Search Results: Titles starting with O from Bluebird Books

New York: Threshold Editions. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1416598065 . Critical look at US President; in a very nice copy. Clean and bright. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 384 pages .

Oceanside, California: Second Renaissance Books. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 1561141496 . Stated fourth printing, 1990. A hardcover work presenting a collection of reproduced monthly letters edited and published by Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden, which were distributed to subscribers between 1962 and 1965. Ayn Rand was a novelist and the founder of the Objectivist Movement. With a facsimile of Rand's manuscript of the opening and closing passages of her novel, "The Fountainhead." --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt to cover and spine. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- An excellent copy: unmarked, bright and tightly-bound.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; (4), 56, 50, 52, 62 pages .

Self-published. Very Good. 1998. Plastic comb binding. A very pleasant selection of poems, apparently self-published by the author. With three separate poems by Goodridge laid in. Stated limited edition, December 1998. --- In plastic comb binding with clear plastic covers and author photographic portrait to cover. A clean, sound copy.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 30 pages .

New York: Bonanza Books. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1960s-70s]. Hardcover. The glory days of luxury worldwide sea travel are described, alongside dozens of photos and reprinted advertisements. A reprint edition of the 1963 Superior Publishing edition, bearing no specific date of publication (possibly published c.1960s-70s). --- In full dark blue cloth-covered boards with cover & spine titling in yellow. Dust jacket with photo of a four-funnelled liner to cover. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy with minor edgewear, otherwise lacking damages. Somewhat age-toned jacket with some rubbing to extremities, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; (12), 9-192 pages .

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. Stated fifth edition of this work which first appeared in 1897. A late 19th-century children's story, with the charming illustrations of Mary A. Lathbury throughout. --- In pale yellow cloth-covered boards with illustration, decorations and titling in green and red to cover and spine. Volume has no dust jacket. --- A Fair-only copy, with quite a bit of soiling to cloth, partial splits at both hinges, and grandmother's warm gift inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1904. Despite splits, binding remains relatively stable.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; 142 pages .

Boston: The Bibliophile Society. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. A deluxe edition offering three poems by the English poet Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) which were discovered after his death. One of a limited edition of 479 unnumbered copies, published for members of the Bibliophile Society. With prefaces by Edmund Gosse. Also includes Swinburne's "Memorial Verses on the Death of Richard Burton", along with tipped-in folded facsimile manuscript of same. --- In full brown cloth-covered boards backed in vellum, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Top edge gilt, remaining textblock edges deckled. --- A very nice copy: clean, and bright but with a little soiling to spine and minor edgewear. Some pages unopened.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 77 pages .

Boston, New York, Chicago: Allyn and Bacon. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. A collection of poems of Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), the poet of ancient Rome. Intended for an English-speaking Latin student, the poems are written in Latin, each preceded by a summary in English. Edited, with an introduction by Charles E. Bennett. The back half of the volume consists of Bennett's English-language notes on the poems. An entry in publisher's College Latin Series. --- In olive cloth with cover titling in black, spine titling in gilt. --- With a partial split at front of book (which doesn't affect the stability of the binding), prior owner's signature to front free endpaper, and a few stray interior pencilings, else a sturdy, fully readable copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; xl, 424 pages .

New York: Nicholas L. Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924. Hardcover. A presentation of the odes of Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), the lyric poet of ancient Rome. Originally written in Latin, the poems have been rendered into English prose by Richard A. Zerega. --- In full olive cloth-covered boards with cover & spine titling in gilt. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature & info. in pencil to front free endpaper, else a tightly-bound, well-preserved copy.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall) ; 159 pages .

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Loeb Classical Library / Harvard University Press. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0674990625 . The odes of Pindar, both complete and fragments, are presented side-by-side in both Greek and English. Translated by Sir John Sandys, who has supplied a life of Pindar and introductions to the odes. Pindar (c. 522 or 518 – 442 or 438 BC) was a lyric poet of ancient Greece whose work was held in high regard by his fellow poets. Indexed. Entry 56 in the Loeb Classical Library series, edited by G. P. Goold. --- A 1989 printing of the 1937 issuance, in full olive cloth-covered boards with publisher's device to cover, titling and classical Greek key decorations to spine; all in gilt. Simple jacket in green with Loeb medallion to cover, Greek key border. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages. Unpriced, unclipped dust jacket with chafing & small tears to extremities, retailer's back panel sticker, else intact and… Read More

New York: P. F. Collier & Son. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. A deluxe edition of the classic epic poem, written c.1190s-1180s B.C. Translated from the Greek by S. H. Butcher and A. Lang. With illustrations, notes and tissue-guarded sepia frontis image of the Apotheosis of Homer, and with two additional tissue-guarded reproductions of paintings on Grecian vases. One from a rather scarce version of the series, "The Harvard Classics" as published by P. F. Collier, edited by Charles W. Eliot. --- In dark red buckram cloth-covered boards with titling and Harvard crest, and Charles Eliot's facsimile signature in gilt on the cover; gilt-stamped spine titling. TEG (top edge gilt), other edges deckled and with dark red ribbed endpapers. Lacks a dust jacket. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked, though with some discoloration to front endpapers, back cover corner and mild edgewear.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (4), 347 pages .

Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. Softcover. 0872204847 . A softcover edition of the classic epic poem which tells of the wanderings of Odysseus, written c.1190s-1180s B.C. Translated from the Greek by Stanley Lombardo, and with an introduction by Sheila Murnaghan. With translator's postscript, a glossary of names and map of the eastern Mediterranean. --- In black wraps with "Earthrise" photo to cover. --- An about Near Fine copy: bright, unmarked and newish.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; lxiv, 414 pages .

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Likely First Everyman's Library edition, 1962. Volume 2 only of the two-volume edition of critical essays by the first Poet Laureat of England, John Dryden (1631-1700). Edited, with an introduction and annotations by George Watson. The combined set presents the entirety of Dryden's critical writings and have been "conservatively modernized." This complete edition followed the abridged edition of 1912. An entry in Everyman's Library "Essays and Belles Lettres" series. E.L. no. 569. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full plum cloth-covered boards with spine titling and interlocked "EL" at tail of spine in copper-toned foil; orange topstain. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking apparent damages.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in.… Read More

New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. [c.1946]. Hardcover. A Modern Library reprint edition of the author's semi-autobiographical novel which first appeared in 1915. "Of Human Bondage" is centered around a young man who is orphaned and has difficulty finding his way in the world or finding the love of his life. This work was named to the Modern Library list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso advertises 334 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1948 (though 1915 date appears in book). ML #176.1. --- Loosened front and rear hinges have been repaired on this item (front gutter still has exposed mull and torn paper); and with inkings & pencilings to ffep, else a tightly-bound, sound copy. Fair only, price-clipped dust jacket with numerous chips and tears but… Read More

San Francisco: Bay Books Limited. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. An illustrated history of the ferry boats of San Francisco Bay, which once were a common sight there. The authors describe the earlier boats, which used walking beams and paddle wheels, as well as the later propeller-driven ferries. With 90 photos and a map of the Bay Area. --- In gloss navy cloth-covered boards with silver image of paddle wheel and walking beam to cover, spine titling in silver. Volume wrapped in jacket which repeats the cover image, but in navy blue. --- An umarked, bright, tightly-bound copy. Unclipped jacket ($4.50) with a little age-toning, else intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector. ; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; xv, 157, (6) pages .

Monte Vista, Colorado USA / Vryburg, South Africa: Savanna Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 0975944037 . Stated first printing, 2005. An illustrated story, telling of an imagined journey across Africa in the company of "Oglins." With illustrations throughout by Cathy Feek and a foreword by Gary Player. --- In beige paper-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in jacket with Feek illustrations to front and back panels. --- With sizeable bump to lower cover edge, else a bright, unmarked copy. Unclipped ($24.95) jacket in great shape, but with creases near the cover bump.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xii, 417 pages .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. [c.2000-2020]. Hardcover. 0679805273 . 23rd printing of this confidence-boosting title from Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), first published 1990, which is the date on the copyright page. However, this copy possibly published c.2000-2020. --- In gloss covers with wrap-around Seuss illustration to front and back covers. Unpaginated. Dust jacket repeats the cover art. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy but with inked gift inscription to front free endpaper. Unclipped jacket ($13, US; $17.50 Can.) lacks damages worthy of mention.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; (56) pages .

San Francisco: Bay Books Limited. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. A stated first edition of a history of California, Washington and Oregon narrow gauge railways. The trio of authors describe the stories of 8 of these lines and the people who organized them, operating in either coastal areas or in mountainous inland areas. With over 50 black & white photos, as well as maps of the routes of the lines. --- In brown paper-covered boards with an image of a pair of oil lamps to cover and cover & spine titling, all in dark brown. Jacket with color W. C. Merritt painting to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy but with age-toning to endpapers. Poor-only, unclipped jacket ($5.00) with several missing chips and chunks and some dampstains but mostly intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (16), 187 pages .

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0806114614 . A signed first edition of a history of his state by Oklahoma historian Arrell Morgan Gibson. Per the jacket flap, "The drama, the excitement and the achievement of the Oklahoma heritage are brought to young readers. . .". With dozens of black & white illustrations and photos, as well as 8 maps. Signed by author on front free endpaper. Indexed. --- In brown cloth-covered boards with blue and gilt titling to spine; turquoise endpapers. Dust jacket with several photos from around the state in tones of blue and brown to cover. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright. A prior owner has wrapped the unclipped jacket in clear stick-on transparent plastic covering, else in good shape.; Oblong 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xv, 262 pages; Signed by Author .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Incorporated. Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Hardcover. An early printing of an English-language picture book which tells the story of a small Norwegian boy named Ola. Includes 23 large, brightly-colored illustrations as well as several large black & white illustrations. Unpaginated, with 60 pages. --- In illustrated paper-covered boards backed in black cloth. --- With abrasions and roughly-chewed area at lower edge of front cover. Binding is a bit loose but is stable and holding together well. Worn cloth at spine has been repaired with black cloth book repair tape. --- An attractive story book, ideal for reading with a small child on one's lap.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; [c.60 pp] pages .

Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, Inc.. Very Good. 1990. Softcover. 0486261840 . 19th and early 20th century Boston is depicted in this portfolio of 174 black & white photos. The pictures are accompanied by the text of Philip Bergen, librarian of The Bostonian Society. --- In stiff grey wraps with a representative Boston photo to cover. --- With slight creasing to covers, else an undamaged copy.; Quarto - 11 to 13 in. tall; 116 pages .