Search Results: Authors starting with O from Black Sheep Books

Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. Soft cover. Near Fine. Foreword by Gordon R. Willey. Book is a volume of the series: Classics in Southeastern Archaeology, edited by Stephen Williams, and contains a collection of Ford's seminal writings showing the importance of pottery styles in dating sites, population movements, and cultures. Illustrated soft cover with white titling on front, black titling on spine, book is in shrinkwrap. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Whittaker and Co.. Second Edition. . Half Leather. Monastic and Social Life in the Twelfth Century, as exemplified in the Chronicles of Jocelin of Brakelond, Monk of St. Edmundsbury, from A.D. MCLXXIII to MCCII. Translated with notes, introduction etc. by T.E. Tomlins from the original Latin, as printed by the Camden Society. The book was published aprroximately 1845. Half leather and marbled boards, 52 pages. Edge and shelf wear, fraying to top of spine, boards slightly warped, foxing to endpapers, damp stain to first pastedown with some light rippling which effects ffep as well. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd., 1964. First Edition. . Hardcover. A collection of short stories by the author of "Thy Neighbour's Wife," "Spring Sowing," "The Informer" and "The Black Soul." Green cloth with black titling on white spine label. 287 pages. Text block edges darkened, cloth bubbled at leading edges of front and back, half of the front cover is marginally less glossy than the remainder, owner's name in pencil on end paper. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has edge-wear with chipping at corners, upper spine end has quarter-inch open tear, lower spine end has chipping and a one-inch closed tear, sunned spine, some damp spots on spine and back, sunned edges. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size:… Read More

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1963. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. McNally, Ed. Author's inscription on front endpaper. Red and blue illustrated covers with red titling on spine, black and white illustration on title page190 pages. Upper text block edge slightly darkened, very light wear to lower edge - this is a very handsome book. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has light edge wear, is uniformly soiled/smudged and has a sunned spine. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Kelowna, BC: Kelowna Branch - Okanagan Historical Society, 2004. Soft cover. Very +. Book was published in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the City of Kelowna. White soft cover with brown and black titling, black and white photographs throughout, 211 pages. With the exception of some minor shelf wear, book is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

1993. First English Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/-. Originally published under the title "Tane o Maku" by Taro Takagi, Yoshihisa Okamatsu Autobiography Publication Committee, 1991. Translated into English by Donna Tamaki. Beige cloth, gilt titling to front and spine, donation note by Yoshihisa Okamatsu pasted to ffep, 199 pages. Slipcover with gilt titling to front and spine. The slip cover shows light edge wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Vienna: De Nobili Research Library, 1976. Card Cover. Very Good/-. Vasudevasrama Yatidharmaprakasa: A Treatise on World Renunciation, Critically edited with introduction, annotated translation and appendices. Part One: Text. "Anyone familiar with the Indian religious traditions, both the orthodox and the heterodox, knows that it tis difficult to overstimate the importance of world renunciation within their institutional frameworks as well as in their soterilogical systems. Buddhist and Jaina monasticism, both of which have their origin in and are based on world renunciation, have received far greater attention from scholars than the orthodox tradition of renunciation." Grey card cover with black titling to front and spine, 139 pages. Light sunning to spine, light edge wear, a very small scribling to top right corner of front, small creases to top right bottom right corner. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments,… Read More

Toronto, Canada: The Coach House Press, 1972. Third Edition. . Card Cover in Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ondaatje's fifth poetry book was first published in 1967. This is the third edition of 1000 copies published in September 1972. Illustrated wrapper attached to spine of black card covers, 77 pages. Wrapper shows light shelf wear and light sunning, it is price clipped. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Staunton, VA: Inspiration University. Coil Binding. Very Good. Written by the "rediscoverer and founder or father of the worldwide Rebirthing - Conscious Breathing Movement." Grey soft cover with black titling, black plastic comb binding, clear plastic cover on front, publisher's advertising at back, 100 pages. Book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Oritz, a social anthropologist, gives a "penetrating analysis of the complex and fascinating cosmological and ritural systems of the Tewa . He focuses on the ideas, rules, and principles of Tewa culture as they are reflected in mythology, world view, and ritual. Tewa notions of space, time, color, number, and existence are analyzed in detail to determine how they reflect, reinforce, and lend continuity to Tewa social institutions." Green cloth with gilt titling to spine, green endpapers, 197 pages. Minor shelf wear, previous owner's name to ffep. Dust jacket is worn with sunning to spine and edges, a few chips missing to spine ends and corners, two small and one one inch closed tears. It is now protected in a Brodart cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your… Read More

Boston: Manning & Loring, for James White, 1794. Hardcover. A collection of letters dating from 1771 to 1779. Grey boards, black titling was on tan paper spine label on tan paper spine, 120 pages. Foxing spots on cover and text block edges, which are also significantly darkened, spine cover has significant wear and is sunned, as are edges of cover, spine label is missing with the exception of left edge, all pages foxed, book has a musty odour. Binding is tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

New York: B.W. Huebsch, Inc., 1924. Second Printing. . Hardcover. Good+/-. A novel by the author of "A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico," "Diplomatic Days," "Alsace in Rust and gold," etc. Black cloth with yellow titling on spine and front, top textblock edge is yellow. 295 pages. Edge and shelf wear, spine sunned, text block lightly darkened, previous owner's bookplate and a sticker shadow on first pastedown, small brown stain to ffep. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Bowen Island, B.C.: Osler, Richard, 2002. Limited/Numbered. . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blackwood, David. #97/300 A book of 44 poems and an eight-page preface by Bowen Island poet, Richard Osler. Blue illustrated soft cover, white titling, SIGNED by author and inscribed to Nick, black and white illustrations. 59 pages. Minor shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal, 1940. Card Cover. A history of Norwegians in Greenland, written in Danish, in two volumes. Tan card covers with yapp edges, brown titling and illustration, text block edges untrimmed, illustrated with some clusters of black and white photographs, many upper page edges uncut, 1077 pages. Covers have significant edge wear to yapp edges on leading and lower edges and lower spine ends, damp stains to spine covers and adjacent edges, hinge of Vol. I lightly cracked at half-title page and pages 29 and 33, otherwise texts appear to be clean and tight. This set is overweight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Longueuil, Quebec, Canada: Camirand Academy of Magic Inc., 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/-. Camirand, Guy D.. A professional approach to card control. "ProControl is a devastatingly simple secret. It will enable you to control selected cards and fool everyone. A beginner can learn ProControl in Minutes and a professional will use ProControl in his act because of the ease." Glossy hard cover, photo-illustrated and clearly written, 51 pages. the book appears to be unread. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Cape Town, South Africa: The Stourton Press, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good-/-. Privately printed as a limited edition of 200 copies. "The text of this book is a reconstruction of things said by P.D. Ouspensky at meetings held bewtween 1930 and 1944." Beige cloth with blue titling to front and spine, tipped in card with quote by Ouspensky to back of half title, 53 pages. Very light sunning to top and to spine, a brown discoloration to top of front cover, a small bump to top of spine, minro edge wear, evenly foxed free endpapers, previous owner's name to ffep. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall