Search Results: Authors starting with O from Sparkle Books

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1969 Fawcett Crest P1467 Cover price $1.25 The family history of a student Oates met while teaching in Detroit in the 1960's, Them won the National Book Award for its depiction of life in the slums. This circa 1974 copy is in surprisingly good condtion and appears unread. There is half inch split at the bottom of the front spine. The scarlett dyed edges are faded at the top and bottom of the book, and there is some age toning. Otherwise unmarked and like new.

U.K.: Jonathan Cape, 1978 This Is A Near Fine Copy Of The 1978 First U.K. Edition By Jonathan Cape. The Beautiful Dust Jacket (Wrap Around Art By M. S. Chiang) Is Near Fine With A Half Inch Closed Tear At Junction Of Back Panel And Flap. Like All Of These Copies, The Price Has Been Clipped And Replaced With £7.50 Sticker. This American Novel Which Employed The Magical Realism Used By Latin American Writers At That Time Won For Tim O'brien The 1979 National Book Award. "When I Stumbled Across A Mass-Market Copy Of Going After Cacciato, I Almost Didn¿T Read It; A Weak Yellowish Cover Of A Soldier In A Jungle Made It Look Like A Pulpy War-Action Novel, But A Skim Of The First Page Immediately Sucked Me In. . . . Here Was This Novel Where I Kept Having To Pause And Say To Myself Is This True? Can Things Really Work This Way?" Marie Myung-Ok Lee.

New York: Dell, 1979 First Delta Paperback Edition Oct 1979 Vg Copy Of This National Book Award Winning Novel About The War In Vietnam, Foil Medallion On Front Cover. Slight Toning Beginning At Edges, Light Crease To Upper Front Corner. No Writing Or Marks, No Reading Creases. Paperclip Outline Part Way Through, Presume Book Mark. Very Good Trade Paperback, 1St Thus.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1960 Very Good+, 29Th Printing, 1996, No Spine Creases, May Be Unread, Very Clean With Fos On Inside Cover.

New York: Harper & Row, 1986 Stated first edition, first printing, full number line, no writing or marks in as-new condition with like dust jacket with 0586 lower inside panel, double clipped. An "I Can Read Book."

Dublin: Wolfhound Press, 1977 An unusually realistic book describing the life of a young rabbit ("nature red in fang and claw"), written by a major Irish novelist (The Informer, Thy Neighbour's Wife, both made into films by his cousin, John Ford). Attractively illustrated with black and white drawings by Terrence O'Connell. Glossy board cover has light wear. Good corners and binding. Very nice interior with clean crisp pages, no writing or marks. No specific print details other than 1977, possibly first.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1961 This Is The BMOC Facsimile Edition, renewed Copyright 1961, In Very Good Plus Condition, Black Boards, Gilt Titles, Yellow Green Topstain, No Writing Or Marks, Clean interior.Very Good Corners And Binding. The Dust Jacket Is rated as VG-, Due To A Missing Three Inch Long Vee From The Rear Panel. Looking very nice in mylar. This Was O'hara's First Novel Which Received High Praise And Still Merits Reading. Contains laid in Somerset Maugham errata slip. Does not have an introduction.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Red Deer Pr, 1993 First english language edition of the 1976 Spanish work, translated by Susan Ouriou. the book was winner of the Ateneo de Sevilla Award for Fiction. Slight age toning, an "x" in black felt on lower spine and a "discard" stamp on upper edge. No other library markings (suggests a book donated but rejected). French Flaps. Square and clean, inscription by translator says: To Joanie, a book for a video. I can't wait to see your documentary. Enjoy, Susan."

New York: Holt Rinehardt, 1961 Weekly Reader 1961. This Is A Very Nice Copy Of Carleton's Book, Illustrated By Charles Geer. It Looks Like Perhaps A Bookplate Was Removed From The Inside Cover At One Point, And There Is The Kind Of Ruffing Or Pleating Of Title Page Where It Has Been Exposed To A Very Small Amount Of Moisure. No Dust Jacket If Issued. Some Edge Wear But A Clean And Bright Copy. One Reviewer Was Impressed With The Unfolding Of The Tale Because Along With The Mystery It Concerns Three Children Working At Lobster Fishing In Order To Assist Their Parent's Financial Situation.

Aurora, Ontario, Canada: Garamond Pr, 1996 Reading copy in quite good shape but Contents page is torn 3/4 of the way through. Foss on Fep, some soiling top edge, price tag residue, still highly readable and tightly bound. proceedings from Aboriginal Peoples Conference 1994 Lakehead University) on Native American Philosophy

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: House of Anansi Pr, 1993 1993 Reprint by Anansi of Andaajtie`s 1970 composite biography of eyewitness accounts, tall tales, facts, photographs and poetry, cover accolades by Annie Dillard. Like new, appears unread.

Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1972 3Rd Printing, Limited To 1000 Copies, Toronto 1972, Very Good With Some Staining And A Half Inch Tear Upper Spine At Rear. The Dainty Monsters Was Ondaatje's First Book, Published In 1967.

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1969 A Very Nice Copy Of Mandingo Fawcett Crest P1231 Cover Price $1.25. 14Th Printing 1969 Which Appears Unread. No Reading Creases. No Writing Or Marks, Yellow Banner Stating Uncensored Abridgment Of The Runaway Bestseller Vy Kyle Onstott. Red Edgetint.

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1978 Fawcett Crest 0449232719 Cover Price $1.95 Movie Tie-In 1958 53Rd Printing. Yellow Edge Tint. No Writing Or Marks.

Oxford And New York: Oxford University Press, 1993 Iona Opie Observed School Children Playing From From 1960 And In January 1978 Began Regular Weekly Visits And Interviews Until 1983. "They Accepted Me As A Private Individual With The Sensible And Interesting Hobby Of Collecting Games, Rhymes And Jokes." The Book Is In As New Condition. It Is A First Printing, First Edition With No Writing Or Marks. The Dust Jacket Has Just A Little Turnup At The Edges.

Scarborough, ON, Canada: HarperCollins Canada, Limited, 2010 Vg In Vg Unclipped Dust Jacket, True First Printing, First Edition, Harpercollins Canada, 2010, Inscribed By The Author On The Title Page. "Ben Tomlin Was An Only Child For Thirteen Years. Then His Parents Brought Home A Baby Chimpanzee."

London: Viking, 1982 Viking Kestrel Very Good Minus 1982 reprint Book without words depicting super tired parents trying to get their daughter to bed and to stay there! No writing or marks and corners are not rubbed, but there are two dings to the spine.Oblong with 28 pages. Glazed pictorial boards. Currently in high demand.

Berkeley: Parnassus Press, 1966 Possibly first edition ex school library book in good plus condition. Library accoutrements are mostly on the back inside cover and facing page. Blue cloth boards with teddy bear line drawing on front, black lettering. Decorative endpapers. Back upper corner is heavily worn and there are some grubby little fingerprints on some pages, otherwise the book is only lightly worn. DJ is clipped and has been laminated, otherwise very good. Very attractive book design and illustration by John M. Larrecq in two colour (orange and blue) style.

London: Ukranian Publishers Limited, 1975 An Autobiographical Ukranian Underground Publication On The Subject Of Political Prisoners. Ex Library, Tape Stains And Usual Markings With One Corner Bumped. Very Good Dust Jacket.

Toronto: Longmans, 1961 Very good copy first edition biography Louis Riel, no dust jacket and some soiling of boards, specifically one dark spot one cm. on front board and one inch stain from liquid on spine. Also there are lines from using one of the four included photographs as a writing surface. Otherwise clean and unmarred with good binding, clean interior.