Search Results: Authors starting with O from Certain Books, ABAA

Isle of Wight, England: C. Oakeshott, Photographer, 9, Pier Street. Ryde, I.W., 1862. Two carte-de-visite photographs; accompanied by an old mount-surround identifying both. Studio identified on the backs of the mounts. Approx. 2 1/4" x 4" size; some light wear, soiling, Mrs. Smith card top corner tips rounded; in very good condition.. Photographs. Not Bound. Very Good.

Wien: Franz Mörtl Good street, shopfront scene; circa 1950; with the Oberwart, Bgld. # 18690 identifiers; Verlag Franz Mörtl, Wien XX., Gerhardusgasse 27 imprint on back; postally unused; slight wear; very good condition and interesting mid-twentieth century Austrian photographic & town history.. Very Good.

Mathom/Grey Heron , 1990. Custom greeting card from the artist and the poet; limited to 250 copies according to the artists' designation of his black and white woodcut, "There Was Time" # 39 of 250 and signed by O'Connell in pencil, with "A Voice in an Old House: Prisiclla Bourne, 1705-1772" poem by Turco, signed in pencil at the bottom of the piece; art printed on fine soft paper, tipped in to red paper wraps, poem printed black on blue stock and also tipped in; 5" x 7"; light wear to wraps; very good condition and a scarce piece of American poetic and artistic work.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Red Oak, Iowa: T.D.M. Co. Advertising blotter; 3 1/2" x 6" approximate size; for this Long Island banking concern; no date but circa 1920's; "Our First Consideration is Safety for the Funds of Our Depositors"; with the color image of a painting with an equine theme by Carl Kahler entitled 'Late for Supper'; light wear, some dustiness; good condition.. Soft Cover. Good.

New York: A.J. Johnson Company, 1894. Single-side printed map; drawn and engraved on copper-plate; Hand-colored; 7 1/2" x 10 3/4" approximate size; counties, cities, rivers; Boiling Springss; ample margins for framing; shrink-wrapped to archival foam core for protection and shipping; some faint foxing in margins; very good condition.. . Very Good.

Amsterdam Holland: Gerard Valck, 1700. Copper-engraved map of Asia, with original hand coloring; colored cartouche at top left; no date and circa 1700; 58.5 cm x 49.0 cm approx.; laid-down to cardstock; darkened, slightly paler along old fold line; few closed tears visible at bottom edge, unobtrusive; not much of a margin; still an interesting and good-looking map of the area, with a colorful cartouche. . First Edition. Not Bound. Good. `.

New York: A.J. Johnson Company, 1894. Single-side printed map; drawn and engraved on copper-plate; Hand-colored; 10 3/4" x 13 1/2" size; cities, rivers, countries; with portions of Western Russia & Turkey; decorative border; ample margins for framing; shrink-wrapped to archival foam core for protection and shipping; very good condition; an attractive and decorative map. . Very Good.

New York: H.M. Caldwell Views in black and white; 338 pages + index; decorative gilt spine & titles; part of the "Famous Books by Famous Authors" publishers' series; some tips, edgewear to binding; top edge of inner back pastedown rubbed away; spine dec. slightly dulled; a very good copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

East Hampton Long Island New York: Author Published, 1975. 49 pages; signed by the author on the title page, 'With all good wishes, Marie Earl Olssen'; illustrated with hand-colored plates by the author, with tipped in black and white photograph portrait with two of her bird companions and another two b & w photographs tipped in the text, hand-identified in pen - these being of baby plumheads and their care & feeding; short foreword by Mark Runnals; the author's introductory notes that the book came about as the result "...of the many hundreds of letters I have received at Trails End Aviaries (as a result of my column in American Cage Bird Magazine -- "From My Mailbox.") from Bird Fanciers who are interested in breeding hookbills..."; with mention of Australian, African, Asiatic birds of many types: budgies, parakeets, love birds, Chinese Painted quail, others of similar; with sections on bird illness, feeding, examinations & treatment, more; original… Read More

Lugduni Batavorum: Samuelem Luchtmans, 1720. (64) + 215 + (57) pages; title page printed in red & black; a few woodcut initial ornaments & tailpieces; Latin text throughout. Title page with the small previous ownership stamp of collector Dr. George R. Brush, U.S. Navy; served as a surgeon and medical inspector from 1861-1894. Approx. 5" x 7 1/2" size; bound in green marbled cover boards, dark green morocco leather spine, gilt decorated and with gilt spine titles; marbled endpapers. Some edge, tips wear and rubbing to the cover, base of spine covering scraped; contents fresh and clean and in very good condition.. First Edition. Illustration. Very Good.

