![[THEATER] THE COVERED WAGON (Souvenir Booklet)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/192/241/315241192.0.l.jpg)
[THEATER] THE COVERED WAGON (Souvenir Booklet)
by Jesse L. Lasky; James Cruze; [Teddy Roosevelt]
Hollywood, CA: Paramount PIctures, 1923. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good+ binding. “The Covered Wagon” is considered the first great Western epic in movie history, establishing a number of cliches that became staples. Very nice copy of the booklet that “has been prepared to present to the public some interesting facts in connections with the production of this Paramount picture” (price 25 cents). Interesing item for the Teddy Roosevelt completist as the Paramount dedicated the movie to his memory; it... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] SIX SMALL BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY FRITZ KREDEL](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/977/077/1715077977.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] SIX SMALL BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY FRITZ KREDEL
by [Fritz Kredel] | Warren Chappell | Eleanor Roosevelt
Six wee books with illustrations by Fritz Kredel:~~Giovanni Boccaccio .Die Geschichte vom klugen Konig Agilulf. (1931) . Presentation copy from Warren Chappell~~Eleanor Roosevelt. Christmas. A Story. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. (1940) ~~Patricia Benton. The Whispering Earth, New York, 1950~~The Three Admirable Accidents of Andrea de Piero. Lexington: The Gravesend Press(1954), With extra woodcut illustration which was not used in the printing and which is laid in with an explanatory note.~~[WITH]~~Die Kleine Blumenbuch. Rudolf Koch, with illustrations by Fritz... Read More
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![[SIGNED] [WEST] WILD BILL HICKOK GUNFIGHTER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/909/396/1473396909.0.l.jpg)
[SIGNED] [WEST] WILD BILL HICKOK GUNFIGHTER
by Rosa, Joseph G.
College Station, Texas, U.S.A.: Creative Publishing, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Signed. Limited First Edition printing of 1000 copies; SIGNED by Rosa on a bookplate attached to the verso of the front endpaper; bottom edge of the boards and dust jacket show evidence of moisture exposure, interior is clean and bright;. near Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[LINGUISTICS] A GLOSSARY OF THE TRIBES AND CASTES OF THE PUNJAB AND NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE. [3 VOLUMES]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/856/541/1573541856.0.l.jpg)
[LINGUISTICS] A GLOSSARY OF THE TRIBES AND CASTES OF THE PUNJAB AND NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE. [3 VOLUMES]
by H. A. Rose
New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1990. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 8vo; the set in green paper-covered boards with titling in gold and decorations in black; ix, [1], 2-923 pages, followed by xlvii pages of Index; iv, [1]-573; [Insert page], [1]-533 pages including Appendices.~~“Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883, by DENZIL IBBETSON, and the Census Report for the Punjab, 1892, by E. D. MACLAGAN.~~Volume I with folding charts of “Caste and Secretarial Marks” and “Superstitious... Read More
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INSCRIPTIONES GRAECAE VETUSTISSIMAE. COLLEGIT, ET OBSERVATIONES TUM ALIORUM TUM SUAS ADJECIT
by Hugo Jacobus [Hugh James] Rose
Typis ac Sumtibus Academicis excudit Johannes Smith, veneunt Londini apud J. Murray, 1825. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Full calf, neatly rebacked in new calf with raised bands and morocco label; the upper board with arms stamped in gilt: "Spernit pericula virtus", perhaps the arms of Sir James Ramsay, 8th Baronet of Bamff.~Boards are well worn, but the rebacked copy is quite sturdy and serviceable. The first blank leaf has notes about the book in Latin, and... Read More
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![LITERATURE] [POETRY] THE STILL POINT: HAIKU OF “MU”](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/806/026/1328026806.0.l.jpg)
LITERATURE] [POETRY] THE STILL POINT: HAIKU OF “MU”
by Raymond Roseliep
Menomonie, WI: Uzzano, 1980. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine binding. Still with the envelope in which it was mailed from The Uzzano Press. A fresh copy with no marks of any kind.~~Critic David Dayton, in A Roseliep Retrospective: Poem & Other Words ... describes Roseliep as “the John Donne of Western haiku.”. Fine binding.
