Authors starting with R from Bauman Rare Books

1892. RABELAIS, Master Francis. Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. Two volumes. Quarto, 20th-century full royal blue morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut. $900. Lovely illustrated limited edition of Rabelais' classic satire, number 30 of only 210 copies printed, with frontispiece portrait and 16 full-page plates after designs by Louis Chalon. Often censured by conservative peers, Fra... more information

1807. RABELAIS, Francis. The Works of Francis Rabelais. London: Lackington, Allen, et. al., 1807. Four volumes. 12mo, early 20th-century full tree calf, elaborately gilt-tooled spines, red and green morocco spine labels, raised bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, partially unopened. $1500. 1807 edition of Rabelais' works, with frontispiece portrait of the author in Volume I and copious explanatory notes, including a Life of Rabelais. "The English version of Rabelais by Mott... more information

1925. (RACKHAM, Arthur) MORLEY, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins. London and New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page, [1925]. Quarto, original blue cloth gilt, pictorial endpapers. $350. First illustrated trade edition of Christopher Morley's most important book—a fanciful allegory of mortals' perennial quest for meaning—with four colored plates and 16 drawings by Arthur Rackham. First published in 1922, Morley's tale follows the anthropomorphic dog Gissing as he seeks tha... more information

1795. FIRST EDITION. RADCLIFFE, Ann. Journey Made in the Summer of 1794, Through Holland and the Western Frontier of Germany, With a Return Down the Rhine: To Which are Added Observations During a Tour to the Lakes of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland. London: printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1795. Quarto, modern three-quarter tan calf, beige cloth boards, raised bands, gilt-decorated spine, red morocco labels, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. $1200. First edition of Radcliffe's description o... more information

1879. FIRST EDITION. (INDIAN JUDAICA—BOMBAY IMPRINT) [RAJPURKAR], Joseph Ezekiel. Mar'eh Emunat Yisra'el. The True Aspects of Judaism; Being Discourses on the Thirteen Articles of the Jewish Faith, Delivered at the Old Synagogue, Bombay; with an Introductory Lecture on a General View of Judaism. Bombay: Education Society's Press, Byculla, 1879. Octavo, original printed paper wrappers. Housed in custom leather folder. $650. First edition of this Bombay-printed collection of discourses on J... more information

1901. FIRST EDITION. (INDIAN JUDAICA—BOMBAY IMPRINT) [RAJPURKAR], Joseph Ezekiel. Mo'adim. The Prayers of the Three Great Jewish Festivals. Translated (with Explanatory Notes) by Joseph Ezekiel. Bombay: Javaji Dadaji's "Nirnaya-sagar" Press, 1901. Small octavo, later half red cloth and patterned boards, recent endpapers. Housed in custom leather folder. $1200. First edition of this Bombay-printed liturgy, translated into Marathi by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar, one of the leading Jewish... more information

1890. FIRST EDITION. (INDIAN JUDAICA—BOMBAY IMPRINT) RAJPURKAR, Joseph Ezekiel. The Prayers of the Five Jewish Fasts. Bombay: "Nirnaya-Sagara" Press, 1890. Octavo, later half red cloth and patterned paper boards. $600. First edition of this Bombay-printed liturgy, translated into Marathi by Joseph Ezekiel Rajpurkar, one of the leading Jewish scholars of 19th-century Bombay. Rajpurkar (1834–1905), scholar of the Bene Israel community in Bombay, was headmaster of the David Sassoon Bene... more information

1736. RALEIGH, Walter. The History of the World, in Five Books. The Eleventh Edition, Printed from a Copy Revis'd by Himself. To Which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Newly Compiled… By Mr. Oldys. Also His Trial, with some Additions: Together with a New and Copious Index to the Whole Work. London: Printed for G. Conyers, et al., 1736. Thick folio, contemporary full brown calf rebacked and partly recornered, raised bands, brown morocco spine label. $5200. Eleventh edition—regarded until t... more information

1596. RALEIGH, Walter. Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bevvtifvl Empire of Gviana, With a relation of the Great and Golden Citie of Manoa (which the Spaniards call Ed Dorado)… BOUND WITH: GALVANO, Antonio. The Discoveries of the World from their first originall vnto the yeere of our Lord 1555. (Cleveland: World Publishing, 1966). Small quarto, original full vellum with yapp edges and cloth ties, gilt-stamped arms of Elizabeth I on front cover. Housed in original cloth clamshell box with printed pape... more information

1739. RAMAZZINI, Bernardino. Opera Omnia Medica et Physiologica. Londini: Apud Paulum et Isaacum Vaillant, 1739. Two volumes in one. Small thick quarto, 19th-century three-quarter tan calf gilt, burgundy morocco spine label, marbled boards. $750. Fourth edition of Ramazzini's works, with five plates of apparatuses (two folding), containing his ground-breaking De Morbis Artificum, the first systematic study of occupational diseases. Called "the father of industrial hygiene" (Castiglione, 564... more information

