Titles starting with R from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1978. Second Printing.. Folio. Red cloth; illus.; 170pp. A clean, bright and tight copy signed by artist. Dustjacket shows a few chips to spine ends and corners and some rubbing. ... more information

New Haven: Department of Anthropology, Yale University, 1909. First Edition.. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed wrappers; 29p; illus; folding table at rear. A few marginal comments in pencil; one gathering pulled; light soil; Good. On the physiological and physiognomic bases of race classification. With reference to Negro, Amerindian, and Mongolian "types.". ... more information

Washington: National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, 1945. Second Printing.. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed wrappers; 24pp. Mild toning to wrappers, else Fine. SEIDMAN M218: A reprint, by a [Communist] Party organization in the civil rights field, of an argument for the elimination of social discrimination by means of legislation...Segregation, in [the author's] view, can only further solidify Jim Crow in our legal system.". ... more information

London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907. First edition.. Octavo. Original red cloth with gilt spine, viii, 343pp. Very good with slight dusting to text block, mild rubbing to covers. Thin splits to front hinge, still tight, pencil marginalia throughout. Lacking presumed dustjacket. ... more information

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1974. First Edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 274pp. Includes bibliography. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Else a clean, sharp, tight copy, with no markings to text; jacket slightly darkened on spine, with mild edge-rubbing and soil. ... more information

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. First Edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 491pp. Brief ink ownership signature to front endpaper, else fine in lightly edgeworn jacket, Near Fine. ... more information

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1975. First Edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 556pp. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Else a clean, sharp, tight copy in crisp, Fine dustwrapper. ... more information

Pittsburgh: Privately Printed, 1961. First Edition.. Near Fine. First Edition. Small quarto. Green cloth (hardcover); 35pp. Portrait frontispiece, plates, illus. Bookplate to front endpaper of noted librarian and printer Richard H. Archer. ... more information

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1970. First Edition.. Octavo (22.5cm). Original printed wrappers, ix + 97pp. Mild rubbing to covers, faint crease to front wrapper at spine. "Review Copy" written in ink to top of front wrapper. Very Good.A report published by the Industrial Research Unit in the Department of Industry at the University of Pennsylvania. Includes tables and graphs of African-American employment rates and sections on how Civil Rights and African-American empl... more information

New York: Taplinger, 1972. First Edition.. Three octavo volumes (complete). Cloth boards; dustjackets; 193+266+284pp. Includes bibliography. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper of each volume and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Else a clean, sharp, tight set in lightly rubbed and dusted jackets; Very Good. ... more information

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986. First edition.. Small quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 281pp; illus. Fine, unmarked copy in bright, unworn jacket. ... more information

Stamford: Overbrook Press, 1939. First edition.. Small quarto; original red cloth boards in publisher's slipcase. Spine faded; boards spotted; endpapers darkened as usual. About very good; lacking slipcase. A useful illustrated reference, published to accompany the author's exhibition at the Grolier Club in 1939. ... more information

Stamford: Overbrook Press, 1939. First edition.. Small quarto; original red cloth boards in publisher's slipcase. Spine slightly faded, bit of darkening to endpapers at gutters, still a Very Good or better copy in unevenly toned publisher's slpcase with brief splits at corners. A useful illustrated reference. ... more information

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1973. First Edition.. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 328pp; includes footnotes. Removed from a non-circulating private library, with ink ownership markings to front endpaper and accompanying black ink elisions from de-accession. Lightly rubbed; else clean copy in very good dustjacket with unmarked text. ... more information

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. First Edition.. Quarto. Yellow cloth (hardcover); 203pp; illus. Bookplate, mild soil to page edges, still VG or better in mildly rubbed and edgeworn jacket. ... more information

New York: League for Industrial Democracy (L.I.D.), 1936. First Edition.. Staple-bound pamphlet; original printed wraps; 38pp. Toning and light soil to covers; internally fine. A proposal for public ownership of the railroad utilities. ... more information

Chicago: Railway Business Association, 1941. First Edition.. Octavo. Red cloth boards; gilt spine & cover titles; 136p; bibliog. Spine gilt slightly dulled; neat ownership signature, else a sturdy, unmarked copy. Includes substantial historical background, including a chapter devoted to Eugene Debs and the 1894 Pullman Strike. ... more information

London: John Murray, 1890. First edition.. Quarto. Publisher's half crimson morocco over cloth-covered boards; 456pp. Wood-engraved frontispiece; many wood- and steel-engraved and halftone text illustrations. Good only: internally clean, solid and unmarked copy, complete; externally quite worn, with scuffing and rubbing to spine leather; spine strip detached at rear joint; hinges cracked. A complete and very restorable copy of this classic (and quite scarce) work. ... more information

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1958. First Edition.. Yellow cloth over blue boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 310pp. Other than foxing to spine and top edge of pages, this copy is free of defects. Jacket displays similar discoloration along same areas and spine chipped at top. ... more information

Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1961. First Edition.. Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. 12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; 40pp. Pencil date to front cover, else about Fine. ... more information