Search Results: Titles starting with O from Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller

Henry Holt & Company, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 6x1x8. Called in to identify a seventeenth-century painting of Christ in Agony, Fred Taylor also finds himself involved in the investigation of a murder and the question of whether a fake painting can be responsible for a series of miracles.

Bantam Books, 1994. Mass-market paperback. Like New. Previous owner name on inside front cover. "Georgia O'Keeffe transmitted her most intimate feelings onto her canvases. But the details of her private life were zealously guarded, leaving the world to wonder: What was the inspiration, and the impetus, for her sexually charged flower paintings? What was the nature of her relationship with her much older husband Alfred Stieglitz? Why did she lie about her past and hide herself from her public? Journalist and author Jeffrey Hogrefe discloses the answers to these questions and more in this rich, fully realized portrait of the enigmatic O'Keeffe".

Longmans, Green & Co, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dustjacket . Top edge gilt. (Two titles, in one volume). Henry Kingsley (1830 – 1876) was an English novelist, brother of the better-known Charles Kingsley. Kingsley devoted himself to literature, and wrote several well-regarded novels, including Geoffry Hamlyn.

Getty Research Institute, 1988. Trade paperback. Good.

Pantheon, 1994. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good. 6x0x8. Vividly well-written love story about antiques, those who collect them, and those who sell them, as debut author Freund follows the adventures of three major pieces of furniture from their crafting centuries ago to their present-day sale in the Manhattan antiques market. Freund devises an exciting framework for his tale, introducing us to the three objects one piece at a time, then to each antique's present owner, then to the sales people at Sotheby's and elsewhere who are handling each piece, then to the former owners of each piece--all of this building up to the big auction at book's end. Most richly done is the coverage of who made what when, passages that soak us in the handicrafts of the Colonies. There's a pine blanket-chest with false drawers, still coated with its original robin's-egg blue paint, made for a Connecticut farmer in 1750 or so--an object so utterly plain and unadorned in the Queen Anne style that the… Read More

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1966. Hardcover. Good/Good. A short tear and some edgewear to dustjacket. With 111 breeds described; 85 illustrations. Reginald Sherriff Summerhays (often known as R. S. Summerhays) was a British expert and author in equine matters. For over 40 years Summerhays was a horse show judge as well as serving on the boards of many horse breeding societies. He was also president of the Arab Horse Society. His interests included polo. He was the originator of the Horseman's Sunday and also of the Horse and Pony Breeding and Benefit Fund.

Viking, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 7x1x10. In the midst of the largest motorcycle rally in the world, a young biker is run off the road and ends up in critical condition. When Sheriff Walt Longmire and his good friend Henry Standing Bear are called to Hulett, Wyoming—the nearest town to America's first national monument, Devils Tower—to investigate, things start getting complicated. As competing biker gangs; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; a military-grade vehicle donated to the tiny local police force by awealthy entrepreneur; and Lola, the real-life femme fatale and namesake for Henry's '59 Thunderbird (and, by extension, Walt's granddaughter) come into play, it rapidly becomes clear that there is more to get to the bottom of at this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally than a bike accident. After all, in the words of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose Adventures of Sherlock Holmes the Bear won't stop quoting,… Read More

Oceana County Historical Society, 1991. Hard cover. Very good. Lower corners a bit b.

Rizzoli, 2002. Hardcover. Like New/Fine . 11x0x12. The ocean has been a rich subject for artists since time immemorial. To pay tribute to the beauty of the ocean and to celebrate the artists that have captured its many extraordinary faces, photography editor Sue Hostetler has compiled work from eighty of the most prominent contemporary photographers. The book features contributions by Vicki Goldberg, renowned photography critic; Jean-Michel Cousteau and Robert Redford, who are lifelong environmentalists; and a message from the Natural Resources Defense Council which is dedicated to preserving natural habitats the world over. From the haunting work of Shirin Neshat to the pop-techno vision of Mariko Mori, to the elegantly romantic work of Elliott Erwitt, Oceans is a unique and stunning volume. Photographers include: Robert Adams, Harry Callahan, Lynn Davis, Rineke Dijsktra, Elliott Erwitt, Andreas Gursky, Richard Misrach, Shirin Neshat, Jock Sturges, Hiroshi Sugimoto, William Wegman, Minor White, and… Read More

Rizzoli International Publications, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 11x0x12. The ocean has been a rich subject for artists since time immemorial. To pay tribute to the beauty of the ocean and to celebrate the artists that have captured its many extraordinary faces, photography editor Sue Hostetler has compiled work from eighty of the most prominent contemporary photographers. The book features contributions by Vicki Goldberg, renowned photography critic; Jean-Michel Cousteau and Robert Redford, who are lifelong environmentalists; and a message from the Natural Resources Defense Council which is dedicated to preserving natural habitats the world over. From the haunting work of Shirin Neshat to the pop-techno vision of Mariko Mori, to the elegantly romantic work of Elliott Erwitt, Oceans is a unique and stunning volume.Photographers include:Robert Adams, Harry Callahan, Lynn Davis, Rineke Dijsktra, Elliott Erwitt, Andreas Gursky, Richard Misrach, Shirin Neshat, Jock Sturges, Hiroshi Sugimoto,… Read More

