Search Results: Authors starting with R from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

[London]: Abbey Library, [ca. 1950]. Thick 8vo. xxxviii, 730 pp. Numerous plates, illusts., illust. endpapers. Beige cloth, gilt lettrng (uniform light toning), w/ d.j. (mnr chppng, edgewear, creasng frnt cvr), NF/G. First edition, thus, of this classic erotic satires.

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1934. Thick 8vo. clxxiv, 284 pp. Map. Brick red cloth, gilt lettrng (slght bmpng couple crnrs), w/ d.j. (slght edgewear, rubbng), VG/VG. First edition, thus of this translation and critical edition of Rabelais famed satire, Gargantua, originally published in 1893, this edition was revised and corrected with authors later notes and corrections. This volume was all that was published at the University Press for this printing.

New York: Portland House, [1989]. Folio. 284, [2] pp. 100s of text illusts., 100 colour plates. Burgundy boards, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (very slght edgewear), F/Nf. First Portland House edition, 2nd printing, of this stunning encyclopedia of design and decorative art.

Los Angeles, CA & [Providence, RI]: The Institute of Family Relations, 607 South Hill St., 1938. Two pieces. 1st - 8vo. [4 pp (unpaginated).], self-printed softcovers, photo illust. of Popenoe on front cover (crease fold from mailing, minor dustsoiling); 2nd - 4to. 8.5 x 11 in. [1 leaf]. TLS on letterhead, “Copy” and Osborn’s initials in ink (crease folds, wear & minor tears at folds, some age toning), still VG- set. These two scarce original promotional brochure and TLS reflect the ongoing efforts by prominent eugenicist Paul Popenoe, dubbed “the father of marriage counseling” to spread and inculcate followers into his racist eugenics policies. The letter to the YMCA at Brown University to drum up speaking tour dates from the Institute’s Educational Director, Loran Osborn writes that “his [Popenoe’s] fee is $100 per day . . . and he is perfectly willing to speak two of three times in a day. . . .” His speaking subjects included “A Biological View of the Jewish Problem,” “The… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. 8vo. 123, [1] pp. Colour frntsp., 5 colour plates, text illusts. Green cloth, dark blue lettering & illust. on front cover, blue lettering on spine (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing, w/o ffep.), w/ d.j. cover art by Rackham (minor dustsoiling, edgewear, couple very minor closed tears, creasing), still VG-/VG copy. Early Rackham illustrated edition of this wonderful fairy tale, and the first book in the Peter Pan Books for Little Children rewritten by May Byron.

London & New York: William Heinemann, & Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. 4to. 136 pp. Illustrated title in green & black, tipped-in colour frontisp., 14 tipped-in colour plates. Quarter-green publisher’s cloth over illustrated green speckled boards, cover art on covers & spine by Rackham, illustrated endpapers by Rackham (edgewear, rubbing, minor wear & bumping to corners, minor scuffing to spine), still a VG- copy, from the library of Anne “Nita” Wilson Patton (1887-1971), sister to General George S. Patton (1885-1945). First trade edition of this tragic German tale of changelings, water-sprites, and fated love inspired by the occult works of Paracelsus, detailing how the mermaid water-sprite could gain a human soul by marrying a mortal. Motte Fouque’s story reportedly inspired Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Mermaid.”

New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, [1950]. 8vo. ix, [1], 242 pp. Green boards, gray & blk lettrng (slght shlfwr, vry slght bmpng to crnrs), w/ d.j. great cover art by Galdone (mnr creasng, shlfwr), VG/VG-. First edition of this anthology of biographies about twelve crime-catchers, behind-the-scenes sleuths who cleared up cases that baffled the police.

Springfield, MA & New York, NY: Radcraft Publications, Inc., May, 1937. 4to. pp. 641-704. Photo illustrations, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of fireboat “Super-Power ‘P.A.’” directing fire-fighters (minor edgewear, dustsoiling to spine, some scuffing, creasing to upper corner), still VG- copy. First edition of this installment of the famed science & technology magazine founded by Gernsback (1884-1967). Of particular interest is the description of the sound system installed in the Manhattan Opera House for Max Reinhardt’s lavish pageant of Jewish biblical history and persecution using the orchestration and music of Leopold Stokowski (mostly lost). The famed production attempted to alert the world to the plight of German Jews under Nazism, and featured an elaborate five level set designed by Norman Bel Geddes.

