Edition, First Printing predating the English edition (i.e. the True First Edition). SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; pages clean; light foxing to endpapers; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON FRONT ENDPAPER; slight wear. a couple of small marks on rear cover; dust jacket is worn with some chipping along edges and moderate soil. Ole Edvart Rølvaag (Rølvåg in modern Norwegian, Rolvaag in English orthography) (April 22, 1876 November 5, 1931) was a Norwegian-American novelist and professor who became well known for his writings regarding the Norwegian American immigrant experience. Ole Rolvaag is most frequently associated with Giants in the Earth, his award-winning, epic novel of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders in Dakota Territory. Ole Rølvaag wrote in the Norwegian language, but his novels have a distinct… Read More

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Poor. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (1954). Early Printing. Good in Poor Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; soil and wear to spine; dust jacket is worn with most of spine perished; price not clipped ($2.75). The first lady's thoughts on marriage, education, prejudice, education, communism, the United Nations, foreign policy, etc. Surprisingly scarce.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Jackson, Minnesota: Northern History Publishing Company, 1910. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illustrated. FACSIMILE REPRINT OF THE FOLLOWING EDITION: Jackson, Minnesota: Northern History Publishing Company, 1910. 586 pages. Illustrated. TEXT IS VERY BLURY AND HARD TO READ. IT'S MOSTLY READABLE BUT PLEASE LOOK AT THE PHOTOS BEFORE BUYING BECAUSE IT ISN'T FUN READING. Very Good. Tight binding; clean pages; moderate wear.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good-. Illustrated by Author. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1970). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Very Good in Good- Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; light wear; dust jacket is worn with small tears, clear tape on reverse; price clipped. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .