Search Results: Authors starting with O from Walkabout Books

Austin: Von Boeckmann-Jones Co, 1953. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo, pp xii, 310, [10], with 3 plates and 7 maps (4 folding). Number 3 of 300 signed and numbered copies, with an additional personal inscription to Robert Emmett Lucey, Archbishop of San Antonio. Ink stamp of the Catholic Archives of San Antonio on front pastedown, else fine. Jenkins, Basic Texas Books #156: "This is the best account of the early Irish settlements in Texas. Harbert Davenport called it 'a magnificent work. It is a product of twenty years of tireless work and is irreplaceable as a chapter in the overall history of the colonization of Texas"....The settlements were made as a result of colonization contracts made in the 1820s by the Mexican government....Obertse also provides a fine narrative of the role of the Irish in the Texas Revolution and the Texas Republic.

Oakland, CA: Lloyd Green, 1965. Softcover. Very Good. Second edition. xiii, 107 pp, in original illustrated wrappers. "Complimentary" stamps on inside covers, light shelf wear; contents clean and sound. A collection of poetry organized into eight parts: Home Sweet Home, Childhood, Careless Youth, Picture of Life's Other Side, Philosophy, Political, and Greed, and Hate.

Philadelphia: John Conrad, 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 9.75" x 6", viii, 473 pp, indexed. Bound in original quarter-leather and paper covered boards. Boards well worn, with much of the outer paper and 3/4 inch of leather at head of spine lost, hinges a bit wobbly, bookplates of Watts de Peyster Library and Franklin & Marshall College on front endpapers, inventory number on verso of title page. Otherwise unmarked, clean and sound. Begins with Volume I, Number 1 (September 25, 1913) and runs through Volume I, Number 26 (March 19, 1814), followed by Addenda. Sabin 1260. Published for just two years, this scarce periodical offers a weekly compilation of "domestic news from every part of the continent," as well as reports on financial and legal matters, foreign policy, and government documents and reports containing a wealth of information and relating to the War of 1812.

New York: Garland Publishing, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Series: Themes in European Expansion: Exploration, Colonization, and the Impact of Empire. 474 pp, indexed. Lists 3089 items. The first attempt to compile a comprehensive bibliography of English and foreign-language pamphlets and books pertaining to British East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar). Includes sections on each country, as well as on Exploration, Religion, East African Campaign 1914-1918, Agriculture, Mau Mau Revolt, Medicine, Slavery, Wildlife. As new.

London: Cape Goliard, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Fine copy in publisher's mustard cloth with blue spine lettering. Dust jacket has chipping and short tears at the top edge, sticker shadow on front flap. One of sevaral volumes in Olson's magnum opus, The Maximus Poems, which were published as a complete collection in 1983, more than a decade after Olson's death.

Newport Beach and Fullerton, CA: Boyle Engineering Corporation and Weston Pringle and Associates, 1981. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11, comb binding. Not paginated, but ca. 75 pages, printed rectos only. Includes a section of color illustrations and several flow charts. A photocopy of the Orange County Transportation Commission's Request for Proposals to which this is a response is laid in. The idea was to examine ways to design and implement a "High Flow Arterial Concept" in order to "increase the efficiency of existing arterial highways by grade separating major arterial intersections to reduce the number of stops required in the average trip." The RFP goes on to note that "this is an engineering concept which is possible, but could have far-reaching cost and social implications. It is also a concept which, if practical, could help remedy many of the County's transportation problems." Interesting early discussion of traffic congestion and transportation… Read More

County of Orange Environmental Management Agency, Advance Planning Division, 1982. Softcover. Very good. Two volumes, bound reports on complex land use issues in rapidly-developing Orange County, California in the 1980s. Volume I approx. 40 pp, Volume II approx. 50 pp. Both with many tables, charts, maps. According to the text "The purpose of Component I is to examine the long-range implications of policies and trends related to land use" and establish baseline data to aid in future policy decisions. Component II "describes objectives, policies, and land use patterns for all unincorporated territory in both narrative and graphic terms and establishes criteria and standards for application."