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![[JUDAICA] HASHIRIM ASHER L’YEHUDAH. A CLASSIC ANTHOLOGY OF SYNAGOGUE MUSIC FOR THE SABBATH, FESTIVALS, AND HIGH HOLY DAYS -- FOR HAZZAN, CHOIR, CONGREGATION WITH ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/302/806/523806302.0.l.1.jpg)
[JUDAICA] HASHIRIM ASHER L’YEHUDAH. A CLASSIC ANTHOLOGY OF SYNAGOGUE MUSIC FOR THE SABBATH, FESTIVALS, AND HIGH HOLY DAYS -- FOR HAZZAN, CHOIR, CONGREGATION WITH ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT
by Kantor Leo Rosenbluth
NY: Cantors Assembly Foundation.
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Recovering Integrity
by Stuart Rosenbaum
Lanham: Lexington Books, 2015. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in pictorial boards; with titling on spine and upper board in white; xi, 169 pages including the Index; annotations throughout in margins, detailed notes on inside of the lower board. Near Fine binding.
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![[ART] MARY CASSATT](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/876/195/1720195876.0.l.jpg)
[ART] MARY CASSATT
by Mary Cassatt]; Jay Roudebush
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 1987. Full Leather. Fine binding. Quarto; in full dark green leather with elaborate decorations in gold and a pastedown of a Cassatt painting, silk ribbon marker, and all edges gilt. There is a blank Easton Press bookmark on the front pastedown. There are no marks in the book. Fine binding.
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![[CEREMONY] GRADUATION AND WEDDING OF MISS ROUSH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/132/505/1681505132.0.l.jpg)
[CEREMONY] GRADUATION AND WEDDING OF MISS ROUSH
by Stella L. Roush
Molina, Illinois, 1943. Stella Lucille Roush (1925-1995) earned a diploma from Moline High School in Moline, Illinois, on June 11, 1943. Moline High School was originally built as a two-room schoolhouse in 1873 and nicknamed “the Castle” based on its architectural style. ~~Mounted on a maroon cardstock and tied with white ribbon, Ms. Roush’s diploma is contained in its original envelope bearing her name. Accompanying her diploma is a graduate program for the celebration of her senior class, featuring... Read More
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MEN IN MOTION: The Art and Passion of the Male Dancer
by Francois Rousseau
New York: Universe Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. PBound in the publisher’s black cloth with silver lettering. Some wear to the bottom edges of the boards and spine. Previous owner’s name label on the front free end paper; otherwise no marks or notes. Dust jacket has minor shelf wear and is now protected in a new mylar cover. Very Good binding / Very Good dust jacket.
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![[FRENCH] [EDUCATION] PRINCIPES DE J.-J. ROUSSEAU, SUR L’EDUCATION DES ENFANS; OU INSTRUCTIONS SUR LA CONSERVATION DES ENFANS, ET SUR LEUR EDUCATION PHYSIQUE ET MORALE, DEPUIS LEUR NAISSANCE, JUSQU’A A L’EPOQUE DE LEUR ENTREE DANS LES ECOLES NATIONALES. OUVRAGE INDIQUE POUR LE CONCOURS, SUIVANT LE DECRET DE LAS CONVENTION NATIONALE, DU 9 PLUVIOSE DERNIER](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/679/953/1492953679.0.l.jpg)
[FRENCH] [EDUCATION] PRINCIPES DE J.-J. ROUSSEAU, SUR L’EDUCATION DES ENFANS; OU INSTRUCTIONS SUR LA CONSERVATION DES ENFANS, ET SUR LEUR EDUCATION PHYSIQUE ET MORALE, DEPUIS LEUR NAISSANCE, JUSQU’A A L’EPOQUE DE LEUR ENTREE DANS LES ECOLES NATIONALES. OUVRAGE INDIQUE POUR LE CONCOURS, SUIVANT LE DECRET DE LAS CONVENTION NATIONALE, DU 9 PLUVIOSE DERNIER
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Paris: Chez Aubry, Libraire, 1794. Full Leather. Very Good binding. 24mo. (5 1/4” x 3 1/2”); in tree calf with a somewhat faded green morocco label; x, [11], 12-180 pages, including the Table; there are no marks of any kind.~~A small treatise on the education of children, by one who appears to have scattered children all over France. Very Good binding.
