Search Results: Authors starting with R from Legacy Books

New York: Thomas Yoseloff Book. Very Good. Hardcover. (1962), large 8vo, 166pp, index, bibliography, glossary, notes. Dust jacket flaps removed and laid in the book. Light wear, else VG. From the dj: "Detailing the history and development of seventeen famous libraries in England and the United States, Dr. Rabinowicz gives fascinating, concise, and accurate information on the priceless Hebrew literary treasures they contain. Among the collections he describes are those of the British Museum, Bodleian Library (Oxford), Bet Hamidrash, and Cambridge University Library in England; and those of the Library of Congress, New York Public LIbrary, Jewish Theological Seminary, YIVO, Yeshiva College, and Harvard, Yale, and Columbia universities in the United States.".

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp481-489, plus three plates, other drawings. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1913. VG. In plastic report covers. From the introduction: "After a long period of decadence the whale fishery has again experienced a considerable revival. In all parts of the world, at the present time, [1912], this interesting industry is being actively carried on, and, according to the Norwegian Fisheries Gazette, not less than 20,000 cetaceans are captured every year, so that the disappearance of these great marine mammals in the near future seems certain." Smithsonian Reports Marine Life Whales L&S 07/31/21 .

Washington, D.C.,: Society for American Archaeology, Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp96-101, tables. Removed from AMERICAN ANTIQUITY. JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Volume 38, Number 1, January, 1973. Wrps. VG. May contain a first or last xeroxed page. Abstract: "Small quantities of Early Woodland ceramics and knives were identified in a collection excavated from a predominantly Middle Woodland (Havana-Hopewell phase) occupation site in the lower Illinois Valley. Using simple statistical significance tests, hypotheses generated by the vertical and horizontal distribution of these items are tested. The results confirm an earlier observation that Black Sand phase sites tend to be located on a particular soil type, and that the Dickson knife co-occurs with Black Sand ceramics.".

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Good. Soft cover. pp469-490. Removed from the ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, JULY, 1889. VG. In plastic report covers. Paraphrasing: The first attempts in astronomical photography go as far back as 1840, but it was not until 1887 when the Astro-photographic Congress convened in Paris that work began in earnest on the photographic execution of a general chart of the sky. .

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp199-214, plus twelve plates. Removed from SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, VOLUME 42, 1912. VG. In plastic report covers. From the introduction: "In the present paper are described a new genus and 16 new species of pediculate fishes collected by the U.S. Fisheries steamer Albatross on the Philippine expedition. All of the species described are herein represented by illustrations made from drawings or photographs. The types have been deposited in the United States National Museum." Also includes: THE CHIMAEROID FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES, by Hugh M. Smith, pp231-232, plus one plate. .

Chicago: The John C. Winston Company Book. VG+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1935). First Edition, v, 378pp. Very light wear, else VG+. Inscribed and signed by the author at the front flyleaf. From the author's preface: "In submitting this work to the public the author wishes to call attention to the fact that while the historical occurrences depicted herein are accurately drawn, the characters, other than those who are historically known, are fictitious; namely, the Marlen family, Senator Gaines, Senator Doles, and Senator Wisten, Senior and Maria Viosca, Honorable Tuero Benhastro, Robert Willman, Mr. Jolton, and Mr. Burke. The administration of Thomas Jefferson, our first Democratic President, has always had a great attraction for the writer, and it is especially interesting now that the political party founded by him has again been called upon by the people of the nation to lead them from the depths of the stifling depression of recent years. In writing this book, the author has applied the… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. First Edition, 348pp, photos. VG in G+ dj. From the dj: "Dotson Rader met Tennessee Williams in 1969, when Rader's first book had recently been published and the famed playwright's long love affair with the critics had sadly come to an end. A great friendship developed as Rader became a close confidant and frequent companion of Williams's on the road and at various residences in New York and Key West. It was a friendship that would last until the playwright's tragic death in 1983. During Tennessee Williams's final years, no other person grew as close, nor witnessed as much of his turbulent personal and professional life, as Dotson Rader. And in TENNESSEE, CRY OF THE HEART, he generously shares the memories of his great friend."

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press Book. VG. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1947). First Edition, limited to 1000 copies, large 8vo, xi, 336pp, index. Very light wear, else VG. From the Preface: "The region with which we are concerned in this book, however, was hardly more than an explorer's paradise until that day in 1803 when Thomas Jefferson put his name to a document which transferred unknown and unnumbered millions of acres to the United States under the general description of the Louisiana Purchase. For the purpose of this bibliography, the area undertaken is defined on the north art the 40th parallel, on the west by the Rio Grande, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, and on the east by the Mississippi. It is thus devoted to the southern portions of the Louisiana Purchase, including the great area of subsequent dispute, Texas.".

