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RAE, Edward.
The Land of the North Wind Or Travels Among the Laplanders and the Samoyedes. London: John Murray, 1875. First edition. 8vo., orig. blue/green cloth with pictorial dec. in gilt on upper cover, (xviii), 352pp. Rubber stamp on dedication and first page of text, inner hinges cracked o/w a near fine copy. "......two pleasant journeys to unfrequented regions, and all who read his interesting book will follow him from beginning to end with unmixed pleasure..."
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RALEY, George H.
A Monograph of the Totem-Poles in Stanley Park Vancouver, British Columbia. (cover title reads: Our Totem-Poles. A Souvenir of British Columbia).
Vancouver: (Printed by the Lumberman Printing Company), March, 1945. Fifth edition, so stated (first published 1937). Signed by the author on the title-page. Tall 8vo., orig. wallet edge pictorial wrappers, 24pp. Illustrated. Additional signature on the title and upper wrapper, wallet edge wrappers have some nick and an additional chip out out of the upper edge of the rear wrapper o/w very good.
Vancouver: (Printed by the Lumberman Printing Company), March, 1945. Fifth edition, so stated (first published 1937). Signed by the author on the title-page. Tall 8vo., orig. wallet edge pictorial wrappers, 24pp. Illustrated. Additional signature on the title and upper wrapper, wallet edge wrappers have some nick and an additional chip out out of the upper edge of the rear wrapper o/w very good.
| $45 | Book Number: 37338 | Order / Enquire |
RAMSAY, Charles.
The Travels of Cyrus. To which is annexed, A Discourse Upon The Theology and Mythology of the Pagans.
London: Printed by James Bettenham..... 1763. The ninth edition. 12mo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, xxiv, 358,(2)pp.ads. Front hinge cracked but holding, a good copy.
London: Printed by James Bettenham..... 1763. The ninth edition. 12mo., full cont. calf, raised bands, gilt compartments, xxiv, 358,(2)pp.ads. Front hinge cracked but holding, a good copy.
| $250 | Book Number: 12885 | Order / Enquire |
RAMSAY, E.B.
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character.
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1874. "Eighty-Fifth Thousand." 8vo., orig. dec. paper boards, l, 270pp Boards rubbed with wear along the spine o/w a very good copy in this delicate format.
Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1874. "Eighty-Fifth Thousand." 8vo., orig. dec. paper boards, l, 270pp Boards rubbed with wear along the spine o/w a very good copy in this delicate format.
| $125 | Book Number: 21801 | Order / Enquire |
RANKIN, Ian.
Complete Short Stories. A Good Hanging. Beggars Banquet & Atonement.
(London): Orion, (2005). First of this Omnibus Edition. Fine in d/w.
(London): Orion, (2005). First of this Omnibus Edition. Fine in d/w.
| $35 | Book Number: 37091 | Order / Enquire |
RANKINE, W. Henry.
A Hero of The Dark Continent. Memoir of Rev. Wm. Affleck Scott.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1896. First edition. 8vo., orig. pictorial rust cloth, (xii), 313pp. Bookplate o/w an about fine copy.
Story of Scott's experiences as a missionary in Africa.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1896. First edition. 8vo., orig. pictorial rust cloth, (xii), 313pp. Bookplate o/w an about fine copy.
Story of Scott's experiences as a missionary in Africa.
| $85 | Book Number: 9368 | Order / Enquire |
RAPPOPORT, Angelo S.
Royal Lovers and Mistresses The Romance of Crowned and Uncrowned Kings and Queens of Europe.
London: Greening and Company, 1908. First edition. Tall 8vo., cont. dark green half calf, cloth, raised bands, single gilt decoration in compartments, 316pp. A nice copy.
London: Greening and Company, 1908. First edition. Tall 8vo., cont. dark green half calf, cloth, raised bands, single gilt decoration in compartments, 316pp. A nice copy.
| $150 | Book Number: 9928 | Order / Enquire |
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RASHLEIGH, Ralph.
The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh A Penal Exile in Australia 1825-1844. With an Introduction by the Rt. Hon. Earl of Birkenhead. London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, (350), (2)pp.ads. Near fine in the d/w with a piece out at the top of the spine but still very good. ".....relates the real adventures of a man transported to Australia at the beginning of the last century. It reveals, through the sufferings and vicissitudes of a single convict transported to New South Wales for burglary, a clear and vivid picture of the conditions under which the penal code was administered less than one hundred years ago....."
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RASK, Erasmus.
A Grammar of The Anglo-Saxon Tongue, With A Praxis, By .......A New Edition, Enlarged and Improved by the Author. Translated from the Danish By B. Thorpe.
Copenhagen: Printed by S.L. Moller, 1830. A new edition. With the bookplate of Stillman Drake. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards, paper spine label, lx, (6), (1)-224pp. Inner hinges cracked, soem wear to the spine ends, loss to the spine label but certainly a very good copy.
Copenhagen: Printed by S.L. Moller, 1830. A new edition. With the bookplate of Stillman Drake. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards, paper spine label, lx, (6), (1)-224pp. Inner hinges cracked, soem wear to the spine ends, loss to the spine label but certainly a very good copy.
| $350 | Book Number: 24728 | Order / Enquire |
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RATCLIFFE, Francis.
Flying Fox and Drifting Sand. The Adventures of a Biologist in Australia. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1951). Reprint. Cloth, x, 332pp. A nice copy in a very good d/w/. part of the book describes an expedition in 1929-31 to the eastern coast to study the giant fruit eating bats known as flying foxes; the other part describes the outback of central Australia.
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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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