Search Results: Titles starting with N from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

New York: E. Weyhe, 1935. Limited Edition. Wraps. Very Good/Good. An early, more subtle design by Merle Armitage. Also signficant in its use of a portrait by Brett Weston as the frontispiece. Printed in an edition of 212 copies, only 200 were offered for sale. Unpag. 8vo. Gray/green dust jacket with some soiling, scuffing, minor chips at edges, and front flap detached but laid in, rear flap starting now in mylar cover. Slight staining to the cover boards, interior has some minor foxing and includes a lithograph, signed by Napolitano, #174/212. [Purcell 7].

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1940. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 46 pp. Brown paper wraps with light soiling and wear from use and reading. Interior very clean including the large tipped in folding map at rear which is in Fine condition.

London: R. Faulder, 1802. Second Edition. Full Leather. Good. xii, 586, [2] pp. 8vo. Full leather binding with considerable chipping, wear, losses at corners, front board loose at top hinge, split 2/3 of the way from top to bottom. Gold embossed titling to spine, loss at head and foot of spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown, clean within.

World Meteorological Organization, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xxv, 161 pp. 4to. Dark brown cloth covers with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Some scuffing to covers from shelf wear. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown. Clean within. No dust jacket, as issued.

Fairfield, CT: Privately Published, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 88 pp. Oblong Folio. Black cloth boards with black and white photograph of a mountain scene inset on front cover. Printed by the renown printing firm, the Stinehour Press of Lunenburg, Vermont. No dust jacket as issued.

Santa Fe, NM: Laboratory of Anthropology & San Vincente Foundtion, 1947/1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Ewing, Louie. Navajo Textile Arts" [Purcell 69] was printed in an edition of 1,250 copies. "The Alfred I. Barton Collection of Southwestern Textiles" volume does not appear to have been designed by Armitage although the cover design could be argued as being very similar to his work and it does not appear in Purcell's bibliography. However, Armitage is listed as Vice-President of the San Vincente Foundation. This volume was produced in an edition of 250 copies, this being #145 and signed by H. P. Mera and Louie Ewing, 102 pp. 8vo.; 99 pp. 8vo. These two items, which match in height and have similarities in design both have paper covers over boards. Both copies are housed in a custom slipcase with a leather spine and gold embossed titling. Both volumes heavily illustrated with black and white photographs and descriptions of the textiles and their origin. "The Alfred I. Barton Collection of… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Memoir of from United States Senator from Maine, Senate Majority Leader, and Special Envoy to Northern Ireland and the Middle East. First Printing. xiv, 400 [1] pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Brand new. Signed by the author on the title page.

New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Boltin, Lee. 255 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nimbus Publishing, 2012. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. x, 190 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.

Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia: The Images Publishing Group Pty. Ltd, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Lockhart, James R.. A survey of the work of American classical architect William T. Baker. Inscribed by Baker on the title page with a slight smudge due to signing on a slick page with black marker. Printed in an edition of 1,000 copies with slipcase, this is #311 and hand numbered on the title page. 329 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Slipcase with a front panel that replicates the front panel of the dust jacket, has slight scuffing from wear. Heavy item requiring additional shipping.

New York: Arno Press, 1978. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A very nicely done facsimile reprint of Whiston's famous work on the origin and evolution of the earth. [2], 388, [5], [2] ads. 8vo. Brown boards with blue embossed titling to spine and cover board. Light stain along foredge of text block, interior clean and crisp.

Binghamton, NY: The Bellevue Press, 1978. First Edition. Broadside. Fine. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" postcard printed as a broadside of Ted Kooser's short poem, "New Year's Day"in black ink on a goldenrod field. This was the first printing of the poem by the the man who would become the U.S. Poet Laureate, serving two terms from 2004-2006.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A volume in the important WPA American Guide Series. Third Printing, 1947. xxxi, 782 pp. 8vo. Blue/gray cloth binding with dark blue art moderne illustration of agriculture, shipping, and business on cover board, same color tilting to spine. Front endpapers illustrated by a map of New York keyed to tours described within, previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper. Clean within. Large folding map in Fine condition in pocket tipped in at rear.

Phillips, ME: John Wade, Publisher, 1989. First Edition. Very Good. Signed by the author on the half-title page. First Printing. 177 pp. 8vo. Slight sunning to spine, scuffing to covers, clean within.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1987. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. A wonderful address by Powell on the joys of books and libraries. First Printing. 25 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with light age toning at the spine on outer wraps.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1987. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. A wonderful address by Powell on the joys of books and libraries. Designed by his lifelong friend and collaborator Ward Ritchie and bawdily inscribed to Ritchie's companion, actress and fine press printer Gloria Stuart. Powell grew up with Ward Ritchie (fellow bookman and printer extraordinaire) in Southern California where the two of them were part of an intimate group in the late 1920s and early 1930s that included M.F.K. Fisher, Gloria Stuart and her first husband, sculptor Gordon Newell. Second Printing, 1989. 25 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with light age toning along spine on rear panel.

Godalming, Surrey, England: FAB Press Ltd, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A visual trip through Nicolas Winding Refn's collection of vintage film posters. First Printing. 324 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with slick color printed cover, black cloth spine with gold embossed titling. Black cloth slipcase with color image from cover pasted to front panel as well as gold embossed titling on three sides, in Fine condition. Interior clean and crisp. No dust jacket, as issued.

New York: Glitteratti Arts, LLC, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Frederick, Linden. Linden Frederick's work is paired with short stories by Luna Rice, Lois Lowry, Andre Dubus III, Elizabeth Strout, Ann Patchett, Anthony Doerr, Richard Russo, Tess Gerritsen, Ted Tally, Lily King, Dennis Lehane, Joshua Ferris, Daniel Woodrell, Louise Erdrich, and Lawrence Kasdan. Signed by Linden Frederick on the half-title page. Second Printing. 129 pp. Folio. Blue cloth boards with inset painting by Linden Frederick, yellow embossed titling to cover and spine. Very light wear to head and foot of spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Clean and crisp within.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ruohomaa, Kosti. First Printing. 192 pp. 4to. Light scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Minimal spots along edges of text block, previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown, clean within.

London/Berkeley, CA: Sotheby Publications/University of California Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Printing. 320 pp. 4to. Slight wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Clean within.