Search Results: Authors starting with R from 100 POCKETS

London, UK: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. First Edition, First Thus . Had Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED COPY. No loan pocket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gray linen boards/NF. . Economic history. Survey of four decades of fiscal practices in public finance in the Union of India and regulations set in the Framework of the Government of India Act, 1935. Comparative analysis of basic principles of public finance & its correlation with the theory of federal finance. 308 pgs, 19 chapters w/statiscal tables. Fine copy despite flaws.

London, UK: Collins, 1955. First Edition, 1968 Reprint . Soft Cover/Faux-Leather. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright w/marginalia to pg 752, & loss to leading text edge of Title Page & following page. Pocket-sized, red faux-leather, flexible boards/VG w/faint creasing to front & spine. Text blocks dyed red.First published 1955; this is the 1968 reprint. Classic Collins Spanish/English bi-lingual dictionary. 768 pgs. Fine copy despite flaws.

Berkeley, CA: Univ of California Press, 1971. 2nd Revised Edition, 2nd Printing . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Maps, Illustrations & Archival Photos. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/VG; strong w/spine creasing causing mis-aligning of some 3 pages. Fold-out Map (also NEW) precedes text. Written in 1923, first published 1925; this is the Revised, Enlarged 2nd Edition of 1971. Reference, resource. Survey of California's Native-American cultures --- their origins, traditions, beliefs & daily life. 619 pgs, w/illustrations, essays presented in 5 parts: I, General Surveys; II, Archaeology; III, Historical Accounts of Native Californians; IV, Ethnology: Material Culture & Economy; and, V, Ethnology: Social Culture.

London, UK: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Bright, clean, and Near New w/closed tear to lower edge of pg 1. Green linen boards/VG w/light edge & surface wear. DJ/None. PO name to fEPFrontispiece: Line drawing of 16th century kitchen. Food history. Vintage review of changes in the character of British food, drink, and cookery, over some 5 or 6 thousand years, through immigration and foreign influences. 242 pgs w/lillustrations; 14 chapters: 1, Food & Cookery in the Stone Age; II, Food & Cookery in the Bronze & Early Iron Age; III, Romance of the Spice Islands; IV, Food & Cookery in Roman Britain; V, Food & Cookery among Anglo-Saxons & Danes; VI, Food & Cookery in Norman & Plantagenet Times; VII, Food & Cookery in the 15th Century; VIII, Food & Cookery in the 16th Century; IX, Food & Cookery in the 17th Century; X, Food & Cookery in the 18th Century; XI, Food & Cookery in the 19th Century; XII,… Read More

New York, NY: Columbia Univ Press, 1970. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Maroon linen boards w/silver spine lettering/Fine. DJ/VG; sound w/edge & surface wear. Insects. Textbook. Introduction to Arachnids. a class of joint-legged, invertebrate animals (arthropods), in the subphylum Chelicerata. Near all adult arachnids have eight legs. Spiders are the largest order in the class, which also includes scorpions, ticks, mites, harvestmen, as well as horseshoe crabs. 84 pgs w/line drawings, in 7 chapters: 1, Introduction; 2, Mites; 3, Ticks; 4,, Spiders; 5, Scorpions; 6, Other Arachnids & King-Crabs; and 7, Collecting, Preserving & Studying Arachnids, followed by Glossay.

Kingston, MA: R.S. Means Company, 2000. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF w/trace soiling to lower front edge. Bi-lingual dictionary prepared for the construction industry --- separate English/Spanish and Espanole/Ingles sectors, both in 164 pages. Essential, handy aid for contractors, construction workers, architects, building officials & those in training be it on job sites, in warehouses or offices. Text includes: Construction Terms; On-the-Job Phrases, Illustrated Building Systems, Easy-to-Use Tools Section & Practical Tables, all supported w/Phonetic Pronunciation. The Dictionary is a collaboration of R.S. Means Co, The Internat'l Conference of Building Officials (ICBO), and building code consultants, Rolf Jensen & Associates (RJA).

