Search Results: Titles starting with R from Ernestoic Books

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First trade edition with original first trade edition dust jacket. Winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Dust jacket is in very good condition. The front flap contains the original price of $21.95 on the top right corner. Some surface wear to the front and rear panels. The book is in very good plus to near fine condition. FIRST TRADE EDITION, is stated on the bottom of the copyright page, with reference to the Franklin printed edition as the first edition. The navy colored boards are very well preserved and the gold and silver lettering on the spine and front board remains bright and intact. The edges of the book are sharp and crisp. Slight sun fading to the bottom and top edges of the front and rear boards and spine. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.

Cambridge: University Press, 1905. Second Edition. Second edition. Measuring approximately 8.75" x 6" with 580 numbered pages. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate bumping and scuffing to both ends of spine. Moderate scuffing and staining to entire spine. Heavy scuffing and staining to both boards. Moderate bumping around all edges of book. Moderate staining on all edges of textblock. Front hinge cracked. Book slightly cocked. Heavy staining on front and rear pastedown and endpaper. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Dated "July 05". Rear hinge cracked. This book was written by the Father of Nuclear Physics. Won the Nobel Prize for chemistry. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory number (N7-31).

California: Howell-North Books, 1963. These volumes measure approximately 11.25" x 8.75" with 443, 933 numbered pages respectively. These volumes are in very good condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Dust jackets are slid on to boards. Not affixed but not easily removed. Minor sunning to all edges of textblock. Interior pages are bright and clean. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N9-103).

California: Golden West Books, 1967. Measuring approximately 11.25" x 8.75" with 128 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Gilt lettering and design on spine full and vivid. Interior pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Price clipped. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N9-113).

California: Darwin Publications, 1978. Second Printing. Second printing. Measuring approximately 11" x 8.5" with 205 numbered pages. This book is in good condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Gilt lettering on spine and front board still full and vivid. Moderate sunning to top edge of textblock bleeding into interior pages. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate staining to rear panel. Original 16.95 price on front flap. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N9-98).

New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. The Rainbow" by D. H. Lawrence. First American edition. Published by B. W. Huebsch, New York, 1916. Measures 5" x 7.5", 467 pages. The book is in good plus condition. Minor rubbing to the rear panel with two white blemishes on the front cover. Scuffed edges with lightly bumped corners. Sunning to the spine. The front hinge is shaken with the mull exposed. The contents are gently toned, clean, and bright. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(J7-102).

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction" by J. D. Salinger. First edition, third state in its original dust jacket. Published by Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1963. "First Edition" stated on the copyright page along with the years 1955 and 1959.The dedication page is tipped-in after the copyright page, signifying it as a third state copy. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Minor to moderate wear to the panels with light chipping at the top of the front panel. The spine is slightly sunned. The original price of $4.00 is present on the front flap. The book is in very good plus condition. The grey cloth boards are very well preserved with crisp edges. A one inch scratch extends from the top edge of the front board down. Light sunning to the spine and perimeter edges. The contents are clean and bright with sound binding. Please view the many other rare titles available for… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. F. A. Fraser. Ralph the Heir" by Anthony Trollope. First American edition. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1871. Measures 5.75" x 9.25", 282 pages. Illustrated by F. A. Fraser. The book is in very good condition. Minor wear and soiling to the boards and spine. Previous owner's signature on the front paste-down. The textblock is gently toned but largely clean and bright with sound binding. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(G7-48).

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Rand, McNally & Co.'s Enlarged Business Atlas. Fortieth annual edition. First edition of the year it was printed. Published by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago, 1909. The Atlas is very large, measuring 15.25" x 20.75". Filled with colorful maps. The book is in good condition. Wear, soiling and staining to the boards with bumped corners. Cloth loss at the spine with the top edge lifting. THe boards are cracked at the hinges, making the case loose. Foxing and soiling throughout the textblock with thumbed edges. Roughly 8" vertical tear at the bottom edge of the textblock from page 7-27. Small moisture stain to the bottom inner gutter. Previous owner's pencil labeling of each map at the top margin. Please view the many other rare titles available for sale at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(H9-20).

1940. Measuring when opened approximately 52" x 34.5". This huge world map folds up into a hardcover booklet. The booklet is in fair condition. Chipping to both ends of spine. Moderate scuffing to all edges of both boards. Interior map is in very good condition. Beautiful full color. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (O2-142).

