Search Results: Authors starting with O from Bartlebys Books

Augusta, GA: Geo. A. Oates, publishers & importers of music and musical instruments, 1856. 4to.; 7pp. Illustrated. Disbound; some soiling, manuscript note on title page. Composed by the late Henry T. Oates of Charleston, SC. First edition. The title-page lithograph pictures "Mill-Bank, Richmond County, Georgia," the farmhouse fenced off from a road, a pastoral stream in the foreground; the manuscript note identifies Mill-Bank as the "residence of Geo. A. Oates." Not in the De Renne Catalogue.

This oath of amnesty includes a passage regarding African Americans: "[I will] abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves." Old folds, but very good.

NY: George H. Doran, 1898. 8vo.; 277pp. Illus. Embossed pictorial cloth. Lettering on spine rubbed. Very good in dustjacket.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1952. First American edition of the author's first book. 8vo. 252 pp. "A novel of love in a Welsh valley," first published as "Three Bear Witness" the same year in London. Very good. Gray cloth, illustrated dust jacket (rubbed, somewhat darkened, several short tears, bottom edge of rear panel strengthened with paper tape). (#5900).

Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1977. First edition thus, a re-issue of the 1939 Derrydale Press original, with two new sections and illustrations, 1/950 copies signed by the author and by Rikhoff. Small 4to. xxix, (3), 306 pp. Line drawings, plates. Not in Casada (contains the chapter "Thanksgiving Gobblers: The Southwestern Wild Turkey"). Wegner, p. 199. Biscotti, p. 320. Wegner, p. 199: "Valuable and still pertinent information." Very good. Gilt-stamped decorated green bonded leather, publisher's slipcase. (7250).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. First edition, in the "Borzoi Books for Sportsmen" series. Tall 8vo. xiii, (3), xi pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, tables. Heller 265: "One of the top-notch books on the subject, and with many of the photos being of bagged game." Glue residue on front pastedown from removed bookplate, rear hinge cracked, else very good. Cream cloth. (7332).

Dublin, Ireland: The Cuala Press, 1943. First edition. 1 of 480 copies. 8vo. 72pp. Plates. Original cloth-backed illustrated tan boards, paper spine label. Very good.

Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, 1984. First edition, #695 of 1000 copies signed by Bradford O'Connor, the author's son, and the editor. 8vo. xv, (3), 247 pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, frontispiece portrait of the author. Posthumously published work by the preeminent American gun editor and writer of the 20th century. Fine. Gilt-stamped decorated brown leatherette, slipcase. (#6854).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First edition thus, in the "Borzoi Books for Sportsmen" series, a reprint of the 1939 Derrydale Press title "Game in the Desert". 8vo. xvii, (3), 279, ii pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, color frontispiece. Cf. Heller 262: First Trade edition of the Derrydale Press 'Game in the Desert.' Biscotti, p. 320. Wegner, p. 199. Bookplate on front pastedown, else very good. Burgundy cloth, gilt spine title. (7381).

Dublin, Ireland: The Cuala Press, 1941. First edition. 1 of 250 copies. 8vo. 41pp. Original cloth-backed blue boards (somewhat faded), paper spine label (edges chipped without loss). Very good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First edition thus, in the "Borzoi Books for Sportsmen" series, a reprint of the 1939 Derrydale Press title "Game in the Desert". 8vo. xvii, (3), 279, ii pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, color frontispiece. Cf. Heller 262: First trade edition of the Derrydale Press Game in the Desert. Biscotti, p. 320. Wegner, p. 199. Owner's name, else very good. Burgundy cloth (faded along top edge), gilt spine title, illustrated dust jacket (price-clipped, rubbed, some minor wear and tear at the edges). (7335).

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. First edition, in the "Borzoi Books for Sportsmen" series. Tall 8vo. xiii, (3), xi pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, tables. Heller 265: "One of the top-notch books on the subject, and with many of the photos being of bagged game." Owner's stamp, else very good. Cream cloth, illustrated dust jacket (price-clipped, head of spine a little frayed). (7333).

