Rome Richardson (35 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Stated Third Printing -1938. Illustrated with some very nice wood block illustrations. Interior pages are bright and clean. No writing, tears or folds on interior pages. Previous owner name on FEP. Cardboard type paper is the DJ and it is unusual to find one surviving and fully intact. DJ has small chipping, wear and fading along edges and folds. Rare to find a paper bound book that is 87+ years old, fully intact, and very readable. Stirling, Dave; Rome Richardson (wood block) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Soft Cover. In mylar. Fifth Printing, 1940. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Unpaginated. Approximately 46 p. Cartoon & wood block illustrations. Font hinge beginning to crack. Damp stain from dust jacket has left 2"-wide vertical mark on front cover, extending to spine, & 1" of rear cover. Front DJ flap is detached. This is a humorous book about what you should and should not know about our great American West, in dictionary form. HUMOR/FRONTIER&OLDWEST. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued. First Edition. Text/New & Bright. Stiff, green paper boards/VG; Strong & sound w/light edge wear & showing with name to cover verso. DJ/None as issued. Gift dedication with illustration to fEP. First published in 1934; this 1942 issue is stitched bound 1942. Presented in dictionary format, a collection of popular, fun "smart & humorous" usage of language near nine decades ago in America. Such as: Bandana -- "-A calico kerchief used for everything except its original purpose of blowing the nose.". Dave Sterling (Cartoons); Richardson Rome (Hard Wood Blocks) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 24th Printing, 1946. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Shelf wear. Shelved in plastic. Pen marks to rear cover. Western humor in dictionary form. HUMOR/FRONTIER&OLDWEST.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding, design by RR (first R printed in reverse). No DJ or initial sales price provided. Wear and soiling of the covers and spine; spine darkened. Some light age-commensurate tanning of the pages, especially the endpapers; otherwise, unmarked pages. Illustrated with four full-page drawings in black-and-white by Harriet Roosevelt RICHARDS. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good. Rome RICHARDSON (RR, first R printed in reverse); Harriet Roosevelt RICHARDS (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Lg. 8vo. Stiff yellow bds w. black letters & lines. Prof. illus. w. woodcuts & cartoons. N.p. VG w. names & addresses on last page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Vintage Reprint Edition, ca. 1900. Decorated binding; design by Rome Richardson (RR). Cover worn; design has lost some color. No DJ; no initial sales price data provided. Some age-commensurate browning of the pages; otherwise, text is clean and pages unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece in black-and-white; 384 pages. Measures 5.25" x 7.5". This book has been reissued many times in many formats, but why buy a paperback version when you can own a copy in an early original state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Fifth impression. A dictionary of humorous definitions. Cartoons by Stirling and hard wood blocks by Rome. Unpaginated. Bound in original stiff card covers. Fine in near fine dust jacket slightly toned around the edges. Stirling, Dave, and Richardson Rome (illustrator). Book.…

Quarter Leather - Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition, Third Printing. Signed by Dave Stirling and Dick Rome. Leather over spine, with cloth over top and bottom covers. Dust jacket is chipped and worn, lettering and images remain good. Dust jacket is now in a clear Brodart protective sleeve. Dave Stirling & Richardson Rome (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding; design by Rome RICHARDSON (RR). No DJ; no initial sales price data provided. Light wear to the edges and covers. Some age-commensurate browning of the pages. Prior owner's signature (dated 1908) on the FFEP; otherwise, text is clean and pages unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five additional full-page drawings in black-and-white by Horace T. CARPENTER; 383 pages. Measures 5.5" x 7.75". This book has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing substitutes for owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); Horace T. CARPENTER (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding; design by RR. No DJ or initial price data provided. Some age-commensurate tanning of the pages, especially the endpapers; spine lightly sun-faded; prior owner's ownership sticker on the FFEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. Illustrated with at least three full-page drawings in color by George GIBBS, one of which is loose. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); George GIBBS (illustrator).…

