‎Atlantic‎

‎Richards, H. M. M.; Harry Hess Reichard‎

‎Valley Forge and the Pennsylvania Germans / Pennsylvania-German Dialect Writings and Their Writers Pennsylvania German Society Vol. XXVI 26 1915‎

‎Pennsylvania German Society 1918. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. XXVI. Proceedings and addresses at Reading 15 Oct. 1915. Light tan stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue and red with color lithographed main title page. A few small chips to cover edges. Square binding light stress creasing. 7332400 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates foldout color map. Clean interior. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 070025

‎Richards, H. M. M.; Harry Hess Reichard‎

‎Valley Forge and the Pennsylvania Germans / Pennsylvania-German Dialect Writings and Their Writers Pennsylvania German Society Vol. XXVI 26 1915‎

‎Pennsylvania German Society 1918. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. PGS Vol. XXVI. Proceedings and addresses at Reading 15 Oct. 1915. Light tan stiff paper wraps lettered in dark blue and red with color lithographed main title page. Chipped with minor loss along front fore- and bottom edge bottom front corner chipped away some loss along bottom rear edge; front cover with crease along joint and somewhat brittle paper. Square firm binding at the moment though with several stress creases; entire text block drilled through approx. 3/4" from top and bottom edges along joint as if once housed in some sort of binder. 7332400 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates foldout color map. Clean interior appears never read. Exterior VG- interior solid Near Fine to Fine. Pennsylvania German Society Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 016564

‎Richardson, Evelyn M.‎

‎B. was for butter and Enemy craft‎

‎Halifax: Petheric Press 1979. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Subtitled: "The personal experiences of a family on the coast of Nova Scotia and their contributions to the war effort." Blue covers. Inscription on title page. Petheric Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 010802 ISBN : 0919380220 9780919380226

‎Richardson Evelyn M.‎

‎Living Island‎

‎The Ryerson Press 1965. Book. Good. Hardcover. Author describes her family's life on Bon Portage Island near Cape Sable NS while her husband was the Lighthouse keeper. They were the only inhabitants of the island for 26 of their 35 year stay. Some small chips and rips on dustjacket otherwise good. The Ryerson Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 011442

‎Richardson, Evelyn M.‎

‎No Small Tempest‎

‎Toronto: Ryerson Press 1957. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Spine is faded. Inside is clean. Sequel to Desired Haven. Ryerson Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 008958

‎Richardson, Robert‎

‎SLEEPING IN THE BLOOD SIGNED COPY‎

‎London: Gollancz 1991. First edition so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY signature only by the author on the title page. Bibliomystery involving playwright Augustus Maltravers and the murder of one of his favourite actress. The fifth novel featuring the charismatic amateur detective Augustus Maltravers. He is thrilled and intrigued when invited to interview an actress who had mysteriously disappeared from the London scene 20 years earlier but his investigations uncover murder and unleash a torrent of hatred. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Gollancz Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019500 ISBN : 0575050756 9780575050754

‎Richardson Evelyn M.‎

‎The Story of the Barrington Woolen Mill‎

‎Cape Sable Historical Society Book. Fair. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Covers are wrinkled. Cape Sable Historical Society Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 007907

‎Richardson, EM. E. M.‎

‎We Keep a Light‎

‎Halifax: Nimbus Publishing Limited 1995. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Crease on back cover. Otherwise good. Nimbus Publishing Limited Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 010266

‎Richardson, Evelyn M‎

‎Where my roots go deep: The collected writings of Evelyn M. Richardson‎

‎Nimbus Pub 1996. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The lamination on the covers is bubbling. Otherwise good. Nimbus Pub Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 010519 ISBN : 155109178x 9781551091785

‎Richman, Irwin‎

‎Pennsylvania German Arts: More Than Hearts Parrots and Tulips‎

‎Atglen PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Stiff color pictorial wraps. Mildly sunned spine panel very minor surface wear. 160 pp. illus. in color. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 053701 ISBN : 0764312456 9780764312458

‎Richmond, Van R.‎

‎STEAM ON THE CANALS FIRST ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED BY CHAPTER 868 LAWS OF 1871. TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATURE FEBRUARY 14 1872‎

‎Albany N. Y.: Argus Company Printer. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Soft Covers. Report of the Commission appointed by chapter 868 Laws of 1871 entitled "An act to foster and develop the internal Commerce of the state by inviting and rewarding the practical and profitable introduction upon the canals of steam caloric electricity or any motor other than animal power for the propulsion of boats." Clean blue paper covers with black title on front cover and a few tiny edge chips. Interior of booklet is tight clean & intact. New York Canals; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 20 pages . Argus Company (Printer) paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 16635

‎Ricord, F. W. (State Superintendent of Public Schools)‎

‎Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Schools of the State of New Jersey for the Year 1863‎

