Rare Reference from Rose's Books, IOBA

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..

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.

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..

Boston: Ginn, 1892. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Boston: Ginn, 1892. First edition. Decorative grey cloth with continental outline and titles in maroon. Antique library bookplate, hand-numbered and hand-dated in year of publication. 290 pp. including index, following by advertisements. Designed for the use of the students, this… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1839. Periodical. Good. Quarter Leather over Marble. First Edition. 8vo. London: Murray, 1839. First edition. 8vo. Quarter leather over marble boards, 612 pp. General index to these volumes. Lacking part of spine covering, previous owner period bookplate, one page loose. Pages clean and strong. Good..

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..… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Palo Alto, CA: Neuter Press, 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. Soft cover. Unpaged. A dictionary of gender-neutral words, created in response to the women's movement of the early 1970s and the need to new terminology to include both genders. Slight crease… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

New York: American Book Company, 1896. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Fine. Quarter Calf over Marble. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New York: American Book Company, 1896. First edition of this rare format, an abridgement of Webster's International Dictionary with over 800 engravings. 8vo. Rebound with antique marble binding with brown calif spine and contrasting spine… Read more about this item

Dublin: P. Wogan, 1808. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Cloth. 8th Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 8th edition, stated. Dublin: P. Wogan, 1808. 8vo. New cloth binding, 8 fold-out maps of the World, Africa, South America, Asia, England and Wales, Europe, North America, Scotland, hand-colored, including double-map of the world. Some wear to maps at folds.… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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..

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… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford University Press, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First American edition, 1947. 142 pp. Near fine. Navy cloth hardcover with gilt titles and Oxford crest. Extremely rare and hard to find. Light foxing. Includes the derivations of many Christian names..

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..