Authors starting with R from Margolis & Moss

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891. Engraved portrait + 157 pages. 4to, gilt-printed black cloth. Randall served in Congress form 1863 until 1890. During the Grant administration he gained national prominence by uncovering various scandals. He became speaker of the house and then chairman of the powerful appropriations committee. ... more information

London, 1652. Various pagination's and title-pages. Twelvemo, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches. Modern buckram. "The fourth Edition inlarged." Apparently lacking the engraved frontispiece. With a contemporary signature for Charles Crompton and an engraved bookplate on the verso of the title-page, for Sir Thomas Hanmer of Hanmer... 1707. ... more information

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, (1975). 193 pages. Illustrated from photographs, including many in color. There is a group of double images meant to be viewed with the stereo glasses housed in the rear pocket. Quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches); gray cloth; gift inscription on flyleaf; neat pencil underlining on the last few pages of text. A sound copy of the First edition. ... more information

London: Fred Pitman, (1859). 188 pages. Texts mostly in shorthand. Twelvemo, 6 x 4 inches; quarter red calf; binding rubbed. With a charming little book plate for C. Armstrong. Twelve issues of this shorthand periodical "Written in the Second or Reporting style of Phonography. Published by Fred Pitman. ... more information

Philadelphia: Peterson & Brothers, (1874). Engraved portrait. 520 pages + book ads. 8vo (7 1/2 x 5 inches); embossed black cloth with printing gilt printing; a pristine copy First edition. "The author presents an admiring picture of his close friend of nearly fifty years. He relates many of Forrest's views on theatrical and non-theatrical matters, offers personal opinions and observations, inserts his own and other contemporary criticisms and desriptions of Forrest's acting, and includes m... more information

Paris: Charles Mendel, (1903). 232 pages. With six original silver photographs, 4 1/4 x 6 inches tipped to stiff leaves pus numerous halftone photographic illustrations. Quarto, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Modern red polished calf backed boards. This book is devoted to the science and technique of forensic photography. The images show photographic methods for identifying forgeries, fingerprints and footprints, crime scene photography, criminal photo identification, examination of written documents ( making ... more information

Saint Paul: Great Northern Railway. A portfolio of 12 mounted color prints of reproductions of 10 paintings, portraits of Blackfeet, by Winhold Reiss and 2 by Kihn W. Langdon. The prints are mounted on bright red and blue paper on which is printed the name of subject and the park in which they were painted. The gray colored portfolio is boldly printed in red and blue. There is no date printed but the NUC gives a date of 1931. 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches. The mounted prints are as new and the portfolio is in f... more information

Saint Paul: Great Northern Railway, 1940.. Twenty four prints of famous Blackfeet Indian paintings by Winhold Reiss. Includes the 12 page booklet in self wrappers "Out of the North" an authentic account of the Blackfeet tribe" written by Frank Linderman. Housed in a beautifully colored envelope. 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches. Also included is the original pictorially printed, unused mailing envelope. Some wear on both envelopes, prints and booklet in excellent condition. ... more information

Mexico: Eusebio Gomez de la Puente, 1912. 411 pages. 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Green, printed cloth. A fine copy. Rules for Mexico's dreaded "Rurales. ... more information

Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1921. 55 pages. Small octavo, 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Cloth backed gray boards; paper label; spine faded and spine label with a small chip. First edition, limited to 400 copies. ... more information

(New Haven, 1836 ?). Small silk ribbon measuring 6 x 1 inches, with printed title and illustration. Folded and lightly soiled; pencil notations on verso. In 1638, Momauguin, the Grand Sachem of the Quinnipiac tribe, signed the first treaty with the English planters at Quinnipiac (New Haven, Connecticut). This ribbon most likely celebrates the bicentennial of this grand event. ... more information

New York: Phillips & Hunt, circa 1842. Wood-engraved frontispiece + 175 pages. Twelvemo (6 x 3 3/4 inches). Embossed rust red publishers cloth; light staining. A later printing of this popular tale. This obscure imprint is not listed in the World Catalog. There is no date but the preface is dated 1842. ... more information

San Francisco: Dewey Publishing Company, 1907. 255 + 130 pages. Two volumes in one. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Thick octavo, 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Green cloth with a bold pictorial design in red, black and blue by Maynard Dixon, signed on the binding MD. A fine, bright copy. First edition. Two distinct works on the mines of Mexico and Colorado. "This editor-mining engineer described the mining districts around Mexico City late in 1905... From Rickard's account it is easy to se... more information

Mexico: Editorial Jus, 1962. 100 pages. Reproduction of an early engraving. Octavo, quarter calf with red and green leather labels; original wrappers bound in. Fourth edition. A beautifully bound copy of number 16 of the series "Figuras y Episodios de la Historia de Mexico." [We have seventy other titles from this series uniformly bound. Please inquire]. ... more information

Mexico: Editorial Jus, 1959. 220 pages. Illustrated. Octavo, quarter calf with red and green leather labels; original wrappers bound in. Third edition. A beautifully bound copy of number 74 of the series "Figuras y Episodios de la Historia de Mexico." [We have seventy other titles from this series uniformly bound. Please inqurie]. ... more information

Santa Fé: Bureau of Immigration, 1885. Illustrated with 13 plates, two of which are folding (The Military Headquarters and A Birds-eye-view of Santa Fe), plus numerous wood-engravings. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. Printed yellow wrappers; one inch chip missing at foot of spine; light soiling to covers, still a very nice copy. Fifth edition. Inscribed on cover "J. H. Newcom "Describing and listing the mining regions and how to reach them; history of the discoveries; features of t... more information

Mexico: Editorial Atlante, 1948. 18 pages of text, including line drawings by Rivera, plus 25 large lithographed plates, four of which are in color. Portfolio, 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches; the colored plates are printed on good paper and are in fine condition; the black and white lithographs though are printed on poor paper and have some minor chipping in their margins. Portfolio lightly soiled and expertly repaired. One of 1,000 copies. The last auction record was twenty years ago. Uncommon. ... more information

New York: Young Men's Christian Association Athletic League, circa 1897. 23 pages. Octavo, printed yellow wrappers. Illustrated with halftone photographic reproductions showing various positions and drills. ... more information

Paris: Pissot, 1780. Four volumes. With four folding copperplate engraved maps and one folding plate. Twelvemo, 6 1/2 x 4 inches. Contemporary speckled calf; in excellent condition, with all half-titles. "Seconde edition revue & corrigee." This work was originally published in London in 1777 and first published in Paris the following year. It is divided into eight books containing the history of the discovery of America and the conquest of Mexico and Peru. The "most highly re... more information

Paris: J. - B. Bailliere, 1833. Five volumes. 728 + 672 + 621 + 715 + 832 pages. 8 1/2 x 5 inches. Calf backed marbled boards; a handsome set, with the signature and bookplate of Frederici Pichenot. Third edition, originally published in three volumes, 1825-1828.. ... more information