Search Results: Titles starting with R from Bloomsbury Books

Philadelphia, PA: Indochina Program - American Friends Service Committee, 1973. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Offered is "REPORT ON QUANG NGAI PROVINCE SINCE THE JANUARY CEASEFIRE" reported by Jane and David Barton and published in 1973 by the Indochina Program of the American Friends Service Committee out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A large, left-folded brochure measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing four pages including front and rear covers. With two small front cover portrait photos of Jane and David Barton, the introduction reads in part: "Jane and David Barton were field directors of the American Friends Service Committee's Rehabilitation Center in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam from May, 1971 until May, 1973. In addition to providing medical services, physical therapy, and prosthetic care for the many thousands of war-injured civilians, the AFSC program also included medical visits to people at the Quang Ngai Prison and at… Read More

Guatemala: Permanent Commissions of the Representatives of the Guatemalan Refugees in Mexico (CCPP), 1989. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Offered is "THE RETURN OF GUATEMALAN REFUGEES FROM ABROAD: POSITION OF THE PERMANENT COMMISSIONS OF THE GUATEMALAN REFUGEES PRESENTED TO THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE" published in February 1989 most likely by the Permanent Commissions of the Representatives of the Guatemalan Refugees in Mexico (CCPP) in an English translation for English-speaking countries in preparation for the upcoming Grand National Dialogue in Guatemala which commenced on March 1, 1989. A single stapled document measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 10 pages (5 sheets printed on both sides). Opening remarks include: "The right to return to one's own place of residence, to the homeland of one's birth, where one grew up and has or had his or her home, land, and family, is, in essence,… Read More

San Benito, TX: Rio Grande Defense Committee, 1989. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Offered is an original brochure entitled "THE RIO GRANDE BORDER WITNESS PROGRAM: Dedicated to understanding and communicating the conditions facing Central American refugees in South Texas" published by the Rio Grande Defense Committee out of San Benito, Texas. No date specified, although probable 1989. An eight-panel brochure measuring 3-1/2" by 8-1/2" and containing single-panel front and rear covers as well as three double-panel full pages. Text is in English. The Contents are: introduction (which reads: "South Texas, the closest US border to Central America, is a land of torment and fear for refugees seeking safety further north. To reach any northern point, they must first endure the risk of apprehension by the US Border Patrol an subsequent deportation by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Dozens for whom the way through… Read More

Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Review-Journal. Offered is the premiere issue of "RJ Magazine" (Spring 2020) with stated plans to be published quarterly for Las Vegas Review-Journal subscribers. A high-quality, glossy magazine measuring 9" by 10-7/8" and containing 92 pages including front and rear covers, of especial note is the splendid front cover photograph of Billy Hayes ("After 'Midnight' [Express] - Billy Hayes shares his Turkish prison tales that inspired famous film") and the lengthy interior feature article "The ride of his life" (with six photos: "Billy Hayes never tires of telling tale that inspired film 'Midnight Express'"). In Fine condition. . Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 2020.

Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Review-Journal. Offered is the Spring 2021 issue of "RJ Magazine" published quarterly for Las Vegas Review-Journal subscribers. A high-quality, glossy magazine measuring 9" by 10-3/4" and containing 92 pages including front and rear covers. Well-illustrated with photographs, highlights include: First-Rate Secondhand (on Taylor Rice, owner of Alt Rebel, a clothing shop in the Arts District); End of the Line (on Mark Hall-Patton: "How a love of history turned a humble museum administrator into a celebrity"); Paddler's Paradise ("Find beauty, history and serenity in tranquil waters of Black Canyon [Water Trail]"); Restoration & Relaxation (on the former Nevada State Bank and Trust, now the Belvada Hotel in Tonopah, owned by Fred and Nancy Cline). In Fine condition. . Fine. Magazine. 1st Edition. 2021.

Las Vegas, NV: Las Vegas Review-Journal. Offered is the Summer 2020 issue of "RJ Magazine" published quarterly for Las Vegas Review-Journal subscribers. A high-quality, glossy magazine measuring 9" by 10-3/4" and containing 92 pages including front and rear covers. Well-illustrated with photographs, highlights include: Raising More Than Just Their Game: Dynamic Dads Inspire Star Athletes ("Meet Kevin Hamilton, father of UNLV basketball player Bryce Hamilton; Willard Reaves, father of Vegas Golden Knight Ryan Reaves; Peter Stastny, father of Vegas Golden Knight Paul Stastny; and Roscoe Wilson, father of Las Vegas Ace A'Ja Wilson"); Fire and Rain: Escaramuza riders preserve a piece of Latino culture; Cover Story - In Sickness and in Health: Shutdown forced couple to make do with their 'I do's' (on Ashley Johns and William Hinder); The Heroes Next Door (profiling first responders, medical professionals and volunteer workers during the coronavirus pandemic:… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: Paramount Studios, A Gulf + Western Company, 1984. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. An upper-left stapled handbook measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing six pages (three sheets) printed on each side (the last page is blank). Possibly associated with a press kit, which I do not have. The contents include: primary production credits; Cast of Characters; Technical Credits; song credits; Special Thanks; and copyright information..