‎Trenton New Jersey: Printed by David Naar "True American" Office 1864. Near Fine condition. Clean and tight. Three tiny chips near the spine. A very attractive copy remarkably well preserved especially considering the age published 1864 and fragility of its thin paper binding. SEE PHOTOS. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Includes Ricord's report to Joel Parker Governor of New Jersey on the condition of the state's public schools. A substantial appendix lists reports by the various town superintendents in each of 21 counties from Atlantic to Warren. Since this report was published while the Civil War was still being fought the section on "Schools for Colored Children" may be of some interest: "There is no section of the law nor any decision of the courts that deprives colored children of the advantages of public school instruction… it shall be the duty of the trustees of the several school districts to apply the money apportioned … to the establishing and maintaining of free schools … in which shall be taught… all the children… the law makes no distinction between children of one nationality or race and children of another…" A fold-out chart SEE PHOTO lists 27 key education statistics for each of the state's 21 counties. For example one column records the "Number of colored children who have attended school" in each county and a statewide total 3029. There are also figures by county for the number of students and teachers; average daily attendance; average teacher salaries for males vs. females; etc. Bound in the original tan printed wraps. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine condition. 175pp. Printed by David Naar, "True American" Office Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 016813

‎Riddle, Samuel; Ward, William; Gartside, Amos; Stephens, James; Blakeley, Abram‎

‎5 Printed Documents relating to Assessments and Taxation‎

‎Chester Pa: Manufacturers' Association of Delaware County 1875. Very Good. 5 printed documents published by the Manufacturers' Association of Delaware County Pennsylvania in 1875 1876 and 1877. #1: 20 x 13 cm. Announcement of a meeting of the Manufacturers of Delaware County to be held on Nov. 20 1875 "to obtain relief from the burdensome and unequal taxation suffered" by those manufacturers. By order of Samuel Riddle president of the group. Pencil notations on the back headed "Riddle mill burned." #2-3: 26 x 21 cm. Printed notice dated Nov. 29 1875 from a committee of Manufacturers of Delaware County urging individual manufacturers to explain to their county assessor "the great depreciation in the value of machinery since the last triennial assessment." The committee are Amos Gartside James Stephens and Abram Blakeley. Includes a list of assessors of Delaware County for 1876. There are 2 copies of this one with an ink note reading: "Jno. R. Rhodes." #4: 21 x 13 cm. Printed letter dated May 6 1876 from William Ward "Acting for Committee of Delaware County Manufacturers." Ward who represented Pennsylvania in Congress from 1877 to 1883 requests the recipient to have the "enclosed memorial" signed by all employees "both male and female" to be used during the debate on the Morrison Free Trade Bill. #5: 21 x 25 cm. Printed letter dated Jan. 29 1877 from Amos Gartside and James Stephens on behalf of the Committee of Delaware County Manufacturers. To manufacturers urging them to talk to the county assessors in their districts about the burden put on Delaware County manufacturers by the "unfair and unequal valuation and taxation of machinery." Very scarce. In Very Good Condition: all are lightly creased; closed 2-cm. tear from edgeof #1; several closed tears of less than 1 cm. from edges; minor loss near upper edge of #1; slight discoloration on #5. Manufacturers' Association of Delaware County unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 008332

‎Ridgely-Nevitt, Cedric‎

‎American Steamships on the Atlantic‎

‎Oversize. 385 p., illus. Drawings by the author. Hardcover Very good condition good‎

‎Ridpath, Michael‎

‎FREE TO TRADE DEBUT NOVEL‎

‎N.Y.: Harper Collins 1994. First edition so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Author's first book. financial thriller moving from London to Wall Street to Phoenix to Las Vegas. "A tale of corporate intrigue Ridpath's first novel is acceptable if not exceptional. Paul Murray is a young ex-Olympian working as a novice securities trader for a London firm. Suddenly he finds himself investigating a colleague's death a multi-million dollar investment fraud and threats to his life and livelihood. The novel moves well effectively communicating the addictive thrill of high finance and the ending is compelling." -- Library Journal. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. Harper Collins‎

Bookseller reference : 020918 ISBN : 006017630x 9780060176303

‎Riggs, Bert (editor)‎

‎Grand Bank Soldier: The War Letters of Lance Corporal Curtis Forsey‎

‎St. John's NFLD: Flanker Press 2007. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Corners are creased otherwise in good clean condition. Flanker Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 005908 ISBN : 1897317158 9781897317150

‎Riis, Jacob; Charles A. Madison (pref.)‎

‎How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York - With 100 Photographs from the Riis Collection‎

‎Dover Publications 1971. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stiff pictorial wraps oblong format. Very slightly rubbed corners essentially as issued. 1st thus. of new "Green Edition". xiv233 pp. Dover Publications Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 069370 ISBN : 0486220125 9780486220123

‎Riis, Jacob A.‎

‎The Making of an American INSCRIBED Presentation Copy to William W. J. Warren Stationer and Riis's Next-Door Neighbor in Richmond Hill Brooklyn‎

