Search Results: Authors starting with O from BookAddiction

Stirling, UK: Stirling Tract Enterprise, 1958. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 54pp. Printed heavy paper covers, flaps. Spine torn at ends, chipping to edges. Pages tanning. Internally neat, clean and tight. 12mo. More little talks giving interesting information about twenty-four favourite hymns including Abide with Me, All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name, God Moves in a Mysterious Way, Guide Me Oh Thy Great Jehovah, Rock of Ages etc.

London: Thomas Nelson, 1946. Reprint . Hardcover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 176pp. Illustrated. In red cloth boards (well rubbed, especially around the spine, corners rounded). Gutter a little strained between frontispiece and title page else internally neat, clean and tight. Originally published to interest older children in the craftsmanship of plays by showing how stories in narrative form can be turned into plays, but now also serves as a remarkable record of children's activities in the early part of the 20th century and an unusual perspective on the history of juvenile theatre and drama. Nice little volume and now not so easy to find, despite being reprinted numerous times in the first half of the 20th century.

London, UK: Frances Pinter (Publishers), 1984. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first impression. xii, 180pp, including various charts and tables. In black cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. 8vo. Top text block edge a little dust darkened. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, just gently bumped at edges, short crease on inner front flap. Examination of the innovation process in small, independent technology companies, paying attention to the important of the local circumstances, services and environment on the ability to push innovations to market.

New York, NY, USA: Barnes & Noble, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 206pp. Pictorial light card covers. Light chipping to edges, wear, sun fading to covers. 8vo. Text block edges tanned, affecting page margins. Helpful paperback intended for people in the film and television industries, people planning to enter these fields, and students on film and TV courses.

Royal Marines Historical Society, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 300pp, black and white illustrations throughout. In strong, deep blue cloth covers with gilt titles on spine. Volume in as new condition throughout, barring the inscription from the author on the title page, 'to the Royal Marine Association, Isle of Thanet Branch, on the occasion of their dinner, 20 October 2001, Derek Oakley'. In its original dust jacket (jacket very slightly bumped on edges, small mark in upper corner). Vivian Dunn, probably the finest military musician of the 20th century, was also an accomplished composer. This is the story of how his classical music upbringing helped transform the Royal Marines Band Service into one of the finest military bands in the world. Publisher's promotional flyers, promoting Dunn's musical output, loosely laid in; one has a rather attractive ribbon attached. 4to.

London, UK: Max Parrish, 1962. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 126pp. In red cloth-covered boards. 8vo. This is an ex lending library book with heavy library marking on front endpaper and library stamp on title page. A little spotting and softening to text block edges. Well-read. In its original dust jacket, in a protective sleeve which has been adhered to the endpapers. DJ soiled, rubbed at edges, discoloured around edges. A hard to find title.

London, UK: Bantam Press, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 404pp, central section of black and white photographs. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Red endpapers. Pages tanning. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. The acclaimed political journalist gives us an insight of what its really like stalking the corridors of power.

London, UK: Michael Joseph, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 160pp, some black and white photographic plates. Brown cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Very lightly rubbed spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, chipping to top edges, price clipped.

London, UK: Fourth Estate, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. 308pp. Orange cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine head. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Novel which shows how easily and treacherously prejudice can snake its way into human relationships.

London, UK: Fourth Estate, 2005. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 448pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket very lightly chipped along edges, some shelf wear, price unclipped. 8vo.

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK: Cherry Gardens Publications, 1991. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 112pp, with black and white illustrations in text. In laminated card covers. 8vo. Covers a little marked and lightly rubbed at edges; one corner mildly bump. Gift inscription on half title, else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. David Obbard tells his own story, in a clear and fresh manner from his farming days in the Sussex countryside and through this spiritual journey which took him to become a pastor in Tonbridge Wells.

New York, NY, USA: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xiv, 372pp, three fold-out charts in rear. Blue cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers starting to tan. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 1940's text book written to serve the undergraduate course in thermodynamics and heat transfer for students of engineering.

HarperCollins, 2000. Reissue . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Conway, Jane. 104pp. Red cloth boards with gilt titles; in its original dust jacket (lightly bumped on edges). Neat, clean, bright and tight. First published in 1930, this is O'Brian's first novel written as a child (when he should have been doing homework, he later confessed). Tells the picaresque and at times bloodthirsty story of Caesar, whose father was a giant panda and mother a snow leopard.

MacMillan & Co, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing (true first). 284pp. Green cloth boards with red lettering on spine. (Boards slightly rounded at corners and spine tips. Text block edges a little toned, some faint occasional spotting on prelims, else bright, neat and clean internally. In its original price clipped dust jacket (a little rubbed and bumped at edges, mild shelfwear). DJ now protected in archival-quality mylar wrapper. O'Brian, known for his Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels, here presents an anti-hero in Richard Temple, born a misfit, a man who betrays his principles and his full of apparent contradictions.

London, UK: Religious Tract Society. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 80pp. Blue cloth-covered boards; black design on boards, gilt titles on front and spine. Bumped extremities, cloth wearing. Text block edges dusty. Front hinge cracking, free endpapers discoloured. Pages soiled. 16mo. Illustrated with frontispiece, 2 full page black and white illustrations and 2 vignettes to the text.

London, UK: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 798pp, some black and white photographs. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; cream endpapers. 8vo. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Rubbed spine ends. Top text block edge starting to fox. Volume shaken. Otherwise, internally neat, clean and bright. Dust jacket creased, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

London, UK: Bene Factum, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 390pp. Laminated printed light card covers. In as new condition. Signed by author on half-title page. Dust jacket has 1cm closed tear as spine head, minor chipping to bottom edge. 8vo. Beautifully illustrated book charting the hidden secrets behind some of the biggest banana skins of all time. With a foreword by Jonathan Aitken.

London, UK: The Macmillan Press, 1983. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xx, 272pp. Pictorial light card covers. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers, spine sun-faded. Text block edges just starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Botley, UK: Osprey, 2009. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 288pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Some scuffs to front, what appears to be manufacturer fault (discolouration) on rear. Signed and inscribed by author on title page, 'Anthony Best Wishes Donough O'Brien'. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some light shelf wear. 8vo. Analyses some military heroes and anti-heroes down the ages. Illustrated with black and white photographs.

London, UK: Faber & Faber, 2019. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first impression. 232pp. Black cloth-covered boards; orange titles on spine; green endpapers. 8vo. Text block edge starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket not price clipped.