Search Results: Titles starting with R from Carpe Diem Fine Books

Kansas City: The Lowell Press, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 130pp. 116 reproductions (including 83 color plates). FIne in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped; small water mark to lower corners). All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

Kansas City, MO: Lowell Press: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. Fine in near fine dustjacket.. Oblong octavo. (xvii) 128pp. Numerous color and black & white illustrations (including 116 numbered paintings and drawings). Presented by the Thunderbird Foundation. Original cream cloth with turquoise leather-like spine and gilt lettering in illustrated dustjacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket (price-clipped; light foxing). All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

London: MQ Publications Limited, 2005. Deluxe Limited Edition No. 128 of 150 copies. Publisher's blue cloth clamshell case with SIGNED & numbered original print of Crumb with third eye; small 8vo hardcover in color illustrated dustjacket with sealed "R. Crumb's Musical Sampler" CD; printed limitation bookplate and two Crumb bookmarks laid in. Housed in publisher's cardboard box. Color reproductions of Crumb oil paintings and sculptures, complete with gallery-owner narratives about working with the artist. An all-around fine copy, as new. Part biography, part comic book, and part media critique, the R. Crumb Handbook is a rich and colorful peek into the fascinating and quirky world of R. Crumb. In addition to numerous reprints of Crumb comic hits like Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural, the book also features new works by Crumb, including a hilarious dialogue between the artist and his wife. There are also reprints of record covers that Crumb has drawn over the years, as well as a CD of songs by the… Read More

Stanford CA: Stanford Research Institute, 1953. 1st. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto; 69 pages printed recto only w/many in-text charts inc. one foldout. Library markings, pocket at rear, o/w a Very Good copy. Copy #106 of Technical Report No. 37, SRI Project No. 591. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Costa Mesa CA: Mazda Publishers, 1998. 1st. Hardbound. Fine copy. Octavo, (xvi)< 578pp. Laid in is a letter from the author to a colleague.

Gulf Breeze FL: Academic International Press, 2006. 1st. Hard Cover. As New in original blue cloth gilt-stamped at spine and front cover. Octavo; xv, 395 pages.

Edinburgh: Neill & Co, 1934. Preprinted from the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 94, No. 5. Softcover. Light creasing; mild age toning otherwise near fine.. Large octavo. 14pp ([1] 431-443. Light grey wraps; stabbed with string tie. PRESENTATION copy from the author to Dr. F.G. Pease. Laid in is a 3 page ALS from Professor Kosirev to Dr. Pease, who was associated with both Mt. Wilson Observatory and Cal Tech. Kosirev tells of his forthcoming article in R.A.S. and enlarges upon certain aspects of this paper, presenting to Pease two questions upon which he hopes that Pease would offer his opinion.These deal with certain measurements that Pease had already made of "supergiant" stars. A most intereseting association of a scarce item.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Library, 1964. 1st. Cloth. Fine. Quarto. (xv) 51pp. 321 items listed. Original red cloth with gilt lettering in original glassine dust jacket. INSCRIBED "To one who until/recently didn't know/about us - Bill Fitzhugh,'with best wishes from/the author/Walter Goldwater." With a geneological chart and a concise lexicon of the parties and groups which issued them.

Chicago: M.A. Donahue, 1939. Hardcover. Gruelle, Johnny. 8vo. 95, [1] pp. Delightfully illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, most in color. Black cloth with color plates to front & rear boards; color illustrated end papers in original color illustrated dust jacket. Faint bumping to corners; minor shelf wear else fine in fine dustjacket.

Chicago: M.A. Donahue, 1939. Hardcover. Gruelle, Johnny. 8vo. 94pp, [1]p. Delightfully illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, most in color. Black cloth spine with color illustrated boards & end papers in original color illustrated dust jacket. Book is fine in fine dustjacket.

Chicago: M.A. Donahue, 1939. Hardcover. Gruelle, Johnny. 8vo. Unpaginated; [92]pp. Delightfully illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, most in color. Black cloth with color plates to front & rear boards; color illustrated end papers in original color illustrated dust jacket. Faint bumping to corners; minor shelf wear else fine in fine dustjacket. Book is fine in fine dustjacket (with a hint of wear along upper edge).

