Search Results: Titles starting with R from Quair Books

Oxonii e typographeo Clarendoniano [Oxford University Press at the Clarendon Press], 1954. Very Good. 8vo. In Greek, introduction in Latin. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Lightly bruised spine ends and corners. POI and band of tanning to ffep, occasional pencil annotation. Else, clean and tidy.

St Martins Press, 1996. Near Fine. First US edition. Large 8vo. With b/w plates. Black cloth spine with gilt stamped lettering, red paper boards. Illustrated endpapers. Fore edge untrimmed. Clean and tight, in similarly near fine DJ - light edgewear.

London: Michael Joseph, 1972. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Lean to spine, bruising to spine ends and corners. Top edge spotted and tanned. Else, clean and tidy. In David Pether's original dust jacket: spine sunned, lightly toned, wear and creasing to top edge. Very good/ very good.

London: L.N. Fowler & Co. or Modern Astrology Office/ Women's Printing Society, Limited., 1909. Good. Second Edition. 8vo, pp. viii, [306], [4 adverts]. Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Pushing to spine ends, spine a little sunned. Bump to top edge of bottom board. Edges and front foxed. POIs to ffep, half-title toned. Closed tear to margin of final page. Else, clean and tidy. A tight copy. Good+ In 1915, along with husband, Alan � "the first modern astrologer" � Bessie Leo (1858�1931) founded the Astrological Lodge of London. Like her husband, who was also a prominent Theosophist, she published widely on astrology and was key to its promotion in the West. Bessio Leo was President of the Astrological Institute, as well as the resurrected Astrological Society (see Kim Farnell). Based in Brick Street, Piccadily, The Women's Printing Society was founded by Emma Paterson and Emily Faithful; it was incorporated as a co-operative in 1878. The WPS was significant for the British suffrage… Read More

London: Little, Brown, 2005. Very Good. Early reprint (2005), SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Turquoise cloth, spine lettered in white. Gentle pushing to heel of spine. Signed by Roberts in black pen to title page. Else, clean, tight and bright. In the Monica Laita-illustrated dust jacket: price-clipped, edgewear and a few scores, with Grove Bookshop, Ilkley 'Signed by the Author' sticker to front panel. Near fine/ very good. A nice copy.

Minneapolis: University Of Minnesota Press, 1990. Slim trade paperback. Lightest edgewear, else, clean, tight and bright. Near fine. Theory and History of Literature, Volume 73.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo. Attractive duck egg blue linen boards, spine lettered in black. Extremities bruised. Matthew Kieran's name in black biro to ffep and his marginal notes throughout. Programme for Putnam's Gifford series of lectures, Renewing Philosophy (1990-91), laid-in (creased and stained, with "Order book" in Kieran's hand to front page). In the original dust jacket: chipped, rubbed and soiled. An interesting, philosopher's working copy of Putnam's book, which sought "to embed philosophy in social life". Good+/ good+ Hilary Whitehall Putnam (1926�2016) was an American philosopher, who made significant contributions to various branches of the discipline, including analytic philosophy and philosophy of mathematics and science. His rigourous, self-critical approach led him to change his position across his career. In 1990, Putnam was Walter Beverley Pearson Professor of Mathematical Logic and Modern Mathematics and Professor of Philosophy at… Read More

London: Constable, 1996. Hardback. Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Original red cloth, grey-blocked spine label lettered and framed in gilt. Pink endpapers. Gentle pushing to spine ends, else, clean and tight. In the original dust jacket: spine sunned, gentlest creasing to extremities. Near fine/ near fine A lovely, bright copy From the collection of Jennie Bond (1950-), the English journalist and television presenter; she was the BBC's royal correspondent for fourteen years: without inscription.

Papermac, 1988. Good. Trade paperback, with b/w plates. Light wear to covers, sunning and creasing to spine. Else, clean and tight. Includes errata slip. 'Her life is black and white and crimson and purple and wild.' (back cover).

Unwin Hyman Ltd, 1988. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. 8vo, pp. ix, 240 + b/w illustrations. Quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine, black paper boards. Light bruising to head and tail of spine, else crisp and clean. In near fine DJ - light wear to top edge.

