Search Results: Titles starting with O from Rose's Books, IOBA

New York, NY: Henry Holt & Co, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Henry Holt & Co., 1999. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over dark green boards with silver lettering embossed on spine, blind stamp on front board, 318 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Collins in association with UNESCO, 1968. Book. Fine. Wrappers. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. New York: Collins in association with UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 1968. First edition. 16mo. 32pp. Paperback. 22 color plates. Art of the Sepik River region in New Guinea . The primitive tribes who inhabit the Sepik Valley have exploited every known medium to produce their highly sophisticated ritual figures, totems, phalluses and sculptures. Fine in wrappers..

New York: Berkley Group, 1989. Book. Illus. by Velez, Walter (jacket art). New. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. 8vo. A survivor from the 1980s. Hardcover binding, 632 pp. Contains three books: The Warlock Heretical, The Warlock's Companion, The Warlock Insane. New in new dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Macmillan, 1926. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Macmillan, 1926. First edition, stated published in March. 8vo. Dark red cloth with gilt title field and lettering embossed on spine, title field blind-stamped on front board, rough cut pages, 416 pp. No dust jacket. Endpapers foxed, chip at corner of front/free endpaper. Spine lightly faded, very light edge-wear. Masefield's best known novel (ODTAA = "One damned thing after another".) Text block is clean, solid, appears gently read. Very good condition..

New York: Random House, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. New York: Random House, 1969. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 491 pp. Twenty-two stories by O'Hara chosen from his first nine volumes, 1935-1966. Previous owner bookplate, else fine. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Oslo: P. M. Bye & Co., 1929. Book. Illus. by Wilse, A. B.. Good. Sewn Wrappers. First Edition. 4to.. Oslo: Bye, 1929. First edition. 4to. Sewn wrappers, 39 pp. plus 40 pp. of photographic plates covering the life of Olav until 1929. One photograph is captioned by hand, lacking rear endpaper. Good..

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.: Wayne State University, 1970. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY POET DICK SWEENEY on cover. Collection of poetry by Sweeney and other Wayne State University poets. Scarce..

New York: John Lane, 1914. Book. Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: John Lane, 1914. First edition. Cloth binding, 310 pp., untrimmed. Frontispiece portrait, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate (no pocket). Spine sunned, boards scuffed with light stain to front board. Solid copy in good condition..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1974. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1974. First edition, later printing. 8vo. Cloth binding, 970 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Light soiling to page edges. Dust jacket has wear at extremities. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Verlagsgemeinschaft Evangelischer Presseverlag Pfalz GmbH Book. Fine. Pictorial Boards. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pictorial boards. Illustrated in color. 84 pp. In German. Fine condition..

New York: Duffied & Company, 1929. Book. Illus. by Siegel, William (decorations). Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Duffied, 1929. First American edition, stated. 8vo. Cloth binding, antique library bookplate, hand-numbered and hand-dated. 225 pp. Quality paper. Frontispiece, protective tissue. Dustjacket blurb pasted to front endpaper. 34-page introduction by Chase, followed by the letters. A close look at Colonial America. Fading to boards, very good condition..

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. Book. Fine. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine and front board, rough cut pages, sepia endpapers, 527 pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: Harper & Row, 1980. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Harper & Row edition, stated. 8vo. Cloth. 568 p. Index. Small chip at top edge of back of jacket. Jacket spine faded. Fine in very good jacket in mylar cover..

Lincoln, NE: Backinprint, 1999. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lincoln, NE, Backinprint, 1999. Unknown edition. 8vo. Paperback, 129 pp. This was Mary McCarthy's second novel and a brilliantly funny satire about a group of urban American intellectuals who try unsuccessfully to establish a rural utopia colony, just as the Cold War is setting in and fear of atomic warfare is reaching panic proportions. A few of McCarthy's friends thought they recognized themselves in the characters and this book ruffled more than a few feathers but the woman who would become her closest friend, Hannah Arendt said: " it is a pure delight. You have written a veritable masterpiece." A truly enjoyable romp! New..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Scribner's, 1885. First American edition. This book was purchased from the historical collection of one of the oldest libraries in the USA and carries its antique hand-numbered (#7299) and hand-dated (June, 1885) bookplate. Green cloth binding, gold titles, top edge gilt. Birrell became a member of the British parliament in 1889. Chamber's describes him as a person with a "shrewd wit and charming essayist": Benet's, "acute, judicious, and trenchantly witty." It was as a literary critic of unusually clever style and an original vein of wit, that he first became known to the public, with his volume of essays entitled Obiter Dicta (1884). In 1889 he was returned to parliament for West Fifeshire as a Liberal. In the House of Commons his light but pointed humour gradually led to the coining of a new word,… Read More

London: John Nichols, 1800. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. The complete January, 1800 issue of Gentleman's Magazine, in new cloth binding. 96 pp. Of note, a highly respectful obituary for George Washington, describing the last moments of his death, the funeral and internment, and bereavement those in government. Also contains numberous other articles, poetry, 2 engraved plates and engraved title. In fine condition, newly bound in cloth..

Torino: Orpheus Libri, 1982. Book. Illus. by Estoppey, Pierre. Fine. Decorative Leatherette. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Torino: Orpheus Libri, 1982. 12mo. Decorative green, gilt and cream leatherette binding, silk ribbon marker. Decorative turquoise and gilt endpapers, 331, 248 pp. Beautiful black and white ink illustrations. Fine. IN ITALIAN..

New York: R. H. Russell for Will Bradley, 1902. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: R.H. Russell for Will Bradley, 1902. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 279 p. Dunne, a Chicago author, writer and humorist, was noted for his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches in which the fictional Mr. Dooley held forth on political and social issues of the day from his South Side Chicago Irish pub. Moderate shelfwear and chipping to head and tail of spine. Hinges weak. Good..

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. New cloth binding, gilt titles. 43 pp. Scarce pamphlet, only two in COPAC, none in LOC. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, "Sir Frederic Eden Bart." on title page. Essay that discusses the scarcity of oak suitable for ships, followed by a discussion of the reformation of the Poor Laws which deserve consideration: specifically, the appropriation of land to be rented by labourers, the organization of friendly societies, and the promotion of education. Use of statistics throughout. "His sole claim to fame, however, is the investigation which he made into the state of the labouring classes in England. He was led to the subject by the high prices of 1794 and 1795. Being a man of means, and earnestly interested in the subject, he performed the work with great thoroughness. He visited and studied several parishes personally;… Read More

New York: New York Times Book Manufacturers' Institute, 1937. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth binding, 45 pp. Spine sunned, sunning to board edges, chipping to edges of spine (around 1"). Good condition..