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![[MUSIC] ON GUARD: MUSIC FROM AN OLD GERMAN MELODY [CONFEDERATE SHEET MUSIC]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/249/755/728755249.0.l.1.jpg)
[MUSIC] ON GUARD: MUSIC FROM AN OLD GERMAN MELODY [CONFEDERATE SHEET MUSIC]
by Wallace Rowe
Richmond, VA: Geo. Dunn & Co, 1864. Very Good binding. Words respectfully inscribed to Miss S.E.B. 3 pages for voice and piano. Page [4] is blank with the pencilled words of “Nora O’Neal” . Confederate Imprint. (Crandall 3712; Parrish & Willingham 7327). Very Good binding.
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![[CIVIL WAR] JEFFERSON DAVIS, CONSTITUTIONALIST, HIS LETTERS, PAPERS AND SPEECHES (10 VOLUMES, PLUS REVIEW VOLUME)](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/234/700/1587700234.0.l.jpg)
[CIVIL WAR] JEFFERSON DAVIS, CONSTITUTIONALIST, HIS LETTERS, PAPERS AND SPEECHES (10 VOLUMES, PLUS REVIEW VOLUME)
by Dunbar Rowland
Jackson, Mississippi: Printed for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1924. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 11 large 8vo. volumes; in the publisher’s green cloth with titling in gilt to the spines; the 1923 set in 10 volumes, with the 1924 addition of Reviews.~~A revered compilation in the field: “For many years the best source for Davis’ writings and utterances -- in spite of its errors; now being superseded by the work of a Rice-University... Read More
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![[FINE BINDING] [ILLUSTRATED] THE HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUAE GENUS, THE LITTLE FOUNDLING OF THE LATE DOCTOR SYNTAX: A POEM](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/286/951/1358951286.0.l.jpg)
[FINE BINDING] [ILLUSTRATED] THE HISTORY OF JOHNNY QUAE GENUS, THE LITTLE FOUNDLING OF THE LATE DOCTOR SYNTAX: A POEM
by [William Combe]; [Thomas Rowlandson]
London: R. Ackermann, 1822. Combe's sequel and the final original installment of the Doctor Syntax series A handsome "tall" copy, illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson with 24 hand-colored aquatint plates. Full polished tan calf, a.e.g., the spine with morocco titles, and floral ornaments, triple fillets with stops to the perimeter of the boards, double fillets on the board edges, and dentelle turn-ins. The Rowlandson plates are pristine and the binding is attractive. (Abbey Travel 268).
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![[CHILDRENS] TALES OF BEETLE THE BARD. COLLECTOR’S EDITION](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/410/898/1564898410.0.l.jpg)
[CHILDRENS] TALES OF BEETLE THE BARD. COLLECTOR’S EDITION
by J. L/ Rowling
Collector Books, 2008. Fine binding. 8vo.; book in faux leather with elaborate metal ornamentation and clasp; housed in a an embroidered velvet bag; with envelope with Collector’s Edition Prints; in a large faux leather clamshell case, with a printed cardstock slipcover; there is a small amount of rubbing to the bottom edge of the case; there are no other flaws. Fine binding.
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A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA BANKS AND BANKING PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR
by William L. Royall
New York and Washington: Neale Publishing Company, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Other than a previous owner name stamped on the endpaper, a clean and bright copy of this Neale publication. Krick notes that Royall “dedicated this slender volume ‘to the Banks and Bankers of the United States, who, if left alone, could supply the country with an abundance of Sound Currency.’” Royall makes it clear that the government is too deeply involved in the... Read More
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![[HUMOR] YALE RECORD](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/505/048/1751048505.0.l.jpg)
[HUMOR] YALE RECORD
by Roy S. Fox, Jr., Chairman, et al.
Cambridge, Mass: Yale University, 1941. 2 issues of the oldest humor magazine in America. November 21, 1940, the Harvard Issue, features an unflattering cartoon of the editor of the Harvard Lampoon, captured at a Yale-Harvard football game. 32pp.~~The February 21, 1941 issue shows a custodian cleaning up after a party eyeballing a young woman. Small tear in front cover. 36pp. Good+.
