Search Results: Titles starting with O from Armadillo Alley Books

New York: Creative Age Press, 1950. American 1st/1st. VG/G. First Edition. First printing with the year of publication (1950) on title page and copyright page and no other printings listed. The book is Very Good. Tight and square with solid hinges. Front top tips mildly bumped, else boards are clean and unmarred. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Pages lightly tanned. Dust jacket is unclipped ($4.00) and Good with chipping to extremities and shelf wear (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
A collection of essays and two plays that affords a lively array of topics. From a revision of Lars Porsena which deals with swearing and improper language, to the English Symbols of Col. Blimp and Tommy Atkins, to incest and travel, how mad are hatters, avocado pears, barge life on the Thames, on to charity appeals, feminine endings, tolerance, humor, etc., etc., these pieces, in their concern for derivations, historical backgrounds,… Read More

London: Arcturus, 2019. New. Deluxe slipcase edition. Collector's Edition. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards with foil-stamped lettering. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white illustrations throughout. The slipcase has light creases to the top front edge and a faint crinkle to the top back corner. 384 pages. 7 1/2" X 9 1/2" tall.
The Odyssey is the most enduring classic of western civilization, telling the story of Ulysses and his eventful voyage home after the Trojan War. This beautiful slipcase edition features Alexander Pope's classic 1726 translation which perfectly captures the lyricism of this epic poem. Featured alongside the text are wonderful illustrations derived from John Flaxman's neoclassical designs, as well as expert Dr. Emma Woolerton's useful commentary.

London: The Folio Society, 1992. Near Fine. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and bindings, and clean boards. Light rubbing to corners. The textblock has a faint small indentation on the half-title, else clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings, and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Frontispiece plus full-color plates by Sarah Raphael. The dark blue card slipcase is near fine with light wear. 174 pages. 7½ " X 11" tall. This book contains six very different writings by Frederic Raphael."Oedipus and Jocasta" — a one-page poem; "Of Gods and Men: A Film" — a tale of greed, corruption, torture, infanticide, cannibalism, and almost every other sin conceived; "Narcissus and Echo" — a nine-page poem that retells the myth; "The Story of Daedalus" — a 30-page story of Daedalus now set in the 20th century; "The Labors of Herakles" — starts with a scene of Herakles killing family followed by a 20-page poem describing the labors forced upon Herakles in penance for his sins; and… Read More

New York: Random House, 2021. SIGNED. F/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Elizabeth Strout on the title page. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($27.00) with a faint indentation to the lower front panel and a light crease to the bottom of the front flap, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 240 pages. 5¾ x 8½". Includes a Signed First Edition Club recommendation by Ann Patchett laid in.Lucy Barton is a writer, but her ex-husband, William, remains a hard man to read. William, she confesses, has always been a mystery to me. Another mystery is why the two have remained connected after all these years. They just are.A novel that examines the quiet forces that hold us together — even after we've grown apart.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. 1st/1st. VG/VG. First edition, stated First Printing. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners, and clean boards. Red top-stain faded. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Pencil erasure on first free end-paper. Dust jacket is unclipped ($4.95) with mild soiling. Protected in a Brodart cover. Introduction by Robert Brustein. Director's Note by Jonathan Miller. Illustrated with three b&w photographs of the production. In the three plays in "The Old Glory" -- "Endecott and the Red Cross," "My Kinsman, Major Molineux," and "Benito Cereno" -- the most powerful figure in postwar American poetry confronts the most haunting American fiction writers of the nineteenth century. The result is a mythical, nightmare history of three centuries in America. In "Endecott and the Red Cross," Hawthorne's Puritan governor, horrified by his colony's high living, declares, "Everything in America will be… Read More

New York: Random House, 2019. SIGNED. Purchased New. F/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending in 1. Signed by Elizabeth Strout on the title page. The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($27.00) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 289 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall.
Similar to Olive Kitteridge, Olive, Again is the amalgamation of 13 short stories that are interrelated. Olive, now in her seventies, struggles to understand not only herself and her own life but also the lives of those around her in the town of Crosby, Maine. Whether with a teenager coming to terms with the loss of her father, a young woman about to give birth during an inopportune moment, a nurse who confesses a secret high school crush, or a lawyer who struggles with an inheritance she does not want to accept, Olive… Read More

