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RAWLINGS, Marjorie Kinnan.
The Yearling. Decorations by Edward Shenton. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First edition, first printing with the "A" and the Scribner's seal on the verso of the titlepage. An about fine copy in a price clipped d/w with some chipping to the spine ends and upper corner of the front panel, but certainly a very good, acceptable d/w. Rawlings's editor was Maxwell Perkins, who also worked with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and other literary luminaries. She had submitted several projects to Perkins for his review, and he rejected them all. He instructed her to write about what she knew from her own life, and the result of her taking his advice was The Yearling. "The Yearling is a coming of age tale in which an innocent and happy twelve-year-old boy passes into young adulthood. Some of his youthful illusions are shattered by the end of the year in his life that the book chronicles, but Jody emerges with a substantial hold on the adulthood that stretches ahead of him." The novel spent 23 weeks at number one on the best-seller list in 1938 and it was a Book-Of-The-Month Club selection. It was made into a film starring Gregory Peck.
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RAWLINSON, Henry (Major-Gen.)
England And Russian In The East. A Series Of Papers On The Political And Geographical Condition Of Central Asia.
London: John Murray, 1875. Second edition, with additional notes. Tall 8vo., rebound in early 20th century blue buckram, xxii, 412pp. There are repairs to the verso of folding map which have been made with old style scotch tape, the tape has left marks on the verso which have bled through to the map itself o/w this is a very good copy is a plain, serviceable binding.
London: John Murray, 1875. Second edition, with additional notes. Tall 8vo., rebound in early 20th century blue buckram, xxii, 412pp. There are repairs to the verso of folding map which have been made with old style scotch tape, the tape has left marks on the verso which have bled through to the map itself o/w this is a very good copy is a plain, serviceable binding.
| $400 | Book Number: 33533 | Order / Enquire |
RAYNE, M.L. (Martha Louise).
Against Fate. A True Story.
Chicago: Railroad News, 1879. Reprint. (first published Chicago: 1876). 8vo., orig.rust cloth with pictorial gilt decoration, 251pp. Inner hinges cracked, paper browned, spine cocked with rubbing, a good copy.
Chicago: Railroad News, 1879. Reprint. (first published Chicago: 1876). 8vo., orig.rust cloth with pictorial gilt decoration, 251pp. Inner hinges cracked, paper browned, spine cocked with rubbing, a good copy.
| $85 | Book Number: 18924 | Order / Enquire |
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READ, Kenneth.
The High Valley. New York: Scribner's, (1965). Cloth, 266pp. A nice copy in d/w. An autobiographical account of two years spent in the Central Highlands of New Guinea.
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READSDALE, Lord.
Memories.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1915. In two volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., dark blue half morocco, raised bands, gilt compartments, T.E.G.. A fine copy.
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1915. In two volumes. First edition. Tall 8vo., dark blue half morocco, raised bands, gilt compartments, T.E.G.. A fine copy.
| $400 | Book Number: 5486 | Order / Enquire |
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RECHY, John.
Numbers. New York: Grove Press, (1967). First edition. Signed by the author on the e/paper and with a sentence on p.254 crossed out in blue ink and initialled 'JR' in the margin . Fine in d/w.
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REES, Coralie and Leslie.
Westward from Cocos. Indian Ocean Travels. Sydney: Australian Publishing Company, (1956.) First edition. Cloth, 268pp. Fine in d/w. A journey from Australia to Britain by way of the Cocos Islands, Mauritius, South Africa, Rhodesia, Portugues eEast Africa and the coast of Tanganyika and Kenya. A fascinating account including an encounter with witch doctors, wild animals, gold mines, ostrich farms, etc.
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REID, V.S.
New Day.
New York: Knopf, 1949. First edition of the author's first novel. Dec. paper boards. About fine in d/w with a trace of rubbing at the spine ends and corners.
New York: Knopf, 1949. First edition of the author's first novel. Dec. paper boards. About fine in d/w with a trace of rubbing at the spine ends and corners.
| $225 | Book Number: 14548 | Order / Enquire |
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RENDELL, Ruth.
Kissing The Gunner's Daughter. London: Hutchinson, (1992). First edition. Signed by the author on the title. Fine in d/w.
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RENDELL, Ruth.
The Bridesmaid.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1989). Advance reading copy, signed by Rendell on a bookplate supplied by the publisher and tipped on the inner wrapper. Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1989). Advance reading copy, signed by Rendell on a bookplate supplied by the publisher and tipped on the inner wrapper. Pictorial wrappers. Fine.
| $125 | Book Number: 35725 | Order / Enquire |
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RENDELL, Ruth.
The Crocodile Bird. London: Hutchinson, (1993). First edition. 1 of 150 copies signed by the author, for London Limited Editions. Cloth backed boards. Fine in glassine wrapper as issued.
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RENWICK, George.
