Search Results: Authors starting with O from First Folio

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Mint, 1984. First edition. Limited edition SIGNED BY EDNA O'BRIEN. Fine. First edition. Limited edition SIGNED BY EDNA O'BRIEN. (xvi), 461p. Illustrated by Judy Pedersen. Bound in full sbrosn leather with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spine and covers ornately gilt.

London: Merivale Editions in association with the Rocket Press, n.d.. No. 201 of 500 copies numbered, titled and signed by the artist. Fine. No. 201 of 500 copies numbered, titled and signed by the artist. Original wood engravings printed from the original boxwood block. Printed by Jonathan Stepherson at the Rocket Press Sheet size 11 1/5" x 11 1/4". Image size 6 1/2" x 5". Each print laid in a paper folder by Merivale.

Kent: The Florin Press, 1988. No. 46 of 70 copies signed nu John O'Connor and Graham Williams. Fine. No. 46 of 70 copies signed nu John O'Connor and Graham Williams. Unpaged. (19p, including title and colophon). Illustrated with 11 wood engravings by John O'Connor, printed from the original blocks in various colors. Introduction by Graham Williams explaining the blocks. Bound in hand made paper from Bhutan by David Simaleavich of the Phoenix Bindery, Amsterdam. Spine title in black.

Whitington Press, 1991. Limited to 350 copies signed by John O'Connor. Limited to 350 copies signed by John O'Connor. Imperial 8vo.14p. Illustrated by O'Connor with eleven wood-engravings, 7 in 3 colors and 4 in 2 colors. Bound in printed paper-covered boards with a repeat pattern of a butterfly, paper spine label. "Although 350 copies were printed, a considerable number were lost because of technical problems in printing the three-colour engravings." *(Butcher, no. 111).

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, n.d.. Fine. 20p. Nicely printed on light gray paper and with two tipped-in portraits from photos. Bound in light gray boards with subject's name in gilt on upper cover. A memorial tribute. Presentation ticket laid in.

Chicago: Exposition Publications and Novelties, Inc, 1933. Slight wear, else fine. Oblong stapled pamphlet in color-printed wrappers. Unpaged. 32p. Pictures on rectos printed in full color, pictures on versos printed in black and white. Quite scarce in this condition.

Oxford: University Press. London: Henry Frowde, 1903. Fine. Miniature book (2 1/8" X 1 3/4", diamond 128mo.) 688p. Bound in brown flexible pebbled leather with gilt titles, a.e.g. Housed in hallmarked silver case with chain, the case in a diagonally stripped design. Quite a beautiful presentation.

Oxford: Oxford University Press (London: David Frowde), 1900. Rear cover silk damaged at fore edge, else bright and lovely. Elong. 48mo. xl, 416p. In an embroidered white silk binding, the designs formed from silk threads in gold, red and green with central crown and date 1900, surmounted by "E R", all around border of gold thread, a.e.g, with a tiny metal clasp set with enamel and green glass, gold foil endpapers.

London: Chatto & Windus, n.d.. Small adhesion spot to frontispiece, else fine in original dust jacket and worn original box. xvi, 164p. Illustrated by A. Brantingham Simpson with color plates. Bound in powder blue cloth , t.e.g., with titles in gilt on spine and upper cover, white decorative ruled borders and large central device in white surrounded by fancy gilt frame.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First edition. One-inch slpit to inner hinge paper, else fine in near fine dust jacket with very trifling edge wear. First edition. Square folio. Unpaged. Illustrated in full color. Light gray cloth with silver spine titles and silver design on upper cover.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. Limited to 2000 copies signed by Leonard Baskin, this no. 763. Fine in slipcase. Limited to 2000 copies signed by Leonard Baskin, this no. 763. Folio. xx, 153p. Illustrated by Leonard Baskin with 10 full-page plates. Introduction by Irma Jaffe. Title page in red and black. Printed and bound at the Steinhour Press in gray paper boards with paper labels. With an original lithograph in sanguine ink on Arches paper laid in. The lithograph is signed in the stone by Baskin. Prospectus laid in.

London: William Pickering, 1828. Pickering's Diamond Classics. Endpapers discolored from the binding, else fine. Pickering's Diamond Classics" Miniature book (4 3/8" x 2"). 192p. With DOUBLE FORE-EDGE paintings by Martin Frost depicting Roman scenes within geometric panels. Bound in full green morocco, a.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and simple panel ornaments, covers with multiple rules in blind, pink endpapers, dentelles. Welsh 3565.

Madison, NJ: Golden Hind Press for Paul B. Hoeber, NY, 1937. Very good+. Return address label inside front cover. Small 8vo. viii (ii), 41p. Bound in pattern paper boards with paper title label.

Paris: Lacombe, Libraire, Quai de Conti, 1768. Some worming in Vol. I, not affecting text, else contents quite clean. A few minor restorations to the leather, spine gilt moderately chipped, sound and presentable none-the-less. Two volumes. xii, 515p; (iv), 456p (iii). Bound in contemporary mottled calf with marbled endpapers, text block edges stained red, the spines with leather title labels gilt and gilt panel ornaments. With the bookplate and his small shelf number tag of he eminent bookseller Georges Heilbrun.

Detroit: Gale Research, 1974. Reprint of the 1917 edition. Fine.. Reprint of the 1917 edition. xv, 244p. Gilt-titled green cloth.

London: Rivington, Payne, Wilkie and Robinson, et. al, 1812. Corners rubbed, the cloth sides that were exposed are soiled, quite sound with attractive shelf appearance. Two volumes. 13p, (iii), 478p; (iv),466p. Frontispiece. Bound in quarter blue calf with cloth sides with marbled endpapers and text block edges, the spines with red and brown title labels gilt,, the volumes numbers on small oval onlays, the panels with gilt decorations of flowers, leaves and vines. Restoration plays.

London: J. Rodwell, 1832. First edition. Contents quite clean, binding very good with some minor rubbing to sides. Two bookplates. First edition. 8vo. xv, 208p. Bound in quarter calf with marbled sides and text block edges, the spine with gilt title on a red ground, the panels densely gilt. Howes O-157; Sabin 57946.