Search Results: Titles starting with R from Basement Books

Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co., 1971. First US Edition (stated). 1st Printing. Cloth. About Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First US Edition started, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in green cloth w/gold spine titles. About Fine w/scuffed bottom edge, else Fine and unmarked; Near Fine clipped (though price stiill present) DJ w/edgewear, now in clear protective cover. By the author of "Kon- Tiki" and "Aku-Aku". 341pp; nicely illustrated in color photos.

Paris, France: Bureau de la Jurisprudence Générale du Royaume, 1878. 1st Edition . Quarter-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition presumed. Hard cover 4to in marbled boards w/ black leather 4-ribbed spine w/gold dec and titles, illustrated endpapers. Edgewear, sticker scuff front cover, chipped crown, else Fine and unmarked. Large heavy book; additional shipping on Priority or International.

New York: Workman Publishing, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. . Cloth. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing, Hard cover oblong 8vo in green cloth. About Fine book w/ DJ taped to boards, else Fine and unmarked; Good only unclipped jacket had large chips, stains. Unpaginated; well-illustrated in photos of model Cheryl Fisher.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Authorized Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Authorized Edition. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall in tan cloth w/black titles and rules. About Very Good/No DJ. Corners curled, pencil numbers bottom page edge, bookplate front pastewon, first page underlined ; square w/firm binding, interior o/w clean and unmarked. 381pp.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. First Thus. 1st Printing. Leather. As New/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Jerry Pinkney. First Thus, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in gold-tooled red leather w/4-ribbed spine, all edges 24k gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon bookmark bound-in. As New and unread; No DJ, as issued. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on tipped-in tissue-guarded front endpaper. 342pp. Gorgeous.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. About Fine/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in tan cloth w/brown spine titles. About Fine w/light slant, else Fine and unmarked; in Very Good unclipped J w/tears and chips. INSCRIBED [For __, Who deserved better than a remainder, but what the hell." ]AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front endpaper. xviii, 441pp.inc. Notes, Index.

New York: Basic Books, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in brown cloth w/red spine titles. Near Fine/No DJ. Sticker shadow front cloth, bookplate front pastedown, else Fine and unmarked. 312pp inc. Index.

New York: Sports Car Press, 1959. 1st Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard cover 8vo in blue cloth w/green spine titles. Near Fine book in like DJ, now in clear protective cover. Color loss on spine, else book Fine and unmarked; jacket rubbed and stained, 1/4" tear top front panel. 119pp; illustrated in photos. Uncommon, esp. in jacket.

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962. First Edition. 2nd Printing. Glazed Boards. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, 2nd printing. Hard cover 8vo in illustrated glazed boards. As New and unread book in Near Fine bright clipped DJ w/ light creasing, one tear, now in clear protective cover. 200pp inc. Glossary; illustrated by Robert Doremus.

Woodstock. NY: OVERLOOK PR, 2002. First U.S. Edition. 3rd Printing. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First US Edition, 3rd printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Fine. xx, 331pp., Introduction by Nadine Gordimer; translated by Joachim Neugroschel.

University of Illinois Press, 2004. First Thus. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus, First PB edition, First Printing. Soft cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall in printed wraps. Near Fine. Corners curled, top rear corner bent approx. last 40 pages, several dog-eared pages; square w/ flat spine and firm binding, interior clean and unmarked. xxi, 424pp inc. Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Random House, 2006. First Edition (stated), First Printing. . Hardcover. About Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition (stated), First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. About Fine w/ red dot bottom page edge; About Fine unclipped DJjacket lighty wrinkled, now in clear cover. The extraordianry story of how the muckraking author of "The Jungle" set out to change America. xiv, 377pp inc. Notes, Works Cited and Publication Time Line, Index; illustrrated in b/w photos.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008. Facsimile Reprint. . Glazed Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Facsimile Reprint of 1914 edition. Hard cover 8vo in glazed yellow/white boards w/ red rose dec. About Fine/No DJ, as issued. Top front corner bumped, else Fine and unmarked. 391pp

Albuquerque, NM: Creative Designs, Inc., 1995. 1st Edition . Trade Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Near Fine w/soiled and creased rear wrap. xvi, 128pp; well-illustrated in photos, map. Account of the Mexican immigrants who came to New Mexico to work the mines.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing w/ code D-N. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in gray cloth w/black titles, red rule. Very Good/No DJ. Mild slant, corners curled, owner name front pastedown; binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. 332pp; illustrated endpapers.

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1939. 1st Edition. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Impression stated, April 1939. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in green cloth w/gold titles and train dec. on spine. About Very Good/No Jacket. Soft spine w/ text block pull and 1/8" tear in cloth at crown, front hinge a little loose, scattered marginal staining/foxing; square, free of underlining, highlighting or inscriptions. Accounts of shipping and railroads w/many uncommon photos. x, 334pp inc. Chronology Table, Bibliography, Index; illustrated in vintage b/w photos, drawings.

Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1968. First American Edition. 1st Printing. Cloth. About Fine/Fine. First American Edition, preceded by UK. Hard cover 8vo in brown cloth w/silver spine titles. About Fine book in Fine DJ, now in clear protective cover. Embossed owner seal front endpaper, else book Fine and unmarked. A survey of the literature of railways, covering the UK, USA, the Commonwealth, and other countries. 249pp inc. Index.

Toronto, Canada: Railfare Enterprises, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 volume set, complete. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in black cloth w/silver spine titles. Fine books in like DJs, now in clear protective cover. 160pp; 168pp. Both volumes contain Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index; well-illustrated in maps and photos, color illustrated endpapers.

Australia: New Holland Books, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. . Trade Paperback. Fine/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. Fine and unmarked. 109pp inc. Selected Bibliography.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. First Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated. Hard cover 8vo. Third state book with dedication page bound in after the title page and before the half title page. Very Good book in Very Good unclipped DJ in clear protective cover. Color loss to cloth, spine rubbed, light slant, else Fine and unmarked; jacket edgeworn and chipped. 248pp.