Search Results: Titles starting with O from Pazzo Books

Nyons, 1976. Soft Cover. Very Good. Dampstain at tail of spine affecting front and rear cover, slight soiling, otherwise VG. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Theatre & Plays; Inventory No: 033498.

Leovariae (Leeuwarden): Tobias van Dessel, 1731. Later Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Good Condition. Leather spine over marbled boards, boards detached, heavy wear to corners, endpaper detached. Generally very good internally, mild foxing. 251pp with errata at the rear. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 041407.

Buddersfield: J.E. Wheatley, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. Rare 16pp offprint in plain boards. Work by the famed botanist. Reprinted from The Naturalist. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Gardening; Inventory No: 047799.

Amsterdam: George Gallet, 1695. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Full calf, scuffed but sound, note on title, small wormtrail in lower margin of first few pages, a few minor stains, pencil notes on rear endpaper, armorial bookplate on front pastedown (Constable); quite fresh overall. (8), 406), index. An important obstetrician, the first edition was the year before. He had published Les Maladies des Femmes Grosses et accouchées in 1668. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Medicine & Health; Inventory No: 046946.

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Very slight bumping to upper corners, light wear and slight chipping to jacket edges, small chip missing to jacket at head of spine - still at least very good and a nice, bright copy of the first US edition. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Inventory No: 046041.

London: R. Dodsley, 1745. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Later cloth backed marbled boards, endpapers refreshed, slight toning to page edges, scattered very minor foxing, otherwise a fine, bright copy; with the half title bound in. Morocco bookplate of John Drinkwater with some offsetting to endpaper. 54pp Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 046591.

Florence: Erede Paperini, 1755. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Joseph Zocchi. Original drab card covers, rear cover lacking, front worn with a few damp stains, spine torn. Browning to edges of extra engraved title, final approvazioni leaf worn and browned , generall mild wear to page edges - generally very good overall. Finely printed by Paperini with initials and head and tail pieces by Zocchi, some contemporary hand coloring. LXXXIX (2)pp. Just 2 copies in OCLC, and only a handful of Paperini's other published books. Size: Folio. Illustrator: Joseph Zocchi. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 046660.

Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes, 1701. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary full leather, worn at the edges, hinges cracked, spine a little dry, but binding sound and still attractive. Moderate foxing early on then scattered with a few small creases and minor stains. Quite clean internally. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Isted of the Middle Temple to rear of title. 2 volumes bound in 1, part 2 with a separate title. (xvi), 342, (10), (viii), 320, (12). In text illustration throughout, many of tree trimming. Cagle 286 (later ed.), Notaker 636 (1st ed of 1700), Vicaire 520, Oberle BB 83.A great deal of information on agricultural management (e.g. fruit tree management, bee keeping), but also wine, cider, perry, cormé (a cider made from service berries), and sizable sections of recipes for meats, vegetables, preserves and pastry. Size: 4to (quarto). 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Farming &… Read More

Leipzig: B.G. Teubneri, 1850. Softcover. Good Condition. Original wraps, worn at edges, finger soiling, scattered foxing and browning to pages. 227 pages. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Inventory No: 040825.

Amsterdam: Henri Bordesius, 1711. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 6 books bound in three volumes, leather backed boards. Spines and spine labels rubbed but bindings sound. Scattered foxing but generally clean and unmarked. With an extra engraved title, portrait, 3 folding plates and a folding map - light wear to plate edges, tiny tear to one of the map folds in the margin. The first critical edition of Rabelais - Duchat, urged on by Pierre Bayle (author of the great Dictionnaire Historique), Duchat set out to correct the plague of errors in all the extant editions of Rabelais. "Voici le meilleure et las plus complete éd. de ce roman célébre" Graesse R 7. L, 336, (4)pp; 287pp, (4)pp; 272pp, (4)pp; 288pp, (4)pp, xvi, 223pp, (4)pp, 109pp, (32)pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). 6-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 044419.

Paris: Jean Anisson, 1700. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. 2 volumes in full contemporary gilt ruled calf, spines elaborately gilt in compartments but a little faded. An attractive pair including Les Amours de Catulle, Zaide, Cleopatre, Telephonte, and his most lasting success, the comedy Les Carrosses d'Orléans. Pencils notes to endpaper, light scattered foxing. The first collected edition. (xxviii), 214; 286, (2)pp A popular and successful playwright in his day, the popular English play The Stage Coach was based on Les Carrosses d'Orléans. Provenance: Unidentified noble bookplate. Size: Octavo (8vo). 2-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: 044723.

Paris: Bibliotheque de la Pleiade/ Gallimard, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition. Top edge a little dusty. 2 volumes, 1957 and 1959. A few pages - less than 10 in both volumes, with highlighting. Author portrait pasted inside front cover. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 048229.

Paris: Laplace, Sanchez, et cie, 1877. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary half red claf, corners and hinges rubbed, edges worn in spots, scattered light foxing internally, a few small stains at the page edges. Illustrated with full page plates with 4 in color (the color plates all present in two states, colored and uncolored) - some of the color has darkened. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 045840.

Avignon: Jean-Albert Joly, 1793. Early Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather backed boards, wear at corners, hinges cracked. spine scuffed with a bit of loss, old pen marks to covers (likely from reused paper); clean internally. A nice little Avignon edition of Vadé's poissardes works, a popular coarse form popular at the end of the 18th century. Just 1 copy of this edition in OCLC, the 1796 Paris edition is relatively common.274pp Size: duodecimo (12mo). Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 047102.

Geneve, 1781. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary calf, spine and hinges rubbed but binding sound. Volume 1 of 2; 252pp. Size: duodecimo (12mo). One volume of the 2-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: 045095.

New Haven: The Limited Editions Club, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. John Sloan. Copy 191 of 1500 signed by John Sloan. Slight sunning, a bit of wear to spine ends. Lacking the slipcase. Size: Octavo (8vo). 2-volume set (complete). Illustrator: John Sloan. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Signed by Illustrator. Inventory No: 047580.

1900. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 3 1/4" x 6 1/2" silk covered card covers, worn, 192 pages most filled with watercolors of confections with scattered text pages and a few blanks. Undated ca. turn of the century, Meiji period. A remarkably lovely collection of illustrations of sweets. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000726.

London: Ield & Tuer, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Neatly rebound in old marbled paper, fragment of old lettering piece retained, slight browning internally, old bookseller label to endpaper.. 137pp with ads at rear - crack 'em and try 'em", "Large silver eels!". Woodcut illustrations throughout - a nice collection of cries, many food related. "New laid eggs, eight a groat" Size: 16mo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Inventory No: CAT000649.

London: Lindsay Drummon, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Wear to jacket at corners, old tape strengthening jacket corners on verso. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 047293.

International Miniature Book Society, 1984. Fine Condition. Three volume miniature set ( each 2 x 1 3/4 inches) commemorating the Olympics throughout history and leading up to the summer games in Los Angeles in 1984. One contains color photographs of postage stamps from each Olympic games, one contains color photographs of posters from each Olympic games, and the third contains black and white woodcuts done by Andrusko Karoly memorializing each Olympic games, along with statistics on place, participants, and countries. One volume contains an actual stamp from Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1984 Winter Olympics. These are numbered 101 of 400 copies made. An attractive set. 3-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Sports & Pastimes. Inventory No: 2000157. Size: Miniature. Text is in . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Language; Inventory No: 2000157.