Search Results: Authors starting with O from The Antique Map & Bookshop

Epworth Press. London. 1932 1st edition.. Size 4.75 x 7.5 inches. In dark green cloth covers with gilt to spine and blind embossed title to front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded. Small marks to covers. Small address label to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 156pp. With b/w photo plates. The author explores Dorset, describing birds, wildlife, buildings, people and scenery.

Hutchinson & Co. 1947 reprint.. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. In beige cloth covers with black lettering to spine. With original dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Slightly rubbed arouns edges with small tear at back. Not price clipped). Neat inscription to front endpaper. Second page browned. Else a clean and tight copy. 96 pp. With 9 b/w illustrations. The author describes the activities of the smugglers of Hampshire.

Dovecote Press. 2016 1st.. 8.0 x 10.5 inches. In illustrated hard card covers. In near fine condition. A very clean and tight copy. 103 pp. Many b/w photographs. The author presents many photographs of Dorset railway stations as they were when the railway was fully working and as they are now, or in some cases, what has replaced them. There are written descriptions at the back of the book giving the situation and brief history of the stations.

HarperCollins. 1997 1st.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Slightly bumped and rubbed along edges. Not price clipped). Else a very clean and tight copy. 262 pp. Jack Aubrey fears for his future in the Navy as he opposes Government policy and the plans of his rich and powerful neighbour. Will he be promoted, or find himself with a useless and inactive rank?

The Folio Society. 2016 1st. Size 9.25 x 6.5 inches. Three-quarter-bound in cloth with a Modigliani paper front board. Blocked and printed with a design by Chris Wormell. In Slipcase. In very good condition. A few light rubbing/scuffs to rear fore edge of slipcase. 440 pages. Frontispiece and 24 pages of colour plates. Peter Campbell ( Intro.).

HarperCollins. 1994 1st.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Slightly bumped and rubbed along top edge. Not price clipped). Neat pencil note in margin page 173. Else a very clean and tight copy. 282 pp. Now Jack Aubrey has reached the rank of Commodore, he has command of a squadron.

HarperCollins. 1994 1st.. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Slightly bumped and rubbed along top edge. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Else a very clean and tight copy. 282 pp. Now Jack Aubrey has reached the rank of Commodore, he has command of a squadron.

London, Edward Arnold & Co., 1927 2nd Imp.. Hardback, 9 x 6 inches. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed, some minor handling marks to boards. Some mild foxing to pages. Plates clean and bright. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 296pp + 12pp adverts. Maps to endpapers. Illustrated with 16 B&W photo plates and sketch diagrams, 4 maps (including endpapers)

New York. Dodd, Mead and Company. 1931. 8.0 x 5.5 inches. In black cloth covers with black lettering to title labels on spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly bumped at ends. Title label slightly rubbed. Mild foxing to edges and endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 324 pp. Authors include; H.E.Bates, Daphne Du Maurier, Vita Sackville-West, Sylvia Townsend Warner.

London. Headline Book Publishing. 2005 1st edition.. 6.0 x 9.5 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In near fine condition with near fine dustwrapper. (D/w Not price clipped. In protective plastic wrap). Author’s sognature to main title page. A very clean and tight copy. 406pp. Crime novel set in rural France.

London, John Long Limited, 1936 1st edition. Hardback, approx 9.5 x 6 inches. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing and handling marks to cloth. Corners slightly bumped, small chips to cloth at bottom leading corners. Some rubbing and small nicks to ends of spine. Neat pencil inscription to front endpaper.Stamps to first and last pages “The Leisure Libraries, Wood Green.” A couple of minor handling marks and a couple of occasional dark foxing spots to page edges, else pages and plates all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 285pp + 16pp cat. With 37 B&W photo illustrations over 32 plates.

from "WALLIS'S NEW BRITISH ATLAS" 1812. Hand coloured Unmounted. In very good condition. Very Clean & strong impression. A few light marks on margins. Engraved surface Size 31cm x 22cm

Collision. 2003 1st edition. 10.0 x 8.0 inches. In light brown hard card covers with black lettering to spine and front. With illustrated dustwrapper. Patterned endpapers. In very good, near fine condition, with very good dustwrapper. (DW Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Author’s inscription to half title page. Else a very clean and tight copy. Unpaginated with monochrome and b/w illustrations. A verse story set around Halloween. About, but maybe not for, children.

