Search Results: Authors starting with O from NEXUS BOOKS

New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1989. First English language edition, first printing, hardcover, 400 pages. Bottom two corner tips very slightly bumped else a Fine copy in brand new condition, in original full brown cloth binding. No inscription or book-plate, and no textual markings of any kind. Very clean and bright in a Near Fine dustjacket with the most minuscule of edgewear. A lovely copy of a scarce book in hardcover..

New York: Paperback Library Inc., 1967. First American edition. Softcover, Paperback Library 53-567, original cover price 60 cents. A horror novel about black magic in the Gobi Desert. A Near Fine copy, old inkstamp on inside of front cover but otherwise a lovely bright, unworn copy. The spine is perfectly tight and uncreased and this appears to be an unread copy. Scarce in this exceptionally nice condition..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. First softcover edition, 314 pages. 'Trade-size' softcover in Near Fine condition, almost brand new with just a couple of very slight scratches on back cover. Excellent condition, spine is completely uncreased, and no internal markings of any kind..

London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1910. 'Popular Edition', early reprint (was first published in 1905). A "Lost Race" adventure classic about ancient Egyptians in the Libyan Desert, praised by genre expert Everett Bleiler as "Literate, as is always the case with Baroness Orczy's work, and intriguing for its strange psychology of personality." A Very Good hardcover bound in red cloth, pictorially decorated and lettered in black. Spine a little faded and spine folds slightly rubbed, but otherwise a sound, tight copy. Interestingly, on the front endpaper is written in pencil: "Garland Club at 6 o'clock"!.

Vernon, British Columbia, Canada: Okanagan Historical Society, 1945. Hardcover edition (scarce thus). 114 pages. Bound in blue cloth, lettered in gilt on front board, numbered '11' on spine. Tiny inkstamp at top corner of front endpaper else a Fine, bright, unblemished copy. A tribute volume to the Society's recently deceased Secretary and Treasurer, Leonard Norris, who would not be lauded today for such views as: "the North American Indians of Canada are a superior people. Too often they are classed by ignorant people with such races as the Japanese, Chinese, Negros and Hindus. These are inferior races . . ." (page 71)..

London, England: Penguin Books -- Great Ideas, 2010. Reprint. Slim paperback. A Fine, brand new copy.. New.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Reprint. Small softcover book. A volume in the 'Very Short Introductions' series. A Fine copy in brand new condition.. New.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. First printing. Small softcover book. A volume in the 'Very Short Introductions' series. A Fine copy in brand new condition.. New.