David McKay Company, 1966. First Edition. Good/No Dustjacket . X-library; a good reading copy. Written for the juvenile audience. Story of a young ocelot and his Life and relationships to humans in Mexico. Natural history and folklore mix to create an intriguing story of two zoologists and their attempts to befriend Little Tigre. A scarce title. Burdetta Fay Johnson (Pseudonym B. F. Beebe) was born in Marshall, OK on Februrary 4, 1920. She attended schools in both Marshall, OK and Andover, OH. In 1961 she married James Ralph Johnson, who illustrated most of her books. They both loved hiking and the great outdoors, which inspired them to write juvenile books extolling the beauty of animals. Two of their books, Run, Light Buck, Run! and Coyote, Come Home were made into Disney TV specials.

Times Printing Co, 1973. Hard cover. Good/No dustjacket. History and remembrances by a longtime resident of Ocracoke Island, who arrived there in the year 1900.

Ten Speed Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 7x0x7. In Very Good+ condition and Very Good+ dustjacket. Who blows the bugle at the Kentucky Derby? Who dusts the dinosaur bones at the Smithsonian? Who sniffs dog breath for a living? Who measures the breasts of real models? ODD JOBS introduces you to the real people who perform these truly peculiar jobs. In 65 intimate portraits, photo essayist Nancy Rica Schiff captures the personalities and occupations of these oddball professionals, providing a short profile of each. A 20-year photography veteran, Schiff has spent the better half of that time discovering the behind-the-scenes people who do what others can't (or won't) do. No one can say that America isn't the home of the free, the brave, and the quirky, who will do almost anything to make an honest buck.· Profiles 65 of the most unique jobs in America.· Jobs include duck walker, coin polisher, doll doctor, and artificial inseminator.

Princeton University Press, 1999. Hard cover. Like New/Fine. This is a rare and much-needed book: a concise but comprehensive account of quantum mechanics for popular science readers written by a respected physicist. Sam Treiman--internationally renowned for his work in particle physics--makes quantum mechanics accessible to nonspecialists. Combining mastery of the material with clear, elegant prose and infectious enthusiasm, he conveys the substance, methods, and profound oddities of the field.

Privately Printed, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8x5x0. Signed by Author. In Very Good+ condition. A collection of humorous poems and stories by Aspen Times’ humor columnist Barry Smith, with illustrations by Chris Pomeroy. Incredibly accessible, acerbic, wisely sarcastic and laugh-out-loud funny.

Elpenor Books, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Like New/Very Good . 0x0x0. Signed by Author. Signed by author on title page. Also inscribed "For Nancy Best wishes Ken". Part of a long sequence of songs and monologues spoken by the major and minor characters of Homer's Odyssey. "Field's array of lyric voices is the most flexible, and the truest to the Homeric spirit, of any poetry since Pounds". Kenneth Fields is an American poet and a professor of creative writing at Stanford University, where he has been on faculty since 1967. Fields teaches the Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop for the Stanford Writing Fellows.

Viking, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. 6x1x9.

Thomasson-Grant, 1988. Hard cover. Like New/Very Good. Jane Livingston, curator of photography at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., has selected nearly 300 prints--including several autochromes--that define the evolution of photography at National Geographic magazine. Work by 158 photographers is included with over half of the pictures rarely seen since they were not chosen to be published in the magazine. A fascinating look at this venerable institution and the photography that it has spawned. "For more than one hundred years, the National Geographic Society has brought "the world and all that is in it" to millions worldwide. Through its unparalleled research, exploration, publications, and photography, the organization and its magazine have, in many ways, defined how we see the world.

University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. Hard cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Calvert, Lissa. Have you ever had to kill a bear? The famed outdoor writer Mike Cramond often asked that question of hunters, naturalists, and bear-attack victims as he crisscrossed North America interviewing people whose lives, like his own, have been changed by bears. Cramond's intent is to temper the views of the average person, who sees bears only in misleading advertisements and TV shows that produce a false sense of security. He wants people to know what he has learned from a lifetime of association with the great North American Bears and from interviews with bear specialists and surviving attack victims. Mike Cramond was a hunting guide, game warden, newspaperman, & provincial policeman in Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the author of "Hunting & Fishing in North America", "A Bear Behind", & "Fishin' Holes of the West".

Westwinds Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . 9x6x0. Some edgewear to dustjacket. A heart warming memoir of life in and around Crawford, Colorado, after 1924. Filled with stories about colorful residents, family life, and descriptions of everyday life in the Great Depression. The Town of Crawford is a Statutory Town in Delta County, Colorado, United States. The surrounding mesas and valleys support a farming and ranching community. Crawford was founded in 1882. The town was named for George A. Crawford, governor-elect of Kansas and a founder of Grand Junction, Colorado.