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

New York: Random House, 1987. Book. Illus. by Jarrett, Lauren (illustrator). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Random House, 1987. First edition. Hard cover binding, 669 pp. Massive. Ever wonder how to cook "bear fillet in burgundy"? Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

New York: Heritage, 1954. Book. Illus. by Blake, William. Fine. Quarter Cloth over Marble. First Thus. 8vo. NY: Heritage, 1954. 8vo. Quarter cloth over marble boards, marble endpapers, illustrations by William Black. Two books bound together in slipcase. Note on paintings by Chauncy Brewster Tinker; note on poems by W. P. Trent. Slipcover faded and soiled, but solid. The book is in fine condition, apparently unread. Fine in very good slipcase..

New York: G. Ricordi & Co., 1913. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Original paper wraps. 61 p. A Metropolitan Opera House Grand Opera libretto. English version by R. H. Elkin. Music by Italo Montemezzi. The original Italian libretto with a correct English translation. Small stain in lower right corner on cover. Very minor shelfwear. Near fine..

Tournai: Casterman, 1965. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original edition appeared under the title "Dr. Dooley's Three Great Books"). 5th printing. 349 pp. Combined edition of Deliver us from Evil; The Edge of Tomorrow; and The Night they burned the Mountain, in French. Previous owner's embossed intials, very good condition..

Paris: Société des Anciens Textes Français/Librairie de Firmin Didot et Cie., 1890. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paris: Societe des Anciens Textes Francais, 1890. First edition. Two volumes, complete. Brick cloth binding, gold decoration and titles. A reprint of the medieval French tale of the Greek Oedipus story published by the Société des Anciens Textes Français/Librairie de Firmin Didot et Cie. This particular edition has a complete scholarly introduction comparing the language and version of extant manuscripts, appendices, and index. Finely printed on exquisite paper, deckled edges. Fine head and tail decorations. Boards scuffed, some very light silverfishing. Foxing to frontispiece reproduction of manuscript leaf. Near fine condition..

Paris: Flammarion, 1928. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Wrappers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paris: Flammarion, 1928. 8vo. 63 pp. 48 illustrations in black and white. Volume II of 2-volume set. Many illustrations of antique chairs from the Louis XV period. Very good condition..

Paris: Flammarion, 1929. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Wrappers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paris: Flammarion, 1929. 8vo. Wrappers. 63 pp. with 67 black and white illustrations. Volume II of 3-volume set. Furniture from the Regency style to Louis XVI. Very good condition..

New York: George H. Richmond and The New York Co-operative Society Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. New York: George H. Richmond and The New York Co-operative Society. First edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 72 pp. Limited to 100 copies, this unnumbered but with limitations page. A collection of letters by Washington to the Clintons, most previously unpublished. This catalog includes the text of the letters and a description of each, as well as a description of the map. Three corners (not affecting text) have been expertly repaired. Newly bound in cloth with gilt titles. Near fine..

New York: Edwin F. Kalmus Book. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Kalmus. 8vo. Stapled wrappers. 27 pp. Near fine condition..

Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1967. Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1967. First edition. 12mo. Hard cover binding. Good, solid ex-library book. 365 pp. In French..

Paris: Delachaux & Niestlé, 1934. Book. Illus. by Jéquier, Yvonne. Very Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paris: Delachaux & Niestlé, 1934. Second edition, stated. Beige cloth binding with paste-on illustration in color. 185 pp., followed by advertising. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. Pages beginning to tone, boards skewed, soiled. Very good condition..

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1917. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. 8vo. Hard covers. Complete in 2 vols. I: frontispiece of John Fiske, tissue guard., xvii, 533 pp.; 18 plates. II: frontispiece, x, 523, pp.; 19 plates. Maroon cloth bindings, gold titles. top edge gilt, untrimmed pages. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplates (no pockets, minimal markings). John Fiske, 1842-1901, was an American philosopher and historian, b. Hartford, Conn. Born Edmund Fisk Green, he changed his name in 1855 to John Fisk, adding the final e in 1860. He opened a law practice in Boston but soon turned to writing. A wide reader, he had been an enthusiastic follower of Herbert Spencer while in college, and the first part of his life was given mainly to popularizing Spencerian evolution. He tried to reconcile orthodox religious beliefs with science, both on the lecture platform and in such books as Outlines of… Read More

Boston: Little Brown, 1917. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 2 volume set, complete. Brown cloth binding with facsimile signature in gold on front board, gold titles, top edge gilt, untrimmed page edges. 390, 442 pp. Antique ex-library with vintage hand-dated and hand-numbered bookplate, no pocket, minimal markings. Minor wear. Very good plus condition..

New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1875. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fair. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition. Binding entirely covered with black library cloth. Translated from the third German edition by F. Hueffer. 620 pp. with 543 woodcuts. Hinges cracked, light foxing mainly to endpapers. Fair condition..

New York: Scribner's, 1967. Book. Illus. by Weisgard, Leonard. Near Fine. Paper covered boards. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, May, 1967 printing. "A-3.67[RH]" on copyright page. Printed in year of first edition, "first edition" not stated. Ochre paper-covered boards with woodcock design, monochrome illustrations throughout in brown. Unpaginated. Small bit of foxing to front flyleaf, else fine. Appears unread. Dustjacket has $3.50 price, number in ink along side of front flap (does not overlap text). Very light shelfwear. Near fine in very good plus dustjacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Cologne, Germany: Orient-Mercur, 1958. Cologne: Orient-Mercur, 1958. First Edition. 8vo. Trade paperback. In French and Dutch. 114 pp. Slightly soiled. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color pictures. Near fine.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Macmillan, 1966. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Cloth binding, 310 pp. Map endpapers. A firsthand view of the events in Yugoslavia. A nice ex-library book with the usual marks and effects. Appears little-read. Very good in like dustjacket, protected with a library-issued plastic cover..

Boston: Small, Maynard, 1901. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Boston: Small, Maynard, 1901. First Edition. The first and only published work of Alice Bache Gould. A Bryn Mawr student, she became one of the few women of her time to pursue a university career, and obtained a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1889, a member of the first class. She did graduate work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago, wrote her only published book, the biography of the naturalist Louis Agassiz in the Beacon Biographies Collection, and in World War I served as instructor in navigation at the Great Lakes Training Station in Chicago. In 1911, at age forty-three, she landed in Seville on her way to Italy. Although it was a pleasure trip, intellectual curiosity led her to visit the Archive of the Indies to learn the route Columbus had followed to Barbados, a subject she now knew well. Her traveling companion decided to… Read More

Paris: Phebus, 1984. Paris: Editions Phébus, 1984. First edition. Folio. Burgundy linen binding, titles in gilt. 251 pp. Lavishly illustrated in color. Choice of poems by D. Pralon. IN FRENCH. No writing inside; hinges sound. Dust jacket has wear along top, closed tear. Near fine in very good dust jacket, protected with a fresh, archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. Folio.

New York: F. M. Lupton Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Decorative cloth and decorative spine, floral design, top edge gilt. 304 pp. Soiling and edgewear. Very good condition..