Search Results: Titles starting with O from Antique Bookshop

N.Y. Bonanza Books., 1963.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. (sl. chipped, spine v. faded) 192pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Sl. foxing else Near Fine copy. 1st ed. Contains many photos belonging to the author.

Lond. Nautical Publ., 1975.. (Revised 2nd ed) Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 318pp. b/w plates & ills. Very Good copy. An authoritative reference on modern offshore racing.

Lond. Viscount Bks., 1987.. 4to. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 128pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Essential reading for every fan of the silver screen's most celebrated secret agent.

N.Y. The House of Collectibles., 1986.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 547pp. (sl foxing) to top edge. Light wear to corners. Title page eaten by insects. b/w ills. Very good copy. From old lithographs to 19th century prints, etchings aquatints, chromolithographs, engravings, serigraphs & the more recent printed popular collectible posters. A price guide for collectors.

N.Y. Harry N Abrams., 1991.. Large Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 64pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Front cover sl.rubbed else a Very good copy. 1st ed. Maisie Drysdale's copy, signed on ffe. The extraordinary beauty & craftsmanship of the ojime, Japanese beads which are the smallest component of a netsuke-ojime-sagemono ensemble.

Canterbury (VIC). Mullaya Pub., 1972.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 28pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Bendigo born sculptor Ola Cohn spent three years lovingly creatign a community of fairies & animals in the iron-hard wood of a gnarled 500 year old red gum in Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne.

Scoresby. The Five Mile Press., 2009.. Oblong Folio. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 219pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. As well as celebrating our forefathers at work and at play, Old Australia captures a social history through moments in time.

North Ryde. Angus & Robertson., 1987.. (rep) 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 219pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. Few men were better known in the Australian book world during the first half of this century than James Tyrrell. Starting as a newspaper boy, then a shop boy at Angus & Robertsons, then his own shop.

Syd. A & R., 1971.. Folio. Ill.wrapps. 91pp. Many b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed.

N.Y. Scribners., 1952.. Or.blue cloth boards. Silver lettering on spine. Dustjacket. 140pp. Fine copy in a fine dustjacket. Mentions the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature on back of wrapper and has the letters 11-54 on the final page, so presumably an early edition published in 1954.

Lond. Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., n.d. (c1933). 4to. Or.ill.cloth. 142pp. (some foxing) Colour frontispiece taped in. Binding loose at front & back pastedowns. Name in pencil on front cover. Some pages repaired. Col plates & b/w ills. Fair copy. Clarence Lawson Wood was a 19th century English painter, illustrator & designer. His work appeared in many popular magazines of the day such as Punch, The Strand, & Boys Own Paper.

Edinburgh. John Grant., 1905.. Or.cl. 293pp. (some foxing) Cloth worn at spine ends & edges. b/w plates. Good copy. Collector Series. English cleric & writer, Hugh Reginald Haweis, was much interested in music, & wrote books on violins & church bells. His particular interest was Cremonese violin makers, & the great Paganini.

Hamburg. Cigaretten-Bilderdienst., 1936.. 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 127,165pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & black & white with tipped-in plates. Text in German. Very good set. Very Scarce. This two volume photographic record of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin was compiled & written by Walter Richter. It features many col & b/w tipped in photos of the 11th Olympiad.

Honolulu. Uni of Hawaii Press., 1969.. 4to. Or.bds. Qtr.cloth. 114pp. Name on ffe. b/w ill. Very good copy. Omai was a Ra'itean man who was brought to London by Captain Cook during his second voyage. He became a favourite of the aristocratic elite, but died two months after his return to Huahine in 1777.

Melb. Sid Harta Publishers., 2009.. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 439pp. b/w plates. Fine copy. Interesting and affable account of an American who helped make Australia the lucky country it is today.

Lond. Queen Anne Press., 1991.. 8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 175pp. b/w plates. Inscription on ffe else Fine copy. 1st ed. The autobiography of the former Australian rugby player.

N.Y. The Atlantic Monthly Press., 1993.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 231pp. Fine copy. 1st US ed. Signed by the author. The longing for a destiny is nowhere stronger than in our romantic life, writes alian de Botton. On Love is a hip, charming, & devistatingly witty rumintation on the thrills & pitfalls of romantic love

Pennsylvania. Franklin Library., 1989.. Nicely bound in gilt decorated full leather. 533pp. a.e.g. b/w photographic ills. Fine. Limited First Edition signed by William F.Buckley Jnr. exclusively for members of the Signed First Edition Society.

Syd. HarperCollins., 2012.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 256pp. Profusely illustrated. Fine. 1st ed. With the signature of Elyne Mitchell on a loosely inserted sticker. Excerpts of the best of Elyne Mitchell's non-fiction writing abut her beloved high country, which inspired her classic children's stories of the silver brumbies.

Collie,WA. Shire of Collie, WA., 1979.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 181pp. Dustjacket. b/w ills & maps on endpapers. Very good copy. 1st ed. Located in the South West region of Western Australia, the town of Collie was settled by Europeans in the 1880s after coal was discovered there & the first coal mine was opened in 1927.