Search Results: Titles starting with N from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

(Edison, NJ): Chartwell Books, Inc, 1995. pictorial paper-covered boards, dust jacket. Wyeth, N.C.. 4to. pictorial paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 44 pages. A brief biographical introduction to the life of renowned artist and illustrator, Newell Convers Wyeth, is followed by a sampling of the full range of his life's work. With 34 full color illustrations.

Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1975. paper wrappers. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 28 pages. Two essays, one on the question of an open vs. a closed society, the other on the contribution of book clubs to society.

Berlin: Union Verlag; Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1981. paper wrappers. Union Verlag. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 83 pages. A bibliography of Union Verlag's publications from 1976-1980, supplementing their 1951-1975 bibliography.

(Torino (Turin), Italy): Giulio Einaudi, 1973. quarter leather, cloth, two leather spine labels, marbled endpapers. Nadar. square 8vo. quarter leather, cloth, two leather spine labels, marbled endpapers. xiv, 403+(1) pages. Text in Italian. Ex-library with markings. Table of contents, list of illustrations, appendix, chonology, general bibliography, bibliography of Nadar's writings, bibliography of Nadar's photography, list of major exhibitions. A study of the life of French photographer Nadar (1820-1910), a.k.a. Adrien Tournachon. Frontispiece and black and white illustrations of and by Nadar.

Claremont: Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, 1977. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 18 pages. Second, revised edition. Illustrated. A fine copy.

Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press/Valley Editions, 1976. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 95+(1) pages. Second edition (revised). Lightly rubbed blue and white dust jacket.

Bryn Mawr (PA): Bryn Mawr College, 1986. stiff paper wrappers. Housman, A.E.. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. x, 54 pages. Catalogue with 76 entries for an exhibition of Housmaniana and autographs from the Housman collection at Bryn Mawr College. With illustrations. Printed and bound at Meriden-Stinehour. A fine copy. With the bookplate of Thomas M. Whitehead.

Oxford: The Library, 1970. stiff paper wrappers. Bookbinding. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. pp.193-218 with 7 plates. An article in the Library, Fifth Series, Volume XXV, Number 3.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926. cloth. small 8vo. cloth. (ii), xiii, (iii), 253, (3) pages, with 44 pages of plates. First edition. The memoirs of Hurd and the authors that influenced him throughout the years. It is illustrated with 44 pages of black-and-white plates of several authors, his parents, paintings and more. Indexed. Slight foxing throughout with rubbing along the spine.

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1900. Exquisite Blue Full crushed morocco, gilt borders on front and rear boards, spine in gilt, five raised bands, leather turn-ins with gilt, decorated endbands, marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Napoleon. large 8vo. Exquisite Blue Full crushed morocco, gilt borders on front and rear boards, spine in gilt, five raised bands, leather turn-ins with gilt, decorated endbands, marbled pastedowns and endpapers. vi, 261, (1) pages. Extra illustrated with 34 additional steel and copper engravings. Spine lightly faded, else a fine copy. Bound by 'Morrell, Binder, London', with their binder's ticket stamped at the foot of the leather turn-in at front pastedown. Bookplate of Walter Edwin Frew on front pastedown. Table of contents. Index. Napoleon's final years, much of it confined on St Helena. Rosebery critiques the literature--including Gourgaud, Montholon, Las Cases, and others. A fascinating account.

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1984. stiff paper wrappers. Miniature Books. miniature book (6.5 x 5.0 cm). stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 6 pages. No limitation statement. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 102). Comments by Bonaparte on his Christian faith. Memorial card for Madeline Forgue (1909-84), a collector of Napoleana, laid in.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1999. stiff paper wrappers. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 28 pages. Occasional Paper Series, No.2. Illustrated. Preface by Elizabeth U. Mangan.

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1984. stiff paper wrappers. Miniature Books. miniature book (6.5 x 5.0 cm). stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 6 pages. No limitation statement. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press 102). Comments by Bonaparte on his Christian faith.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. stiff paper wrappers. Uruguay. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (vii), 338+(1) pages. Part literary criticism and part bibliography. Covers faded.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 178 pages. A study of the writing of prose fiction drawing from the work of numerous scholars on the subject and the work of noted writers of fiction. Acknowledgments and introduction. Text is footnoted. Index.

New York: Hill and Wang, 1964. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 335 pages. First edition. Lower rear corner bumped, lightly rubbed and scratched dust jacket.

n.p.: Franklin Court Printshop and Bindery, 1977. publisher's, of quarter brown leather and marbled boards. No titles on spine. 8vo. publisher's, of quarter brown leather and marbled boards. No titles on spine. 81, (2) pages. Facsimile reprint of this famous text limited to 350 numbered copies. A fine copy. Text of the Philadelphia, W. Spotswood, 1790, edition with new wood engravings. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books.

Chicago: Newberry Library, 1928. library cloth. Indians. 8vo. library cloth. x,120; viii,49 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. With pagination, size, collation and illustrations given. Scarce reference set in first printing. Ex library copy with markings including the library name perforated on the title page.

Chicago: Newberry Library, 1912. self paper wrappers. Indians. 8vo. self paper wrappers. x, 120 pages. With pagination, size, collation and illustrations given. Lacks the supplement volume. No wrappers; last leaf spotted along edges.

New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1964. cloth, dust jacket. New Jersey. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xxii, 266 pages. First edition. Some foxing of jacket.