Search Results: Titles starting with O from B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA

London: Chatto & Windus, 1925 Illustrated with engravings by Clemence Housman after drawings by Paul Woodroffe. First edition, first printing. Finely bound in full light brown polished calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with five raised bands to the spine, spine decoratively tooled in gilt, boards ruled in gilt, lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, green marbled endpapers, pale gold ribbon bookmark; housed in a matching green marbled slipcase. Near fine, with some light rubbing to the extremities, minor toning to the spine and board edges, some very light starting to the front hinge at the spine head, otherwise sturdy spine, clean fresh interior; slipcase with some rubbing and light soiling. An attractive copy in a handsome binding. Aucassin and Nicolette is a 13th century French medieval chantefable (a song-story, or an adventure tale told in prose and verse) about a pair of lovers, Aucaussin and Nicolette, who persevere through ill fate and misfortune to achieve happiness together.… Read More

New York: Covici Friede, 1937 [1937-39]. One multi-signed playbook (Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts) and two original annotated scripts (first theatrical and film adaptations) previously owned by Of Mice and Men stage manager (play) and dialogue coach (film), Frank Coletti. 1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1961 Translated from the Welsh by Waldo Williams. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in blue; white dust jacket with black and green lettering. Near fine book with light wear and very light stain to rear board; dust jacket with light soiling, wear to spine, and a 1" closed tear to spine head. Overall, a very good and attractive copy of a lovely story. The Old Farmhouse was originally written in Welsh, under the title Hen D? Ffarm. It embodies the oral story-telling tradition of Welsh culture, and as such was chosen by UNESCO to be translated to serve as a glimpse into both country life in England and this rural art form. Specifically, it is the story of a Carmarthenshire farmer who was born in 1885, and his stories of his grandfather's time.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included.

London: Faber and Faber, 1939 First edition, first printing. Publisher's yellow cloth, with an illustration of two men in roller skates to the front board in red, spine lettered in red; in the original yellow pictorial dust jacket, with an illustration of a man and a line of dancing cats climbing up a ladder to the front panel, illustration of two men on roller skates to the rear panel, spine lettered in black. Very good book, with light toning to spine and board edges, light spotting to endpapers, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, and some occasional soiling to pages; very good unclipped dust jacket, with some toning to spine and panel edges, light pencil mark to front panel, some rubbing to spine, shallow chipping to spine ends, some light spotting and dampstaining to rear panel (dampstaining is along right margin), and light edgewear with a few short closed tears to panel edges. Overall, a pleasing copy of the true first edition of Eliot's classic work. Old Possum's Book of… Read More

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merril Company, 1902 Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy. Early printing. Publisher's vertically-ribbed green cloth, lettered to spine in light green, with color pictorial onlay to front board with Christy's illustration of a young woman holding a book, lettered in gilt; in the publisher's glassine wrapper and box. A near fine copy, light scattered spotting to front board, small closed tear to rear free endpaper, else very tight and clean with beautiful illustrations and decorative text borders; glassine wrapper very good with light wear to extremities and a rough closed tear to rear flap; publisher's box good with scattered foxing, wear and splitting to extremities with several tape repairs. Scarce in the original box and glassine. BAL 16657. An Old Sweetheart of Mine is a book-length sentimental love poem. After Riley achieved popular and critical success for his poetry, Howard Chandler Christy created original illustrations for his verses. Riley, a native… Read More

