Search Results: Authors starting with O from Lux Mentis, Booksellers

New York: Siamese Banana Press, 1970. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good+. First Edition. Staplebound. Includes poem for Tom Veitch and illustrations by Johnny Stanton. Overall, very good condition with little foxing, staple-bound literary publication in original wrappers. Black and white illustrations and typed poetry. 9 unnumbered leaves.

France, 1820. Unique. Hardcover. Very Good+. Unique. Hardcover. Almost certainly a French military officer's field latrine...blending humor and function. It is possible it was created for a young man's Grand Tour, but much more likely of military origin. Late 1700s binding has been repurposed to create a folding thunderbox. All elements fit within the closed 'book' (except the thunderpot) so it could be shelved in the officers field office. The binding and use of pear wood strongly collaborate its origins...most likely for use during the Peninsula War. We find reference to two similar 'thunderbooks', one in a private collection in the EU and otherwise unknown detail and a later example (Edwardian) with major elements (seat) replaced. This is a remarkable example of a book concealing a much more utilitarian purpose. Light shelf/edge wear, rebacked (original leather laid down), professional stabilization, shelf later, else tight and bright. Full leather binding, gilt lettering and decorative elements,… Read More

New York: Macmillan/Collier, 1971. Collier Books Edition. Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. Collier Books Edition. Wraps. Ochs songs and guitar arrangements, with interviews, photos, poetry and commentary. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Toning and shelfwear around edges, moderate wear/creasing, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Color paper wrappers. 8vo, 94pp. illus (b/w).

Durham, ME: Self-published, 2019. Unique. Original Wraps. Fine. Unique. Original Wraps. Four related books of varying sizes. Young, emerging book artist's first work. Completed during a semester program at the Oxbow School in Napa, CA (a competative program accepting 20 students across the country per year), it shows remarkable sophistication in concept and execution. She made the paper pulpling tourism brochures, with pen and ink drawings. Expecting great things in the years to come...but one's first work is singular. "I made this piece in response to my own experiences growing up in rural Maine versus the experiences of my peers who view Maine as a holiday destination. To me, there was a clear difference between the coastline tourist areas (such as Bar Harbor and the neighboring Acadia National Park) and the smaller town that I grew up in. Although both experiences occurred not far from each other, I compared the authenticity of my own feelings for my home and the commodified experience of… Read More

[Privately printed], 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited and privately printed edition of one thousand copies for sale only to adult collectors of curiousa and students of psychology. Illustrated in color with bright color block mono printing. Scarce and out-of-print, limited edition novel for those engaged and otherwise interested in sadomasochistic fantasy and/or communities. Light water damage to cover, touch of foxing, boards minutely warped, else tight, bright and unmarred. Orange boards and navy blue binders tape. 8vo. 43pp, [6] leaves of plates. Illus. (mono-prints).

Vernon Hills, IL: Chanticleer Press, 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Green leather, gilt lettering and decorative, printed endpages, 70x79mm. 63pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 57 of 100.

Rio de Janiero, Brazil: Liberia Francisco Alves Editora S.A., 1977. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. First Edition. Original Wraps. Scholarly book on African - Brazilian religious cults in South America and México. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Minor wear to edges, bending, slightly cracked. 108pp.+glossary.

London: L.N. Fowler, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. Walter Gornold (March 20, 1864 — December 23, 1929), known until 1895 as Walter Richard Old, was an English astrologer and Theosophist. He was very active in the early Theosophical Society from 1887-1895 and became a member of H. P. Blavatsky's Inner Group in London. During his long career as an astrologer, he used the pen name Sepharial, and was called "the prince of English astrologers." Walter Gornold explored a wide range of occult teachings and practices, including tarot, numerology, graphology, dreams, symbols, crystal scrying, psychometry, phrenology, séances, and clairvoyance. He wrote about many of these subjects. He read Paul Christian (Jean-Baptiste Pitois) and Éliphas Lévi (Alphonse Louis Constant ). Kabbalah was a major influence. Pyramidology and British Israelism were especially attractive to Gornold. The measurements of the Egyptian pyramids corresponded to the English system of… Read More

Los Angeles, CA: AMMO Books, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. With photographs by Jenny Lens. Light shelfwear around edges, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Matte color pictorial boards, no DJ as issued. 4to. unpaged. Illus. (color, b/w plates).

Eßlingen and Munich: J.F. Schreiber, 1905. First Edition. Boards. Good. First Edition. Boards. Classic German winter fairytale authored in the style of Hans Christian Andersen. Bound in original pictorial boards with color illustrations. Disbound, spine damage, evidence of foxing, however, scarce early edition. 10 pages, on heavy stock boards.

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Fine DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture, J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ephemera related to a given book's subject. The presence of marginal notes or marks will be noted above and are absent if not so noted. Ownership signature at front pastedown, touch of duststaining at top of textblock, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Grey cloth boards, blue ink lettering, grey endpages, frontispiece. 8vo. 297pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Notes. Index.

