Search Results: Titles starting with O from Flamingo Books

Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1989. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x9x1. 1989 signed and inscribed first edition, Stewart, Tabori and Chang (New York), 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches tall red cloth hardc over in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, blind stamp lettering to front cover, blue lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with mostly full color photographs, 256 pp. Very slight rubbing and edgewear to covers. On the blank front free-endpaper, nicely inscribed and signed by both auithors. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in an only slightly edgeworn dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP38~ [5.0P] A tribute to 17 self-taught artists and craftsmen who live in the mountains between Virginia and Alabama. The book contains interviews with these people and examples of their art. They include… Read More

E.A. Woodell, 1962-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1962 first edition, E.A. Woodell and Co. (Greensboro, North Carolina), 6 x 9 inches tall stapled paperbound in beige printed covers, frontispiece portrait, [15] pp. Light to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Abrasions and chipping to upper tips of covers and pages throughout. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce record of the property in Greensboro, North Carolina, where American short story writer William Sydney Porter (1862 - 1910), known as 'O. Henry,' was born and raised. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and surprise endings. Scarce. [d2] ~HH~

Companhia Das Letrinhas, 2001-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. In Spanish. 2001 Editora Schwarcz (Brazil), 6 x 8 inches tall, 78pp. Collection of guitarist ideas. Beautiful book copiously illustrated by Marcelo Cipis in color. Copy has edgewear and corners are bumped, some staining to the front of the copy. Otherwise, a nice copy - clean, bright and unmarked. A comical look at rock and roll and the stars that made the music. ~L~

William Storer, 1822-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1822 William Storer, Gray & Hewit, printers (New Haven, Connecticut) 4 1/8 x 7 inches tall, 8vo. xlii, 210 pp., first thus (American Imprints 9093), first printing of the Imitation in Connecticut (Shoemaker 9094, Parsons 778). Covers are scuffed, rubbed and bumped, with the lower tip of the front cover especially ragged. Both front and rear hinges are cracked but hold firm. Inside, moderate foxing and some staining. ~SP14~ [1.5P] This uncommon early American printing is a translation from the original Latin by an English Protestant who has sought to de-Catholicize the work as far as possible: Quotations from the Bible, which in the Latin are given from the Vulgate Bible (i.e., the Roman Catholic authorized text), in their English translations here are given from the King James and not the Douai-Rheims or Challoner versions. The Imitation (or De Imitatione Christi) was written in the fifteenth century in Latin by Augustinian monk Thomas a Kempis… Read More

Frankish, printer. Acceptable. 1821 Frankish, Printer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 3 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches tall full leather bound, covers framed by gilt fleurons, gilt-lettered leather label to spine, engraved frontispiece, 180 pp. Moderate to heavy soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with bumping to all four tips. Front board very slightly bowed. Front free-endpapers and last couple of signatures of volume slightly pulled, but still firmly attached. Blank front free-endpaper chipped and torn, with ink prior owner inscription and name. Fore edge chipping to the first few pages of the volume. Moderate to heavy foxing and soiling throughout, but still quite legible. Several creased pages. Despite these detractions, still a decent, complete reading / reference copy of this rare American issue of an early nineteenth century collection of children's poetry. Reference: American Imprints (1821) #5455. OCLC (No. 41941298) locates only two copies at institutions worldwide - one at Princeton… Read More

printed at the Review Newspaper Office, for the Editors, by James Watt, 1816-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1816 Montrose Review / James Watt (Montrose, Scotland), 5 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches tall hardcover, red cloth over blue leather spine and tips, five raised bands and gilt decorations and lettering to spine, 241, [2], 59 pp. Slight soiling and rubbing to covers, with a bit of sun fading to top edge of the cloth of the front cover. Otherwise, apart from a couple of pages with very slight marginal staining, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - giving a splendid shelf appearance. ~VV~ [1.5P] Ossian is the narrator and purported author of a cycle of epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson, originally as Fingal (1761) and Temora (1763), and later combined under the title The Poems of Ossian. Macpherson claimed to have collected word-of-mouth material in Scottish Gaelic, said to be from ancient sources, and that the work was his translation of that material. Ossian… Read More

Oahu Cemetery Association, 1998-12-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1998 Oahu Cemetery Association (Honolulu, Hawaii), 9 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches tall pale blue cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, blue pattern endpapers, copiously illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, 160 pp. Very slight soiling and rubbing to covers, with slight bumping to the lower tip of the front cover. Otherwise, a near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a slightly edgeworn but otherwise very good dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clerar archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~M~ [3.5P] Founded in 1844, Oahu Cemetery - located in lush Nuuanu Valley on the island of Oahu - is Hawaii's most historic graveyard. Hundreds of history makers - including the 'Father' of American baseball, Alexander J. Cartwright - are… Read More

Iowa Genealogical Society, 1982-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 1982 Iowa Genealogical Society (Des Moines, Iowa), 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall stapled paperbound in blue printed covers, black cloth spine, iii, 201 pp. Very slight rubbing and creasing to covers. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce genealogy reference. ~WW~ [2.0P] Lists those interred at cemeteries in Jackson Township, Sac County, Iowa, particularly Oakland Cemetery, a 160-year-old burial ground in the scenic wooded area adjacent to the North Racoon River. Also covers Cory Grove Cemetery. Sac County, in western Iowa, includes the cities of Auburn, Early, Lake View, Lytton, Nemaha, Odebolt, Sac City, Schaller and Wall Lake.

