Search Results: Authors starting with R from Quaker Hill Books

New York:: Covici Friede Pub., 1929. 1/1300 copies . Folio, Gray/brown paper boards with green linen spines lettered in gilt. 1274 pp total in all three volumes. Illustrated beautifillu through in color and B&W. Spines slighlty faded otherwise a beautiful set in near fine condition.. Limited Edition. Near Fine. Illus. by Jean de Bosschere. Folio. 3 Volumes.

London:, 1954. A lovely copy in the publisher's red cloth, spine with silver lettering. The dust jacket showing some light rubbing and soiling.. First English Edition. Original Cloth. Near Fine/Excellent. 8vo..

New York:: Random House, 1957. A lovely, bright copy of Rand's famous novel. Original dust wrapper shows light wear with tiny section of upper right corner missing. Ayn Rand's magnum opus is a philosophical thriller, the story of a society's slow collapse as the men of ability go on strike against the creed that treats them as sacrificial animals.. First Edition. Excellent 8vo..

London:: Thomas Johns,, 1670. Frontis portrait of Sir Francis Bacon; title page, 144pp.; including: "The Second Part of the Resuscitatio or a Collection of Seversl Pieces of the Works of the Right Honourable Francis Bacon,.."London, 1670; "A Preparatory to the History of Natural & Experimenta.", London, 1670; "The Charge of Sr. Francis Bacon, His Majesties Attourney General, touching Duells. Upon an information in the STar-chamber against Priest and Wright." London, 1670; "The Apology of Sr. Francis Bacon In certain Imputations concerning the late Earl of Essex..", London, 1670; "Certain Miscellany Works of The Right Honourable Francis Lord Verulam.. - Considerations Touching a War with Spain" London, 1670; "An Advertisement Touching an Holy War Written in the Year, 1622", London, 1670. "An Offer To our Late Sovereign King James of a Digest to be made of the Laws of England.", London, 1670; and "The History of the Reigh… Read More

Edinburgh, 1779 orig. leather Binding rubbed and scuffed, contents lightly soiled - Good+ 12to., 410pp., New Edition - one of the earliest histories of the American Revolution. Exact title is: A Philosophical and Political History of the Britishe Settlements and Trade in North America to which is annexed An Impartial History of the Present War in America..

Fortieth President of the United States. Very good content typed letter on his personal letterhead, signed "Ronnie" to Ted Humes a Goldwater campaign staff member in Pennsylvania. Reagan gained national attention in his speeches for Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign and at the urging of California Republicans was considering a run for Governor later that year. 4to., in fine condition.

COLOR PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN, NANCY REAGAN AND LUCKY - ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY THE PRESIDENT: "This is with our new family member Lucky.Her paw print." Lucky was a female Bouvier des Flandres puppy, given to the Reagans by the March of Dimes Poster Child in 1984 and named after Nancy Reagan's mother Edith Lucket Davis. Eventually after Lucky had grown to full size she was too big to live in the White House and was moved to the Reagan's ranch in California where she lived the rest of her life. This wonderful, family portrait photograph was the original camera-ready artwork from which greeting cards were printed and sent to various friends. In fine condition. 5 x 8 Inches Size: 5 x 8 Inches. Seller Inventory # 90002

5 August 1980 delivered to the Annual Convention of the National Urban League. 13 pages. After an opening joke about his Hollywood career, candidate Reagan likens his speech before the to the appearance of candidate John F. Kennedy "before a skeptical" audience of Protestant ministers in 1960 "who wanted to know whether his religious beliefs would in dome way affect his conduct in our nation's highest office." Like Kennedy 20 years earlier, Reagan hopes to reassure and perhaps even convert his skeptical listeners. For 'too many people, conservative has come to mean 'anti-poor, anti-black, anti-disadvantaged," But Reagan thinks his audience might " be surprised by our broad areas of agreement." He challenges "the idea that black Americans are some underclass of people, who must be treated apart from the mainstream of Americans because they don't have the capabilities the rest of us have. Nothing could be further from the truth. Black Americans don't lack capability. They lack opportunity. Given… Read More

London: T. Cadell,, 1778. Full Contemporary Calf. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 8vo, pp. [8], iv, [5]-326, [2] ads; contemporary full calf, neatly rebacked with a new calf spine retaining the original label lettered in gilt. English portrait painter and aesthetician who dominated English artistic life in the middle and late 18th century. He was the founder of the Royal Academy and dedicated this work to King George III who knighted him and to whom this work is dedicated.. First Edition. Very Good. 8vo..

NewYork:NewYork:: Appleton & Co. 1860 Original Cloth. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 20 fold out map pages all present and sharp; 12pp. of ads in rear; blank leaves for "Traveler's Merorandum" unmarked. Binding is rubbed, discolored and chipped at spine. Front hinge starting. Light foxing to text not affecting the maps. A very worthy copy of this famous guide book..