Finland Today. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with small pictorial gilt decoration on the upper cover, xii, 348pp. Upper cover a bit mottled but still a near fine copy.
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REPPLIER, Agnes.
Points of Friction.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. First edition. Near fine.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. First edition. Near fine.
| $45 | Book Number: 18927 | Order / Enquire |
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REY, C.F.
The Real Abyssinia. London: Seeley and Service, nd. (193-?) First edition. Cloth, 291pp. A nice copy.
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RHYDDERCH, John.
Pedigrees of Montgomeryshire Families. Selected Aout the Year 1711-12 From Lewis Dwnn's Original Visitation By......
London: Whiting & Co., 1888. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, 167pp. Some notations in a contemporary hand adding to the family trees, spine soiled and worn, a good copy.
London: Whiting & Co., 1888. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, 167pp. Some notations in a contemporary hand adding to the family trees, spine soiled and worn, a good copy.
| $185 | Book Number: 24324 | Order / Enquire |
RIBOUD, Marc.
The three banners of china.
New York: Macmillan, (1966). First edition. 4to., cloth, 216pp. Fine in a lightly worn d/w with a tape repair on upper panel.
Photographic journey through China.
New York: Macmillan, (1966). First edition. 4to., cloth, 216pp. Fine in a lightly worn d/w with a tape repair on upper panel.
Photographic journey through China.
| $45 | Book Number: 9908 | Order / Enquire |
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(RICCOBONI, Marie Jeanne).
Lettres De Milady Juliette Catesby, A Milady Henriette Camply, Son Amie. Amsterdam: NP, 1759. First edition. (BOUND WITH): RICCOBONI, Marie Jeanne. Lettres De Mistress Fanni Butlerd, A Milord Charles Alfred.....Paris: Par La Societe Des Libraires, 1759. Second edition. 12mo., full cont. calf, gilt decoration in the spine, leather spine labels, 250; (4), (1)-188pp. Outer front hinge starting, small piece out at the foot of the spine with light wear to extremities but certainly a very good copy. These editions are often found bound together. Marie Jeanne Riccoboni [1714-1792] French epistolary novelist. She was orphaned at an early age and left in the care of her aunt. Marie left her aunt in order to pursue what was an unsuccessful career as an actress. It was during her attempts at acting that she met and married her husband, an equally mediocre actor name Riccoboni. Their union was an unhappy one, with Marie Jeanne left lonely and impoverished by her husbands infidelities. In order to support herself, she decided to try her hand at writing and with the publication of her first book, "Fanni...." she began her career as a novelist. "Fanni" is a novel in epistolary form which is a history which purports to follow the misfortunes of the heroine, Fanni, who is the first of Riccobonis' "much wronged heroines." Her next work, "Histoire du Marquis de Cressy" (1758) was well received by the critics and quite successful. It was with the publication of her next work, the above, "Lettres De Milady Juliette Catsby" that Riccoboni secured her place among the great romance writers of the 18th century. In fact, with each of the early novels, there was much speculation that their author "could not have been a woman." "All M. Riccoboni's work is clever, with real pathos; amongst the best examples of the sensibility novel." "As an author, she occupies a very distinguished place in our pleasant literature. Few women, and even few men, thought with such finesse or wrote with such spirit...." M. Riccoboni's works were translated into English and were quite influential in their English versions. Unfortunately she ended her life in poverty, with the Revolution depriving her of the small pension the French court had awarded her.
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RICE, Alice Hegan.
Lovely Mary.
Toronto: William Briggs, nd. (after 1918). Sm.8vo., orig. green cloth with pictorial decoration in black, 197pp. A fine copy in the scarce d/w with the imprint of "Ryerson Press" at the foot of the spine; chipping to spine ends o/w a very nice d/w.
Toronto: William Briggs, nd. (after 1918). Sm.8vo., orig. green cloth with pictorial decoration in black, 197pp. A fine copy in the scarce d/w with the imprint of "Ryerson Press" at the foot of the spine; chipping to spine ends o/w a very nice d/w.
| $85 | Book Number: 18970 | Order / Enquire |
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RICHARDS, Audrey.
Land, Labour and Diet in Northern Rhodesia: An Economic Study of the Bemba Tribe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1961). Reprint. (first published 1913). Cloth, xix, 425pp. Corner clipped from front e/paper o/w fine in a nice d/w. "Although primarily concerned with the production, distribution and consumption of food, and with conditions of labour and standard os living, this book gives a vivid picture of the social structure of the Bemba, their political organization and functions of the chief, systems of land-tenure, kinship groupings, and the who complex of economic, social and magico-religious factors which arise in any community."
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RICHARDSON, D.N.
A Girdle Round the Earth Home Letters from Foreign Lands. Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1888. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, xii, 449pp. Some wear o/w a good copy. Letters from Japan, China, Java, Ceylon, India, Arabia, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, Austria, Italy, The Alps, Poland and Russia, Scandinavia, Paris and England.
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