California State University. Good. 1979 signed and inscribed first edition, California State University, Fullerton Art Gallery (Fullerton, California), oblong 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches tall paperbound, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and full color photographs, 96 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of bumping and a quarter-inch tear to front cover at the lower spine. Nicely signed by most of the photographers whose work is featured, including Rod Faulds, Wanda Hammerbeck, Conrad Gleber, Darryl Curran, Martus Granirer, Harry Bowers, Leland Rice, Eileen Cowin, Vida Freeman and Steven Cortright. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~II~

M. Rivadeneyra, 1854. Hardcover. Very Good. In Spanish. 1854 M. Rivadeneyra (Madrid, Spain), two 7 x 10 1/8 inches tall x 1 3/4 inches thick hardcover volumes, red cloth boards over red leather spines and tips, four raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, red ribbon marker sewn in, original green printed wraps bound in, index, [v.1] lii, 534; [v.2] 632 pp. (1,218 pages total.) Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with abrasions and bumping to tips and a couple of nicks to the leather spine on Volume 1. On the bottom of both spines, in gilt letters, the name of the prior owner who had these volumes bound, Murdo J. MacLeod (b. 1935), a Scottish historian of Latin America, who published extensively on the history of colonial-era Central America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic world. Slight foxing and age toning throughout, more pronounced to the title pages and front and end matter of each volume. Otherwise, a very good set - clean and unmarked - of this scarce first issue.… Read More

Inst for Palestine Studies, 1988-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1988 revised edition Institute for Palestine Studies (Washington, D.C.), 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 green cloth hardcover in publisher's dust jacket, xviii, 259 pp. A very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~R~ [2.0P] Analyzes and documents the legal and human rights aspects of Israel's occupation of the West Bank. First published in 1985, Raja Shehadeh's Occupier's Law has become a basic reference for the legal changes Israel has enacted to the West Bank since 1967. This new updated edition includes an analysis of the winter 1988 Palestinian uprising. Also included in the new edition are a new introduction discussing changes in Israeli legal policy and an index.

Academic Press, 1977. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Volumes 1-2, complete. 1977 Academic Press (London), two 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall embossed blue buckram cloth hardcovers, no dust jackets, gilt lettering to spines, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, maps and drawings, [v.1] xii, 808, 29; [v.2] x, 809-1453, 36 pp. Slight rubbing and edgewear to covers, with sun toning to spines and very mild bumping to a couple of tips. Slight soiling and foxing to page edges. Slight foxing to front and rear endpapers and title page of Volume 2. Otherwise, a very good to near fine set - clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized set, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP09~ [7.5P] An important review of oceanic micropalaeontology, focusing on planktonic foraminifers, pteropods, radiolarians, calcareous nannoplankton, dinoflagellates, and silicoflagellates, as well as computerized biostratigraphy, oxygen-isotope studies, and oceanic… Read More

Soule and Bugbee, 1881-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1881 signed first edition, Soule and Bugbee (Boston, Massachusetts), 5 x 7 1/8 in ches tall brown cloth hardcover, no dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, [4], 192 pp. Moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Spine very slightly cocked, and cloth spine cover is rather significantly creased. Tipped onto the front pastedown, signed note on an 1881 postcard from the author telling the prior owner that the publisher would be sending along this volume. Prior owner's name and date (November 1881) to blank front free-endpaper. A handful of pages with slight marginal staining. Erased marginal pencil notations to the last page in the volume. Otherwise, apart from slight age toning, an uncommon first edition copy of this work. ~SP29~ [1.5P] An American nineteenth century jurist's collection of wit and bloopers from the courtrooms, using a wide variety of sources. Franklin Fiske Heard (1825-1889), Harvard Law 1858, studied law in… Read More

Matica hrvatska Ogranak, 2008-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. In Serbo-Croatian. 2008 signed and inscribed first edition, Matica hrvatska Ogranak (Opuzen, Croatia), 7 3/8 x 10 inches tall color pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket, white lettering to front cover and spine, full color images filling nearly every page, 383 pp. Slight rubbing to covers and bumping to tips. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author on the half title page. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce title. Not in OCLC. ~F~ In Serbo-Croatian. A copiously illustrated collection of the author's writings, poetry, painting, ethnography, folkloristics and archeology.

