Search Results: Titles starting with O from Bibliodditiques

Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Bob Anderson. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 43 pp.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., 1964. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Light edgewear. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations and 8 colour plates. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 256 pp.

London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. , 1966. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has a bit of wear around the edges. Blue coverboards with light bumping at corners. Describes over 100 types of ships with 96 line drawings, 16 colour plates and 16 plates of photographs. Size: 24mo (5" to 6"). 191 pp.

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1967. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Chronicles the exploration by Scottish civil engineer and surveyonn Sandford Fleming across Canada to seek a path for a railroad to the west. The author was secretary to the expedition. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Woodcut illustrations and map showing Fleming's route. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket is price-clipped. A few small tears on top edge of jacket; largest being 1.25" on front panel near spine. Size: Sm 8vo (7.5" to 8"). 396 pp.

Markham, Ontario, Canada: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Limited, 1986. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Light wear to dust jacket - 1" tear at rear. Black and white photographic illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 433 pp.

New York: Random House, 1965. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Story of two kittens and how they adapt to a new home. Tight binding. Green coverboards with gilt lettering. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has some light edgewear and a small tear on front panel near spine. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 120 pp.

New York: The Modern Library. Very Good +/very good +. Copyright date of 1937. No date of publication given, but gift inscription on front endpaper is dated 1964. Inside of dust jacket lists 408 other titles in The Modern Library. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases on pages. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has some light surface and edgewear. Included with the purchase of this book is a pamphlet entitled "John Steinbeck", written by James Gray, Pamphlet No. 94 in the University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers series, Copyright 1971. The pamphlet is in very good condition with some underlineing and margin notesSize: 12mo (7" to 7.5"). 186 pp.

Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill, 2010. Paperback. Near Fine. Tony Urquhart with Captions Courageous. A quirky book in which the author's Leonardo da Vinci-inspired drawings are given very off-the-wall explanations. For example, one descriptions reads, "This simple wooden on/off switch evokes the era of Soviet nuclear power plants. Larger than a conventiopnal switch, iits size made it easy to locate in the dark during a malfunction or meltdown. Note the equisite carved detail on some of the moving parts." Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 223 pp.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1989. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Richard Lord. Contains more than 150 recipes plus eight pages of colour photos of the varieties of fishj sold at the Fulton Fish Market in New York City. Includes information about choosing quality seafood and for handling it properly and safely and a history of the market. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Remainder marks on top and bottom of text block. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 381 pp.

New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Incorporated, 1939. Hardcover. Good +. Story of a young boy in Norway incorporating Norwegian folklore motifs, customs, and local colour. Decorative endpapers. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or scribbling on pages. Edgewear and soiling of coverboards. Gift inscription, bookplate and library discard stamp on endpapers. Some spotting on pages. Richly illustrated using stone lithography. Size: 4to (11" to 13").

New York: Bradbury Press, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good +. Warren Gebert. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Small tear on front of dust jacket. Illustrations are based on acrylic paintings. Pictorial endpapers. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Greenwillow Books, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/very good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is price clipped. Library edition but not a library copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages, other than previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Coverboards have gilt embossed lettering and light shelf wear. Top edge of first 50 pages have some pressure marks. 104 illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan: Coteau Books, 1986. Paperback. Near Fine. Purchased from the estate sale for Canadian author, Timothy Findley. Findley's initials embossed on title page. Presented to Findley by author Gary Hyland, in appreciation for a reading Findley gave in Regina, Saskatchewan. Gift inscription and signature of Hyland on half-title page. Also included is a note card written by Hyland to Findley thanking him for the reading and referring to the health of author Margaret Laurence. The note card is creased and the book is in very nice condition. Size: 16mo (6" to 7"). 350 pp.

New York: Schocken Books, 1987. Soft Cover. Very Good +. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Light edgewear to cover and small stain on right lower corner of front cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160 pp.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1921. Third impression. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Red boards with gilt embossed lettering on front and spine. Some edgewear to boards. Library catalogue serial number on spine. Library sticker on front paste down endpaper. Remnants of library stickers on rear endpapers. Black and white frontis is an illustration of Rober Bailey Thomas. Twenty-nine other illustrations/engravings. Size: 8vo (8"-9"). 403 pp.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. Hard Cover. Very Good +/very good. Early printing. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket has a 2.5" tear on front upper right corner, a couple much small tears, a chip on upper edge of spine and is price-clipped. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 127 pp.

New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. Tomie De Paola. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Light edgewear at corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: The Traditional Studies Press, 1972. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. Sylvia Macdonald. "Although Michael loved his father and mother as all boys should, he felt something deeper for his grandfather, known to all of them as the Old Man". The story of Michael's ride through the woods with his grandfather and the life lessons he learns. Very hard-to-find title. Tight binding. Green coverboards with gilt lettering. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions on pages. Dust jacket is NOT clipped and has a small chip on front panel and a couple of small tears on rear panel. Size: 12mo (7" to 7.5").

Ottawa: Algrove Publishing Limited, 2000. Paperback. Very Good +. Annora Brown. A book about flowers/plants in Western Canada. Tight binding. No chips, tears or written inscription. Lower corner of rear cover is dog-earred. Illustrated with line drawings by author. Size: 8vo (8" to 9"). 268 pp.