Stiff Boards. Condition: Good. First printing. 8vo, [53] pages, green wrappers, bevelled edges, red cloth spine, front free endpaper incomplete ( possibly as issued). May be lacking an orange dust jacket - or not. Indispensable and charming dictionary: i.e. "EAGLE - Usually a hawk." This work went through many printings - many of which appear to claim First Printing ( as this one does). HOWEVER, this one has mulit-hued signatures of Peters, Stirling and Rome on the leaf after the dedication page, leading me to conclude that this is the real mccoy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding; design by Rome RICHARDSON (RR). No DJ; no initial sales price data provided. Residue from prior owner's bookplate, now removed, on the FEP; hinges weakened but holding; wear and soiling of the covers and spine. Some age-commensurate browning of the pages; otherwise, text is clean and pages unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three additional full-page drawings in sepia tone by Arthur I. KELLER; 416 pages. Measures 5.25" x 7.5". This book has been reissued many times in many formats, but why buy a paperback version when you can own a copy in its original first edition state. Rare and difficult to find. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); Arthur I. KELLER (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding; design by RR. No DJ or initial price data provided. Some age-commensurate tanning of the pages, especially the endpapers; spine lightly sun-faded; otherwise, unmarked pages. Illustrated with at least five full-page drawings in black-and-white by E.M. ASHE. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); E.M. ASHE (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Vintage Reprint Edition, ca. 1908. Decorated binding; design by Rome RICHARDSON (RR). No DJ; no initial sales price data provided. Light wear to the covers and spine; some loss of color to the cover and spine designs. Slight age-commensurate browning of the pages; Christmas gift inscription (dated 1909) and prior owner's bookplate on the FEP; otherwise, text is clean and pages unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece Iin color by Howard Chandler CHRISTY; 382 pages. Measures 5.5" x 7.75". This book has been reissued many times in many formats, but why buy a paperback version when you can own a copy in an early original state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); Howard Chandler CHRISTY (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Decorated binding; design by Rome RICHARDSON (RR). No DJ or initial sales price data provided. Very light wear and soiling to the covers and spine. Unmarked pages. Illustrated with a frontispiece in color, decorated endpapers, and numerous in-text decorations in black-and-white. This classic work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing substitutes for owning a copy in its original first edition state. Difficult to find. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Near Fine. Rome RICHARDSON (RR) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. Reprint Edition, ca. 1906. Decorated binding; design by Rome RICHARDSON (RR). No DJ or initial sales price data provided. Very light wear and soiling to the covers. Prior owner's signature on the FFEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. This classic work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing substitutes for owning a copy in an early original state. Difficult to find. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. Decorated binding; design by 'RR' (Rome RICHARDSON). No DJ or initial sales price data provided. Some light wear to the edges and corners of the covers and spine; rear cover discolored. Some age-commensurate browning of the pages. Pages 109 to 112 are creased; otherwise, unmarked pages. Illustrated with four drawings by Bertha NEWCOMBE. Protected in an archival wrapper. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing substitutes for owning a copy in an original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); Bertha NEWCOMBE (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding; design by RR. No DJ or initial sales price provided. Wear and soiling of the covers and spine; some loss of color from the design. Gift inscription (dated 1906) on the FFEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. Illustrated with eight plates in color by Howard Chandler CHRISTY. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); Howard Chandler CHRISTY (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding, design by RR. No DJ or initial sales price provided. Bookseller's price and stamp on the FEP; sticker residue on the FFEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. Two full-page illustrations in black-and-white by Arthur I. KELLER. Protected in an archival wrapper. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Near Fine. RR (Rome RICHARDSON); Arthur I. KELLER (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding; design by Rome RICHARDSON (RR). No DJ; no initial sales price data provided. Light wear to the covers and spine; some loss of color to the cover and spine designs. Slight age-commensurate browning of the pages; owners' signatures (one dated 1909) on the FFEP; otherwise, text is clean and pages unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five additional full-page drawings in color by Howard Chandler CHRISTY; 382 pages. Measures 5.5" x 7.75". This book has been reissued many times in many formats, but why buy a paperback version when you can own a copy in an early original state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); Howard Chandler CHRISTY (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding; design by Rome RICHARDSON (RR). No DJ; no initial sales price data provided. Water staining throughout; book is slightly cocked. Prior owner's name stamp on the FEP; otherwise, text is clean and pages unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five additional full-page drawings in black-and-white by C.M. RELYEA; 404 pages. Measures 5.25" x 7.75". This book has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing substitutes for owning a copy in its original first edition state. Rare and difficult to find. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); C.M. RELYEA (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Decorated binding; design by Rome RICHARDSON (RR). No DJ; no initial sales price data provided. Light wear to the edges and corners. Some age-commensurate browning of the pages; otherwise, text is clean and pages unmarked. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four additional full-page drawings in black-and-white by Charlotte Weber DITZLER; 407 pages. Measures 5.5" x 7.75". Protected in an archival wrapper. This book has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing substitutes for owning a copy in its original first edition state. Rare and difficult to find. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); Charlotte Weber DITZLER (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition thus. Decorated binding, design by RR. No DJ or initial sales price provided. Unmarked pages. Illustrated with four full-page plates in color by Ethel Pennewill BROWN. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Fine. RR (Rome RICHARDSON); Ethel Pennewill BROWN (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 313 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Rome K. Richardson. Murder mystery and adventurous novel of the remote Canadian lumber world. Fine book with a touch of wear to the top and bottom edges in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of tanning to the spine and very slight wear to the top of the spine. A beautiful copy. Rome K. Richardson (illustrator).…

broadside (10 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches). Etching by American artist Richardson Rome (b. 1902).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 318 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Rome K. Richardson. The story an Idaho ranching feud. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with very slight wear to the corners and a touch of fading to the spine. Price clipped. A beautiful copy. Rome K. Richardson (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition, 3rd printing. Two Volumes. Decorated binding, design by RR. No DJ; covers show almost no wear; spine very lightly sun-faded. Prior owner's name stamp on FEP and REP and impressed seal on title page; otherwise, unmarked pages. Illustrated with more than 80 drawings, photographs and maps. TEG. This classic work has been reprinted in numerous formats, but nothing compares to owning a book in its original first edition state, More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition. Two Volumes. No DJs. Decorated Binding; design by RR. Covers and spines lightly soiled; and sun-faded; volume I water stained. Some age-related browning of the pages. Illustrated with more than 90 photographs, plans and a fold-out map. Gift inscription (dated 1908) and bookplate on the FEP of each volume; otherwise, unmarked pages. TEG. A review of the history, art and architecture of this world city. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Very Good+. Rome RICHARDSON (RR) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First American Edition. No DJ. Decorated Binding; design by RR. Spine sun-darkened, cover and spine soiled. Some age-related FOXING AND tanning of the pages. Illustrated with eight engravings in black-and-white by Lewis BAUMER. Christmas gift inscription (dated 1908) on the FFEP; otherwise, unmarked pages. This work has been reissued many times in many formats, but nothing compares with owning a copy in its original first edition state. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Very Good. Rome RICHARDSON (RR); Lewis BAUMER (illustrator).…