Search Results: Titles starting with O from Knickerbocker Books

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Editora Jose Olympio, 1996. In Portuguese. The diary of Frida Kahlo "an intimate self portrait." NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A fresh, clean and sturdy copy. Hardcover binding of thick boards covered in bright red cloth, gilt lettered on spine and gilt decoration on front. Marbled endpapers. The only marking is a rubber stamped "Received in production department Oct 11 1996" on half-title page. No other markings, cover and pages bright and fine. Binding and hinges firm and intact. French-fold color jacket is clean and complete, slightly shelf rubbed but no tears, chips or creases. Introduction by Carlos Fuentes, Commentary by Sarah M. Lowe, translated to Portuguese by Mario Pontes. Full-color reproduction of Kahlo's handwritten diary, including color art, covering the years 1944-54, containing poems, thoughts and dreams, reflections on her tumultuous relationship with Diego Rivera. 6-1/4 x 9-1/2". 296 pages. First Thus. Hardcover. Near… Read More

New York: New York Arts Magazine, 2000 Monograph of photographic works by Orio (born Milan, 1963). Black/white and color. A clean, tight, unmarked copy; Bound in printed paper over boards. Light shelf-rub cover esp to spine ends, otherwise a fine copy. Printed by Arti Grafiche Meroni, Lissone, Italy. 9-5/8 x13"; 32 pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Orio. 4to.

Oakville, CA: Harlan Estate , 2010. 2010 Edition. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A superbly produced volume, celebrating the twenty-fifth year of the acclaimed Napa Valley vintner. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages and gray tweed cloth hardcover are fresh and unworn; soft crease to rear endpaper and last leaf, all else fine. Binding and hinges are tight and straight. The pictorial jacket, with a full wrap duotone photograph, is clean and complete; lightly edgeworn, primarily at spine ends and corner tips - no tears or chips. H. William Harlan plus several contributors provide a history of the painstaking and environmentally sensitive development of the estate's steep and forested hillsides into a beautiful vineyard producing top quality Bordeaux blends. Illustrated throughout with beautiful duotone as well as several color photographs. 10 x 11-1/2". 210 pages. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Scarsdale, NY: The Junior League of Scarsdale, 1976. Stated First Edition. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. A clean, unmarked and firmly bound copy. Pages fine, bound in light brown cloth hardcover with gilt lettered spine. Cover is fresh and unworn. Printed endpapers with map showing Scarsdale historic sites. Color pictorial jacket is clean, slightly color faded and edge rubbed, one short closed tear at top of front panel. Book is illustrated with black & white reproductioins and photos. 7-1/2 x 10-1/2"; 156 text pages plus index and bibliography. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2000 2000 First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE in FINE dust jacket. Publisher remainder mark on bottom edge, otherwise an 'as new' copy - crisp, clean and tightly bound in fresh, unworn dust jacket. Rosenfarb's sequel to "Bociany" continues the story of childhool freinds Yacov and the rebellious Binele. Translated from the Yiddish by the author. A title in the Modern Jewish Literature series, 6 x 9"; 354 pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

New York: Amistad/HarperCollins, 2007 2007 Stated First Edition, First Printing. Fine in Near Fine, price-intact dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with publisher letter and info sheets laid in. An "as new" copy - crisp, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound. Very slight rub to back of dust jacket, all else fine. Dust jacket price intact. 6 x 9-1/4"; xii + 191 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. 2003 First Printing. FINE in FINE price-intact dust jacket. A fresh, clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in unclipped jacket. Mid-western farm life in the mid-twentieth century is delightfully portrayed for young readers, in both paint and prose, by Mr. Stark. Color illustrations throughout. A fine, unread copy. 8-3/4 x 10-3/4". 32 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Stark, Ken. 4to.

