Authors starting with R from Glenn Books

London: Navarre Society, 1921. Two volumes. Cream cloth, spines gilt. Gilt rules and fleur-de-lys on covers. Top egde gilt, others uncut. Light edgewear. Front endpapers discolored in Volume 1. One hundred full-page black-and-white illustrations by W. HEATH ROBINSON. 474-462pp.. Cream Cloth. Moderate Soiling. Large Octavo. ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs, color frontispiece. 143pp. of text, with appendix of 207 figures in black and white plates.. First American Edition. Gray Cloth. Moderate Edge Wear and Soiling/No Jacket. Octavo. ... more information

Coloniae Agrippinae(Cologne, Germany): Ioannem Kinckium, 1628. All edges stained red. Spine with five raised bands and leather label. Title-page in red and black with unicorn vignette. Full page map "Alexandri Magni Macedoniis Expeditio" and two fold-out plates, one of Babylon, the other showing statues of Bucephalus and Alexander. All plates are intact and clean. Floriated first letters of chapters. Paper is browned in some places, but generally quite fresh and clean throughout. [ (xii), (vi), 3 ... more information

London: Privately Printed, 1954. Binders listed alphabetically. Sixteen full-page illustrations through out the book. 250pp.. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Minor Edge and Cover Wear/No Jacket. Quarto. ... more information

New Milford, Connecticut: N. Flayderman and Company, 1973. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing, light chipping at extremities. Illustrated endpapers. Ink gift inscription on revers of front free endpaper. Finely-illustrated throughout. 227pp.. First Edition. Blue Cloth. Nearly Fine./Price-clipped Dust Jacket. Thin Quarto. ... more information

Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1983. In original slipcase. Profusely illustrated, this study provides an insight into armed and unarmed martial arts in Japan. 483pp.. Eighth Edition. Gray Cloth. Fine/Fine. Quarto. ... more information

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1875. Marbled boards and endpapers. Black leather spine label. This is Volume 1495 in the Tauchnitz Collection of English Authors. Tipped-in is a handwritten letter by the author, on two sides of the page dated "Aug. 29, 2 Albert Terrace, Knightsbridge". The letter concerns his displeasure with some sort of decoration. Three closed tears on the letter are repaired with archival tape. 302pp.. Copyright Edition.. 1/4 Tan Morocco Over Boards. Light Edge Wear/No Jacket. Sm... more information

Philadelphia, New York: J.B. Lippincott Company ., 1947. Ink owner's name on front free endpaper.The story of the Pendergast era, from the turn of the century to 1946. 394pp.. First Edition.. Red Cloth. Light Edge Wear./Chipped Dust Jacket. Octavo. ... more information

Philadelphia, New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1947. Map endpapers. The story of Kansas City during the Pendergast era, from the turn of the century to 1946. 394pp.. First Edition.. Red Cloth. Almost No Wear./No Jacket.. Octavo. ... more information

New York, London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. Front cover elaborate floral work in gilt, white, and deep red. Designed by MARGARET ARMSTRONG with "MA" on front cover. . Illustrations by Dalton Stevens, including colored frontispiece. Bordered text with red-lettering on page headings. 343pp.. First Edition. Lilac Cloth.. Almost No Wear/No Jacket. Octavo. ... more information

London, New York Abelard-Schuman (1959).. Very modest edge wear. In chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. Famous works of art with whimsical, sometimes bizarre captions. Closed tear bottom of one page. First edition.. ... more information

New York Macmillan 1902.. Original brown pictorial cloth. Illustrated by Remington. Spine and corners rubbed, dampstain bottom of rear cover. Pencil inscription front free endpaper. First edition.. ... more information

London: Thomas and George Underwood, 1825. Rebacked, black leather spine label, corners repaired. Small armorial bookplate on front pastdown. Recent owner's name in ink at top of front flyleaf. Title continues, " With practical remarks on the injurious effects of colchicum, and on certain modes of diet." The author examined the views of a number of prominent medical minds the day, as well as the opinions of ancient physicians. As are many of the medical treatises of that time, this book is fre... more information

Washington: Government Ptg Office, 1832. Several closed tears left margin without loss of text. Document No.76 from the 22nd1st Session. Dated January 24, 1832. Number in ink at top of title. A message from President Andrew Jackson, requested by the House, regarding the status of treaties with the Choctaw Indians. Contains transcripts from letters by the Department of War, tribal council of the Choctaws at Dancing Rabbit Creek. The document was referred to the Committee of the Public Lands. 7pp.. Disbound. ... more information

Washington: National Intelligence Office, 1843. Name in ink at top of title page. Text of a speech delivered on January 25, 1843. Concerns a squabble between President Tyler and his opposition in Congress about the type of currency to be used in the US. Quotes Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Macbeth, and Montesquieu, among others!. 14pp.. Disbound. Light Edge Wear. Octavo. ... more information

Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1836. Speech delivered on Janyary 28, 1836. A raher lengthy report on why $3 million appropriations bill failed to pass the Congress. 24pp.. Disbound. Moderate Soil, Foxing.. Octavo. ... more information

Washington: Government Ptg Office, 1832. Two binder holes left margin. Report No.243 from the 22nd Congress, 1st Session. Dated January 30, 1832. Number in ink at top of title. A report from the House Ways and Means Committee concerning payment of a claim against the Creek nation of Indians, "for property robbed and destroyed by said Indians". 6pp.. Disbound. Paper Browned. Octavo. ... more information

Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1834. 15pp. Report Number 349 from the 23rd Congress, First Session, dated March 18, 1834. Light-to-mild foxing. Contains several interesting lists regarding supplies for the military personnel required for such a venture. Average cost of a musket in 1832 was $11.64. Information on numbers of men in militias in the Western States the preceding 10 years with projections for numbers later on.. Octavo. ... more information

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1856. This is Executive Document Number 10, 34th Congress, Third Session. The document is 36 pages in length. A message from the President of the United States (Franklin Pierce) referred to the Committee on Territories, and including extracts from a letter of Governor Geary, together with a copy of executive minutes of the Kansas Territory. Fascinating material on care of prisoners, dealing with local Indians, and other matters. Bound in full brown leather, rebacked a... more information

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1871. A letter from the Secretary of the Interior, 41st Congress, Third Session, Executive Document No. 79. Concerns losses from attacks by Cheyenne Indians mainly in New Mexico and Indian Territory. One entry from Ellsworth County, Kansas concerning losses of mules and horses from a mule train. 9pp.. Disbound. Minor Wear and Soiling.. Octavo. ... more information