Authors starting with R from Quill & Brush

New York: Simon and Schuster (1981). First edition. Advance uncorrected proofs, fine in yellow paperwraps with slightly faded spine that has a small tear and some top page edges bumped at end of proof. ... more information

New York: Edward Burlingame Books (1991). First U.S. edition. By the author of "Old Glory." Fine in dustwrapper. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1977. First edition. Winner of the New York Drama Critics Award for Best American Play 1976. Near fine with slight sunning on cloth edges and page edges lightly soiled; in dustwrapper with light soiling, minor rubbing and a few faint creases. ... more information

New York: Abelard-Schuman (1960). First edition. Sticker residue on front pastedown, otherwise fine in dustwrapper with slightly tanned spine and light edgewear to spine ends and tips. ... more information

London: Navarre Society Ltd., no-date[1921]. First thus. Two volumes with nearly 100 illustrations by Robinson including the two frontis pieces. Originally published by Grant Richards in 1904 in a quarto edition, privately reprinted for the Navarre Society in this reduced (octavo) format. Geoffrey Beale (Book Collector No. 40) notes: "To those who think of him as a gentle humorist, perhaps the most surprising of Heath Robinson's books is the edition of Rabelais....To the unprepared reader,... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1999). First U. S. edition. A new translation by Ted Hughes. Fine in dustwrapper with publisher's letter laid in. ... more information

New York: Harcort, Brace Jovanovich (1982). First edition. Racine's work, translated into English by the Pulitzer Prize-winning translator. Fine in fine pictorial dust jacket. ... more information

London: Constable & Co. Ltd. [1919]. First edition, second issue with pictorial endpapers and "Constable" on spine. Blue cloth binding, sixteen colored plates tipped in (gray paper, with tissue paper protectors), many black-and-white drawings. First and last blank pages have offset due to pictorial endpapers, spine is slightly sunned with gilt still bright, spine edges lightly rolled, tips bumped, little soiling to back cover, and one illustration page loose. A very clean copy. ... more information

NY: Grove Press (1953). First U.S. edition. Translated from the French by Violet Schiff; preface by Jean Cocteau. Fine in dustwrapper (touch of minor wear). ... more information

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1986. First edition. Uncorrected proof in blue printed wraps and trade dust jacket. Publisher's letter laid in. Fine. ... more information

(Norfolk): New Directions (1949). First edition. Faint, unavoidable offset (from dustwrapper flaps) to endpapers, otherwise fine in dustwrapper with few small chips and short, closed tears. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1921. First edition. Covers lightly soiled, otherwise very good to fine; lacking the dustwrapper. ... more information

New York: G.W. Dillingham (1912). First edition. Illustrated by Clarence Rowe. Contemporary owner's name on pastedown, otherwise very good or better; lacking the dustwrapper. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1944. First edition. Shallow indentation on rear cover, otherwise near fine in price-clipped dustwrapper rubbed at gutters and edges with touch of creasing, and few nicks and short, closed tears. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First edition. Very good with foxing on page edges and endpapers only slightly darkened; in a bright dustwrapper with light rubbing, edge wear, a jagged tear on back panel and slight soiling. ... more information

London: Hodder & Stoughton [1928]. First U. K. edition. No date but assume close to the U.S, first of 1928. Minor spine fading, otherwise fine in nice, bright pictorial dustwrapper with very minor soiling and one small chip at top back corner. A scarce edition of this title. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. First edition. Illustrations by George Ellis Wolfe. Contemporary owner's name on pastedown, page edges faintly foxed, otherwise very good or better with gold stamped lettering bright. ... more information

NY: Viking Press (1977). First edition. Advance reading copy in yellow printed paperwraps. Small rubbed area on front cover, otherwise about fine. ... more information

(NY): New Directions (1971). First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with light rubbing and soiling. ... more information

(NY): New Directions (1967). First edition. Covers lightly soiled, still near fine in dustwrapper with very light rubbing. ... more information