New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1999. First Edition, First Pinting . Hardcover. Near Fine/New. BRAND NEW Copy w/gift inscription to fEP. Travelogue of British-born, award winning writer Jonathan Raban's (1942 - ) boat trip from Seattle to Juneau. Rich historical references to the same voyage taken by Captain George Vancouver in 1792-94, and his encounters with sea-going natives living along the coast two centuries ago. A physical, intellectual, and personal journey.

Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1969. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated boards/NF. DJ/None. Frontispiece: Photo portrait of Major Powell. Anthology. Collection of papers honoring John Wesley Powell (1834 - 1902) on the 100th anniversary of his exploration of the Colorado River. The essays, supported by maps, charts, and photos, are: A, John Wesley Powell: Pioneer Statesman of Federal Science (Mary C. Rabbit); B, Statified Rocks of the Grand Canyon (Edwin D. McKee); C. Geologic History of the Colorado River (Charles B. Hunt)' amd. D, The Rapids & the Pools - Grand Canyon. Fine copy.

Loveland, CO: Interweave Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. John Mulligan (Photographer); Gayle Ford (Illustrator). BRAND NEW & COLLECTIBLE. First Edition, First Printing. What does a knitter do with one skein of leftover yarn? Why, one must open this book and put yarn & needles to work! An assembly of 30 projects to knit and crochet --- a ruffled cravat, leg warmers, wrist bands, fingerless gloves, tank tops, sweaters for little people, hats, bath mitts, and on and on. What's more, one launches on a highly portable project perfect for travelling. Fine resource to round off knitting libraries.

New York, NY: Troll Associates/Crown Publishers, 1990. First Edition, 3rd Printing . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. Kantorovitz Wickstrom (Illustrator). BRAND NEW Copy. Refrain, with delightful illustrations, to "The wheels on the bus go round and round ...

New York, NY: St. Martin's Griffin, 1997. Revised Edition, 6th Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF w/trace shelfwear. First published 1993; this is the Revised & updated 1997 Edition. Authors are both practicing family law attorneys in New York City. Practical guidelines towards gaining some measure of control & self-determination in a moment of crisis. Helpful examples & worksheets help gain perspective. 254 pgs in 13 chapters followed by 9 appendices. Helpful information; bear in mind states vary in divorce legalities.

Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1981. Soft Cover/Linen. Very Good/None as Issued. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy; no loan pocket. Text/BRAND NEW. Green, linen softcover/VG. The principal sections of this mongraph are: 1, Die Frauenlehre; 2, Die Minnesäner; 3, Daniel von dem Blühenden Tal; 4, Die Mären; 5, Der Pfaffe Amis; 6, Die Bispel; and 7, Die Klage. 253 pages.

New York, NY: Berkeley Publishing, 1963. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/NEW, showing margin discoloration. Softcover/VG; sound w/edge & surface rubs. Discoloration to red dyed text blocks. Collection of prize 19th & 20th century British short novels distinguished by compositional economy, integrity in concept, and strict aesthetic control. They are: 1, The Lifted Veil (George Eliot, pen name of Mary Ann Evans,1859); 2, Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad, 1899); 3, The Fox (D.H. Lawrence); 4, The Dead (James Joyce, 1914); 4, The Fox (D.H. Lawrence, 1922; 5, The Gioconda Smile (Aldous Huxley, 1922); 6, The Decline & Fall (Evelyn Waugh, 1928); and 7, Sallty Bowles (Christopher Isherwood, 1937), followed by biographical sketches.

Footscray, VIC, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, 1985. 5th Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Tony Wheeler (Photographer). Text/BRAND NEW. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light edge wear, faint creasings to front & trace bend to upper back corner, and price sticker remanent to back. First published 1973 in Nepal under the title "Nepal on $2 a Day". The first Lonely Planet edition appeared in 1976; this 5th Edition carries new maps and additions. Prakash A. Raj also co-authored the Nepal Phrasebook for the Lonely Planet.