1875. RANDOLPH, Thomas. Poetical and Dramatic Works of Thomas Randolph… Now First Collected and Edited from the early Copies and from MSS… by W. Carew Hazlitt. London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1875. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary full tan polished calf gilt, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, red and green morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut. $675. First collected edition of Randolph's complete poetry and drama, beautifully bound in full po... more information

1929. SIGNED. RAVEL, Maurice. Bolero. Paris: Durand et Cie, 1929. Octavo, original paper wrappers, original glassine. $6000. Miniature study score, inscribed by the composer to the music critic Jean Marnold (dedicatee's name partly erased): "à J… M… / affectueusement / Maurice Ravel." "There should be no misunderstanding as to my Boléro," wrote Ravel. "Before the first performance, I issued a warning to the effect that what I had written was a piece la... more information

1937. FIRST EDITION. MAN RAY. La Photographie n'est pas L'Art. [Paris]: Éditions GLM, 1937. Slim octavo, 17 loose leaves in original flexible blue cloth portfolio, original black die-cut wrapper. $5800. First edition of this landmark treatise, with 12 full-page halftones of Man Ray's distinctive photographs, "regarded by some as amongst the greatest of the 20th century" (Parr & Badger). Jean Cocteau called him "the poet of the darkroom." "It was with Man Ra... more information

1925. FIRST EDITION. (MAN RAY) COCTEAU, Jean. L'Ange Heurtebise. Paris: Librairie Stock, 1925. Slim folio, modern white paper boards, original stiff cream paper wrappers bound in. $4800. Limited first edition of Cocteau's masterpiece, one of only 50 copies on Vélin Blanc (of a total edition of 355 copies), marked "H.C." (not for sale), with a magnificent heliogravure of the angel Heurtebise by Man Ray. Cocteau declares that he found the name "Heurtebise" on the brass pl... more information

(JUDAICA—TAX REGULATIONS). Torath HaChitzonim. [Mantua]: no publisher, no date. Small folio, measures 10 inches by 14 inches, single leaf printed on one side. $2800. Mantuan broadside printing regulations concerning the taxation of foreign Jewish traders conducting business at local fairs and markets. With a Cherem (Bill of Excommunication) signed by Israel Gedalya Casses. Text in Hebrew. Vinograd, Mantua 465, 571, 582, 589. Fine condition, a wide-margined copy. Rare. ... more information

1974. SIGNED. REITER, Freda. Watergate Hearings. [New York: American Broadcasting Company, 1974]. Sixteen large original full-color pastel drawings, measuring 16-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches. $5800. Sixteen original pastel drawings (11 signed) of the infamous Watergate Hearings, featuring Haldeman, Erlichman, Mitchell, and Neal, by Freda Reiter, one of the premier sketch artists and political portraitists of modern times. Court-imposed prohibitions against cameras of any kind in many high-profile cases had creat... more information

1981. (SUPREME COURT) REITER, Freda. Group portraits of the Burger Supreme Court. [New York: American Broadcasting Company, 1981-85]. Five original large full-color pastel drawings, measuring 16-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches, on studio mounts measuring 20 by 16 inches. $6000. Five large, original pastel drawings of members of the Warren Burger Supreme Court by one of the premier sketch artists and political portraitists of modern times, Freda Reiter. Whenever judges prohibit cameras in their coutrooms—whethe... more information

1928. FIRST EDITION. RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert. Die Welt ist Schön. München: Kurt Wolf, (1928). Quarto, original gilt-stamped blue cloth, original photographic dust jacket. $4500. First edition of Renger-Patzsch's influential work, sparking "one of Germany's most pervasive modernist movements" and advancing the cause of a 'New Objectivity' in photography, with 100 black-and-white halftone photographs, in very rare original dust jacket. "One of the best-known titles i... more information

1993. FIRST EDITION. RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert. Albert Renger-Patzsch: Joy Before the Object. New York: Aperture Foundation, 1993. Quarto, original photographic paper wrappers. $125. First paperback edition of this overview of Renger-Patzsch's work by Aperture, with 50 full-page photographic plates. "For Renger-Patzsch, photography was a way of recreating the order of things through the order of the photograph. His pictures of factories, mines, architecture, even flowers and animals, have an unwave... more information

1896. RETZ, Cardinal de. Memoirs of the Cardinal de Retz. London: H.S. Nichols, 1896. Octavo, 20th-century full red crushed morocco gilt, gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, top edge gilt. $385. Limited edition of this fascinating account of one of the most tumultuous periods in history, one of only 500 copies, with frontispiece portrait. Cardinal de Retz was a leader of La Fronde, the name given to two 17th-century revolts against the absolutism of the French monarchy. The "darling of the insurgent... more information