Search Results: Titles starting with R from Bayside Books of Maryland, IOBA

Little, Brown, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and Seymour An Introduction; Little, Brown and Company, 1959. Hardcover in dustjacket, stated First Edition on copyright page. 248 pages. Price clipped dustjacket in Fair condition, with wear and chips to corners, head and heel of spine; closed tears and creases to upper left front corner; 1" x 1/4" chip to upper right rear corner. Hardcover with single library stamp to front free endpaper, and scattered underlining in text. A placeholder first edition, at the price of a later printing.

George Bell & Sons, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Large format hardback, 9.5" x 12". Produced in a limited edition of 120. Quarterbound tan cloth covered boards, with vellum to the spine. Title, author, date (1894) and publisher's design in gilt to spine. Top edge gilt. Clean inside; binding is solid and square. Some wear to extremities, including small spots of wear through to boards at corners, and 1/4" closed tear to vellum at top of spine. Scattered small spots and smudges, a couple small spots of green (ink?) at top of rear board. 139 pages, includes 44 full page B&W plates, index, and section on Madonnas incorrectly ascribed to Raphael. Each piece is accompanied by a page of text describing the physical characteristics (height, width, material, subject, etc), history and provenance including current owner, existence and location of known copies, and with critical citations.

Farmington Hills, Michigan, U.S.A: Schirmer Books, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Type: Ex-Library Typical ex-lib, with stickers and sticker residue to spine and rear board. Hinges are starting, but still sound - not unusual for a big, heavy book like this. Clean interior, save for noted ex-lib markings.

Underwood Miller, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 0x0x0. Signed. As New deluxe hardcover edition in slipcase, signed and limited (#27/500). Recently obtained from a private collector who purchased it new from Underwood-Miller in 1988, and he left it sealed in the original publisher's shrinkwrap. Opened during cataloging to verify the signatures were present, and to take photos. A collector's grade copy; I can pretty much guarantee there is no better condition copy out there. SIGNED on the limitation page by Burton Hatlen, Charles Willerford, J. N. Williamson, L. Sprague de Camp, Thomas Tessier, Thomas M. Disch, Guy N. Smith, Peter Tremayne, Stanley Wiater, Bill Warren, Ben P. Indick, Dennis Rickard, Darrell Schweitzer, & Don Herron. "A collection of essays about the work of the preeminent American writer of horror, Stephen King. Includes an interview with Stephen King by Jo Fletcher; foreword by Dennis Etchison; introductions by Whoopi Goldberg, Marv Wolfman & Frank… Read More

Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Hardcover, no dustjacket. 1971 facsimile reprint of the original 1843 edition. Fullbound black cloth boards, with silver lettering to the spine. Previous owner's name and address in ink on front free endpaper; and same individual's initials embossed on half title page. 1088 pages. Large foldout map of the West Coast of Africa. Binding just beginning to split at the title page and at the rear hinge, not all that surprising for such a heavy and thick book. "Report of Mr. Kennedy, of Maryland, from the Committee of Commerce of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the memorial of the Friends of Colonization assembled in convention in the city of Washington, May, 1842. To Which is Appended, a Collection of the Most Interesting Papers on the Subject of African Colonization, and the Commerce, Etc., of Western Africa, Together with all the Diplomatic Correspondence Between the United States and… Read More

US Department of Commerce, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover, 1982, 314 pages. Full bound slate blue boards with silver lettering and designs to front and spine. In Fine, As New condition. Provides details on the re-survey of the north-south and the east-west boundaries between Maryland and Delaware, carried out in 1961-62 and 1974, respectively. Also provides information on the restoration and erection of monuments and markers along the border. Numerous appendices, including full texts of "Lord Hardwicke's Decree in Penn vs Baltimore" and "Final Agreement Between Lord Baltimore and Penn Heirs".

Underwood Miller Inc, 1984-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. Signed. Rhialto the Marvelous by Jack Vance, published by Brandvwyne Books, 1984. Stephen E. Fabian, cover and interior illustrations. Signed deluxe hardcover, limited to 1000 unnumbered copies, with dust jacket in slipcase, all in collector grade As New condition. Still sealed in the publisher's original shrink wrap.

American Institute of Crop Ecology, 1965-01-01. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Large hardcover, 555 pages with bibliography. Ex-library with typical markings, including call letters and other markings to bottom of spine, library name stamped to top edge of pageblock, and card pocket and withdrawn stamp to rear free endpaper. Overall a clean copy; binding is solid and square. "Phenological records of rice from 112 agricultural experiment stations and experimental areas from 20 countrieshave been consulted and summarized in the various tables of this study." Goal of the research was to determine the temperature and daylight requirements of rice based largely on data from the continental United States and ther non-tropical regions of the world.

RecordedBooks, 2008. AudioBook (Cassette). Fine. Unabridged audiobook on 7 cassettes, approximately 8 hours. Narrated by Kim Brockington, Rachel Leslie, and Susan Spain. Part of Recorded Books' Griot Audio series. In As New condition. "Tanisha Butler and ADrienne Sheppard are two friends tired of barely getting by. So they come up with a plan - have a rich man's baby and achieve instant wealth from the child support.... Before it's all over, Tanisha and Adrienne find out that landing an easy life might be harder than they thought.

