Search Results: Titles starting with R from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

Albuquerque, New Mexico: Taos Editions, Ltd. in association with Western Graphics Workshop, Inc. / Houston Fine Arts Press, (1987)., (1987).. Very good. SIGNED BY R.C. GORMAN - Oblong quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 14-1/2 inches wide. Light aqua cloth backed with a light gray cloth spine, titled in silver on the spine and blind on the front cover, in a color pictorial burgundy dust wrapper. The edges of the rubbed dust jacket are slightly chipped with a couple of short tears. 254 pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.
Foreword by John Redhouse; Catalogue Raisonne by Nancy Steen; and Commentary by Robert and Hazel Tobe.
Boldly signed in ink by the artist R.C. Gorman under an equally bold inscription penned in what appears to be another hand.

King Features Syndicate, Inc., 1994., 1994.. Fine. - An original pen & ink drawing consisting of 2 panels drawn on 7 inch high by 17 inch wide Bristol board. Drawn and inked by Mike Marland, the strip portrays Sim quoting the famous milk slogan as he asks his wife May "If 'milk does a body good' ... how come mine's so beat at the end of the day?!" Signed "Marland" at bottom left of the second panel with the date "9.26.94" inked in the bottom margin along the left of the first panel. The syndicate's credits, printed on a strip of paper, are mounted between the two panels. The strip is additionally signed in full by Mike Marland in blue ink next to the date. Near fine. A wonderful commentary on the farmer's life.R.F.D. is a weekly comic strip about the Pool family, owners of Poole's Dairy Farm, and their life in the rural New Hampshire town of Smithfield.

King Features Syndicate, Inc., 2006., 2006.. Fine. - An original pen & ink drawing consisting of 3 panels drawn on 7-1/8 inch high by 17 inch wide Bristol board. Drawn and inked by Mike Marland, the strip portrays a neighbot commenting that it will take Sim "forever to clean out the punkin guts!" from his giant pumpkin in order to make a Jack-o-lantern. Sim has worked out a clever solution which he explains to his neighbor "I put a pig in there!" Signed "Marland" along the outline of the pumpkin in the last panel with the date "10.23.06" inked in the bottom margin along the left of the first panel. The syndicate's credits, printed on a strip of paper, are mounted between the two panels. The strip is additionally signed in full by Mike Marland in blue ink next to the date. Near fine. A wonderful commentary on the farmer's life.R.F.D. is a weekly comic strip about the Pool family, owners of Poole's Dairy Farm, and their life in the rural New Hampshire town of Smithfield.

New York: Eli French, [1860]., [1860].. Very good. LARGE PAPER EDITION, ISSUED IN PARTS, INSCRIBED BY THE SUBJECT ROBERT L. STUART TO THE PUBLISHER ELI FRENCH - Quarto, 11-3/4 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed plain light green wraps. There are minor stains to the covers and the spine is heavily chipped. 20 pages with large borders. Very good. One of a very few copies of the RARE separate large paper copies, issued in parts, published by Eli French.Inscribed and signed in ink by Robert L. Stuart, whose collection is here listed, to the publisher Eli French.The New York businessman and philanthropist Robert Leighton Stuart (1806-1882) co-owned the New York sugar refining business R.L. & A. Stuart. A philanthropist, he was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History and served as its president from 1872 to 1881. Labor relations at the brothers' business were so good that workers showed up to protect the factories during the 1863 New York City Draft Riots.… Read More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1893).. (1893).. Very good. - Small octavo, tan cloth titled in gilt with decorations in gilt on the spine & in gilt with decorations in gilt & silver on the front cover. All the edges are gilt. The covers are lightly rubbed & bumped with light creasing to the tail of the spine. v, [ii] & 295 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white plates by Jessie Shepherd and William A. McCullough. A very good, attractive copy. <p>"Artist's Edition, with Numerous New Illustrations by Jessie Shepherd and William A. McCullough".

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973.. 1973.. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly dampstained. The top edge of the dust jacket is slightly chipped & there is a light glue mark to its front flap. Half-title, title, 468 & [2] pages. There is some minor foxing to the fore-edge. Good in a very good dust wrapper. <p>First edition of the author's first book.

(London): Andre Deutsch, (1972).. (1972).. Very good. - Octavo, red cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly rubbed with the top edges of the folds creased & chipped. [vi], 406 & [1] pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>First English edition.

NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1916.. 1916.. Very good. - Octavo, blue cloth (extremities rubbed; bottom front edge of rear cover damaged); titled in gilt on front cover & spine. 223pages (front hinge starting). Frontispiece & 6 plates. Very good.

