Titles starting with R from Bauman Rare Books

1941. FIRST EDITION. (MOVIE) SCHAEFER, George J. RKO Radio Pictures. [Los Angeles: RKO, 1941]. Folio (12 by 14 inches), original brown leatherette, spiral bound as issued. $1650. First edition of RKO Pictures promotional volume for 1941-42, with splendid full-page sepia and full-color photogravures for films such as Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, Hitchcock's Suspicion (under its working title of Before the Fact), the noir classic Journey into Fear, Disney's Dumbo, Fantasia and Bambi, and striking... more information

2008. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. FEINSTEIN, Rachel. Rachel Feinstein. (New York): TarSIZ, (2008). Slim quarto, original light blue cloth, mounted cover illustration. $150. Signed limited first edition, number 23, of this elegant full-color catalogue of Rachel Feinstein's works, signed on the half title by Feinstein, collector James Frey (author of A Million Little Pieces), who wrote the introduction, and editor Bill Powers. This is the first monograph dedicated to the work of Rachel Feinstein—a comp... more information

1823. JOHNSON, Samuel. The Rambler. London: Thomas Tegg et al., 1825. Three volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter brown morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut. $1125. Later edition of Johnson's Rambler, "a vast treasury of moral precept and ethical instruction" (Lowndes, 1218). Published twice weekly over a two year period, from March 20, 1750 to March 14, 1752, The Rambler features essays on a variety of topics, as well as fables, allego... more information

1992. SIGNED. EDGERTON, Clyde. Raney. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1992. Small octavo, original half black cloth, lavender paper boards, original pictorial dust jacket. $110. Later printing, signed by Edgerton on a publisher's label, mounted on the half title. Edgerton "enjoys watching what happens with unlikely couples…. He takes us inside the houses and hearts of people living in the modern South." First published in 1985, Raney documents "the first two years, two months, and t... more information

1882. (RAPHAEL) MUNTZ, Eugene. Raphael: His Life, Works, and Times. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1886. Quarto, contemporary three-quarter crimson morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. $650. Expanded edition of this richly illustrated survey of Raphael's life and works, with 51 full-page plates and 244 engravings in the text, beautifully bound. An exhaustive study of Raphael's artistic accomplishments by the curator of L'Ecole des Beaux Arts, this volume examin... more information

1940. KELLER, Helen Rex. The Reader's Digest of Books. New York: Macmillan, 1940. Thick octavo, mid-20th-century full navy morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. $325. "New and greatly enlarged" edition, very handsomely bound. With over 1400 pages of specific information on literature and writers. Bookplate. Fine. ... more information

1887. TILLINGHAST, A.O. Ready Pay Must Be Resumed! West Valley, New York: [Tillinghurst], 1887. Broadside sheet printed on recto, measuring 8 by 14-1/2 inches. $600. Vintage broadside announcing new transaction policy in local dry goods store: "All goods must be sold for ready pay," or "I will take in exchange for goods almost anything but trust." With wood-engraved portrait of the owner. This generous proprietor had overextended credit to his customers to the point of desperation. &q... more information

1995. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. CUOMO, Mario. Reason to Believe. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1995). Octavo, original half gray cloth, original dust jacket. $350. First edition, signed by Governor Cuomo on the title page. A clear and concise rebuttal to the Contract with America, emphasizing the need to reject what Cuomo terms the "New Harshness" and to instead support the creation of a society characterized by compassion and community. Fine condition. ... more information

1827. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. MACKENTOSH, John. Manuscript copy of Receipts for the Cure of Most Diseases Incident to the Human Family. Fair copy, circa 1827. Slim octavo, stitched as issued, beige paper wrappers; ll. 14. $4500. Contemporary manuscript copy of Cherokee doctor John Mackentosh's medical treatise, the first work in English to publish traditional Native American remedies for a wide variety of 19th-century ailments. Scarce even in its published state (New York, 1827), Mackentosh's book... more information

1917. FIRST EDITION. ABBOTT, Carlisle S. Recollections of a California Pioneer. New York: Neale Publishing, 1917. Octavo, modern blue cloth, paper spine label. $1200. First edition of this early and important account of pioneer life in California, with frontispiece portrait of the author. The autobiography of a Canadian pioneer who traveled to California at the start of the Gold Rush. "Abbott, with his brother Alvin, left Beloit, Wisconsin, on March 3, 1850, in Captain Clark's company, bound for... more information