Chicago: M.A. Donahue, 1939. Hardcover. Gruelle, Johnny. 8vo. 94pp, [1]p. Delightfully illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, most in color. Black cloth with color illustrated boards & end papers in original color illustrated dust jacket. Light shelf wear else fine in near fine dustjacket (light wear to extremities, more so to spine ends; short closed tear to upper rear edge).

Chicago: M.A. Donahue, 1939. Hardcover. Gruelle, Johnny. 8vo. Unpaginated; [92]pp. Delightfully illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, most in color. Black cloth with color plates to front & rear boards; color illustrated end papers in original color illustrated dust jacket. Minor wear to extremities else fine in near fine dustjacket (light wear to extremities).

Chicago: P.F. Volland Co, 1920. Reprint. Hardcover. Gruelle, Johnny. Thirty-eight edition. 8vo. Unpaginated; [92]pp. Color and black & white illustrations by Johnny Gruelle. Color illustrated paper covered boards and end papers; housed in publisher's color illustrated box. Book in near fine condition (light foxing, fading and wear to extremities) in very good box (fading to cover; short closed tear to front edge; light wear).

Riga: Latvijas PSR Zinatnu Akademijas Izdevnieciba, 1959. 1st. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 735, [2] pp. Text in Latvian and Russian. Index. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. A near fine copy (light general wear). Contains 39 contributions on linguistic studies in honor of Dr. Janim Endzelli.

Verdi, NV: International Artist Publishing, 2004. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the Kelley. 4to.155 pp. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions. Foreword by Jose Aguayo, Founder of the Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO. Black cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. "Using a foundation of exceptional drawings, Ramon reveals in this book how it is possible to express emotional, expressive warmth and vivacity in an impressionistic style using bold colors, so that the essence of the subject is conveyed." - dustjacket flap.

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1900. Monterey Edition. Complete in two volumes. 8vo. xxxv, 310; 308 pp. Illustrated plates with titled tissue guards from drawings by Henry Sandham. Introduction by Susan Coolidge. Binding designed and signed by Amy Sacker. Cream, & green illustrated blue cloth with gilt lettering & ruling; top edges gilt; with publsher's gilt lettered blue cloth dustjackets; housed in publisher's blue slipcase. Books and dustjackets are in fine condition (with a hint of wear); some wear and fading to slipcase. Lawrence Clark Powell wrote: "Ramona was the first novel about Southern California... it remains the best California book of its kind - an historical romance of a vanished way of life." Appearing in 1881, just before the spectacular boom, it created a nation-wide interest in Southern California, and it served as sort of a romantic guidebook during the tourist rush. - Zamorano 80 #46. (BAL 10456; Baird & Greenwood 1296; Johnson, High Spots of American Literature pg. 46-47).

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1900. Monterey Edition. Complete in two volumes. 8vo. xxxv, 310; 308 pp. Illustrated plates with titled tissue guards from drawings by Henry Sandham. Introduction by Susan Coolidge. Beautifully bound in three-quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt decoration, ruling and letter, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Lawrence Clark Powell wrote: "Ramona was the first novel about Southern California... it remains the best California book of its kind - an historical romance of a vanished way of life." Appearing in 1881, just before the spectacular boom, it created a nation-wide interest in Southern California, and it served as sort of a romantic guidebook during the tourist rush. - Zamorano 80 #46. (BAL 10456; Baird & Greenwood 1296; Johnson, High Spots of American Literature pg. 46-47).

London: Published by the author, 1935. 5th Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 245 pp. Tables; fold-out color map of Witwatersrand Goldfields in rear pocket. Maroon pebbled cloth with gilt lettering. A fine copy with a hint of wear. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Chicago: Continental Publishing, 1885. Folio. 192 pp. Illustrations (some in color); color maps. Gilt-decorated brown cloth. Front hinge cracked and partially holding; wear to covers & corners, previous owner name; a good copy. World atlas with geographic descriptions, sketches of places, etc.