Search Results: Authors starting with O from GN Books and Prints

Land of Ponies by Marjorie M. Oliver, illustrated by Charlotte Hough

Hardback, 1951, published by Country Life Ltd., London, 144 pages.












Measures 8 1/2" x 6 3/4". With dust jacket, which has some scuffs and marks and is a bit tattered, with some wear, chips, small tears, tape repairs and is also price-clipped but otherwise intact and has retained much of its original colouring. Red cloth binding, which is very clean. Signs of shelf-wear. Binding firm. Page edges a little browned and marked but otherwise reasonably clean, upper edge has deep reddish-burgundy hue. A little marking to endpapers and FFEP contains previous owner name stamp but otherwise page surfaces clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Saar Question: A Disease Spot in Europe by Sidney Osborne

Hardback, 1923, first edition, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London, 384 pages.

Dark blue cloth boards and spine. Ex-library book with typical markings, reference numbers, stamps, etc. Inscription on FFEP stating that the book was "Presented by Herr von Bulow to the L.N.V. Library, April 1925". (This might be a reference to Bernhard von Bulow, former German Foreign Minister, though does not appear to be written in his own hand.) Boards and spine show wear, with some marking and scuffing. Spine is particularly chipped and torn at top and bottom. Front board a little creased. Nevertheless, reasonably clean. Corners a little bumped and torn. Inner hinges a bit cracked and binding a bit slack at spine but textblock quite firm. Browning and scuffing to page edges. Some marking to endpapers. Aside from aforementioned library markings, page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.