Search Results: Authors starting with O from Books of the World

Evanston, Illinois: Row, Peterson and Company, n.d. [c. 1940]. Hardcover. First Edition, unknown printing. Fourth-grade reader in the Alice and Jerry basal reader educational series. Near Fine. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise interior is pristine. Sewn binding is straight and tight. Corners and spine ends bumped. Covers clean and bright. Not from a school or library. See photos. 384 pages with numerous color and B&W illustrations, word list, and glossary.

New York: UPD Publishing. March 1976. Digest-size Magazine. Fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Corners sharp. Interior pristine, though lightly tanned. Covers clean and bright, with creases at top of rear cover. No mailing label. Not from a library. 160 pages. Edited by James Baen. Cover art by Stephen Fabian illustrating Plutonium (novella) by Arsen Darnay. ALSO: The Second Soul (short story) by Alan Brennert; Survival With Style (science essay) by Jerry Pournelle; Birthdays (novella) by Fred Saberhagen; Bookshelf by Spider Robinson; Hunger on the Homestretch (novelette) by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Interior illustrations by Stephen Fabian, Freff, Peter Bramley, Kirk, Starbrook.

Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 2011. Trade Paperback. 11th Edition. Good+. Spine is straight, tight and uncreased. Text contains some highlighting and notes. xviii + 736 pages.

New York: Smithmark Reference, December 1996. Hardcover. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Interior unmarked but lightly tanned. Spine straight and tight. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 767 pages.

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Central Statistics Office, 1988. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Very Good. Not from a library. 69 pages.

New York: Basic Books, March 2008. Trade Paperback. Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 496 pages.

New York: Bantam, September 1960. Mass Market Paperback. H2104. 11th printing. Good. Tanned. Text unmarked. Not from a library. 280 pages. A roman à clef loosely based upon the life of socialite and flapper Starr Faithfull, whose unsolved death in 1931 became a tabloid sensation. Made into a movie which won Elizabeth Taylor won her first Academy Award for Best Actress. The novel explores the life of a young woman having an affair with an older, married businessman. Set in New York circa 1931, it fills in her family background and sexual history, and it locates her within a circle of friends, their relationships, and economic struggles, providing a closely observed tour of the sordid and sensational lives of people on the fringe of café society and the underworld.

New York: Barnes & Noble, April 1992. Hardcover. 4th printing. Fine book in a fine Jacket. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xviii + 432 pp. Charmingly insidious and satisfyingly devious, these 100 baffling little mysteries are just the thing to suit your most malevolent mood and are sure to keep you up all night, puzzling over their possible solutions. Each one has its own particular and irresistible appeal: an unexpected twist, a delectable puzzle, a devastating revelation, or perhaps even a refreshing display of pernicious spit.

Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2005. Trade Paperback. Second Edition, Revised. Good+. Highlighting, otherwise Fine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. 240 pages.

Freetown, Sierra Leone: Government of Sierra Leone. April 27, 1988. First Edition. Paperback in illustrated card wrap covers. Monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. 8vo. 6 x 8 inches. 111 pages.Authors: Muctaru R. A. Kabba - Editorial ConsultantProfessor C. Magbaily Fyle - Historical ConsultantJoseph Opala - Historical Consultant and Adviser on Historical DrawingsVera Viditz-Ward - Consultant on Historical PhotographsJosef Marker & Munir D. Mohamed - Drawing

New York: Street & Smith Publications. March 1961. Digest-size Magazine. Good. Edited by John W. Campbell. Cover art by John Schoenherr illustrating "Hiding Place" (novella, Hugo honorable mention) by Poul Anderson. Includes: "Ultima Thule" (novella, Hugo honorable mention) by Mack Reynolds; "Horrible Example" by Clifford D. Simak; "Sub-Mach" (science essay) by G. Harry Stine; "An Introduction to the Calculus of Desk-Clearing" by Maruice Price; "The Four-Faced Visitors of Ezekiel" by Arthur W. Orton. Illustrations by Douglas, Orton, Schoenherr and Van Dongen.

London: Sphere Books, 1984. First Edition. Very Good. Light spine crease and tanning, otherwise As New. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 258 pages.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, April 2014. Trade Paperback. First Edition / First Printing (stated). Fine. Interior pristine. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light wear to lower rear corner. Covers clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 253 pages. An alternative American history in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal and political, it twines Japanese internment camps with the Yankees; Walmart with the Kansas City Royals; and facial hair patterns with militarism, Guantanamo, and the modern security state. An essay, a miscellany, and a passionate unsettling of Josh Ostergaard's relationship with our national pastime, it allows for both the clover of a childhood outfield and the persistence of the game's service to those in power.