ROSTEN, Norman.
The Big Road. A Narrative Poem.
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1946. First edition. 1 of 250 copies signed by the author. Cloth. Bookplate o/w fine.
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1946. First edition. 1 of 250 copies signed by the author. Cloth. Bookplate o/w fine.
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ROTBERG, Robert I.
Joseph THomson and the Exploration of Africa. New York: Oxford University Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth, 360pp. Fine in a nice d/w.
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ROTH, Philip.
I Married A Communist.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Advance reading copy. Wrappers. Fine.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Advance reading copy. Wrappers. Fine.
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ROUSSEAU, J.J.
Eloisa; A Series of Original Letters. Translated from the French of ....To Which are Added the Adventures of Lord B_________At Rome; being the Sequel of Eloisa. London: Printed for John Harding........ 1810. In three volumes. Later edition. (first edition in English published 1761). 8vo,. cont. half calf, marble boards, raised bands, recent leather labels, xii, 322; (iv), 336; (iv), (324)pp. With the halftitles. Name on halftitles, small sticker on upper board of volume two, minor foxing on last few leaves of volume three o/w a near fine copy.
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ROUSSEAU, J.J.
Eloisa; A Series of Original Letters. Translated from the French of ....To Which are Added the Adventures of Lord B_________At Rome; being the Sequel of Eloisa.
London: Printed for T. Becket, ..... 1776. In four volumes. A New Edition (so stated). (first edition in English published 1761). 8vo,. full contemporary calf, gilt compartments, leather labels, lxi, 291; (iv), 285; (iv), (295); (iv), 252, (4)pp. ads. With the halftitles. Outer front hinges of each volume cracked and tender but still holding, some light wear but still a very good set.
London: Printed for T. Becket, ..... 1776. In four volumes. A New Edition (so stated). (first edition in English published 1761). 8vo,. full contemporary calf, gilt compartments, leather labels, lxi, 291; (iv), 285; (iv), (295); (iv), 252, (4)pp. ads. With the halftitles. Outer front hinges of each volume cracked and tender but still holding, some light wear but still a very good set.
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ROUSSEAU, J.J.
Emilius and Sophia; or, A New System of Education. Translated from the French of.......By The Translator of Eloisa.
London: Printed by H. Baldwin........ 1783. In four volumes. Later edition. 8vo., full contemporary calf, gilt, leather labels, 316; (300); (292); (248), (48), 24pp.ads dated 1796. Outer front hinge of volume one tender, some rubbing but this is still a very good set.
London: Printed by H. Baldwin........ 1783. In four volumes. Later edition. 8vo., full contemporary calf, gilt, leather labels, 316; (300); (292); (248), (48), 24pp.ads dated 1796. Outer front hinge of volume one tender, some rubbing but this is still a very good set.
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ROWAN, F. Maclean.
History of the French Revolution, Its Causes and Consequences. New York: D. Appleton, 1854. In two volumes. 12mo., orig. brown cloth, 180; 180pp. Some scattered foxing, spines slightly faded o/w a near fine copy.
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ROWLAND, Mrs. Dunbar.
Andrew Jackson's Campaign Against the British, or the Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812. Concerning the Military Operations of the Americans, Creek Indians, British and Spanish 1813-1815. New York: Macmillan, 1926. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, (xviii), 424pp. Fine.
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ROY, Jennet.
History of Canada for the Use of Schools and Families.
Montreal: Armour & Ramsay, 1847. First edition. 12mo., orig. calf spine, printed paper boards, (publishers binding), viii, 232pp. Minor rubbing o/w a fine copy.
Roy mentions a map in the preface but TPL 7940 notes that the map is not present in their copy or in any copy listed in standard bibliographies.
Montreal: Armour & Ramsay, 1847. First edition. 12mo., orig. calf spine, printed paper boards, (publishers binding), viii, 232pp. Minor rubbing o/w a fine copy.
Roy mentions a map in the preface but TPL 7940 notes that the map is not present in their copy or in any copy listed in standard bibliographies.
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ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MONUMMENTS ENGLAND.
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments In Middlesex. (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office), 1937. First edition. 4to., orig. red cloth stamped in gilt, xxxv, 176pp. Ownership stamp on the front free e/paper, a few bumps but still a near fine copy.
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RUCK, Berta.
The Unkissed Bride.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1929. First Tauchnitz edition. Sm.8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 336, (32)pp.ads. Some foxing to wrappers o/w near fine.
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1929. First Tauchnitz edition. Sm.8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 336, (32)pp.ads. Some foxing to wrappers o/w near fine.
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RUHEN, Olaf.
Tangaroa's Godchild. Boston: Little Brown, 1962. Reprint. Cloth, 346pp. Fine in a near fine d/w. An "autobiographical memoir of the South Seas," concentrating on the Trobriand Islands near Papua New Guinea.
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RUHL, Arthur.
The Other Americans. The Cities, The Countries, And Especially the People of South America.
New York: Scribner's, 1908. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. mustard cloth decorated green, black and gilt, xii, 321pp. Inner front hinge starting o/w fine.
Includes chpaters on Caracas and the Venezuelans; the Royal Mail and Panama; Lima and the Peruvians; Bolivia; Rio and Brazil; Santiago; the highest railroad in the world; etc.
