Search Results: Titles starting with I from Parker's Rare Books

Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1938. HB. Red cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 312 pp. Frontis portrait of Black Hawk with tissue guard. Clean, unmarked book, binding solid. Covers show slight shelf wear, minor soiling top edge of text block, stain rear cover which is slightly warped. Book condition VG-.

New York: Vantage Press, 1980. 1st. HB. Black boards, 8vo., 46pp. Presentation copy warmly inscribed and SIGNED by author. Book condition VG in VG DJ.

Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1949. Second Printing. HB. Gray cloth, blue lettering on spine, 8vo, 201 pp. No marks in book, binding tight, offsetting to endpapers. Covers show minor edge wear. In unclipped dust jacket that shows considerable edge wear and chipping, old price sticker on front panel. Book condition VG- in Good DJ.

Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House Forlag, 1902. First Edition. HB. Dark gray cloth with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt designs on front cover, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 120 pp., patterned end papers. "Efter forfatterens dšd udgivet af E. Kr. Johnsen." Collection of writings by Hoyme [1847-1902], Norwegian Lutheran clergyman. Hoyme graduated from Augsburg Seminary in 1873 and served as pastor at Duluth, Menominie, and from 1876-1902 at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He served as the president of the United Norwegian Lutheran Church of America from 1890 to 1902. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers clean with minor rubbing to spine lettering. Text in Norwegian. Book condition VG.

Minneapolis: General Printing Company, 1921. HB. Maroon blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 212 pp. Owners name on ffep, no marks in book, binding tight. Covers show minor shelf and edge wear. A devotional book for young people, simultaneously published in English as "In Life's Springtime." Text in Norwegian. Book condition VG. Uncommon title.

Chicago: Playboy Press, 1973. Stated First Edition. HB. Blue cloth, silver lettering on spine, 8vo, 325 pp., tan endpapers. No marks in book, binding tight. Some soiling top edge of text block. In an unclipped ($7.95) dust jacket that shows several closed tears, minor soiling. Book condition Good+ in Good DJ.

Kristiania: Forlagt Av H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), 1914. Femte Tusen (Fifth Thousand). HB. Green beveled cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 220 pp., all edges of text block marbled, patterned endpapers. Owner's name top of half-title page, no other marks in book, binding tight and pages clean. Covers show very light edge wear. Novel by this popular Norwegian writer. Text in Norwegian. Book condition VG.

New York: Franklin Watts, 1987. 1st, 1st pr. HB. Green boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo., 201pp. Unmarked book in dust jacket that shows minor chipping top of spine. Autobiography of veterinarian diagnosed with ALS. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1958. HB. Quarter gray cloth with black cloth covered boards, silver lettering on front cover and blue lettering on spine, 8vo, 288 pp. Illustrated with photographs. No marks in book, binding tight. In an unclipped ($4.95) dust jacket that shows edge wear and chipping. Book condition VG in Good+ DJ.

Chicago: Zions Rost, 1912. HB. Oversat ved Wilhelm Pettersen". Maroon blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, small 8vo, x, 402 pp. All edges of text block red, brown end papers. Frontis portrait of Gurland, illustrations throughout text. No marks in book, binding solid. Covers show minor edge wear, about 1/2" loss bottom of spine. Book condition Good+. Text in Norwegian.

Milwaukee: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 1953. Stated First Edition. hb. Red cloth, 8v0., 162pp. SIGNED by Cava Wilson Ross, authors' wife, with nice inscription "Best wishes for a successful Christmas Seal Sale". Spine slightly faded, owners name ffep. Book condition VG+.

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1963. HB. Red cloth, 8vo., 126pp. Clean book in dust jacket that shows chipping, crude tape repair of rear tear. Not price-clipped. Book condition VG in Good DJ.

New York: American Radiator Company, 1929. Fifty-Fourth Edition. HB. Red cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 12mo, 189, 49, 64, 8, 6, 73, 24 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Owners name front and rear endpapers, writing on front blank leaf, no other marks in book. In a two post binding. Covers show minor edge wear, soiling. Book condition VG-.

New York: Appleton, 1899. hb. Aldine edition, translated by Alexander Pope, Green cloth, 8vo, 448pp. Many pages unopened, appears to have not been read. Top edge gilt, spine sun faded. Book condition VG.

Urbana, Ill: The Illinois Association of Teachers of English, 1952. HB. Black cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, 8vo, 42 pp. plus large color folded map in rear pocket. X-Collage library with usual flaws, no other marks in book, binding tight. A good reading copy.

Bloomington, Ill: Illinois Wesleyan University Press, 1950. 1st. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., 276 pp. This would be a fine copy but for very slight soiling top of text block. Book condition VG+.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 1st Edition. HB. Quarter green cloth ober blue boards, white lettering on spine, 8vo, 345 pp. Clean, unmarked book in like dust jacket. Book condition NF in NF DJ.

New York: Basic Books, 2003. First Printing of the First Edition. HB. Quarter black spine with white paper covered boards, red lettering on spine, 8vo, 543 pp. Clean, unmarked book, in unclipped dust jacket that shows light rubbing on rear panel. Book condition Near Fine in VG+ DJ.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892. HB. In the Latin, English, French, and German Languages." 4 volumes complete. Each volume uniformly bound in half brown leather over brown pebbled cloth, gilt lettering and 5 raised bands on spine, 4 to, 3095 total pages. No marks in books, bindings solid. Each volume has a color frontis, and are profusely illustrated throughout text. Each volume shows some edge wear and scuffing to leather, but overall a nice set. Huge set will require special shipping costs. Book condition VG-.

Munich: Carl Gerber, [1938]. 19th Edition. HB. White cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 320 pp. of text and 196 pp. of plates. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. Covers show just slight soiling. Text in English. Book condition VG.