6051. Riesman, David.

Inflation in Higher Education.

McGill Journal of Education, 1970. 8°. 10 pages. Softcover. Offprint from “McGill Journal of Education” – 1970.

6052. Riesman, David.

Some Observations on the Limits of Totalitarian Power.

The Antioch Review, 1952. 8°. 13 pages. Softcover. Original offprint from “The Antioch Review” – 1952.

6053. Rifbjerg, Klaus.

Udenfor har vinden lagt sig. Prosadigte. Med 5 linoleumssnit af Arne Haugen Sørensen.

København, Brøndum, 1984. 21.9 cm x 24.3 cm. 42 pages. Illustrated with five coloured linoleum sections by Arne Haugen Sørensen. Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior bright and clean. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6054. Rigoni, Riccardo.

Tra Cina ed Europa. Filosofia dell’ecart ed etica della traduzione nel pensiero di Francois Jullien. Pemissa di Giangiogio Pasqualotto. Prefazione di Francois Jullien.

First Edition. Milano, Mimesis Edizioni, 2014. 14 x 21 cm. 204 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6055. Riling, Ray.

Guns and Shooting – a selected chronological bibliography. Including works in various languages on artillery, bombs, fireworks and rockets, the composition and manufacture of explosives, firearms and ammunition of all sorts, through the ages to the present time, together with books on the use of firearms in war and in sport, for the taking of all manner of game and shooting at mark, as well as works on ballistics, the history and development of firearms, wounds caused by them, gunmaking and gunsmithing, the handloading of ammunition, etc; taken from the compiler’s library and other reliable sources, with an introduction, alphabetical list of authors and a list of pseudonyms used by writers in the allied fields of sporting and shooting.prepared for the use of the arms collector, ballistician, gunsmith, handloader, technician, student and author, as well as for all who are interested in the history and development of firearms and their use in war and peace, in the field and at target.

New York, Greenberg (A Gun Room Library Book), 1951. 16 cm x 24 cm. XVIII, 434 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very Good condition with some external signs of wear to the jacket only. The jacket with some fraying and tears but well concealed by the protective Mylar jacket. Excellent publication !

6056. Rilke, Rainer Maria.

Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke.

Frankfurt am Main, Insel Verlag, 1956. 12 x 18,5 cm. 34 Seiten. Hardcover/ Gebundene Ausgabe. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. [Insel-Bücherei]

6057. Rilke, Rainer Maria.

Dve prazske povidky. [Zwei Prager Geschichten] Preklad Jan Löwenbach.

Erste tschechische Ausgabe. Praha / Prague, Nakladem J. Otty V Praze, 1908. Small Octavo. 123 Seiten. Hier liegen beide Einbandvarianten dieser seltenen Rilke – Erstausgabe vor. Original Hardcover und die Ausgabe in illustrierter Broschur. Beide Ausgaben in Mylar. First Czech translation of the “Zwei Prager Geschichten.” / Erste tschechische Ausgabe von Rilke’s “Zwei Prager Geschichten” / Das Vorsatzblatt und Titelblatt der Hardcover-Ausgabe etwas angeraendert. / Very fresh rather stunning binding of the Hardcover-edition ! Very good+, with some fraying to the brittle endpaper and titlepage. / Both binding-variations of this very rare Rilke publication / Signed by a preowner (not Rilke) on the cover of the softcover-edition.

6058. Rilke, Rainer Maria.

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. Translated from the German: Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge.

Fifth Impression. New York, W.W. Norton & Co., 1958. 10,5 cm x 18 cm. 237 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings and annotations in the text.

6059. Rilke, Rainer Maria / Pickman, Hester.

Rainer Maria Rilke – An Essay by Hester Pickman [A two-volume biographical study, contained in two issues of ‘Hound & Horn’].

2 Volumes (complete set). Concord (New Hampshire), Hound & Horn, 1931. Octavo. The essay on Rilke has 85 pages and includes the reproduction of a photograph of Rilke from 1906. The two Volumes of Hound & Horn have overall 328 pages (131, 197). Contemporary Hardcover / Quarter blue crushed morocco with marbled boards. Top edge gilt, gilt lettering and ornament on both spines. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. An unusual but wonderful collector’s edition. Uncommon.

6060. [Rilke, Rainer Maria] McCarthy, Patricia (Editor).

A Reconsideration of Rainer Maria Rilke.

Mayfield, Agenda and Editions, 2007. 15 cm x 21 cm. 288 Pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. [Agenda Vol. 42 No 3-4].