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1936. FREEMAN, Douglas. R.E. LEE, A BIOGRAPHY. 4 Vols. New York and London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935-36. 8vo., red cloth, front board and spine in gilt. A very good set with ink inscriptions and bookplates on pastedowns and flyleaves. Some fading at the spines and light wear.

FE. TAKE YOUR PICK UPDIKE, John. RABBIT IS RICH. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First edition. Signed on the front flyleaf by Updike three times in three different color inks with a notation "take your pick". This is a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

1960. UPDIKE, John. RABBIT, RUN. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First edition. 307 pp. 8vo., emerald green cloth back, letters stamped in gold and silver gilt to spine, blue-grey paper covered boards, author's name stamped in silver gilt to upper board, publisher's device blindstamped to lower board, top-edge stained light grey. Bookplate to front pastedown. A thin sliver of sunning just at top-edges of boards and spine; two tiny spots to upper board, and a small spot of soiling to fore-edge; nonetheless, the volume is still quite bright and fresh. The dust jacket is moderately edgeworn at spinal ends, with some chipping to crown, and at the top-edge of the upper panel, having a closed tear and some creasing; also, the spine is sunned with a tiny puncture at the lower joint. Overall, this is a very good copy.

FAE. McFEE, William. RACE. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1924. First American edition. Fine, in a bright dust jacket with some tiny nicks to spine and light soil on back. (Babb XXIV).

1974. AMIS, Martin. THE RACHEL PAPERS. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First American edition of the author's first book. 8vo., orange cloth, spine in gilt. Boards just slightly bowed. Small spot of soil to fore-edge affecting about eight leaves; slight soil to bottom edge. A very good, bright copy in a a moderately soiled dust jacket, wth light wear to edges, and a crease to the front flap.

1949. O'HARA, John. A RAGE TO LIVE. New York: Random House, (1949). First edition. 8vo., black cloth. Slight bumps to top corners. Near fine, in a price-clipped, edgeworn and slightly soiled dust jacket with slight ink notation to front flap.

1942. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY AND THE NICE FAT POLICEMAN. New York; Johnny Gruelle Co., (1942). First edition. 8vo., green cloth-backed pictorial paper-covered boards. Ink ownership, ownership stamps to ffep. Minimal edgewear and rubbing to boards. Small closed tear (approx. 1/2") to four leaves. Very good, in a chipped dust jacket which bears moderate rubbing and a few short edge-tears.

1928. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN'S MAGICAL WISHES. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1928). 94 pp. + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series. 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Near fine, light wear to edges of boards, occasional light finger soil in the text. In good matching dust jacket with several small chips, 1 inch closed tear and creasing, small abrasion to top of front panel.

1928. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN'S FAIRY STORIES. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1928). Unpaginated [89 + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series). 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Near fine, only light occasional finger soil and small abrasion to front cover near spine. In near fine matching dust jacket with minor edgewear only. A lovely copy.

1930. GRUELLE, Johnny. RAGGEDY ANN IN THE DEEP WOODS. Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co. (1930). 95 pp. + 1 pp. ad for Raggedy Ann series. 8vo., black cloth with color illustrated paper covered boards. Very good, mild edgewear to boards. Occasional light finger soil to interior. No writing or marking. In fair matching dust jacket with several 1 - 2 inch chips, closed tears, creasing.

FE. SILLITOE, Alan. THE RAGMAN'S DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIES. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Statement of First American Edition on copyright page. This is a fine, bright copy in a dust jacket with one small tear at the top of the crown.

1979. LEWIS, Donald. RAIL CANANDA. Volume 1. Diesel Locomotive Paint Schemes of the Canadian National Railway. Vancouver, Canada: Launch Pad Distributors, (1979). Second edition. Wrappers. Black and white illustrations with color plates. Very good.

