Search Results: Titles starting with O from Nooks Of Books

PA: The Franklin Library, 1986. In Near Fine condition. Bound in full, rich brown leather, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised hubs on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Decorative endpapers and a sewn-in silk ribbon bookmark. 519pps. There are slight touches of flecking to the gilt, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Includes a special introduction by Theroux that is not in the trade issue. ".Welcome to the America of the 21st century. The O-Zone is a forbidding land of nuclear waste, mutants, and aliens. Except for one place that is a beautiful oasis amidst the destruction. When two aliens are shot that look suspiciously human, Hooper Allbright, disurbed by the memories of those he once loved, goes back down into the O-Zone to try to reach the people he lost, though they may be unreachable by now." Purchase with… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1965. [1965]. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Black linen quarterbound in pink cloth. The spine is stamped in black. Octavo. Decorative black and white endpapers. 280pps. Stated First Edition. There is modest rubbing wear and fading at the edges of the cloth, light reading wear, an abrasion at the base of the rear endpapers (due to a slight seepage of the binder's glue), and a previous owner's name is neatly penned on the verso of the ffep. The textblock is otherwise clean; the binding square and tight. The price-clipped, first-state dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is rubbed, has a bit of edgewear with shallow chipping at the spine-ends, and has a crease in the laminate of the rear panel and in the rear flap. The first-state dustjacket has no reviews on the front flap, as called for. The author's fourth mystery, and the introduction of Sid Halley. ".Sid Halley had been one of England's most noted jockeys until the racing fall which… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1987. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Orange boards quarterbound in purple cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. 274pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of crinkling at the extremities; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. The author's second novel. ".Isabel Allende transports us to a Latin American country in the grip of a military dictatorship, where Irene Beltran, an upperclass journalist, and Francisco Leal, a photographer son of a Marxist professor together discover a hideous crime. They also discover how far they dare go in search of the truth in a nation of terror.and how very much they risk." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile.… Read More

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1908. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full red cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are decoratively and brightly stamped in gilt and blue. Octavo. Top-edge gilt. viii + 361pps. With many illustrations from rare old prints and photographs. Stated First Impression, October, 1908. This is Volume II only. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The rare dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a faintly sunned spine, a couple of closed tears, and a few smaller chips at the edges. Part of the Travel Lovers' Library. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. First Edition. Cloth.

Austin: Theta Press, 1970. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. 176pp. Light green boards. As new and unread: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The pictorial dustjacket, glossy in mylar, has the original price of $4.95 on the front flap. Buy with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. First Edition, First Printing. Dianetics Scientology Science-Fiction Fantasy Aliens Space-Travel. Catalogs: Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. Blue topstain. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Colorful map-endpapers. 836pps. Stated First Edition (following a signed limited edition.) A previous owner's name is neatly penned in the upper corner of the front endpage. Also, the blue topstain is slightly faded. Otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is faintly soiled and has light rubbing wear to the extremities; the original price (3.00) is intact.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Spanning the years from 1775 to 1783, 'Oliver Wiswell' traces the adventures of a Yale student who is deeply loyal to the established government of the colonies. This wonderfully far-ranging novel is packed with battles, sudden flights, escapes, intrigue, massacres, romance and exile as it follows Wiswell, a spy for… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harper & Row, 1983. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Fully-bound in brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Tan endpapers. [xxv] + 150pps. There is mild rubbing to the spine-ends and the upper corner of page 113 is creased. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has a small tear and abrasion at the top of the back panel and modest rubbing wear to the extremities. The original price is intact. Includes a Foreword by Raymond Carver. "...'On Becoming A Novelist' was completed only a few weeks before John Gardner's death. Into it he poured his personal experience as an accomplished novelist and a committed teacher of fiction writing. In his foreword, Raymond Carver, a former student of Gardner's, tells us that he gave to the teaching of fiction writing the same devotion to its craft and moral values that he gave to his own work. He also gave to it the rare… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 1994. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Gold boards quarterbound in green cloth. The spine is gilt-stamped. 245pps. There is a small, 1/8" soil-mark near the bottom of the fore-edge, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very lightly rubbed; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. This is the first printing of the 1994 re-issue (originally published in 1985 by Knopf).<br><br><br><font color=#003366> "Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Olen Butler's masterful fourth novel, On Distant Ground, is the vivid, compelling story of an American soldier's desperate, and private, mission to Saigon in the final days of the Vietnam War. It is the spring of 1975. David Fleming, an Army intelligence captain, is about to be… Read More

