Search Results: Titles starting with N from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

(Edison, NJ): Chartwell Books, Inc, 1995. pictorial paper-covered boards, dust jacket. Wyeth, N.C.. 4to. pictorial paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 44 pages. A brief biographical introduction to the life of renowned artist and illustrator, Newell Convers Wyeth, is followed by a sampling of the full range of his life's work. With 34 full color illustrations.

Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1975. paper wrappers. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 28 pages. Two essays, one on the question of an open vs. a closed society, the other on the contribution of book clubs to society.

Berlin: Union Verlag; Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1981. paper wrappers. Union Verlag. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 83 pages. A bibliography of Union Verlag's publications from 1976-1980, supplementing their 1951-1975 bibliography.

(Torino (Turin), Italy): Giulio Einaudi, 1973. quarter leather, cloth, two leather spine labels, marbled endpapers. Nadar. square 8vo. quarter leather, cloth, two leather spine labels, marbled endpapers. xiv, 403+(1) pages. Text in Italian. Ex-library with markings. Table of contents, list of illustrations, appendix, chonology, general bibliography, bibliography of Nadar's writings, bibliography of Nadar's photography, list of major exhibitions. A study of the life of French photographer Nadar (1820-1910), a.k.a. Adrien Tournachon. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations of and by Nadar.

Claremont: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, 1977. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 18 pages. Second, revised edition. Illustrated. A fine copy.

Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press/Valley Editions, 1976. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 95+(1) pages. Second edition (revised). Lightly rubbed blue and white dust jacket.

Bryn Mawr (PA): Bryn Mawr College, 1986. stiff paper wrappers. Housman, A.E.. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 54 pages. Catalogue with 76 entries for an exhibition of Housmaniana and autographs from the Housman collection at Bryn Mawr College. With illustrations. Printed and bound at Meriden-Stinehour. A fine copy. With the bookplate of Thomas M. Whitehead.

Oxford: The Library, 1970. stiff paper wrappers. Bookbinding. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.193-218 with 7 plates. An article in the Library, Fifth Series, Volume XXV, Number 3.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926. cloth. small 8vo. cloth. (ii), xiii, (iii), 253, (3) pages, with 44 pages of plates. First edition. The memoirs of Hurd and the authors that influenced him throughout the years. It is illustrated with 44 pages of black-and-white plates of several authors, his parents, paintings and more. Indexed. Slight foxing throughout with rubbing along the spine.

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1984. stiff paper wrappers. Miniature Books. miniature book (6.5 x 5.0 cm). stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 6 pages. No limitation statement. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 102). Comments by Bonaparte on his Christian faith.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1999. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 28 pages. Occasional Paper Series, No.2. Illustrated. Preface by Elizabeth U. Mangan.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1900. Exquisite Blue Full crushed morocco, gilt borders on front and rear boards, spine in gilt, five raised bands, leather turn-ins with gilt, decorated endbands, marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Napoleon. large 8vo. Exquisite Blue Full crushed morocco, gilt borders on front and rear boards, spine in gilt, five raised bands, leather turn-ins with gilt, decorated endbands, marbled pastedowns and endpapers. vi, 261, (1) pages. Extra illustrated with 34 additional steel and copper engravings. Spine lightly faded, else a fine copy. Bound by 'Morrell, Binder, London', with their binder's ticket stamped at the foot of the leather turn-in at front pastedown. Bookplate of Walter Edwin Frew on front pastedown. Table of contents. Index. Napoleon's final years, much of it confined on St Helena. Rosebery critiques the literature--including Gourgaud, Montholon, Las Cases, and others. A fascinating account.

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1984. stiff paper wrappers. Miniature Books. miniature book (6.5 x 5.0 cm). stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 6 pages. No limitation statement. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 102). Comments by Bonaparte on his Christian faith. Memorial card for Madeline Forgue (1909-84), a collector of Napoleana, laid in.

Ann Arbor, MI: Gryphon Books, 1971. cloth, paper spine label. Indians. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. viii,49; ix,120 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. Facsimile reprint of the 1912 edition, together with the supplement, which was issued in 1928 and originally published by the Newberry Library of Chicago (Besterman 352). With pagination, size, collation and illustrations given. The original editions are a scarce reference set.

London: William Crofts, 1836. half leather over marbled paper boards, all edges marbled, five raised bands, gilt on spine, blue coated pastedowns and endpapers. Africa. 8vo. half leather over marbled paper boards, all edges marbled, five raised bands, gilt on spine, blue coated pastedowns and endpapers. 412 pages, with 26 lithograph plates (2 of which are in full color and four in two-color), including two large folding maps at rear. First edition. Mendelssohn, I, pp. 587-8; Theal, Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets relating to Africa south of the Zambesi in the Collection of George McCall Theal, 1912, p. 112. Michal Lesniewski, The Zulu-Boer War 1837-1840, 2021. Ownership name in ink on second free endpaper. "Putnam, Boston" stamps on title page. Rubbing to edges and hinges. Frontispiece has been professional reattached near gutter. Marginal foxing to a few leaves. One tipped-in errata slip at end of preface. A lovely copy. First edition of Gardiner's well-illustrated account of his travels in… Read More

(Los Angeles, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1975. self paper wrappers. Black Sparrow Press. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. First printing. May 1975. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. rebound in cloth with the original cover as the front pastedown. Uruguay. 8vo. rebound in cloth with the original cover as the front pastedown. (vii), 338+(1) pages. Part literary criticism and part bibliography. Former library book with the usual markings.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. cloth. small 4to. cloth. vi, 122 pages. First U.S. edition (Fifoot SA31 - one of 250 to 268 copies). Sitwell disputes the theory that most British painting took its inspiration from literature in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and posits that "narrative" painting was a significant main stream in British art. His point is well-illustrated, in colour and monochrome, by examples from Hogarth, Gainsborough, Turner, Millais, Cruikshank, Tissot, and many lesser known artists of the era. Notes on the illustrations by Michael Seaver. Index. Minor rubbing.

Chicago: Newberry Library, 1912. self paper wrappers. Indians. 8vo. self paper wrappers. x, 120 pages. With pagination, size, collation and illustrations given. Lacks the supplement volume. No wrappers; last leaf spotted along edges.

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1964. cloth, dust jacket. New Jersey. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 266 pages. First edition. Some foxing of jacket.