Search Results: Authors starting with O from Thorn Books

New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition, first printing. Fine. Hardcover/Fine. 8vo. Beige cloth, dark purple spine title and upper board illustration. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped. We note only a trace of roughness at the head of the spine and a suggestion of aging, else this is a fine dustwrapper, and without the Newbury Award sticker. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Bernstein. Essentially a fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. .

London: Printed for John Garfield, 1657. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. Rendred into English by a person of quality, and dedicated to the author of that well-known treatise call'd Advice to a son." 12mo. (22), 89. 61pp. Contemporary full leather, tooled simply in blind. The dialogue of Polygamy is followed by the dialogue of Divorce, which has its own pagination. The endpapers are filled with penciled notations of a former owner (C. Inglis, M.D? His bookplate is on the front pastedown.) Also the first two blanks are filled with a beautifully calligraphed biography of Ochino. We note some old repairs to the leather especially the spine, perhaps they could actually be part of the original binding. The corners are worn else this is in very good condition. Wing O126; ESTC R9210.

Dublin: Hodges and Smith, 1851. First edition. Seven volumes, large 4tos. Contemporary half green morocco, green sand grain green cloth boards, marbled endpapers in a non-pareil pattern, all edges gilt, ribbon markers. Light wear to the bindings at the edges and hinges, else this is a very good set. With the bookplates of John Eacott Manahan and the arnmorial plate of H. L. A. The Annals are printed in the original Irish with English translation on the facing pages by O'DOnovan. This is Part II of the Annals of the Four Masters, in Irish, with O'Donovan's English translation on facing pages, and copious footnotes. O'Donovan published the second half of the Annals in 1848, which covered the years 1172 to 1616. After the unexpected success of this publication, O'Donovan went back to the manuscript of the Annals and edited the remainder, covering the years AM 2242 to AD 1171, publishing this part in 1851. New title and final pages were supplied to buyers of the 1848 set, and binders were instructed… Read More

London: E. Jones, 1696. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Full calf, probably 18th century or early 19th century. Spine in 6 compartments; red lettering label, gilt; the remaining compartments with a Maltese cross impressed in blind. Plain endpapers. 19th century ownership signature scrawled across the title page. Light scuffing to the binding, some staining and soil to the text, front inner hinge neatly mended, else a very good copy. Includes the Psalter and rites of ordination: 'Una cum Psalterio seu Psalmis Davidis, Ea Punctatione distinctis, qua Cantari aut Recitari debent in ECCLESIIS, Itemque Forma & Modus Faciendi, Ordinandi & Consecrandi Episcopos, Presbyteros, Diaconos.' Wing B3694A; ESTC R214201.

San Francisco: California Development Board, 1913. Broadside. Near fine. 21 by 36¾ inches. Lithographed in color. Railroad lines and steamship lines are clearly shown. Text discusses the activities of the Development Board which was housed in the Ferry Building in San Francisco. This version seems to be the original version, copyright in 1910. In 1914 the map was entirely revised and given a new title. There are old folds, and a 6½ inch area of roughness along the lower left edge, with a small marginal chip not affecting the image. Originally issued as part of "California Resources and Possibilities", a report from the Development Board. Scarce. .

Dublin: H. Fitzpatrick, 1803. Early Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. Two volumes in one. xxix,(1),411,(1);xlvii,(1),309,(15)pp. Frontispiece plus four engraved illustrations of which three are folding. List of subscribers. Newly bound in quarter green morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, green leather lettering label, gilt; green marbled paper sides. Library stamps on several pages, including the title page and the reverse of the first and third plates, with some bleed-through; partial separation on two folds of the plates, without loss, else this is a very good copy in a fine binding. Volumes one and two are complete, and followed by an index in the second volume. A third volume was issued taking the History from Llaoghaire forward. Scarce.

Santa Fe: Press at the Palace of the Governors, 1921. Limited edition. Wraps. Small 8vo. Unpaginated. Finely printed letterpress on Biblio and handmade Koravia paper; the cover paper is handmade by John Koller and marbled by Thomas Leech in warm brown and turquoise. Printed by Thomas Leech and James Bourland, who bound the edition in wraps in the style of travel journals. Title page in Irish calligraphy drawn by Patricia Musick. One of 100 numbered copies; this is copy number 86. Illustrated with a photograph of O'Malley and one of Stewart, as well as reproductions of eight of Stewart's linoleum block prints taken to Ireland by Ernie in 1934. The text printed excerpt from Ernie's diary, artistically arranged by the Palace Press. O'Malley, from Ireland, and Stewart, from Philadelphia, spent time in Santa Fe and Mexico in the 1930's. .