New York: Scribner's, 1908. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. mustard cloth decorated green, black and gilt, xii, 321pp. Inner front hinge starting o/w fine.
Includes chpaters on Caracas and the Venezuelans; the Royal Mail and Panama; Lima and the Peruvians; Bolivia; Rio and Brazil; Santiago; the highest railroad in the world; etc.
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RUSSELL, A.J.
Champlain's Astrolabe, Lost On The 7th June, 1613, And Found in August, 1867.....
Montreal: Printed By The Burland-Desbarats Lith.Co., 1879. 8vo., orig. wrappers, 24pp. Spine reinforced, corners repaired but still a very good copy.
Montreal: Printed By The Burland-Desbarats Lith.Co., 1879. 8vo., orig. wrappers, 24pp. Spine reinforced, corners repaired but still a very good copy.
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RUSSELL, M.
Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand; ........
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1843. Second edition. Sm. 8vo., orig. red cloth, 440pp. Folding map creased o/w a near fine copy.
Containing accounts of the Society Islands, Marquesas, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Sandwich Islands and New Zealand. Bishop Russell's purpose in this work was to study "the actual condition of the inhabitants in regard to civilization, commerce, and the arts of social life." This important and popular text went through several editions.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1843. Second edition. Sm. 8vo., orig. red cloth, 440pp. Folding map creased o/w a near fine copy.
Containing accounts of the Society Islands, Marquesas, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Sandwich Islands and New Zealand. Bishop Russell's purpose in this work was to study "the actual condition of the inhabitants in regard to civilization, commerce, and the arts of social life." This important and popular text went through several editions.
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RUSSELL, M.
Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand; ........
London: T. Nelson and Son, 1842. Sm. 8vo., orig. blue cloth dec. in gilt on the upper cover and spine, 486, 16pp.ads. This copy has been rebacked with the original spine and endpapers o/w very good.
Containing accounts of the Society Islands, Marquesas, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Sandwich Islands and New Zealand. Bishop Russell's purpose in this work was to study "the actual condition of the inhabitants in regard to civilization, commerce, and the arts of social life." This important and popular text went through several editions.
London: T. Nelson and Son, 1842. Sm. 8vo., orig. blue cloth dec. in gilt on the upper cover and spine, 486, 16pp.ads. This copy has been rebacked with the original spine and endpapers o/w very good.
Containing accounts of the Society Islands, Marquesas, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Sandwich Islands and New Zealand. Bishop Russell's purpose in this work was to study "the actual condition of the inhabitants in regard to civilization, commerce, and the arts of social life." This important and popular text went through several editions.
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RUSSELL, W.H. (William Howard).
The British Expedition To the Crimea. Illustrated with Plans, Woodcuts & c.
London: George Routledge & Co., 1858. A Revised edition with numerous emendations and additions. There is a 1 page AL's from Russell pasted on the front e/paper dated "Lucknow April 10, 1858 to a Patrick Stewart " reading "To Patrick Stewart in the sincere hope that future years may ripen and cement a friendship from which the writer has already derived pleasure & advantage . This volume is presented as a very inadequate token of this great regard by the author." Tall 8vo., bound in contemporary full dark green morocco, raised bands, gilt compartments, gilt borders, A.E.G., (viii), 629pp. Bookplate, there are some short tears in some of the folding plans, outer front hinge rubbed and tender but not cracked, overall a near fine copy in an nice binding.
London: George Routledge & Co., 1858. A Revised edition with numerous emendations and additions. There is a 1 page AL's from Russell pasted on the front e/paper dated "Lucknow April 10, 1858 to a Patrick Stewart " reading "To Patrick Stewart in the sincere hope that future years may ripen and cement a friendship from which the writer has already derived pleasure & advantage . This volume is presented as a very inadequate token of this great regard by the author." Tall 8vo., bound in contemporary full dark green morocco, raised bands, gilt compartments, gilt borders, A.E.G., (viii), 629pp. Bookplate, there are some short tears in some of the folding plans, outer front hinge rubbed and tender but not cracked, overall a near fine copy in an nice binding.
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RUSSIA). GOLDER, F.A>
Russian Expansion On The Pacific 1641-1850. An Account of the Earliest and Later Expeditions made by the Russians Along the Pacific Coast of Asia and North America; Including Some Related Expeditions to the Arctic Regions. Gloucester: Peter Smith, 1960. Reprint. Cloth, 368pp. A nice copy.
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RUTHERFORD, Midred Lewis.
The South In History and Literature. A Hand-Book of Southern Authors. From The Settlement of Jamestown, 1607 To Living Writers.
Athens, GA: (Franklin-Turner Company, 1907). First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author dated 1910. Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth, xxxviii, 866pp. Some rubbing along spine joints and at the spine ends o/w a very good copy.
Athens, GA: (Franklin-Turner Company, 1907). First edition. With a presentation inscription from the author dated 1910. Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth, xxxviii, 866pp. Some rubbing along spine joints and at the spine ends o/w a very good copy.
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RYAN, Marah Ellis.
For the Soul of Rafael. With Many Illustrations......By Harold A. Taylor. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1910. "Tenth Edition." Tall 8vo., orig. tan pictorial cloth, 378pp. White portion of the decoration flaked off upper cover but this is still an attractive copy.
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