Search Results: Titles starting with R from Cedar Tree Antiques

New York: Harper Collins, 1993. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A novel about the battle of Bull Run, the civil war's first great battle. No markings. Copy is bright and unmarked. Dust jacket is not clipped, and shows the original $20.00 price. Book's top edge has numerous small spots - see photo. Like new dust jacket.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1980. 1st Thus . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. John Steuart Curry. Full deep red leather with gilt ornaments on front & back cover, gilt title & ornaments to spine, with 4 raised bands, ochre-colored ribbon page marker and ochre moire endpapers. Quarto, 9 ¾" tall. Smyth sewn binding, all edges gilt, no markings or bookplates. Pages are bright and fresh, textblock is tight. A handsome book in As New condition. Collector's edition. Suitable as a gift. This book is from the Easton Press'"The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" collection. First thus. "Red Badge of Courage" is a novel of the American Civil War. The protagonist fled from battle, he longs for a wound - a red badge of courage. He subsequently returns to the fight and acts as a regimental flag-bearer.

New York: Viking, 1988. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A story of ambition and loyalty set in colonial America at the time of the Revolution. First American edition. A book in near fine condition, without markings. The rear pastedown is wrinkled, an artifact of manufacture. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but otherwise very good condition.

New York: Doran, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) served as a military advisor to Bedouins in their revolt against the Ottoman Turks from 1916-1918. This is the first American edition. Octavo (9" x 6"). Original purple-brown cloth, with front cover and spine stamped in black, with the rare original dust jacket. Jacket flap is clipped but retains the original $3.00 price. Jacket is chipped and worn, but mostly intact. Some rubbing to cloth boards, some minor foxing in text. 16 plates, folding map. Copyright page states 'First printing in America, March, 1927', and includes George H. Doran lozenge. Overall a very good copy of this rarity.

No Binding. Fair/No Jacket. This rare folio is composed of 15 lines of the Quran, in Arabic, on parchment. It was probably created in the 9th century in northern Africa. Calligraphy was an important Arabic art form, seen on ceramics, coins and manuscripts. The highly angular horizontal Kufic seen here was the primary script used in the earliest copies of the Quran from the 7th through the 10th centuries. Diacritical marks indicated by red dots are guides to pronunciation. CONDITION: Loss to the bottom right corner affecting the last three lines. Hole affecting the bottom 4th line. Script on the reverse is faded. DIMENSIONS: 7.5" wide, 5.25" high

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1884. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Gustave Doré. The Raven- one of the most famous American poems, written by Edgar Allan Poe, and first published in 1845. Illustrated by the French artist Gustave Doré, with commentary by Edmund C. Stedman. This is the first American edition, published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1884. Elephant folio 14" by 18". Original grey cloth boards with beveled edges, all edges gilt, black stamped title, bearing a door and smoke on the front cover behind a large angel with gilt-stamped wings. Composed of commentary, followed by The Poem, followed by alternating pages of text lines and corresponding full page illustration. Includes 26 engravings by Gustave Dore, the preeminent French engraver. All engravings are present. Gift inscription on title page to Zenaida Talbot (1892-1979) from her father Dr. C. Hart Merriam. Clinton Hart Merriam (1855 - 1942) was an… Read More