Search Results: Titles starting with I from Oshtemo Book Sellers

Boston and New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Three Novellas by Ellen Gilcrest. Book is as new as is jacket priced ($1995) on front flap. Never opened and of course never read. Condition as stated.

HarperCollins, New York, 1982. Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Emily Arnold McCully (illustrator). 1st Edition. AS NEW SIGNED by illustrator on the first free end paper. Book with As new priced jacket. This is a story about a very lively little girl with equally lively grandparents. it is about the special relationship children now have with their grandparents. Emily Arnold McCully's exuberant illustrations capture all the excitement of the text. A very fine signed book. Signed by Illustrator

Candlewick Press, 1992. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Maurice Sendak (illustrator). 1st Edition/first printing . With Iona Opie's introduction and detailed notes and Maurice Sendak's remarkable pictures, vignettes, sequences, and full page paintings both wickedly funny and comically sad, this book offers knowledge and entertainment to all who open it. Like a collection of Mother Goose nursery rhymes or Grimm's' fairy tales I Saw Esau deserves a place among the classic texts of childhood. Book and priced jacket ($19.95) jacket are in AS NEW condition. Solid, square, unopened and unread and totally unmarked. This is a fine collectible copy.

London: T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John overton. Beautiful Sangorski and Sutcliffe binding in near fine condition. Authors name on spine is lost, rest of spine is very fine. All edges of text block are gilded and book is bound in beautiful green polished leather with double ruled gilding and decorations on front and rear. Bottom of front cover where it meets the spine has a 1/4" crack. Front of cover has very slight shelf scratches. paste-downs and end papers are marbled. Book is seemingly unread, unmarked, tight and square. A truly beautiful collectible. Translated from the French by W. P. Baines.

Limited Editions Club, New York, 1982. Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Leonard Baskin (illustrator). First Thus. Limited Edition #539/1500 Book is new as is publishers slipcase. 10 full page Drawings of the characters are by master wood block and lithograph artist Leonard Basking with a tipped in original Lithograph by Baskin. Irma B. Jaffe who wrote the introduction to this wonderful book wrote "bringing Eugene O'Neill and Leonard Baskin together suggests in some ways a marriage made in heaven and in other ways one surely celebrated in hell". The Iceman cometh is one of O'Neill's finest and most famous plays and this new copy is a wonderful collectible or very special gift. Limited editions club newsletter is included. Signed by Illustrator

About this Item: Grand Central Publishing, New York, 2013. Hardcover. Condition: NEW first edition/first printing in priced (28.00) dust jacket is unmarked and unopened. Scott Turow is one of Americas best crime writers. His books have sold more than thirty million copies and have been translated into more than twenty five languages. Identical is the story of State Senator Paul Gianis who is a candidate for mayor if Kindle County. His identical twin brother, Cass, is newly released from prison, twenty five years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend Dita Kronon. When Evon miller, an ex FBI agent who is the head of security for the Kronon family business, and private investigator Tim Brodie begin a reinvestigation of Dits's death, they find themselves ensnared in a tangle of deception as only Scott Turow could weave. This copy is suitable for any fine library. NEW. Seller Inventory # 001510

HarperCollins, New York, 1989. Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED book is in pristine As New condition. Book is signed by Steven kellogg the illustrator on the verso of the front cover along with a wonderful illustration of the wizard, who is a main character in this delightful book. Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical magician is ready, willing and able to explain the nuts and bolts as well as the mystery and wonder of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and watching your savings grow. ** An ALA Notable Book ** A Horn Book Fanfare Selection ** A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year ** A Teachers' Choice Selection *** "This is one investment that's sure to pay interest in reader dividends." School Learning Journal ( starred review) This is a great book for your young wanna be financiers. Book is finely SIGNED by the illustrator

New York: Philosphical Library, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Illumination: Medieval illuminators (or' miniators'). What is book-illumination? Book-illumination and book-illustration. Elements which influenced book-illumination. Book-painting, compared with panel-painting", and over 500 more pages of everything you wanted to know about illuminated books. Book in near fine condition, with slight fading to edges, internally flawless, with over250 illustrations and plates, in very good + jacket with minor wear to extremities, and small tape repairs to verso. Sound and square, which is exceptional for such a heavy book.

Boston: Horn Book Incorporated, 1961. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book is in fine unread condition with hundred of fine illustration. jacket is unclipped ($10.00) and in near fine condition with minor tape repairs to verso. The story begins with the first illustrated manuscripts and follows through with the evolution of printing to the glowing illustrations of the mid-twentieth century. the book has more than 250 examples of drawings and paintings, here reproduced in b and w and biographies of more that 350 illustrators. A tour-de-force.

Holiday House, New York, 1987. Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING is NEW as is Mylar protected jacket. Book is signed with great flourish on the title page by Deborah Kogan Ray, the illustrator. Becky and her family move to the Lower East Side of New York ( as did mine) from Russia in 1910. Life is very different in the New World. Becky's large family has to squeeze into a three room apartment, and the streets are noisy and crowded. Learning English at a big school, cooling off under the hydrant, dancing to the hurdy gurdy , sleeping on the roof in the summer heat, going to the nickelodeon these are exciting new experiences.At the same time Becky observes the traditions of the Old World, polishing brass and getting ready for Passover. This is a sensitive, authentic portrayal of a period in America when immigration was at its height. The wonderfully illustrated book is a fine collectible for any library and for any age.… Read More

San Francsco: Anonym Press, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 7x5.5. 87 OF 100 SIGNED COPIES by Ginsberg of a total of 2000 printed. A mint copy of this transcription of a discussion in which Ginsberg reveals some of his thoughts on the use and effects of sound and rhythm in poetry. Never opened and perfect. Copyright 1971, printed jan. 1972. For the Ginsberg collector.