Printed for R. Royston, at the Angel in Ivie-lane, 1647-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1647 first edition 'printed for R. Royston, at the Angel in Ivie-lane' (London), 5 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches tall brown hardbound, [2], 29 pp. Modern rebind with refreshed endpapers. Occasional minor soiling, especially to margins, but overall a very good, clean, unmarked copy. References: Wing (2nd ed.), H553; ESTC No. R201754. ~LLL~ Henry Hammond (1605-1660) was an English churchman. A pioneer Anglican theologian, much influenced by Richard Hooker and Lancelot Andrewes, Hammond was also swayed by Arminianism in the form it took in Hugo Grotius, whom he defended in his writings. He was the first English scholar to compare manuscripts of the New Testament. He relied heavily on his readings in patristics, and with James Ussher and Isaak Voss argued in favour of the authenticity of the Ignatian Epistles, which could be read as supporting episcopacy. He was attacked by Salmasius and David Blondel, and defended… Read More

Gaddis and Abrams, 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. 1815 first edition thus, 'Printed by Gaddis and Abrams' (Wilmington, Ohio), 4 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches tall full leather bound, gilt-lettered leather label to spine, 195 pp. Error in printer's pagination, with page numbers for pp. 143-144 inverted, but the text is correct. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to leather covers, with a bit of bumping to the tips. One-inch stain to the fore margin of the blank front free-endpaper, title page and first page of preface. Chipping to fore edge of front free-endpaper and bottom edge of title page. Light to moderate foxing throughout, typical for early nineteenth century imprints. Otherwise, apart from creasing to a handful of pages, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - in a handsome, solid period binding. Altogether a handsome example of an uncommon early American printing of this beloved devotional classic, intended for sale to a burgeoning Protestant and Quaker audience in Ohio and Pennsylvania. An… Read More

george Barrie's and sons, 1890-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1891 George Barrie (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches tall white hardcover in publisher's purple cloth dust jacket, silver ruling and design to boards, top page edges gilt, white moire endpapers, illustrated with engraved frontispiece and nine other full-page engravings by Flameng from paintings by J. Paul Laurens (all with tissue guards), xviii, [1], 265 pp. Slight to moderate soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with staining to the lower edges of the front board. Residue of label to front pastedown. A couple of pages with slight age toning. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a moderately soiled and edgeworn (and quite uncommon) cloth dust jacket. ~EEE~ [2.0P] An uncommon turn-of-the-century Philadelphia issue of The Imitation of Christ, Christendom's most popular devotional treatise, with an introduction by W. Wilberforce Newton. The Imitation was written (or at a minimum,… Read More

William Pickering and John Major, 1828-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. 1828 first edition thus, William Pickering and John Major (London), 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches tall full leather bound, five raised bands and gilt decorations / gilt-lettered leather label to spine, all page edges marbled, gilt dentelles framing marbled front and rear endpapers, engraved frontispiece, other large engraved illustrations, clvii, 389 pp. Light soiling and moderate rubbing and edgewear to covers, with a bit of chipping to the lower spine cap. Moderate foxing to frontispiece and title page, with slight offsetting to title page from finely engraved portrait of Christ (by I.H. Robinson, from an original engraving by Pietro Fontana after a painting by Guercino). Otherwise, apart from sporadic light foxing, a very good copy of an important early nineteenth century Anglican edition of this devotional classic, filled with interesting points for the bibliophile, including Dibdin's 15-page list of subscribers, which reads like… Read More

Published by Joseph Wright. Rice Gaddis, Printer. Good. 1815 'Published by Joseph Wright; Rice Gaddis, Printer' (Wilmington, Ohio), 4 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches tall full leather bound, 195 pp. Error in pagination in printing, with page numbers for pp. 143-144 inverted, but the text is correct. Soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers, with bumping to the lower tips. Two-inch closed tear to blank rear free-endpaper. Light dampstaining and light to moderate foxing throughout, typical for works of this era. Otherwise, apart from a couple of pages with very slight marginal soiling, a very good copy - clean and unmarked - of this rare early American printing of a beloved Christian devotional work. OCLC (No. 36868053) locates only seven copies at institutions worldwide. ~KM5~ [1.0P] An early American edition of the popular 1785 John Payne translation of the Imitation of Christ (Copinger, 'On the English Translations of the Imitatio Christi' (1900), pp. 84-87). In the first paragraph of his lengthy… Read More

Leadville Herald Democrat. Very Good. 1983 first edition Herald Democrat (Leadville, Colorado), 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches tall stapled paperbound in tan pictorial covers, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 51 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers. Moderate edgewear along spine. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce local history. OCLC (No. 10077849) locates only three copies at institutions worldwide. ~S~ [1.0P] A history of the early 1940s in Leadville, a city that is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Lake County, central Colorado. A former silver mining town that lies near the headwaters of the Arkansas River in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Leadville is situated at an elevation of 10,152 feet, making it the highest incorporated city and the second highest incorporated municipality in the United States. The stories of: The World War two years in Leadville, 1942, 1943, 1944; Camp Hale and the 10th Mountain Division; How Leadville came… Read More