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1952. 1952 Edition with 1952 copyright and Rinehart logo on copyright page. VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD pictorial dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. Filled with dramatic black & white photos of rigs, wells, pipe lines and refineries - and the men who labor at them. Pages are fine. Light beige cloth hardcover is titled in red on spine and front. The cloth is lightly toned along bottom edge, but cover is otherwise clean and fresh. Jacket, with full coverage black and white photos on front and back is clean, moderately edgeworn (several closed tears and creases, small chips). Front flap has been price clipped. The jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges are firm, intact and straight. Though times have changed, the book provides youngsters (and adults!) insight to a fascinating facet of the oil industry. 10-1/2 x 10-3/4". 96 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Hollyman, Thomas… Read More

Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1963 1963 - Second printing of 1961 Edition published by Charles E. Tuttle. Illustrated with B/W photos throughout; printed endpapers with view of Brooklyn waterfront. Includes fold-out map of Brooklyn Heights. A NEAR FINE copy of Clay's classic work - clean with no markings, pages fine and binding firm. Bound in hardcover of cream colored cloth over boards with gilt decoration and brown cloth spine lettered in gilt. Slight toning along edges of cover and a couple of small spots, otherwise fine and unworn. No dust jacket. Laid into this copy a letter from owner of Brooklyn brownstone shown in one photo and an old typewritten list of "noteworthy decorative details to be found in NYC" prepared by Henry Hope Reed for Museum of City of New York. 6 x 9"; 183 pages. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Old Chatham, NY: 1994, 1994. 1994. NEAR FINE soft cover, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2", 80 pages. Staple bound in gray paper wrapper, titled and illustrated in light grays and blue gray. A crisp, clean, totally unmarked and firmly bound copy. No soiling, tears or creases to pages or cover. A "Biography Book" published to commemorate the 64th Anniversary of The Old Chatham Hunt Club of Old Chatham, NY. A profile of how the club originated, how it survived despite local land development, and what it is (in 1994). Includes list of officers, land owners, Masters of Foxhounds and Masters of Beagles (with current staff), proper dress in the field, and hunting terms. Also features a centerfold map of Old Chatham hunt country and several essays (Foxhunting: Riding to the Hounds; Etiquette for the Foxhunter; Old Chatham Hunt Foot Beagling; The Beagle; Foot Beagling; Etiquette for the Beagler, Dress for the Beagler. ) Plenty of local advertisers contributed. A book that will interest to Columbia County… Read More

Petersfield, Hampshire, UK: Privately Published, 1996 A privately printed autobiography by Wilson who was born in 1913 in Fort William, Ontario. Illustrated with photos and document reproductions. Wilson descended from the Ruttan family (French), the Armstrongs (Irish) and the Wilsons (English). A colorful and eventful life that spans the 20th century. One of Wilson's childhood memories was a trip into the Santa Cruz mountains with his mother - where she took a photo of an old 'Indian Squaw' reclining in front of her tepee. She wrote on the back of the photos "Kalapine - 118 years old - June 29, 1923." The photo is included. Wilson married the Hon. Yvette Latham Baillieu, daughter of Sir Clive Latham Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu. This copy INSCRIBED by Wilson "To Pres and Beth- With best wishes, Bob". NEAR FINE, a clean, otherwise unmarked copy in dark blue cloth hardcover binding. Would be 'Fine" but about 12 leaves had corners turned which has left corner creases. All else… Read More

Cleveland, OH: The Arthur Westbrook Company, 1908. 1908. Printing unstated, likely an early reprint. VERY GOOD. A clean, unmarked and unusually well-preserved copy of this cheaply printed softcover "dime novel." Pages are clean and intact, with moderate, uniform, toning. Color illustrated paper cover, with illustration on front (Old Jack's last stand - in bed?) is clean, slightly edge rubbed. There is a short tear at top of front spine fold and small tears to back cover near staples; cover spine creased but intact. When trimming the book, the binder cut into series title at top of front cover. Back cover has listing of 100 titles in the series. Stapled binding secure, staples a bit rusty but intact. 5 x 6-3/4"; 100 pages. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Dover Publications, Inc. 1973 Edition. NEAR FINE large-format paperback. A clean, unmarked and sturdily bound copy. Pages crisp and fine. Thick, glossy paper cover is lightly edge rubbed but otherwisve very good - no soiling, no chips or tears. Sewn binding is very strong. 196 full-page archival photographs (from the collectioin of the New York Historical Society) are beautifully printed on full coated paper. All are captioned. 9 x 12".[xvi + 238 pages, including index and 6 publisher ad pages. An exceptionally well-preserved copy of this historic book. . First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. 1999 First printing, with full number line. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy in hardcover of glossy color pictorial boards. Jacket, design matching that of hardcover, is clean - lightly edge rubbed with short closed tear at top edge rear of spine; front flap price clipped. Otherwise fine. Color illustrations by the author - a charming combination of story and artwork set in New York City's Central Park. 8-1/2 x 12-1/4"; 32 . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket.1990 Stated First Printing, printing line then begins with '2.' A crisp, clean copy, no markings of any kind and tightly bound in dark blue hardcover with title gilt stamped on spine. Cover is fresh and unworn. Jacket is clean and complete with slight shelf rub to surface - no tears, chips or creases, in clear archival protector. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. An informative, highly readable history of U.S. warships, generously illustrated with black and white archival photographs, illustrations and line drawings. 8-1/2 x 11-1/4"; xvi + 204 pages. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

