Search Results: Titles starting with O from Lippincott Books

NY: Pantheon, 2011. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 384pp. Signed on title page.

Austin: Encino Press, 1972. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Snyder, James R.. 151pp, b/w photos, preface, index. Publications of the Texas Folklore Society Number XXXVII.

Los Angeles: Twelvetrees Press, 1981. First Trade Edition . Paper Wraps. Very Good. Don Bachardy. 88 pp. OCTOBER reproduces Christopher Isherwood's journal and Don Bachardy's portrait drawings for the month of October, 1979. Their subjects include Joan Didion, David Hockney, Malcolm McDowell and Gore Vidal. Mr. Bachardy's drawings are in the permanent collections of England's National Portrait Gallery and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Isherwood was the author of the Berlin Stories, A Single Man, A Meeting By the River, etc.

London: J M Dent & Sons, 1959. Fourth Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. [xii], 52 pp. Maroon cloth, spine title gilt, tan endpapers. Price-intact dustjacket is tan with lettering in blue, red, and black. Book is clean & tight. Dustjacket has light soiling, a little edge wear. " A casual (but never random) collection of slant insights, bright instants, sudden intimations and sharp portents.

Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1977. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Near Fine. Folio. x, 427, [3] pp. Smithsonian Contributors to Anthropology, Number 23. With color frontispiece and 11 figures and 8 maps. Includes appendices and literature cited. 173 folktales, myths and legends recorded in Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico in 1960, 1963, 1968 and 1971. The Tzotzil texts are presented along side Laughlin's free English translations. Inscribed to Charles Bell and his wife on the ffep: "For Danny and Charles not your thing but its real! Bob." From the library of Charles Bell. Bell, a writer, poet and scholar, grew up in Greenville, Mississippi with Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land (1962), was praised by William Carlos Williams. His works include three volumes of poetry, two novels and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History." Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for… Read More

Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1977. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Near Fine. Folio. x, 427, [3] pp. Smithsonian Contributors to Anthropology, Number 25. With color frontispiece and 4 figures. Includes literature cited. Part 1 : Journals kept by two Tzotzil Mayans about visits to the USA in 1963 and 1967. Part 2: Ethnographic texts supplied by the Journal authors and others recreating Zinacantec dialog and activities. Inscribed to Charles Bell and his wife on the ffep: "For Danny and Charles hors d'oevres Bob." From the library of Charles Bell. Bell, a writer, poet and scholar, grew up in Greenville, Mississippi with Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land (1962), was praised by William Carlos Williams. His works include three volumes of poetry, two novels and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History." Sold as is: small closed tear on front cover. The text was printed with exceptionally wide margins on coated… Read More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978. First Edition, Signed . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 198 pp. " Poetic reflections on the beauty of America, on childhood and patriotism, family and government, by the perceptive and sensitive Congressman from Maine." Serving on the House Judiciary Committee in 1974, then Representative Cohen faced his party's disapproval to make a vote of conscience supporting impeachment of President Nixon. He later served as President Clinton's Secretary of Defense. These early poems give a hint of the man whose career earned him the increasingly unique title Statesman. Inscription reads "For Dora, with best wishes to a "good Democrat" and wonderful Mother on this special day Bill Cohen May, 14, 1978." Fine/Near Fine.

Washington, D. C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. First Edition . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. Folio. xii, 178, [2] pp. Smithsonian Contributors to Anthropology, Number 22. With frontispiece and 14 figures. Includes appendices and literature cited. 260 dream texts recorded in Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico primarily in 1963, and translated from the Tzotzil by the author. Inscribed to Charles Bell and his wife on the ffep: "For Danny and Charles who have shown me new wonders! Bob." From the library of Charles Bell. Bell, a writer, poet and scholar, grew up in Greenville, Mississippi with Walker Percy and Shelby Foote. His first novel, The Married Land,(1962) was praised by William Carlos Williams. His works include three volumes of poetry, two novels and an audio-visual opus, "Symbolic History." An old address for Laughlin written on front cover, and faint stain on front, else very good.

Lewiston (NY): DPA-LTA Enterprises, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Color photos, lists & tables

NY: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co., 1917. Limp Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1226pp, advertising, folding map. A wealth of old maps and travel guiding. Some rubbing to cover, a few page wrinkles & small tears, but clean & tight in binding.

2001. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Color photos, lists & tables.

Champlain (NY): DPA-LTA Enterprises, 1998. Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Color photos. Includes all short lines and largest museums of North America.

London: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1936. Hardcover. VG/Good. L. M. Dufty. Green cloth. 255 pp. "Edited by Lucie B Dufty," With illustrations by L. M. Dufty. A dog's "gay adventures get him into plenty of trouble." Slight slant to spine else VG+ Dust jacket has small piece out at top of spine, else GVG. The watercolor illustration of a perplexed Dash on the front panel bright and crisp.

Columbus, Ohio: Fred J. Heer, 1888. Hardcover. GVG. 1888-1899. Volumes I through VII as a set. Green cloth, spines gilt. Most volumes showing usual age and shelf wear; Vol. VII has cracked hinge, spine wear. GVG.

Eugene, Oregon: Pulphouse Publishing, 1989. First Edition. Limited/ Signed . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. George Barr. Author's Choice Monthly Issue 1. One of 25 Publisher's copies. 116 pp. Gray cloth, titles in silver. This copy is signed on the title page and includes the notation " PC" in the Statement of Limitation.

Lamoni, Iowa: Herald Publishing House, 1912. Hardcover. Very Good+. 310 pp. Probably a 2nd printing of the 1903 edition. These sermons were developed over 32 years as the author worked to make clear the differences between the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints and what Luff calls Utah Mormanism. Purple textured cloth with titles gilt on front and spine. Gift inscription on ffep. Hinges exceptionally tight. Would be near fine except for minor bumping of top corners and a few spots on back cover. VG+

Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1945. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. xii, 209 pp with index. Blue buckram, spine title gilt. One of 500 copies on laid paper. 10 plates, including frontispiece portrait of John Neptune. Eckstorm was a personal friend of the tribe, having worked with them with her fur trader father. John Neptune was the Governor and Hereditary Chief of the Penobscot Tribe as well as shaman to his people. Eckstorm, in this classic study, traces Neptune's life and his ancestors, discusses the history and politics of the Penobscot tribe and describes their spiritual beliefs. Near Fine, with publisher's prospectus laid in (with order slip clipped out) and original bill of sale ( for $5.50 postpaid ! ) from the Southworth-Anthoensen Press, dated October 8, 1945. The prospectus, also on rag paper, describes an edition of 600 copies (and "about 220 pages"). The book itself does not state the size of the edition; other sources indicate… Read More

Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore, 1985. Second Printing . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 172 b/w photo plates.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. 290 pp. Decorative green cloth, title gilt. Spine slightly sunned, light wear.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 404pp. One small closed tear at bottom edge of front jacket panel, else a very nice copy throughout. This has become a classic read for armchair train travellers.