Search Results: Titles starting with O from Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers

Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 286 pp., w/ appendix, notes, bibliography and index. Stands as the first book ever published on the more than one thousand North American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut words in the English vocabulary. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

1881. [Original Etching]. Richard Samuel Chattock (English 1825 - 1906). "Oaks of sherwood Forest" is an original 19th century hand-pulled copper plate etching on laid paper of magestic oak trees. Signed and dated in the plate lower left, "R.S.C. 1881." Sheet size: 9.5 x 13.5 inches; plate size: 7.75 x 11.25 inches. Chattock was an accomplished 19th century landscape etcher and painter, he exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, from 1869 to 1891 and was a full member of the Royal Engravers . Excellent condition with crisp strike and sharp lines. Unframed, loose and unmounted. Fine. Print.

Cleveland: Oakwood Club, 1955. Stiff maroon wraps housed in original slipcase. 32 pages; illustrated w/ photographs, including a nineteen year old Bobby Jones at the 1921 Western Open. A commemerative volume of the distinquished Cleveland Country Club. A clean, tight copy of a SCARCE item Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Stiff Wraps. Near Fine.

Cleveland: Oakwood Club, 1980. Green cloth, gilt titles. 63 pp., plus color photographs of "Oakwood Today" and a roster of members. Member's signature, else a clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. Cloth. Fine.

London: College Green, 2012. Yellow cloth, red title on spine, housed in red cloth blind embosssed slipcase, (13 x 11 inches), 466 pages; color photographs. A stunning photographic documentary and collector's keepsake that honors Oberlin's values, people, history and spirit from 1833 to today. Oberlin College is one of America's most prestigious liberal arts colleges with a world renowned conservatory of music. Oberlin, founded in 1833, was the first college to offer undergraduate education to students of color and female students. A clean, tight copy in like slipcase. First Edition. Fine. Folio.

Koln, Germany: Konemann, 1995. Two volumes. Black cloth with dust jackets, housed in publisher's slipcase (13 x 11 inches). First Edition. 640 pages; profusely illustrated with color plates. English, German, and French text. The definitive study of Melanesian, Polynesian and Micronesian art. A clean, tight set in collector fine as new condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Photographs By Olaf Wipperfurth. Folio.

Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1913. Quarter vellum, teg, deckle edges, unopened pages. Limited edition of 477 copies printed on Van Gelder Holland paper, pp. 77. Unpublished manuscripts discovered among the author's effects after his death. A clean, tight copy. Size: Octavo. Limited.. Cloth. Near Fine.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Two volumes, complete in one octavo (5" x 7-1/4") and one folio (9-1/2" x 13-3/4") volume, bound in half buckram with hand-marbled paper sides by Putois Freres of Paris. The octavo volume, printed in red and black, consists of the original Latin odes with English translations on facing pages selected and edited by Louis Untermeyer. The folio volume consists of facsimile pages, in the same size as the originals, of 39 pages from 23 various volumes of Horace dating from 1482 to 1910. LImited Edition, number 41of 1500 copies, issued unsigned. Fine in publisher's slipcase housing both volumes. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine.

Detroit: Lark Press, 1965. Black cloth w/o jacket (as issued). Number 318 from a limited edition of 350 copies, SIGNED by the artist. Calligraphy by Gilbert Hanna. Illustrated by twenty, tissue-protected plates by the artist. A clean, tight copy Size: Folio. Limited First Edition.. Cloth. Fine. Illus. by Richard Kozlow.

Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1980. Full brown leather in publisher's slipcase, gilt titles. 102 pages. Deluxe Limited First Edition 1/100 copies, letter press printed on Curtis Rag. SIGNED by author on limitation page. A clean, tight copy showing minimal wear. Size: Octavo. Signed. Limited First Edition.. Leather. Fine. Private Press.

