Search Results: Authors starting with O from George S. MacManus Company

(MAINE). (GARLAND). OAK, Lyndon. History of Garland Maine. Dover, Me., 1912. Portrait. 401pp. Very good in orig. cloth.

2006. OAKE, William Royal. On the Skirmish Line Behind a Friendly Tree: The Civil War Memoirs of William Royal Oake, 26th Iowa Volunteers. Helena, MT: Farcounry Press, [2006]. 1st ed. 399 pp. Illus., portraits. Orig. cloth, d/j. Fine. A hitherto unpublished memoir written years after the events.

1848. OAKES, William. Scenery of the White Mountains: With Sixteen Plates, From the Drawings of Isaac Sprague. Boston: Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1848. 4 preliminary leaves, sixteen lithograph plates interleaved with corresponding leaves containing explanatory remarks. Folio. Original cloth, expertly rebacked, gilt title on front cover, a.e.g. Some scattered foxing on several plates, but most are quite clean. Overall a very good copy. HOWES O-1, "b". A series of handsome landscape views in New Hampshire and Maine made at Bufford's Lithographic establishment, viz: 1) "The White Mountains," 2) "Mount Crawford," 3) "The Notch of the White Mountains," 4) "The Lower Cascade of the Notch," 5) "The Gate of the Notch," 6) "The Falls of the Amonoosuck," 7) "The Granite Cliffs of the Falls" (two views on one plate), 8) "The Franconia Notch," 9) "Profile Mountain at Franconia," 10) "The Profile Rock," 11) "The Basin, in Lincoln, N.H.," 12) "The Flume, in Lincoln, N.H.," 13) "Nancy's Bridge," 14) "Mt.… Read More

1967. (MORLEY, Christopher). OAKLEY, Helen McK. Christopher Morley on Long Island. Original pictorial wrappers. Roslyn, NY: The Christopher Morley Knothole Association, 1967. First edition. Fine.

1976. (MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER) OAKLEY, Helen McK. Three Hours for Lunch: the life and Times of Christopher Morley. A Biography. Original gilt-pictorial cloth, non-priceclipped dust jacket. New York: Watermill Publishers, [1976]. First edition. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper: "`Bon Appetit to Ginny & Dave with love from Puppy a.k.a. Helen McK. Oakley, April 22, 1976." Tiny chip to foot of s/j spine panel, small scrape to rear panel, else very good or better.

(ADDAMS, JANE). OAKLEY, Violet. Cathedral of Compassion. Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams, 1860-1935. Phila., n.d. Limited edition, signed by the author.

(MORSE, SAMUEL). OAKLEY, Violet. Samuel F.B. Morse. A Dramatic Outline of the Life of the Father of Telegraphy.... Phila., [1939]. Orig. boards. Fine. Limited to 500 copies, signed.

1961. OATES, Stephen B. Confederate Cavalry West of the River. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, [1961]. 1st ed. xviii, 234 pp. Illus., maps. Orig. cloth. A near fine copy in d/j.

1977. OATES, Stephen B. With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Harper and Row, [1977]. 1st ed. xvii, 492pp. Portraits. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Library card holder has been affixed to front free end paper, else good.

1905. OATES, William C[alvin]. The War Between the Union and the Confederacy and Its Lost Opportunities with a History of the 15th Alabama Regiment and the Forty-Eight Battles in Which It Was Engaged. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1905. 1st ed. 8vo. 808 pp. Illus. Orig. pictorial cloth. All plates are present as called for. Spine is just a trifle toned, otherwise an exceptionally bright copy in near fine condition. HOWES O-2, "aa." In Taller Cotton 144. Nevins I, p. 139 This, like all copies, reads "fifth thousand" on title page. Robert Krick writes in his Neale Books, "One of the more interesting and important Confederate memoirs. Oates saw a substantial portion of the war and did not hesitate to report in an opinionated and detailed fashion. The portions of the book which stray from eyewitness reporting into secondary ramblings are less than reliable, but when Oates writes of what he saw himself, it is well worth reading. The Gettysburg segment is particularly significant. A marvelous… Read More

1895. OATES, William C. Speech of Governor William C. Oates of Alabama, Delivered at Chattanooga, Tenn., September 20th, 1895, on the Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga. Dedication of the National Park. Montgomery, AL: Roemer Printing Co., Printers and Binders, 1895. 1st ed. 18pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Light toning to wrappers, else fine. Dornbusch III, 3049. Oates had been a colonel in the Civil War serving at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and the Battle of the Wilderness. He served as governor of Alabama before being commissioned as brigadier general in the Spanish American War. .

1960. O'BALLANCE, Edgar. Sinai Campaign of 1956. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, [1960]. 1st American ed. 223pp. Frontis, maps. Orig. cloth, priceclipped d/j. Near fine.

1978. O'BALLANCE, Edgar. No Victor, No Vanquished: The Yom Kippur War. London: Presidio, [1978]. xiv, 370pp. Portraits, plates, maps. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Minor chipping to d/j, else very good.

OBERG, Kalervo. Indian Tribes of Northern Mao Grosso, Brazil. Washington, 1953. Illus., maps, 135pp. Very good in orig. printed wrapper.

OBERG, Kalervo. Indian Tribes of Northern Mao Grosso, Brazil. Washington, 1953. Illus., maps, 135pp. Very good in orig. printed wrapper.

(LOUISIANA). OBERHOLSER, Harry C. The Bird Life of Louisiana. New Orleans, 1938. Illus., some in color. 834pp. A fine copy bound in cloth.

1906. (PHILADELPHIA). OBERHOLTZER, Ellis P. The Literary History of Philadelphia. Phila., [1906]. xv,433pp. Illus. Limited to 1000 copies. Very good copy in orig. cloth.

(PHILADELPHIA). OBERHOLTZER, Ellis P. Philadelphia: A History of the City and Its People. A Record of 225 Years. Phila., n.d. 4tos. Four vols. Illus. maps. Orig. half morocco and marbled boards, rebacked in matching cloth, with gilt decorated spines, t.e.g. A very good set. The most difficult of the standard city histories to obtain.

1907. OBERHOLTZER, Ellis P. Jay Cooke Financier of the Civil War. 2 vols. Phila., (1907). Illus. xi, 658 & vi, 590pp. A very good set in orig. cloth.

(COOKE, JAY). OBERHOLTZER, Ellis P. Jay Cooke: Financier of the Civil War. Phila., [1907]. 1st ed. Two vols. Illus. A mint set in orig. cloth, d/js, t.e.g. An important work on Cooke in unbeatable condition.