Search Results: Titles starting with R from Yesterday's Muse Books

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1935. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Second edition. Property of R.W. Baxendale F.C. Smith 201 S. Gregory Urbana. No jacket. Front board lightly soiled, bottom edge of boards rubbed. 1935 Hard Cover. 247 pp. Brown boards with gilt titles. Photographs and illustrations throughout. CONTENTS: National Defense and the Education Man; The National Defense and the Reserve Officers' Training Corps; The Obligations of American Citizenship; Evolution of the Military Policy of the United States. The National Defense Act; Military Organization; Military Discipline, Courtesies and Customs of the Service; Military Sanitation and First Aid; Map Reading; Interpretation of Aerial Photographs; Interior Guard Duty; Leadership: Instruction Dismounted Without Arms; Instruction Dismounted with Rifle and Automatic Rifle; Drill, The Rifle Squad and Platoon; Dismounted Ceremonies.

MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2005. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket - Pictorial Cover. 11x9x0. Begin, Mary Jane. Signed by author. Signed by illustrator. First edition. Signed by author and illustrator with inscription, "A is for Angus + Astrid!" Light smudges on rear board, board edge lightly rubbed. 2005 Large Hardcover. Our alphabet journey takes us next to the charming state of Rhode Island in R is for Rhode Island Red: A Rhode Island Alphabet. It may be our smallest state but its presence is unmistakable -- rich in history, breathtaking beauty, and famous for its neighborhoods filled with character. With every turned page readers will be treated to Rhode Island's incredible scenery and have their many questions answered about our thirteenth state. Rhode Island has how many miles of coastline' The breathtaking beauty of Block Island is one of the state's how many islands' Readers will also learn how Rhode Island native Samuel Slater started the American… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2004. Large Print. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x2. Large print. Spine creased, wrapper edges rubbed. 2004 Hard Cover. 593 pp. Large print. "Reba Lafferty was a daughter of privilege, the only child of an adoring father. Nord Lafferty was already in his fifties when Reba was born, and he could deny her nothing. Over the years, he quietly settled her many scrapes with the law, but he wasn't there for her when she was convicted of embezzlement and sent to the California Institute for Women. Now, at thirty-two, she is about to be paroled, having served twenty-two months for a four year sentence. Nord Laffery wants to be sure she stays straight, stays at home and away from the drugs, the booze and the gamblers

New York: Chartwell Books, 1983. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12x9x0. First edition. Jacket edges faded. 1983 Large Hardcover. Contains more than 200 photographs, and gives a full history of the R.A.F. from WWI through the Falklands War.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2019. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine. 5x0x8. First printing. An exceptional copy. 2019 Trade Paperback. viii, 150 pp. Includes black-and-white photographs. The birth of the Royal Air Force during World War I marked a pivotal moment in modern military and political history. With Europe’s western front frozen in a bloody stalemate of trench warfare, both sides sought some means of directly attacking enemy resources and morale. The new technologies of air power were used at first for reconnaissance of enemy positions for artillery strikes. By 1917 German bombers had begun raids on British cities, including an attack on London that killed hundreds, with eighteen schoolchildren among the casualties. Public outrage in Britain sparked a call for air defense and spurred political support for an independent air ministry. Prime Minister David Lloyd George and his minister of munitions, Winston Churchill, led the debates over how to shape… Read More

New York: Raw Books & Graphics, 1986. Large Softcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Kaz; Mouly, Francoise; Friedman, Drew. Crease on back corner, edges a bit rubbed. 1986 Large Softcover. 78 pp. Text and art by numerous contributors, most notably the seventh chapter of Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel Maus: A Survivor's Tale. Includes: Couple; Jailbreak Hotel; Skriiiiii... Bang!; Hell to Pay; Alliteration; The Beginning of the End; Jimbo; Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Chapter 7: Mauschwitz; Cats; Written on the Wind; Love's Savage Fury; Windows; Gimme a Break!; Raw Gagz; Tour de France; Last Rites; Mr. Henry Crown, Merchant of Death.

