Authors starting with R from The Kelmscott Bookshop

Paris:: E. Bernard et Cie,. 1897.. Beautiful oversized volume of the complete works of Rabelais, with 160 color plates by Jules Garnier. Bound in three quarter brown leather with red and green marbled boards. There are brown marks sprinkled on the leather and a large and two small dark stains to spine, which has five raised bands and gilt author and title. Interior is bright and clean with aging to page margins not affecting text or plates. 300 pages. FRE/062509 ... more information

NY:: Oxford University Press,. 1991.. Hard Cover. Fine in Fine dj. 8vo. Black cloth backed beige paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Clean, tight interior. Yellow dust jacket with black title to spine. 259 pages. MID/083106 ... more information

Leipzig:: Bibliographisches Institut,. 1927.. Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Thick 4to. Brown leather backed marbled paper boards with black and gilt title to spine. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine. Minor scuffing to spine and boards. Wear to corners, exterior leather of hinges, and to foot of spine. Interior is very clean with bright text. Includes many beautiful color plates depicting various birds; also many B&W illustrations. Tight binding. In German. 648 pp. GER/062804 ... more information

New York:: Mayflower Books,. 1979.. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Jacket is bumped along top of spine. Profusely illustrated throughout in B&W and color. 611 pp. Renaissance. REN/8232 ... more information

New York:: The Viking Press,. (1974).. Hard Cover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ (Price-Clipped) DJ. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor sunning to top of boards. Foxing to top edge of text block.. Else is clean and bright with wonderful illustrations throughout. Pink and purple illustrated price clipped dust jacket with black title to front and to spine panels. Sunning to top half of spine. 121 pages. Children's Literature. CHILD/072209 ... more information

New York:: Viking Press,. (1973).. Hard Cover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. 8vo. Brown cloth backed brown paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior filled with many illustrations including several full color plates. Brown illustrated dust jacket with black title to front panel and white title to spine. 127 pages. Children's literature. CHILD/080509 ... more information

Little, Brown and Company,. 1978.. Very good + in a very good dust jacket. Jacket has some sunning on spine. 335 pp., has appendices and notes. Politics. POL/8072 ... more information

Seattle:: University of Washington,. 1969.. Vg/Vg Dj American History. AME510301 ... more information

New York:: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.,. 1969.. NF in very good dust jacket. Spine panel of jacket is red with blue title. Wear to edges of jacket. Clean interior. American History. AME106181 ... more information

London:: Elkin Mathews,. 1891.. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good. 12mo. Original gray boards, slightly soiled and bumped. Printed paper label on spine. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Decorated title page with title design and charming illustration of a mother with her two children, protected by tissue guard. A scarce early Elkin Mathews title and the author's first book. 64 pp. POE/082304 ... more information

Cambridge:: E. Johnson,. 1882.. Hard Cover. Very Good. First Edition. Author's first book. SCARCE. Poet and socialist, Ernest Radford (1857 - 1919), was a follower of William Morris and served as the secretary of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. He was also the husband of author Dollie Radford (Caroline Maitland). Very good in original grey paper covered boards with printed paper label on spine. The title label, which is a bit browned and lightly scuffed, is printed vertically in brown ink. Darke... more information

New York:: Peter Bedrick,. 1990.. Cloth. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 8vo. Black in illustrated black DJ. 205pp. ... more information

Racine, WI:: Whitman Publishing Co,. 1946.. Cloth. Very Good in Very Good dj. 8vo. In brown cloth covered boards with orange title stamp to spine and front cover. In illustrated color DJ with minor edgewear and creasing to head and foot of spine panel. Creasing to rear panel. Interior is clean with only minor toning of pages. 248pp. LIT/071505 ... more information

London:: Oxford University Press,. 1966.. Very good minus aqua boards with slightly faded spine. Pages bright; index; 254 pp. Religion. REL/10302 ... more information

Annapolis:: The Hall of Records Commission,. 1964.. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo. In green cloth covered boards with gilt title stamp to spine and front cover. Minor edgewear with 1/2" closed tear/chip to head of spine cloth. Internally very clean. Onwer signature to front pastedown. "Maryland Symbols" pamphlet in pocket to rear pastedown. 807pp. MD/121505 ... more information

Annapolis, MD:: The Hall of Records Commission of the State of Maryland,. 1963.. Copy #122. Ex-lib. Very Good 4to. With reference stickers to tan cloth boards. Binding is tight. Minor wear to edges. Interior is very clean and crisp. Illustrated with black and white photos. 175pp. Maryland History. MD/12053 ... more information

Annapolis:: The Maurice Leeser Co.,. 1958.. Paperback. Very Good + in Wraps. 8vo. Green paper wrappers with gilt title to front wrapper and to spine. Fading to spine and creasing to bottom of front wrapper. Pencil signature to title page. Interior is clean and bright and includes many illustrations including a fold out diagram of the organization of the Maryland state government. Pocket on the inside of rear wrapper contains a brochure entitled "Maryland's Flag, Seal, Song, Flower, Bird and Tree.&... more information

Annapolis:: The Maurice Leeser Co.,. 1958.. Paperback. Very Good + in Wraps. 8vo. Green cloth boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Wear and fraying to corners and spine ends. Minor bubbling to boards. Ex- library from "News-post and American Library" with stamps to endpages and title page. The front hinge is cracked. The interior includes many illustrations including a fold out diagram of the organization of the Maryland state government. There are notes in pencil throughout, s... more information

Berlin:: Im Schocken Verlag,. 1937.. Vg+ in wraps/sewn pamphlet binding/ 42 pp. German. GER311051 ... more information

New York:: Doubleday,. 1992.. Nf/Nf Dj/8vo./illus./462 pp. Russian History. RUS17/5082 ... more information