‎New York: Macmillan and Co. 1901. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. Signed by Authors. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray cloth lettered/illus. in black. Light shelf wear minor soiling to cover cloth text block edges a bit toned by age. Firm binding clean interior. xiii443 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographic plates drawings in text. 14th ptg.: Nov. 1908. Notably well preserved presentation copy showing a pastedown 4" x 3.5" mounted on front fixed endpaper inscribed "Faithfully yours / Jacob A. Riis / Christmas 1909." Mounted on the adjacent front flyleaf is the calling card of the recipient Mr. William W. J. Warren inscribed as follows: "Christmas 1909. -- / Mr. Riss sic called today -- / he gave me his autograph / for front cover of book." Also signed by a later owner William Duncan along top edge of front flyleaf. Warren is mentioned on p. 435 of Riis's text as W. W. J. Warren "faithful in good and in evil report" among the author's concluding acknowledgments where a second calling card stained by rust from a paper clip no long present is laid in pp. 435-440 are slightly indented from the clip and pp. 434 440 and 441 show a light rust impression. According to his obituary in American Stationer & Office Manager Vol. 88 Warren 1844-1921 was president of Stewart Warren & Co. a stationery manufacturing firm located at 129 Lafayette St. in New York a personal friend of Henry Ward Beecher and lived in the Richmond Hill section of Brooklyn as the next-door neighbor of Riis until the latter moved to Barre MA where he died in 1914. Original illustrated edition of an influential autobiography by the pioneering documentarian photographer and social reformer whose "How the Other Half Lives" was a landmark expose of living conditions in the Lower East Side tenements that led to reforms and provided Riis with an international reputation. Macmillan and Co. Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 035729

‎Riis, Jacob A.‎

‎The Making of an American‎

‎New York: Macmillan 1902. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Textured blue cloth gilt design and lettering deckled fore-edge gilt top. Modestly rubbed extremities minimal fraying at lower spine. Gilt decoration remains bright. 8th ptg. overall: Oct. 1902. Clean interior. Former owner signature on front flyleaf. Original illustrated edition of an influential autobiography by the documentarian and socially conscious photographer of "How the Other Half Lives." Notably well preserved copy. Macmillan Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000146

‎Riley Marie‎

‎Righting The Wrongs: Gus Wedderburn's Quest For Social Justice In Nova Scotia‎

‎Pottersfield Press 2011. Book. Good. Soft cover. In good clean condition. Pottersfield Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 011689 ISBN : 1897426283 9781897426289

‎Rinaldi, Thomas E.; Yasinac, Robert J.‎

‎Hudson Valley Ruins: Forgotten Landmarks Of An American Landscape‎

‎Lebanon New Hampshire: University Press of New England 2006. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good . 337 pages including a Bibliography an Index and appendixes. Black & white illustrations throughout plus a section in color. Ruins of abandoned residential commercial and industrial structures along the Hudson from New York to Albany. Small bit of wear to the upper fore-edge corner tip of the front panel of the dust jacket. <br /> University Press of New England hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 900873 ISBN : 1584655984 9781584655985

‎Rines, Edward F.‎

‎Old Historic Churches of America: Their Romantic History and Their Traditions‎

‎New York: Macmillan 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st ed.: Oct. 1936. Covers entire U.S. with separate chapters on the Cavaliers Pilgrim country Connecticut Valley Washington D.C. New York and New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Middle Atlantic states the Deep South Midwest Texas Southwest. Bibliography index. Light blue buckram lettered in gilt. Ex-library with usual marks and stamps. Original binding call label on lower spine. Modestly soiled toned spine panel. Lightly rubbed edges. Firm square binding. More than acceptable reference copy with entirely cosmetic defects. Macmillan Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 000335

‎Riordon Bernard‎

‎Francis Silver 1841-1920 An exhibition of paintings and murals by a Nova Scotia Folk Artist‎

‎Halifax NS: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia 1982. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Covers are scuffed. Inside is clean. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 006012 ISBN : 0888710356 9780888710352

‎Riparian Commissioners of the State of New Jersey‎

‎Laws of the State of New Jersey Relating to Riparian Rights and Lands Under Water‎

‎Jersey City New Jersey: Jersey City Printing Company 1894. 5.75" wide by 8.5" tall. Original blue printed wraps. Rear wrap lacking. Front wrap chipped at edges. Internal condition is VERY GOOD. Bright clean & unmarked. No store stamp owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. . First Edition. Softcover. Good condition. 40pp. Jersey City Printing Company Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 012522

‎Ripley, Charles M.‎

‎Life in a Large Manufacturing Plant‎

‎<p>Schenectady NY: General Electric Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Foxing to page edges. 1919. Hardcover. Introduction by E. W. Rice Jr. Index. Many black and white photographs and other illustrations. An overview of employment practices safety employee benefits and activities fire protection and education at the General Electric Plant headquartered in Schenectady New York. Gray cloth spine with brown paper-covered boards. Paper label on front boards. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 167 pages .</p> General Electric Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 59608