Search Results: Titles starting with R from LaCelle Rare Books

Denver: The W.F. Robinson Printing Company, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Denver: The W.F. Robinson Printing Company, 1905. First Edition. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. Illustrated. 459 pages Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4". Good+. Tight Binding. Clean pages. Exlibrary with a few marks. Moderate wear. Colorado in 1877, working on land surveys, mining, mining experiences in Ariz, and NM, ranching near Denver. Also some material on Arizona and New Mexico. "Scarce, privately printed work, detailing much of the early history of Colorado. The author went to California via Panama; but was finally attracted by the mines to Colorado, arriving in Denver in 1876. He spent the remainder of his life prospecting in Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and elsewhere. His style is racy and extremely informative." (Decker). "In this account of the author s experiences as a prospector in Colorado before the Leadville era and as a member of the Hayden Geological Survey in Wyoming and Nevada is contained a… Read More

Cleveland, Ohio: John T. Zubal, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Cleveland, Ohio: John T. Zubal, (1982).  463 pages.   Very Good+ in Very Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; slight wear; dust jacket is clean with moderate wear. .

London: Cassell & Company, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Illustrated. London: Cassell & Company, (1932). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING       with correct copyright statement, ads, etc.  193 pages. Illustrated. Very Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; moderate wear; dust jacket is worn with some chips and tears; tape along edges; price not clipped (10/6 net).  A curious book by the author of Alice in Wonderland. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

San Francisco, California: Edgar Cherry & Co., Publishers, 1884. Hardcover. Good. Photographs (Illustrated with). San Francisco, California: Edgar Cherry & Co., Publishers, 1884. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF ONLY 500 COPIES. 107 pages. 23 actual albumen photographs [supposed to have 24; lacking one]. Good. tight binding; clean pages; contemporary owner's name on front endpaper; small tear to front endpaper; covers worn. An early photo book of redwood logging in California, published  "[An] impressive verbal and pictorial description of the logging industry on the northern coast of California"--Kurutz. References: Cowan, page 525; Kurutz, California Books Illustrated with Original Photographs 7; Miles & Reese, Creating America 74. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1914. Hardcover. Good+/Good. Prittie, Edwin J. (Illustrated by). Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, (1914). Illustrated. Good+ in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; several notes on endpapers; some wear; dust jacket is worn with several chips and tears; writing in pencil on edges of flaps. An account for boys of the Alamo attack, in which Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie perished. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co, 1883. Hardcover. Fair. Illustrated. Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery, & Co., 1883. FIRST EDITION. 210 pages. Size: 9 1/2" x 6". Illustrated.   Fair. Hinges and spine reinforced with tape; one illustration loose; pages mostly clean; exlibrary with usual marks; some wear. A scarce Massachusetts regimental. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1887.  FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.  lllustrated throughout. 340 pages. Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4". Fair. Lacking rear cover and spine; front covers detached; front endpaper has a little chipping; rear endpaper more; last few pages have small chips to corners (not affecting text); good for rebinding. One of the scarcest of the Charles L. Webster Civil War Books. Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824-February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican-American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. One military historian wrote, "No other Union general at… Read More

New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co, 1883. Hardcover. Good. New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co., 1883. FIRST EDITION.  369 pages. Illustrated. Good. Rebacked; hinges cracked; textblock tight; pages are yellowed with some foxing; a few pencil marks on endpapers; covers worn and soiled. Very scarce and important. Privately printed in a very small edition. Linn served as quartermaster of the Texas army and in the second and third congresses of the new Republic of Texas. Raines, p. 139: "A valuable contribution to our history since Austin's first settlement." Eberstadt: "Linn arrived in Texas in 1829 and immediately set up residence at Victoria. He embarked on a career as a merchant and was personally concerned in virtually all the important events of early Texas history, writing a lucid eye-witness narrative." Parke Bernet: "The author was an Irishman who was an eyewitness to the events of the Texas Revolution. The work also contains accounts of Indian captivities, Long's Second… Read More

Ayer, Massachusetts: Press of Huntley S. Turner, 1894. Hardcover. Good+. Ayer, Massachusetts: Press of Huntley S. Turner, 1894. FIRST EDITION. 196 pages. 7 3/4" x 5 1/4". Good+. Rebound; tight binding; frontispiece and title page have a stain; clean pages; light wear.  Author was Sergeant, Company H, 40th Regiment, New York Volunteers in the Civil War. Many Civil War and mining experiences. "Much on Calif. mining experiences."--Luther. "Fletcher went twice by sea to the Gold Fields, 1852 and 1854."--Robinson. References: Cowan p.214; Graff 1350; Howes F-188; Kurutz 244; Mintz 157; Rocq 5989. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: George H. Doran, 1917. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. New York: George H. Doran, (1917). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with correct points, correct advertisements, etc.  Illustrated. Very Good in Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; corners a bit bumped; dust jacket is clean with several chips. A classic firearms title, very scarce in dust jacket.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

London: T.N. Foulis / Boston: Le-Roy Phillips, 1912. Hardcover. Good/Fair. New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1916). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Illustrated with tipped in photographs. Good in Fair Dust Jacket. Hinges cracked else tight binding; pages pretty clean; some wear; dust jacket is very worn with some chipping along edges; tape repair to spine. Scarce. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING      with First Edition stated on copyright page, correct jacket blurbs, etc. Very Good in Good Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages; name stamps on endpapers; moderate wear; dust jacket is worn with small tears (several tape repairs on reverse) and some soil; price not clipped ($2.00). Scarce mystery of a young man trying to make a name on the race track set in the Kentucky mountains.  SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING RARE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS. .

New York: Franklin Watts, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. New York: Franklin Watts, 1972. First Edition, First Printing with $4.95 price on front flap of dust jacket and 1972 date on title page. Near Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. Tight binding; clean pages and covers; only very slight wear; dust jacket is clean and bright with moderate wear; price clipped ($4.95). Scarce early picture book by the author of A Very Hungry Caterpillar. SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE INTERESTING COLLECTIBLE BOOKS.