Search Results: Authors starting with O from Americana Books ABAA

Minneapolis: H. H. S. Rowell, Publisher, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 372 pages, [2]. Frontispiece photograph of author. Illustrated with photographs. Red cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on the front cover and spine. Cloth binding rubbed on the edges, covers, and spine. Small spot of discoloration to the front cover lower corner. Interior contents clean.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo. Hardcover with white color illustrated dust jacket. xxxvi, 426 pages. Illustrations. Store price sticker on the back cover. Light remainder mark bottom text edge. Interior contents clean.

New York: Prentice-Hall, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. xiv, 316 pages, [3]. Frontispiece photograph of Hood. Illustrated with a few sketches and maps. Gray cloth hardcover. Gilt border around 2 gilt stamped stars on the front cover. Title on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Price of $4.00 printed on the inner dust jacket notes. Previous owner name written on the front paste down. A small book store label affixed at the bottom of the front paste down. Dust jacket has edge wear and creases.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1957. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. 263 pages. Edge wear, light soil, and edge chips to the non price clipped dust jacket. Light toning to the end sheets. Six-Guns 1632.

New York: Dempsey & Carroll, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. xii, 561 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the O' Connor. Brown cloth hardcover ruled in blind on the covers. Gilt lettered title on the spine. Ex-library book with removed label from spine, pasted down label on the front paste down, blind embossed stamp and numerals on the title page. The front and rear hinges are cracked. The first 6 preliminary pages are chipped and a few are loose. A few pencil check marks to the first three pages. A fair copy. O' Connor was a politician from South Carolina.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. xii, 13-400 pages. Illustrated. Blue cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and spine. From the former library of historian Franklin Garrett with pencil call numbers on the acknowledgements page.

Atlanta: J. J. O' Donnell, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 151 pages, [1] page publisher's order form, [1]. Illustrated with frontispiece sketch by an inmate of the Atlanta Penitentiary, photograph of Atlanta Mayor James G. Woodward, sketches, and a photograph of Pastor John White author on the foreword. Green cloth binding with illustration and title on the front cover. Title on the spine. The cloth is binding is darkened and faded in spots. Edge wear to the cloth extremities. Contributions come from the Clergy, a quote from Henry Ford, poem written exclusively for the Chrysalis by Ella Wilcox, a piece written by Clarence Darrow, other notable people across the United States, and dozens of short pieces by the prisoners. From the preface: THE CHRYSALIS is a unique work - the only collection of its kind ever published. Sociologists, criminologists and prison welfare workers have presented to the public page after page dealing with American prisons and the unfortunate strata of society… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/very good. Quarto. 32pp. Blue cloth hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated in color. Light foxing to the first 5 pages. Oxford Bookstore Atlanta bookseller label on the front paste down. Stated first edition.

Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Tall quarto. vii, 310 pages. Illustrated. Green cloth hardcover with title on spine. White illustrated dust jacket. Previous owner name on half title page.

Austin: Eakin Press, 2003. Limited Collectors' Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Quarto. vi, 190 pages. Illustrated. Faux brown leather binding with gilt title and glossy photograph pasted down on the front cover. title on the spine. Tipped in pictorial limitation page with author's signature and number 61 written on the sheet.

Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2003. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. 128 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Glossy pictorial covers.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. xviii, 234 pages, [2]. Illustrated section. Light shelf wear and toning to the dust jacket. Interior contents in very good condition. Tall Cotton 135 Harwell - "A brilliant study executed when the historian was still a beginning graduate student."; Nevins II page 234.

Minneapolis: H.S.S. Rowell Publisher. Press of Byron & Willard Co, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 425 pages. Frontispiece photograph of the authors. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt title and gilt decoration on the front cover. Gilt title on the spine. Light soil and a few scuff marks to the blue cloth. Many of the poems and verses first appeared in the Minneapolis Tribune.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. viii, 187 pages. Frontispiece. Contents illustrated with figures. Green cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Light toning to the frontispice and title page. Previous owner inscription in pencil on the right front flyleaf. Interior contents clean.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover with pictorial dust jacket. xii, [1], 364 pages. This book is focused in a small place in southwest Georgia and how enslaved blacks shaped their lives in freedom.

New York: Henry Holt, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Octavo. xx, 379 pages. Blue cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Blue color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated end papers. Some light soiling to the verso of the dust jacket. Light shelf wear to the blue cloth.

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. vii, [1], 221 pages. Dark blue cloth hardcover with faded title on spine. Small tear to to the cloth spine. Light edge wear to the cloth extremities. Interior contents clean.

Philadelphia: Published by Ig. Kohler, 1862. Ninth edition. Hardcover. Very good. 16mo. [1], ix, 336 pages, 14 pages "Berlags Catalog", [1]. Brown cloth covered boards with leather joints and spine. blind stamped decorations and gilt title on spine. Some light edge wear to the cloth. "Parry" written on the right front flyleaf. "Geo Randolph Parry" written in light pencil on the title page.

Charleston: Walker, Evans & Cogswell, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. [1], xviii, 200 pages, Appendices: "Sketch of the Hibernian Society" 58 pages; "The Timrod Memorial Association 1898-1901" pages 59-80; "Charleston Navy Yard" pages 87-96. Contents include 2 fold outs in text, photograph of a canon, and two folding maps of the Charleston Navy Yard. Brown cloth hardcover with title on the front cover and spine. The cloth has superficial insect damage and is faded. The interior contents have light occasional foxing. Several pages of this report have not been opened. The first map has a small closed tear on the far margin. The second map has an approx. 2" closed tear. "Compliments of J. Adger Smythe Mayor" slip tipped inside the front cover. A fair copy.

Atlanta: Byrd Printing Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. 752 pages. 2 fold-out charts. Brown leather binding with gilt title on the spine. Floral end sheets. All edges gilt. Leather is dry, cracked, rubbed, flaking, etc. Front joint is cracked. Front hinge has a slight crack. Front end sheet and title page cleanly detached. Interior contents are clean and in very good condition. Gift inscription written on the front blank end sheet - "For Arthur Neal Robinson from his friend Wm. M. Goodwin." A faded blue stamp below the inscription is "Library of William M. Goodwin, Atlanta, Ga.." From wikipedia: "Arthur Neal Robinson Sr. (1886-1958) was an architect in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] He partnered with Edward Emmett Dougherty for a few years.[2] Robinson was born in Atlanta in 1886 and graduated from Hunter's School for Boys in 1902. He attended the University of Georgia[3] and worked as a draftsman for Harry Walker and then for Edward Dougherty beginning in 1907. In 1912, they formed the… Read More