México: Imprenta Nuevo Mundo, 1949. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Folio. 59pp of text (in Spanish) followed by the catalog of Pinturas y Dibujos (91 plates), Litografias (28 plates) and Grabados (12 plates). Many of the plates are printed in full color. Black cloth, gilt titles on the spine and upper board. A fine copy. The dustwsrapper is slightly darkened with age and a little rough along the top edge, else is in very good condition. One of 1200 numbered copies signed by the editor, This is copy 207. Inscribed on a preliminary blank to Nettie King by Margarita V. de Orozco, the artist's wife. Nettie King was the wife of illustrator Alexander King. .

n.p.: n.p., 1940. Fine. Signed with her name along the bottom left-center. 3½ by 5 inches mounted on card 9 by 11 inches, with a recent mat of the same size. A brightly colored charming illustration depicting an elf astride a small bird, another child mounting his, and the third child falling off a bird, with plants and mushrooms in a green vale with puffy clouds in the sky, We have not been able to authenticate this as being by Outhwaite, nor find a book in which it appeared, and so we list it as "in her style", as it may be by an imitator. .

London: Oxford University Press, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. xi,263,(1)pp. Red cloth, spine in gilt and black. Frontispiece portrait. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has a trace of darkening else is fine and is not price-clipped. The third, and last volume, of the Memoirs of the Owen Family. .

Friday Harbor, WA: Coppervale Press, 1998. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by the author.. 4to. One volume with a portfolio and slipcase. Illustrated throughout. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. Faux blue-green leather with end papers of a matching hue. Ribbon marker. Gilt vignettes on the book and case, gilt title on the book spine, and gilt title on the upper board of the portfolio. The portfolio contains a faux early newspaper and accompanying short story. The Connoisseur Edition, one of 245 numbered copies this is #48) signed by the author/illustrator. In fine condition. .

St. Petersburg: Nikodim, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition. Folio. 32pp. Red leather spine and edges, marbled paper boards, the upper boards impressed with an engraving of Camelot and with a title label printed in red. Thirteen scenes covering the Age of Arthur in sonnet form support the artist's powerful illustrations. The narrative begins with the boy Merlin, King Vortigern and the dragons, then continues through Uther & Ygraine, the Swords, Lancelot & Guinevere, Mordred and finally the unearthing of Arthur's casket at Glastonbury. This is not a book for children. The artist has graphically depicted the adultery of Uther and Ygraine and of Arthur and Morgause, and the seduction of Merlin by Nimue. The paper of the boards and slipcases was made and marbled by the artist, as was the text paper. Each page was etched in a series of background lines and shapes before the text was printed letterpress and the engraved images taken directly from the blocks. One of 20 copies,… Read More

Oak Grove, MN: MIchael E. Coughlin, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 32pp. Black cloth spine, red cloth boards, printed label on the upper board, deep red endpapers. Finely printed by Michael E. Coughlin on a Kluge platen press on Mohawsk Superfine Eggshell paper. The typeface is Garamond, and the drop caps are Trueheart. Frontispiece plate of the Glastonbury cross. In new condition. One of 90 numbered copies (from a total edition of 100) signed by the author and the printer. Thirteen scenes covering the Age of Arthur in sonnet form. The narrative begins with the boy Merlin, King Vortigern and the dragons, then continues through Uther & Ygraine, the Swords, Lancelot & Guinevere, Mordred and finally the unearthing of Arthur's casket at Glastonbury. .

Oak Grove, MN: Michael E. Coughlin, 2019. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mo. 32pp. Frontispiece of the Glasonbury Cross. Finely printed by Michael E. Coughlin on a Kluge platen press on Biblio paper. The typeface is Garamond, and the drop caps are Trueheart. One of 10 special copies hand-colored, bound in full scarlet morocco with the title in gilt on the upper board and the Glastonbury Cross in blind. Marbled endpapers. Signed by the printer and the author in the Colophon. A fine copy. Thirteen scenes covering the Age of Arthur in sonnet form. The narrative begins with the boy Merlin, King Vortigern and the dragons, then continues through Uther & Ygraine, the Swords, Lancelot & Guinevere, Mordred and finally the unearthing of Arthur's casket at Glastonbury. Additional lettered copies are available. Please inquire.