Search Results: Authors starting with O from Post Horizon Booksellers

London, England: The War Office / Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1957. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii, 1,919pp. Titled red card wrapper shows soiling commensurate w age and diagonal crease to bottom front corner. Faint moisture stain to bottom edge front cover and streaked stain to top edge of text block. Adhesive residue inside front cover. Spine lightly faded, showing small label on tail. Binding creased, but square and sound. Octavo.

Ontario, Canada: The Quaker Oats Co. of Canada Ltd., 1967. No Binding. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Eleven landscape prints in original titled portfolio. Ten prints of Canadian provincial legislatures, one print of the Canadian Parliament building, Ottawa. Titled white portfolio w tab closure. Light soiling. Oblong quarto. Published for the Canadian Centennial of Confederation, 1967, as the Quaker Oats Centennial Picture Offer No. 2

West Chester, PA, USA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2004. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 237pp. Illust w historical bw photographs. Decorative endpapers. Dark grey cloth w figure on cover, black lettering on spine. No wear to covers, small surface scuff to tail. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ is clean and without wear. Quarto: 27.5 x 20.5cm. Originally published under the title, Die Deutsche Luftwaffe im Afrika-Feldzug 1941-1943, by Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart (n.d.) and translated from the German by Don Cox.

Jewish Educational Publishers of Canada / Coteau Books (distributor), 1985. First Canadian Edition . Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxii, 250pp w glossary and biographies of contributors. Illustrated w twenty-one indexed bw photographs. Colour illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and tight. A new book. An anthology of sixty selections fromJewish Canadian writers including Mordecai Richler, Tom Wayman, Leonard Cohen, Eli Mandel, Norman Levine, Phyllis Gotlieb, A.M. Klein, Irving Layton, Henry Kriesel and more.

Princeton University Press / Bishop Museum Press, 1994. 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvii, 251pp w appendix, endnotes, bibliography and index. Fourteen indexed figures including frontis. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without edgewear, showing light bumping to bottom front corner. Binding square and not creased. Octavo. Second Princeton Paperback printing, 1994, stated.

Indiana University Press, 1976. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [lx], 475pp w indexes. Small inked checks and scoring in Table of Contents only. Illustrated wrapper is clean showing very light shelf wear. Binding square and sound showing moderate sunning and vertical creasing commensurate w use. Previously published as The Penguin Book of Russian Verse, the collection contains a generous and judicious selection of Russian poetry from medieval times... down to the contemporary period, with plain prose translations of each poem chosen.

Toronto, ON, Canada: McArthur & Company, 2000. First Canadian Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 247pp. Flat green endpapers. Black boards with fine gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Colour illustrated DJ clean and without wear; not price-clipped. Sequel to House Of Splendid Isolation, and, Down By The River, completing O'Brien's trilogy depicting contemporary Ireland.

South Bend, Indiana, U.S.A.: South Bend Lathe Works, 1942. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128pp w index. Illustrated w bw photograph, technical drawings and tables. Illustrated wrap is clean and without wear. Cloth tape spine and stapled binding sound and without wear. 42nd edition, stated It is the purpose of this book to aid the apprentice in the machine shop and the student in the school shop to secure a better understanding of the fundamentals of the operation of a modern Screw Cutting Engine Lathe

St. Columbans, Nebraska, USA: St. Columban's Foreign Mission Society, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. O'Reilly, Robert. [viii], 146pp. Prev owner stamp on title page, gift inscription inked neatly on ffep. Orange cloth w black lettering on cover and spine. No edgewear; binding sound but lightly rounded. "This first American edition of the Australian Catholic best-seller 'Around the Boree Log' is published by exclusive arrangement with Messrs Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Writing as John O'Brien, Monsignor Hartigan served the Catholic church in New South Wales, Australia, in the early decades of the 1900s. His poetry reflected the lives of the people of the outback in the parishes where he ministered.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Abelard-Schuman, 1963. First Canadian Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 317pp. Prev owner name inked on ffep. Burgundy cloth with crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Illustrated DJ clean, not price-clipped, showing light surface wear at joints, 2cm surface chip top front edge, and moderate wear to tail. DJ now preserved in archival cover. Winner of: Concours Litteraire et Scientifique--1963, in the province of Quebec.

Killarney Co., Kerry, Ireland: Mac Publications, 1999. 2nd Printing. Booklet. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. De Fouw, Jan. 44pp. Illustrations in text. Illustrated card wrap shows light handling, mild bumping to top corners. Stapled binding sound. A reprint of Donal O'Cahill's edited collection of 1956. Reduced shipping may apply.

Edmonton, AB, Canada: Plains Publishing Inc., 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 159pp. Illustrated wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Distinguished Canadian neurosurgeon Bill O'Callaghan offers one of the definitive accounts of coming-of-age in the 1950s under the shadow of the A-bomb, the veil of Catholicism and the pounding beat of Rock 'n Roll.

New York, NY, USA: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1944. First U.K. Edition 3rd Printing. Cloth. Very Good +/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 287pp. Prev owner name inked on ffep. Light blue cloth with fine dark blue lettering on spine. Very light shelf wear. Binding square and sound. Titled DJ shows soiling and light wear commensurate w age and handling. DJ preserved now in archival cover. Author was minister at the Park Street Church, Boston at the time of publication. Multitudes are standing in need of such comfort today. Bereavement, separation, worry, fear, distress, loss, danger, - all call for the comfort of God as revealed in the book of II Corinthians.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Harcourt Brace Canada, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi, 264pp. Wrapper is clean, showing light handling, no edgewear. Binding square and not creased. Octavo. First printing.

Princeton, NJ, USA: Foundation for Aviation World War I, 1995. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. vii, 278pp, [2]. bw photos, ports, diagrams. Wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Quarto. Volume IV in the series, Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I.

Mesa, AZ, USA: Champlin Fighter Museum Press, 1986. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Rimell, Ray. 336pp w appendices, bibliography and index. Historical bw photographs in text; one section of colour illustrations by Ray Rimell detailing aircraft finish and markings. Dark blue boards w fine gilt lettering to spine. Bumping to corners. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ is clean, showing wear to head, bumping to tail. DJ preserved now in BroDart cover. Quarto: 288 x 228

Ithica, NY, USA: Cornell University Press, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [viii],338pp w appendix and index. Grey cloth w fine blue lettering on spine. No edgewear, top corners lightly bumped; binding square and sound.

Princeton, NJ, USA: Foundation for Aviation World War I, 1993. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 278pp. bw photos, ports, diagrams. Wrapper is clean and without wear. Binding square and not creased. Quarto. Volume III in the series, Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I.

Princeton, NJ, USA: Foundation for Aviation World War I, 1990. Soft cover. Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. vi, 285pp. bw photos, ports, diagrams. Wrapper is clean showing small bumping to corners. Binding square and not creased. Quarto. Volume II in the series, Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I.

Atglen, PA, USA: Schiffer Military History, 2002. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 514pp w appendices, bibliography, index. Illust w historical bw photos. Decorative endpapers. Colour illustrated boards are clean and without edgewear, showing small bumping to top corners. Binding square and sound. Colour illustrated DJ - identical to boards - is clean, showing corresponding bumping, no edgewear. Quarto: 288 x 228 x 45mm. 2.85kg before packaging. Seventh and final volume in the series Aviation Awards of Imperial Germany in World War I and the Men Who Earned Them. Not available for shipping outside of continental North America.