Scribners New York, Excellent. Excellent..

Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C.: Brady & Co. 1869 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 Inches. An imposing photographic portrait SIGNED BY ROBERT E. LEE, (R E Lee) at the foot of an albumen-print by Brady. Mounted on a photographer's mat with the gilt imprint of Brady's Washington studio, autograph presentation endorsement on the verso by Confederate General Gilbert Moxley Sorrel. "The finest portrait of General Lee and Brady's best effor": a fine veignette portrait of the great general. Lee is facing left. This is one of three portraits made by Brady during Lee's brief visit to Washington in 1869, during which he had a breif interview at the White House with his former adversary the President Ulysses S. Grant. General Sorrel's endoresment on the verso of the mat records the early provenance of the photograph: "This photograph of the Confederate commander-in-chief is passed by one of his soldiers to Lieut. Co. Molyneux, an appreciative admirer of the great General and a friend of G.M.… Read More

Lodon:, 1897. Profusely illustrated with portraits, charts and maps (some folding). Beautifully bound by Zaehnsdorf in 3/4 navy blue morocco with spine in six compartments ornately tooled and lettered in gilt. Some very light wear and scuffing to the corner edges otherwise near fine.. 3/4 Navy Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo.. 2 Volumes.

New York:: Macmillan,, 1930. Portrait frontispiece, 1018pp. Magnificently bound in full crimson morocco, the spine is elaborately decorated in gilt with dark blue leather labels lettered in gilt, a.e.g.. Original blue cloth slipcase in excellent condition. Edwin Arlington Robinson(December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet, who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. In 1922, Robinson received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his Collected Poems: He won it again in 1925 for The Man Who Died Twice and in 1928 for Tristram, the third part of his trilogy. A song based on Robinson's poem "Richard Cory" was recorded by Simon and Garfunkel on their second album, Sounds of Silence.. Fine. Thick 8vo..

New York:: D. Van Nostrand,, 1875. Pictorial regimental frontispiece, illustrated with maps and scenes, many in color, publisher's ads in rear. Original bright red cloth, the 2d Cavalry regimental insignia embossed on the front cover in gilt. The spine showing an elaborate military insignia and gilt lettering. The seminal work on the Second U.S. Cavalry written by an illustrious Civil War veteran. Originally appointed 2d Lieutenant to the 2nd U.S. Dragoons shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War, Rodenbough was quickly promoted to 1st Lieutenant and to Captain soon thereafter. He was engaged throughout the war with the Cavalry seeing action at Manassas, Winchester, (where he suffered the loss of his right arm) Gettysburg and Cold Harbor. By the end of the war he had achieved the rank of Brigadier-General. This book is a highly interesting account of the United States 2d Cavalry's experiences fighting Indians in Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming with additional material on the… Read More

Boston:: Fifth Regiment Veterans Assn.,, 1911. 510 pp, original publishers blue cloth with gold lettering, front cover with regimental emblem attached to the center, profusely illustrated with photographs, maps, plans etc.. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO SERGEANT FRED M. CULTER, dated August 9, 1911. Tipped in between the front endpapers are contemporary newspaper clippings referring to this regimen and contemporary picture postcards of Hudson, Mass.. Binding has a very small crease to upper left corner of the front cover. Ex. lib with a small ink stamp id (St. Thomas Seminary) at the bottom of the title page. Otherwise the book is in near fine condition with only the slightest soiling and rubbing. Bornbusch MA 138; Nevins pp153.. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo..

Boston:: Fifth Regiment Veteran Assoc.,, 1911. 510pp. , frontis portrait of Colonel Samuel C. Lawrence. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Battle insginia in gilt at bottom of sppine. A beautiful copy of an important regimental history. Dornbusch MA-128.. Blue Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo..

Springfield,: Tenth Regiment Veteran Assoc.,, 1909. [2] 535pp. A highly interesting and well written history of a western Massachusetts regiment written by a veteran of the civil war. Illustrated with portraits, frontispiece. "Using as a base the earlier unit hisroty...Roe added extracts from three soldiers' diaries and produced a highly readable and useful study." Nevins I, 153. In fine condition.. First Edition. Brown Cloth. Fine. 8vo..

Worcester, MA, 1914. First edition. Orig. cloth Very good. Minor shelf wear. Ex lib. with library sticker on front pastedown otherwise no marks or stamps. A clean, solid and excellent copy of a very comprehensive and well written regimental history.. Excellent. 8vo..

New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons., 1915. An excellent copy of TRs polemic against current US policy during World War I.. First Edition. Original Tan Cloth.. Excellent. 8vo..