Search Results: Titles starting with O from Paul Johnson Fine Books

Belmont, 1970. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition of this Edgar nominee in 1970. Very good plus with just a few rubbed spots and a tiny chip to the base of the spine.

1976: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First printing of Calloway's autobiography. Silver boards with black lettering to the spine - near fine.The price-clipped jacket has a few small rubbed spots else near fine. No previous ownership markings or writing. Interior clean.

Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1930. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. London, 1930. First edition. One of 900 copies, this being #283. Near fine book: bookplate on the front pastedown and a little offsetting toe th endpapers. Jacket has some fading to front panel. Still present nicely.

Knopf, 1966. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stated first edition. A nicely preserved copy - fine in a fine jacket and uncommon thus. Laid in is a publisher's photo of Maxwell at his desk. The photo's caption reads that the photo may be used in connection with the review or promotion of his book "Over by the River." It does not mention this book. Photo is approximately 7" by 5" and is protected in a cellophane envelope.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of this classic work, some acknowledging it as Hemingway's best. A near fine book in a near fine, price-intact jacket. Light blue cloth with silver titles and Hemingway's name blind stamped on the front panel. Slight loss to the silver in "Scribners" on the spine. Bookseller's small label on the rear pastedown. The jacket has benefited from some professional touchup to the extremities and presents as near fine with a stain to the top of the front panel. The jacket is bright and unfaded. No writing or previous owner markings. Interior clean. The flaps are printed in brown with no mention of the Nobel Prize. A very nice copy.

Grove Press, 1965. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York, 1965. Stated first printing. Near fine in about a near fine jacket, which is not price-clipped. Includes many of the ribald and erotic books published by The Olympia Press. Authors include Burroughs, Miller, Corso, Genet, Beckett, Donleavy and more.

New York: New American Library, 1966. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New York: New American Library, 1966. First printing of Gass' first book. Near fine in a near fine, unclipped jacket. Signed by him on the title page.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847. [i]-xv, [17]-389, blank, xvi -xxiii, 16 pp of ads. Sm 8vo. (71/2" by 4 3/4") Original blindstamped cloth, gilt sailing ship vignette on the front board, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece map inserted. First American edition. Volume leaning, some rubbing to the cloth, sunning to the spine, mild corner bumps, and wear to the top of the spine with slight loss of material - very good. With the armorial bookplate of Robertson Trowbridge; two early ownership signatures on the front blanks including that of Edward Dodd, likely the American Congressman (1855-1859). The American edition came out about a month after the British edition. Ref: BAL 13656

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957. Stated first printing. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, black top stain - near fine book. The jacket has minor wear (loss of material not more than 1/8") to the spine extremities - near fine. No writing, no fading or other defects.

Norton, 1999. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket and signed by Ms. Dove on the title page. No flaws.

Heinemann, 1957. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of this famous work by Shute, made into a movie of the same name. Light foxing to the second free endpaper, top and fore-edge, else near fine, in a bright, unfaded jacket. Price-clipped.

New York: Jonathan Cape, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition. Very good or better with toning to the bottom of the boards including the bottom 1/2" of the spine. The price-intact jacket is fine. No ownership markings. Interior clean.

The Viking Press/Compass Books, 1960. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Viking Press/Compass Books: New York, 1960. 4th printing of the Compass Books edition (C-47). Sm 8vo. 309 pp. Black wraps with white lettering and a colorful illustration on the front panel. Very god with light foxing to edges and rear panel. Corners slightly creased and upturned.

The Viking Critical Library, 1979. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The Viking Press: New York, 1979. Sm 8vo (about 8" by 5 3/4"). 605 pp. First edition of this edition with Commentary from nine critics, and sections authored buy John Clellon Holmes, John Tytell, Norman Podhoretz, and Kerouac himself discussing the Beat Generation. Also includes an introduction by the editor, a chronology, a bibliography, and "Topics for Discussion and Papers." Red cloth with gold lettering to the spine. Light soiling and faint staining to the text block. Jacket is fine but for a couple of creases to the rear flap.

Morrow, 1980. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1980. First American edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket. The mystery writer Dorothy B. Hughes' copy with her signature on the front endpaper.

New York: Viking, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: THe Viking Press, 1962. 8vo. 311 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering to the spine. First edition, first printing with the required points of issue. An ex- library book with few markings "Library Copy" stamped on the bottom edge (3/8" high); evidence of removal of a library pocket on the verso of the rear endpaper; small stain to the bottom of the front board. The jacket is price-intact, has some light edgewear and subbing (spine) and has a moderately faded spine. Very good minus in a very good minus jacket.

Viking, 1962. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The Viking Press: New York, 1962. 8vo. 311 pp. Green cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine. First edition, first state in a first issue jacket. Book: small tape ghost on the bottom of the front pastedown, and a small watermark to the top of the front panel by the spine, else fine. The price-intact jacket ($4.95) has benefited from professional restoration and presents as fine. A superior copy.

New York: Harper & Row, 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First printing with the complete number line on the last page. Very good or better book with toning to board edge in a fine, price-intact jacket. Inscribed on the title page: "For David...George Plimpton.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition. 8vo. 226 pp. Very good book with light foxing to the text block. Jacket is very good as well with moderate edgewear and soling/foxing to the rear panel.

Harper & Row, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Harper & Row: New York, 1968. First edition, first issue jacket with the exclamation point at the end of the first paragraph. Near fine book with some light spotting to the top edge. The jacket is price-clipped and has a little wear to the extremities, a couple of closed tears and a small scrape to the rear panel. No fading to the jacket's spine; the gilt lettering on spine is bright and unfaded; no inscriptions or writing or other defects. Although not perfect, a very good or better copy of the first issue.