Search Results: Authors starting with O from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

Tokyo: Daiyamondo Jigiyo Kabushiki Kaisha, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good Dust Jacket and Good Slipcase. Tokyo, Japan: Daiyamondo Jigiyo Kabushiki Kaisha, 1937. First edition. 9 x 6 inches: pp. xix, iii. (3), ii, 399 pages. With original thin paper dust jacket which is chipped at top, has tears and is toned. Blue cloth, large octavo with titles in gilt and family crest design on cover in gilt. Housed in original cardboard slipcase with black titles on spine. 17 pages of photos. Corners sharp, cover bright, textblock square. Interior clean, binding tight. Some foxing, soiling to edges. Slipcase has wear, rubbing at edges. Shibusawa [1840-1931] founded the first modern bank in Japan and helped move Japan into the modern capitalist age by founding joint stock companies and also encouraging foreign trade and international relations.

New York: Outdoor Life / Harper &Row, 1963. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Minus Dustjacket.. Pioch, Ray. New York: Outdoor Life / Harper & Row, 1963. Eigth printing. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inchs: pp. 477. Black, red, white and gray photographic paper dust jacket with white, black and yellow type. Gray boards with silver and red lettering. Illustrated . with hundreds of photos plus how-they-work drawings. With glossary and index. Edge wear, creasing, chipping and several small closed tears to dustjacket. Original $6.95 price present to dustjacket flap. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Light wear to extremities. Two corners lightly nudged. Previous owner's name to front pastedown endpaper. Text is unmarked. Clean, bright, tight. a Comprehensive, fullyillustrated guide to: Modern Sporting Rifles and How to Use Them; Cartridges for Small, Medium and Big Game; Barrels, Stocks, Sights, Scopes, Shooting Techniques; Where to Hit Them; Modern Shotguns and How to Use Them. Double, Pump, Automatic.… Read More

Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson and Company, 1936. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Hoopes, Florence and Margaret. Evanston, IL: Row, Peterson and Company, 1936. Second Edition. 8 x 6 inches, pp. 156. Yellow and blue lettering and illustrations to spine and front board of red cloth-covered boards. With word list. Full color illustrations to every page. Previous owner's name, in neat ink, to front pastedown, Along with penciled names Lynn, Larry, Tommy B., James, Lois, David, Kathy to front, and Angela, Sam, Gjevne, to rear). Moderate rubbing to extremities (this book USED by Children). Soiling on fore edge and on some page edges. Tight binding. The Alice and Jerry Books Reading Foundation Series. Contains: Alice and Jerry; The Surprise; Animals; Betsy Lee, Mr. Carl and Jack; and The Organ Man and the Monkey.

London, England: The Patent Office Sale Branch, 1929. Hardcover. Good. London: The Patent Office Sale Branch, 1929. 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches: unpaginated, thick. Tan buckram with spine titles in black. Some light white discoloration/moisture staining and soiling at bottom front, back and spine. Soiling on head and tail of pages. Spine titles bright, textblock square, binding tight. Perforated institutional stamp (WHSL) to title page. Upper left corner of first patent has a date stamp - Jan 15, 1936. "Gt. Brit.Pat. Off." written in pen underneath. Unpaginated. Illiustrated throughout with detailed full page foldout mechanical drawings. Interior clean and bright. The text explains the purpose of the invention, followed by foldout drawings. foldout charts show detailed mechanical drawings for: golf tee adjustor, pencil/eraser holder, mailing envelope consruction, upholstery springs, steam hammers, paint brush handles, electric wire terminals, paint brush handles, etc.

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1989. First edition. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xii, 811. No dust jacket. White linen over tan boards. Titles in gold gilt. Notes, bibliography, index. Numerous text figures. Textblock square and tight, cover bright. Wavy page edges at upper edge near end of book. Endpaper maps, text clean and bright. Binding tight.