Search Results: Authors starting with O from Tannery Books

New York: John Day, 1957. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Patrick O'Brian, The Golden Ocean, New York, John Day, 1957, First American edition. Yellow cloth hc with blue or teal lettering on spine, plain endpapers, small 8vo (20 cm), [1-12] 13-316 pp including labeled drawing of HMS Centurion and "A CHART SHEWING The Track of the Centurion round the WORLD"; yellow paper dustjacket with ship illustration on front and ads on back. "The Golden Ocean is based on an actual voyage made by Captain Anson and the Centurion in 1740" told through the eyes Peter Palafox, a young Irish seaman. Very Good+/Very Good: spine lightly bumped and top of spine starting, light scuffs on top edges, no markings, pages crisp; DJ bumped and scuffed with small tears on top, edges faded, front flap lightly creased, unclipped with original 3.75 price. Printed in USA

New York: Hawthorn Books - Dutton Adult, 1974. Later printing. Paperback. Good. Marian Maeve O'Brien, The Collector's Guide to Dollhouses and Dollhouse Miniatures, New York, Hawthorn Books - Dutton Adult, 1974. Imperial 8vo (28 cm) with laminated paper covers, xxvi, 214 pp with index, many bw photos, 8 color pp. Good: corners bumped, covers scratched, front corner creased, clean, crisp, no marking.

Stuttgart: Stahle & Friedel. Very good. Otto Weidenmann. Otto Weidenmann, Neue Blätter Religiöser Kunst (New Sheets of Religious Art), Stuttgart, Stähle & Friedel, undated [ca. 1932]. Quarter tan cloth over red paper boards, portfolio (37 cm). List of images and prints of gospel scenes. All 15 images present, plus an additional print titled Verkündigung an Maria, and extra copies of Golgatha and Abendmabl. Very Good: portfollio has scrape on front, tanning and light dampstaining, flaps peeling at hinges; prints have light foxing but many nearly pristine, Am Tor des Todes edge bumped, tissue papers yellowed with some creasing. Extra 3 prints have more foxing and light creasing. Two calligraphy manuscripts laid in. The first appears to be a calligraphy copy of "The Emperor's Vision" from Christ Legends and Other Stories by Selma Lagerlöf. Unbound sheets folded as folio (37 cm), (4 blank) 16 pp used (4 blank), signed (in calligraphy) Erwin… Read More