Titles starting with O from John Michael Lang Fine Books

(San Antonio, Texas): The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, 1998. Hardcover First edition 9.5" x 9.25". 120pp. Blue cloth hardback with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. Mild edge rubbing, else fine condition; the jacket is lightly soiled. A good monograph of O'Keeffe and her early years in Texas. With 50 color plates of the artist's work and many supporting images. the book also includes a detailed chronology, and an essay on O'Keeffe. ... more information

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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1903. Hardback First edition 7.5" x 5". 356pp. Beige cloth with green lettering and illustration on the front board. Very light soiling and rubbing, gift inscription, else nice VG+ condition. With a frontispiece by C. D. Williams. ... more information

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Caldwell, ID: Privately Published, 2002. Hardcover 9.25" x 6.5". 471pp. Green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering in dust wrapper. Spine tips lightly bumped, else fine condition. Dust jacket has some edge wear. Signed by the author on the first leaf. Illustrated with black and white photographs and facsimiles. ... more information

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San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company, 1910. Hardcover 7.5" x 5.5pp. 26pp. Light brown paper covered boards hardback with gilt cover design and lettering. Spine tips and corners are lightly bumped, ownership signature and residual adhesive from bookplate on inside front cover, ownership signature on second leaf, else VG condition. ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Hardcover First edition 12" x 13". 74pp. Black paper covered hardback boards, green cloth spine. In the original slipcase. Near fine condition. This copy signed by Gruen on the first leaf. Still life images by the noted photographer. ... more information

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Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2004. Paperback First edition 10" x 7". 126pp. Glossy illustrated paperback. Fine condition. With the CD in a pocket at the rear of the book. A useful guide, with chapters on monophonic techniques, multiphonic techniques, electronics for the oboe, etc. ... more information

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Hardcover First edition 9.25" x 5.75". 230pp. Green paper covered boards with a gilt printed label on the front board, cream parchment spine. Fine condition. With the original dustwrapper, which is heavily worn and chipped. Limited edition, one of 260 copies, each signed by Cather. ... more information

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Boston : Little, Brown and Company , 1944. Hardcover First edition 7.5" x 5". 300pp. Tan cloth lettered in red. A good+ copy with minimal external wear & soiling, bookplate removed, spine slightly cocked. Dust jacket is fair, large chips & tears, lightly soiled. Lieutenant Richard Whittington is a fugitive of law for his involvement in a murder he could have never expected. ... more information

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Buckinghamshire, England: Spurbooks, Limited, 1974. Hardback 8.75" x 6.25". 138pp. plus index. Blue cloth covered hardback with gilt spine lettering in dust wrapper. Gift inscription on first leaf, else near fine condition. The dust jacket has edge wear and light soiling, tape on front flap, price clipped, else VG+ condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ... more information

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Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1979. Hardback 9.25" x 7.25". 352pp. Gray cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; fine jacket. A fist hand account of a confederate naval service. Forrest travelled to Europe via the Caribbean, and travelled throughout England, Scotland, and the continent. ... more information

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Seattle: University of Washington Book Store, 1927. Paperback 7.5" x 5.25". 29pp. Original red printed wrappers. A bit of light damp soiling, else nice VG+ condition. An essay on "dirty" and proper theater and censorship. With a nicely printed promotional flyer for the UW chapbooks series laid in. This book is number four in that series. ... more information

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Paris: Garnier Freres. Hardcover Two volumes. 6.75" x 4.5". 803, 823pp. Red pebbled cloth, spine in compartments, gilt spine lettering, rules and decorations. All edges gilt. Both volumes have mild soiling, and the front board of volume one has a rough one inch scrape long the bottom edge. Otherwise this is an attractive vg+ or better set. This good French language edition of the great playwright includes 10 hand colored plates. The subjects are all portraits of characters from the plays... more information

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(Pasadena, California): (Castle Press), 1983. Hardcover 11" x 8.5". 215pp. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gilt lettering owner's signature on end papers; in original picotrial yellow dust jacket with some edge wear and sunning to spine; else a near fine copy. Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings by Danilo Matteini. Edited by Grant W. Heil. This epic highlights the historical association between the California citrus and petroleum industries, woven into their founder&... more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. Hardcover First edition 7.5" x 5.5". 56pp. Dark blue, cloth hardcover with dust wrapper. Corners slightly bumped, pencil marks erased from first free leaf, else fine condition. Edge wear and one a 2" tear at the top of the spine, else VG condition. This book is Lindbergh's philosophical treatise on flight, war, science and belief. ... more information

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Northampton, Massachusetts, 1962): Printed for The Smith College Museum of Art. Paperback Octavo. 12pp. Sewn wrappers. First edition, limited to only 500 copies. Fine. Laid in is a small printed statement from Leonard Baskin's Gehenna Press stating that Smith College "permitted us to overprint 250 copies...for our patrons and our friends." A beautifully printed book from the Gehenna Press. ... more information

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New York Washington Atlanta Hollywood: Vantage Press, 1977. Hardback First edition 8.25" x 5.75". Black cloth covered hardback in dust wrapper. Spine tips and corners lightly bumped, spine lightly cocked, ownership signature on first leaf, warping to some pages with staining on end papers, VG condition. The dust jacket had edge wear with tape repairs to the top edge and general light soiling with a price sticker on the front flap, VG condition. ... more information

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[No place]: Self published, 1973. Paperback 9" x 6". 120pp. Green printed paperback. Some light soiling, ink mark on dedication leaf. overall VG+. With many black & white photo illustrations. A good history of the region around Lower Granite dam on the Snake River between eastern Washington state and Idaho. With much on agriculture, pioneers and settlers, businesses, etc. ... more information

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Oxford: James Parker and Co., 1867. Hardcover 8" x 5.5". 353pp. Full black morocco, raised bands, gilt spine lettering, all edges gilt. Unobtrusive but rather crude repair at the top of the spine, else near fine condition. One of 2000 copies. This edition of this classic of Christian literature features six mounted sepia photographs of religious art works. ... more information

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Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, 1849. Hardcover 4.5" x 3". 114pp. Gray cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. Gift inscription dated 1850, short pencil note on the half title page, light soiling to cloth, else near fine condition. A poetry anthology with selecions from Bryant, Milton, Wycherly, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Dryden, Shelley, Byron, and many others. With a frontis portrait of William Shakespeare. ... more information

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Charlottesville, Virginia: The White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 1984. Paperback 9" x 6". 232pp. Gray printed paperback. Near fine condition. With papers and lectures presented at a conference studying the office of Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. With chapters on the separation of powers, jurist and presiding officer, justice as court manager and court defender, "Third Branch Chieftan," etc. ... more information

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