London, Printed for The Company of Stationers, 1791 1st. Miniature hardback, approx 6 x 3.5 cm. Maroon leather fine binding, with red and blue leather to boards with gilt decorations and spine. Marbled endpapers, full gilt page edging. In matching miniature slipcase. In very good condition. Slipcase is quite rubbed, most of the blue portion has rubbed away, small chips to top (opening) edges. Cover rubbed on spine, chip to bottom edge of front board and chipped along leading edge. Darkening to January page of almanack, page is torn and pasted back in, slightly misaligned. Else a clean and tight copy. Four-page frontis “View of Queen’s Lodge and Castle at Windsor.” 24pp. Includes Table of Kings and Current Coins.

London, Printed for The Company of Stationers, 1742 1st. Miniature hardback, approx 8 x 5 cm. Polished maroon leather fine binding, with gilt decorated boards and spine. Marbled endpapers, full gilt page edging. Brass edge clasps. In very good condition. Boards rubbed, corners slightly bumped and chipped on top rear corner, chipped on top end of spine, and chip to middle of spine. Edges torn on frontis plate. Later binding with pages pasted in. Else a clean and tight copy. Double page frontis “Navy Office”, fold-out double paged main title/contents. 12pp Almanack (each month), 1pp Queens Reigns, 1pp. Lord Mayors, 1pp. Sherrifs, 2pp Interest Table.

Macmillan. 1982 1st edition. Size 6.75 x 9.5 inches. In dark green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to top edge. Author’s signature on first blank page. Neat ink inscription to early blank page, dated 1983, with pencil notes. Else a very clean and tight copy. 232pp. With b/w and colour photographs and plans. The history of Chatsworth House and its varied fortunes over the years with a personal tour by the Duchess of the house as it is now.

London, Ewart, Seymour & Co. / Athletic Publications Ltd. n.d. ca1914 1st. Hardback, 7 x 5 inches. Illustrated paper covered boards, maroon and white design to front. Maroon cloth binding to spine. In very good condition. Some rubbing to edges, some rubbing/darkening to rear. Some minor fading around edges. Neat inscription to front endpaper, “A.R. Box.” A couple of minor handling marks, else pages and plates all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 77pp. Illustrated with 10 B&W photo plates. Adverts to prelims.

London, Ewart, Seymour & Co. n.d. ca1914 1st. Hardback, 7 x 5 inches. Illustrated paper covered boards, red and white design to front. Red cloth binding to spine. In very good condition. Some rubbing to boards, some darkening and marks to rear. Some minor fading along top edge. Neat inscription to front endpaper, “A.R. Box.” Some minor marks and foxing spots, minor tear to edge of p31. Binding cracked/slightly loose between p16-17 and 64-5. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 75pp. Illustrated with 16 B&W photo plates, including frontis portrait. Adverts to prelims.

London, Ministry of Defence, March 1966 1st edition, with Feb 1969 Amendment. Army Code No. 70181.. Hardback, 11.5 x 9 inches. Patent 'Loxon' Loose-Leaf Binder. Cream cloth binding with red lettering to front. In very good condition. Some darkening and handling marks to cover; inscription "Major G. W. Booth, R.A." to top, stamp and lettering to front "Precis Room No A.34, D&M School." Minor stain to bottom of spine. Some foxing to added sheet at front "Bearings." Tape reinforcement over punched holes on first and last pages. Main pages are also stapled. Pages all very clean and tight. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 262pp + 28 & 26pp (Bearings & Gears.) Illustrated with many B&W and coloured diagrams and figures, including some full page and folding plates.

London. Folio Society. 2014.. Hardback. Size 10 x 7 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to covers spine. Dark endpapers. With blue hard card slip case. In very good condition. With good slipcase. Slight shelf wear to slipcase. A very clean and tight copy. 568pp. Illustrated with colour plates. Edited and Translated by R.A.B. Mynors. Completed by R.M. Thomson and M. Winterbottom. Introduced by Peter Ackroyd.