Search Results: Authors starting with O from Dark Parks Books & Collectibles

New York:: Doubleday,, 1988.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, editor. Publishers cloth, title to spine, very minor shelf wear, tiny bit of bump to top spine, still about near fine. Illustrated dust jacket, tiny 1/8 inch tear at bottom front, still about near fine. In new protective mylar. Scarce book.

New York:: The Century Co.,, 1920 & 1921.. First editions.. Hardcover. Two separate volumes.. White Shadows in the South Seas = publishers illustrated cloth, boards rubbed, inside front hinge cracked, author inscription to first blank ÒTo Hildegarde Rudine(?) - the author wishes her romance made real. Frederick OÕBrienÓ, minor chip to top of last endpapers, no affect. Mystic Isles of the South Seas = Publishers illustrated boards, some rubbing, back hinge starting, minor shelf wear, old owners name to first blank. No jackets. Overall, very good working copies.

New York:: Time Magazine,, 2006.. Hardcover.. Publishers cloth minor shelf wear appears unread near fine. Near fine illustrated jacket. Priced to go.

London:: E[lizabeth] Hodgkinson & T. Hodgkin for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright & R. Chiswel,, 1677.. Scarce edition.. 12mo.. Williiam Dugard (1606-1662) ,ed. & Latin trans. A6[ A1blank], beta-zeta12, eta 6, b-G12, H12 [H12 blank] Early calf boards, rebacked, 19th c. armorial bookplate of George Bridgeman, old owner's inscriptions on front blank including Orlando & George Bridgeman (dated 1685, ancestors?). First endpaper and verso of last leaf with ink notes. Nice copy. First half of text is Greek, second half is Latin translation. Lucian (cA.D. 115-c200) rhetorician who earned his living by traveling and declaiming. At the age of forty he gave up that life and settled down to write his "dialogues". These satiric pieces were to be what he is most famous for. This volume contains the "Dialogues of the Dead", short dialogues held in the lower world with such characters as Pluto, Charon, Menippus, Diogenes, Alexander, and Achilles. Wing L3428a. ESTC r3026. Hoffmann II,540.

London:: W. & W. Ginger et al., 1802.. 8o.. 1/2 calf over marbled boards (chipped), old signature, some spotting, E9 (p.63-4) corner repair. NSTC M 1075.

[Christlichen= Basle?] Germany:: N.P., [1606.] c1890.. 8vo.. Late 19th c. 1/2 vellum over German marbled paper, title in ms. on spine, underlines in red pencil; stamp of "Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Institut fur deutsche Volkskunde." From the Adolf Spamer Collection. Maunuscript copy of a printed work in black ink in a clear German hand on fine paper. Witch and demon on t.p. The first major Offenburg witchcraft trial was that of Elsie Gwinner in 1601. Offenburg (modern Baden) was a town of some 2,000-3,000 inhabitants, rigidy Catholic and Jesuit directed (through its schools). It was ruled by a town council (Rath) of 22 members with 2 ex-officio priests. "Offenburg continued its witch hunts, for they were profitable to the judges, and the trials became even more lawless and brutal. The judges introduced the iron witch's chair, on which the victim was bound and roasted into confession. This new device quickly proved the wealthiest persons witches." [Robbins, Ency. of Witchcraft… Read More

New York:: Clarkson N. Potter,, 1988.. First edition.. Small hardcover.. Publishers white cloth about as new illustrated with a near fine jacket. Small book. Priced to go.

Chicago:: Lake Claremont,, 2004.. Softcover.. Publishers large soft cover very minor shelf wear still about near fine. Priced to go.

Durham:: Duke University,, 1963.. Hardcover.. Publishers brown cloth, title to spine, very minor shelf wear, some foxing to top and outer edge of text block, no affect to content, else an overall excellent copy. Illustrated dust jacket, inside flap price-clipped, else near fine. Overall a nice copy of a scarce biography. Priced to go.

London:: Richard Spencer,, 1850.. First edition. Rare.. Hardcover.. Original publishers blue cloth over boards decorative blind embossed slightly soiled. Gilt rules and Masonic symbols to spine with title. Overall a nice original cloth binding with hinges and endpapers intact and untouched. With Masonic frontispiece and original tissue guard. Very minor foxing only to free endpapers. Book overall is about near fine and in excellent condition. Our copy priced to go. A scarce first edition. Rev. George Oliver (1782-1867) English cleric, schoolmaster, topographer and writer on freemasonry. Oliver was also Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.A rare first edition containing a collection of lectures on Masonry. Includes material on Masonic science, poetry & philosophy of Masonry, doctrines, definitions of the Circle & Parallel lines, The Three Great Lights at the foot of the Masonic Ladder, the Cloudy Canopy, and more.

London:: W. Richardson,, 1792.. 14 x 18.5 cm.. Fine impression etching. Mounted at corners, minor crease to right top corner, no affect. Suitable for framing. Òthe famous Restoration rope dancer. From a scarce print in the collection of Sir John St. Aubyn. Copperplate engraving from RichardsonÕs Portraits Illustrating GrangerÕs Biographical History of England, 1792... Granger was an English clergyman, biographer, and pint collector.Ó [-Getty Museum].ÒThere was a symmetry and elegance, as well as strength and agility, in the person Jacob Hall, which was admired by the ladies, who regarded him as a due composition of Hercules and Adonis. The open-hearted Duchess of Cleveland was said to have been in love with rope-dancer...Ó [-Granger, vol.2]. BM: Ee, 5.151. Odonoghue 1908-25.

Birmingham:: Classics of Medicine Library,, 1978. [1892].. Hardcover.. Full black leather with decorative gilt to covers and spine all edges gilt and bound with bookmark ribbon. A fine copy. Facsimile copy of scarce 1892 edition. Priced to go.

London:: Henry Overton,, 1708?. First state. Very rare.. 20 x 25cm. Single leaf.. Dedication to Queen Anne. Trimmed close at borders, lower left corner repaired. Loosely mounted on larger plain leaf. Suitable for framing, or perhaps mating with the map. OCLC 775419275 locates only one copy.

8 x 10 inches.. Black and white photograph 8 x 10 inches. Promo for The X-Files. Signed in black felt ink by Chris Owens and inscribed Spender. Comes with mylar and backing board. Most suitable for framing. Chris Owens, Canadian actor best known for his role as Agent Spender on The X-Files TV show. Owens has been in numerous other TV shows and film.