Search Results: Authors starting with O from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1978. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at title page. Near fine, just a hint of sunning along top edge, in a Fine dust jacket, ink line through price at bottom of front flap. A lovely gift quality copy. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Albodocani Press, 1980. # 200 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fine in Fine French Wrappers. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. French Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

New York: Vanguard Press, 1963. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at title page. Fine in a very Near Fine dust jacket, 2 small holes fore edge of front flap at fold. small paper loss at ends of same fold. Her first book, uncommon in lovely condition. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Dolphin/Doubleday, 1987. #191 of 250 copies specially bound and boxed and SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Fine in Fine slipcase. Photographs by Joe Ranard. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1969. First US Edition, First Printing of the author's 6th book, the 1970 National Book Award winner. Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket, 1/2" closed tear bottom edge rear panel, bump with small hole an inch up along rear spine fold, light rubbing at edges. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Times Books, a Division of Random House, Inc., 1995. First Printing, with Random House number row 2-9 and First Edition stated. Fine in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, 1" closed tear with tiny chip at bottom edge front spine fold. President Barack Obama's SCARCE first book published two years before the start of his political career. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: International Committee of the YMCA, 1920. Great Art Deco cover by Lawrence Harry. Very Good Plus, front wrapper vertically creased and a small amount of edgewear. A 63 page magazine in printed stapled wrappers, with great ads and articles. Copies of this magazine are quite scarce, and collectible copies are rare. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Austin, Texas: The Steck Company, 1948. Fine in Very Good Plus dust jacket, prior owner name in ink front pastedown under front flap, light rubbing and a few small chips at edges of dust jacket. 304 pages, profusely illustrated with black and white photographs. SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1964. Near Fine, faint toning front end page, bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar. M. Slotkin front paste down, mostly hidden by priced front flap, in Very Good dust jacket, light wear bottom edge of spine, stain along bottom edge of rear panel, slightly extending onto final blank end page. Bust of James Joyce on dust jacket by Desmond Mac Namara, jacket design by Jack Stoddart. The last of his novels published during his lifetime, O'Brien died in 1966. "The Dalkey Archive" was adapted as a play by Hugh Leonard, "When the Saints Go Cycling In", performed in 1965. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Walker & Co, 1966. The SCARCE Walker edition of O'Brien's 1939 classic, best distinguished for its dust jacket front cover quotes by James Joyce and Dylan Thomas, who says ;;;"Establishes Mr. O'Brien in the forefront of contemporary writing. This is just the book to give to your sister if she's a loud, dirty, boozy girl". One of Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005, and also included in a list, published by The Guardian, of the 100 best English-language novels of all time. Very Good, a few small spots to covers, pages uniformly browning, in Very Good dust jacket, light soiling. . First Edition Thus. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The John C. Winston Co., 1937. Near Fine,tiny rub to cloth top corner, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light rubbing at the extremities. Great illustrations in color and black and white by Kurt Wiese. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Kurt Wiese. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1951. Near Fine, tiny corner bump, in a Very Good Plus dust wrapper, small chips at spine ends and light rubbing at folds. The author's 1st book. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Atehns, GA: The University of Georgia Press , 1985. The publisher's promotional poster for the first three years of this prestigious award, with eight titles dating 1983-85 listed. Featuring a wonderful Michael McCurdy wood engraving titled "Flannery O'Connor at Andalusia". Fine, as issued, 16 w" x 25 h". Printed for and distributed at the 1985 ABA trade show. This poster is well suited for framing, and will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Fine. 16" x 25".

New York: Random House, 1940. First Prinitng stated. Near Fine, slight spine lean, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips top edge front panel and spine tips, 1" closed tear bottom edge rear flap, spine faded yet still legible. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Hurst & Blackett, Publishers , 1864. Two volumes finely bound in contemporary half polished calf over marbled boards, the backs with intricate gilt tooled decorations and red and brown morocco labels, end papers and edges marbled. Very Good, light rubbing to calf at edges and corners. . First Edition. Half Polished Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995. Near Fine, two tiny spots of soiling to the edges of page block, contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. 968 pp. . Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Office, 1851. Very Good in original blue marbled boards with blue leather spine, rear hinge starting, a few pages small corner creases, endpages browned. Profusely illustrated , with some full-page illustrations and one fold-out illustration. A magazine noted for its political satire, featuring many of the top writers and cartoonists of the period. . First Edition. Marbled Boards. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

San Francisco: City Lights Book, 1964. Pocket Poets Number Nineteen.. Near Fine, tiny rubs at spine edges. Printed at Press of Villiers Publications, London, England.. A gorgeous copy, the book appears unread. Considered to be one his freshest and most accomplished collections. New York School. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 4 7/8" x 6 1/4 ".

New York: Random House, 1956. Scarce pre-publication issue of this short novel, his 1st book after winning the National Book Award in 1955. Stamped on front endpage "Franz J. Horch, Author's Representative, 325 East 57th St. New York 22 , NY" . Binding is fragile, as would be expected, since this wasn't meant to last when printed. Dustjacket is sun-toned on back panel and has wear at spine tips and a 1" tear along spine. A wonderful and scarce addition to any O'Hara collection. . First Printing. Plain White Wrappers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Salesman's Dummy.

Iceland: The Sigurjon Olafsson Foundation, 1985. Published on the occasion of an exhibition in the ASI Museum June 8-30, 1985. Printed in Icelandic, with Danish and English translations. Unpaginated, approximately 250 pages with roughly that many or more photographs of the sculptor and his works. SCARCE. Near Fine, gift inscription front endpage and vertical crease front endpage. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.