Rochester, New York: Rick Iekel, 2022. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author on front cover verso without inscription. A fine copy. 2022 Trade Paperback. xii, 306 pp. In this newly-shared tale of Rochester, New York's airport, discover why the City originally purchased Britton Field in 1921, how Charles Lindbergh's 1927 visit impacted community leaders and why Monroe County became involved in 1948. Read about some of Rochester's flying pioneers and how the center of activity relocated from Scottsville Road to Brooks Avenue in 1953. This fresh piece of Rochester's history will both inform and entertain. The reader will find “inside-the-fence” stories that will amuse and amaze. It is a trip down memory lane with the author, a 28-year veteran of work at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, to a time when visiting the airport was fun, to memories of meeting guests at the… Read More

Rochester, New York: Rick Iekel, 2022. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author with inscription on front cover verso, "To Jessica from Grandpa.". 2022 Trade Paperback. xii, 306 pp. In this newly-shared tale of Rochester, New York's airport, discover why the City originally purchased Britton Field in 1921, how Charles Lindbergh's 1927 visit impacted community leaders and why Monroe County became involved in 1948. Read about some of Rochester's flying pioneers and how the center of activity relocated from Scottsville Road to Brooks Avenue in 1953. This fresh piece of Rochester's history will both inform and entertain. The reader will find “inside-the-fence” stories that will amuse and amaze. It is a trip down memory lane with the author, a 28-year veteran of work at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport, to a time when visiting the airport was fun, to memories of… Read More

Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing Co, 1954. Soft Cover. Good. 0x0x0. A few light stains on front wrapper, burn mark on front wrapper, pencil notes and ink marginalia throughout. 1954 Soft Cover. 147 pp. CONTENTS: Part One. U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30, M1: Introduction - Disassembly and Assembly - Functioning - Operation, Immediate Action and Stoppages - Spare Parts, Appendages, and Accessories - Ammunition -Care and Cleaning; Part Two. U.S. Rifles, Caliber .22, M1 and M2. Part Three. Rifle Marksmanship: Historical Notes on Marksmanship - Introduction to Marksmanship - Preparatory Marksmanship, U.S. Rifle Caliber .30 M1 - Instruction and Record Practice, U.S. Rifle Caliber .30 M1 - Rifle Marksmanship, Caliber .22 - U.S. Carbines, M1, M1A1, M2, and M3 - Submachine Gun, Galiber .45, M3A1 - Hand and Rifle Grenades; Index.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x1x8. First edition. Light stain along bottom edge of jacket, half-inch tear along top edge of front jacket panel, jacket lightly toned. A few very minor stains on top page ridge, page ridge very faintly foxed. 1971 Hard Cover. 406 pp. "The assumptions and obsessions that control our daily lives are explored in tantalizing detail by master novelist John Updike in this wise, witty, and sexy story. Harry Angstrom -- known to all as Rabbit, one of America's most famous literary characters -- finds his dreary life shattered by the infidelity of his wife, Janice. How he resolves or further complicates his problems makes for a novel of the first order.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 5x1x8. First thus (first trade edition, following Franklin Library edition). Quarter inch tear along top edge of front jacket panel, minor tear along bottom edge of front jacket panel. Remainder mark on page base, top page ridge very lightly bumped. 1990 Hard Cover. 512 pp. 8vo. Updike's fourth and final Rabbit novel, which won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 - the second in the series to do so.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 92x27x131. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author with inscription, "For Robert." Jacket lightly toned. 1981 Hard Cover. 467 pp. The hero of John Updike's Rabbit, Run (1960), ten years after the hectic events described in Rabbit Redux (1971), has come to enjoy considerable prosperity as Chief Sales Representative of Springer Motors, a Toyota agency in Brewer, Pennsylvania. The time is 1979: Skylab is falling, gas lines are lengthening, the President collapses while running in a marathon, and double-digit inflation coincides with a deflation of national confidence. Nevertheless, Harry Angstrom feels in good shape, ready to enjoy life at last -- until his son, Nelson, returns from the West, and the image of an old love pays a visit to his lot. New characters and old populate these scenes from Rabbit's middle age, as he continues to pursue, in his erratic fashion, the rainbow of happiness.