Mexico City: Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Softcover. The ofrenda is a sacred offering to the dead and ancestors, but can also celebrates the history of Mexico, indigenous peoples, and the idiosyncrasy and syncretism culture of its inhabitants of Mexico. In this catalog, the Altar of the Dead exalts the roots of Mexicanness and highlights the origin of Mexican foundations as a nation. María de los Dolores Olmedo y Patiño Suarez (December 14, 1908 - July 26, 2002; Mexico City) was a Mexican businesswoman, philanthropist and musician, patron to painters Frida Kahlo and her husband Diego Rivera. Near fine. High color gloss wrappers, cardstock, large 8vo, 77p.+ illus. In Spanish.

1926. Hardcover. Good+ (Very Good+ textblock). No DJ. Hardcover. Orcutt was a book and type designer who work with/at the renowned Plimpton Press. A relatively well crafted tale, nicely illustrated, exploring the nuances of the book arts in nearly all its facets. Very nice reading copy. Very minor shelf/edge wear, ex libris (in library binding, spine marking, removed pocket, etc), else tight, bright and unmarred. Rebound in green cloth boards, white ink lettering, color frontispiece. 8vo. 316pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index.

Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co, 1926. Second Impression of the Trade Edition. Hardcover. Good+ (Very Good+ textblock). No DJ. Second Impression of the Trade Edition. Hardcover. Orcutt was a book and type designer who work with/at the renowned Plimpton Press. A relatively well crafted tale, nicely illustrated, exploring the nuances of the book arts in nearly all its facets. Sections include Baskerville, Gutenberg, illuminated manuscripts, Mark Twain, William Morris, etc. Minor shelf/edge wear, spine sunned, light wear at hinges, rebound in matching slipcase, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Halfbound, green leather spines and tips, floral printed paper boards, frontispiece; matching floral paper boards, leather foredge. 8vo. 316pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index.

Berlin, Germany: In der Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1831. First German Language edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First German Language edition. Hardcover. Translation to English~: Relief procedures for poisoned and asphyxial persons : accompanied with the means to detect the poisons, to recognize adulterated wines and to distinguish real death from apparent death. Translation of: Secours à donner aux personnes empoisonnées ou asphyxiées. Includes bibliographical references and index. Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787-1853), often called the "Father of Toxicology," was the first great Spanish 19th-century exponent of forensic medicine. Orfila worked to make chemical analysis a routine part of forensic medicine, and made studies of asphyxiation, the decomposition of bodies, and exhumation. He helped to develop tests for the presence of blood in a forensic context and is credited as one of the first people to use a microscope to assess blood and semen stains. He also worked to improve public… Read More

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1953. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good Dustjacket. First American Edition. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, ownership signature at ffep, gilt toned, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows moderate shelf/edge wear, spine sunned, several small chips and small, closed tears, else bright and clean. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969. First Editions/Early Reprints. Hardcover. Near Fine in Good+ to Very Good DJs. First Editions/Early Reprints. Hardcover. Vol. 1: An Age Like This 1920-1940. Vol. 2: My Country Right Or Left 1940-1943. Vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945. Vol. 4: In Front Of Your Nose 1945-1950. Overall, a handsome set. Minimal shelf/edge wear, V1 has museum sticker at ffep, discrete notation at the rear of one volume, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJs show light to moderate shelf/edge wear, some small chips, one moderate chip at the tail of V4, first two price clipped, last two shows $10 price, head of V1 reinforced with clear tape, spines of most sunned, else clean and bright. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispieces. 8vo. 574; 477; 435; 555pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Index(es). [V1-2 stated first editions; V3-4 both show "B.5.69".].

Durham, NC: Sacrum Press, 1987. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No DJ, as Issued. First Edition Thus/Limited Edition. Hardcover. A collection of essays on science/medical leaders and thier bibliophilic passions by none other than Osler, himself. Originally published as a private limited edition of 250 copies in 1959, this limited edition of 1000 copies was reprinted from one of those copies. The binding is also signficant, the blue boards a tribute to Osler's relationship with Oxford (where the essays were written) and the red cloth a tribute to McGill University (where the letters were sent). A very handsome copy. Tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, red cloth spine, blue paper boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo 67pp. Illus. (b/w plate).

London: Oxford Press, 1926. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Second Edition. Hardcover. Photogravure portraits throughout. This is the photographically produced re-issue of this 1908 classic containing essays on Beaumont, Fracastorius, Harvey, Holmes, Keats, Locke and others. (Osler Bibliography, #1360.) A very handsome copy in its rather uncommon DJ. Minor shelf wear, owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows touch of toning at spine several small, closed tears, light chipping (focused at head and heel), two moderate closed tears at hinge and front flap, else clean. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece, tissue guards. 334pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Philadelphia, PA: Blakiston Company, 1951. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No Dustjacket. Third Edition. Hardcover. "The Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company of Indianapolis, Indiana distributed some 150,000 copies of the third edition of Sir William Osler's Aequanimitas to graduating medical students between 1932 and 1953. Bibliophiles have considered these volumes identical. However, there were at least seven different printings in English and one in Spanish and one in Portuguese. The size of the book and type of paper changed over the years. The title page, spine information, and printing information also changed. A congratulatory letter from Eli Lilly and Company was placed in the front of each book. These letters have many differences. Thus, the volumes are not identical and the recognition of these differences opens a new field for research and collecting." Minor shelf/edge wear, gilt toned at spine, tipped in letter from Ely Lilly and ownership signature at the ffep, else tight, bright, and… Read More