No Binding. Very Good. For sale is a unique poster featuring one of America's most interesting characters, Jim Vaus Jr. Jim Vaus Jr. was an expert with electronics and was a professional wiretapper for both the LAPD and mob boss Mickey Cohen in the 1940's. The movie "Wiretapper" (1955) is based on his life. In November of 1949, Vaus was scheduled to do a job in St. Louis for another man, "St. Louis Andy", to set up a system to control illegal off-track betting for the Western half of the United States. Just days before he was to leave for the job, Vaus attended a revival tent meeting in downtown Los Angeles where a young preacher named Billy Graham was speaking. His words seemingly spoke directly to Jim Vaus Jr., and from that night on he made it his mission to serve Jesus Christ. He never went to St. Louis and left organized crime forever. He repaid those he had stolen from and cheated, and righted his wrongs. He spent the rest of his life in Christian Ministry. This poster is from one of his… Read More

London: Elkin Matthew & Marrot, 1928. Limited Edition 1/530 Copies. Measuring approximately 8" x 6" with 32 numbered pages. This copy lacking the signed limitation page. This book is in good minus condition. Moderate chipping to tail end of spine. Spine split at front gutter. Moderate sunning and staining to rear board. Adhesive staining and moderate paper damage to front pastedown and endpaper. Interior pages are clean. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N12-5).

New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1922. First Edition. This book is a first edition. Measuring approximately 9.25" x 6" with 342 numbered pages. This book is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Small tear on front gutter. Minor staining to spine, and both boards. Moderate staining to all edges of textblock. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Moderate staining throughout textblock. Many notes and ephemera laid in by former student Leo J. Larkin. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N5-77).

Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1916. Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright. Measuring approximately 12" x 10". This book is in fair condition. Heavy bumping and chipping to both ends of spine and around edges of boards. Moderate staining to both boards. Both hinges cracked. Colored pencil markings on front endpaper. Christmas gift inscription on half title page. Many open and closed tears to interior pages. Some partially missing pages. For more than seventy-five years THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE has been delighting millions of children, and today the magic is as strong as ever. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N11-68).

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Recognition of Robert Frost". Edited by Richard Thornton. Signed by the author Robert Frost on the front endpaper. The unique and amusing inscription reads "For Charles G. Smith - My signature to a book I never wrote - Robert Frost - Stetson February 1938. Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1937. First and only edition. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of the author. The book is in very good plus condition. Rubbing to the gilt titling at the spine, otherwise very well preserved. Bookplate of Charles G. Smith and wife Cornelia on the front pastedown - lending wonderful provenance to Frost's signature. A lovely signed copy from one of America's most revered poets. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(K8-5).

Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with 376 numbered pages. This book is in fair condition. Heavy bumping and chipping to both ends of spine. Heavy scuffing to both boards and all edges of textblock. Book slightly cocked causing overbite to textblock. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Boards are loose from binding. Interior pages are moderately foxed. "THE tales included in this volume possess a remarkable degree of literary merit, which renders no apology necessary for their appearance before the public at this time." Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # (N10-89).

Atlanta: Public Information Office, 1950. Measuring approximately 12" x 9". This book is in poor condition. Minor bumping and staining to spine. Gilt lettering on front board still full and vivid. Front board and spine are detached from binding. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N8-61).

Possible First Edition. Possible first edition. Measuring approximately 7" x 4.25" with 272 numbered pages. Lacking title page. This book is in poor condition. Heavy chipping to both ends of spine. Spine peeling up from binding. Moderate chipping and scuffing to both boards and around all corners. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Moderate foxing to interior pages. Page 57 is torn at the bottom corner. Missing a piece of the page. Redwood follows Ellen Bruce as she enters adulthood, navigating the clashing social currents of pious New England farmers, southern belles from South Carolina, slave-owning atheists from Virginia, and sophisticated Philadelphia socialites on her journey to discover the secret of her parentage and craft her own identity as a strong American woman. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N12-65).

New York: Basic Books, 1991. 8th Printing. Eighth printing. Measuring approximately 8" x 5.25" with 286 numbered pages. This book is very good condition. Moderate bumping to both ends of spine and around all edges of book. Authors signature on title page. Using his own story of success and frustration as "an affirmative action baby" as a point of departure, Carter, who has risen to the top of his profession, provides an incisive analysis of one of the most incendiary topics of our day-as well as an honest critique of the pressures on black professionals and intellectuals to conform to the "politically correct" way of being black. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N8-45).

Albany: State University of New York Press, 1976. Measuring approximately 9.5" x 6.5" with 245 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Minor sunning to spine. Previous owners signature on front endpaper. Interior pages are bright and clean. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(O4-19).