Search Results: Titles starting with O from Quirky Used Books & More

Our Bookstore Publishing Institute - Warsaw, 1974. Hardcover. Good. IN POLISH. Published by "Our Bookstore," is the oldest publisher of children's and educational books in Poland. The title of the book translates to "Birds of Warsaw." . The text of the book was written by Maciej Luniak and Wiktor Pawlowski, with photography by Barbara Siemaszko and Alojzy Sawadzki. The dust jacket has taken a beating over the years. It's torn, worn, crimped, scraped, and foxed. We have placed a clear archival jacket over the original DJ to prevent additional damage. Gray cloth boards. Front board has the title of book in black lettering. Edges of boards are discolored/tanned. Dented corner tips. Lightly bumped heel of spine. Foxing on upper text block, and text block is yellowed all the way around. Paste downs and end pages are yellowed with darker yellowing in hinge and outside edges. All of the pages have yellowed. There is splitting in the gutters at the binding in several of the… Read More

Editorial Letras Cubanas, 1985. Softcover. Good. In Spanish. Per Wikipedia: Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista was a Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba. Bumped corners. Wearing along spine edges and at heel and head of spine strip. Back wrap has scrape along edge (looks like something was stuck to cover and removed, taking a bit of top layer of card stock with it). Clean, unmarked pages. Reading creases. A couple of dings to text block. 462 pages. 5.75"w x 8" H.

Macmillan Company, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Blue and black boards. Minor bumping to corner tips. Lightly age-toned pages. Rough cut outside edges to text block (deckled). Sewn binding still in good shape. Good reading copy. 215 pages.

Holland Publications, 2000. Softcover. Good. Volume 1. Published for the September 11 - 14, 2000 conference in Providence, RI @ the Rhode Island Convention Center. Scratched and rubbed covers. Creased corner tips, with large crease on back wrap. Smudges on textblock. Clean, unmarked text. 732 pages. Volume 2: Scratched and rubbed covers. Creased corner tips, with large crease on back wrap. Smudges on textblock. Clean, unmarked text. No reading creases. Firm binding.Volume 3. Scratched and rubbed covers. Creased corner tips, with large crease on back wrap. Smudges on textblock. Clean, unmarked text. No reading creases. Firm binding. All volumes are 8.25" x 11.75", 1.75" thick. Heavy and will require additional shipping fees.

Scholastic Book Services, 1970. Paperback. Acceptable. Sixth printing. Lots of black and white photos by Lilo Hess. Scuffed and rubbed covers. Bumped corner tips and spine edges rubbed. Back cover has a 2 inch tear from top center of cover that has been "repaired" with a clear piece of packing tape. Former discarded library book with stamps on title page and library pocket pasted inside back cover. Three library stamps have been marked out with magic marker. Pages and text block are very yellowed. Surprisingly enough, tight binding.

Honda Motor Company, 1981. Acceptable. This shop manual is "bound" in a 3-Ring Binder, with 7-hole punched pages. We've done our best to clean up and wipe down the outside and inside of the binder covers, however, this is a shop manual and as such there are areas of grime and pages can feel a little "gritty." All pages have yellowed and the outside edges are dirty. All pages and chapters are intact. There are 379 pages, with unpaginated addendum at the end. Front "cover" page is smudged and a little wavy. Binder rings have caused the last page of manual to become detached. We've inserted into the back pocket of binder. Overall, a good reference copy for weekend wrenchers on classic bikes.

New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 1985. Softcover. Acceptable. Softcover. Stained and rubbed covers. Light yellowing. Bent tips of covers and page block. All maps are present. Bottom of map pocket has small tears.

Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969. Softcover. Good. Softcover, first edition. Lightly rubbed and scratched gatefold covers. Minor bumping to corner tips; lower corner tip on front page slightly turned upward. Folded inside flap has small price sticker. Solid binding, one crease on spine. Free of markings and highlighting. Pictorial inside covers. Owners name on first page.

The Episcopal Book Club, 1977. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Scuffed and lightly scratched wraps. Creased corner tips. Scraped edges of covers. Good binding. 365 pages.

Bawden Bros., Inc, 1981. Softcover. Good. Softcover. Smudged covers, lightly dented corner tips, scraping along spine edges, and black felt tip "X" mark (remainder mark?) to bottom of text block. Small rip to top edge of spine. Gift inscription on FFE. Unmarked pages, good binding. 142 pages.

