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

New York: HarperCollins, 1991. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 410 p. Fine in fine dustjacket in mylar cover..

Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.: Bowling Green State University, 1997. Book. New. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. First edition. 8vo. Trade paperback, 103 pp. Fiction by Brian Arundel, Brett Ellen Block, Dan Chaon, Peter Ho Davies, and Gary Fincke. Poetry by Dorothy Barresi, Rick Bursky, W. E. Butts, Katharine Coles, Denise Duhamel, Angie Estes, Linda Nemec Foster, Mark Halperin, Rocardo Pau-Llosa, Vern Rutsala, Maureen Seaton, David Starkey, Larissa Szporluk and Chase Twichell. Prose by Stephen Dunn. Includes "In Tormented Geography" by Ana Maria Fagundo. New..

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1884. Book. Very Good. Silk. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Faded red silk binding, gold titles. American Men of Letters Series edited by Charles Dudley Warner. Top edge gilt. Coated grey endpapers. Antique library bookplate, hand-numbered and hand-dated. Frontispiece engraving, facsimile signature, protective tissue. 323 pp., 4 pp advertising. America's first true feminist, Margaret Fuller holds a distinctive place in the cultural life of the American Renaissance. Transcendentalist, literary critic, editor, journalist, teacher, and political activist, ultimately turned revolutionary, she numbered among her close friends the intellectual prime movers of the day: Emerson, Thoreau, the Peabody sisters, the Alcotts, Horace Greeley, Carlyle, and Mazzini--all of whom regarded her with admiration and sometimes even awe. Spine sunned, boards rubbed and slightly skewed. Very good condition. Scarce..

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976. Book. Illus. by Fox, Barbara. Fine. Full Leather. Limited First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited First Edition, stated. 8vo. Full leather binding decorated in gilt, 5 compartments, raised ridges, all edges gilt. Green silk ribbon marker, green moire silk endpapers. Introduction and facsimile signature by Updike. 347 pp. Illustrations by Barbara Fox. Fine..

New York: William Morrow, 1975. Ex-Library. Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: Morrow, 1975. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth binding, 260 pp. Love counters intrigue and violence in an exciting new blend. Ex-library, good in very good dustjacket, protected with plastic cover taped to boards..

Paris: A. et J. Picard, 1967. Ex-Library. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Cloth binding, gold titles. 165 pp. followed by 34 plates. In French. A nice, solid, clean ex-library copy in very good condition..

London: George Bell and Sons, 1886. Book. Illus. by Browne, Gordon. Good. Decorative Silk. First Thus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First thus, first published as "Melchior's Dream" in Monthly Packet, 1861 and subsequently as "Melchior's Dream, and Other Tales" by Bell & Sons, 1862. Decorative green silk binding with fancy gilt titles, elaborate decoration in black in blind. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Floral endpapers in light brown. Frontispiece plus 7 illustrations by Gordon Browne. Contains "Melchior's Dream", "The Blackbird's Nest", "Friedrich's Ballad", "A Big of Green", and "Monsieur the Viscount's Friend", The Yew Lane Ghosts, "A Bad Habit", and "A Happy Family". 112 pp., double-column format. Chipping top and bottom of spine with small loss of material, edgewear, occasional foxing, a few stray marks. Just about good… Read More

London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. Book. Illus. by M.S.G. (Gatty, Margaret). Good. Decorative Cloth. Early. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. London: Bell and Daldy, 1869. Early and scarce edition, first published as "Melchior's Dream" in Monthly Packet, 1861 and subsequently as "Melchior's Dream, and Other Tales" by Bell & Sons, 1862. 12mo. Bright blue cloth binding with gold rosette decoration, gold titles, rough-cut pages. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate. Light chocolate coated endpapers. Frontispiece illustration by M.S.G. (Margaret Gatty). Contains "Melchior's Dream, an allegory", "The Blackbird's Nest", "Friedrich's Ballad", "A Big of Green", and "Monsieur the Viscount's Friend". 192 pp. Wear top and bottom of spine, generous silverfishing to front board, occasional foxing. Good condition..

London: Routledge, 1885. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Decorative green cloth binding, black endpapers, 1020 pp. Antique ex-library with hand-dated and hand-numbered bookplate. Hinges just cracking. Boards scuffed. Good condition..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. Book. Illus. by Smith, Lawrence Beall. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint, Decorative cloth binding with images of Robin Hood. Full-color decorated endpapers. color frontispiece, 9 additional color plates, illustrated throughout with in-text black and white drawings. 309 pp. Spine faded, a couple of closed tears, edgewear top of spine, small stamp to free front endpaper. All in very good condition..

