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

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Cloth binding.380 pp. Lord Chilston has written a brilliant account, based on a wealth of fascinating,unpublished material of the remarkable career of the great newsagent-cum-statesman. Ex-library .Very good condition.Some library markings. Stampings on page edges..

New York: The Wall Street Journal, 2001. Book. Fine. Full copy of the Wall Street Journal published in New Jersey after the World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11. Fine condition..

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First edition. Red sandcloth binding, decoratively stamped in blind, gilt titles. Frontispiece engraving, engraved title page, 9 additional engravings in text. 203 pp. Followed by 4 pp. advertising. A few pages at end have bent corners, soiling to edges of boards, endpapers rubbed (bookplate removed?). Clean text block. Solid. Just about very good..

Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, 1966. Book. Illus. by Murch, Walter. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1966. November 9 - December 4, 1966. Edition limited to 2,200 copies designed by Malcolm Grear. 8vo. Trade paperback, 28 pp. introduction by Daniel Robbins. 6 pp. catalog of the exhibition. 70 full-page black and white photographs of the art in the exhibition. 7 pp. documentation/bibliography, 1 pp. photographic credits. Stamp of Rhode Island School of Design Slide Library and signature of previous owner. Appears unread. A bit of sunning on back flap, slight wear at tips front cover. Near fine..

Milan: Franco Maria Ricci, 1991. Book. Illus. by Wildt, Adolfo. New. Silk. Signed by Publisher. First Edition. Folio. First edition, limited/numbered (5000 printed). SIGNED BY FRANCO MARIA RICCI. In Black Orient silk with tipped-in color plates and matching black silk clamshell case. Photographs by Araldo de Luca, Massimo Listri, Roberto Ponzani. 167 pp. On hand-made Ingres pastel blue paper manufactured by Cartiere Milliani in Fabriano, a true masterpiece of the book arts. The Gothic symbolist Adolfo Wildt (1868-1931), whose works have been underrated until now, is amongst the greatest of modern sculptors. He was not a man of the "atelier" but of the "workshop" in the old sense of the word. He appeared to be self-taught, but was the direct and accomplished heir to all the major western traditions of craft and sculpture. Through perfect reproductions, this volume gives an accurate philological reconstruction of his works and places the figure of the sculptor in the wider field of… Read More

London: University of Malaysia by the Oxford University Press, 1957. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. London: University of Malaysia, 1957. First edition. 12mo. Green buckram, black titles. 150 pp. Aggressive discard marking. Excellent reading copy in good condition..

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1952. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Cloth binding, 433 pp. Photograph of Churchill as frontispiece. Boards scuffed, soiled, usual library markings Good condition..

New York: Viking, 1991. New York: Viking, 1991. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 401 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: Praeger, 1972. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First edition. Yellow cloth binding, black titles in blind. 253 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. All the hippie crafts from the 1970's explained and illustrated in detail. A time capsule to another place. Dustjacket has a rub at the bottom where a label was unsuccessfully removed, else just about fine. Fine book, very good dustjacket, protective mylar cover..

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841. Book. Good. Full-Leather. Early Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1841. Early reprint (1837). Full sheep binding, leather spine labels. Frontispiece portrait, 838 pp. in double-page format. Front board quite shaken, but hanging on. Foxing ranging from tanning to light spotting, not intrusive. Includes some of Disraeli's scarcest works. Good condition..

Privately printed, 1987. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately printed, 1987. First edition. 8vo. Paperback with black and white cover, featuring white lettering and illustrations of light bulbs, 54 pp. Includes 28 poems and short stories; page 1 poem by award winning and Pulitzer Prize nominated poet Donald W. Baker. Cover has slight shelf wear. Very good..

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, stated. Hard cover binding, 330 pp. The legacy of World War II and the complicated ways in which Germany and Japan have dealt with it. Previous owner's initials to front endpaper. Near fine in near fine dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1939. Book. Illus. by Costello, Louise. Near Fine. Cloth. Early. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1939. No edition stated, copyright 1939. 8vo. Orange cloth binding, 318 pp. Near fine condition..

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1896. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Riverside Edition. Green cloth binding, gilt ruling and facsimile signature to front board, gilt titles, top edge gilt. Volume IX, Writings of Bret Harte. 474 pp. Previous owner bookplate. Near fine condition..

Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.: Sams, 1991. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Indianapolis: Sams, 1991. Reprint. 8vo. Trade paperback. Previous owner name black out on top of pages, else very good. Good..

New York: Ives Washburn, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Ives Washburn, 1962. First American Edition. 8vo. Hardcover binding, 208 pp. A British submarine is ordered to take aboard and deliver to England a Norwegian bishop and his family who are being snatched from immediate capture by the Gestapo for his Resistance work. The author served with distinction as a submarine officer during World War II. Very light foxing to endpapers, else fine. Dustjacket shelfworn, front flap wrinkled, a few small chips, soiling. Near fine in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Brewster, MA, USA: Chicaloca Creations, 1997. Book. Very Good. Stapled Wrappers. Signed/Inscribed by Author. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brewster: Chicaloca Creations, 1997. Author's first book. SIGNED/INSCRIBED inside rear cover. First edition, stapled wrappers. 28 pp. Photographic cover. Very good..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Cloth. 233 p. Index. Frontispiece photograph of the author. John Burroughs was an American naturalist and essayist who was instrumental in the development of the American conservation movement. He was second only to Thoreau in the fine craft of the nature essay. This volume is his first compilation of nature essays, and "mainly a book about Birds, or more properly an invitation to the study of Ornithology." Moderate shelfwear. Very good..

Francestown, NH: Marshall Jones Company, 1954. Book. Illus. by Hunter, Robert Douglas. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No edition stated. 8vo. Cloth binding, 111 pp. Poetry attractively illustrated in black and white by Robert Douglas Hunter. Hunter is very well known now for his realistic paintings. Signed by author on free front endpaper. Chipping to crown of dustjacket spine and corners. Very good in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. First American edition. 8vo. Hardcover binding, 277 pp. Attractive illustrations. No writing inside. Usual library markings. Hinges sound. Good.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Illus. by Webb, Margaret (woodcuts and maps). 8vo. Ex-Library.