Search Results: Authors starting with O from Goldring Books

London: The Bodley Head, 1964. Gold title on blue boards which has a small mark to front but no wear. Internally some age darkening to endpapers else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has age darkening, a little wear to spine head and tail and is not price clipped. 286 pages. Frédéric O'Brady was born on December 11, 1903 in Budapest, Hungary as Frigyes Ábel and died on February 23, 2003 in Rochester, New York, USA. He is best defined as a French actor but also as a composer, a novelist, a polyglot, or a world-famous puppet master. In his long life he acted as a musical director to a team of Russian dwarfs, dubbed Peter Lorre's voice in French films, sold locomotives in Switzerland, fought against the Germans as a volunteer with the Foreign Legion, was imprisoned by Vichy for abetting British agents in Marseilles, became private secretary to the post-war Minister of the Interior, and at the age of 54 eloped with the star of the Folies Bergere. Dustjacket reverse has… Read More

New York: Random House, 2001. STATED FIRST EDITION. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. The author was a Colombian ambassador to the Caribbean, Venezuela and the O.A.S. and takes us with him on his reenactments of the hazardous adventures of Jason, sailing east along the coast of the Black Sea, and of Ulysses, sailing clockwise around the Mediterranean. He has also traced the voyages depicted in the Norse legends, followed adventurous Muslims on Southern journeys, and emulated the Polynesians, scrutinizing every detail of sailing in ancient times. Illustrated by more than 40 drawings and photographs. B2B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author (1914-2000) born Richard Patrick Russ, who later legally changed his name, was famous for his Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels. This novel, first published in 1962 but never published before in America, is of a prisoner of war in France, held captive by the Germans, who conducts a minute examination of his life to keep sane. Escaping from a blighted childhood and his widowed, alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift, his life as a painter in the 1930's is cruelly deprived and in order to eat, squanders his asset by becoming a forger, particularly of Utrillo. He is rescued by the love of a beautiful and wealthy woman, and it is the failure of this relationship, coupled with the outbreak of war, that propels him into the world of espionage. An unforgettable tale of art and espionage in World War II. **** NOT EX LIB **** L. First… Read More

London: HQ, 2017. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 499 pages. Genealogy charts. ‘A dangerous word, perhaps, for a woman. Power.’ From her first clandestine marriage, Joan of Kent’s reputation is one of beauty, rumour and scandal. Her royal blood makes her a desirable bride. Her ambition and passion make her a threat. Joan knows what she must do to protect her reputation the games to play, the men to marry. She will do anything to get what she wants: The Crown of England. A tale of ambition, treachery and desire, The Shadow Queen tells of a woman’s ascent through the court to command royal power alongside her young son, King Richard II. . First. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2006. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a small repaired closed tear and is not price clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A novel of attachments, especially between a mother and daughter, who yearn for closeness but are also estranged. From her hospital bed in Dublin, the elderly Dilly awaits the visit of her daughter, Eleanora from London. The epochs of her life pass before her; emigrating to America in the 1920's, a romantic liaison she had there, the destiny that brought her back to Ireland, and her marriage into the stately Rusheen. She also retraces Eleanora's precipitate marriage to a foreigner, which alienated mother and daughter even more, and Dilly's heart-rending letters sent over the years in a determination to reclaim her daughter. **** NOT EX LIB **** 2. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. Light blue title on darker blue cloth boards. Some very light marks to front and only a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges and endpapers else clrean and unmarked. Overall a Good+ copy. 23 stories and appendice of The Year Book of the British and Irish Short Story, The Best British and Irish Short Stories - An Index, Articles on the Short Story, Volumes of Short Stories Published in Geat Britain and Ireland and Biographical Notices. Features early works by H.E. Bates, John Metcalfe, V.S. Pritchett, Elizabeth Bowen, Sean O Faolain, Lennox Robinson, Edward Sackville West et al. C3B. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Jarrolds, 1948. Brown title on cream boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ copy. Dustjacket has some wear and has some closed tears and is not price clipped. Map endpapers and 15 illustrations. The author a trained pianist as well as an authority on the History of Music, visited all the Renaissance castles, and the towns where early Italian music flourished, shortly before the War. The book not only gives the musical developments from the 15th to 18th centuries but also a picture of the artistic conditions and social life at the Renaissance Courts. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2C. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Museum of the Moving Image, 1993. A very Good unmarked copy. 184 pages. A varied and valuable collection of interviews about going to the pictures and working in cinemas during the boom years of film exhibition. It concentrates on reminiscences of the cinemas of Lambeth, Wandsworth, Southwark and adjacent areas providing vivid recollections of super cinemas like the Trocadero Elephant and Castle and Astorias at Brixton and Streatham as well as fleapits and old music halls. 16. First. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Belfast: Appletree Press, 1991. First Edition First Printing. A near Fine uninscribed copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. During the early days of 'Perestroika' , the Irish Times sent the author, one of the best known and most respected journalists, to open a the first Irish newspaper bureau in Moscow. The book is a vivid account of his experiences, not just as a reporter and observer of the great events but also as a Kremlin watcher, cinemagoer, newspaper reader, shopper, man in the queue and devotee of Russia, it's language and people. A remarkably perceptive and readable account . A1D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stockbridge, Massachusetts: Berkshire House First edition First Printing. Gold title on green quarter cloth with green boards. A Fine uninscribed copy with complete pictorial dustjacket. Illustrated throughout with archive photographs, drawings and maps with foreword by Richard Todd. The book brings together three centuries of prose and poetry from the Connecticut River Valley in Massachusetts which show the unique place in American culture occupied by 'Pioneer Valley'. 22. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bloomsbury, 2005. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, first printing. xii + 436 pages. 52 illustrations. This is the last biography of John Paul II to have been written while he was still alive. It is also the best, as none of the author's predecessors has matched his exposition of the literary, philosophical and dramatic sources of the Pope's pontificate, or his nimble untangling of the strands of theological argument. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.87 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST R1. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy in Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xiv + 316 pages. 38 illustrations. Photograph endpapers of Sir Alec being made up for a part. Published in the year of Sir Alec Guinness's eightieth birthday, Garry O'Connor's biography delves into the actor's complex, enigmatic personality and into the nature of his remarkable talent. He probes the formative spiritual and emotional events in his life - his illegitimacy, his unanchored childhood, and his conversion to Roman Catholicism. Drawing on interviews with scores of friends and colleagues, he traces Guinness's acting roots and, closely relating the man to the roles he has created, renders the drama of his development. With portraits of notable figures in Guinness's life, O'Connor recreates a remarkably diverse, long and distinguished career. 2. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The first full length biography of the premier theatrical knight, Sir Ralph Richardson, published in the year of his eightieth birthday. The author uncovers a many faceted personality whose life and achievements are no less remarkable than his contemporaries, such as Olivier and Gielgud, yet have gone largely unsung. 43 illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB **** D4A. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore, 1990. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. 167 illustrations and map endpapers. Seaford is a paradox. It is a town by the sea but not really a seaside town. Lying on the coast between Brighton and Eastbourne, it was a prosperous Cinque Port and a Parliamentary constituency six centuries before the patronage of the Prince Regent and the Duke of Devonshire led to the development of the little villages of Brighthelmstone and Bourne into sophisticated resorts. Seaford's aristocratic patrons were the Pelhams and when the Duke of Newcastle used the town as one of his pocket boroughs in the 18th century his patronage was in the form of 'jobs for the boys' in return for votes at the election. This ancient port, parish, town and borough has seen days of greater importance and, at times, made its rough and rumbustious mark upon history, as this book reveals. 13. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾"… Read More

London: Viking Kestrel, 1988. First UK edition. A near Fine unmarked copy with pictorial laminated boards which has age darkening to page edges. A gripping novel based on a true story of a young American Indian. For Sacagawea, a young Indian girl from the Rocky Mountains, life had been hard, captured by slave hunters from the bloodthirsty Minnetaree, then 'won' in a game by a French Trader. Things change when her new husband is hired as a guide by a group of explorers, and its Sacagawea who proves invaluable as an interpreter and guide. **** NOT EX LIB **** 24. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Kyle Cathie, 1997. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards with Fine dustjacket. 192 pages. A lavishly illustrated, authoritative and easy to follow, indispensable guide. It explains how to prepare tinctures and infusions, ointments and creams, tonic wines and cough syrups, based on the contents of your kitchen cupboard or garden, or what you can collect on a country walk. **** NOT EX LIB **** 23. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 2001. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 234 pages. 25 illustrations. 2 maps. In this fascinating book, Gerald O'Farrell shows that Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon actually discovered Tutankhamun's tomb several years before they announced the find to the world. First they looted it, even destroying some artefacts to make it appear that robbers of old had entered the tomb, before re-sealing it and leading the world's media to the site to claim their place in history. And behind this shadowy tale lies another mystery. What happened to the papyri Carter and Carnarvon found in the tomb, which then swiftly disappeared? Would its contents have revealed information so shocking that the British authorities conspired to bury the truth? The book is not only a riveting story of skulduggery and conspiracy in the Valley of the Kings but uncovers tantalising evidence that the famous 'mummy's… Read More

London: Pelham, 1987. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 222 pages. Illustrated. Many cat-care books provide conflicting advice, simply because a particular technique, diet or treatment that one cat may find satisfactory can prove anathema to ninety nine others. This, however, is a book of alternatives, inviting readers to choose methods of care most acceptable to their own cat. The book is packed with basic information on how to look after your cat. Most importantly, all technical terms are explained, so that you will be able to understand what your vet tells you and know what questions to ask , no matter how unusual your cat's ailment. As well as providing advice on all aspects of care this is the first book to deal comprehensively with how to set about establishing a boarding cattery or rescue sanctuary. D4C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1979. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. For the first time here is a handbook which not only locates and describes all the major wetland sites in England, Wales and Scotland and also gives species tables. An introductory section describes wetland habitat in general and explains the nature and methods of the regular bird counts from which the tables have been compiled, and county by county surveys are presented. 6 maps and 20 photographs. 13. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1996. A near Fine unmarked copy with no inscriptions (Fine apart from some light foxing to top and fore edges) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 472 pages. 23 illustrations. 3 maps. Ostensibly a quest for Mokele-mbembe, the Congo dinosaur (whose secret becomes clear), this story of travel through the jungles and swamp forests of the northern Congo is Tolstoyan in its depth, scope and range of characters, and as vivid as Nabokov in its image and detail. A portrait of a country, it is alive with natural history, it is a search for the meaning of sorcery, the purpose of religion (and a celebration of the comfort and mysteries of science), it is also an adventure told with great narrative force. Of course there is a darker side to the Congo, and that too is recorded here. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.85 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4A. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.