New York: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, 2021. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/NF. Stated First Avid Reader hardcover edition. First printing with number line starting with 1. Signed by Susan Orlean on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light creases to spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrated endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped ($28.00) with faint crease to spine head, else Fine (see photos). Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 227 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall.
Since the age of six, when she wrote and illustrated a book called "Herbert the Near-Sighted Pigeon," Susan Orlean has been drawn to stories about how we live with animals, and how they take to us. Now, in "On Animals," she examines animal-human relationships through the compelling tales she has written over the course of her celebrated career in a… Read More

New York: Balzer + Bray, 2019. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed by Angie Thomas on the publisher's bound-in page. Unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($18.99 on back panel) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. The highly anticipated second novel from Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give, returns to the world of Garden Heights in a story about an aspiring teen rapper and what happens when you get everything you thought you wanted.

London: The Folio Society, 2011. Near Fine. Translated by Gilbert Gardiner. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and clean boards. Faint wear to corners. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and 7 color illustrations by Lauren Nassef. Introduction by Hisham Matar. No dust jacket, as issued. The gold cardboard slipcase is very good with light wear and a few scuffs. 172 pages. 7½ x 11½" tall. First published in 1860.On the eve of the Crimean War, the young, headstrong Yelena, the daughter of aristocratic Russian parents, falls in love with a revolutionary from Bulgaria named Insarov. Facing the wrath and disapproval of her family, Yelena abandons her home to follow Insarov to Bulgaria. Their fateful match sets in motion a series of tragic events which challenge notions of love, revolution and idealism.A highly controversial work upon its original publication, Ivan Turgenev's On… Read More

New York: Harper Muse, 2021. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/F. First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Patti Callahan on the publisher's bound-in page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Faint crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.99 on the back panel) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 293 pages. 5½ x 9" tall.
When college student Megs approaches author C. S. Lewis with her younger brother's request to find out if Narnia is real, Lewis instead takes her on a magical journey through the moments in his life that led to his greatest creation.

New York: HarperTeen / Imprint of HarperCollins, 2017. Special Issued-SIGNED EDITION. 1st/1st. Like New. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete number line ending in 1. Signed by Kendare Blake on publisher's bound-in page. Book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($18.99 on back panel) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. One of two different variants of issued-signed editions. Author of the bestselling 'Three Dark Crowns'.
The battle for the crown has begun, but which of the three sisters will prevail?
In One Dark Throne, the enthralling sequel to Kendare Blake's The New York Times-bestselling Three Dark Crowns, Fennbirn's deadliest queens must face the one thing standing in their way of the crown: each other.

New York: Little, Brown & Co, 2006. VG/NF. Stated First American Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed on the title page and dated 23-10-06. The book is tight with good tips. Creases to spine ends, light shelf wear to boards, and faint wear to top fore-edges. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.99) with light crinkles to the spine ends. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 418 pages. 6½ x 9½" tall.
In One Good Turn, a sequel to Atkinson's first thriller, Case Histories, a jostling cast of strangers, each scarred by his or her past, is brought together by an Edinburgh road-rage incident that sets off a wave of murders. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander – until he becomes a murder suspect.

NY: Minotaur/St Martin's Press, 2016. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete number line ending in 1. Signed by Andrew Gross on publisher's bound-in page. Unread book is tight and square with sharp tips and clean boards. Faint wrinkle to spine head. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($26.99) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.
1944. Physics professor Alfred Mendl is separated from his family and sent to the men's camp, where all of his belongings are tossed on a roaring fire. His books, his papers, his life's work. The Nazis have no idea what they have just destroyed. And without that physical record, Alfred is one of only two people in the world with his particular knowledge. Knowledge that could start a war, or end it.

