Search Results: Authors starting with O from Lux Libri

Limerick, Ireland: Published by the college in 1998 for its 100th anniversary. 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by Sister Loreto, who joined the Sisters of Mercy in 1940 and was president of Mary Immaculate for two decades. x, 202 pp., appendices, index. 43 b&w Illustrations. 8vo clothbound hardcover. Near Fine in VG dust jacket. Minor edge wear to the jacket, short crease to the inner front flap. Clean and securely bound. Uncommon signed.

Washington: Library of Congress, 1974. Illustrated catalog of a 1974-75 exhibit on the role of children's books in early America. Includes primers, instructive and improving works; early rhymes and curiosities; later songs and verses; famous fiction firsts; and magazines. 24mo. Stiff printed wraps. Fine in the original protective envelope.

An offprint from The William and Mary Quarterly (Vol. XXXVII, January 1980.) Signed by the author for Rhode Island bookseller Samuel J. Hough. A provocative essay by a professor of African and Afro-American Studies at the State University College at Brockport, NY. Based on pamphlets of the period, he argues that white colonists under English rule believed their situation "bore a striking resemblance to that of the black slaves in their midst" -– and their outrage "stemmed from their conviction that only black people in America were deserving of servile status." Staple-bound 8vo. (3)-28 pp. VG with some browning/foxing of the cover page, creasing of the last page. Scarce. No copies shown by WorldCat.

NY: Simon & Schuster, (2011.) 5th printing. Signed and inscribed by the author. The story of Rin Tin Tin, the German shepherd who went from orphaned puppy to international movie star. 324 pp. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. Signed "To Lois" in black ink on the title page. VG overall. Slight edge wear to the jacket, one bumped lower corner, tips of a few page corners creased. Clean and unmarked otherwise with sound, tight binding. Appears to be unread. DJ protected by a clear archival cover.