Authors starting with O from John Lord's Books

[ Toronto ].: [Padraig O Broin]., 1961. pp: [ii], 9, [1, blank]. Bound in brown kraft paper, stapled. Crease to front cover. Title page is a carbon copy, the text itself is original typescript ( as in you can feel the indentations on the reverse ). The authors name has been lined through and he has signed beneath. To the inside of the front cover the author has penned a three line greeting in Erse, signed it 'Padraig' and dated it February ( in Erse) 8/61. I do not know if this was one of a small p... more information

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[Toronto]: [Padraig O Broin]., 1955. Eight pages, unnumbered. Contains five poems, dating from 1948 to 1955. An original typescript ( it is just possible to make out the indentations from the periods.). Title page bears the legend to the lower corner : Ag Taigh Mhic Aoidh, Mean Fomhair 1955.. Plain Brown Wrapper, Tied.. Fine. 8vo. Privately Printed. Poetry.. ... more information

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Toronto: Clo Chluain Tairbh., 1962. pp: [xiv], 143. Small inscription in Erse, signed Padraig to front free endpaper. O Broin is the pseudonym of J. Patrick Byrne. Born in Cluain Tairbh, Eire, he has lived in Toronto for a number of years.. Signed and Inscribed By Author.. First Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Poetry, Signed.. ... more information

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New York: D. Appleton - Century Co., 1947. pp: xiv, 278. Illustrated throughout with drawings by Oakley. Map endpapers. Index. A little foxing to the edges of the text block. Spine of dust jacket a little toned.The record of an extended tour through Quebec taken by the Oakleys in the mid-forties. I suspect that the "up-to-the-minute details on roads and inns" may be just a tad dated.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine/Price Clipped. Illus. by Thornton Oakley.. 8vo. Canada, Quebec, Travel, ... more information

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London: Blackie & Son., 1948. pp: x, 349. Illustrated with b&w plates and numerous drawings, maps. Index. Text is clean and tight. Binding has virtually no wear but the spine is badly sunned. An excellent history of Scotland's second city.. Sixth Printing.. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Scotland, Glasgow, History, Local History.. ... more information

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London: British Museum ( Natural History )., 1952. pp: viii, 92. Colour frontispiece, four maps in colour, twelve b&w plates, several text figures.Bibliography, index. Cover lacks quarter-inch to head and half-inch to tail of spine; light wear to edges; accidental dog-earing to bottom corners of last half-dozen leaves.. Second Edition, Second Printing.. Printed Wrappers. Good. 8vo. Geology, Palaeontology.. ... more information

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Toronto:: McClelland and Stewart.. pp: 287. No date ( 1977). Front endpapers statistics; rear endpapers autographs. Illustrated throughout in b&w and colour. Wear to edge of rear flap-fold of dust jacket; tiny nick to head of spine. A pictorial history of the Leafs. Stories and stastics of the first 400 players who wore the blue and white. Notes on the coaches, team executives and The Gardens.. ISBN: 0771090641. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tall 4to.. SPORTS, ICE HOCKEY, TORONTO, MAPLE LEAFS.. ... more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1979. pp: 176. Fully illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. Dust jacket has small nicks to the top of both joints; one inch closed tear to top edge of rear panel with crease. A line-up of the 1979 - 80 season for the Leafs with profiles of the team and statistics.. ISBN: 0771068409. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Tall 4to.. Canada, Toronto, Sports, Hockey, Leafs.. ... more information

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New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1995. pp: 313. Double-page map. Full wrap-around cover art by Geoff Hunt. Originally published by Rupert Hart - Davis, UK, in 1959.. ISBN: 0393038599. First U. S. Edition. Third Printing.. Cloth- Backed Boards.. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Fiction, Naval, Royal Navy, Nelsonian.. ... more information

