Search Results: Titles starting with O from Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

New York: Angel Hair, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First edition. (One of 474 unsigned, unnumbered trade copies, according to the colophon.) 4to. Stapled wraps. Very Good condition.Toning at edges of cover, some edge wear, tiny stains, and dust soiling.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. First issue with light yellow-brown vertically ribbed cloth, with the period following "CO" on the spine touching the O. The typographical error "chince-bugs" for "chinch-bugs" is present on page 60, though it is not a point of issue since it persists in all the Houghton Mifflin printings to date as listed in Joan Crane's 1982 Willa Cather bibliography. Very Good, with cloth lightly soiled and spine darkened with stamping rubbed. Lean to binding with text block a little proud. Pages toned. Crane A6a.i.(a).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Bruce Weber and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Folio. Bound in publisher's illustrated wraps. Near Fine with light shelf wear, former owner name written inside front cover. A Roth 101 title.

London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1941. First edition. First edition. Signed by Margery Allingham in ink on the front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated 1956. 276 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with silver lettering. Very Good, spine lean,a little dust-soil and two small stains to back board, lacking dust jacket. An uncommon signed nonfiction book from the British detective novelist, often referred to as one of the four Queens of Crime. It describes the WWII preparation of Essex for a German invasion.

Warsaw: Iskry, 1955. First Edition. First edition. 424 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth, stamped in blind and blue. Text in Polish. Near Fine with slightly bumped corners, slight lean, in a Very Good dust jacket with rubbing and chipping along edges, penciled note to verso of rear panel. Polish newspaper clipping about author laid in at front. A communist utopian sci-fi novel by the Polish writer that has never been translated into English; its title roughly translates to The Magellan Nebula or Magellanic Cloud. It inspired the acclaimed 1963 Czech film Ikarie XB 1.

Germantown: Printed by Christopher Sower, 1760. Three separately published works in one volume. Second printing of the first edition of Benezet's tract. First American editions, first printings of the other two works, which precede it. Bound in rustic period sheep. viii, 280; 168; 16pp. Head chipped, wear and stains to binding. Very Good internally with leaves browning, light foxing, some marginal staining, front hinge cracked, one leaf in Bromley torn with slight loss to corner; overall better than usually seen for early American imprints, though given the poor paper stock used in this period. Early marks to endpapers. A nice collection of early American imprints by Christopher Sower, notable printer of religious materials in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Includes works by Thomas Bromley and Thomas Hartley, usually found bound together, along with an early anti-slavery pamphlet by Anthony Benezet (1713-1784). Benezet was a leading Quaker abolitionist, founder of the Negro School at Philadelphia and of… Read More

Germantown, PA: Printed by Christopher Sower, 1759. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition of this scarce and important colonial-era antislavery pamphlet, and one of the earliest antislavery tracts to be printed in America. 8vo. [ii], 15 pp. Stitched in contemporary plain waste paper wrapper. From the library of James Moon, a prominent Philadelphia Quaker who played a leading role in the long-running Quaker campaign against slavery in the 18th Century. Moon's ownership signature dated 1760 inked on the inside of the front wrapper, the inside of the back wrap, and the title leaf verso. Short-title in manuscript presumably in Moon's hand on the front wrap, and an additional early, small ownership signature there as well ("JHM", possibly another Moon). Near Fine. Some worming, rubbing and fraying to the edges of wraps, the top third of the wrapper is split along spine. The left-most 1/2 inch of text at the bottom eleven lines on page 7 have been neatly underlined in red ink where the letterpress type… Read More

London: Cassell & Co, 1951. First Edition. First British edition. xii, 276 pp. Bound in crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with former owner's name on paste down, light wear, in Near Fine dust jacket, a little rubbed along edges, spine slightly toned. A collection of plays, essays, and short stories.

San Francisco: Carp Press, 1960. First edition. First edition. Staplebound in wraps. Very Good+ with faint hints of foxing or staining to front wrap, tiny corner crease to back wrap. A rare early chapbook by the author of Trout Fishing in America. His poetry, though often out-of-print and known mainly to collectors, often distills his best qualities as a writer.

New York: Doubleday Page & Co, 1901. First edition. First edition, first printing, first state. (As per McElrath the important point is page 526, which is integral and containing a repeat of line 31 on line 35, "prolonged, rasping sound of breathing, half choked." Correct Little device on copyright page. A6.I.a.) [viii], 652 pp. Bound in publisher's vertically ribbed crimson cloth with gilt stamping. Near Fine, light wear at spine ends, a little soiling to edges of textblock. Lacking jacket. An attractive copy of a major work of American fiction, a populist story of the conflict between wheat farmers and a railroad conglomerate in California. Anti-monopolistic themes of the novel continue to resonate in our culture, for example such as when the Koch brothers conservative/libertarian political machine was called "The Kochtopus.

London: Methuen, 1935. First edition, second issue ads at rear. [vi], 282, [8, ads] pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with navy lettering. About Very Good with rubbed edges, foxing to fore edge, traces of removedbookplates to paste down and front free endpaper, small ink mark to rear paste down.