Baton Rouge,: Louisiana State University Press, Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1989), xvii, 340pp, index, illustrated. Ex-lib, with few markings, last free endpaper missing, else VG in VG dj..

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. (1991), xii, 308pp, index, profusely illustrated. Ex-lib, else G in G dj. The Ouachita Mountains are in southwest Arkansas and extend into Oklahoma..

Council of Women for Home Missions Book. Good. Hardcover. (1924), x, 260pp, illustrated. Covers moderately worn, else G. Coleman 2556. A study of the lives, habits and manners of the people of the Appalachian Mountains..

Houston: Frontier Press of Texas Book. VG+. Hardcover. (1955), xvi, 268pp, index, a facsimile reprint of the 1896 edition. Limited to 500 copies, this number 3. VG+ in VG slipcase. .

Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky Book. VG+. Soft cover. (1986), 306pp, index, five maps, sixteen pages of illustrations. Wrps. VG+. From the preface: "The purpose of this book is to describe the life and career of John Hunt Morgan and to evaluate his role in the Civil War. I find it intriguing that even though Morgan harassed the Union for almost thee years and won the adoration of thE Southern people, historians have dismissed him as a romantic figure who made little impact on the war. I asked, why did Morgan succeed so greatly as a leader early in the war, then decline so dramatically? Why did he risk the raid in Indiana and Ohio? Why was he the only member of his staff harmed in the skirmish that took his life? In searching for answers I have endeavored to describe what happened in Morgan's life, but I have gone beyond the facts to interpret and explain.".

Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pp171-190. Removed from THE REGISTER OF THE KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY , Vol. 75, No., 3, July 1977. In report covers VG. May include a first or last copied page. In 1779, when Kentucky was still a part of Virginia, about six million acres of land in the so-called Green River District in the west, were made available for settlement. To encourage military service, land bounties were awarded. At the same time, squatters and speculators appeared on the scene. Due to confusing and/or inaccurate descriptions of the claims, because of over-lapping, and odd-shaped tracts, and the government continually extending the deadlines for which payment could be made, the whole process of obtaining lands in the area that would become the state of Kentucky, became a legal nightmare that took many years to correct..

Washington, D.C.: GPO Magazine. Very Good. Soft cover. pp233-257. Removed from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1900. VG. In plastic report covers. From the report: "It was for long imagined, following the doctrines of the Greeks and of their predecessors, that all matter consisted of four elements or principles, names which survive to this day in popular language. These were fire, air, water, and earth. It was not until the seventeenth century that Boyle in his Sceptical Chymist (1661) laid the foundations of the modern science [of chemistry]. .

Washington, D.C.: GPO Book. Good. Soft cover. 1881, removed, 12pp. G. 46th Congress, 3rd Session, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 17. In report covers..

Lexington: Henry Clay Press Book. As New. Hardcover. (1970), 428pp, index. As new in original shrink wrap. (The copy in shrink wrap could not be scanned because of glare; the image is of a copy not in shrink wrap). See Coleman's BIBLIOGRAPHY OF KENTUCKY HISTORY and Howes 46 for the 1872 edition. A valuable history of Lexington and its vicinity, with biographical sketches and personal recollections of a number of pioneer settlers and antebellum citizens..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company Book. Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. (1924), Enlarged Edition, xiv, 893pp, index. Marginal notes on many pages, generally in pencil, not affecting text, extremities worn, outer hinges rubbed but not cracked, else a good reading copy. Subtitled: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy from Bruno to Bergson..

Indianapolis: Indiana University Library Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1967, 42pp, portrait of J. K. Lilly. Wrps. VG. Includes an overview of acquisitions in the following categories: Early Printing; Early Nonprinting; Latin Americana - Printed Material; Latin Americana - Manuscripts; The Far East - The Boxer Collection; Medicine; Science; Dr. Muller and Dr. Sonneborn; Americana; Juvenile; Early English Literature; English Literature to 1900; American Literature to 1900; Twentieth-Centuy American and English Literature; Twentieth-Century Manuscripts; Exhibitions; Gifts. Also includes an article: J. K. LILLY - AMERICA'S QUIET COLLECTOR (1893-1966). He had given his collection of some 20,000 first editions, valued then at $5,000,000, to Indiana University in 1956. The library housing it and bearing the family name was dedicated on October 3, 1960..

Boston: Little, Brown and Company Book. Good. Hardcover. (1953), xiv, 555pp, index, extensive bibliography, illustrated. Extremities lightly worn, else G+. The author was the wife of J. G. Randall who wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln. While collaborating with him on a couple of chapters, she saw that most of the information concerning the president's wife had come from the papers of William H. Herndon, who did not speak very kindly toward Mrs. Lincoln. In the foreword the author states that her book is a biography of a marriage. She says it is impossible fully to understand a wife without knowledge of the husband, and that her purpose is to present the personality and intimate life of Abraham Lincoln along with a full-length biography of his wife..