Titles starting with O from Rose's Books, IOBA

New York, NY: Henry Holt & Co, 1999. New York, NY, Henry Holt & Co., 1999. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over dark green boards with silver lettering embossed on spine, blind stamp on front board, 318 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition, First Printing. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: Collins in association with UNESCO, 1968. New York: Collins in association with UNESCO (United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 1968. First edition. 16mo. 32pp. Paperback. 22 color plates. Art of the Sepik River region in New Guinea . The primitive tribes who inhabit the Sepik Valley have exploited every known medium to produce their highly sophisticated ritual figures, totems, phalluses and sculptures. Fine in wrappers.. First Edition. Wrappers. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ ... more information

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New York: Macmillan, 1926. First edition, published March, 1926. 416 pp. Red cloth binding, blindstamped titles on front cover, gold decoration on spine. Masefield's best known novel (ODTAA = "One damned thing after another".) Endpapers foxed, chip at corner of ffep. Spine lightly faded, very light edgewear. Good reading copy in red cloth.. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York, NY: Macmillan, 1926. New York, NY, Macmillan, 1926. First edition, stated published in March. 8vo. Dark red cloth with gilt title field and lettering embossed on spine, title field blind-stamped on front board, rough cut pages, 416 pp. No dust jacket. Endpapers foxed, chip at corner of front/free endpaper. Spine lightly faded, very light edge-wear. Masefield's best known novel (ODTAA = "One damned thing after another".) Text block is clean, solid, appears gently read. Very good con ... more information

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New York: Random House, 1969. New York: Random House, 1969. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 491 pp. Twenty-two stories by O'Hara chosen from his first nine volumes, 1935-1966. Previous owner bookplate, else fine. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

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Oslo: P. M. Bye & Co., 1929. Oslo: Bye, 1929. First edition. 4to. Sewn wrappers, 39 pp. plus 40 pp. of photographic plates covering the life of Olav until 1929. One photograph is captioned by hand, lacking rear endpaper. Good.. First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. Good. Illus. by Wilse, A. B.. 4to..

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Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.: Wayne State University, 1970. SIGNED BY POET DICK SWEENEY on cover. Collection of poetry by Sweeney and other Wayne State University poets. Scarce.. Signed by Author. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: John Lane, 1914. New York: John Lane, 1914. First edition. Cloth binding, 310 pp., untrimmed. Frontispiece portrait, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated bookplate (no pocket). Spine sunned, boards scuffed with light stain to front board. Solid copy in good condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Antique ex-library.

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1974. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1974. First edition, later printing. 8vo. Cloth binding, 970 pp. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Light soiling to page edges. Dust jacket has wear at extremities. Very good in very good dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo.

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Verlagsgemeinschaft Evangelischer Presseverlag Pfalz GmbH. Pictorial boards. Illustrated in color. 84 pp. In German. Fine condition.. Pictorial Boards. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. New York, NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards with gilt lettering embossed on spine and front board, rough cut pages, sepia endpapers, 527 pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket, protected by a mylar cover.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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New York: Berkley, 1974. New York: Berkley, 1974. First Berkley Medallian Edition, March, 1974, second printing. 12mo. Mass market paperback, 160 pp. All edges stained yellow. Unread. Light shelf wear. Fine.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First Harper & Row edition, stated. 8vo. Cloth. 568 p. Index. Small chip at top edge of back of jacket. Jacket spine faded. Fine in very good jacket in mylar cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Lincoln, NE: Backinprint, 1999. Lincoln, NE, Backinprint, 1999. Unknown edition. 8vo. Paperback, 129 pp. This was Mary McCarthy's second novel and a brilliantly funny satire about a group of urban American intellectuals who try unsuccessfully to establish a rural utopia colony, just as the Cold War is setting in and fear of atomic warfare is reaching panic proportions. A few of McCarthy's friends thought they recognized themselves in the characters and this book ruffled more than a few feathers but ... more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. New York: Scribner's, 1885. First American edition. This book was purchased from the historical collection of one of the oldest libraries in the USA and carries its antique hand-numbered (#7299) and hand-dated (June, 1885) bookplate. Green cloth binding, gold titles, top edge gilt. Birrell became a member of the British parliament in 1889. Chamber's describes him as a person with a "shrewd wit and charming essayist": Benet's, "acute, ju ... more information

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London: John Nichols, 1800. The complete January, 1800 issue of Gentleman's Magazine, in new cloth binding. 96 pp. Of note, a highly respectful obituary for George Washington, describing the last moments of his death, the funeral and internment, and bereavement those in government. Also contains numberous other articles, poetry, 2 engraved plates and engraved title. In fine condition, newly bound in cloth.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo.

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Torino: Orpheus Libri, 1982. Torino: Orpheus Libri, 1982. 12mo. Decorative green, gilt and cream leatherette binding, silk ribbon marker. Decorative turquoise and gilt endpapers, 331, 248 pp. Beautiful black and white ink illustrations. Fine. IN ITALIAN.. Decorative Leatherette. Fine. Illus. by Estoppey, Pierre. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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New York: R. H. Russell for Will Bradley, 1902. New York: R.H. Russell for Will Bradley, 1902. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 279 p. Dunne, a Chicago author, writer and humorist, was noted for his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches in which the fictional Mr. Dooley held forth on political and social issues of the day from his South Side Chicago Irish pub. Moderate shelfwear and chipping to head and tail of spine. Hinges weak. Good.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - ... more information

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1807. First edition. 8vo. New cloth binding, gilt titles. 43 pp. Scarce pamphlet, only two in COPAC, none in LOC. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, "Sir Frederic Eden Bart." on title page. Essay that discusses the scarcity of oak suitable for ships, followed by a discussion of the reformation of the Poor Laws which deserve consideration: specifically, the appropriation of land to be rented by labourers, the organization of fr ... more information

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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1994. New York: Morrow, 1994. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 272 pp. The changing relationship of Japan and the United States, told in four stories from the life of an American town. New in fine dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/Fine. 8vo.

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