Search Results: Authors starting with O from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

Antwerp: Abraham Ortelius, 1609. 4th State. Very Good. [13.5x18.25in, 34.3x46.4cm neat line, 15.5x21.5in, 39.4x54.6cm sheet] Colored and very ornate map of part of Europe, Russia, Siberia, Northwest cost of North America, and Japan, ornate title and narrative cartouche, the map is in Latin with a Dutch narrative on verso with #74 at bottom, single vertical crease, colors vibrant, light age toning and minor soiling on verso. [Burden 41, Van Den Broecke 163, Wagner Northwest 81 (1570), Skelton Plate 60] CS. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Dutch cartographer and publisher of the first 'modern style' atlas in 1570, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). Maps were produced, published and sold individually in different sizes and formats, and then bound in books as selected by the buyer. The Ortelius atlas was published with uniform size, formatting and coloring of the maps, along with narratives on the verso. There were a number of printings between 1570 to 1641, and many of the engraved… Read More

New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1941. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. [9.25x6.25in]; xiii, 254 pp. [1], photographic image by Herbert Ponting of sailing ship [Terra Nova, Scott's 1911-12 expedition] in ice field on title page, 14 plates with photographs, 12 maps; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering and triton image on spine with title on black field with gilt borders, top edge blue dye, map of Antarctic regions with notation of expeditions on front and rear endpapers; Dark blue dust jacket with yellow-green outlined and white letters on front and spine, ocean illustration of iceberg and sailing ship on front and spine, advertisements in blue lettering on rear; Minor shelf wear to all top and bottom edges, bottom corners bumped, some slight darkening of text edges; Some shelf wear and small chips to all dust jacket edges and top of spine, spine and rear cover darken with age. [Rosove 1236, Spence 883]. Russell Owen [1889-1952] was a journalist and writer interested in adventure… Read More

New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1941. First Edition. Near Fine. [9.25x6.25in]; xiii, 254 pp. [1], photographic image by Herbert Ponting of sailing ship [Terra Nova, Scott's 1911-12 expedition] in ice field on title page, 14 plates with photographs, 12 maps, cartopgraphic end papers from original binding at rear; Three-Quarter bound dark green goat with marbled paper covers, gilt boarders, gilt lettering on spine in red dyed label, three color dyed gilt edged penguin illustration on spine, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, all edges trimmed; Minor rubbing on a few spots, corners and edges, spine faded, bookplate of Roberth Wetherill, Jr. on verson of front end paper; A fine example of special rebinding. [Rosove 1236, Spence 883]. Russell Owen [1889-1952] was a journalist and writer interested in adventure and exploration. He covered the air race to the North Pole with Amundsen and was part of Byrd's Little America I Antarctic expedition of 1928-30, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for… Read More