Search Results: Authors starting with O from Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)

1) London, 2) New York: 1) Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., 2) Riverhead Books, 2005. First UK, First. Hardcover. 1. Very Good, 2) Fine/1) No jacket 2) Fine. Chicago May (1871â€"1929) was the nickname of Mary Anne Duignan, later May Churchill Sharpe, an Irish-born criminal who became notorious in the US the UK and France She referred to herself as the "queen of crooks" This is her personal story of Trans-Atlantic sin and debauch during the late 19th and early 20th centuries 1) First 1928 UK edition.  Original orange-yellow cloth with black spine title, slightly stained, with foxing on pages edges and minor age-toning of text, but else very good, with sound binding and no other damage 310 pp Relatively scarce, especially in first edition 2. Current Biography of Chicago May by the best-selling Irish author Nuala O' Faolain.  Interweaves the author's life and observations with the life of the original "Queen of the Crooks"  Fine condition with a green cloth spine on green paper-covered boards… Read More

London: Tinder :Press, 2017. First UK ("True" 1st). Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "An extraordinary memoir - told entirely in near-death experiences - from one of Britain's best-selling novelists, for fans of Wild, When Breath Becomes Air, and The Year of Magical Thinking. We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death. I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie O'Farrell's astonishing memoir of the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. The childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a disturbed man on a remote path. And, most terrifying of all, an ongoing, daily struggle to protect her daughter - for whom this book was written - from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life's myriad dangers. Seventeen discrete encounters with Maggie at different ages, in different locations, reveal a whole life… Read More

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1989. 2nd Printing. Very Good. A very good copy in photo illustrated wrappers ex-lib but with only a single label at base of spine being the sole indication Inscribed by author on title page Slight spotting and soiling on a few pages, but else in excellent condition 334 pp.

Boston: Willaim D. Ticknor, 1842. First. Fair+. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809 - 894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the "Breakfast-Table" series, which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). He was also an important medical reformer. In addition to his work as an author and poet, Holmes also served as a physician, professor, lecturer, inventor, and, although he never practiced it, he received formal training in law. This volume contains two of his lectures on the absurdities of homeopathy. The book is fair+, with brown cloth spine on brown paper-covered boards and with the title on a paper label on the spine.  The spine is nearly worn away, and the boards are scuffed, but the binding is solid.  The endpapers are slightly age darkened and soiled, but the text overall is clean and unmarked.  There is a name label on… Read More

New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2009. First printing. Fine/Fine. From the publisher: "A major literary event―the long-awaited publication of George Orwell's diaries, chronicling the events that inspired his greatest works. This groundbreaking volume, never before published in the United States, at last introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books throughout his career, the eleven surviving diaries collected here record Orwell's youthful travels among miners and itinerant laborers, the fearsome rise of totalitarianism, the horrific drama of World War II, and the feverish composition of his great masterpieces Animal Farm and 1984 (which have now sold more copies than any two books by any other twentieth-century author). Personal entries cover the tragic death of his first wife and Orwell's own decline as he battled tuberculosis. Exhibiting great brilliance of prose and composition, these treasured… Read More

London: With an Introduction by Percy Fitzgerald, 1911. First Thus. Very Good. A very good copy of this collections of stories of children, chosen by his grand-daughter from Dickens works, including Tiny Tim, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist and others Colorful illustrated covers with brown cloth spine with black titles Slight corner and edge wear, but binding is tight ant sound A 1927 gift inscription on ffep, but no other marks or damage to text 108 pp.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1932. Reissue Sept. 1932. Very Good+/Very Good+. If It Had Happened Otherwise is a 1931 collection of essays, edited by J C Squire Each essay in the collection could be considered alternate history or conterfactual history, a few written by leading historians of the period and one by Winston Churchill The essays cover important events in history and speculate on what might have happened if their outcomes had been different Churchill's contribution was "If Lee Had Not Won the Battle of Gettysburg" A contemporary very light ink presentation inscription on the front pastedown The fore-edge is slightly spotted Original cloth, lightly soiled and faded but otherwise no marks or damage at all The unclipped dust jacket has minor edge chipping and a 1" closed tear at the bottom of the jacket spine Overall a tight and crisp example 8vo NOT ex-library This is an early reissue, published the year after the 1931 original A very scarce Churchill work in any edition, and especially… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co, 1888. First. Near Fine. Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson. A book filled with commentary about travel and roads and social history, told in an entertaining manner, along with many wonderful illustrations A great find for anyone interested in English history Front pastedown has the armorial bookplate of John Buchanan Hinshaw, a Conservative MP of the last century from Much Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool An excellent copy, 3/4 calf on green cloth with gilt lettering and designs on spine and gilt ruling on front and back Only the slightest signs of wear on corners keep it from being evaluated as fine Beautiful green marbled endpapers Quite an attractive and sound example overall .

London: Macmillan and Co, 1888. First. Very Good+. Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson. A very good copy, fine 3/4 leather binding with green cloth boards Gilt titles and 5 raised bands on spine Gilt accent ruling on spine and covers Spine ends beginning, but else in very good + condition marbled endpapers with bookplate of John Buchanan Hinshaw affixed on inside front cover Profusely illustrated by Herbert Railton and Hugh Thomson 367 pp.

London: T.C. Newby, 1844. First. Fine. John Overs ‐ Overs was described by Charles Dickens as ″a working man ‐ a man who earns his weekly wages by plying of the hammer, plane and chisel″ Though not a healthy man, Overs found time to pen some verse and a single work, ″The Evenings of a Working Man″ He submitted his verses to Dickens, who strongly encouraged him to devote his energies to pursuits other than writing In spite of this, Dickens wrote a lengthy preface to ″Evenings,″ in which he provides a frank description of Overs and the evolution of their friendship, in the end providing encouragement to the prospective reader that some value resided in the work Dickens seemed moved by the message in the work, presenting the nobleness of the working man He expressed admiration for how Overs had raised himself beyond his station, at least in terms of intellectual development and dignity He further describes Overs as ″a simple, frugal, steady,… Read More