Search Results: Titles starting with O from About Books, ABAC

Upperville, Virginia: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1989.. 4to. xxvi + 147 pp. Illustrated from beautifully reproduced plates from the books described, many in colour. Decorative endpapers. Olive cloth. Gilt vignette on top board. Gilt spine lettering on black title block. A fine copy in near fine du. stwrapper with light bruising to head of spine. Each book described is accompanied by an essay on the author and the book and a detailed bibliographical description..

SF: Chronicle Books, 1993.. 4to. 109 pp. Illus from colour photos. Pictorial wraps; french flaps. A near fine copy..

NY: Oxford, 1999.. 8vo. x + 405 pp. Photos and figures in text. Red cloth. A near fine copy..

London: Secker & Warburg (1979).. 8vo 373 pp. Illus from the works of women artists from the 15th century to the 20th. 32 plates in colour. Black cloth. Ghost of a sticker on front free endpaper, else very good in like dustwrapper..

Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999.. Sm. 4to. x+267 pp. Illus from drawings and photos. Pictorial card covers. A fine copy..

Toronto: University of Toronto Pr., 1995.. 8vo. xx+458pp. 24 pp of illus from photos. Grey cloth. Ink name, else near fine in like dustwrapper. Inscribed "To: Al from Carl & Fred"..

Edmonton: Hurtig, 1971. 2nd printing. Originally published in 1873.. 8vo. 396 pp. Illus. Fold out map at rear. Pictorial end papers. Blue cloth. About fine in like dustwrapper..

Victoria, B.C.: Banfield, 1927.. Lrg 8vo. 16 pp. Stapled wraps. A very good copy with light wear to exremities..

Toronto: University of Toronto, 1975. 8vo. xv+307 pp. Drawings. Green boards. Several rubber stamps at preliminary pages. A good used copy..

NY: Harper & Row, (1981). First US Edition.. 4to. 371 pp. Illus with 133 colour plates, 162 duotone plates, 42 linecuts and 7 maps. Pictorial endpapers. Turquoise coth. About fine in near fine dustwrapper, faintly rubbed with minor edgewear..

Paris: Librairie Alphonse Lemerre, n.d.. Cr. 8vo. Portrait frontis. 3/4 leather. Marble endpapers; top edge gilt. Spine lettering and decoration gilt. First signature split over hinge, binding firm. Corners rubbed. A nice copy..

Portland: Timber Pr., 2006.. Sm 8vo. vi+xvi+296 pp. Illus from drawings by Richard Shirley Smith. Blue boards. About fine in like dustwrapper. "a novel written in the form of chatty letters...".

NY: Norton, (1972).. 8vo. 258 pp. 8 pp of plates from photos; tables and charts. Green cloth. About fine in dustwrapper with light rubbing to top edge and a 1" tear to top of rear panel. An entomologist investigates animals and insects at his farm in Cape May Count. y, N.J..

London: Elek (1958). 8vo vii+145 pp. Blue boards. Ink name on front free endpaper, some fading to spine and borders, else a very good copy..

N.Y.: Scribner's, (1978). 1st edn.. Roy 8vo [x]+309 pp. Illus from photos and drawings. Grey cloth. Light rubbing and fading to corners and spine tips, ink inscription on ffep, else very good in like d/w..

SF: Chronicle, 2004.. Sm 4to. 120 pp. Illus throughout in colour. Decorated paper covers, french flaps. About fine..

UK: MIdas, 1980.. Sm 4to. 168 pp. Illus throughout from ephemera, photos, etc. Brown boards. Very good in like dustwrapper..

London: Constable, 1937.. 8vo. viii+360 pp. 24 illus in collotype with tissue guards. Blue cloth; spine lettering gilt. Spotting to top and foredge. A very good copy only..

Shrewsbury: Waterline, 1994.. Sm 4to. 175 pp. Illus from photos and diagrams. About fine in near fine dustwrapper a bit rubbed on rear panel..

Toronto: University of Toronto, 1991.. 8vo. xvi+334+34 pp of illus from drawings and photos. Card covers. Light soiling to foredge, else near fine..