Search Results: Titles starting with R from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

London: Macmillan and Co, 1928. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Announces the "Raman Effect," the inelastic scattering of light, one of the most important indications of the quantum nature of light. C. V. Raman (1888-1970) received the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work. [1], xcviii-c, 489-506, v-xvi (Supplement), 507-524, ci-civ pp. 8vo. Original wraps with no outer wrap. Wear and chipping to edges, staining around staples from rust, small cellophane tape repair at base of spine on outer wrap. . Clean within.

London: Royal Society of London, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. George H. Darwin's (1845-1912) "Resonance Theory" of the origin of the moon, according to which the moon might have originated from the fission of a parent earth as the result of an instability produced by resonant solar tides. Also contains William Huggins's paper on stellar spectrum photography, "On the Photographic Spectra of Stars." x, 419 pp.; iv, 421-1092 pp. 51 plates. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.

New York: AMS Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A reprint of the original 1926 edition of this important book in the history of meteorology. First AMS Edition. Clean crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1866. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. xvi, 237 pp. 8vo. Green cloth boards with blind embossed border front and rear, gold embossed titling to spine. Dark brown endpapers with front gutter split along entire hinge, freeing front board from text block although the cover is still complete. Clean within. Three color plates present and in Fine condition.

Seattle, WA/Salt Lake City, UT: Ranger Doug Enterprises/Paragon Press. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A stupendous volume that documents Douglas "Ranger Doug" Leen's decades-long quest to preserve and celebrate the unique contributions of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) to visual arts in our National Parks in the 1930s and 1940s. Leen has extended that tradition into the present with his company's production of additional National Park posters drawing inspiration from the original 14 posters that he has found and preserved. First Printing. xvii, 206 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Brown ribbon binding and miniature silkscreen print of Grand Teton National Park inserted in tipped in folder at rear.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Raffaelli, Ron. A series of erotic photographs that illustrate the fantasies that preced them. First Printing. Scuffing to dust jacket, darkening along right edge of front panel, now in mylar cover. Ivory boards with titling embossed in brown on cover and spine. Very clean within.

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, n.d.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. Unpag pp. 8vo. Very slight wear, clean within.

Greenfield, MA: A. Phelps, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Originally published in 1821, this volume went through various reprintings, but this is the first Phelps edition. An early juvenile fiction piece in the abolitionist movement. First A. Phelps/Greenfield Edition. 71 pp. 32mo. Paper covered boards with printed titling, leather spine. Boards have considerable wear and scuffing front and rear, but title still visible. Leather spine separating from boards and quite crisp, but boards still tight to text block. Foxing to endpapers, front and rear, some minor spotting within, overall darkening to pages from age. Four rear leaves missing small bits at the upper right corner and along foredge, but does not effect text. A hardy little volume.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed to the previous owner by Richard Scammon on half-title page, previous owner's name also in ink on first free endpaper. 347 pp. 8vo. Wear and scufing to dust jacket, closed tear at upper right corner of rear panel, light chipping at edges, now in mylar cover. Some soiling to foredge, minor. Clean within.

University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. xi, 265 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

Carmel Valley, CA: Ventana Editions, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Sexton, John. A stunning collection of John Sexton's black & white landscape images. Breathtaking. First Printing. Unpag. 55 Plates. Dust jacket has small 7/8" closed tear at head of rear panel parallel to spine, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within.

Princeton, NJ: Mercer Oak Publishing, 2013. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Signed by both authors on the title page. v, 387 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy.

Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. vi, 321 pp. 4to. Dust jacket has an "XV" written in faint ink at the foot of the spine, otherwise clean, sharp, and in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with gold embossed titling. Clean within.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Inscribed by the author to a co-worker in 1952. 233 pp. 8vo. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small chips and tears at edges, darkening from age, tape repairs on verso, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards, slight darkening to pages from age, very clean within.

London: Watts & Co, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. xi, 131 pp. 8vo. Light scuffing to dust jacket, soiling and sunning to spine, short closed tear at base of front panel, small loss at head and foot of spine, now in mylar cover.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, n.d.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1920s. 127, [1] pp. 12mo. Black cloth covered boards with red titling to spine. Light scuffing at edges, clean within.

Dublin, Ireland: Hodges, Figgis & Co. Ltd, 1952-1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 194 pp. 4to. Blue pastepaper covers with black cloth spine and corners, titling on spine hand lettered in white. Ex-library with minor marks within.

Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1923. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 65 pp. Gray paper wraps with light chipping at edges, small tear beginning at top and bottom of covers front and rear, now in protective mylar dust jacket. Clean within.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing. vii, 333 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has minor sunning to spine, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within.

New York: Donnell Memorial Library, 1991. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Eichenberg, Fritz. Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) was a woodcut artist and educator and this volume was created in his memory. Published in an edition of 250 copies and although usually numbered, this copy is penciled "A.E." at the colophon. Printed at the Press of the Sea Turtle in Easthampton, MA, by Harold McGrath. A beautiful remembrance of an exceptional man. 31 pp. 4to. Gray paper boards with black ribbon binding in the Japanese style with Fritz Eichenberg initials blind embossed on cover. Slight sunning to edge of spine where exposed in the matching slipcase that is in Fine condition. Eichenberg's self portrait serves as the frontispiece.