Springfield, MA & New York, NY: Radcraft Publications, Inc., April, 1937. 4to. pp. 577-640. Photo illustrations, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of motorcycle police officer tracking speeders (minor edgewear, dustsoiling to spine, some scuffing), still VG- copy. First edition of this installment of the famed science & technology magazine founded by Gernsback (1884-1967) who launched Amazing Stories in 1926, and the annual World Science Fiction Convention award the “Hugo” is awarded in his name.

Springfield, MA & New York, NY: Radcraft Publications, Inc., August, 1937. 4to. pp. 65-128. Photo illustrations, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of Television News broadcast truck (minor edgewear, dustsoiling to spine, some scuffing), still VG copy. First edition of this installment of the famed science & technology magazine founded by Gernsback (1884-1967), with this issue focusing on the nascent television industry, including building a television receiver, developments in “high-fidelity” television, and make-up tips for aspiring television stars.

Chicago, IL: Popular Book Corporation, March, 1935. 4to. pp. 641-704. Photo illustrations, diagrams, text illustrations throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers, ccover art of couple in separate beds w/ husband wearing headphones and focused on his Short Wave Craft magazine (minor edgewear, dustsoiling to spine, some scuffing), still VG copy. First edition of this installment of the famed science & technology magazine founded by Gernsback (1884-1967), reviewing many of the latest developments in Short Wave radio prior to World War II.

[Denver, CO]: Sundance Publications, Inc., [2001]. 4to. 416 pp. Frontisp., 100s of colour, and black & white photo illustrations, maps, diagrams. Half-purple over colour-illustrated boards (minor shelfwear, very slight dustsoiling), w/ glassine cover (minor shelfwear, minor bumping lower corners), VG/VG copy, signed by three authors on half-title, numbered. First edition, signed & No. 1285, “Display Copy” of this lavishly illustrated history and installment in the Rio Grande Southern saga against the backdrop of the rich gold mining district, previously occupied by the Ute Indigenous Peoples.

[East Waymouth, Boston, MA, Hoboken, NJ, Toledo, OH, & Chicago IL: Edward Weston Young, Boston Edison Company, Eastern Massachusetts Railway Co., Lackawanna Terminal, Electric Railroaders Assoc., Inc., National Railway Historical Society, Central Electric Railfans’ Assoc., ca. 1910-1950]. Seventeen albums & archival document binders, including 3715 photographs, with 1629 interspersed, mounted, and annotated across 14 different post-binder albums assembled from 1910-1949, most Oblong 4tos. sized 12.5 x 8 in., nearly all on black paper stock, with photos sized from 1.5 x 2.5 in. up to 5 x 7 in., most annotated with extensive white ink annotations & manuscript notes, many bearing extensive local railway histories in manuscript ranging up to 5000 words, manuscript track maps, paint samples for trolley & railway car company colours, and nearly all w/ embossed board post-binders, punch-sewn at gutter margins; Two of these are 4to. on thick wood-pulp paper, bearing many typed captions, and identifying… Read More

[Chicago, IL]: Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy RR [Poole Bros., Inc.], April-May, 1946. 4to. 36 pp. Text illustrations, illustrated ads, 1 double-page centerfold map by Poole Bros., Inc. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art of Burlington locomotive & Zephyr locomotive (slight shelfwear, minor crease), still VG copy. First edition of this post-War time table for the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad, best remembered for the largest fleet of named streamliners in the United States, the Zephyrs. The map route shows connections leading from Illlinois through Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, & California. No copies located in Worldcat (Denver Public holds 1 1950 edition).