(Leszno [Poland]): Dom Kultury W Rawiczu, [circa 1986].. [circa 1986].. Very good. - Octavo, stapled printed white wraps. Rubbed & lightly soiled & spotted with small stain to rear wrap. 55 pp. Color bookplate of Wiktor Dziulikovski tipped in on inside front wrap. Also with profuse full-page B&W illustrations. Very good. <p>Inscribed on the inside front wrap to Dr. Samuel X. Radbill. Additionally signed by what appears to be the compiler of the catalogue in the rear.<p>Scarce.

(Leszno [Poland]): Dom Kultury W Rawiczu, [circa 1987].. [circa 1987].. Very good. - Octavo, stapled printed white wraps with device in black on front wrap. Lightly rubbed, soiled & spotted with the corners of the rear wrap lightly creased. 56 pp. Color bookplate of Wiktor Dziulikowski tipped in on inside front wrap. Also with profuse full-page B&W illustrations. Very good. <p>Laid in are B&W proofs of three bookplates for Dziulikowski.<p>Scarce.

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1960., 1960.. Very good. - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled printed cream wraps. There is some light soiling or foxing to the top and bottom edges of the covers with a couple of small chips to the edges of the front cover. 235 pages, including the front cover, illustrated with a folding "Flow Chart of National and International Telecommunication Authority and Coordination". Very good. First printing. Rare in commerce.

Hotel Biltmore, New York City: Issued by the Democratic National Campain Committee, (1932).. (1932).. Good. - Tall narrow octavo, 9 inches high by 3-7/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in stapled self-wraps titled in black on the first page. 16 pages, including 2 blanks, decorated with drop caps and bold sub-headings within text boxes inserted at the left margin of the text. The top left and bottom edge of the front cover are darkened and soiled. There is some light foxing to the rear cover and the bottom front corners are creased. Good. <p>Distributed by The Democratic National Campaign Committee during F.D.R.'s first Presidential Campaign.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1975., 1975.. Very good. - Small quarto, pictorial wraps. Bottom corners very lightly creased. v & 112 pp. B&W illustrations. Near fine. <p>620 maps are catalogued.

London: Michael Joseph, (1983).. (1983).. Fine. - Quarto, brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust jacket is rubbed & a price sticker has been removed from the front flap. 270 pages. The fore-edge is lightly foxed. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Near fine. <p>First edition.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., (Winter 1947-48).. (Winter 1947-48).. Good. - Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are bumped & rubbed & slightly warped. The dust jacket is lightly chipped with 2 small stains to the front panel & some foxing to the top edge & flaps. The dust jacket spine is slightly faded with a short tear to the head. vii & 120 pages. There is scattered light foxing. Color frontispiece & black-and-white illustrations. Good. <p>First edition.

NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1969).. (1969).. Fine. - Oblong 4to, tan cloth (very lightly bumped) titled in green on spine with vignette stamped in blind on front cover, in color pictorial dw (chipped & lightly soiled with short tears to rear panel; tear to top edge of front panel). [32] pp. Color pictorial endpapers & title vignette & profuse color illustrations by the author. Near fine in a good dw. <p>A lyrical celebration of rain illustrated in watery shades of green, blue and gray by Caldecott Medal winner Uri Shulevitz.

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, (1959)., (1959).. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-5/8 inches wide. Gray cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in the original printed golden yellow & white dust wrapper priced 4.00 at the top of the front flap. The head and tail of the book's spine are slightly faded. The edges of the lightly soiled dust wrapper are slightly chipped and remnants of a price sticker still adhere to the inner flap. [vii] & 248 pages. Paper remnants from a removed bookplate adhere to the front pastedown and there is a small glue stain to the front endpaper. Very good. First edition, so stated, with "Seymore" for "Seymour" on page 173. Third issue, with the dedication page tipped-in after the title page.

Tanapaev, (2006).. (2006).. Fine. - Small folio [11-5/8 inches high by 7-1/4 inches wide], pictorial paper covered boards in a matching dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped. 140 & [3] pages. Profuse photographic illustrations in mauve, black & white. Near fine. <p>The text is in Estonian with an English translation.<p>Scarce.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972.. 1972.. Very good. - Small quarto [11-3/8 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in brown wraps sewn with cream cord with a printed paper label on the front wrap. The wraps are bumped with slight creasing to the top & bottom edges of the front wrap. The extremities are slightly sunned. Title & [3] pages plus colophon. Very good. <p>This is number 215 of an edition of 220 numbered copies signed by the poet on the colophon.

(Pittsburgh): University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982.. 1982.. Fine. - Octavo, dark gray-blue cloth titled in silver. Lightly soiled & rubbed. xvlii & 802 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Emerson & facsimiles. Near fine. <p>First edition.