Search Results: Authors starting with O from Wonderful Books by Mail

NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 8.3 X 5.8 X 1.0 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S24.00) DUST JACKET CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; Gold titles on purple cloth sine strip...bright yellow hard covers..Yellow titles on dark blue dust jacket.. White endpapers..2x3" photo of author & biog inner dj flap.. ; 240 pages; Weaving together historical perspective and recent statistical data, he evaluates current worries about a "flight from the humanities" on the part of students or from teaching on the part of academics, and addresses such hotly debated issues as curricular coherence, multiculturalism, and the alleged politicization of undergraduate studies. .

New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2010. first edition,1p; 10987654321pt line. HARDCOVER. 9.3 X 6.2 X 0.9 inches. GOOD CONDITION Solid copy with clean text,..has library sticker on spine, front cover, and lightly stamped on text edges..."Withdrawn" with pocket removal scar to inner cover. Else quite a nice, solid, bright copy.. ; Gold spine titles on BROWN HARD COVERS.....Gold Bollingen circles design on top spine strip..; 320 pages; 1st volume in his groundbreaking trilogy on the emergence of western political thought—Francis Oakley explores the roots of secular political thinking by examining the political ideology and institutions of Hellenistic and late Roman antiquity and of the early European middle ages. By challenging the popular belief that the ancient Greek and Roman worlds provided the origins of our inherently secular politics .

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good. 1978. First Edition Thus; ABCDEFGHIJ print line. Paperback. 7x9". VERY GOOD CONDITION , CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT ; African American oral traditions in Mississippi Delta blues music legendary musicians ; photos; 287 pages; Rich HISTORY of Best American Folk CULTURE-MUSIC. Index WHITE PAPER COVERS. . No names, no underlining, solid cover... .

Chicago: University of Chicago Press.;.Pheonix books P20. Very Good. 1968. first edition,3p; Third Printing. Paperback. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION, gift name ep "from the livrary of Daniel V. Klevesahl", else clean, solid, bright; ANTIQUITY OF MAN; ORIGIS OF TOOL MAKINT; MATERIALS...WOOD, BONE, SHELL, STONE, METAL..PALEOLITIC CULTURE..GLOSSARY REFERENCES; CHART. INDEX ; 159pg pages; p .

NY: ECCO, HARPER COLLINS PUB. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. 1st Edition"1p; 10987654321pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S25.95) DUST JACKET ..EP HAS "SWS August 08" & Chinese 1x1"red seal stamp. , Esle clean, solid, bright.. ; Metalic copper spine titles on brown spine strip... light green hard covers... DJ cover art shows little child holding hand, walking toward Woman on blanket..tural scene background... ; 562ps pages; A decade ago the Rampikes were destroyed by the murder of Skyler's six-year-old ice-skating champion sister, Bliss, and the media scrutiny that followed. Part investigation into the unsolved murder; part elegy for the lost Bliss and for Skyler's own lost childhood; and part corrosively funny exposé of the pretensions of upper-middle-class American suburbia, this captivating novel explores with unexpected sympathy and subtlety the intimate lives of those who dwell in Tabloid Hell. .

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow pub. Very Good. 1976. First Edition?. paperback. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION, name ep "Lidia PB" else CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT.. ; Red & Black titles on grey paper covers showing black monkey (Rorhshak test) cover art.. Bright Red endpapers...all nice ; 89ps pages .

NY: PLUME..WILLIAM ABRAHAMS. Very Good. 1997,SEPTEMBER. PAPERBACK; 1098pt line. paperback. 6x9". VERY GOOD CONDITION,clean, solid, bright ; cover art shows misty morning farm & green oats in field..cover blurb "OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB".. ..; 454pg pages; .Looking at the moral & social conditions of American Life....masterful realist... .