New York: Viking, 1978. (1978). Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Beige boards quarterbound in brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt and red. Octavo. 286pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed and has a vertical crease in its rear panel; the original price is intact. ".In this varied, provocative, and enchanting collection of public addresses Roberston Davies' voice reveals his heart, a magical realm where Professor Human Hare and Gates Ajar Honeypot live congenially with Alexander Solzhenitsyn and C. G. Jung, where a carnivorous Dickens eats his readers alive and a demon is chased through centuries of literature. Here, portraits and sketches of the people and places of literature, of insanity, of public works, of academia are drawn with the same vibrancy and care that is the hallmark of Mr. Davies' fictional creations. Whether the voice is castigating… Read More

New York: Random House, 1969. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Blue-gray topstain. Octavo. 338pps. Stated First Printing. There is very faint dustspotting to the closed page-edges and a previous owner's name is neatly penned on the front pastedown (behind the jacket-flap). Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no dog-ears, crimping, thumbing, or creasing. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed with light general edgewear; the original price (6.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the ffep. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. ".The time is the late summer of 1962. The place is Clark Air Force Base in the Philippine Islands. A new sergeant, 'Slag' Krummel, arrives from the States to take over the 721st Communication Security Detachment, a collection of dissatisfied, rebellious enlistees. Narrated by Krummel,… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1994. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Cherry-red boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Red endpapers. 289pps. There is a touch of sunfading at the extreme top edge of the backstrip, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a horizontal incision -- very fine and closed -- on the front panel; it is otherwise as new; the original price is intact. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to a previous owner on the second fep. "...A young woman is in jail, accused of the mercy killing of her mother. She says she didn't do it; she thinks she knows who did. When Ellen Gulden first learns that her mother, Kate, has cancer, the disease is already far advanced. Her father insists that Ellen quit her job and come home to take care of Kate. Ellen has always been the special… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribner's, 1994. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 290pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. <br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She's a product of the 'burg,' a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six. Now Stephanie's all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad's, doing her best to sever the world's longest umbilical cord. Her mother is a… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1971. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in green and black. Octavo. 232pps. Stated First Edition. There is a slight lean to the spine and faint dustspotting to the top-edge. Also, there is very light foxing to the endpapers. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has modest edgewear, a faintly sunned spine, and a smudge near the top of the rear panel; the original price is intact.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "...Steven Matucheck is a werewolf. Virginia Graylock is a witch. And between meeting, marrying and raising a family, they find themselves involved with all sorts of specialized evils: pushing back alien invaders, battling a fire-breathing monster, and even struggling to save each other from a romantic but foul spirit. In each adventure Matucheck becomes more and more… Read More

London: Faber & Faber, 1988. [1988]. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in white. Octavo. 512pps. First printing. The pages are slightly tanned (as is ever the case with this edition due to the acid content of the stock), and there is a small soil-mark, faint, near the margin of the rear free endpage. Otherwise clean, tight, and square. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of crinkling at the extremities; the original price (10.95) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of this Booker Award winner (Carey's first such award). ".This sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel, is a romance, but a romance of the sort that could only take place in nineteenth-century Australia. For only on that sprawling continent -- a haven for misfits of both the animal and human kingdoms -- could a nervous Anglican minister who gambles on the instructions of the Divine become allied with a teenaged… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Persea Books (1983). Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 235pps. Stated First Edition. There is very faint dustspotting to the closed page-edges, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed at the extremities and has a small closed tear at the top of the front panel; the original price is intact. A very nice copy of the author's first novel. ".In this story about the Santinio family, transplanted from Cuba to New York City, we are offered an intimate portrait of immigrant life. American is 'the last world' for them, their final stopping-place. For Alejo, the father, it means escape from dreary farm life in San Pedro, perhaps a business of his own. For Mercedes, his wife, America is the last in an infinite line of worlds. She has had… Read More

New York: Appleton and Company, 1896. In Very Good+ condition. This is the publisher's Deluxe Binding: half burgundy roan with marbled boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Top-edge gilt. 335pps. Appleton's Town and Country Library No. 198. This item has recently been beautifully and professionally rebacked in gilt-tooled matching roan at The Currier Bindery; the corners, which had had slight wear, have been rebuilt. There is rubbing to the edges of the marbled boards with a small abrasion on the front panel, a couple of short edge-tears to preliminary pages, and a bit of light discoloration to the rear pastedown. The binding is tight and square; both hinges are sound. The text is clean and bright; no previous ownership markings. In brief, a very nice and presentable collector's copy of Conrad's second book -- uncommon in the deluxe binding. ".Peter Willems, a clerk in Macassar, granted a 'second chance' at a remote river trading post, falls ever more hopelessly… Read More