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

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. First edition, first printing. Clean, solid book. A page was folded at one point and there is lot edge wear to dust jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket, in mylar cover..

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2004. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2004. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Hard cover binding. Clean book, no writing inside, hinges sound. A page was folded at one point and there light edge wear to dust jacket. Near fine in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

New York, NY: Hyperion Books, 1992. Book. Very Good. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Hyperion Books, 1992. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over red boards with red lettering embossed on spine, red endpapers, rough cut pages, 355 pp. Marietta Cook is a woman so black and so large that she seems to burst the confines of her rural birthplace in the Low Country of South Carolina. Cast adrift by the death of her beloved mother, she goes to Charleston to make her way working in a fish market, only to return pregnant with twin boys. When her sons, as awesome in size as their mother, gravitate toward football, the family's fortunes take a distinct turn for the better in the promised land of California, where Marietta must find a place for herself as a country woman living in the land of freeways and luxury condominiums. Dust jacket as minor shelf wear, writing on front endpaper, otherwise in pristine… Read More

New York, NY: Hyperion Books, 1992. Book. Fine. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Hyperion Books, 1992. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over red boards with red lettering embossed on spine, red endpapers, rough cut pages, 355 pp. Marietta Cook is a woman so black and so large that she seems to burst the confines of her rural birthplace in the Low Country of South Carolina. Cast adrift by the death of her beloved mother, she goes to Charleston to make her way working in a fish market, only to return pregnant with twin boys. When her sons, as awesome in size as their mother, gravitate toward football, the family's fortunes take a distinct turn for the better in the promised land of California, where Marietta must find a place for herself as a country woman living in the land of freeways and luxury condominiums. Dust jacket as minor shelf wear, otherwise in pristine condition. Fine in a very good+… Read More

Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1900. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Half-Leather. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Half-leather, 6 compartments, raised ridges to spine, gilt titles. Edges stained brown. Decorated endpapers. Approximately 600 pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, including fold-outs. Amazingly detailed study of mining details. Some scuffing to boards, light edgewear, previous owner name inside front board. Very good..

Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1905. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Various pagings. Illustrated. One in a series of textbooks prepared for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and cons tining in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions, and keys used in their various courses. Moderate shelfwear and a small amount of chipping at head and tail of spine. Very good..

Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1905. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8vo. Half-leather with gilt lettering on spine. Various pagings. Illustrated. One in a series of textbooks prepared for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and cons tining in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions, and keys used in their various courses. Moderate shelfwear and a small amount of chipping at head and tail of spine. Very good..

Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1900. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Near Fine. Half-Leather. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Half-leather, 6 compartments, raised ridges to spine, gilt titles. Edges stained brown. Decorated endpapers. Approximately 600 pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white drawings, including fold-outs. Amazingly detailed study of mining details. Some scuffing to boards, light edgewear, previous owner name inside front board. Near fine..

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1963. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 249 p. Illustrated. After many years abroad, Buchwald returns to Washington to write about everything from baseball to politics to modern art. Moderate edgewear and small tears to edges of jackets. Boards are bright and clean. Fine in very good jacket in mylar cover..

New Rochelle, NY: Elizabeth Press, 1964. Book. Fine. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New Rochelle: Elizabeth Press, 1964. First edition. First book of poems. Stapled wraps, 22 pp. Fine condition..

New York: Rockport Press, 1946. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Signed by Publisher. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Rockport, 1946. First edition. Cloth binding, 208 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY PUBLISHER on front flyleaf. Dustjacket soiled, chip at top of spine, edgeworn. Near fine in very good dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York, NY, Penguin Books, 2002. First edition, first printing. 12mo. Paperback, 302 pp. This book addresses the common dilemma that arises when others expect you to solve their problems for them and illustrates how through validation- a simple yet profound communication tool that is an essential part of any healthy relationship- you can shed the no-win role of the fixer. Some pages have small corner creases, last page has edge crease. Clean, bright, unmarked. Near fine..

Hammond, Indiana: Nicolai, Adeodato Piazza, 1980. Book. Illus. by Krajci, Jeretta. Very Good. Stapled Wrappers. Signed/Inscribed by Author. First Edition. 8vo. Hammond: Adeodato Piazza Nicolai, 1980. First edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR inside front cover to writer/poet/teacher Donald Baker, with EPHEMERA: color photograph of author and his wife with Eugenio Montale and his housekeeper in Genoa with signed noted on back of photograph. 8vo. Stapled wrappers.81 pp. Set up as bilingual edition with Italian on one side and English translation facing. Staples rusty. Very good..

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1951. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1951. 8vo. First printing. Cloth binding, 309 pp. Dust jacket creased at spine, edgewear, foxing on back cover. Christmas sticker inside left flap. Pages yellowed from age. The life story of a famous foreign correspondent and her quest for a faith to live by. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing Company, 1949. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No edition stated. Cloth binding, 201 pp. Illustrated with photographs and complete discography. Ex-library. Great dustjacket with image of McCormack, this biography, written by his wife Lily, is a warm and complete story of the famed Irish tenor. Usual library markings, in fresh mylar cover. Good in very good dustjacket..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt title plates embossed on spine and front board, rough cut pages, 334 pp. This is a brilliant historical picture. The voices of the characters ring out from the printed page, with emotional force as well as historical truth. Includes ephemera from publisher. Dust jacket sunned on spine, chipped and dog-eared at top edge, colors front and back still vibrant, text block clean, tight and appears gently read. Near fine in a good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York: Regan Books, 1998. New York: Regan, 1998. Later printing of first edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 901 p. Lamb's monumental second novel, an Oprah Book Club selection. Fine in fine dustjacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Regan Books, 1998. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Regan, 1998. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 901 p. Lamb's monumental second novel, an Oprah Book Club selection. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover..

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1927. Book. Illus. by Warmuth, Jeanette. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. Garden City: Doubleday, Page, 1927. First edition. 8vo. Decorative green cloth, stamped in yellow in blind, illustrated endpapers in yellow and green, 235 pp. Illustrated throughout with in-text black and white illustrations and 4 plates, one in color, the other three in black and white. Spine faded, light soiling to boards. No dust jacket. Very good..

New York, NY: Hyperion Books, 1999. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, Hyperion Books, 1999. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with silver lettering embossed on spine, 290 pp. Newly divorced and looking for love in the I-feel-your-pain 90's, 41 year old Dee Dee embarks on a new life. Dust jacket has very minor shelf wear. New in a new dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..