Authors starting with R from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

Portland OR:: Frank Amato,, 2006.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 12.25 inches (30.5 cm) tall, in silver stamped black cloth. 208 pages illustrated by photographs, drawings, document facsimiles, illustrated title in color by Arthur Taylor, color plates by several artists including Thomas Aquinas Daly, Guy Coheleach and Bob Kuhn. A beautiful illustrated biography of Stanley Bogdan, the maker of a legendary reel for fishing Atlantic salmon. It covers the development of the real with detailed pict... more information

New York:: R.H. Russell,, 1903.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback. 380 + 2 ads, Nice, tight, unmarked copy. 15 Remington illustrations (mostly portraits) with frontpiece by Horace Taylor. Decorated yellow cloth with very slight extremity wear and some soiling, especially to spine which is slightly darkened. ... more information

London:: Chatto & Windus,, No date (ca 1890).. Later printing. Hardcover. Thick twelvemo, under 7.5 inches (19 cm) tall, in half brown morocco on brown cloth with matching brown cloth paper backed endpapers. 640 pages illustrated by "numerous" engravings. An attractively bound collection of the translated works of this French Renaissance writer. Spine, with five raised bands and extra gilt in compartments. Light general edge wear and mild toning to the text. ... more information

Paris:: Chez J.P. Aillaud,, 1822.. No Edition Indicated. Hardcover. Four volumes, 24mo, about 5.25 inches (13.5 cm), in half vellum on marbled boards, three spine bands, brown morocco spine labels, spines with gilt decorations. 263, 263, 257 and 251 pages respectively. Text in French. Bookplate on the front pastedown of each volume of "Capt. Duberly / 11th Light Dragoons". James Duberly of Gaines (Gaynes?) Hall served at Waterloo and the Peninsula. Bindery tag of Proudfoot, North Audley St.... more information

New York:: E. P. Dutton,, 1920.. Second Edition. Hardcover. Note that this a separate issue of stories and illustrations first published in a larger volume under the title "Grimm's Fairy Tales" in 1909. Small octavo in gilt decorated blue cloth. 159 [160] pages illustrated by 20 tipped in color plates and many black and white drawings. Latimore & Haskell, p. 53-54. Previous owner name on the front endpaper; front hinge very slightly shaken but endpaper still closed. Minor edge toning... more information

New York:: Doubleday, Page,, 1923.. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Small octavo, about 8 inches tall, in blue cloth lettered in gilt. Frontis and ten other illustrations, printed, not tipped in. This is the first U.S. trade edition of the book. The covers are lightly edgeworn; extremities a little bumped; covers generally rubbed with some dulling of the gilt titles, but they are still readable. Inside is clean and soundly bound but the paper is mildly toned and there is a previous owner note, detailing re... more information

No place:: Alfredo Cazzola Editore,, 1991.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto, about 11 inches tall, in glossy bright red illustrated paper covered boards. 240 pages illustrated in color and black and white photographs. Text in Italian. A very nicely produced pictorial biography of Tazio Nuvolari, the legendary Italian race car driver of the 30's and 40's. Includes interviews by modern Italian racing figures. Barely a touch of wear to tips, and a very mild top front corner bump. No dus... more information

New York:: Lehigh Valley Railroad Company,, 1946 and 1942.. Periodicals. Softcover. A pair of railroad timetables from the Lehigh Valley line. The 1942 item has a system map showing the stations along the way from New York City to Chicago. This one also has some dog-eared pages. Both are otherwise clean and sound. ... more information

Garden City NY:: Doubleday,, 1925.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Octavo, Red cloth with modest soiling but very little wear. Tightly bound. ... more information

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 1940.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback 12 mo in brown cloth. 263 pages. A typical tale from the author of the frontier southwest. Minor rubbing and extremity wear and a very light spot or two of soiling. Previous owner name on front endpaper. The jacket is nearly complete but heavily worn with some tape repairs to verso; the front flap is about half detached with heavy wear to the fold, light chipping to the spine ends. Some of the verso tape repairs close tears which ... more information

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin.. Hardcover. Hardback 12mo in red cloth. 245 pages. Signed by the author, and inscribed by him on the front endpaper to "the Castles": "With cordial good wishes, / another picture of the town / Marian made famous. / Sincerely, Will Raine". Marian Castle wrote a novel about Leadville, the subject of this book, entitled "The Golden Fury" in 1949. A wonderful association copy , but this is a pretty beat-up copy of the book. Ex library with remnants... more information

New York:: St Martins Press,, 1996.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 194 pages. Denver connection. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Clean, bright and sound; a crisp unworn dustjacket. ... more information

Chicago:: National Association of Real Estate Boards,, 1969.. Revised. Hardcover. Second Printing, Quarto, 128 pages. Presentation copy by the Denver Board of Realtors, March 25, 1971, to Denver Mayor William H. McNichols Jr. Czolowski traveled thousands of miles to capture photographs of cities, sites, activities, memorials, and breathtaking beauty of America. McNichols luncheon place card laid in. ... more information

New York:: Rand's Rating Agency,, 1885-1886.. Periodicals. Softcover. Four softcover periodicals, each about 8 inches tall in yellow illustrated wraps. Each with about 100 pages. An early service offering bi-monthly analysis of railroad securities. Interiors are clean and sound. One, Vol. II, No. 4, is missing its front cover and the spine is reinforced with white binder's tape. The others have spines with clear (yellowed) tape reinforcement, some writing on the covers including either the stam... more information

Godfrey IL:: RPC Publications,, 1994.. First Edition. Hardback oblong quarto. Gilt stamped red faux leather. Enclosed metal spiral binding. Limited edition, #1989 of an unspecified number, 204 pages. Shows the passenger cars manufactured by Pullman used on the Milwaukee Road, Denver & Rio Grande, St. Louis - San Francisco, Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Missouri Pacific, Kansas City Southern and Soo Line. Detailed black and white photographs of both interiors and exteriors, fold-out engineering drawings. ... more information

Godfrey IL:: RPC Publications,, 1993.. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto in gilt stamped red faux leather. Enclosed metal spiral binding. Limited edition, #1188 of an unspecified number. 216 pages. Shows the passenger cars manufactured by Pullman used on the Union Pacific during the mid-1930's. Detailed black and white photographs of both interiors and exteriors, fold-out engineering drawings. Clean, bright and soundly bound, without wear. ... more information

New York:: Random House,, 1953.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in brown cloth with spine title in yellow on a black field. 246 pages plus a bio of the author (implying that "Clifton Adams" is the pseudonym). SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER. Presumably the date is near that of the publication date since a greeting from Random House on "publication day" is laid in. A novel of violence and romance at the beginning of the Oklahoma oil boom. A clean, bright, sou... more information

New York:: Random House,, 1952.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in brown cloth with spine title in white on a black field. 244 pages. A bio of the author on the rear flap (implying that "Clifton Adams" is the pseudonym). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER (as "Clifton"), and inscribed "For Mother with love." A Texas cattle detective works undercover to find rustlers, but problems with females threaten his mission. A clean, sound copy but for some extremity wear... more information

Urbana IL:: University of Illinois Press,, 1949.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 10.5 inches (26 cm) tall, in brown cloth. 388 pages illustrated by photographs, photo endpapers, drawings. An enumeration of the buildings constructed in downtown Chicago from 1872 to 1949 with details of construction and with particular attention to innovative construction methods. Inside is clean, sound and bright. The covers are modestly rubbed and scuffed and lightly edge worn. The jacket is mostly present but ... more information