Search Results: Titles starting with O from The Book Lair, ABAA

Austin, TX: Amistad Press, 1981. (20) pp. Approximately 3/4 x 7/8". LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies. Green cloth over boards, printed dust jacket, original packaging, illustrated, fine condition. (Bradbury, Amistad Press 40)An informative little book about the O. Henry Museum, located in Austin, Texas with a tie-in to the annual O. Henry pun-off

Moscow: Ianiko, 1997. Approximately 4.5 mm x 5.5 mm", oblong. White leather spine with metal covers, front cover has the letter "M" carved into it, all edges gilt, inventory number printed in ink on front paste-down endpaper, attached with a gold chain to a gold earring with an aquamarine gem, all in fine condition.Printed in both Russian and English, this beautiful piece of jewelry has a screw back post and could be used as either a single earring or a pin. The book contains poems extolling the beauty and wonder of Moscow by several famous Russian authors, including Pushkin and Blok

London: Michael Joseph, 1965. 256 pp. Approximately 6 1/4 x 9 1/4". 1st Edition, first printing. Illustrated dust jacket in very good + condition with minor edge wear and repair tape to inside cover near spine, slight rubbing to back cover, not price-clipped; Brown cloth over boards, crisp gilt title on spine, slight foxing of pages edges, otherwise in near fine condition. Born Richard Stanley Francis (1920 - 2010), Dick Francis was a British crime writer whose novels were mostly centered on horse racing in England (he was a former steeplechase jockey himself). This book is Dick Francis' 5th book, with Sid Halley appearing for the first time as the private investigator. Edgar Award nominee

Paisley, Scotland: The Gleniffer Press, 1988. 17 pp. 6/8 x 1". LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies, this being #42. Black querolin boards, perfect bound, gilt title on cover, original packaging, hand numbered on the colophon, in English and German, in fine condition. First written in 1785, this beautiful poetry is best known for its use by Ludwig van Beethoven in the final (fourth) movement of his Ninth Symphony

Dublin, NH: Yankee, Inc., 1976. 6 x 9". 64pp. Stapled binding and 3-hole punched, in unique wooden stained boards not found with any other listing currently, slight tanning to paper cover, otherwise very good condition. While these recipes have been adapted for today's standard kitchen (i.e. no need to stir with a twig), they are still recipes that any person of 1776 would have recognized and served at their table. Bound in a charming wooden board with an eagle and 1776 carved onto the cover, this has preserved the stapled book to be in very good condition

Boston: Henry Hoyt, n.d. (ca 1850). 64 pp. 3 x 4 1/2"; Purple cloth over boards, some toning to pages and slight foxing, gilt lettering on spine reads "Little Folks Library", woodcut illustrations, in near-fine condition.Henry Hoyt published at 9 Cornhill, Boston, from 1850 to at least 1876. The wood-engraved illustration on page 50 is signed "Hyde" (i.e. John N. Hyde). A lovely book of juvenile fiction based on bible stories to instruct proper conduct of life in children

(Manteno, IL): Bronte Press, 1997. (12) pp. Approximately 4 1/2 x 3", oblong. LIMITED EDITION unknown, this being #63. Green paper boards with label on front cover, caligraphy and illustrations by Suzanne Pruchnicki, hand-colored, signed by the artist/printer on the colophon, in fine condition. (Bradbury, Bronte Press)Published by Washington Irving in 1876, this little book is a short story to enjoy for the holidays.

Russia: Nord - Dubna, 1993. [24] pp. Approximately 5/8 x 3/4". Limited edition of 200 copies. Black lacquer covers with an image of the olypmic torch on the front cover and the olympic rings on the rear cover, colored illustrations, printed endpapers, small bookplate on verso of front free endpaper, all edges gilt, in fine condition.A lovely microminiature book with a beautiful Russian lacquer cover, printed in multiple languages. The Olympic Oath is a solemn promise to respect and abide by the rules, be a good sport, and honor their team. The insiration for the oath came from the original ancient olympic games where athletic competitors swore on a statue of Zeus

Sherman Oaks, CA: Joe D'Ambrosio, 1992. 24 pp. 6 1/4 x 9". LIMITED EDITION of 75 copies and 10 artist's proofs, this being #46, box binding with patterned floral cloth sides, a blue-grey cloth backstrip over a broad telescoping spine composed of five stepped planes, the central and highest of these surfaces with long vertical printed paper label, text printed on leaves with raised accordion portions, both raised and recessed portions with engraved illustrations, cloth inlays, or serigraphs, the recessed title page under a stretched netting meant to resemble opera hose, most of the leaves with decoratively cut curved and spiked edges, signed by the publisher on the colophon, accompanied by 6 pieces of epherma, including a typed letter signed by D'Ambrosio along with other interesting material, all in fine condition.This story of two Parisian prostitutes by the obscure French satirist Villiers de L 'Isle-Adam (1838 - 1889) is printed on paper made by Madeleine Pestiaux. Albert Sperisen was an… Read More

Shaker Heights, OH: Wind & Harlot Press, 1983. (20) pp. Approximately 2 7/8 x 2 1/8". LIMITED EDITION of 27 copies, this being #1. Tan paper boards, printed paper label on spine, French-fold, illustrated with line-drawing printed in red. A very fine copy, handsomely printed. (Bradbury, Wind & Harlot Press, 4)The Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, comprised of over 250 myths. This is the story of Icarus, whose winged downfall was caused by pride

Sugar Land, TX: Arm & Hammer Press, 2004. 2 1/4 x 2 1/2". LIMITED EDITION of 65 copies, this being #50. Black cloth over boards, gilt decoration stamped on cover, paper label on spine, frontispiece illustration of Poe, in fine condition."The Oval Portrait" is a short horrow story written by Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), first published in 1842. One of his shortest stories, it is about the sinister happenings encompassing a portrait in a chateau