New York: Gemstone Publishing, 2007. Coth (hardcover) without dustjacket as issued, (12.25 x 9.25 inches). Limited First Edition, one of 1,500 copies. 299, [1] pages; profusely illustrated in color. Dan Morphy introduces, documents and explains the world of mechanical banks. The Official Price Guide To Mechanical Banks is an essential reference in the collecting world of mechanical banks. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in "as new" condition. First Edition. Cloth. Fine. Folio.

Cleveland: The Gates Press, 1933. Quarter black buckram over red cloth pictorial boards (hardcover), printed paper title label, (10.5 x 7.5 inches). Numbered First Edition (Stated on copyright page). 268 pages, with Bibliography, List of Ohio Rivers and Associated Trails, Index of Towns and Villages, Index of Historic Indian Towns in Ohio, and Topical Index; illustrated throughout by noted Cleveland School artist, Frank Wilcox. An extensive study on the subject. This copy SIGNED by Wilcox on front free endpaper. Showing some light expected wear and rubbing to exterior, internally clean.. Signed. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Frank Wilcox. Quarto.

London: Constable and Company, 1918. Three-quarter red polished calf leather over red cloth boards, raised bands, tan morocco title labels, gilt decorative compartments, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. (9" x 6"). First Baumer illustrated edition. xi, 284 pages; illustrated with 8 color plates and 40 in-text illustrations, including tissue-protected frontis. SIGNED BINDING by Henry Sotheran. Showing some light general wear and rubbing, heaviest at hinges, spine head chipped, hinges tender, internally clean and bright. Size: Octavo. Leather. Very Good. Illus. by Lewis Baumer.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903. Second edition. Three quarter green morocco over green cloth boards. raised bands, gilt title and compartments, t.e.g., deckle edge, marbled endpapers. (8.5" x 6"). 254 pages, w/Index; 112 illustrations including tissue-protected frontis. Spine sunned to brown, as usual, showing some light general wear, hinges tender but holding. Remains a very good copy in attractive leather binding Size: Octavo. Leather. Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1921. [Signed Binding]. Three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt titles and decorative compartments, t.e.g. (8-1/4 x 6 inches). SIGNED Binding by Monastery Hill Binders. 208 pages. Spine sunned, showing some light general wear, internally clean and tight. Size: Octavo. Leather.

New York: Townsend Mac Coun, 1888. Red cloth, gilt title, top edge gilt, frontis map. 440 pp., w/ index; illustrated with colored maps. Previous owner's inscription, else a clean, tight copy Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Near Fine.

Cleveland: Old Stone Church, 1994. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 192 pp., w/ bibliography and index; 300 color illustrations. A well-researched history of the Old Stone Church. INSCRIBED by author. Owner's bookplate, else a clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine.

Kunsthalle zu Kiel, 2001. Limited 1/700 copies. 184 pages; color illustrations. German text with English supplement at rear. A clean, tight copy Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine.

Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1926. Original marbled boards (hardcover) with printed label, in the scarce glassine jacket, original dark-blue chemise and slipcase. (8" x 4 3/4"). Limited 1 of 176 copies printed by Bruce Rogers for the venerable Rowfant Club. 12 pages, Uncut deckle pages, title-page vignette, headpieces and tailpiece. In a note regarding the design of this book Rogers wrote: "In planning these little decorations for Kipling's amusing fish tale, the color scheme was suggested by my recollection of moon-rises behind the pollard willows along the Cam, in the fens between Cambridge and Ely. One evening a stray red calf ran up and down the bank in the sunset light, bawling for company." (Blumenthal, Bruce Rogers p.96). A fine copy in slipcase and chemise showing light wear, glassine jacket with two closed tears on front panel and some chipping. A collectable and desirable copy of a scarce Kipling work. Size: Octavo. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine. Private Press.

New York: Aperture, 1997. Stated "First Edition" with number line. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 95 pages; profusely illustrated in color. Staller's photographs, collected from locations spanning the globe, reveal bizarre and forgotten constructions of industrial society. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Quarto. First Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Photographs By Jan Staller.