Search Results: Titles starting with O from West of Eden Books

Montreal, Arctic Institute of North America, 1961, staple-bound paperback, 40 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine condition in bright blue card covers. Straight, tight and clean, tidy name on title page, slightest corner bumps and cover rubs. The result of two seasons of field work studying Larus Gulls in Canada's Arctic region including a summary of previous work and breeding records. Natal down and juvenal plumage are compared and contrasted in an appendix. Illustrated throughout with black-&-white plates, breeding site maps and statistical tables.

Ann Arbor MI, Sleeping Bear Press, 2021, oblong hardcover children's picture book (11" x 9"), 32 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. It's no secret that our oceans are filled with plastics, from water bottles to tiny plastic particles you need a microscope to see but what is the recipe for getting (and keeping) our oceans clean? This bouncing, rhyming story pulls no punches about how we ended up in this sticky mess but also offers hope and help for cleaning up this ocean soup. Brightly illustrated throughout with full color drawings by Lucy Semple. ISBN 9781534111189

Ashland OR, Blackstone Publishing, 2021, hardcover, 336 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. Three sisters struggle with the impact of their mother's suicide, an unforgettable story about grief, love, and what it means to be haunted. ISBN 9781982674649

London UK, Williams and Norgate, 1949, hardcover, 224 pp, first edition, first printing, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, clean and firmly bound with no markings. Corner and spine-end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, nicks, small chips, spine and edges darkened, in new Brodart sleeve. Illustrated with line drawings by the author and 4 full-page black-&-white plates. Appended; glossary and index.

Raleigh NC, Month 9 Books, 2017, trade paperback, 329 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Signed by the Author without personalization "Beware the forests...Happy Reading! E. Fitch" on the title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in bright, pictorial card covers. A pair of amateur ghost hunters are pushed to their limits and beyond when a strange carnival comes to town and bloody warnings begin to appear as their neighbors start to die around them. ISBN 9781944816612

Calgary, Candelight Publishing, 2000, trade paperback, 574 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Signed and inscribed to the original owner (named) by the Author on the dedication page, Very Good condition. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light rubs, light reading crease, corners slightly bumped. A novel of the oil trade from the 25-year oil-patch insider. Illustrated with 3 drawings and 3 maps. Appended: Index of Referenced Historical Events, Chronology of U.S.A. Historical Events, Chronology of Israel/Palestine Historical Events, Non-fiction Readings Relating to Novel Subjects. ISBN 9780968287613

San Francisco, City Lights Books, 1977, small trade paperback (5" x 7"), 96 pp, First Edition, First Printing stated, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page, Very Good condition in pictorial card covers illustrated by Thomas H. Pohrt. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, small faint stain to front cover, minimal foxing to rear panel. Six essays concerning the politics of poetry, mythology, and a brilliant poets-eye view of North Beach in the 50s by the prominent beat poet and Zen master portrayed in Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums as Japhy Ryder. This copy is from the Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature sold Mar. 9, 2006 at PBA Galleries, San Francisco to benefit Gypsy Lou Webb, publisher and widow of the late Jon Webb, and co-founder of Loujon Press, whose home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. ISBN 9780872860919

Norfolk Island AU, Island Heritage, 1977, hardcover, 172 pp, First Trade Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end and corner wear. Dustjacket price-clipped, slight edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. 'Small tales' of Hawaii's past from the memories of bygone times. Illustrated throughout with full-page, full-color reproductions of watercolors by Guy Buffett. Appended; Glossary, Notes, Informal Bibliography, Map of the Hawaiian Islands.

