Search Results: Titles starting with O from Grinning Cat Books

First Edition, First Printing. First printing of this important, oft-cited edition. Lacking the portrait front piece. From the collection of renowned children's literature collector, Justin G. Schiller. Corners bumped, moderate edgewear, spine sunned, somewhat rubbed, somewhat foxed. Prior owner's nameplate attached to front board. Overall, a very good copy of this rare work.

Special Limited Edition. First Edition thus. Fine in black leather, titles in gilt. Signed by David Weber. Limited 20th Century edition. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. [x], 387 + [1] pp. A fantastic collector's copy of this SciFy classic.

First Edition, Early State. Near fine in a very good dustjacket. Pictorial cover has slight wear to corners, spine caps, and edges, but otherwise just about fine internally; clean, bright. Dustjacket very good, with some creases and closed tears along the edges, and a small chip at the head of the spine. List of 10 Dr. Seuss titles on back cover chronologically listed from 'And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street' (first published 1937) to "Horton Hears a Who!" (first published in 1954), indicating this is a very early printing published prior to his next title ("If I Ran the Circus") which came out in 1956. 11.1 X 7.9 X 0.5 inches; 64 pp. Overall, a very good copy of this controversial Dr. Seuss title that was recently announced would no longer be published by his estate.

First Edition, First Printing. Very good in original brown cloth ruled in black and lettered in gilt on the spine. With a few black and white illustrations. Inscribed by Siemens on the half title, being one of the brothers of the Siemens engineering family. Very rare thus. Charles William Siemens (1823- ) received his education at the gymnasium of Lubeck, The Art School of Madgeburg, and The University of Gottingen. He became a Naturalized Subject of England in 1859. In 1851 Mr. Siemens introduced his Water-Meter. Between The Years 1856 And 1861, Siemens, in together with his brother, Frederick, Worked Out The Regenerative Gas Furnace. Siemens became quite interested in telegraph engineering, and established Siemens, Halske, And Co. in 1858. Octavo. xx; 111 pages. A very rare and wonderful copy of this early engineering work by this renowned pioneer in communications and engineering.

First Edition, First Printing. Rare. Tibetan exploration and travel near the Kansu [Gansu] border. Profusely illustrated throughout. An established primary resource for the country, its people and natural history. Arnold was a botanist, who took part in an expedition to explore thoroughly in the interests of horticulture and forestry the whole of Kansu-Tibet border from South to North. Very good plus in original blue cloth with gilt text on cover and spine; Vol. 2 very slightly cocked, but binding tight. Context bright and unmarred with occasional light foxing. Volume 1: 33 b/w. photos, 311pp., folding map. Volume 2: 29 b/w. photos, 328 pp., itinerary appendix, botanical index & general index. A wonderful copy of this important work.

Fine in original quarter-cloth and near fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing of Roth's 19th book. Signed by Roth on the title page. "One of Roth's grand inventions. [He is] a comic genius, a living master." (Harold Bloom, The New York Review of Books). Operation Shylock won the PEN/Faulkner Award for 1994.

First Edition in English, First Printing. Fully illustrated in color. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Small crease to corner of front free endpaper, otherwise fine in original pictorial paper-covered boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. Hardcover. Thin quarto. 9.5 x 12 in. Unpaginated. A lovely copy.

First Edition, First Printing. Fine in a fine dustjacket. Tan cloth covered boards and spine with shiny gilt and copper foil lettering on the spine and a shiny gilt design on the upper corner of the front board. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. Tall Octavo. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. An excellent copy of Welty's last novel.

The Orchid; The History of this Extraordinary Flower comes encased in a beautiful collector's box. Fine and complete. As new. Produced in association with The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, this wonderful book is enhanced with botanical illustrations by the great orchid artists, 40 of which have were selected as high quality prints. Presented in a beautiful collector's box, in fine condition. Captivating, beautiful, Incredibly diverse and often elusive, orchids can be found in nearly all environments, ranging from sea level to an elevation of almost 5,000 meters. Victorian plant hunters scoured the globe for new species to bring back for botanical gardens and private collectors; "orchidmania" among gardeners was born and persists to this day. Enhanced with notes and letters held in Kew's archives and illustrations by artists such as John Day and Sarah Drake, this is an exceptionally beautiful book on an extraordinary plant. Lauren Gardiner is Curator of the Cambridge University Herbarium and a member… Read More

Folio Society Deluxe Edition (Folio Society, London, 2007). Deluxe Limited Edition of only 3,750 copies, this being number 905. Quite scarce. Fine in a fine buckram-bound solander box; presents as new. Beautifully hand- and quarter-bound in red Nigerian goatskin leather, over hand-marbled boards, lettered gilt at the spine; top edge gilt. A truly fantastic edition of this Shakespeare masterpiece.

This beautiful and luxurious set is one of the highly sought after "Letterpress Editions" of Shakespeare's works, created with the highest quality materials, craftsmanship and attention to detail. Two volumes in a burgundy cloth clamshell box: Vol. One contains the play and Vol. Two , the commentary. Commentary bound in burgundy buckram. Edited by Michael Neill. Set in 16pt 'Monotype' Baskerville with Caslon Display, printed by letterpress on high-quality, mould-made paper; fore edge uncut. Heavy, may require extra postage. Large Quarto. 36cm by 28cm. pp 91; 249.

First Edition, First Printing. pp. Fine in original black cloth-backed boards and near fine pictorial dust jacket, with just the slightest scratch on the front cover. Signed by Carter as "J Carter" on the title page. An ever pertinent look at the social and political issues of America today. Octavo. 16.5 x 24 cm. x; 212 pp. A great copy.