Wolf Creek, OR: Nomenus, Inc. and the Nomenus Wolf Creek Sanctuary. Offered is the December 2002 issue of "The RadDish" (Vol. 11 Issue 10) published by Nomenus, Inc. and the Nomenus Wolf Creek Sanctuary out of Wolf Creek, Oregon. A left-stapled magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. Nomenus, Inc. was founded in 1984 as a spiritual, non-profit organization open to Radical Faerie-identified gay men. In 1987, Nomenus purchased the Magdalene Farm (a Maoist commune since the mid-1970s) and renamed it The Wolf Creek Sanctuary which spans 80 acres at Wolf Creek in southern Oregon. The Sanctuary, as Nomenus has written, "is a living project, an experiment exploring the nature of Radical Faerie spirituality and community" and hosts gatherings, workshops, rituals and circles throughout the year. With splendid front cover illustration, and containing committee reports and resource information, the contents include: Happenings on the… Read More

Wolf Creek, OR: Nomenus, Inc. and the Nomenus Wolf Creek Sanctuary. Offered is the August-September 2002 issue of "The RadDish" (Vol. 11 Issue 7) published by Nomenus, Inc. and the Nomenus Wolf Creek Sanctuary out of Wolf Creek, Oregon. A left-stapled magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. Nomenus, Inc. was founded in 1984 as a spiritual, non-profit organization open to Radical Faerie-identified gay men. In 1987, Nomenus purchased the Magdalene Farm (a Maoist commune since the mid-1970s) and renamed it The Wolf Creek Sanctuary which spans 80 acres at Wolf Creek in southern Oregon. The Sanctuary, as Nomenus has written, "is a living project, an experiment exploring the nature of Radical Faerie spirituality and community" and hosts gatherings, workshops, rituals and circles throughout the year. With splendid front cover illustration, and containing committee reports and resource information, the contents include: Happenings… Read More

Wolf Creek, OR: Nomenus, Inc. and the Nomenus Wolf Creek Sanctuary. Offered is the April 2003 issue of "The RadDish" (Vol. 12 Issue 3) published by Nomenus, Inc. and the Nomenus Wolf Creek Sanctuary out of Wolf Creek, Oregon. A left-stapled magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. Nomenus, Inc. was founded in 1984 as a spiritual, non-profit organization open to Radical Faerie-identified gay men. In 1987, Nomenus purchased the Magdalene Farm (a Maoist commune since the mid-1970s) and renamed it The Wolf Creek Sanctuary which spans 80 acres at Wolf Creek in southern Oregon. The Sanctuary, as Nomenus has written, "is a living project, an experiment exploring the nature of Radical Faerie spirituality and community" and hosts gatherings, workshops, rituals and circles throughout the year. With splendid front cover illustration, and containing committee reports and resource information, the contents include: Happenings on the… Read More

Wolf Creek, OR: Nomenus, Inc. and the Nomenus Wolf Creek Sanctuary. Offered is the July 2006 [mistakenly printed June, and corrected in pen by Nomenus staff] issue of "The RadDish" (Vol. 15 Issue 6) published by Nomenus, Inc. and the Nomenus Wolf Creek Sanctuary out of Wolf Creek, Oregon. A left-stapled magazine measuring 8-1/2" by 11" and containing 16 pages including front and rear covers. Nomenus, Inc. was founded in 1984 as a spiritual, non-profit organization open to Radical Faerie-identified gay men. In 1987, Nomenus purchased the Magdalene Farm (a Maoist commune since the mid-1970s) and renamed it The Wolf Creek Sanctuary which spans 80 acres at Wolf Creek in southern Oregon. The Sanctuary, as Nomenus has written, "is a living project, an experiment exploring the nature of Radical Faerie spirituality and community" and hosts gatherings, workshops, rituals and circles throughout the year. With splendid front cover photograph, this issue is devoted to business issues… Read More