London: Reeves & Turner, 1887. First Edition. Very Good. Signed first edition of this translation, "ordinary" issue with price on spine label. Complete in two volumes. LeMire A-40.01. vii, [1], 230, [2, ads]; vii, [1], [231]-450 pp. Original paper-covered boards with spine labels printed in black. Very Good with thorough darkening to both volumes' spines, some light scratching and rubbing there as well; light stain to front board of Vol. II; corners a little bumped; contents bright and free of marks. Presentation copy signed by William Morris on the edge of the half-title, inscribed "to Eirkr Magnusson, with William Morris' best wishes." Magnusson was an Icelandic scholar and University of Cambridge librarian, who also had been Morris' teacher, and would be his friend and co-translator of a number of Scandanavian epics from 1869 to the close of the 19th century. A very nice association between the dynamo of the British Arts and Crafts movement and his mentor/muse in the art of translation.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1915. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing, first state, preceding the British edition. Lacking the publisher's monogram on the copyright page and with "help" on page 257, line 4. Very Good+ with slight darkening to spine, light wear to cloth at extremities. Pages lightly toned, several with corner creases and a few short edge-tears. A nice copy of what is widely considered to be the author's best work.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1915. First British Edition. Very Good+. First British edition, first impression. (Error "help" on 257 uncorrected as was apparently the case in the entire first printing; state with ads at rear, probably the first as per Stott Maughaminia Books #14.) 648, 16 (ads) pp. Original bluish green cloth lettered in gilt. A Very Good+ unsophisticated copy with clean cloth and sharp, bright gilt; hinges at front and rear starting, textblock somewhat fallen, a little foxing at edges and light wear; pages still quite bright. Housed in a custom blue cloth slipcase with leather title label, lettered in gilt, spot of wear to label. The British author's masterwork, which inspired three films. Uncommon in such nice shape in its British edition, which followed the American edition by a single day.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1950. First edition. First edition. Signed by William O. Douglas on the half title in blue ink, inscribed to former owner and dated July 18, 1950. xiv, 338 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering, map endpapers. Light stain to rear board from black-lined jacket protector (now gone), else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($4.00) with light shelf wear and a little sunning. An appreciation of the mountainous Pacific Northwest by Supreme Court justice William O. Douglas.

New York: AKPE, 1994. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Warren Buffett and Andrew Kilpatrick, inscribed by Buffett to "Woody" [G. Woodson Howe], who was the editor of Omaha World Herald. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slight sunning to the spine and slight wear to the extremities. An early biography of Buffett, signed by both the author and the famous investor.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. First edition. Neatly signed by Thomas Wolfe with fountain pen on front free endpaper. [xii], 912 pp. Publisher's black cloth lettered and ruled in gilt with green bands. Slight wave to bottom edge of prelims and first few pages, slightly worn tips, else Fine in unclipped dust jacket, Very Good+, a little soiled and rubbed, faint crease to back panel, two subtle tape mends to verso along flap folds. The second and final of Wolfe's novels to be published in his lifetime, uncommon signed.

Washington, DC: Off Our Backs Collective, 1979. Vol. 1 Nos. 1-5, [8] -24; Vol. II, Nos. 1-4, 6, 8-10; Vol. III 1-4, 6-12; Vol. IV Nos 1-12; Vol. V 1-4, 6-11 (includes misnumbered "Vol. IV No. 3" which is actually third number of this volume); Vol. VI Nos. 1-10; Vol. VII Nos. 2, 3, 5-9; Vol. VIII Nos. 1-7, 9, 10; Vol. IX No. 1. Tabloid newsprint in various formats. 88 issues in total, many consecutive. Very Good overall. Toned with age, folded. Checkmarks in easily-erasable pencil on most issues front wraps. Underlining in pencil to a few issues, stamp of Eastbay Information Liberation Center or People's Energy on front wraps of some issues, some received dates stamped on front wrap, mailing labels. Occasional staining and light wear. Tearing to back wrap of Vol. II No. 2. "Scanned Phil" written in pen on cover of Vol. III No. 3, "mixed city" written on a few back wraps. A considerable collection of the early issues of an iconic American feminist periodical, beginning with the very first issue.

Beverly Hills & Boston: Atlantic Releasing Corporation, 1980. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. 32 pp. including wraps. Stapled wraps. Near Fine with small staple hole to front wrap, slightly toned with age. A rare American promotional booklet for the British independent film Rude Boy, directed by Jack Hazan & David Mingay. It prominently featured the punk band The Clash and their music, but the band disavowed the film upon seeing an early edit. The film had scattered showings in the UK and even fewer showings, one would imagine, in the US so it's doubtful that many of these booklets were distributed in the first place, let alone survived.

San Diego, CA: San Diego Poster Print, 1963. Original poster printed in dark blue and red, framed, measuring 23" x 15". Not examined out of frame. Poster yellowed with age upper right corner dampstained, slightly smaller dampstain to upper left corner, slight wrinkling to outer laminate, a few scuffs to frame. A rare poster announcing JFK's route through San Diego in the summer of 1963, the fateful year of his assassination along the official route in Dallas. On June 6th Kennedy gave the commencement speech at San Diego State College at the Aztec Bowl in front of 30,000 people. Before that, according to author Bill Vivian, "When the President's motorcade reached Park and Cajon Boulevards, it slowed to a crawl before the 8-mile route down El Cajon Boulevard, past a purported quarter of a million people, which included democratic sign-waving clubs, high school bands, protesters, residents, law enforcement offices, and a reviewing stand packed with dignitaries.