NY: PLUME..WILLIAM ABRAHAMS. Good. 1997,SEPTEMBER. PAPERBACK; 1098pt line. paperback. 6x9". GOOD Condition PAPERBACK..cover has bit ink to author's name, else quite a clean, solid, copy ; cover art shows misty morning farm & green oats in field..cover blurb "OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB".. ..; 454pg pages; .Looking at the moral & social conditions of American Life....masterful realist..." 1st edition but two limited hardbound editions (1000 and 350 copies) appeared simultaneously. Collection of short fiction that had appeared previously in periodicals. .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2020. 1st Edition"1p; 24681097531pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9" heavy. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S45.00) DUST JACKET, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT..Has ISBN for "HARDBACK" edition.. ; SILVER SPINE TITLES ON GREY HARD BOARDS.. WHITE TITLES ON GREY & WHITE DUST JACKET SHOWING SMILING CAMEO PHOTO PORTRAIT OF FORMER PRESIDENT,no tie, open shirt.; 751pg pages; Illinois Senator.........Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2020. 1st Edition"1p; 24681097531pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9" heavy. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S45.00) DUST JACKET, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT..Has ISBN for "HARDBACK" edition.. ; SILVER SPINE TITLES ON GREY HARD BOARDS.. WHITE TITLES ON GREY & WHITE DUST JACKET SHOWING SMILING CAMEO PHOTO PORTRAIT OF FORMER PRESIDENT,no tie, open shirt...Grey endpapers..; 751pg pages; Illinois Senator.........Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 2006. 1st Edition"13p; Thirteenth Printing. HARDCOVER. 6x9". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD DUST JACKET-UNCLIPT(S25.00)..Back panel of DJ has ; Gold spine titles on Black hard boards; 375pg pages; Illinois Senator......... .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2020. 1st Edition"1p; 24681097531pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9" heavy. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S45.00) DUST JACKET, CLEAN, ..Has ISBN for "HARDBACK" edition.. ; SILVER SPINE TITLES ON GREY HARD BOARDS.. WHITE TITLES ON GREY & WHITE DUST JACKET SHOWING SMILING CAMEO PHOTO PORTRAIT OF FORMER PRESIDENT,no tie, open shirt...Grey endpapers..; 751pg pages; Illinois Senator.........Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. 1st Edition"1p; 10987654321pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD DUST JACKET-UNCLIPT(S25.00); Gold spine titles on Black hard boards..grey endpapers..; 375pg pages; Illinois Senator......... .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2020. 1st Edition"1p; 24681097531pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9" heavy. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S45.00) DUST JACKET, CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT..Has ISBN for "HARDBACK" edition.. ; SILVER SPINE TITLES ON GREY HARD BOARDS.. WHITE TITLES ON GREY & WHITE DUST JACKET SHOWING SMILING CAMEO PHOTO PORTRAIT OF FORMER PRESIDENT,no tie, open shirt...Grey endpapers..; 751pg pages; Illinois Senator.........Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2020. 1st Edition"2p; 2468109753pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9" heavy. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S45.00) DUST JACKET, CLEAN, ..Has ISBN for "HARDBACK" edition.. ; SILVER SPINE TITLES ON GREY HARD BOARDS.. WHITE TITLES ON GREY & WHITE DUST JACKET SHOWING SMILING CAMEO PHOTO PORTRAIT OF FORMER PRESIDENT,no tie, open shirt...Grey endpapers..; 751pg pages; Illinois Senator.........Obama takes readers on a compelling journey from his earliest political aspirations to the pivotal Iowa caucus victory that demonstrated the power of grassroots activism to the watershed night of November 4, 2008, when he was elected 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African American to hold the nation's highest office. .

NY: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2010. HARDCOVER. 9.2 X 6.3 X 1.2 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S25.00) DUST JACKET.; COPER titles on WHITE CLOTH SPINE STRIP......WHITE hard boards. RED & GREEN TITLES on WHITE DUST JACKET WITH PHOTO F FLOODED SHANTY TOWN.. ; Many B&W obama family photos; 294 pages; remarkable memoir of George Obama, President Obama’s Kenyan half brother, who found the inspiration to strive for his goal—to better the lives of his own people—in his elder brother’s example. .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2018. first edition,11p"; 11 13 15pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9" heavy. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S32.50) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright; WHITE SPINE TITLES ON WHITE HARD BOARDS.. WHITE TITLES ON LIGHT BLUE DUST JACKET SHOWING SMILING CAMEO PHOTO PORTRAIT OF FORMER FIRST LADY..Baby through college graduation & election of 2016 photos on blue endpapers..dj cover has oval promo blurb "OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION" ; 426pg pages; from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it— .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2018. first edition,1p"; 13579108642pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9" heavy. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S32.50) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright; WHITE SPINE TITLES ON WHITE HARD BOARDS.. WHITE TITLES ON LIGHT BLUE DUST JACKET SHOWING SMILING CAMEO PHOTO PORTRAIT OF FORMER FIRST LADY..Baby through college graduation & election of 2016 photos on blue endpapers..dj cover has oval promo blurb "OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION" ; 426pg pages; from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it— .

NY: Crown Pub. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2018. first edition,1p"; 13579108642pt line. HARDCOVER. 6x9" heavy. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(S32.50) DUST JACKET, clean, solid, bright; WHITE SPINE TITLES ON WHITE HARD BOARDS.. WHITE TITLES ON LIGHT BLUE DUST JACKET SHOWING SMILING CAMEO PHOTO PORTRAIT OF FORMER FIRST LADY..Baby through college graduation & election of 2016 photos on blue endpapers..dj cover has oval promo blurb "OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTION" ; 426pg pages; from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it— .

NY: Harper Perennial. Very Good. 1988. FIRST EDITION,1p THUS; 10987654321pt line. Paperback. 7.9 X 5.2 X 0.9 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid, paper ageing a bit.. ; BLACK TITLES ON LIGHT YELLOW PAPER COVERS. Cover art shows boy being spanked by older man (father?).. ; 333 pages; psychopathology occupies a prominent place in these essays melancholia, masochism, hysteria, autoerotic asphyxia, and other dinner table topics.” The book opens with a brisk discussion of flagellation studded with rare illustrations. .