NY: Crown Publishers, 1984. 1st/1st. NF/NF. Stated First Edition with complete number line ending in 1. The unread book is tight and square with good corners and clean unmarred boards. Very mild soiling to top fore-edges. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or marks and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Pages lightly tanned. The dust jacket is unclipped ($14.95) with mild rubbing and light corner wear. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover.
Debut novel of William J. Caunitz, who was a New York City Police Department officer who used his own experiences to create his stories.
A nude corpse in a bathtub. Name: Sara Eisinger. Occupation: travel agent.
For Detective Lt. Dan Malone of New York's Fifth Precinct, it's all in a day's work. Until a little gold key in Sara's possession leads him to an after-hours sex club. Until two phone numbers in her address book connect to the CIA. Until he's neck-deep in a mystery involving the Israel Mossad, Muslim extremists, the U.S. Army, and the NYPD.… Read More

New York: Ecco/HarperCollins, 2017. SIGNED. 1st/1st. NF/NF. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed by Olaf Olafsson on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and sharp tips. Mild crease to spine head, else boards are clean and unmarred. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped ($25.99) with faint crinkle to spine head, else Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
From the critically acclaimed Olaf Olafsson, an intimate yet sweeping story of a New York neurologist and the three women who change his life: an overlooked pianist who finally receives fraught success after decades of disappointment, an elusive dancer whose untimely death her fiancé is desperate to untangle, and a mysterious patient who is comatose after a violent accident. Magnus, a New York neurologist—son to one, lover to another, and doctor to a third—is the thread that… Read More

New York: Random House, 1969. 1st/1st. VG/VG. Stated First Printing. Carefully read book, tightly bound and square with good corners. Faint fading in places, else brown boards are clean and unmarred. Top-stain is fine. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or marks and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Pages lightly tanned. Dust jacket is unclipped ($6.95). Mild rubbing, shelf wear at corners, spine ends and upper back. Small crease to upper front flap. Protected in a Brodart cover. 8vo - over 7 3/4 " - 9 3/4 " tall. Author's first novel. A novel of the Army before Vietnam and during the Vietnam War.
Crumley's disturbing Vietnam novel. In '62, Sergeant Krummel assumes command of a crew of rebellious, drunken enlistees. Surviving military absurdities only to be shipped to Vietnam, Krummel's band confront their worst fears while losing faith in America. See my other listings for more great items!

London: Gollancz, 1997. SIGNED. Like New. 1st/1st. The book is Fine. First edition, first printing with number line including 1. SIGNED by Watson on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, good corners and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with No writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped (£16.99) and Fine. Protected in a Brodart Mylar cover. Watson, author of 50 books, received screen credit for the screen story of A.I. Artificial Intelligence, directed by Steven Spielberg.
Tom Ryan begins his adventures by discovering a time-traveling Roman centurion marching along on a rainy night in modern Britain. The plot thickens when, after giving shelter to the Roman refugee, Tom and his sister, Mary, discover that the time-traveling is the result of a secret project called Oracle. The intent of the government security people involved in Oracle is to review the past and the future to prevent "threats to national security."

New York: Avon Books, 1998. SIGNED. Purchased New. VG/NF. 1st/1st. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending with 1. Signed by Bill Fitzhugh on the title page. The unread small book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding and good tips. Spine head pushed and creased. Boards are clean and unmarred. The textblock has indentations to the middle of the top on pages 189-221, else clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($20.00) with a light crease to the spine head, else fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 368 pages. 5¼ x 8" tall.
Paul Symon is an environmentalist who's out to make the world a better place, but he faces too much disjointed information, public apathy, and self-serving talk. Not to mention greedy despoiler Jerry Landis, a venture capitalist dying of a rare disease that accelerates the aging process. Landis cares only about making more money and finding a way to arrest his… Read More

New York: Liveright Publishing, 2017. SIGNED. 1st/1st. Purchased New. F/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with complete 10 number line starting with 1. Signed by Edward O. Wilson on the title page. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light creases to spine ends. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Black and white matte illustrations. The dust jacket is unclipped ($24.95) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 243 pages with index. 5¾ x 8½" tall.
An eloquent exploration of creativity, The Origins of Creativity grapples with the question of how this uniquely human expression―so central to our identity as individuals and, collectively, as a species―came about and how it has manifested itself throughout the history of our species.

New York: Scholastic Press, 2018. SIGNED. 1st/1st. New. Stated First Edition, first printing with complete 10 number line ending with 1. Signed by Eliot Schrefer with a smiley face on the title page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges, sharp tips, and clean unmarred boards. Textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate or markings and not BCE, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is unclipped (price on back panel) and Fine. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover.
The last entry in the Ape Quartet(Endangered, Threatened, Rescued) chronicles an imagined early encounter between a human child and a gorilla family.