Chicago, IL: M.A. Donohue, 1915. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/Near New. Vintage 1915, First Edition, First Thus. Illustrated boards/VG; strong & sound w/light edge wear, surface rubs & soiling. DJ/None. Short closed tear to fEP. Early American Boy Scout Master & writer of juvenile adventure books, George Harvey Ralphson (1879 - 1940), was best known for his "Boy Scout" series of adventures written on the eve of the World War I. His books inspired patriotic feelings among many young. This volume is the story of eighteen year old motorcycle-riding Boy Scouts. Black Bear and Wolf, patrolling New York City, discover a trove of hidden sticks of dynamite which leads to their enrollment in the aviation corps of the French Army Patrol, and from France to Belgium!

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atria Books, 2004. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW COPY w/trace wear to upper front corner of blue softcover. Advance Reading Copy [ARC)/Uncorrected Proof. Autobiography of a super-human survival story; an extraordinary show of resilience. Outdoorsman, engineer and motivational speaker Aron Lee Ralston (1975 -), neglecting to inform family or friend, on April 26, 2003, hiked the Blue John Canyon, in Utah. A shift of a boulder crushes his right hand and pins him against a canyon wall. Trapped so for 5 days, he amputates his right forearm with a dull multi-tool, makes it down from a 65 foot ledge, and walks six miles before running into a a vacationing family from the Netherlands.

Mexico: Editorial Diana, 1969. Primera Edicion, Agosto 1969 . Soft Cover/Library Boards. Very Good/None as Issued. EX-LIB/UNCIRCULATED Copy; no loan pocket) Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Softcover/NF w/light lifting laminate with Green linen library boards. Third novela from Rafael Ramirez Heredia (1942 - 2006) in which time is a major element in the intersection of the lives of Mario and Alma --- two highly different personages. 217 pages.

New York, NY: St Martins Press, 1997. Advance Reading Copy (ARC) . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. Soft Cover. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Mystery. 4th novel starring Denver attorney Luis Montez. In this episode, Luis Montez, relaxing on a Mexican beach, meets beautiful Rachel who gives him a manuscript and disappears. Luis returns to Denver to be plagued by a private eye engaged by Rachel's wealthy and powerful family to find her ... and Luis is the last to have seen her! A suspenseful tale set in Denver's fringe literary community and the world of petty hoodlums. Author Manuel Manuel Ramos teaches Chicano literature, and is himself a Denver attorney.

New York: Academic Press, 1969. Maroon Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 1/4" Tall. A volume of the publisher's series ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY. "Organometallic chemistry continues to be one of the most vigorously developing fields in all chemical science. During the last few years alone, organometallic systems have been central in the development of new theoretical insights, new laboratory syntheses, and even new industrial processes. It is now apparent that great areas of organometallic chemistry have remained underdeveloped for decades, in part because they fell bewteen conventional inorganic and organic chemistry. Indeed, it is now possible to visualize the development of organometallic chemistry as a third major branch of chemistry, overlapping with organic chemistry on one side and inorganic on the other. With this volume, we initiate a series of monographs devoted to special topics in organmetallic chemisty. [This book] represents the first attempt to systematize the electronic… Read More

Boston, MA: South End Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/Near New w/2 folded corners. Illustrated soft cover/NF, w/sticker residue to front cover verso. Concious of vulnerability, feminist, social activist and photographer Margaret Randall exhibits extraordinary courage and uncompromising integrity in activity challenging a social order she finds offensively abusive in economic and socio/political institutions and well as its sexist and racist ideology. After near quarter century in Latin America the author successfully battled to retain her US citizenship on return in 1985. This volume is an anthology of book reviews, literary criticism and cultural analyis, most published earlier elsewhere. Walking to the edge, that is "taking conscious risks" is Randall's life; this book are thoughts that concern her the most.