New York, NY: The Radical Review Publishing Association. Offered is Vol. 1 No. 4 (April 1918) of "The Radical Review: Devoted to the Critical Investigation of Scientific Socialism" edited by Karl Dannenberg and published by The Radical Review Publishing Association out of New York City. A digest-sized magazine measuring 6" by 9" and containing 116 pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: The Civil War in America by Karl Marx (two articles from "Die Presse" [Vienna] translated by "H. H." [most likely Hippolyte Havel] - No. 293, October 29, 1861 and No. 306, November 7, 1861); Socialism and War by [Grigory] Zinowjew and N. Lenin [Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov] ("Attitude of the Social-Democratic Labor Party of Russia towards the War"); The Social Awakening of China by Hippolyte Havel; Karl Marx: The Man and His Works - A Study in Historical Materialism by Karl Dannenberg; Socialism and the American Farmer by Clarence Hotson; The Genesis of Capitalism by Michael Altschuler (with his… Read More

Dunellen, NJ: Macfadden Publications, 1945. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Containing 110 pages with photographs, illustrations, and splendid vintage advertisements, highlights include: full-page advertisement for Woodbury Complete Beauty Cream (with a photo of Marlene Dietrich - "Another Hollywood Star with Woodbury-Wonderful Skin"); full-page ad for the film "Night in Paradise" starring Merle Oberon and Turhan Bey; full-page ad for Lux Toilet Soap (featuring Paulette Goddard with four photos); short story "To the end of the Journey" by John J. Anthony ("On her wedding day, Beth knew for the first time how it felt to be unwanted"); short story "Somewhere, Some Day" ("Here it was at last, the dream-come-true of excitement, adventure, in a city [New York] that was a different world. But the dream had cheated - it had left something out"); short story "A Letter for Betty"; short… Read More

Baltimore, MD: William Wood & Company, 1935. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A massive hardcover containing 572 pages with 340 photographs and illustrations. Outer right corners frayed; light wear to upper and lower outer spine edges..

No Place: Arrow International Pictures Inc. - Lee Group Production, 1985. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Offered is the screenplay for the proposed film "The Rage of the Tiger" by screenwriter James Bruner (no date, circa mid-1980s). A shooting script (each scene is numbered), the film, to my knowledge, was never made (at least not with this title). The screenplay contains 73 three-hole punched machine-copied loose leaf pages, including the title page (with title, name of screenwriter, and "An Arrow International Pictures Inc. - Lee Group Production"). The pages measure 8-1/2" by 11" and are printed on one side. The screenplay is bound in red card covers (containing the same information as the title page); the covers and internal pages are held together with three brass brads. James Bruner's works, among many, include Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988), Delta Force (1986), Invasion U.S.A. (1985), and Missing in Action (1984)..

No Place: No Publisher, 1979. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Offered is the probable first draft of the film screenplay entitled "The Raggedy Man" written by William D. Wittliff, author of the novel of the same name in 1979. An undated draft script (the scenes are not numbered) circa 1979 or 1980 (the film was released in 1981, directed by Jack Fisk and starring Sissy Spacek, Eric Roberts and Sam Shepard). The screenplay contains 133 machine-copied loose leaf pages (including the title page, one-page "Possible script changes," and one-page quote from James Whitcomb Riley) and measures 8-1/2" by 11" (three-hole-punched). The screenplay is bound in blank, non-descript working covers and bound by three folded clasps. The stamp and hand-written name and address of the former owner appears on the title page; the outer covers are worn and edge-ragged; the interior pages are in excellent condition..

Chicago, IL: Order of Benefit Association of Railway Employees. Mailing label to lower right edge of front cover; front cover lightly age-yellowed; short closed tear to lower right corner. . Good. Magazine. First Edition. 1973.

Kobenhavn & Leipzig: Wilhelm Hansen, Music-Forlag. Issued in sturdy light green covers with a dark green bordered illustration of a Viking and leafy vines. Ten pages including front and rear covers with four pages of music with lyrics in Finnish, German, and Swedish. ".75" in small pen to lower right corner of front cover; internal pages are lightly age-browned (as per type of paper stock used); short, narrow vertical chip to right edge of inside page (to blank margin only); else and overall in excellent condition. . Near Fine. Sheet Music. First Revised Edition. 1922.

Sydney, Australia: Oswald Ziegler Publications. A hardcover most likely issued without a dust jacket. With splendid historical photographs. Lengthy gift inscription in black fountain pen dated November 23, 1969 to former owner from R.A. Popplewell who served as Mayor of Randwick in 1956. Covers show very light corner wear. . VG+. Hardcover. First Edition. 1959.

Kobenhavn & Leipzig: Wilhelm Hansen, Music-Forlag. Issued in sturdy light green covers with a dark green bordered illustration of a Viking and leafy vines. Ten pages including front and rear covers with three pages of music with lyrics in Finnish, German, and Swedish. ".75" written in small pen to lower right corner of front cover. . Near Fine. Sheet Music. First Revised Edition. 1922.