London: John Murray, 1860 Second edition, second issue (with "fifth thousand" on title page), one of only 3000 copies and yet the largest printing of any edition or issue in Darwin's lifetime, and the last English edition to contain the whale-bear story. Folding lithographed plate, 32pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. Original publisher's green cloth, covers stamped in blind, gilt spine. About near fine, with just a touch of wear to spine ends, rear hinge faintly cracked but secure, binding slightly shaken at signatures in rear but sturdy overall, cloth bright and clean, interior with a bit of spotting but generally very clean and fresh, table at pp. 116-7 with a tear at fold. Overall, a superb copy in original cloth. Freeman 376. Darwin's On the Origin of Species is the basis for all of evolutionary biology. It includes evidence from Darwin's journey aboard the HMS Beagle, including data on the famous finches from the Galapagos Islands. First published in… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, 1970 Translated from the original Spanish by Gregory Rabassa. First American edition, first printing in the second issue dust jacket with "." at the end of the first paragraph on the front flap. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt lettering, and olive endpapers; in the colorful pictorial dust jacket designed by Guy Fleming. Near fine book, with light rubbing to spine ends and bottom corners, light spotting to text block edges, and light offsetting to rear endpapers; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light wear to spine ends, a few small nicks and creases to edges, a small closed tear to top edge of rear panel, "Doubleday" sticker to rear panel, and lightly nicked corners. Overall, an attractive copy. Widely considered the author's masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude is the English translation of Cien años de soledad, first published in Buenos Aires in 1967 by Editorial Sudamericana. The Pulitzer Prize winning novel tells the… Read More

Amsterdam: Ludovicum & Danielem Elzevirios, 1656 Third edition. Contemporary brown calf with sides ruled in blind, four raised bands to spine, and red leather label lettered in gilt to spine. Very good, with light wear and chipping to calf on joints and edges, rebacked, 19th century inscriptions to front fly leaf and half-title page, biographical clippings affixed to front endpapers, light dampstaining to page margins, some tears to lower margins of introductory pages, some pencil annotations to "Methode" section of Specimina Philosophiae (pp. 1-48), and library card pocket to rear pastedown. Overall, a sturdy and attractive copy. Opera Philosophica contains some of the French philosopher René Descartes' most influential works. Specimina Philosophiae includes three Descartes essays published in 1637 - "Methode," "La Dioptrique," and "Meteores." In "Methode," Descartes outlines his skepticism-based method for understanding the natural… Read More

1949 (printed 1990) Gelatin silver photograph, 16 x 20 inches. 1949 (printed 1990). Signed by Link in pencil on the verso, copyright stamped to verso. Image depicts street vendors with awnings drawn, lined up along empty Orchard Street in New York City's Lower East Side. A bright print, fine condition. Matted in white, in a sleek black wood frame. Ogle Winston Link was an American photographer, best known for his railroad photography and as a pioneer of nighttime photography. After receiving his degree in civil engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1937, Link began to work at Carl Byoir's public relations firm as a commercial photographer, and transitioned into photographing military machinery during World War II. Link photographed Orchard Street in 1946, shortly after opening his own New York City studio, which focused on public relations photography. The original photograph was printed and copyrighted in 1949, and this 1990 impression was printed from the same, original… Read More

London: The Crime Club by Collins, 1958 First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth, titles in black to spine; in its original orange, white, blue and black dust jacket. Very good or better book, with light spotting to text block edges and endpapers; good price-clipped dust jacket, with some spotting, a light circular cup stain to front panel, light wear to spine ends and folds, a few small closed tears to edges and some splitting along lower portion of fold to right of spine, a crease to top edge of rear panel, and some tape repair to jacket verso. Overall, a solid copy. Agatha Christie's 1958 detective novel Ordeal by Innocence follows the re-opening of a murder investigation two years after the prosecution. Key witness Arthur Calgary discovers that he was with the accused at the time of the murder and tasks himself with uncovering the truth. The book was criticized at the time of its publication for being too psychological, however, more recent reviews cite it as one of… Read More

Four black and white photos, each approx. 4" x 5." Three photos show Robinson facing a small audience and leaning against a desk alongside a woman and a seated man holding a copy of Jackie Robinson: My Own Story (1948), fourth photo shows Robinson receiving a certificate from the American Veterans Committee and standing with the aforementioned man and woman and some audience members. Near fine photos, with light edgewear and a couple of light creases. Overall, a nicely preserved set. A baseball legend, Jackie Robinson is credited with breaking the league's color line when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. In his Hall of Fame career, he won Rookie of the Year, NL MVP in 1949, and was selected for six All-Star games. He served in the military from 1942 to 1944 and was a member of the 761st "Black Panthers" Tank Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas. His time with the Battalion came to an end on July 6, 1944 when he refused to sit at the back of an Army bus and was subsequently… Read More

