Search Results: Books from RC Books

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972. Second Printing . Full-Leather. Very Good -/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historical/sociological look at China in 1972. Translated from the German. Full, brown leather with gilt designs on front cover and spine. Some soiling to edges of text block. Binding tight with no names or marks. 322 indexed pages.

East Providence: Rhode Islan Publications Socety, 2014. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Paperback Printing. Scholarly study of Rhode Island's political and structural problems of the period , the public reaction, and subsequent reforms. A little soiling to edges of text block, otherwise fine with no names or marks. 799 pp. with 16 black & white photographs.

New York, NY: Pantheon Books Inc., 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth and Paper. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sub-titled "A Gathering Of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now." Very mild foxing to top edge of text block. Dust jacket has light wear at head of spine and a mild fold to front flap. Extensive and intelligent reading indeed. 1,068 pages.

College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Insightful and scholarly essays by Steven G. Reinhardt, Clarke Garrett, Roderick Phillips, Nancy Fitch, and Donald Sutherland. Introduction by Robert Forster. 130 pages. An immaculate unused copy.

New York: Viking, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mystery with the Sherlock consort Shadwell Rafferty on the case. Was it anarchists or union-busters involved with the murder? No names or marks. 322 pages.

United Kingdom/Dublin: Alan Sutton/Gill and Macmillan, 1992. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The classic collection of 15 short stories portraying Dublin, Ireland. Introduction by Joseph McMinn. 194 pages. Illustrated with about 2 dozen full-page contemporary black and white photographs. Photographic end papers. Dust jacket has light shelf-wear with a 1/4" tear at spine head not affecting anything.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1993. First Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. A Clara Gamadge Mystery. 149 pp. Handsome dust-jacket is price-cut.

New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008. 1st Edition . Paper Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A short story from the artist and writer Jonathan Santlofer, "A Holiday Gift with the compliments of The Mysterious Bookshop." 30 pages. Includes a note from the publisher, and proprietor, Otto Penzler of the Mysterious Bookshop.

Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1992. First Printing . Cloth. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Foreword by John Y. Simon. Ten essays on the African-American experience as soldiers and freedmen during the Civil War. Jacket rubbed but clean with no tears. 189 pp. No names or marks. A scholarly treatment.

Tucson, AZ: Robin H. Smiley, 1996. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Featured article in this edition is "Collecting Richard Brautigan" by David Gregor. 68 pp.

New York: Book-of-the-Month-Club, Inc., 1989. Book Club Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With a new introduction by the author." 577 pages 16 pages of full-color illustrations with an additional 9 other illustrations. Full-color endpapers. No names or marks. A handsome edition housed in a fine slipcase.

New York: St Martin's Press, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The follow up to their first book, Used and Rare; the writer's expand their book adventures into more sophisticated areas. Great fun and very interesting to the book collector. 213 pages. No names or marks.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. First Edition Reprint. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dennis Luzak. Limited, true First Edition. "Notes from the Editors" booklet included. Genuine brown leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 337 pages. A very attractive book.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. First Edition Reprint. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uldis Klavins. Limited, true First Edition. "The Story of a Washington Newspaperwoman." "Notes from the Editors" booklet included. Genuine maroon leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 304 pages. A very attractive book.

Tucson, AZ: Firsts Magazine, 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Feature articles on American Civil War novels and collecting Stephen Crane. 60 pages. Illustrated in black and white.

Kensington, MD: Potomac Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, Inc., 1988. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. William P. Price. No ISBN listed. This volume covers the Pittsburgh Division over Sand Patch, winding up in central Ohio during the the B&O's final season in steam. 120 pages featuring charts, maps and wonderful full-color photographs by William P. Price. Dust jacket has light edgewear including a quarter-inch chip. No names or marks.

Garden City, New York: Doublday, Page & Company, 1923. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Good -/Very Good -. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Morley's warm and intelligent notes and musings on New York, literature, and the society of the 1920's. SIGNED by Christopher Morley on front free end paper. Front binding cracked with torn paper. Some rubbing and old damp staining to spine. Light foxing to fore-edges of text block. Unclipped dust jacket, protected in a Brodart Cover has soiling and a one-inch chip at head of spine. 304 pages.

New York: Walker Publishing Company, Inc. , 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Highly readable and scholarly narrative of the real First World War. Light shelf wear to book and jacket. 332 pages

New York: New York University Press, 1976. First U. S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Scholarly study of medieval literature. Some light shelf wear and soiling to dust jacket. 245 pages with 36 illustrations.

Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1966. Paper Wraps. Very Good -. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Good reference for Poe scholars. xii, 159 pp. Cover creased with soiling and old dampstain mark. Scattered underlining & notations throughout - none interfere with reading of the text. A previous owner's name on title page. Tightly bound stapled wraps.