Search Results: Titles starting with R from Ross & Haines

Alexandria, VA.: Time-Life Books, Inc., 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto, 176 pp., color end papers, color illus., b/w photos, maps, bib., index. Part of the Epic of Flight series. The Royal Air Force's role in World War II. Signed by two RAF Aces on the half-title page: Michael Kilburn, 6 & one-half victories w/56 Squadron (he flew Spitfires & later was a test pilot) & Neville Duke, 27 victories (DSO, OBE, DFC-2 bars, also later became a test pilot). Hard cover book in v.g. or better cond.

N.P.: Norwich University. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback quarto, b/w photos & illus. of poor reproductive quality, some footnotes, iv + 146 pp. A selection of eight articles by various authors dealing with race and gender in military history. Used as a textbook in Norwich University's Military History course. Facsimile reproductions of these various articles bound in one paperback quarto volume. Some ink underlining and a couple of ink high lites.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv + 374 pp., b/w photos & illus., appendix, notes, bib., index. Colonial Subjects in the French Army, 1914-1918. The French Army employed more than 500,000 colonial subjects in the First World War. This study investigates French conceptions of race & national identity at the time. Cloth bound hard cover book & d/w both in fine cond. No markings or underlinings.

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1975. First Edition . Half-Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxxvi + 488 pp., map, illus., chronology, notes, bib., index. Saving Rome from Nazi destruction. Price-clipped d/w, signed on f.f.e.p., "Best wishes, Dan Kurzman.

New York & London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi + 583 pp., maps,b/w photos, footnotes, bib., index. First edition, no markings or underlinings, not ex-lib. Blue colored cloth bound hard cover book showing only sl. wear o/w v.g.cond. Examined continent by continent. Former owner's ink sig. inside front cover.

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1930. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 328 pp., frontis, b/w photos & illus., appendices, index. A History of the Great Rafting Industry on the Upper Mississippi, 1840-1915. A classic work on the great river. Former owner's ink sig. on the f.f.e.p. Blue ribbed cloth bound hard cover w/gold foil title stamping to the spine. Deckle edge. Book in v.g. cond.

New York: New York: Harper & Row, 1976, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 326 pp. Very Good in a price-clipped and nicked Dw. The full story of the extraordinary top-secret mission to rescue 61 American POW's in a prison compound 23 miles from Hanoi.

New York: The Macmillan Co., 1924. First Edition, Later Printing. 2nd Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo, xviii + 488 pp., footnotes, maps, graphs, appendices, index. Information on the then laws affecting railroad regulation of rates, service, management, etc. First pub. in 1923, this is the 2nd prntg. (1924). Maroon ribbed cloth bound hardcover in v.g. or better cond. Oddly, there is an ink stamp to the f.f.e.p. that the book is officially withdrawn from a library. But I can find no library markings on the interior or exterior at all. The d/w has a couple of nicks but shows water staining to the spine & some soiling front & back, hence only fair to good cond.

Pierre: South Dakota State Historical Society, 1960. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 282 pp. article in vol. XXX of the South Dakota Dept. of History Report and Historical Collections. Folding map, b/w photos, rosters of employees, bib. This is the first appearance of Fielder's work on the Railroads of the Black Hills. In 1964 this work was issued w/many more photos added by Superior Pub. Co. There are several more historical articles in this 592 pp. vol. from the S.D. Hist. Soc. Green cloth bound hardcover book w/gold-foil stamping to the spine in v.g. cond.

Minneapolis: Dillon Press, 1966. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Tall quarto, x + 283 pp., b/w photos, footnotes, maps, bib., index. A history of 100 years of railroads in Minnesota covering all the major & minor lines. Color printed cloth bound hardcover shows only lt. soiling & lt. wear to edges. Overall in very good cond. A train classic & Minnesota classic book. Former owner's ink sig. on f.f.e.p. o/w no other markings.

Washington: G.P.O., 1917. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good/Issued Without Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback octavo, 367 pp., tables. House of Representative document no. 2117, 64th Congress, 2nd session. "A study of arbitration & conciliation laws...for the peaceable adjustment of disputes between railraods & their employees & laws of certain countries for the prevention of strikes." Tan paper covers show lt. wear to the head & heel of the spine, small bump to the upper left hand corner of the rear cover o/w a solid binding, v.g. cond.

Cleveland: Cleveland: John Zubal, 1982, 1982. Reprint . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 463 pp. Reprint of the standard bibliography of Books on the men and events in the cattle industry in the American West.

Lubbock, TX.: West Texas Museum Assoc., 1967. 1st Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvi + 202 pp., index. Matter of fact reports of Mackenzie's efforts against the Commanche, Kiowa & Kickapoo. Blue cloth bound hard cover book w/silver title stamping to the front cover and spine in near fine cond. The d/w shows lite rubbing along the edges & heel of the spine o/w v.g. cond.

New York: Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd., 1964. Reprint Limited edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 411 pp., b/w illus., facsimile of original 1884 t.p. With a Concise Account of the Early Settlements, Hardships, Massacres, Battles, and Wars. This reprint edition limited to 750 copies. Black cloth bound hard cover book in v.g. or better cond. Bookplate. In clear glassine d/w.

New York: New York: Scarborough House, 1975, 1975. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 399 pp. Very Good in a price-clipped Dw. Tomb robbers, tourists, and archaeologists in Egypt.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxiv + 342 pp., map endpapers, maps, b/w photos, notes, index. The Roman frontiers from Germany to England to North Africa. Hardcover book in fine cond., d/w in v.g. + cond., not price-clipped.

Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader's Digest Assoc., Inc., 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large quarto, 528 pp., maps, b/w photos, index. A standard pictorial history of the Second World War w/chapters written by various authors & participants. This copy has a number of autographs of W.W. II participants including: R.E. Cole (twice, from the Doolittle Raiders), Ray Nagell(the book's former owner, 101st Airborne), Herb Suerth (also 101st Airborne), Lefty Lee (Iwo Jima), Darwin Gilbertson (Okinawa), Morman Riggsby (29th Div., D-Day), & Mark Rechkin (78 Special Battalion, Soviet Army, fought at Kirsk). Hard cover book in good or better cond., d/w just fair w/some repairs & rubbing at edges.

New York: Scholastic Professional Books, 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paperback quarto, 48 pp., b/w illus. Text in English, examples in Spanish. 20 Interactive Mini-Books That Help Every Child Get a Great Start in Reading. No markings or underlinings. Not ex-lib. Color card covers. Paperback book in near fine cond.

Durham, N.C.: Managing Times Press, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x + 184 pp., figures, tables, index. Signed on the t.p., "To John--Jean Cunningham." Hardcover book in fine cond., d/w fine cond.

Lake Mills, Iowa: Lake Mills, Iowa: Graphic Pub. Co., Inc. 1984, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. First Edition. Signed by Author. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xii + 287 pp., , extensive b/w photos & some ads + 16 pp. of color photos. Signed at top right of f.f.e.p. "Bob Speltz 1984." Bound in imitation light blue leather, d/w shows some sl. wear to head & heel of spine + a couple of light spots, almost v.g. tho.