New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1983, hardcover, xix-179 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author without inscription "Love, Elisabeth K. Ross" on the front endpaper, Fine in Fine dustjacket. Straight tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slightest nicks to head or spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The internationally renowned medical doctor, psychiatrist, thanatologist and author of On Death and Dying and other related titles offers the families of dead and dying children the help -- and hope -- they need to survive. In warm, simple language, Dr. Kübler-Ross speaks directly to the fears, doubts, anger, confusion, and anguish of parents confronting the terminal illness or sudden death of a child. Bibliography appended. ISBN 9780025671102

London, Macmillan, 1967, hardcover, 144 pp., First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine end and corner bumps. Dustjacket price-clipped, edge nicks, rubs, some darkening, in new Brodart sleeve. The novelist, dramatist, critic, and essayist conducts a social analysis in light of the famous Moors Murders where two children and a young man were killed.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982, hardcover, xii-292 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Very Good+ in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight corner and spine-end bumps, board edges faded. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, in new Brodart sleeve. This biography of one of the most influential people of the 20th century in the field of classical music, both live and recorded, uses his own words and many tributes from those who knew him. Illustrated with 16 pages of black-&-white photographs. Appended: Selected Discography, Index. ISBN 9780684174518

New York, William Morrow and Co, 1949, hardcover, 319 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author on the half-title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spots to top edge. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, tiny chips, faint stain to front panel near spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The expert fisherman, naturalist, and author of A River Never Sleeps, Return to the River, The Western Angler, and many more presents the story of a man's adventures in the Pacific Northwest wilderness and his quest for the woman he loves.

London, Routledge, 1990, hardcover, 244 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Dustjacket, slight edge bumps, in new Brodart sleeve. A detailed chronological narrative of people, places, and battles that took place in England and Scotland between the years 1688 and 1746 between the British forces and the supporters of the exiled Stuart dynasty. Profusely illustrated throughout with 66 black-&-white photographs and 13 specially drawn maps. Appended: Notes on Further Reading. ISBN 9780415033343

North Mankato MN, Capstone Editions, 2019, hardcover children's picture book (9" x 11"), 40 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in bright, new, pictorial dustjacket. The award winning author of If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement, The Cat Food Mystery, and Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas recounts the true-life story of an enslaved woman who dared to defy one of the most powerful families in the nation to live a life in freedom. Illustrated throughout with full-color paintings by Simone Agoussoye. Appended: Author's Note, Read More, Selected Bibliography.

Santa Fe, Terra Nova Books, 2016, trade paperback, 401 pp, Edition not stated, No previous printings noted, Signed by the Author without personalization "with all best wishes Michael French" on the half-title page, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight edge bumps to covers, in bright, colorful card covers. The popular and prolific author of twenty-five books including Abingdon's and The Reconstruction of Wilson Ryder returns with the story of two teens from very different backgrounds whose lives become entwined during the investigation of a mysterious death. ISBN 9781938288654

Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1962, hardcover, xi-208 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, rubs, edge nicks, wear to folds, chips to heel of spine, in new Brodart sleeve. The collected letters of Ellen Tucker, to the eminent American poet who she married in 1829, along with a selection of her journal entries, and several of his poems, two of them hitherto unpublished, are here collected by his great-granddaughter, and presented with permission of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association of which she is a trustee. Appended: Notes, Notes on the Text, Index.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947, hardcover, 202 pp, First U.S. Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, very slight spine-end and corner wear, endpapers age toned, old paperclip mark to endpapers. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light nicks, edges and spine darkened, in new Brodart sleeve. A crime story featuring a happy, responsible family man who is accused and put on trial for the murder of a Soho prostitute.

Menlo Park CA, Dresher Publishing, 2016, trade paperback, 180 pp, First Edition stated, New. Straight, tight and clean with no markings in bright pictorial card covers. A light and breezy memoir about a two-career American couple and the adventures they experienced upon deciding to make the move to France. Resources appended.

New York, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2015, hardcover, 202 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in new, unclipped dustjacket bearing original price. The popular author returns to Brixen and a new adventure involving magic beans, a long journey, and plenty of magic and mayhem in a twisty tale of witchery times two.

New York, Mulberry Books, 1994, trade paperback picture book (8" x 10"), First paperback Edition, First Printing by numberline, Signed and inscribed by the Author on the title page "To Ian with best wishes, Pat Hutchins 1996". Very Good condition in bright, pictorial card covers, slight edge nicks to covers, a few tiny faint spots to rear panel, light foxing to inside of covers. The story of a very greedy pirate who plunders just one ship too many. Colorfully illustrated by the author throughout. ISBN 9780688131135