Davenport, IA: Davenport Locomotive Works, [1926]. Oblong 8vo. 9.5 x 6.5 in. 72 pp. Printed throughout in green & black, illust vignette on title page of factory, photo illustrations throughout. Embossed gray illustrated softcovers, embossed & raised black lettering, cover art illust. of Davenport Locomotive (minor soiling, creasing, very minor rippling to textblock), still VG- copy, w/ H.J. Armstrong logo stamped at foot of front cover. Tenth edition, substantially revised & expanded, of this scarce switching engine catalogue. Founded originally in 1901 as the W.W. Whitehead Co., it was renamed in 1904 the Davenport Locomotive Works and specialized in a mixture of rod and geared locomotives, particularly tank models of rod locomotives. Their locomotives were desired by cement plants, coal companies, fruit companies, logging companies, and mining operations. This catalogue does feature a few listings for gear-drive locomotives, and gasoline engine locomotives which were first built by the company in… Read More

Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, [1969]. Tall 8vo. 308 pp. Numerous illusts., maps, illust. endpapers. Blue-gray cloth, gilt lettrng, w/ d.j. (vry mnr shlfwr, 1 vry sml clsd tear), NF/VG. First edition of this well-written history of the Michigan railroads, including the Erie and Kalamzaoo; Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville; Chicago, Kalamzaoo, & Saginaw; Chicago & Northeastern; Chicago & North Western; Cincinnati, Saginaw & Mackinaw; Michigan Central; Michigan Southern, and many others.

[Portland, OR: Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway System, Oregon Trunk Ry, Oregon Electric Ry], April 27, 1958. 4to. 12 pp. With photo illustrations, route map. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art photo on back showing the 1908 Golden Spike ceremony (slight shelfwear), NF copy. First edition of scarce SP&S Railway time table, which followed the Columbia River between Vancouver and Pasco, up the Snake river, and through Eastern Washington towards Spokane. The railroad was jointly owned by the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway. No copies located in Worldcat.

[Plymouth, OH; Chicago, IL & San Francisco, CA: The J.D. Fate Company, The Fate-Root-Heath Co., Plymouth Locomotive Works, Garfield & Co., 1232 Hearst Bldg., Western Representatives, ca. 1915-1940]. Twelve vols. 22, [4]; 16 (w/ corrections updated, new labels overlain); 16; 16; 16; 12; 8; 11, [1]; [12]; 44; 37, [3]; 15, [1] pp. With photo illustrations, text illustrations, diagrams, illustrated borders, etc. throughout. Self-printed softcovers for first vol., all others w/ colour-illustrated, colour-printed, or brown textured softcovers, uniformly w/ punch holes at gutter margin for post-binders as issued (slight shelfwear, very slight rubbing), still an excellent set. First editions of this excellent small archive of very scarce original catalogues for the amazing array of workhorse industrial locomotives produced by the J.D. Fate and Fate-Root-Heath Co. from before World War I through the Great Depression. The Plymouth Locomotive Co. was originally launched as a joint venture as a gasoline truck… Read More

Seattle: Superior Publishing, [1972]. 4to. 192 pp. Photo frntsp., illust. title, 100s of photo illusts. (many in colour), maps. White & black cloth, red lettering (minor shelfwear), w/ d.j. cover art of electrified Bi-Polar E-2 locomotive (slight scuffing, shelfwear), NF/NF copy. First edition, stated, of this excellent history of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company and its routes through Montana, Idaho, and Washington.

Bend, OR & Omaha, NE: Union Pacific Railroad Co., Dept. of Traffic, 1945. Twelve pieces. Two 4to. TLS, 1 on thin onion-skin paper, the other on thicker paper stock; Two architectural drawings of offices, one sample of Union Pacific offices in Milwaukee, WI, the other in pencil on onion skin of offices in Bend, OR; 8 silver gelatin photos, sized 8 x 10 in., all with excellent contrast. This intriguing grouping opens with a letter from the Union Pacific Dept. of Traffic offices in Omaha requesting photos and floor plan of each Union Pacific office in the system, including that of E.S. Farrell in Bend, Oregon during World War II. To meet this requirement, Farrell secured eight different photos of the office interior and exterior, as well as furnishings, along with a manuscript blueprint mapping out all the principal aspects of the offices. Two of the images show the large double-sided porcelain Union Pacific sign hanging from a wrought iron bracket, painted glass sign, and interior advertising. The… Read More