Search Results: Nonfiction from Rose's Books, IOBA

Pasadena, CA, USA: Upton Sinclair, 1920. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 12mo.. Pasadena: Upton Sinclair, 1920. First edition. 12mo. Trade paperback, privately printed by Sinclair. 327 pp. Includes several loose pages of advertising for "The Brass Check" and "The Jungle". Pages browned but strong. Good..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 285 p. A collection of essays originally published in the Saturday Evening Post, by noted authors including Loren Eisely, Jacques Barzun, Paul Tillich, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Edith Hamilton, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Schlesinger, Edith Sitwell, Walter Gropius, Bertrand Russell, Aaron Copeland, and others. Virtually no wear to boards. Original mylar cover and slipcase has protected the book all these years. Owner's name on ffep. Fine in near fine jacket in very good slipcase..

New York, NY: Henry Holt, 1997. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. First American. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Henry Holt, 1997. First American edition. 8vo. Black quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine over black matte paper-covered boards, black and white illustrations throughout, 282 pp. By revealing the fount of all humanity while also exposing one of the most important and bitter debates in contemporary science, African Exodus reaches beyond paleoanthropology to politics and culture to answer The Bell Curve. New in new dust jacket..

Chicago, IL: Lakeside Press, 1936. Chicago, IL, Lakeside Press, 1936. Edition unstated. 8vo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering, rough cut pages, color frontispiece features portrait of Alexander Legge, decorated title page, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout, 232 pp. Privately printed by the Alexander Legge Memorial Committee. "The life story of a truly great American who loved and served his Country well, who achieved world-wide distinction as an industrial leader, as a patriotic public servant and as the devoted friend and champion of all who tilled the soil." An interesting and informative biography of farming implement industrial leader Alexander Legge, also known for his role in developing the Treaty of Versailles, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Discolorations where color is wearing off rear board, former owner name stamped in several places, rear endpaper has some foxing, text block tight, clean and appears gently read. Very good..… Read More

Chicago, IL: Lakeside Press, 1936. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chicago, IL, Lakeside Press, 1936. Edition unstated. 8vo. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering, rough cut pages, color frontispiece features portrait of Alexander Legge, decorated title page, illustrated with black and white photographs throughout, 232 pp. Privately printed by the Alexander Legge Memorial Committee. "The life story of a truly great American who loved and served his Country well, who achieved world-wide distinction as an industrial leader, as a patriotic public servant and as the devoted friend and champion of all who tilled the soil." An interesting and informative biography of farming implement industrial leader Alexander Legge, also known for his role in developing the Treaty of Versailles, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. Discolorations where color is wearing off rear board, former owner name stamped in several places, rear… Read More

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1926. Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Books, 1926. First edition. 8vo. Dark green silk with gilt lettering embossed on spine and gilt seal embossed on front board, illustrated in black and white, 633 pp. Ex-library. Very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1954. Washington, D. C. Smithsonian Books, 1954. First edition. 8vo. Dark green silk with gilt lettering embossed on spine and gilt seal embossed on front board, illustrated in black and white, 481 pp. Ex-library. Very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, NY: E. P. Dutton, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, E. P. Dutton, 1961. First American edition. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with yellow lettering embossed on spine, white decoration on boards, color frontispiece illustration, illustrated in color and black and white throughout, 192 pp. Includes ephemera from publisher: "Errata". Near fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: William Morrow, 1991. Book. New. Quarter Cloth. First American. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, William Morrow, 1991. First American edition. 8vo. Turquoise blue quarter-cloth with gilt lettering on spine over beige paper-covered boards with attractive copper-colored endpapers, black and white illustrations throughout, 288 pp. This book tells the story of how the human mind evolved. It starts out with the naked animal of our primitive ancestors and goes on to describe what happened once homo sapiens learned to speak. Along the way, if offers fresh insights into the workings of the brain. New in new dust jacket; protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Grove Press, 1981. Book. New. Paperback. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New York, NY, Grove Press, 1979. First thus. 4to. Pictorial cover in red, white and blue, illustrated in black and white throughout, 300 pp. This book inquires into the real motives behind our policy making decisions, examines the "new" counterforce doctrine of nuclear war fighting, assesses the risk of nuclear war, surveys advances in military technology and carefully reckons the balance between the superpowers. Small corner crease at back of book, some tanning and foxing with age but in new, unread condition..