University of North Carolina Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. This is a first edition and not a facsimile of the 1926 printing. Dark blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering on front board and on spine. Boards are faded and have stains on front. No dust jacket. Dented corner dented corner tips and at top and bottom of the spine. Deckled pages. Foxing on text block, more significantly at the bottom edge. Top of text block appears to have been gilt at one point, now darkened and foxed. Large foxing/stains on the front end papers and title page. All pages are fragile due to age, and are yellowed with browning on outer edges of the pages. Binding is in decent shape; pages remain intact and attached. Readable copy, although care is advised when reading. Pen and ink drawings by the author throughout. Black and white photograph of Cornelia Phillips Spencer on frontispiece. 325 pages.

Follett Publishing Company, 1965. Hardcover. Acceptable. A Read-Aloud Book" published by Follett publishing. The story retold by Sheena Morey with illustrations by Dorothea Mathieu. Tall book, 11.5 x 3.25. Covers are scuffed, dirty and rubbed. Clear coating on boards is peeling along the upper spine edges. Price stickers on front cover. All corner tips are bumped, dented, and worn. Worn through to cardboard at heel of spine. Small rips at bottom joint at spine. Chips and dings along edges. Pencil writing on FFE. Light yellowing to pages, and pages are unmarked. Binding remains strong.

Mr. Boston Distiller Inc, 1965. Hardcover. Good. 29th printing, January 1965. Small book, chock full of recipes for various and sundry cocktails. Red boards imprinted with the Old Mr. Boston logo, and titling in gilt on front board and spine. Boards are covered in bright red, faux-leatherish paper. Dings to edges, bumped corner tips. White scuff on front spine edge, small black scuff on spine. Sewn binding is in very good shape, all pages intact and quite readable. Pages are very lightly age-toned. The pictorial paste downs and end pages feature drawings and representations of various drinkware and such. 150 pages.

Self-Published, 1971. Softcover. Acceptable. Softcover. Ninth printing. Gold wraps are scratched, scuffed, with many fingerprints. Creased, crimped, scraped edges and spine edges. Bumped, worn spine ends and corners. Half title page has former owner name, orange price sticker and fingerprint smudges. Binding is good. 115 pages. We'll be happy to send photos upon request.

David Bohm Seminars, 1990. Softcover. Good. Softcover, saddle stitched binding, edited from a transcripttion of a meeting on November 6, 1989, following a weekend seminar given by Professor Bohm in Ojai, California. Scuffed wraps and yellow wraps, with gently bumped tips. Front flyleaf page has been partially torn away. The pages are not pulling away from the staples and publication is in nice reading condition. 41 pages.

Oyez, 1965. Softcover. Acceptable. Stamped "Second Printing," printed by Graham Macintosh in an edition of 500 copies. Side stapled and glued into orange covers. Covers are sun faded, lightly dirty on all edges, with fingerprint marks, small circular stains and other miscellaneous stains. Wearing along the edge of the spine/binding. Cover and first six pages have diagonal crease in upper right corner. Lew Welch was a beat poet on the San Francisco scene in the 60's. This little tome is highly sought after due to its rarity.

n/a, 1994. Softcover. Good. Volume Two (only). Scuffed, lightly scratched, with light creases. Bumped corner tips. Shelf-wearing on bottom of spine. A few marks and small stains on outside text block. Previous owner name at top of page of contents. Clean pages. Firm binding. 603 pages.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Softcover. Acceptable. Paperback, 322 pgs. Scuffed, yellowed and scratched wraps. Crimped and scuffed edges. Dirty page block. Bumped and creased cornerst; Diagonal crease on front cover at lower corner. Previous owner name on FEP. Small price stamp on end page. Clean and unmarked text. Age-toning.

The New Sydenham Society, London, 1864. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. Fragile. This book has had a "protective" brown paper book jacket, placed upon it in 1940 by the former owner, a founder of the Pember-Nuzum Clinic in Janesville, WIS. This book cover is extremely well worn, stained, ripped and age-toned. We are not going to remove it. Old cellophane tape has left dark residual on the end papers. We can only judge the condition of the boards based upon what we can see underneath, and original boards are very, very worn at the spine ends and corner tips, which are quite dented. We can assume that the boards themselves are very worn. Splits in hinges. Age toned and stained pages. Book smells musty and old, which is no surprise. There are appear to be no loose pages, although we have observed cracking/splitting in the gutters between page signatures. 635 pages. We will happily provide photos upon request!

Exposition Press, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover. Scuffed, rubbed and scratched DJ. Crimping along the edges, chip at the top of the spine, with light yellowing to the edges. Inscribed by the author, dated 1957, on FEP. Pages are lightly toned. Very subtle. Blue cloth covered boards are in nice condition. Gilt titling is nice and bright. Sewn binding remains in good shape. 151 pages.