[Burbank, CA]: [Walt Disney Studios], [1951]., 1951 9" x 9", within a 15" x 15" frame. Gouache on celluloid drawing of the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, holding a flamingo mallet, colored in green, yellow, black, red, and white, with a gray background, in a glossy black frame. Fine. Overall, a bright and exemplary cel from the classic 1951 Disney film. Walt Disney's animated film Alice in Wonderland (1951) is based on Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1872). Walt Disney was inspired by Carroll's books from a young age, and his early silent "Alice Comedies" in the 1920s showed the imaginative author's influence on him. Disney purchased the rights to Tenniel's Alice illustrations in 1931 with the idea of turning the books into a film, but it wasn't until 1951 that the project was finally completed. Featuring the voices of Kathryn Beaumont,… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1862 With Illustrations by J. E. Millais. First edition. Two volumes. Original publisher's maroon cloth. Both volumes were published almost 10 months apart, which further adds to this title's complex and rather questionable (Sadleir) issue points. Volume I is the horizontal grain pattern cloth and the text appears to be mostly fourth issue; volume II is the vertical grain pattern cloth and appears to correspond to Sadleir's earlier issue. A very good set; some wear and rubbing to extremities, spines show some fading, each volume neatly recased with repairs evident mostly to spine ends.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Random House, 1938 First American edition, first printing. Publisher's rust-colored cloth over black spine, stamped in gilt with gilt illustration of a flamingo to front board, top edge stained green; in the original pictorial dust jacket with an illustration of a dense jungle scene. Near fine book, with very light rubbing to spine ends, gilt very bright, light offsetting, and a crease to p. 341; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light toning to spine, light chipping to spine ends, a few light marks to spine, a couple of shallow chips to top of front panel, a touch of staining to rear panel and spine, and a small 1 ½" section of loss to rear flap fold. Overall, an attractive and sturdy copy. Out of Africa is the memoir of Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke, a Danish author who published many of her works under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen, and is based on the author's experience living in Kenya when it was controlled by the British Empire. It offers a unique glimpse… Read More

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896 First edition, first printing, with "this" for "their" on p. 26, line 31; "Absolution" for "ablution" p. 110, line 12; "9" missing on p. 129; and "hate" for "fate" on p. 356, line 26. One of 3000 copies. Publisher's green cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, fore edges and bottom edges of pages untrimmed. Near fine book, with very light toning to spine, mild wear to spine ends and corners of boards, a hint of soiling to rear board, light offsetting to front and rear endpapers, and a touch of spotting to page edges. Overall, a very attractive example. With T. Fisher Unwin advertisement for Conrad titles laid in. Wise 2. A first edition, first printing of Conrad's second book. The "outcast of the islands" is Peter Willems, a man who is caught embezzling from his employer, but given another chance by his wealthy benefactor Tom Lingard, who sets Willems up with a trading post job… Read More

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896 First edition, first printing, with "this" for "their" on p. 26, line 31; "Absolution" for "ablution" p. 110, line 12; "9" missing on p. 129; and "hate" for "fate" on p. 356, line 26. One of 3000 copies. Publisher's green cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, fore edges and bottom edges of pages untrimmed. An excellent copy with bright and unfaded gilt to spine, only a few small spots of slight discoloration to the front cover, a light scuff and some rippling to cloth on the rear cover, two very tiny punctures to cloth on middle of spine, else fine. Overall, a very bright and unfaded copy that presents beautifully. Housed in custom quarter leather box with a folding chemise. Wise 2. A first edition, first printing of Conrad's second book. The "outcast of the islands" is Peter Willems, a man who is caught embezzling from his employer, but given another chance by his wealthy… Read More