Search Results: Authors starting with U from Rose's Books, IOBA

London: Oxford, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. London: Oxford, 1947. First edition. 12mo. Red cloth binding, 110 pp. including index. This book deals with the significance of thermodynamics for certain problems of human observation and experience, specifically the historical development of the concept of entropy, for measuring the trend of events in time. Previous owner name, otherwise a clean, solid, bright copy. Dustjacket internally taped along folds with archival tape. Very good in good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York: Silver Burdett, 1924. New York: Silver Burdett, 1924. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 386 pp. No writing inside, hinges sound. Spine faded, a couple of scratches to front board. Very good.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Cloth. 512 p. Fine in very good dustjacket in mylar cover..

New York: The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal Company, 1935. New York: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal, 1935. Stated second edition. First edition 1922. 4to. xiv, 818. Brown cloth binding with gold decoration (coffee maker and beans), gilt titles. Decorated endpapers, brown Picture Coffee Map of the World, showing coffee-producing countries, world's greatest coffee drinkers and tea-dominated areas. Color frontispiece -- coffee branches, flowers, and fruit. Contains preface to second edition, acknowledgements, foreword, history of coffee, cultivation and factory preparation, scientific discussion of coffee (etymology, botany, microscopy, chemistry, pharmacology), coffee commerce and merchandising, social manners and customers, coffee in literature and fine arts. Appendices include Chronology of Coffee, Dictionary of Coffee, Coffee Bibliography and Coffee Thesaurus, followed by an index. Tiny bump to one corner. Stain shadow on half-title that appears to be from material stored in book. No writing… Read More

Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, 1979. Book. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO POET DONALD W. BAKER AND HIS WIFE on free front endpaper. Photograph of author laid in. 53 pp. Edgewear primarily at dustjacket spine. Fine in very good dustjacket..

Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1980. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1980. Reprint. 16mo. Trade paperback, 207 pp. A couple of pages dog-eared. In SPANISH. Very good..

New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1877. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Lippincott, 1877. First edition. 8vo. 96 p. Illustrated. Cloth spine and pictorial paper covered boards. A charming children's book with engraved illustrations on nearly every page. Arranged in "chapter" sections with stories and poems of 1-3 pages long. Hinges cracked and first 18 pages are loose in binding. Pages 14-15 missing. Several pages have small tears. Boards soiled and worn and corners rubbed. Extremely rare. Good..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. A historical novel about pre-Civil War New England and Abolitionists by the author of The Tamarac Tree. Jacket has edgewear and one small tear at rear corner. Near fine in very good jacket protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 347 pp. Notes. Chronology. Index. Fine in fine jacket in mylar cover..

New York: Scribner, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Scribner, 2004. Reprint. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 356 pp. with index. An in-depth reporting of the relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud of Saudi Arabia. Fine in fine dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York: Da Capo Press, Incorporated, 2010. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. New York: Da Capo, 2010. First edition, stated. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 336 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Patrick Henry's role in the formation of the American nation. New in new dust jacket..

Harwich Port: Clock & Rose Press, 2003. Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reprint of the Report of Investigation of Enron Corporation and Related Entities Regarding Gederal Tax and Compensation Issues, and Policy Recommendations, 3 volumes, originally published by the United States Congress, Joint Committee on Taxation, 2003, Washington, D.C. Library binding, 2733 pp., illustrated. These books weigh 19 lbs.; extra shipping charges apply. New condition..

Harwich Port: Clock & Rose Press, 2003. Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reprint of the Report of Investigation of Enron Corporation and Related Entities Regarding Gederal Tax and Compensation Issues, and Policy Recommendations, 3 volumes, originally published by the United States Congress, Joint Committee on Taxation, 2003, Washington, D.C. Library binding, 2733 pp., illustrated. These books weigh 19 lbs.; extra shipping charges apply. New condition..

Harwich Port: Clock & Rose Press, 2003. Book. New. Hardcover. Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reprint of the Report of Investigation of Enron Corporation and Related Entities Regarding Gederal Tax and Compensation Issues, and Policy Recommendations, 3 volumes, originally published by the United States Congress, Joint Committee on Taxation. Library binding, 2733 pp., illustrated. New condition..

Mistetstvo, 1985. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Laminated Boards. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Mistetstvo, 1985. 16mo. Laminated hardcover, 192 pp. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated in color. Light skew to boards. Very Good..

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1933. Ex-Library. Illus. by Merwin, Decie. Good. Cloth. Early. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Early edition, possibly first. Cloth binding, 375 pp. A collection of poetry for children, organized thematically, by famous authors. Edgeworn. The usual library paraphernalia. Name blacked out on endpapers. Solid copy, clean interior. Good condition..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 295 pp. Index. A personal reminiscence of some of the more important literary figures in the early half of this century, by the wife of Louis Untermeyer. Includes her memories of such notables as Robert Frost, Amy Lowell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ezra Pound, Sigfried Sassoon, and many others. Jacket has moderate edgewear and the spine is faded. Fine in very good jacket in mylar cover..

London, United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. London: Thames & Hudson, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Black cloth binding, gold titles. Thick pictorial dustjacket. Illustrated throughout. 431 pages, approximately 880 illustrations, including 220 full color plates. A very beautiful book. This work explores the multifarious significance given in India to decorative jewellery formed of materials as diverse as horn and feathers as well as gold and diamonds. The jewellery presented here ranges from traditional animalistic and ritual pieces to contemporary design. Previous owner label inside front board. Near Fine in near fine dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1990. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Trade. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First trade edition. Blue cloth binding, silver titles. Purple topstaining. 512 pp. Very good plus in near fine dustjacket..

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Reprint. 8vo. Sage green cloth with silver and gilt lettering embossed on spine and front board, rough cut pages, 491 pp. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.