New York: Crown Publishers, 1975. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio. New York: Crown, 1975. First edition. Folio. Cloth binding, 408 pp. Illustrated profusely in color. Fine in fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover..

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: O'Reilly & Associates, Incorporated, 1992. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cambridge: O'Reilly, 1992. 8vo. Trade paperback. Previous owner name blacked out at tops of pages. No highlighting or underling. Book is in good condition..

New York: B. W. Huebsch, Inc., 1917. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. Green cloth binding, gilt title to spine, paper label to front board. 178 pp. One page has a repaired tear at corner, boards rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Very good..

New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1966. Ex-Library. Illus. by Paton, Jane. Very Good. Cloth. First American Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First American Edition, stated. Written by Farjeon just before her death and published posthumously. Turqoise cloth binding, gilt titles. Antique library bookplate, hand-dated. Two-page illustrated title page in color. 39 pp. illustrated throughout in black and white and in color by Jane Paton. Ex-children's library book, endpapers rubbed, withdrawal stamps, tape shadows to board, but a good, solid copy. Dustjacket is worn at edges, small chips top and bottom of spine, rub to bottom, some light spotting at edges, but unmarked by library experience. In fresh mylar cover..

Dallas, TX: Pressworks, 1981. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Near Fine. Paper covered boards. Signed by Editors. First Edition. 8vo. Dallas: Pressworks, 1981. First edition. SIGNED ON THE LIMITATION PAGE BY BOTH EDITORS, John Gardner and L.M. Rosenberg. Edition limited to 250 copies offered to the public. This copy unnumbered.192 pp. Illustrated on cover and interior in black and white. A collection of poetry and fiction with opening essays by the editors. Book has tiny nick at top of free front endpaper, else fine. Clear dust jacket is new. Near fine in new dust jacket..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Book. Illus. by ARMSTRONG, MARGARET (BINDING DESIGNER). Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First edition. MARGARET ARMSTRONG designed binding, title page (signed in the plate). Green silk, gilt circle of doves around stringed instrument with horns and ribbons. Half-title, decorated title by Armstrong in red and black, art nouveau style, laid paper, 115 pp. Spine sunned, contemporary ownership signature dated 1904 in pencil inside front board. Minor scuffs. Near fine condition..

Chicago and Toronto: The Bookhouse for Children, 1925. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Beautiful set of My Bookhouse in two different bindings, all with pictorial paste-downs, colored decorative endpapers, color titles, illustrated throughout. In decorative red cloth, copyright 1925: In the Nursery, Story Time, Up One Pair of Stairs, Over the Hills, Through Fairy Halls, The Magic Garden, The Latch Key. In decorative green cloth, copyright 1928: Flying Sails, The Treasure Chest, In Shining Armor, From the Tower Window, Halls of Fame. Light shelfwear and rubbing. Near fine condition. A beautiful set of books..

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Ex-Library. Good. Quarter Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York, NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First edition. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over rust-colored boards with gilt lettering and artwork embossed on spine, rough-cut pages, top edge of text block stained red, illustrated with maps, 547 pp. A comprehensive look at the life of General Macarthur and the trying times during which he lived and prevailed. Ex-library, Sturgis Library plate #19340. A great find for those who collect MacArthur, World War II or Korean War books. Title underlined in black on spine, slight shelf-wear, spine discolored, ephemera from Remington Rand Foundation laid-in on endpaper, dust jacket flaps affixed to page, appears gently read. Good..

New York: Knopf, 1956. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo. New York: Knopf, 1956. First edition, so stated. 8vo. Two-color cloth binding, 560 pp. including index. A dramatic account of the USA's involvement in the Far East from 1941 to 1956. Essential in understanding the Pacific Theatre. Previous owner name inside front board. Dust jacket is worn at extremities with larger chips at spine. Very good in good dust jacket, protected with a mylar cover..

Crestwood Tuckahoe, New York, U.S.A.: St Vladimirs Seminary Pr, 2004. Book. New. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Crestwood Tuckahoe, NY, St. Vladimir's Press, 2004. 8vo. Hardcover, 184 pp. Brand new book..