RC Books

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Information guide for the 1969 Colts; the year Baltimore and Don Shula lost in the Super Bowl to the Joe Namath and the Jets. 104 numbered pages with several small black and white photographs.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. A wonderful overview of American bottle collecting. 224 pages with over 300 illustrations, 50 of those in full-color. Old price-sticker and mild soiling to dust jacket flap. Nice copy with no names or other marks.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Warm Christmas story from the author of A Dog Named Christmas. Possible remainder mark on bottom edge of textblock. Unclipped dust jacket bright and clean. 280 pages.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Biography and scholarly criticism. Light foxing to edges of textblock. Dust-jacket, now protected in a Brodart cover, has rubbing, especially to the still-readable spine. 226 pp.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. David McCall Johnston (illustrator). A limited edition. Beautiful red binding containing four of Colette's classic stories including "Gigi." Frontispiece illustration by Chris Duke. Other illustrations by David McCall Johnston. Translated by Roger Senhouse. 438 pages. All edges gilt with silk end papers and silk page-marker. Mild pulling scar at spine head and very mild soiling to boards. Light wear to gilt edges. A very lovely book with no names or marks. Franklin Library full-leather books are notable for their quality, and their value, in that the company ceased publishing in 2000.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. A Clara Gamadge Mystery. 149 pp. Handsome dust-jacket is price-cut. Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Clare Leighton (illustrator). Reprint. The classic in a handsome edition. Brown, full leather; all edges gilt. Attached page-marker. Woodcuts by Clare Leighton. 178 pages. Franklin Library full-leather books are notable for their quality, and their value, in that the company ceased publishing in 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. From the dust jacket, "a tour de force of speculative autobiography in which Chabon devises and reveals a secret history of his own imagination." 431 pages. Superb copy with a mylar protected jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Subtitled "My Life In and Out of Jazz Time." One of the outstanding parts of this book is a 21 page chronology of every Vanguard booking from 5/23/89 - 7/2/06, compiled by Brian Rushton. Also contains a brief discography of every live album recorded at the Vanguard from 1989-2003. 288 numbered pages with over 50 photographs.Uncut dust jacket protected in a Brodart cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Originally published in1999, this is a First Printing of this revision. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Foreword by Josephine Humphreys. 128 pages with many full-color photographs by John Blais. Mild edge wear to dust jacket. A lovely book describing the architecture, decorative arts, and garden designs of South Carolina. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Subtitled "Studies in The Reception of The Thousand and One Nights into British Culture." Scholarly work edited by Caracciolo. 330 pages including index and appendix. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Dust jacket has mild edgewear and some light wear to rear panel. Tightly bound, clean copy.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. "A contemporary look at the Santa Fe." 176 pages with hundreds of black and white photographs. Laid in is a SIGNED letter from the author. Light soiling and rubbing to book. Dust jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover, has three good-sized tears. An attractive and informative railroad book.

Paper Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The title aptly describes this thin booklet. Among the 12 titles described in the prospectus are The Great Gatsby, The Hamilton- Burr Duel, and The Travels of Lemuel Gulliver. Eleven numbered pages. In addition, there are 2 applications for membership in the club with a return envelope. Paper wraps. Light soiling and edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Story of Marcus Gladius, a soldier of Roman Britain. Two page map of Roman Britain. Age-toning to dust jacket, illustrated by Michael Codd. 233 pages.

Leatherette. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Lori Deitrick & David Deitrick (illustrator). Nice edition of three Hawthorne tales: The House of the Seven Gables, The Scarlet Letter, and Twice-Told Tales. Three lovely, full-page color illustrations representing each of the three tales. Maroon leatherette binding with attached ribbon page marker. 792 pages.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Uldis Klavins (illustrator). First Edition. Limited, true First Edition. "The Story of a Washington Newspaperwoman." "Notes from the Editors" booklet included. Genuine maroon leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 304 pages. A very attractive book. Franklin Library full-leather books are notable for their quality, and their value, in that the company ceased publishing in 2000.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Dennis Luzak (illustrator). First Edition. Limited, true First Edition. "Notes from the Editors" booklet included. Genuine brown leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 337 pages. A very attractive book. Franklin Library full-leather books are notable for their quality, and their value, in that the company ceased publishing in 2000.

