Search Results: Authors starting with O from Parker's Rare Books

Harrisburg, Pa: Stackpole Books, 1982. HB. Orange simulated leather, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 221 pp. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In unclipped dust jacket that shows very minor shelf wear. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ.

Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1988. First Printing. HB. Quarter blue cloth over white cloth, silver lettering on spine, 8vo, 97 pp., blue endpapers. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding tight. In unclipped dust jacket with a small crease bottom front panel. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.

Philadelphia: Universal Book and Bible House, 1935. HB. Red cloth, 8vo., Salesman's prospectus, with photos and representative excerpts from the text, and order forms at rear. Book condition VG.

St. Columbans, Nebraska: St. Columban's Foreign Mission Society, 1942. 1st American. HB. Orange cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo, 146 pp. Owners name, in pencil, on title page, no other marks in book, binding tight. Covers show very minor edge wear. In unclipped ($1.00) dust jacket that shows chipping, one 3/4" tear top of spine. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

Campbell, Calif: Savas Publishing Co, 1996. HB. Memoirs of Private William McCarter of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry. First published memoir of an inlisted man in the Irish Brigade. Black paper covered boards, silver lettering on spine, 8vo., 266pp. No marks in book, binding tight, minor soiling top edge of text block. In nice dust jacket that is clean with no tears. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ.

New York: Atheneum, 1978. Stated First Edition. HB. Green cloth, white lettering on spine, square 8vo, unpaginated, light green endpapers. Stamped "Not for resale" top of title page. Clean, unmarked book, binding tight. In clean, unclipped ($6.95) dust jacket. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Stated First Printing. HB. Black cloth, blue lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 339 pp. No marks in book, binding tight and covers clean. In a price-clipped dust jacket that shows minor chipping top of spine. Book condition VG+ in VG DJ.

New York: The Holy Name Bureau, 1919. Third Edition, July 1919. Wraps. Light green stiff paper stapled wraps, black lettering on front cover, 12mo, 228 pp. 5 full page plates in text. No marks in book, binding solid. 2" and 1/2" closed tears front cover, ink smudge front cover, spine sunned. Book condition VG-.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Stated First Edition. HB. Red cloth, silver lettering on spine, large 8vo, 332, ix pp. Owner's name front paste-down only mark in book, binding tight. In an unclipped dust jacket that shows edge wear, minor chipping. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1918. First American Edition. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo., xii, 391pp. Frontis photograph of The Four Courts, Dublin. 24 other full-page plates throughout text. Soiling to endpapers, no marks in text but there is minor foxing. Rear hinge cracked but binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear, spine lettering rubbed. Book condition VG-.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1928. First Edition. HB. Blindstamped blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 299 pp., frontis cartoon. X-Reference library, with usual flaws, but a clean copy. Only marks in book a "X" by one chapter on the contents page, underlining of text page 79. Covers show edge wear, minor fraying top of spine. Binding tight. Book condition Good +.

Minneapolis: The Lund Press, 1926. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 335 pp. Biography of this Norwegian American senator and Governor of Minnesota. Owner's name ffep, no other marks in book, binding tight. Covers show minor edge wear, spine lettering somewhat rubbed, corners lightly bumped. Book condition VG.

New York: Broadway Books, 2003. First Printing of the First Edition. HB. Quarter gray cloth and white paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 332 pp., illustrated endpapers. Clean, unmarked book in like, unclipped dust jacket. Book condition VG+ in VG+ DJ.

London: Cecil Palmer, 1930. Second Edition. hb. Orange cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 266 pp. X-LIb. with usual markings. Tipped in promotional page for 2nd edition. No marks in text, binding tight. Covers show soiling, fraying top of spine. A good reading copy.

Pittsburg: Published by the Author, 1864. HB. Quarter brown leather and brown marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, 8vo, 382 pp. O'Donovan was the author of a poetic history of Ireland, and came to America to sell copies to fellow Irish emmigrants in the period after the Great Famine. He used Pittsburg as a base, traveling west to Cincinnati, Galena and Nauvoo, Illinois, and then St. Louis. He later traveled to Philadelphia, New York, and Massachusetts. From his contacts with the Irish in America, he wrote this book. This work is especially important because O'Donovan listed names and often addresses and occupations of the people he interviewed, giving insights into mid-nineteenth century Irish diaspora. This copy is an x-college library, with usual library markings. Some foxing, especially to end papers. Covers show edge wear and scuffing. Book condition Good+.

Madison, Wi: Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1958. First Edition. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on black panel on spine, 8vo, xiv, 338 pp. Library of Congress bookplate on front paste-down, Historical Society written top of title page, no other marks in book, binding tight. Book condition VG.

Calw und Stuttgart: Verlag der Vereinsbuchhandlung, 1905. HB. Quarter maroon leather over maroon cloth, gilt lettering and 4 raised bands on spine, 8vo, 566 pp., patterned endpapers, all edges of text block marbled. Owners name ffep only mark in book, binding tight. Covers show slight edge wear, scuffing top of spine. Top rear corner bumped. Text in German. Book condition VG.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1946. First Edition. HB. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine, 12 mo., 234 pp. No marks in book, binding tight. In dust jacket with minor soiling, chipping. Book condition VG in VG- DJ.

Lincoln, Nebraska: The January 12, 1888, Blizzard Club (Printed by the Union College Press), 1947. HB. Tan cloth, black lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 343 pp., map endpapers. X-library with minimal markings, owners name ffep. Frontis photo of the editor, signed in ink by O'Gara, and with his name written in pencil at the top of page. Hinge cracked at half-title page, but binding solid. Covers show some soiling and edge wear. Book condition Good+. An interesting collection of personal accounts by those who experienced this massive blizzard, primarily from Nebraska and the Dakotas.

New York: J. S. Ogilvie, c. 1896. HB. Blue cloth, 12 mo., 328 pp. + ads at rear. No marks in book, binding solid. Possible x-library, remnants of check-out slip at rear. No other marks in book or on covers. Decorative end papers. Covers show some scuffing, 1/2" tear top of spine. Binding solid. Uncommon. Book condition Good+.