Search Results: Authors starting with O from Brillig Books

New York: Akashic Books, 2009. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Trade paperback, illustrated stiff wraps. 205 pp. plus ads. A novel of inspiration and disillusionment from the heady days of the Cuban Revolution to the changes of the 1990s. A tight, clean, square, stiff, fresh, bright, crisp, unmarked and unread copy with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Flawless. AS NEW..

London, United Kingdom: W W Norton, (1998), 1998. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing. Octavo, brown cloth covered boards. 95pp. including index. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color reproductions and photographs. A supplement of details of the way of life of the English Navy otherwise not included in his Aubrey/Maturin series of novels. Includes a chapter of seafaring songs. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, brilliant dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

London: Edwin Arnold, 1916 Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, navy blue cloth covered boards. 194pp. including index, plus ads. A tight, sound copy. Ex-library with the usual marks but no card pocket. Spine top lightly frayed and offsetting to frontispiece from tissue guard. About very good..

New York: Houghton, Mifflin (1994), 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Second printing. Fine in a fine price-clipped dust jacket. A very crisp, clean, tight and bright copy..

Lima, Peru: Instituto Cutlural Peruano Norteamericano, 2006. Book. As New. Original Wraps. First Edition. Quarto, photo-illustrated stiff wraps, 187 pp. Very generously illustrated throughout with gorgeous full page edge-to-edge color photographs. From the exhibition at the Galeria German Kruger Espantoso. A fabulous intensive study of the elaborate decorative tradition of carving and metal work around the traditional mate gourd or bomba, but with a close examination of the motifs and traditions which are wound into Peruvian culture in the tradition of drinking the highly caffeinated stimulant leaf yerba mate. TEXT IN SPANISH. A stunning and fascinating in depth study of art, culuture and tradition. A beautiful copy, very tight, brilliant, crisp, sharp, clean, square, unmarked and unread in crisp self wraps with a flat uncreased spine. Fine. Pristine. AS NEW. VERY SCARCE..

NY: Crescent Books, (1983) Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. Quarto, blue cloth covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. 192pp. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color photographs. A true encyclopedia from of boxers with biographies from A-Z. Tight, bright and clean in fresh, crisp dust jacket with one short closed edge tear at rear fore edge, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket..

Baltimore, MD: Catholic University of America Press, 1997. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Thick octavo, brown/grey cloht covered boards with silver spine titles. 466 pp. including extensive index, bibliography and notes. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The definitive biography of Boniface Wimmer, the Benedictine pioneer abbot who became the founder of monasticism in America. A very fine, tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a glossy, tight, sparklng, crisp, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

NY: Charles Scribner's, (1927). Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. Small quarto, red cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 83pp. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards, with eight tipped in full color plates mounted on separate card sheets. A collection of verse dedicated to hunting with horse and hound. This edition from the English sheets. Very good plus with light spine darkening and soil..

London: Downey & Company, 1896. 2 Volumes, brick red cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. pp. xxii, 302; xi, 357 including index in volume 2. Illustrated throughout with full page plates, portraits, maps and plans. Frontispiece engraving of Sir George Carew in volume 1 and frontispiece portrait of Donnell O'Sulevan Beare in volume 2. Folding plate of Map of Munster in volume 1 with a total of 15 plates in volume 1 and 9 in volume 2 (mostly maps). NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION #423/500. A faithful reproduction of the original edition of 1633. A clean unmarked set with excellent interior and images and fresh cloth, bright gilt and no signs of fading or soil. Diminutive bookseller stickers at bottom corner of front endpapers and light rubbing to edges and a couple of flecks of scratches on front board of volume 1. Hinges tender but without cracks or separation. A very good plus very attractive and uncommon set of this key work of Irish history.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: The Guilford Press, (1987). Book. As New. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth spine over blue paper covered boards. 289pp. including index. A very tight, fresh and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Tokyo: Graphic-Sha, 1987. Book. Illus. by Kuniko Ishihara. Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Small quarto, silvered cloth covered boards with calligraphic decoration and titles. 112pp. including notes on each photograph and a section of diagrams of courtyards and interior gardens in rear. Very generously illustrated throughout with vibrant, cristal clear full and double page photographs by Ohashi giving a brilliant view of this precious limpid style of indoor gardens for residences and public buildings as well as traditional architecture. Original Japanese folded paper publisher's price bookmark laid in. Text in Japanese and English. A very tight clean, fresh, shining, unmarked volume in a crisp sharp, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing, 1947. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Large oblong quarto, illustrated original card boards with white comb spine binding. Ships and Sailing Series No. 4. A photographiic history of New England schooners and fishing vessels with 41 black and white photographs of sailing ships including the Checao, Pinkey, Heeltapper, Clipper, Plum-stemmer, Fredonia, Indian-header, Knockabout, and Fisherman Racing-Yacht. With errata label on inside of front board. An excellent unmarked volume with a fresh interior and the fragile plastic comb binding in fine condition. Very faint soil to white rear board and one very minor corner bump. Near Fine. Uncommon..

NY: Oxford University Press, (1989)., 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, pale blue cloth spine over pale green paper covered boards. 356pp. including index. A beautiful clean copy with neat printed prior owner name on ffep else fine in a fine, crisp and sharp dust jacket..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, rose colored cloth covered boards with pink top edge stain. 79 pp. plus biographical note on author and colophon. This is the fourth book by the Pulitzer Prize winning (among other awards) poet. This is an excellent new copy, in perfect condition in almost every way. The pink top edge stain is very strong and undiminished, the matte dust jacket is tight and crisp and has no tears creases or soil and is unclippped. The book itself has crisp, clean, bright white pages which are completely unblemished. The only minor flaws to this copy are a faint sticker shadow at the top forecorner on the dust jacket front and a tiny red remainder dot on the top edge right at the spine. Still a handsome copy and NEW..

Hoboken, NJ: KTAV Publishing, 1996. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, dark blue cloth spine over blue paper covered boards. 187 pp. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, clean, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, tight, sparkling dust jacket. Blank printed bookplate of Wexner Foundation on ffep. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

New York: New York University Press, 1995. Book. As New. Soft cover. F. First Edition. Two volumes, thick octavo, orange stiff wraps (paperback). pp. 574, 581, including extensive notes, and index. A pristine set; tight, fresh, bright, crisp, square, stiff and unmarked with flat uncreased spines. Fine. AS NEW..

New York: Doubleday, 1997. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth spine over black paper covered boards. 212pp. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, sparkling dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Flawless. AS NEW.

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1993)., 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Tall octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 170pp. plus list of previous Drue Heinz Literature Award winners. Selected for the award by Tobias Wolff. Fine in fine dust jacket. A pristine and unread copy in a brilliant crisp and flawless dust jacket..

New York: Grove Press, 2001. Book. As New. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, white illustrated stiff wraps. 268 pp. Uncorrected Proof. A tight, clean, bright fresh, crisp, stiff, square, unread, unmarked volume with a flat uncreased spine. Very fine. AS NEW..

New York: Library of America, 1988. Book. New. Cloth. First Thus. BRAND NEW BOOK. First printing of the subscription edition in the Library of America series. Octavo, forest green cloth covered boards with gilt title and decoration. Housed in a cream paper covered slipcase. Forest green silk ribbon marker. 1104 pp. including Notes on the text and Chronology. The first of three volumes comprising the complete plays of Eugene O'Neill printed by the Library. A beautiful pristine copy in a like slipcase. Unmarked, unblemished and unread, with the silk ribbon marker still tightly folded in into its original position. Flawless. BRAND NEW BOOK..