Full-Leather. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket As Issued. First printing of this handsomely bound reprint of the classic originally from the year 1847. Attractive brown leather with gilt titles and designs. All edges gilt. "Collector's Edition." Edited by Kathryn Knight and designed by Mary Katherine Van Mol. Mild shelf-wear with some scratching to the fore-edge gilt. 324 pages. A beautiful book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. History of an outlook for each team in the AFL. Includes records, schedule, rules, etc. Review of the 1962 championship game - the longest pro game ever lasting 6 quarters. 96 numbered pages with some black and white photographs. Some foxing to fore-edge of text block; one underline. Cookie Gilchrist, Abner Haynes, George Blanda, etc.

Paper. Condition: Very Good. Alan James Robinson (illustrator). First Edition. No date listed. A four page pamphlet/advertisement consisting of one folded single sheet. Portrait of Poe and one other engraving by Alan James Robinson. Light age-toning and light soiling to paper.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Ray Abruzzi (illustrator). Published as a Christmas greeting by and from Samuel A. Dalton. #444 of a Limited Edition of 1300 copies. Small presentation card from Dalton laid-in. 44 pages. A very handsome book, housed in a Fine slipcase.

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. Ted CoConis (illustrator). First Edition. Limited, true First Edition. Historical fiction of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, husband of Nefertiti. Two page chart of family relationships. Genuine maroon leather with gilt and orange-red designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 407 pages with full color illustrations. No names or marks. A stunningly handsome book. Franklin Library full-leather books are notable for their quality, and their value, in that the company ceased publishing in 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Third Printing. No ISBN listed. Story of the Reading Company, one of the largest railroads in the United States. 320 pages with well over 300 outstanding black and white photographs. Light edgewear to dust jacket. No names or marks.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. In-depth account through documentary, primary sources of Poe's libel suit against the New York Mirror, his related economic problems, and of the writer fighting for his very professional existence. 238 pp. Age-toned dust-jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover, has substantial edgewear with a 1 by 3 inch chip to blank rear panel and closed tears to front. Laid in is a small "With the Compliments" note from the publisher. Despite dj flaws, an attractive copy with no names or marks.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Author Marshall's attempt to portray the interior and spiritual side of the poet, artist, and socialist. 315 pp. plus index. 11 illustrtions. Another ISBN number (0807610127) appears on rear dust-jacket flap. Small black mark (possible remainder?) on bottom edge of text block - otherwise a clean copy with no names or marks. Unclipped, mylar-covered dust-jacket has light soiling, an old price sticker on blank rear panel, and edgewear, including a 1 by 1.5 inch chip at bottom of front panel.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Lieutenant Frank Hastings involved in two murders and a disappearance. 182 pages. Date of 11/70 on dust jacket flap. Unclipped jacket protected in a Brodart cover. A clean, square, tightly bound copy with no names or marks.

Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Subtitled "A Tale of the Legendary Seneca Chieftan." Historical fiction of an Iroquois chief who fought for the French, the British, and finally the U.S. Presentation copy SIGNED by the author. 315 numbered pages and a list of sources. Very mild soiling to top edge of text block. From the dustjacket, "The Seneca were the true Romans in North America and Cornplanter was their Julius Caesar.". Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. Limited First Edition of British poet Stephen Spender's Journals. Personally SIGNED by Stephen Spender (1909 - 1995). Edited by John Goldsmith. 510 pp. with detailed index. Bound in rich, red leather with three raised hubs on spine. 22-karat gold titles and design accents. Decorative endpapers. A.e.g. Some small scratches to gilt on page edges, else a fine copy. Franklin Library full-leather books are notable for their quality, and their value, in that the company ceased publishing in 2000. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by author Margaret Haffner. Hit and run, or murder in Cathryn's inner circle? 221 pages. Light shelfware with light rubbing to bottom board edge. Bright, price-cut dust-jacket has an old original price sticker. An uncommon title. Signed by Author(s).

Full-Leather. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Privately printed facsimile of the classic work from 1858. Part of "The Classics of Medicine Library" series. Full brownish-orange, leather binding with decorartive endleaves. Cover stampings and all edges gilded in 22-karat gold. Attached ribbon pagemarker. 143 pp.with an additional 13 illustrated plates along with a 32 page list of publications from 1858. A basically unnoticeable scar from bookplate removal on front endpaper. Additionally included is the publisher's "Notes From the Editors" 23 page introductory booklet.