4to and 8vo. Each one page. Fold lines, but very good. For the three letters,

Trenton, NJ: D. Fenton, L. Deare, Printer, N. Brunswick, 1811. First edition (there were two issues, the other lists "The Author" as publisher). 12mo in sixes. 226 pp. After traveling through Europe in the 1790s, Oehler arrived in Charleston in 1802, learned how to build hot-air balloons in Georgia in 1803, and made ascensions in Nashville, Natchez, and New Orleans in 1805 before moving on to Cuba and Mexico; returning to New Orleans in 1807, he continued on to Natchez again, Pensacola, Mobile, and Augusta, Georgia, eventually making his home in Asbury, New Jersey, by 1810. Howes O-25: "Narrative of a restless adventurer who operated throughout the southern states from Charleston to New Orleans." Sabin 56732 (for the issue published by "The Author"). American Imprints 23586. Clark Old South II, 110. Felcone 1188. Recent full period binding with gilt rules and devices on spine, with red leather author/title. Binding done by Phil Dusel. (9316).

Savannah, GA: Morning News Print, 1889. First edition. 8vo. 28 pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good.

Raleigh, (NC): State Board of Agriculture (M.I. & J.C. Stewart, Public Printers, Winston), 1896. First edition. 166 pp. Primarily colonial and Revolution eras, with a separate genealogy section at the rear. Thornton 13368. Original cloth-backed printed boards (faded at the edges, one old rubbed spot). Very good copy.(3110).

Buenos Aires: np, 1904. Second edition ("Latest Data"). Tan textured paperwraps (short tears along spine, at head and foot of joints; chipping to spine ends). 8vo.; 136, (4) pp. Folding map tipped in to rear wrapper. Illustrated with photos, charts, and 4 additional folding maps. Small previous owner's name stamp on front wrapper. A very good copy.

Washington, DC: Oakcrest, 1920. Viewbook. Small oblong 8vo. 44 photographic views of the seminary, its students, and faculty. The seminary, a school for girls, was located on Connecticut Avenue at the time this viewbook was published. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Ex-library (number written on front wrapper), "discard" stamp on last page. Orig. tan wrappers, photograph mounted on the front cover. (#4352).

Single sheet, 25 x 19 cm. Vignette of a small five pointed star at upper center of page. Old fold lines, some age toning, else very good. A partly printed document, completed in manuscript: "No. [124], Republic of Texas, County of [Jasper]. This is to certify that [Green Hutchings] has appeared before the Board of Land Commissioners for the County of [Jasper] and proved according to law that [he] arrived in this Republic [in the year AD 1834] and that [he] is a [married man] and entitled to [One League & One Labor] of Land...." The land was granted on condition of Hutchings paying $3.50 for each labor of irrigable land, $2.50 for each labor of temporal or arable land, and $1.20 for each labor of pasture land. Signed in ink, July 5, 1839, by John Bevil and W.H. Stark, and witnessed by A.G. Parker. Hutchings settled in Texas before the Texas Declaration of Independence was declared in March 1836. This made him eligible to "first class headrights," which as a married man meant one league and one labor of… Read More

Single sheet, folded to 32 x 20 cm. [2] leaves. Separating along fold, additional old fold lines with wear and small holes, still a legible, somewhat tender copy. First page is a manuscript petition, Republic of Texas, County of Fayette, March A.D. 1841, pledging the subscribers to finance the building of a school and meeting house to benefit the neighborhood, and nominating James Stephens, Wm. H. Hodge, and Isaac Killough, as trutees "to have the said house built and to regulate the preaching and to act as trustees for such school or schools as may be necessary for the convenience of the neighbourhood from time to time...." Signed by some 21 subscribers, including Washington Cox, Isaac Killough, Wm. H. Hodge, and James Stephens, who each pledged $30, and Wm. M. Eastland who pledged $5. Also signed by several women, Harriett Lockredge, Salley Stephens, Ruthe Kilugh [Killough?], and Mary Ann Pain, each promising $5. J.S. Lester pleged $10, "and as much pine timber as may be needed for the building."… Read More