1979. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11 photocopied typescript.Ca. 75 pp. A "supplemental memorandum respecting factory housing prepared by the legal counsel of Joan Irvine Smith (of Irvine Ranch). A detailed argument stating that there is a need for low-cost housing in Orange County and that "factory housing" ("whether mobile home, modular, prefabricated, precut or other variety") can meet that need. "This Memorandum will delineate and discuss the myriad legal issues involved in, and impediments to, the use of factory housing in Orange County (and California). This memorandum will additionally survey various proposed specific and integrated solutions to these problems."

Portland, OR, 1920. Softcover. Very good. 7.5" x 10.5", [56] pp, stapled wrappers with embossed vignette of Mt. Hood. Moderate general wear to wraps; internals clean and sound. Very good. Both a program for a Shriners convention and a guide for visitors to Portland and vicinity, this attractive production includes seven colored views of local scenery (downtown Portland, Rose Festival, Crown Point, Horsetail Falls, Shepperd's Dell, etc), as well black and white images of commercial and municipal buildings, parks, and harbor. The text touts Portland as "the center of a great territory, full of potential resources....capable of indefinite growth" and describes many local attractions. Attendees were also provided an extensive schedule of activities, including sightseeing excursions, concerts and dancing baseball games, a horse show, a decorated vehicle parade, and pyrotechnic display.

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. 208 pp + illustrations, with frontispiece, illustrated map endpapers. Boards slightly bowed, bumped corners; else sound and clean. No dust jacket. "This book sets out to give the story of my naval life - and in doing so deals with a period during which the changes introduced into the Navy far exceed those of any other half-century of its long history" (Preface).

Mission, SD: Sinte Gleska College, 1986. Softcover. good. 111 pp, with illustrations, in original wrappers. Light toning to edges of wrappers, light handling wear, pink highlighting on 6 pages of text and in table of contents; else clean and sound. Includes essays, short stories, and poetry by Tom Simms, Charlotte A. Black Elk, Josepha Bruchac III, W.H. Emery, Carter Revard, Ruth Tracy, R.A. Swanson, Mike Good Shield, and others.

San Jose: Victor Hillis & Sons, 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 6.5 x 9.75 inches, (ix), 16 pp, in beige printed wrappers with half-tone photo of Yosemite Falls mounted on front cover, accompanied by the original (unposted) mailing envelope. One mild crease affects the volume as a whole, otherwise a very nice copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper "Thoughts from Yosemite -- to you. Frances Osborne-Stallings. This collection of Yosemite-related verse, is dedicated "to the Ranger-Naturalists of our National Parks, and to all who love life." Many of the poems are about specific features--both natural and manmade--of the Park, such as Nevada and Vernal Falls, Half Dome, El Capitan, Glacier Point, the Ahwahnee, Yosemite Lodge, and Camp Curry. A second edition was published in 1940.

New York and Albuquerque: Press of the Pioneers and University of New Mexico Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. First volume: Limited edition, #283 of 750 copies, signed by author on the limitation page. 293 pp + illustrations, with frontispiece, index. Volume II: Number 278 of 400 copies of the "De Luxe Edition," which contains illustrations not found in the trade edition. xi, 306 pp + illustrations, with frontispiece, index. Both volumes with some toning from glue at hinges, light soiling to boards, previous owner's name on front free endpaper; contents clean, binding tight. No dust jackets. Otero served from 1897 to 1906 as the 16th Governor of New Mexico Territory. Six Guns 1659: Volume I tells the story of Wild Bill Hickock's murder, repeats many of the legends about Clay Allison, and tells about the attempt of the mob at Las Vegas to take Dave Rudabaugh away from Pat Garrett. He also tells about Jesse James's visit to Las Vegas and his murder by Bob Ford. In Volume… Read More