Search Results: Rare Reference from Rose's Books, IOBA

Washington, D. C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1906. Book. Very Good. Silk. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1906. 8vo. Green silk binding, gilt titles, 132 pp. including index. Includes lists of accesssions to the collections. Ex-library with usual markings. Very good condition..

Washington, D.C.: Washington Government Printing Office, 1872. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Washington, D.C., Washington Government Printing Office. 1872. Edition unstated. 8vo. Dark red cloth with black lettering embossed on spine, 419 pp. Ex-Library from Sturgis Library. Spine and extremities sunned, small discolorations on front and back boards, appears unread or gently read..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1969. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1969. 4to. Cloth binding, 643 pp. Slight soiling to boards. No writing inside. Spine bright, hinges sound. Near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 4to..

New York and Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., 1877. Book. Fair. Quarter Leather. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. Reprint. 12mo. Cloth over leather spine, 354 pp. Contemporary marginalia and doodles. Boards quite worn at edges, soild. Fair condition..

New York: F. J. Huntington and Co., 1838. Book. Good. Full Leather. Early. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. New York: Huntington, 1838. Early edition, copyright 1833. Full leather binding, gold titles, four compartments defined. 341 pp. followed by 2 pages of reviews. Children's writing in pencil on endpapers and title. Spine faded, boards chipped top and bottom of spine with 1/8" loss of material. Boards quite rubbed, corner of front board stained, light stain to corner of title (no other pages affected). Lacking front endpaper. Light to moderate foxing. Good condition..

Menston, U. K.: The Scolar Press Limited, 1967. Ex-Library. Very Good. Three-Quarter Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Menston; Scolar Press, 1967.Dissertations on the English Language: with Notes, Historical and Critical, to which is added, by way of Appendix, an essay on a reformed mode of spelling with Dr. Franklin's arguments on that subject. Reprint edition. Green cloth binding, gold decoration and titles, dark green leather spine. 410 pp. Facsimile of 1789 first edition, including Benjamin Franklin's notes. Dedicated to Benjamin Franklin. Light stain to corner of ffep, library markings, else tight and bright, apparently unread condition. Very good..

Milano, Italia: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Decorated Leatherette. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Milano: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1966. Gold-decorated brown leatherette, gold titles, 40-volume history of art. Each book is approximately 160 pp., profusely illustrated with color photographs. Volumes cover the Egyptians, Sumerians to the Persians, Age of Ancient Greece, Classical Greece to Etruria, Roman Art from the Republic to the Late Imperium, China, Japan and Korea, India and Indonesia, Early Christianity to the Western European Middle Ages, Roman Art in France, England and Spain, Roman Art in Germany and Italy, Gothic in France, England and Spain, Gothic in Germany and Italy, From Giotto to International Gothic, International Gothic in Europe, the Italian Renaissance (2 vols.), the Quattrocento in Europe, the Cinquecento in Italy, the Cinquecento in Europe, Mannerism, From the Counterreformation to Classicism, the Seicento in Europe… Read More

Edinburgh: Bell, Andrew & Macfarquhar, Colin, publishers, 1797. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Wrappers. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Edinburgh: Bell, Andrew & Macfarquhar, Colin, 1797. 4to. Pages from the third edition, in eighteen volumes, greatly improved, specifically, the final part: text to vol. XVIII Part II + 4 full-page engraved illustrations to this volume, title-pages to all volumes, preface to volume one, errata to all eighteen vols., 2 ll. cancellanda for volumes XIV and VIII, and frontispiece to vol. I. Large 4to, pp. xvi (title-page and preface to vol. I) + [xxxiv] (title-pages to vols. II-XVIII) and pp. 801-945 to vol. XVIII, errata on verso, rest as described above. One gathering (5U) separated from block (causing complete tear across a leaf but everything still present), this gathering dustry, an untampered-with survivor, uncut and unopened in remains of original blue publisher's wrappers, ex libris of Sir James Sutton. The final… Read More

New York: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York: Syndicate, 1912. Five-volume set. Blue cloth binding, decoratively blindstamped, gold titles. Chronological history of the world graphically represented by colored charts, treasury of facts, and statistical record of the world. Crisp clean copies with minor scuffs and edgewear; one volume bound upside down. Very good plus condition..

