Search Results: Authors starting with O from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

Lincolnville, ME: Lincolnville Historical Society, 2004. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Signed by Author. First Printing. xiv, 330 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Inscribed and and dated by author on the title page.

New York: Fall River Press, 1998. As. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. O'Keeffe, Georgia. Sixth Printing. Unpag. Folio. Clean, crisp copy.

Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Civic Commission, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fair. Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.'s (1870-1957) seminal report that drove future development for the City of Pittsburgh. xvi, 169 pp. 4to. Original dust wrapper is missing numerous pieces, but still somewhat protective of covers. Burgundy cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine, clean and crisp within. Three maps: one very large with multiple folds, two bifold -- all in Fine condition. Heavily illusrated throughout, a fascinating example of city planning recommendations in the early 20th century.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xviii, 575 pp. 8vo. Green cloth publisher's binding with gold embossed titling to spine that has faded over time. Stamp on first free endpaper shows that it was released from the Olmsted Associates office in Brookline, MA, on June 11, 1963; previous owner's name stamp on same page, handwritten name and date of 1963 on second leaf. Missing the large foling map of Central Park tipped in at rear. Clean within.

New York: Robert B. Collins, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Later Printing. 179, 115 pp. 18mo. Two parts bound as one. Later binding using the original label on spine. Pages are darkened and slightly brittle but in good condition overall.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Rare in a dust jacket that has survived in any condition, this volume was the first in the later publication, "Forty Years of Landscape Architecture." xv, 131 pp. 8vo. Dark brown dust jacket with light scuffing overall, small 1/2" closed tear at upper left corner of front panel, now in mylar cover. Green cloth covered boards with gold embossed titling to spine, cloth and embossing as sharp as the day it was printed. Interior very clean with previous owner's name in ink on half-title page.

Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. vi, 321 pp. 4to. Dust jacket has an "XV" written in faint ink at the foot of the spine, otherwise clean, sharp, and in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with gold embossed titling. Clean within.

Stockholm, WI: Midnight Paper Sales, 2005. Limited Edition. Broadside. Fine. Produced in an edition of 200 copies, this being #43 signed by both Gregory Orr and Gaylord Schanilec. Broadside measures 11" x 15". Engraving by Gaylord Schanliec of the right side of Walt Whitman's face with a beautiful blue eye staring out at you. Gregory Orr's poem is printed to the right Whitman, printing and production by Schanilec's Midnight Paper Sales on behalf of the Virginia Quarterly Review for the 150th anniversary of the publication of "Leaves of Grass.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Despite being an ex-library, an important early book on the history of and travel in the Canadian Rockies. xii, 466 pp. 8vo. Ex-library with green cloth library binding with gold embossed titling to spine, call number written in white ink at base, library stampings and "Withdrawn" stamps within.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. xii, 466 pp. 8vo. Green cloth library binding with gold embossed titling to spine and green, white, and gold illustration of the Canadian Rockies embossed on the cover. Spine titling has faded. General wear and scuffing overall. Guttter on front pastedown beginning to split but tight to text block, same with rear. Clean within.

Crown Ring Press, 2006. Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. Owen, Sara G. H.. Printed at the University of Alabama by writer and illusrtator, Sara G.H. Owen. Signed by her on the colophon. Unpag. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with pamphlet stitched binding, terracotta paper wraps. Large, folding four-color illustration at center. Card of printer laid in.