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![[MEDICAL] THE HISTORY OF OBSTETRICS IN VIRGINIA](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/568/075/1387075568.0.l.jpg)
[MEDICAL] THE HISTORY OF OBSTETRICS IN VIRGINIA
by [Marvin] Pierce Rucker
[Richmond], 1936. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. 12mo.; stapled pamphlet in white printed wrappers; 23 pages; one corner creased; no ownership or other marks in the booklet. There is some light and scattered foxing.~~A paper read by Dr. Rucker before the Richmond Academy of Medicine in February, 1936 and reprinted from the Virginia Medical Monthly of August, 1936. Uncommon. Very Good binding.
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![LITERATURE] [POETRY] GIRL OF THE FOREST](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/275/836/1146836275.0.l.jpg)
LITERATURE] [POETRY] GIRL OF THE FOREST
by Martha Ruffell
Southampton, 1856. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good binding. A collection of poetry, privately printed for the author, a Martha Ruffel of Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Martha appears to be an inconsequential English lady, who serves as a voice for the commons on their fears surrounding the Crimean War as well as reminiscences of everyday village life. 48 pp. Textblock has been reglued by a conservator; scattered staining to the text. Red silk moire covered flexible boards, with an illustration of... Read More
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![[SPECIAL PRESS] DEMON LETTING. A SELECTION FROM A NOVEL BY GAYLE REYRER WITH AN ORIGINAL SERIGRAPH BY CATHIE RUGGIE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/355/919/1132919355.0.l.jpg)
[SPECIAL PRESS] DEMON LETTING. A SELECTION FROM A NOVEL BY GAYLE REYRER WITH AN ORIGINAL SERIGRAPH BY CATHIE RUGGIE
by Gayle Reyrer | Illustrated by Cathie Ruggie
[Poynette, Wisconsin]: Bieler Press, 1976. Fine binding. Number 79 of 100 press-numbered copies in handmade blue and pink wrappers. Signed by the author; with a brightly colored serigraph signed by the artist Cathie Ruggie. “Demon Letting & Night Blooming were taken from Cayle Feyrer’s novel A Room in the Twelfth House”. Chapbook edition. Fine binding.
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![[RELIGION] RELIGION AND THE END OF METAPHYSICS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/226/990/1734990226.0.l.jpg)
[RELIGION] RELIGION AND THE END OF METAPHYSICS
by Dewi Z. Phillips | Mario Von Der Ruhr
Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo; in publisher's gray cloth; with lettering in blue; viii, 171 pages; minimal wear to the exterior or leaves. Near Fine binding.
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![[POSTCARD] DOOMED MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARIES](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/245/772/1745772245.0.l.jpg)
[POSTCARD] DOOMED MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARIES
by Robert Runyon
1913. This postcard is stamped at the back with text that is cut off "H. Matamoros, Mex."., printed on the front with "Prisioneros federales hechos en C. Victoria, por los Constitucionalistas" and Runyon's name. This translates to "Federal prisoners taken in Victoria, by the Constitutionalists." Handwritten on the front is, "Just before these men were stood up and shot". Depicted are dozens of Mexican men standing and on horses, apparently in the last moments of their lives. ~~Robert Runyon... Read More
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![[CHILDREN] THE CHICKS’ OWN ANNUAL 1929](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/195/879/945879195.0.l.jpg)
[CHILDREN] THE CHICKS’ OWN ANNUAL 1929
by “Uncle Dan” | Rupert
London: The Chicks’ Own, 1929. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good binding. In the publisher’s pictorial paper-covered boards, backed in maroon cloth; with wear to the corners. A bright and sturdy copy; previous owner gift inscription on the pastedown and in the box on the half-title page. In comic book style. Very Good binding.
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![[MEDICINE] [MURDER] MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE RUXTON CASE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/100/288/1571288100.0.l.jpg)
[MEDICINE] [MURDER] MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE RUXTON CASE
by John Glaister; James Couper Rush
Edinburgh: E. & S. Livingstone, 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Small quarto; in the publisher’s blue ribbed cloth with titling and double rules embossed in blind and titling in gilt to the spine, with dustjacket; there are no ownership marks of any kind in the book; xvi, 284 with illustrations; the dustjacket has minor wear.~~Dr. Ruxton, a physician, murdered his wife Isabelle and her maid Mary in September of 1935. He mutilated... Read More
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