The Street of Seven Stars
by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Green cloth, toned at the spine, rubbed and bumped at the edges. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally. A relatively early novel from the "American Agatha Christie.
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The Omega Project; Near-Death Experiences, UFO Encounters, and Mind at Large
by Ring, Kenneth
New York: William Morrow and Company Inc, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Foreword by Whitley Strieber. Review copy with the publisher's slip and materials laid-in. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($20.00), lightly bumped at the top corners. Quarter purple cloth with beige paper on the boards, faintly bumped at the top corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Ring's work that investigates the connection between UFO sightings and near-death experiences, positing "the existence of 'an encounter-prone personality'--a... Read More
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Through a Glass Darkly
by Risden, E.L.
Lewiston: Mellen Poetry Press, 1997. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine. Blue wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of poetry from the St. Norbert professor and Beowulf scholar.
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Robert E. Lee in Texas
by Rister, Carl Coke
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), lightly toned and rubbed, a few shallow chips at the edges. Grey cloth with blue ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name inside the front board, clean otherwise. Rister's history of the Confederate general's service in Texas during the four years preceeding the Civil War.
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Secrets of Magical Seals; A Modern Grimoire of Amulets, Charms, Symols and Talismans
by Riva, Anna
Toluca Lake: International Imports, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Good. Wraps heavily rubbed and soiled, bumped and with creases. Square and firmly bound, pages lightly bumped at the corners, some toning at the edges, clean otherwise. A beginner's guide with over 400 seals from ancient and modern sources with easy-to-use explanations.
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The Dream Merchants
by Robbins, Harold
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Robbins on the front endpaper. Good in a Very Good George Salter jacket, clipped, lightly rubbed and creased, soiled at the back panel. Blue cloth, faded at the spine, stained at the edges of the boards, some spots rubbed through. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, clean internally. Robbins' novel about people in the early filmmaking industry who "were not prepared to... Read More
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Robbins, Tom
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Robbins on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.95). Quarter white cloth with blue cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a purple top stain, clean internally. A hippie novel about a woman born with large thumbs who hitchhikes and encounters an eclectic cast of characters.
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Letters to Vicky
by Roberts, Andrew
London: The Folio Society. Hardcover. Fine. Sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Square, presumably firmly bound and clean internally.
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Human Engineering and Motivation
by Robert, Cavett
West Nyack: Parker Publishing, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Robert on the front endpaper. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, lightly rubbed at the top edge, a closed tear at the bottom edge of the back panel. Black buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound. A financial self-help book focused on future earning power and success made possible by the 6 Principles of Human Engineering. Included is a broadside and oblong... Read More
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Center of the Web
by Roberts, Katharine
Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday Doran, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), lightly rubbed at the edges, a few small spots of foxing on the flaps. Black buckram with red ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Roberts' first mystery novel, one that focuses on German-occupied Belgium.
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The Brothers of Baker Street
by Robertson, Michael
New York: Minotaur Books, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.99). Blue paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. One of Robertson's novels in a series of two brother lawyers who lease an office on Baker Street and begin receiving mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes.
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The Baker Street Letters
by Robertson, Michael
New York: Minotaur Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.95). Blue paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first novel in a series of two brother lawyers who lease an office on Baker Street and begin receiving mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes.
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Windy City Pulp Stories #13
by Roberts, Tom
Normal: Black Dog Books, 2013. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Edited by Tom Roberts. Near Fine. Clean wraps, bumped at the back. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of essays celebrating Sax Rohmer, Fu Manchu, and the 90th anniversary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines.
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The Pomegranate
by Roberts, W. Adolphe
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), soiled at the spine and flap edges, a scuff at the top of the front panel, a few shallow chips and creases throughout. Yellow cloth with brown and green ink lettering and designs on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean and a green top stain, clean internally. Roberts's novel of Felipe Somar, who finds himself... Read More
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Sonnets
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped ($1.75), generally toned, a few chips, closed tears, and creases. Quarter blue buckram with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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The Survival of English; Essays in Criticism of Language
by Robinson, Ian
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($11.95 and £3.50), lightly rubbed at the edges. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's names on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Robinson's analysis of the language of England's religion, politics, serious journalism, love, and literature. "It is an uncomfortable book, and meant to be.
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Red Moon
by Robinson, Kim Stanley
New York: Orbi, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Robinson on the publisher's tipped-in leaf. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($27.00). Black paper on the boards with grey ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. One of Robinson's novels of space exploration and political revolution.
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Escape from Kathmandu and Two Views of a Cave Painting
by Robinson, Kim Stanley; Blaylock, James P.
Seattle: The Axolotl Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Introductions by Tim Powers and Dean Koontz. Limited to 300 copies signed by Robinson, Powers, Blaylock, and Koontz. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped (no price), soiled at the spine. Blue cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.
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Housekeeping
by Robinson, Marilynne
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Near Fine. Review copy with the publisher's slip laid-in. Near Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, some marginalia throughout, most likely from the original reviewer. An early copy of Robinson's debut work, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.
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Varga
by Robotham, Tom
North Dighton: JG Press, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second Printing. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), a few light stains, bumped at the head of the spine. Black cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of many full-color reproductions of Varga's classic pin-up drawings.
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The King and I; A Musical Play
by Rodgers, Richard; Hammerstein, Oscar
New York: Random House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Based on Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. Music by Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned, a very scuffs and short closed tears at the surface and edges, a tape repair on the verso of the spine. Grey cloth, toned at the edges, with green ink panels with gilt lettering on... Read More
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David Lynch; Interview with Chris Rodley
by Rodley, Chris; Lynch, David
Cahiers du Cinema, 2004. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. French-language edition, translated from English by Serge Grunberg and Charlotte Garson. Near Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped (50€), lightly rubbed at the surface. Black buckram, bumped at the corners, blindstamped lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A heavily illustrated transcription of Rodley's interviews with Lynch in which he talks about his films as well as his other hobbies. A seemingly scarce edition. ... Read More
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Management and Morale
by Roethlisberger, F.J.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Inscribed by Roethlisberger on the front endpaper. No additional printings listed. Fine in an about near fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), toned throughout, lightly chipped along the edges. Blue buckram with a tan pastedown on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, clean internally. A work that sets out to reexamine "the prevalent beliefs and practices regarding problems of obtaining cooperation and morale in modern... Read More
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Metabolic Ecology; A Way to Win the Cancer War
by Rohe, Fred
Winfield: Wedgestone Press, 1982. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps lightly rubbed and toned, a scuff on the back cover. Square and firmly bound, a stain at the bottom edge, clean internally. A guide to Dr. Kelley's program that purports to have cured 4,400 patients of cancer.
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Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt
by Rohmer, Sax
New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.50), lightly rubbed and soiled. Blue cloth, rubbed at the bottom edges, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature inside the front board, clean otherwise. Rohmer's crime novel about the titular character, the son of an Arab sheik and English mother, who has an "uncanny power of scenting crime and bringing the... Read More
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