Search Results: Titles starting with O from Turn and Temper Books

Doubleday, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A novel of postwar Jpapan and the conflicts of that time, a look at what could be expected from a new Japan to come. There is minor soiling on inside of lower base of dust jacket and boards, but overall clean. All books shipped in cardboard and packaged with care.

New York: University Photo Books, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover/Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 208 pp. Original green cloth covers, very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends with scuff on center of top board. Illust. w/ b/w photos.

University of Pennsylvania Press, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket: Fine. Hardcover. Mint condition with no marks, blemishes, tears, or chips. Slight fading to the base and top of spine of boards. Protected in mylar cover. Inscription by the author. Benjamin Franklin is the model American of an America that we have created. But if we can go beyond our preconceptions of Franklin and the 1776 and 1976 image of America, we can learn something of the truth, as well as the art, of his writings. The essays in this volume evaluate Franklin as a printer, publicist, and travel writer; they probe the structure, style, and organization of his most famous literary works, and assess his place in intellectual history. Taken together, the essays provide an overview of Franklin's attitude, purpose, and significance as a man and as a writer for his own time and for ours; taken separately, they provide valuable insights into what Franklin was and wrote. The… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. Stated First Edition. FIRST EDITION HARDBACK Book condition is Near Fine. Dust Jacket is Near Fine. Not Price Clipped. With Photographs by JOHN RANARD Ex-library, but seems lightly used. Mylar cover. Library stamp on free endpaper and penciled name and number on early publications page, but otherwise text is clean. Library labels on mylar coating and over DJ base.

Princeton University Press, 2019. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. Hardcover. Condition: New. Hardcover. Brand new from the publisher and unread. The first collection and translation into English of the earliest biographical accounts of Galileo's lifeThis unique critical edition presents key early biographical accounts of the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), written by his close contemporaries. Collected and translated into English for the first time.

Oxford University Press, 2008. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Clean bright tight copy. xviii, 419pp. Binding is black cloth, silver titles to spine. Not price clipped. Blue silk marker.

Gryphon Editions, Inc., 1988. Special Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover. Special Edition. Fine. Leather bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. First Gryphon Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Clarendon Press, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover: Fine. Dust Jacket: Near Fine. 1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Boards and content without blemishes and in excellent condition. Slight chipping to the top of dust jacket. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Protected in mylar cover. Physical description: vii, 977 pages ; 24 cm. Subjects: Deutsch; German literature; Dictionaries; Wörterbuch; Literatur; Duits; German literature; Encyclopedias; Bio-bibliography.