New York: Liveright, 1970. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1970 reprint of the 1922 revision. Ex-library. Usual tape and stamps. 324 pp. G/G. DJ has edgewear. Introduction by Stanley Kauffmann. Spine tight. Hardcover, solid reading copy. Early film history and development..

Philadelphia, PA: Chilton, 1967. Book. New. Cloth. Early Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Philadelphia, PA, Chilton, 1967. First edition, second printing. 8vo. Taupe cloth with black lettering on spine, illustrated in black and white, 193 pp. This is the story of the big continent Down Under as seen through the eyes of one of its most prominent journalists. While not slighting geological and historical facts, the author manages to make his country infinitely more vivid through close-ups with some of its more important characters, and characters many of them are! Also highlighted are many of those phenomena of Australian life that make that part of the world truly unique. Dust jacket is slightly sunned on spine, has minor shelf-wear and a ½" flat tear on back cover. New, unread condition in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House Publishers, 1975. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Rochelle, NY, 1975. First edition. 8vo. Copper-brown cloth with maroon lettering embossed on spine, blind stamp on front board, illustrated with map and two black and white photographs, 184 pp. The first candid book about moving to Australia; the Faulks reveal the good and the bad and refrain from painting the continent as the Promised Land. They find that it is indeed a place to get away from it all, for the newspapers and TV commentators concentrate almost exclusively on internal affairs. People wear out their cloths, take care of their automobiles and do not allow houses to go to ruin. Natural resources are conserved because people, by and large, do not have that stage of affluence that allows planned obsolescence to become a way of life. Yet our problems are their problems and the problems are growing there, too. Minor soiling and ¼" flat… Read More

Clock & Rose Press, 2004. Book. Soft cover. 2nd Edition.

New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1981. Remainder. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. First edition. 4to. Paperback, lavishly illustrated with color and black and white photographs, 167 pp. A rich, beautiful book that gives us - in words and in magnificent photographs - a remarkable document of the island of Bali, it's people and its fascinating complex tradition of dance. ½" crescent-shaped puncture at back of book which also goes through the last three pages. Clean text block. A stunning look at an exotic island! Good condition..

New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Remainder. Very Good. Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Simon & Schuster, 2000. First edition. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over flecked-tan boards, with red lettering embossed on spine, illustrated with black and white photographs and tables, 436 pp. The author brings to the life the unsung code-breaking heroes of World War II which effectively won the battle of Midway, broke the German Enigma machine and more! Engrossing and exciting! Remainder mark, else brand new. Light shelfwear, small outwardly invisible internal stain to very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover..

New York, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1941. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First edition. 8vo. Deep red cloth with silver lettering and designs embossed on spine and front board, rough-cut pages, 605 pp. The subject of this diary is not its keeper, but Europe, which he watched with increasing fascination and horror plunge madly down the road to Armageddon in the last half of the 1930's. The primary cause of the Continent's upheaval was one Country, Germany, and one man, Adolf Hitler. He saw European democracies falter and crack, their confidence, judgment and will paralyzed, with the exception of Britain, until they could no longer make a stand. Share the author's wartime experiences in this thrilling first-hand account. Ex-library with all the usual library markings, labels and stickers removed; former owner's blind stamp, spine sunned, dog-eared at top and bottom, bindings lightly soiled, some… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1987. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 292 p. Notes. Index. Genealogical chart. Black and white photographs. Near fine in near fine dustjacket in mylar cover..

New York: McGraw Hill, 1979. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. First edition. 4to. Cloth. 208 p. Color, sepia, and black and white photographs and illustrations. A profusely illustrated study of the history of money, wealth, economics, banks and banking, taxation, trade, and more. Jacket has small creases at the lower front edge. Fine in near fine jacket in mylar cover..

Palo Colorado Road, CA: Sunflower Ink, 1997. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Soft cover. 111 p. A collection of essays and poems that create new meanings, new awareness, and a new synergy. Minor edgewear. Near fine..