Central Maine Publishing Company, Waterville Maine, 1908. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Book is fine, bound in brown cloth over boards with white lettering on cover. There is a quite interesting book- plate on the front paste-down. From the library of A. Newton Plummer, known on Wall street as " fixer Plummer" and author of the book, The Great American Swindle, Inc.(1932) The following pages are a record of actual occurrences in camp life. In the most part. they were written in the woods from day to day as the events transpired. If there is nothing startling recorded, it is because the sensational does not ofter happen in camp with boys in the woods. Book is a fine nostalgic collectible. Protectted in Mylar SCARCE. Signed by Author

Simon & Schuster, New York, 2012. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. In One Person First edition/first printing with full # line, by master story teller John Irving is very fine with a very fine priced jacket (28.00). The book is a compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity. It is a story of unfulfilled love, tormented, funny and affecting and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bi-sexual narrator and main character of the book tells the tragicomic story( lasting more than a half century) of his life as a " sexual suspect" a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 in his landmark novel of " terminal cases", The World According to Garp. Book is a fun and interesting read and a fine Irving collectible.

London: Heinemann, 1923. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. This very fine, almost press book quality book in quarter velum binding with perfect green cloth and VF paper label. # 84 of 1030 copies. Slight tan to top of binding extremity. Fore edge is untrimmed. Ex Lib of John M. Cameron on front paste down. jacket is near fine with VG+ paper label, and one tape repair to verso on back fold. There are five stories by Irish novelist George Moore (1852-1933) which are fun to read and give a quite accurate sense of the era the two men and two women and one couple lived in. Book is in wonderful condition.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1987. Limited Edition First thus. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Michael Hafftka. This edition consists of 800 copies.The text was set in monotype Walbaum at the out of sorts letter foundry in Mamaroneck, New York. This book has been printed on Mould-made Magnani paper at the Shagbark Press in South Portland, Maine. The Lithographs were printed on hand made Japanese paper at Trestle Editions Ltd. New York City. the design is by Benjamin Shiff. This book has been hand sewn and hand bound by Carol Joyce in Stockton, New Jersey. This is copy 539. Book is signed by most likely the illustrator, though I can't tell. Book is translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir. A beautiful presentation of a great classic. Housed in velvet lined publishers clam shell box. Stunning.

Viking, New York, 2002. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book is a FINE first edition/first printing reading copy from a wonderful author. This is the seventh book in the Mitford Years series, readers old and new will " fall in love with Mitford and desire never to emerge" In This Mountain finds Father tim and Cynthia again living in Mitford, following their stint on Whitecap Island a few years ago. In the little town that's become America's favorite home away from home, live hums along. Once again, Jan Karon proves she's " a writer who reflects contemporary culture more fully than almost any living novelist"- The Los Angeles Times. " There is a oasis of wholesomeness amid the sex and violence bestseller lists: Jan karon's Mitford novels. Book is fine in a fine priced (25.95) jacket. There is a shout out to Granpa Gil on the first free end paper. Fine and very enjoyable reading copy.

Viking Penguin, New York, 2010. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Very fine FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING reading copy of best selling author Jan Karon's Mitford story, In the company of Others. Another wonderful Father Time novel.Vacation, the very word has been foreign to Episcopal priest Tim Kavanagh. Now retired, he's making good on an old promise to show his wife, Cynthia, the land of his Irish ancestors. Set against he music of Irish song and storytelling, In the Company of Others reminds us of our desperate need to be heard and the reconciliation that comes with confession. This very fine book, in a very fine priced (27.95) jacket is, to quote the author, her favorite novel. " Her dark haired child.".

New York: Viking, 1990. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Naipaul is among one of the most important travel writers and this is his most important travel books to date (1990). Book is near mint with a remainder mark on bottom edge.Jacket5 is unclipped ($24.95) and near mint.

About this Item: Viking, New York, 1991. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition/First printing book in very good condition. Book is slightly tilted or it would be as new. Priced jacket (24.95) is very fine. This is an excellent reading copy. India : A Million Mutinies Now is a rich, as vivid, and as sympathetic as anything Naipaul has written. This book was written a quarter century after the author first visited his ancestral home for the first time in 1962. As Naipaul travels East, West, north and South, his carefully structured journey begin to read like a novel. Each character has his story, and each story reveals another facet of the totality which is India. This is a fine read for those who like to travel and taste what the world offers.

Boston: Hartford: Joseph Knight Company: American Pubishing Company, 1895. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Innocents Abroad, mark Twain's iconic tale of travel throughout Europe and the East of which he " offers no apologies for any departures from the usual style of travel-writing that may be charged against me-- for I think I have seen with impartial eyes, and I am sure I have written at least honestly, whether wisely or not." This 2 volume set is in near fine condition, internally tight and clean and totally unmarked. Covers have beautiful and bright, white and green and Gilt blind stamps over nice green cloth. The tops of the text blocks are gilded and the bottom and fore edges are untrimmed, and slightly soiled. Spines are slightly faded yet the gilt lettering in quite readable. For Twain Collectors and collectors of travel literature albeit fanciful at times, this wonderful set is a must have.