Search Results: Authors starting with O from Crooked House Books & Paper

Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8x5x0. First edition stated, "B" in letter line, correct for first printing. Remainder dot to bottom edge, else fine (appears unread) in fine jacket.

The Macaulay Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Full grey-blue cloth boards with silver lettering & decoration, under pictorial dust jacket designed by Louis Lozowick, 8-1/4" tall, 274 pp. Short split to endpapers at front hinge, dust jacket has light chipping to top edges and spine ends, split (no loss) at front joint. Still an attractive copy. In our modern world of AI-generated content, the opening of the dust jacket blurb is prescient: "American life has become so mechanized that even American art has become Robotized in the process. Everywhere the machine standardizes, while individual genius decays." Lozowick's industrial DJ showing three identical typists beneath a cog is a brilliant adaptation of the theme.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Weisgard, Leonard. Signed by Author(s). Signed by author (name only) on half-title page. First edition stated. Minor fading and edgewear to DJ, but a nice copy.

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Ward, Lynd. Signed by Author(s). First edition stated; signed (name only) by Scott O'Dell on front endpaper. Pictorial boards under matching jacket with HMC "Dolphin Binding" label to spine, but no library markings. Some fading to dust jacket.

The Viking Press, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Full green cloth with orange and white paper labels to spine and front board, 7-7/8" tall, 237 pp. Significant toning to spine panel of dust jacket which is otherwise near fine; more moderate toning to spine of book. The first collection of stories from the influential Irish author & critic.

Devin-Adair Company, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Scott, Owen (dust jacket). Black cloth spine over green paper-covered boards, silver lettering to spine, green & black dust jacket with $5.00 flap price, 8-3/4" tall, 419 pp. Book itself probably near fine, dust jacket has some wear at spine ends and corners. Includes 42 short stories, "a number have never before appeared in book form and are published here for the first time.

New York: Leon Amiel, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fifth printing; blue coated cloth, 9 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches, 894 pages, profusely illustrated with photographs by Charles Affif. Light crease to cloth over front board (binding error), lightly toned pages, clean and sound; dust jacket edge worn with short tear at bottom front edge, mild damp stains at bottom edge, now in protective mylar cover. A classic of French cookery by a renowned chef. Nearly 1500 recipes covering every aspect of French cooking. Large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply.

Springer-Verlag, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Paperback, yellow series cover, 9-1/2" tall, 147 pp. Clean & solid copy, no real flaws to note except expected toning to pages.

Oyez, 1970. Soft cover. Fine. Trade paperback, 8vo, 61 pp. No statement of later printing, assumed first edition. No flaws found.

Munich: Modern Library, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6. Toledano binding style 8, 385 titles on inverse of dust jacket, 217 pages; faint bump to bottom front corner, dust jacket rubbed at extremities with a couple of closed tears to bottom edge, now in protective mylar.

Boston: Little Brown, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x9x9. Full number line; pictorial label on front cover, facsimile signatures of illustrators throughout, 4to, 125 pages, profusely illustrated by renowned children's book illustrators, pictorial endpapers; dust jacket has small closed tear at top rear spine corner, now in protective mylar cover. A very nice copy.

Oxford University Press, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 11x8x0. Full gray cloth, folio, 128 pages, profusely illustrated. Tiny ding to top edge of front board; dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with light toning at extremities.

University Press of Liverpool, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine under offwhite typographic dust jacket, 8vo, 221 pp. Chipping to DJ at spine ends, owner's name stamp to front endpaper, else a lovely copy. Includes the French & English translation of Livre de Divinactions, and the Latin of Tractatus Contra Judicarios Astronomos.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1905. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover, tan cloth boards with red and green patterns to all three panels, title box on front cover with "The Pocket Books" series above title, 7-1/2" tall, 189 pp. plus publisher's ads. Near fine with tips and spine ends slightly turned in. A series binding. The weave pattern of the cover makes for a very modernist design, perhaps unintentionally. At the time, most other publishers were designing floral or pictorial bindings; the simplicity, straight lines, and implied practicality are quite the contrast to most contemporary series bindings.