Search Results: Authors starting with O from Old Bookshelf

New York: Association Press, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 64pp. Pictorial cover, illustrated. Corners lightly rubbed, contents are clean, and bnding is tight. Introduction is by medical missionary, Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell. Publisher's promotional page of other books laid-in. A well-preserved book.

Washington, D.C.: Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1959. Soft cover. Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 64pp. Illustrated stapled wraps. LIght cover wear, slight dampstain to first few lower margins otherwise sound and clean. Articles on NIkita Khrushchev's 1959 visit to USA, including meetings with President Eisenhower and numerous other American officials and citizens. Heavily illustrated.

Albany: Weed, Parsons and Comapny, 1867. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 416pp. Red embossed leather boards and spine, gilt lettering and scroll decoration to spine, 2 foldout diagrams, one of the Senate Chamber and one of the Assembly Chamber, both in nice condition. Covers are lightly edgeworn and moderately stained, contents are lightly age-toned, tiny abrasion to corners of a few pages, but contents are crisp and clean.

Tel Aviv: Zohar Publishing Company Ltd., 1974. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 348pp. Paperback lightly rubbed, sound binding, clean text. History of the 1973 war by reporter Dan Ofry, who, himself, was wounded in the war.

New York: Standard Oil Company of New York, 1927. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 26pp. Stapled pictorial wraps. Small piece torn from corner of front cover, some chipping and wrinkling to lower gutter, contents yellowed, address label on rear cover. Articles on travel and automotive care and promotion of Socony products.

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 375pp+25pp ads. No date but circa 1850s. Brown blind-stamped baords, gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Minor wear and scuffing, contents age-toned, binding is tight, bookseller's label on front pastedown, owner's pencilled name and date (1866) of front free endpaper. This book is a 19th century publication, NOT a recent reprint.

Hartford: Robinson & Pratt, 1831. Soft cover. Fair. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Yellow printed stiff wraps. 12 hand-colored maps and charts, one of which is double page. Covers heavily soiled, maps and charts lightly soiled, most soiling is in margins, occasional chipping to edges, atlas has folded vertically showing slight crease. Regional maps of the United States as well as South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the world. Maps are dated 1828-1830.

Leipzig: Otto Spamer, 1863. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 316pp. Text in German. Marbled paper over cloth library binding. Wear to edges, contents have occasional light foxing. 9 fo 12 color plates present, many additional black and white illustrations.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1927. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. ix,162pp. Orange and purple boards, gilt lettering. Fading to spine and portions of boards, faint spotting, binding is tight, endpapers mildly toned, contents otherwise clean. Travelogue of the French and Italian Rivieras plus north Africa., with illustrations.

London: Hodderand Stoughton Ltd., 1932. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1279pp. Tan buckram, red and black lettering. Spine mildly darkened, little of no wear to cover, endpapers foxed, text is clean, binding is sound. Dust jacket is darkened and heavily worn missing large piece from head of spine and other fragments along edges and folds.

New York: Albert Sibley & Co., 1884. First Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 128pp. Printed wraps. Spine missing, old tape repair to cover and inner margin, text is toned, but clean and unworn. An abundance of practical how-to instructions for boys during the 19th century. Illustrated.

Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. E.W. Kemble. 336pp. Tan boards with small illustration, gilt lettering to spine. Very light wear, light soil, contents are clean, former owner's name on front free endpaper. An amusing presentation of a Frenchman travelling in America.

New York: Cassell Publishing Comnpany, 1891. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. E.W. Kemble. 365pp. Green cloth, gilt and black lettering and decoration, top edge gilt, frontispiece with tissue-guard and numerous in text illustrations. Edges lightly rubbed, text is toned and clean, owner's name and date, and black ink crossout on front endpaper, binding is sound. A Frenchman's travel in America written with a humorous touch.

Manchester, NH: Henry A. Gage, Printer. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 145pp. Brown stamped cloth, gilt title. Spine faded, corners lightly rubbed, owner's name on front free endpaper, text is clean and unmarked, and binding is sound.

New York: Rizzoli, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 208pp. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Book is clean and unworn, dust jacket is in very good condition.

Boston: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 124pp. Pale grey boards, red, white and blue decoration, red lettering. Slight fade to spine, few light spots on rear cover, corners square, contents are clean and sound.

New York: E & H.T. Anthony, 1880. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 108pp+34pp ads. Brown embossed covers, black lettering and decoration. Corners worn, covers otherwise sound and binding is tight. Text is yellowed and there is light foxing to preliminary pages, owner's name on blank verso of frontispiece, some offsetting to one page of text from apparent laid-in item. Instructions on retouching along with 4 plates illustrating retouching techniques. A well-preserved example of this uncommon book.

New York: Cupples & Leon Co., 1907. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unpaginated (33pp). Text and color illustrations on each page. Light soil and edgewear to boards, spine chipped but mostly intact, contents are clean and unmarked. Other stories include "Buster Brown Plays David and Goliath" and "Buster Brown and the Donkey". A scarce title.