[RAILROAD] RAILROAD BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA, 23 ITEMS. As follows: 1. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. "GENUINE DETROIT" MODEL A LOCOMOTIVE FORCE FEED OILER, CATALOG NO. 174. Detroit, MI [n.d.] 56 pp. including folding charts and b/w and two-color illustrations, and halftone photos. 8vo., heavily soiled printed stapled wrappers, yellow. Some soil to page edges. 2. DETROIT LUBRICATOR COMPANY. DETROIT BULLSEYE LOCOMOTIVE LUBRICATORS, CATALOG NO. 38 L. Detroit, MI, 1918. 62 pp. Halftone photos. 8vo., moderate soil to printed stapled wrappers with 3 color embossed front cover. Light offset to front and rear pages, and some soil to page edges. 3. WORTHINGTON PUMP AND MACHINERY CORPORATION. WORTHINGTON LOCOMOTIVE BOILER FEED PUMP AND FEED WATER HEATER, TYPES B AND BL, GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATION BK-1608-F. New York, May 1927. 36 pp. Stiff green printed wrappers with green cloth tape spine, rounded corners. 12mo., moderate soil to covers and a few pages, b/w folding diagram, two-color folding… Leer más

1969. KIDDER, Glen M. RAILWAY TO THE MOON. (Littleton, NH: Courier Printing Company for the author, 1969). Limited edition; this copy is no. 1487 from an edition of not more than 1500 copies. Many illustrations from photos. 184 pp. Octavo, brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. As the author explains in an autograph letter, which is laid-in at the start of the volume, this is one of several copies rebound by him and issued without a dust-jacket due to a fire next to the printer's office. It is a clean and fresh copy despite the slightly rippled book block; thus near fine. A history of the Mount Washington [Cog] Railway, the "brainchild" of Sylvester Marsh.

1932. [PREWAR ADVERTISING] Edited by Shotenkaisha MAEJIMA Sei-ichi, designer. RAJIO CHIKUONKITEN HANJOSAKU. Seibundo, Tokyo, Showa 7 [1932]. 30.0 X 21.8 cm. From an important series of design portfolios originally produced by Seibundo in 1930. The original title of this work was CHIKUONKI GAKKITEN KOKOKU ZUANSHU and the attributed designer was Maejima Sei-ichi. That original series was distinguished as the Advertising Design [Kokoku Zunshu] series. By 1932, the series had been retitled the Hanjosaku [Planning for Profit] series and all reference to the original designer was dropped, new text was added, etc. In addition, it was bound in boards. This one is dedicated to shops specializing in phonograph albums and musical instruments. This volume consists of 50 pages of plates in both color and monochrome. The front hinge is starting, about good overall.

[JAPANESE PAPER] RAKUHO SHIGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA. RAKUHO HEKISHI R.H.S WALLPAPERS 2 N.P., N.D., Published in Japan, oblong riveted wrappers, 18.8 X 26.4 cm. 1 page of introductory text, 3 pp. of b+w photo illustrations, 3 pp. of actual wallpaper samples. The corner of one sample has been snipped out, otherwise very good.

1982. MYERSON, Joel. RALPH WALDO EMERSON: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982. First edition. xviii + 802 pp. 8vo., blue cloth stamped in silver. Fine.

1893. BLACKBURN, Charles F. RAMBLES IN BOOKS. London: Sampson Low Marston & Company, 1893. One of fifty large paper copies; signed by Charles F. Blackburn. 8vo., two-toned boards: white and blue, paper label to spine, top edge gilt. Spine darkened, with light wear to spine and extremities. A very good copy.

FE. (VIETNAM). RAMPARTS VIETNAM PRIMER. San Francisco: Ramparts, [1966]. Pictorial wrappers. Ink name on first page; some soil and light wear to wrappers. A very good copy.

1984. [KATAZOME] Kanzaki ONJUN, artist. RANPU [Rinpyô] 1 vol. 23.0 x 16.1 cm, Tôkyô, Gohachi, Shôwa 59 [1984]. 50 copies were distributed, plus there were "house copies" that were given to friends. This is thus numbered #58. A counterpoint of Kanzaki's designs for lamps facing pages of designs for matchbox labels in one volume (there was an absent companion volume with a similar design for bookplates done at the same time by Kanzaki.. In his colorful style. Near new in the original slipwrappers.