Search Results: Authors starting with R from Bath and West Books (PBFA)

London: The Epworth Press / J. Alfred Sharp, 1927. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarce first edition. Red cloth with black titling and borders. A clean copy with slight bowing to boards, fading to some edges and a few 'bleached' spots, mostly to lower board. Offsetting to endpapers, spotting to page edges and a couple of pages but contents o/w clean without bookplates, inscriptions or other markings. 118 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In two parts. In 'The Theory of Family Endowment' Rathbone addresses the economic and ethical cases with questions such as: How far do actual wages meet the needs of existent families?. In 'The Practice of Family Endowment' she examines existing schemes in this country and abroad, and looks at the future of family endowment in this country with reference to the teaching profession, the ministry of religion, the mining industry and agriculture. Rathbone… Read More

Oxford University Press, 2000. Softcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover copy. Clean bright wrappers with uncreased spine. Contents clean, white and tight without bookplates, inscriptions or markings other than minor marking to page edges. xii, 3621 pp. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Historian Geoffrey Reaume chronicles in rich detail the daily life of patients at 999 Queen Street West, Toronto, from 1870 to 1940, examining such aspects as diagnosis and admission, daily routine and relationships, leisure, patients' labour, family and community responses, and discharge and death. All items professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.

New York: Lori Bookstein Fine Art , 2013. First Edition . Printed Card Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Published to accompany a two-gallery exhibition by 'Lori Bookstein Fine Art' and 'Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects' of New York from Jan 10 - Feb 9, 2013. A near fine copy with trivial rubbing to spine and edges. Colour reproductions of the eight paintings.

North Truro, MA: High Head Press, 1995. First Edition . Printed Card Wrappers. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Resika, Paul. A fine copy with trivial rubbing to edges. Contents clean, tight and bright without bookplates, inscriptions or other markings. 20 colour plates of Resika's paintings of Provincetown; 2 pencil sketches; essays by Arturo Vivante and W. W. Di Piero. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Provincetown is at the northern tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on the site of the Mayflower's landing in 1620. The seaside town celebrates individuality and freedom of expression and has a rich creative history as the oldest continuous art colony in the country.

Dublin: Printed for Thomas Walker, 1780. Sixth Edition . Full Leather. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. The Sixth Edition, complete in seven volumes. Full contemporary calf with five raised bands to spine, and leather labels to compartments two and three. Only vols VI and VII have intact title labels, the others are either partially or totally lost. The volume numbers are all present but worn. General wear, rubbing and staining to bindings. All boards attached; a few straining at joints but firmly held. Vol II cracked along length of spine and Vol. I starting. Vol. II headband hanging by a thread. Page edges age-toned and soiled, especially top. Armorial device to front pastedowns of all except VII. Minor insect damage to I and II. Back free endpapers partially torn out of I, II and IV. Some minor browning to paper but contents generally clean without inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Additional photos available on request or these can be viewed on my listing. The third… Read More

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1905. First Edition . Full Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, third thousand, published 1905 in New York. An attractive volume bound in brown suede leather over flexible boards, with gilt lettering to upper and spine. Light wear and rubbing, mainly to spine tips and corners. Spotting to upper board which is highlighted in the photo but less noticeable in real life. The spine leather has faded but the gilt is still bright. All edges gilt: lightly dust-soiled and rubbed but also still bright. Brown endpapers. Joints firm. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Gutter cracked between copyright page and preface but all pages attached and text block firm. A couple of pencil annotations to contents page. Very occasional minor spotting but contents o/w clean and unmarked except for a few random stamps in blue ink, marking the book as the property of C. W. U. Chivers, Architect of Winnipeg. One 3 cm edge tear. The author… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. First Edition, Third Impression Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket which is clean and bright with a few light surface scratches and minor creasing to edges but no chips or tears. Boards clean, square and sharp except for minor bumping to one corner and slight pushing to spine tips. Spine not pulled. Page edges white. Contents clean, tight and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. An almost fine copy. xiii, 399 pp; b/w plates and map. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd., 1907. First Edition . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Robertson, W. Graham. 1907 first edition with 8 pages of publisher's ads. to the rear. Three plays "written for the Woman and for her entertainment performed", illustrated with twelve, stunning, full-page colour illustrations by the author. 'Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh: A Twelfth Night Pageant for a Baby Girl; 'The Wishing Well: A Pageant for a Year-Old Woman' and 'A Masque of Midsummer Eve: A Warning to All Babies and To One Especially'. Bound in blue cloth, lettered and decorated in yellow and black. Top page edges blue. Binding a little worn, corners and spine tips rubbed. Page edges toned with light spotting. Ex Libris book plate and owner's neat inscription to front endpapers. Paper lightly toned. Minor spotting to front and back matter. A row of ink dots to top edge of a few illustration pages. Overall a good copy of this… Read More

Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1987. First Edition, First Impression . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket which is lightly soiled with light rubbing/creasing to edges and a 1 cm closed tear to top. Boards clean, bright, square and sharp with minor bruising to spine tips. Minor spotting to page edges. Contents clean, tight and white without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings.. x, 243 pp; 29 b/w illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "Although she is popularly remembered as Ottawa's pugnacious mayor - the first female mayor of a Canadian city - there are other reasons for remembering Charlotte Whitton. One of this country's first generation of professional women, she championed the cause of child welfare across the country and worked hard for the status of women long before the word 'feminism' had passed into everyday language. What the authors show,… Read More

London: Printed at the Chiswick Press By Charles Whittingham and Co. For Messrs. Ellis, 1908. First Edition Thus . Printed Card Wrappers. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Inscribed to Harold Adams by Samuel Looker, New Year 1951. Adams was founder of the Richard Jefferies Society. Looker devoted himself to Jefferies for over half a century, publishing numerous volumes of journalistic material which had never previously been re-printed, and new matter from diaries, notebooks and unfinished manuscripts that he had tracked down. Looker's biography: 'Richard Jefferies: Man of the Fields' was published after the author's death in 1965. In its earliest form, Rossetti's poem, 'The Staff and Scrip', was first published in 'The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine' in 1856. It had been planned and begun some years earlier, being founded on a story in the 'Gesta Romanorum'. Rossetti afterwards revised it and added some new stanzas. In its present… Read More

London: Wright's Coal Tar Soap. First Edition, First Impression First Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rowlands, Constance E.. Delightful vintage children's book. Sixteen full-page colour illustrations of animals, fairies, babies etc. by Constance E. Rowlands, with accompanying short verse for each. Unpaginated. Presented by The Proprietors of Wright's Coal Tar Soap, Southwark, London. No date but c.1925. Paper-covered boards with colour illustration to upper. Green linen spine. Light wear to paper and spine tips; light spotting and marking. Contents in good condition without inscriptions, foxing or other marking; colours bright. Landscape format. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London & Orpington: George Allen, 1893. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth with gilt titling to spine. A handsome copy with minor rubbing, and a small dent to fore edges. Dust-soiling to top page edges. Offsetting to endpapers; light age-toning to paper; previous owner's name prettily written in ink to front blank but no other inscriptions or markings. Slight smoky aroma on close inspection. 93 pp. + 4 pp publisher's catalogue of Ruskin's books. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" talll. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

London: George Allen, 1892. Thirteenth . Full Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 'Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures by John Ruskin, LL.D., 1. Of Kings' Treasuries. 2. Of Queens' Gardens.' In his preface, Ruskin describes the theme of the lectures as "the majesty of the influence of good books, and of good women, if we know how to read them, and how to honour." Thirteenth Edition in Original Form. New Preface by Avallon to The Small Edition of 1882. Publisher's deluxe edition of flexible covers beautifully bound in full red roan leather (which was made to look like morocco) with gilt titling to spine and upper board, gilt ruling around edges. and rounded corners. All edges gilt. All clean and bright with minimal wear and marking. 180 pp. Text in black and red. A fond gift inscription dated Xmas '92, written in ink which has transferred to the title page; no other inscriptions. A couple of marginal ink blots but no other internal… Read More

Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No publication details but this is a modern facsimile edition. Pastor Charles Taze Russell was the founder of 'Zion's Watch Tower' and 'Herald of Christ's Presence', known worldwide today as 'The Watchtower' - the magazine of the Jehovah's Witnesses. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titling to upper board and spine. Boards clean, bright, square and sharp. Contents clean, white and tight. Light marking to page edges but o/w fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Heavy/oversize book. U.K. postage at default charge but overseas buyers may be asked for a little extra. Enquiries welcome. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed-for, and insured.