Recent Arrivals from Rose's Books, IOBA

New York, NY: Grove Press, 1995. Book. New. Paperback. First Edition in Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. New York, NY, Grove Press, 1995. First edition in Paperback. 12mo. Paperback with pictorial cover, 261 pp. "A tragicomic portrait of an indecisive dreamer floundering about in the political chaos of the 1970's, in the aftermath of Antonio de… Read more about this item

Kansas City, MO: MidAmeriCon, 1976. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Kansas City, MO, MidAmeriCon, 1976. First edition. 4to. Gray cloth with silver lettering and artwork embossed on spine and front board, endpapers decorated with wonderful renditions of various aliens, lavishly illustrated in black and white throughout, filled with stories about the convention,… Read more about this item

London: Diamond Books, 1993. Book. New. Hardcover. First Omnibus Edition. 8vo. London: Diamond Books, 1993. First Omnibus edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 795 pp. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1924. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First U.S. edition, 1924. Orange cloth, no DJ. G condition. Front and back boards have some soiling, corners bumped. Rough cut pages. Black lettering. One black and white illustration at front. Spine tight. Text clean. A solid reading copy of this collectible book..… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Dieterich'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung Theodor Weicher, 1914. Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Leipzig; Weicher, 1914. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 288 pp. Ex-library with a few stamps and envelope fragments at rear. Chipping and nicks at spine. Good..

New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, 1919. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, E. P. Dutton, 1919. Reprint. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board, 482 pp. A vivid account of war and the effects inflicted on soldiers and their families. Stirring, haunting and totally engrossing!… Read more about this item

Chicago: Sage Books, 1969. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 175 p. Glossary. An autobiographical account of the author's life among the Hopi Indians with who he lived for three years in Arizona. Jacket has chipping and small tears around the edges. Near… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. First edition, so stated. No dust jacket. 8vo. Cloth binding, 762 pp. Very clean. Near fine..

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, stated, 1968. BOMC. Harper & Row. DJ chipped at edges, faded spine, foxed inside. 580 pp. Maroon cloth boards with gilt. Light foxing on boards. Text clean, spine solid and tight. A story surrounding the forced labor camps… Read more about this item

Boston: Atlantic Monthly, 1967. Book. Illus. by Thollander, Earl. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 164 p. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated. A readable history of jewel and gem hunters, who often resorted to theft and swindling to win great wealth -- risking danger, misfortune, and… Read more about this item

Tarcher, 1989. Book. Fine. Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Just short of new. 129 pp. "We all tell stories about who we are, where we come from, and where we are going...By the art of fantasy and imagination, story and image, these authors map the ways personal stories deepen into transpersonal mythic journeys." Fine..

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887. Book. Fair. Half-Leather. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 1887 Ticknor and Company. Half-leather with marbled boards and endpapers. Heavy edgewear and spine lettering is cracked off. Boards have a lot of wear, but the text is extremely tight and clean. Beautiful book regardless of board wear..

Washington, D.C.: Counterpoint, 1999. Remainder. New. Quarter Cloth. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Washington, D. C., Counterpoint, 1999. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over deep red boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine, illustrated with black and white photographs, 341 pp. This thorough history of Tibet under Chinese Occupation is based… Read more about this item

Augusta, Maine: State Department of Education, 1950. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Stapled Wrappers. First Edition. 8vo. Augusta: State Department of Education, 1950. First edition. 8vo. Stapled wrappers, 92 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Elementary curriculum. Very good..

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1969. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition, 1969. DJ bumped and creased at spine. Slight soiling and a few 1/2 inch pen marks on back. Green cloth hardcover with white mark on front board. Former owner's signature inside. Eight stories about sailors during WWII. A… Read more about this item

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1926. Ex-Library. Illus. by Illustrated. Good. Silk. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Maroon silk binding, 797 pp. Ex-university library. An anthology of contemporary Elizabethan plays with facsimiles of their original titles pages. Double-column format. Hinges not cracked, but a bit shaken. Good..

Boston: Small, Maynard, 1924. Ex-Library. Good. Silk. Reprint. 12 mo. - Oblong. Reprint. 12mo. Black silk binding, paper labels. Ex-university library. 303 pp. Solid book. Good..

New York: A.L. Burt Book. Very Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. No publishing date (circa 1890). The Home Library. Translated from the latest French edition. 12mo. Cloth. 413 p. Frontispiece illustration. Dumas was a hugely popular French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure. … Read more about this item

Kansas City, MO: BkMk Press, 1991. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kansas City, MO, BkMk Press, 1991. First edition. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering embossed on spine, tan endpapers, title page and contents page illustrated with anatomy drawings, 95 pp. This is a book of intelligence, restraint and elegance; a book of… Read more about this item

Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Society of Naval Architects &, 2005. Book. New. Trade Paperback. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint. Trade paperback, 591 pp. This 2005 edition combines the original 1995 version and the Plate Bending Supplement under one cover. It presents the fundamental and essential aspects of rationally-based preliminary ship structural design in a complete… Read more about this item