1998. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. SCHOENDIENST, Red and RAINS, Rob. Red: A Baseball Life. Champaign: Sports Publishing, (1998). Octavo, original full red leatherette, original dust jacket. $150. First trade edition, illustrated with 16 pages of photographs, signed by Red Schoendienst and co-author Rob Rains. "Credited by Stan Musial as having 'the greatest pair of hands I've ever seen,' Albert 'Red' Schoendienst forged a 19-year career as a sleek second baseman with the Cardinals, Gia... more information

1937. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. STEINBECK, John. The Red Pony. New York: Covici-Friede, 1937. Octavo, original pictorial beige cloth, uncut, original numbered cardboard slipcase. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $5000. Signed limited first edition, number 441 of 699 copies signed by Steinbeck. The three interconnected stories in this volume (a fourth was added in the 1945 edition) "examine the nature of life and of death and the relationship of the individual to the whole" (Benson, 288). Issued s... more information

1853. WILLIAMS, John. The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion: Or, a Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams… To Which is Added, A Biographical Memoir of the Reverend Author… by Stephen W. Williams. Northampton: Hopkins, Bridgman, 1853. Small octavo, original dark green cloth. $350. Important 19th-century edition, the first to include the Biographical Memoir, with frontispiece and portrait. First published in 1707, The Redeemed Captive was... more information

1986. PIGNON-ERNEST, Ernest. Regards Arthur Rimbaud. (Paris): Hubert Bouelle et Alin Avila, (1986). Five large original lithographs, measuring 14-1/2 by 18 inches. Housed in original window clamshell portfolio. $4200. Exceptional signed limited edition of this artistic homage to Rimbaud, number 138 of only 200 copies (of 25 total sets), consisting of five original lithographic portraits of Rimbaud, one signed and numbered in pencil by Ernest, with tissue guards printed with five of Rimbaud's poems. T... more information

1887. FIRST EDITION. (BINDINGS) UZANNE, Octave. La Reliure Moderne, Artistique et Fantaisiste. Paris: Edouard Rouveyre, 1887. Quarto, early 20th-century three-quarter brown crushed morocco, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut; original pictorial paper wrappers and spine bound in. $850. First and only edition of this illustrated survey of late 19th-century French binding styles, number 87 of only 1500 copies printed, with engraved frontispiece ... more information

1975. SIGNED. FORD, Gerald R. Remarks for Crime Message Briefing. Washington: White House Editorial Office, 1975. Original typescript, consisting of a cover sheet and six one-sided pages. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $6500. Original typewritten final version of President Ford's opening statement for his press conference regarding the Special Message to Congress on Crime, with substantive autograph emendations incorporated into the text. Copy belonging to speechwriter Paul A. Theis. Gerald Ford s... more information

1889. GRONOW, Captain. The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow Being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society 1810-1860. With Portrait and 32 Illustrations from Contemporary Sources by Joseph Grego. New York: Scribner and Welford, 1889. Two volumes. Large octavo, three-quarter red morocco gilt, elaborately gilt-decorated spines, raised bands, top edges gilt, uncut. $1250. Finely bound and profusely illustrated limited edition, number 371 of only 870 copies, with engraved frontispiece... more information

1836. DIBDIN, Thomas Frognall. Reminiscences of a Literary Life. London: John Major, 1836. Two volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter blue morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut. $800. First edition of the noted English bibliographer and bibliophile's memoir, illustrated with 10 engraved plates, handsomely bound by Ramage. "Should be in the possession of everyone aspiring to be a man of books… A most valuable storehouse of biographical and... more information

1880. TAPESTRY. Renaissance Servant Girl. France: circa 1680. Small 17th-century tapestry panel (20 by 28 inches), stretched on wooden frame. $6500. Original late 17th-century French tapestry depicting a bust portrait of a servant girl, casting an over-the-shoulder glance. "Tapestries became status symbols among the aristocracy in the Middle Ages. They also had much practical use, providing insulation for castle walls, covering openings and giving privacy around beds. Kings and nobles took them on t... more information

1961. FIRST EDITION. MICHENER, James. Report of the County Chairman. New York: Random House, (1961). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $275. First edition. Michener served as Bucks County Pennsylvania Democratic Chairman during the 1960 Presidential campaign. These are his impressions of "practical politics at the ward level" and the two-party system, which he calls "almost mystical in the way it keeps going." Groseclose A.016b. Fine condition. ... more information