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New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1998. pp: [ VI ], 281. One drawing showing sail arrangement for a square-rigged ship. Half-inch of dye transfer to foot of spine of dust jacket. Full wrap-around cover art by Geoff Hunt. Originally published by HarperCollins, UK, in 1998.. ISBN: 0393046745. First U. S. Edition.. Cloth- Backed Boards.. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Fiction, Naval, Royal Navy, Nelsonian.. ... more information

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London: HarperCollins., 1997. pp:[VI] 262. Cover art by Geoff Hunt. The eighteenth Aubrey/ Maturin novel. . ISBN: 0002255618. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Fiction, Napoleonic, Naval, Jack Aubrey, Maturin.. ... more information

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Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 1971. pp: xii, 161. Twelve pages of b&w photographs. Records. Some wear to the extremeties of the dust jacket with a half-inch tear to top of front panel ; quarter-inch tear to bottom of rear panel; and a couple of very small nicks to head and tail of spine. History of the Canadiens.. ISBN: 0070929509. Second Printing. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Sports, Hockey, Canadiens.. ... more information

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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1969. pp: 240. Frontispiece plus twenty-four pages of colour photographs. Antique map endpapers. A collection of essays by well known Irish writers that present a self-portrait of Ireland and the Irish people. Originally published by Andre Deutsch, UK, in 1969.. First U.S. Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Fine/Near Fine/Price Clipped. 8vo. Ireland, Travel, History.. ... more information

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965. pp: 220. Bound in black cloth, titled in silver to the spine and with butterflies blind stamped to the top board. Fore-edge untrimmed. One-inch tear to top edge of front panel of dust jacket plus several smaller ones to the edges of both panels, all repaired with tape to the verso. O'Brien's fourth book.. First U. S. Edition.. Cloth. Fine/Good, Price Clipped. 8vo. Fiction.. ... more information

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London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1988. pp: [viii], 180. Very slight toning to edges.. ISBN: 0297794930. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Fiction.. ... more information

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Lincoln,: University of Nebraska Press., 1984. pp: xxii, 345. Illustrated with maps and numerous figures to the text. References, index. History and archaeology of the Salt River valley of northeast Missouri from the early part of the nineteenth century.. ISBN: 0803235518. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo. America, Missouri, Archaeology, Ecology, History.. ... more information

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Ottawa: Ministry of Culture and Recreation; Historicalplanning and Research Branch., 1976. pp: 102. Thirty-two figures, including maps and plans, twenty tables. Appendix, bibliography. A little toning to the spine, to the bottom edge of the covers, and to the bottom edge of the text block.. First Edition. Pictorial Card Covers.. Near Fine. Illus. by Roberta M. O'Brien and M. Elizabeth McDonald. . Tall 4to.. Canada, Ontario, Georgian Bay, Archaeology.. ... more information

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Washington, D.C.: Corpus Publications., 1970. pp: xx, 820. Accidental dog-ear to fore-edges of last three leaves. Small bruise to top of front joint. Light wear to edges of dust jacket; spine slightly sunned; some toning to rear panel. A new primary source book containing 2300 original articles.. First Edition. Cloth, Gilt Lettering.. Very Good/Very Good, Price Clipped. Tall 8vo. Religion, Church, Reference.. ... more information

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Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House.. pp: 372. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Full wrap-around artwork to dust jacket , which has a couple of quarter-inch tears to the rear panel and a small nick to the head of the spine. Five scientists discover a world of cave-men , mammoths, cave-bears and other animals in an arctic " Lost World".. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Small 8vo. Fiction, Young Adult, Historical.. ... more information

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London: Anthony Blond. 1968. Cloth, Gilt Lettering. Very Good/Good. First Edition. 8vo. pp: 140. Small dent to top edge of binding. Impression to rear board ( probably the bottom book in a pile, with something uneven below it.). Dust jacket spotted to front panel ; indentations to rear panel corresponding to rear board; stain to lower part of rear panel ( about 2" x 1"); two closed tears to rear panel ( 1" & 1/2"). Sounds a lot worse than it actually is. A first-hand look at the pros... more information

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