Phantasia Pr, 1979. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. Signed. As New, collector's grade copy. Phantasia Press, 1979. As New hardcover, in unclipped dustjacket, and in slipcase. Cover art by Paul Lehr. Signed by the author on the limitation page, and numbered #83/500. Includes Fine copy of foldout map laid in. Second book in the Ringworld series.

Recorded Books, 2009. AudioBook (Cassette). Good. Roadside Crosses, by Jeffery Deaver - a Kathryn Dance novel. Published by Recorded Books. Unabridged audiobook on 13 cassettes, approximately 14.5 hours. Narrated by Michele Pawk. A retired library copy, with typical markings; case and cassettess in good condition. "... Deaver's patented plot twists are on full display in the tale of a killer who uses social-networking websites to personalize his crimes." From the Booklist Review: "Deaver is bound to slip up sometime. But not this time. This novel, which follows on the heels of Sleeping Doll (2007), again stars California Bureau of Investigation agent Kathryn Dance and, like its predecessor, is tightly constructed with a suspenseful story and plenty of plot twists.

Fax Collector's Editions, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Four volume hardcover set of Robert E Howard titles, in original shrinkwrap, from Fax Collector's Editions, circa 1974-1978. All are hardcovers in dust jackets, and in Fine condition in original publisher's shrinkwrap. 1) Swords of Shahrazar, 1976, 149 pages, cover and interior illustrations by Michael William Kaluta. 12 B&W full-page illustrations, 3 color plates, and illustrated endpapers. Three adventure stories featuring Kirby O’Donnell: Swords of Shahrazar, The Curse of the Crimson God, and The Fight for the Crimson God. 2) Incredible Adventures of Dennis Dothan, 1974, 173 pages, wraparound cover and interior artwork by Tom Foster. Ten full-page B&W illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Ten short stories featuring Dothan, a sailor in the South Seas who boxes for prize money and gets caught up in adventures. 3) The Lost Valley of Iskander, 1974, 208 pages, cover and interior illustrations… Read More

G K Hall & Co, 1980-03. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover, no DJ, 1979, ISBN 081618397X. Ex-lib copy, accession sticker to rear free endpaper, three stickers to rear cover. Light scattered underlining. Binding starting to weaken between frontispiece and half title page. 196 pages, with chapter notes and index. Collection of fifteen essays on Frost's poetry, divided into four sections: Form, Attitude, Problems, and Background. These studies reflect a shift in the reading of Frost's work which began in the 1970's, made possible by new and easier access to documented early primary and secondary material.

Phantasia Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8x5x1. Signed. AS NEW signed limited hardcover in slipcase, from Underwood-Miller, 1985. A collector's grade copy. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the limitation page, and numbered 232/650. Hardcover is in Fine condition, full bound in black cloth with silver lettering to the spine. Clean inside and out, with no other markings of any kind. Binding is solid and square. Unclipped dust jacket is in Fine condition: bright, sharp and glossy. Cover art by Paul Lehr. Black cloth slipcase also in Fine condition. This is the novel that connects Asimov's Robots to Foundation.

Phantasia Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 10x6x1. Signed. Hardcover signed, limited and in slipcase, from Phantasia Press, 1983. Signed in full by Isaac Asimov to the limitation page at the rear of the book, and numbered #103 of 750. Book is in Fine condition, full bound in black cloth with silver lettering to the front and spine. No other markings inside or out; binding is solid and square. The unclipped dust jacket is in Very Good condition, with some rubbing with color loss near the head and heel of the spine, and small bump to lower right front corner. Black cloth slipcase is in Very Good condition, with some light toning and scattered rubbing from shelfwear. A direct successor to The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun, this continues the story of Elijah Baley as he takes on an "impossible" murder investigation.

Scribners, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover 1st, missing dust jacket. First edition and first printing, with Scribner's colophon (seal) and letter "A" to copyright page. Original full bound black cloth binding, with green design of rocket ship speeding towards the moon and green lettering to spine. NOT a library rebind, as is often the case. Clean inside and out with no markings of any kind; binding is tight and square. The first of Heinlein's juveniles, and a pioneering work that set the standard for boys adventure stories for generations to come. Pushed at head and heel of spine. Small spots of wear through to the board at corners and head and heel of spine; also on front board near the top of the left wing of the ship. Wrinkle in cloth covering to rear board. Would present very nicely in a facsimile dust jacket, if so desired.

Calcutta: Indian Museum, 1964. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint edition. Monograph written by Sri C Sivaramamurti, Superintendent of the Archaeological Section of the Indian Meseum, Calcutta. An investigation of conquest as a means of cultural transmission and change on the Indian subcontinent, with specific reference to the archaeological record. 71 pages, with bibliography, index and 28 pages of BW photographic plates. Browning to endpapers.