Search Results: Titles starting with O from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original pale green cloth with the spine slightly faded. Original paper labels on the spine and front board. No edgewear. and clean and tight inside with no prior owner marks. From the library of a fine collector who stored his dust jackets separately. Hence, a fine dust jacket. now protected by a clear mylar sleeve. Cather returns to her Nebraska roots with her notable prose in plain language about ordinary people. The publisher printed the dust jackets with a $2.50 price. Then he decided to sell the book for $2. (depression era prices). So all first edition copies are price clipped, as is this one. .

New York: Taplinger, 1982. Book. Illus. by profuse illustrations of calligraphy from the Roman alphabet. Fine. Soft cover. First Paperback Ed.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A fine copy in the original pictorial soft cover, no edgewear, no prior owner marks, no staining or browning. Beautifully illustrated, fine calligraphy whether you are interested in the historical detail or not. .

Paris: Louis Janet, Libraire, 1823. Book. Very Good. 1/2 Leather. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Handsome brown leather spines with marbled boards on all three volumes, very slight edgewear. Fresh gilt bands and titles on the spines Hinges all solid. No stains or browning or foxing; insides are exceptionally clean and tight. There is a gift inscription from 1930 on the flyleaf of volume one. There is a stain on the outer edge of volume two for about 1/3 of the book, not affecting the print. A nice set , in French, of the great French writer. Pages 615, 580 and 672. Images available on request. .

pHILADELPHIA: The Sunday School Times, 1906. Book. Illus. by 11 full page photos. Very Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. riginal dark blue cloth, with only a hint of edge wear. Title worn off the unfaded spine, but almost entirely present on the front board. Fine, early Labrador stories by Grenfell. They are not religious as might be implied by the publisher. Several prior owners noted. No stains or browning, very clean and tight inside. .

Breakwater Books, 1983. Book. Illus. by 30 plus pages of photos and a two page arctic map. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition in English. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original dark blue cloth with a bright title in gilt, and no edge wear, no rubs. Dust jacket hA hint of wear along the top edge. Inside, as new. A fine study of the Inuit, and the economic and cultural pressures from outside the Arctic. By a prominent Danish journalist and activist. Pages 274 plus bibliography .

Stanford, Cal: Stanford University Press, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fine, unread copy with no edge wear and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket is also fine and is NOT price clipped. "A lively and colorful account of the Japanese countryside.".

New York & Edinburgh: Tudor Publishing Co, 1937. Book. Illus. by 79 Full Page Illustrations. Very Good. Cloth. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An excellent reference on engravers, mezzotints, aquatints, stipples and other types of early illustrations. Pages xii,281, index. Dark blue cloth, with a bit of edgewear. Inside it is tight, overall a very good copy..

Oslo: Johan Grundt Tanum Forlag, 1955. Book. Illus. by 100 Portraits (mostly photo). Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A collection of one page biographies of Norwegian men and women who made their mark. This was part of the burst of national pride just after WW Two, having resisted and lived through the Nazi occupation. Pages 208. Very good beige cloth with small red circles design and titles in brown on front and spine. Slight edgewear and soiling, protected in a clear, mylar dustjacket. Inside, impeccably clean and tight with no stains or browning or prior owner marks, on quality art paper..

Los Angeles: Knapp Press, 1988. Book. Illus. by Profuse Photos By Dan Budnik & 4 Others. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. With a forward by Harrison Salisbury, these are splendid , overhead photos of a China that is changing. Pages 288 with index. Very clean and tight with no prior owner marks. No hint in these photos of the massive pollution in China today. A large book which may require extra postage..

North Hinksey: C.Andrews ., 1994. Book. Illus. by excellent colour photography. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Oblong 8 Vo. Fine handbounnd brown cloth,with a tan calf spine label and fresh gilt title. Mint inside. Illustrated by profuse colour photos. pages 160. An unusual copy protected in a clear, mylar dust jacket. ..