Boston: Milford House, 1972. Boston: Milford House, 1972. Reprint of 1889 edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, pages numbered through 467. Appears unread. Near fine.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Rare publisher's education catalogue, c. 1888. No publication date. 16mo. 216 pp. Detailed listing of all the educational titles published by Harper & Brothers. Illustrated with in-text engravings from the different text books. Pedagogical notes, descriptions and prices of the different series, comments from educators. Invaluable for the collector of American children's literature and those interested in tracing the availability of affordable literature from the British Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge to American publishers (the Family Library). Tiny tear to front cover, note in pencil. Near fine..

Washington, D. C.: National Geographic Society, 1993. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Near Fine. Pastedown Over Cloth. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Centennial Edition, Deluxe. Map pastedown over dark blue cloth, gilt titles, historical map pastedown and endpapers, illustrated throughout, 288 pp. Separate portfolio of Guide Maps to U.S. History containing magnifying sheet, 17 guide maps on 10 fold-out maps (historical, physical, political with indices), transparency, all in fine condition. Light foxing to half-title, shadow of previous price to front endpaper, miscellaneous scuffs and nicks to slipcase. Appears to have been little-read. Fine folio, near fine book, near fine slipcase..

New York: The Century Company, 1913. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Century, 1913. 8vo. Grey cloth binding with pink, yellow, white and gilt decoration, top edge gilt. Blind stamped lettering on spine. Frontispiece photograph with facsimile signature, protective tissue. Illustrated with photographs in color and black and white. 322 pp. Born in New York, New York, the daughter of Georgina Copeland and Stephen de Wolfe, Ella Anderson de Wolfe was educated privately in New York and in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she lived with maternal relatives. Through that connection she was presented at Queen Victoria's court in 1883 and introduced to London society. Elsie started adult life as an actress before becoming famous for her interior design and, in lesbian circles, for her relationship with the lesbian theatre agent Elizabeth Marbury. The two women met in 1886 in the house of the two unmarried sisters… Read More

New York: American Book Exchange, 1880. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First thus. 1880. VG+. Part of a twenty volume set. A reprint of the last (1879) Edinburgh and London edition of Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Large additions on topics for American readers. Maroon cloth/no issued DJ. Gilt lettering. Boards have light edgewear and rubbing. Light silverfishing. Spine cloth has chipping at top edge. Front hinge open. Spine tight. A handsome copy of this reference volume covering 'Honolulu' to 'Lepidus.'.

New York: American Book Exchange, 1880. Book. Good. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First thus. 1880. VG+. Part of a twenty volume set. A reprint of the last (1879) Edinburgh and London edition of Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Large additions on topics for American readers. Maroon cloth/no issued DJ. Gilt lettering. Boards have light edgewear and rubbing. Light silverfishing. Spine cloth has wear at top edge. Spine tight. A handsome copy of this reference volume covering 'Lepisma' to 'Mullion.'.

New York: American Book Exchange, 1880. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Thus. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First thus. 1880. VG+. Part of a twenty volume set. A reprint of the last (1879) Edinburgh and London edition of Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Large additions on topics for American readers. Maroon cloth/no issued DJ. Gilt lettering. Boards have light edgewear and rubbing. Light silverfishing. Spine cloth has chipping at top edge. Spine tight. A handsome copy of this reference volume covering 'Ether' to 'Georgetown.'.

New York: American Book Exchange, 1880. Book. Good. Cloth. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First thus. 1880. VG+. Part of a twenty-one volume set. A reprint of the last (1879) Edinburgh and London edition of Chambers's Encyclopaedia. Large additions on topics for American readers. Maroon cloth/no issued DJ. Gilt lettering. Boards have edgewear and rubbing. Light silverfishing. Spine cloth has a tear at top edge. Spine tight. A handsome copy of this reference volume covering 'Birs' to 'Caterpillar.'.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1857. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. Early Reprint. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Published 1857 (copyright 1855), likely the second printing. Original calf with leather spine label, titles in gilt, 2182 pp. mostly double-column format. A massive book, internally clean and solid with rubbing to extremities and a couple of short scrapes to the leather at the edge. Preface dated August 1, 1855. Invaluable as a reference to the geography (political and physical), commerce, education, religion, flora and fauna, and attitudes of the times. Very good..

London: Longman, Brown, 1831. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. Ninth Edition. 8vo. London; Longman, Brown and others, 1831. Two volumes. 8vo. Half-leather over marble boards, leather spine, 5 raised ridges, titles gilt, gilt decoration. All edges marble. Marble endpapers. Some rubbing to boards, hinges sound. Very good..

London: Longman and Co., 1854. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth binding, decoratively stamped in blind. Gilt titles, 753 pp. Chipping top of spine with 1/2" loss of material. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Hinges sound. Good..