Saranac Lake, New York: Adirondack Yesteryears Inc., 1971. 1971. NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD dust jacket. Clean and tightly bound in terra cotta cloth hardcover, gilt titled front and spine. Map endpapers. The only marking is a neatly penned gift inscription on first blank leaf, dated 1971. Pages crisp and fine; cover fresh, very slight rub to bottom edge but otherwise fine. Jacket is clean and complete; slight toning to spine and edges, edges lightly rubbed with one short tear and crease to top front edge. Binding and hinges tight and intact. Edited and with a Biographical Sketch of Seneca Ray Stoddard by Maitland C. De Sormo. B&W illustrations and photos. 6 x 9-1/4"; 152 pp. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: The Penguin Press, 2005 2005 Stated First Edition, First Printing, with full number line. FINE in NEAR FINE, price-intact, dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages crisp and clean; one signature or gathering printed on a slightly creamier paper stock than the rest of book. Hardcover of red paper over boards with gilt stamping front and spine. Cover is fine with only slight bit of rub to corners. Dust jacket clean and complete, flaps not clipped. Slight edgewear, no tears or chips. A very giftable copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1875. 1875 Edition. GOOD. A lightly marked uncirculated library copy. Bookplate of Howard Memorial Library in New Orleans affixed to front pasted endpaper. Catalog numbers stamped and penciled on reverse of title page and on first Preface page. No other markings in book or to cover. Pages very good: light marginal toning, a few leaves with shallow edge chips, foxing to first blank leaf and Preface. Pale yellow endpapers slightly toned. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering. Cover is clean, moderately edge rubbed, with rubbing along hinges as well, short tears to cloth at along hinge at top of spine. Binding tender: one gathering pulled from threads but otherwise intact. Illustration section contains 9 B&W figures. 4 pages of publisher ads bound at rear. 5 x 7-1/2" xv + 340 pages, plus ads.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Home Planet Pulications (Distributor), 1976 Stated First Edition, limited to 500 copies. Poetry collection by the late Brooklyn-born 'Beat' poet. INSCRIBED BY STETTNER on inside front cover, in black ink, "Best wishes, / Bonne chance / Irving Stettner / 1st Edition July '76." An otherwise unmarked copy. Pages are crisp and clean, bound in B&W pictorial paper cover. Cover is lightly soiled with small stain to back cover near top of spine, as well as a few small scuff marks near spine. Bottom outside corner bumped with small crease to cover, soft corner creasing to pages resulting. Binding firm and intact. Foreword by Seymour Krim. B&W art by Pierre Jacquemon and one drawing by Steve Kushner. 5-3/4 x 8-1/2"; 71 numbered pages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Jacquemon, Pierre. 8vo.

London: The Bodley Head, 1967 Very Good in Very Good price intact dust jacket. A crisp, clean, tightly bound copy. Owner's name penned to front free endpaper, no other markings. Bound in red hardcover which is clean and fresh. Unclipped jacket is clean, spine slightly toned, creasing along bottom of the rear panel - otherwise fine. 5-1/2 x 8"; x + 196 pp. First British Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.