New York: A.J. Johnson Company, 1894. Single-side printed map; 10 3/4" x 13 1/2" size; drawn and engraved on copper-plate; Hand-colored; rivers, cities, districts, inset Northwestern Part; ample margins for framing; shrink-wrapped to archival foam core for protection and shipping; some faint foxing in margin only; very good condition; an attractive and decorative map. . Very Good.

London, UK: Orient Steam Navigation Company, 1895. Photograph of this steamship at anchor; identified on the bow as the Ophir and also below the image, on the window-matte surround, written in a decorative calligraphic hand in ink as 'RMS Ophir.' The image approx. 5 1/2" x 10 1/4" (sight); the surrounding matte make it 13 1/2" x 18 ¾." A little fade to the image; no photographer or studio noted, not dated, circa 1895. The photo with clear details; the surrounding cardstock matte darkened, old framing line at outer edge; in good condition. A handsome ship, once used as the Royal cruiser for the future George V, while on his world tour of the British Empire in 1901.. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good.

1798. Eighteenth-century manuscript ordinance dated August 18, 1798 from Col. Wortman Sup'r "Notice is hereby given that all persons are hereby Strictly forbid Cutting or Carrying away any Grass or hay from the Meadow or Marshes Claimed by the town of Oysterbay vefore the 10th Day of September next on the pain & penalty that may fall thereon by Virtue of a Town law passed at the annual Town Meeting held at Norwich on the first Tesday in April Last affecting the Same- by Col. Wortman Sup'r Dated August 18 1798" 12 1/2" x 7 3/4" approximate size; with the names of Thomas Smith, John Wright, Joseph Latting, John Wright (2nd time) John Casham Jun. (Committee) below; all accomplished in the same legible hand in dark brown ink, chain-laid "GR" watermark paper; back of note states in contemporary hand "Coppy (sic) of Oyster Bay Advertisement"; Oyster Bay local historical figures of note, especially John Wright family given extensive mention in… Read More

Napoli: F. Avallone, 1871. Title page woodcut and woodcuts for each of the eight cantos; 202 pages; Italian text throughout; "Diviso in otto canti, co'suoi argomenti Rime belle, delettevoli, onest e piacevoli non piu date in luce, e di belle figure adornate; Nuova ristampa con ogni diligenza corretta dagli errori, versi mancanti, e sensi guasti trascorsi nelle altre edizioni"; paper covered boards, leather spine label, gilt titles; slight edges, tips wear, darkening to binding and some darkening to leaves; very good condition.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1991. ix + 303 pages; signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page; with a useful index, selected bibliography; black and white illustrated with maps, portraits; "...uses a rich store of diaries, letters, and other first-person documents, in addition to public and organizational records, to reconstruct the everyday lives of ordinary women of the past...the ways in which notions of gender structured women's interactions with their families and neighbors, their place in the farm family economy, and their participation in organized community activities..." (from the cover information); illustrated softcover paper wrap covers; light wear; in very good condition.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

St. Croix, USVI: St. Croix Landmarks Society Axel Ovesen was a Danish photographer who had moved to St. Croix during the Danish period of overseeing the island in the early 20th century; he stayed after his military service and opened a photographic studio which continued for many years. His photographic negatives later became the Ovesen Collection at the St.Croix Landmarks Society in Frederiksted and were available for purchase in various formats. The title of this image is given on the reverse in pencil and also has the Society's stamp; no date is indicated for this printing of the image. Approx. 11" x14" overall size; the central part of the image very sharply taken and printed; with some slight fading out towards the edges. Closed marginal edge-tear at bottom edge; some crinkling and soiling; in good condition overall. . Photograph. Not Bound. Good.