New York: Greenwillow Books, 2022. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x0x8. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2022 Hard Cover. When the delicate balance between the people of a small country and the mythic rabbits of age-old lore is broken, putting everyone at risk, a young rabbit and a young girl must overcome their prejudices and learn to trust each other. This vivid and inventive novel from the acclaimed author of The Wolf’s Curse will captivate fans of Orphan Island and Scary Stories for Young Foxes.

New York: Putnam, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Faint stain along jacket edge, closed tear to jacket. 1997 Hard Cover. The widow of the slain Israeli prime minister reflects on their forty-eight years together, her husband's political career, and his place in history, including his role in the peace-making process.

New York: Routledge, 2020. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x0x9. Signed by author. First printing. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "To David for the interesting conversation. 7 November 2019." Stain on page ridge. 2020 Trade Paperback. xv, 154 pp. This book provides a critical introduction and translation of fifty Śāntiniketan (Abode of Peace) essays written by Rabindranath Tagore between 1908 and 1914. It provides key insights into Tagore’s fundamental meditations on life, nature, religion, philosophy and the world at large. As the first of its kind, this volume is a definitive collection of Tagore’s Śāntiniketan essays translated into English which contains a substantial amount of scholarly material on them. The essays look at Tagore’s ideas of universality, his socio-cultural location along with the development of his thought, his reflections on Buddhism,… Read More

New York: Arcade Publishing, 2006. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. Revised and updated edition. Ink name on blurb page. 2006 Trade Paperback. 267 pp. "Completely revised and updated, a collection of recognizable scenarios contains racial components that suggest how we act toward one another on a day-to-day basis reveals the racial situations we all inevitably encounter, how to make sense of them, and how black and white Americans can confront the prejudices that are present between them.

Princeton, New Jersey: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1960. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Burroughs, William H. Jr. Second edition. Jacket faded, jacket edges rubbed with small tears. Board edges lightly rubbed, ink name on front endpaper. Related papers laid in. 1960 Hard Cover. x, 334 pp. Detailed instructions from a successful skipper on how races are won.

Edinburgh / London: William Oliphant & Co. / Hamilton & Co, 1860. Small Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. No publisher date (circa 1860s). Pages foxed, mull exposed at front hinge, ink name on front free endpaper. iv, 154 pp. Two pages of publisher ads follow text. Green cloth boards with oak leaves and acorn design on front board. Engraved frontispiece and plates. 1860s Christian novel.

New York: Hyperion, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x6x9. First edition. Related map laid in. Jacket spine head lightly bumped. Top page ridge faintly foxed. 2004 Hard Cover. xiv, 462 pp. The real story of Captain Robert Scott's legendary Antarctic quest, told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed "the world's greatest living explorer," Sir Ranulph Fiennes. During the Golden Era of Exploration, Captain Robert Scott and his competitor Roald Amundsen conquered the unconquerable: Antarctica. This perilous race to the South Pole claimed the life of Scott and became the stuff of legend, as well as endless scrutiny. In this compelling, meticulously researched biography of Captain Scott and his fatal journey, renowned modern-day explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, holder of 10 expeditionary records, has written what is sure to become the definitive book on this hotly debated subject. Race to the Pole provides a level of immediacy and accuracy… Read More

Geneseo, New York: The Castlerea Press, 1998. Signed Copy. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 9x6x0. Signed by author. Signed by author with inscription, "For John, who has a destiny in helping us to right the wrongs in racing." Presentation copy order slip laid in. Crease and two small tears to jacket spine head. Faintly musty. 1998 Hard Cover. xii, 137 pp. "...highlights the history of the Thoroughbred sport in an exhortation to participants at every level to do what they can and must do to help return racing to the mainstream of sport in America. ...The book is supportive of the National Association of Thoroughbred Racing (NTRA) but reflects the author's belief that the NTRA initiative must be bulwarked by a return to the fundamentals that once made racing great, namely, self determination free of governmental control and the active reacceptance of "the racing imperative," the guiding principle upon which racing and all true sport is predicated."--jacket