New York: Random House/ The Poetry Quartos, 1929. Poor. FIRST US EDITION. 4to, pp. [8]. Beige illustrated paper wrappers, lettered in black. Cream laid paper watermarked with 'R.H.' within decorative frame. Wrappers detached, with losses. Edges creased, else, clean. Poor. A fragmented copy of H.D.'s poem exploring the her relationship with, and desire for, Paul Robeson, who had starred in the POOL group's experimental feature film, Borderline (1930). One of 475 copies (515 with overrun). The Poetry Quartos was a set of 12 pamphlets (priced at $10 for the set), each containing a new poem by an American poet. The publication was conceived by Paul Johnston, a fine-press publisher from Connecticut. H.D.'s name was not included on the original list, but was submitted by Ezra Pound in his response to Johnston's request. Fellow poets included Geneviere Taggard, Louis Untermeyer, Robert Frost, Elinor Wylie and Conrad Aiken. Boughn A11a

London: Virago Press Limited, 1990. Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Edgewear, reading creases to spine. Tanned edges, else, clean. Good+ VMC no. 117.

London: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1944. Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. 226 + 196 b/w images. Beige cloth, black lettering to spine. Grubby boards, lean to spine, bruising to extremities. Pencil notes to pastedowns, POI to ffep, front edges of first three gatherings showing indentation and rust shadows from paperclips (now removed). Else, clean and bright, particularly the images. Good+ The first in Colson's set of textbooks on the rehabilitation of the injured (Remedial Gymnastics followed in 1947), it covers a range of activities to aid recovery and promote remedial exercise, including weaving, gardening and domestic work. Colson wrote it for the dual readerships of surgeons and therapists, with ample illustrations for guidance.

Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, ltd, 1913. Good. [n.d. 1913?] The Eighth (Twentieth Century) Edition. Small 8vo. Olive cloth with gilt and black lettering to upper board. Spotting to edges and endpapers. Centenary sticker to ffep, ownership stamp to Preface: 'Thos Carruthers. Teacher of Shorthand, Typewriting etc'. Else, clean and tight.

1951. One-leaf card (14 cm x 17.7cm), colour print by 'Collins' tipped to navy front panel, featuring the Brooklyn Bridge and a New York snowscape (see title page). Edgewear, rubbing and creasing, cut along top edge. Inscribed by Farjeon in black ink to reverse, below her handwritten address: "For Christmas 1951/ Scottie dear, wherever this finds you it brings you my/ love./ Eleanor." A lovely, and loving,repurposed Christmas card from Farjeon to a friend. Good+

London: Andre Deutsch, 1980. Very Good. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board. Fore-edge rough trimmed. Clean and tidy. In very good Pedro Lopez dust jacket: price-clipped, spine sunned, edgewear, nick to top fore-corner. Essays first published in The New York Review of Books, excepting 'The Killings in Trinidad,' which appeared first in the Sunday Times.

London: Virago Press Limited, 1984. Good. Reprint. Trade paperback. Edgewear, especially to head of spine and top edges, a little creasing. Tanned edges, toned, a few spots to biog page, else, clean. With a New Introduction by Victoria Glendinning. Good+

[Cardiff]: University of Wales Press on behalf of the Welsh Arts Council/ Writers of Wales, 1975. Paperback. Good. FIRST, LIMITED EDITION, No. 23 OF 1000, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. (24.7 x 12.5cm), pp. [iv], 74 + b/w portrait frontis. Yellow, white and green front wrapper, lettered in black. Toned and soiled, numerous splodges, 3cm closed tear to heel of spine, reading creases. Inscribed in black biro to first page: "Jeff Towns [proprietor of Dylan's Bookshop, Swansea]/ Best wishes/ David Rees/ 29 iv 1997", frontis and title page faintly foxed, pencil score to p.57. Brief 1-page TLS laid in from David Rees to Jeff Towns referring to two enclosed books, presumably for sale. Else, clean. A nice association copy of the first monograph about Rhys Davies, inscribed by his friend and early champion. Good. Unusual. Dubbed 'the Welsh Chekhov', Rhys Davies (1901-1978; OBE) was a prolific and prize-winning author, who chronicled working class life, especially of industrial Wales and who was known predominantly… Read More

Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1891. Very Good. 8vo, pp. ix, 289, (1), 32 catalogue + b/w photogravure frontispiece with facsimile autograph of Gladstone (plus tissue guard, torn, but attached). Maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, plus black triple ruled bands, to spine and upper board. Top edge untrimmed. Black glossy endpapers. Rubbed, lightly soiled. Spine faded, with wear to head and tail of spine. Corners lightly bruised. Pencil POI to ffep. Else, pleasingly clean and tight internally.

Faber & Faber, 1970. Very Good. 8vo, pp. 48. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Blotched, rubbed at extremities. Light foxing to endpapers, else clean and tight. In original DJ - price-clipped, lightly soiled and yellowed, fold-ins lightly foxed. Still, a neat copy of this first edition.