Authors starting with R from Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio

Cairo: E. and R. Schindler, 1931. Second edition. 25cm; vi, 104 pages, and 63 half tone plates, folding map of Medieval Cairo. Bound in printed boards in remains of dust jacket. Book is in very good condition, although dust jacket has lost much of its spine. Early owner's stamp on front free endpaper. ... more information

Geneva: Droz, 1947. xxxvii, 413 p. Wraps, unopened. ... more information

Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot, 1886. 23 cm; 3 volumes in 2. Bound in contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards. Marbled endleaves. Edges untrimmed. Binding shelf worn and scuffed at extremities. Upper joint starting on volume II; joints a bit tender. Part of the "Chefs-d'oeuvre litteraires du XVIIe siêcle" series. Handsome set. ... more information

London: Great Western Railway, 1926. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. 4to. 74 photo halftones; 4 brightly silkscreened plates of heraldric crests; folded map of Great Western Railway routes in special pocket. Book is rather slack, shaken, faded, soiled, rubbed and bumped, but overall sound and entire. ... more information

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1966. First Edition. First edition. Cloth in dust jacket, VG/VG-, with minor wear only (small abrasion on front pastedown). Front flap of dust jacket lacking. Warmly inscribed by the author to photographer Louise Burnett "with my sincere thanks for your great help on the Suffern photosÖ." (Some of Burnett's photos illustrate the text; she is also acknowledged in the author's preface.) Laid in are two Autograph letters, signed: 1) ALs, May 12, ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. First edition. 22 cm; 368 pages. Illustrated by Edward Shenton; cover illustration by Robert Camp, Jr. Typed letter laid in on publisher's letterhead, signed by A.S. Knapp, to Julia Alt, commending this copy in advance of publication. Original cloth in dust jacket. Small pencil mark on upper panel, abrasion on lower panel affecting title and image, dj spine sun tanned. ... more information

Boston: S. E. Cassino, 1882. 23cm; 2 volumes. Frontispiece color map. Wood engraved plates and text illustrations. Bound in green morocco over marbled boards. Marbled edges. Binding extensively scuffed and rubbed at edges and extremities. One endleaf loose. One signature somewhat sprung. Two hinges cracked. Condition noted, yet sound and entire. ... more information

Geneva: Droz, 1976. 4to, xvii, 242 p. Wraps. Ghost of old price sticker on upper wrap. Else fine. ... more information

London: Published for the British academy by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. ... more information

London: Published for the British academy by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1978. First Edition. Cloth. ... more information

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. First edition. 30 cm; 302 pages. Illustrated. Wraps. ... more information

Albuquerque: Historical Society of New Mexico, 1953. 23 cm; [2],143,[1 blank] pages, and halftone frontispiece portrait. Yellow wraps. Wraps and edges a little dusty. ... more information

Paris: P. Jannet, 1853. Cloth. 12mo; 17 cm., lv, 340, ads., Red cloth, stamped in blind, titled in gilt on spine., Water stains along bottom edge of casing; some spotting in text., One of the great wits of his age, Regnier wrote satires in alexandrines after the manner of Horace and Juvenal. No less an authority than Sainte Beuve compared them to Flemish paintings for their vigor, their precision and light. Includes an essay on the history of satire in France. ... more information

Rome: Formiggini, 1930. 17 cm; 75 pages. Portrait. Printed wraps. Toned, especially at edges. Still quite readable. ... more information

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1948. 263p. Wraps. Text in old French. ... more information

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931. First edition. 36cm; xx, 292 pages, and 78 plates of photogravure illustrations and 12 folded color maps in pocket. Diagrams in text. Bound in full cloth. Shelf wear only. ... more information

New York: Bantam, 1988. 27 cm; 328 pages. Cloth in dust jacket, VG+/VG+. Book club edition. ... more information

Stuttgart and New York: J. G.Cotta; D. Appleton & Co., 1857. 35 cm; Complicated collation available on request, but in summary there are ten title pages, 46 pages of text in English and German, and 107 engraved plates showing Retzsch's illustrations to various works of Schiller and Goethe. Bound in sturdy gilt-stamped full polished leather, scuffed at extremities. Upper joint cracked but holding strong. Edges generously gilt. Contents include Retzsch's illustrations for stage productions of ... more information

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1862. First edition. 25 cm; xx, [2], 329, [1] pages, colored lithograph frontispiece and seven tinted lithograph plates, some highlighted in colors. Line illustrations in text. Bound in original green cloth with gilt-stamped title on upper board and on spine. Some minor wear, including bumped lower corners and a bit of fraying along the joint near the crown, but generally well-preserved. Owner's inscriptions in front blanks, no other marks. ... more information

Geneva and Paris: Droz/Minard, 1960. 216 p. Wraps, unopened. The earliest extant account of the exploits of Tristam. A little dusty. ... more information