Search Results: Titles starting with O from Old Bookshelf

New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. viii, 247pp, 8pp publisher's list. Original publisher's cloth, paper spine label. Boards faded and spotted, spine label lightly chipped, foxing and spotting confined mainly to endpapers and occasionally in text, ownership labels on front endpapers, binding is tight. Disparaging commentary about author's travels in United States. Howes F -110.i

Edinburgh and London: William Blsckwood & Sons Ltd., 1937. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 275pp. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Spine sunned, page edges lightly foxed, contents mildly age-toned, contents are sound and binding is tight.

Israel: Zolschein. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gabriella Rosenthal. No date, circa 1950s. Card folder containing reproductions of 12 colored drawings each mounted on matte, 4 pages of text. Cover is faded and spotted, illustrations are all clean and sound, fading to perimeters of mattes. Overall in nice condition. Scenes of everyday life in Jerusalem. All of the original 12 prints are present.

Washington, DC: Inaugural Committee 1953, 1953. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 48pp. Pictorial stapled wraps. Clean and in like new condition. Original mailing envelope mildly age-toned is included.

Albany, NY: American Bureau of Foreign Travel, 1888. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 85pp, 14pp ads. Grey printed wraps. Very light shelfwear to cover, contents very clean. A comprehensive guide to travel in Europe for the year 1888. Suggested routes, itineraries and hotels are featured.

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 2 original Issues of Oliver Optic's Magazine Our Boys and Girls dated November 16 and November 23, 1867. The covers are moderately soiled, and the interiors are mildly age-darkened but mostly clean and unmarked, several clean tears with no loss of text. Some of the many contributors to the magazines are Louise Riviere, Edwin Stanton, Harriette Cotes, George Burleigh and J.B. Howser.

Stuttgart: Deutschen Verlags-Anstalt, 1914. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Paul Haustien. [4],32,[2],38pp. Full marroon morocco with elaborate gilt design to cover and spine, all edges gilt, gilt floral endpapers, in slipcase. Published in an edition of 300 copies,of which this is No. 203. Very minor wear to boards, spine is chipped at both ends, cracking along joints, boards holding and binding is tight. Slipcase is worn mainly along edges and corners. Text is in German, printed on a heavy card stock with lavishly decorated ornamentation throughout, followed by 38 pages of commentary. Translated from the Persian by Friedrich Rosen, and designed by Paul Haustein.

London: D.Darnton, Jun., 1812. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. 111pp. Publisher's printed boards, engraved frontispiece. Front board detached but present, covers soiled, spine missing, engraved frontispiece is soiled, torn along margins (image not affected), archival tape repaired, text is mildly age-toned and surprisingly sound and complete.

Boston: James H. Earle, 1892. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Brown cloth, gilt titling to cover and spine. Light wear, spine slightly darkened, contents tanned, binding is solid. A sound copy.

New York: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1962. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 64mo - up to 3" tall. 38pp. Blue card stock, gilt lettering. Cover and contents are in clean and sound condition.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 284pp. Blue boards, red spine. Light rubbing to spine ends, contents toned. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket is edgeworn and lightly soiled and faded. Criminality in America.

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1915. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 177pp. Cloth over boards in good condition, corners and spine ends rubbed. Contents are age-toned (especially frontispiece tissue-guard) and rear pastedown has a some tape residue. Tissue guard at frontispiece has small chip to lower corner. Contents are clean., binding is tight and sound. Folk-tales told to the author "by various illiterate village folks".

Springfield, Massachusetts: F. A. Bassette Co., 1908. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 89pp. Decorative cloth. Some light soiling (mostly to rear cover). Contents are unread, unopened and very clean. Binding is tight.

New York: Association Press, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 64pp. Pictorial cover, illustrated. Corners lightly rubbed, contents are clean, and bnding is tight. Introduction is by medical missionary, Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell. Publisher's promotional page of other books laid-in. A well-preserved book.

Chicago: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, 1921. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 101pp. FIRST EDITION. Beige decorative cover in good condition. Spine slightly darkened. Sepia-toned frontispiece. Inscription on front free endpaper signed by author, dated July, 1921. Also includes an envelope tipped-in to front pastedown containing a 4 page letter in the author's hand, SIGNED by the author, addressed to Mrs Norman DeWind.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1913. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 212pp. Grey pictorial cloth. Later edition. LIght wear and spotting to covers, contents mildly age-toned, owner's name and date on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is separated in 3 sections, chipped and missing a 1 inch triangle at top, and is darkened and moderately stained on rear panel. Dust jacket is presentable in it's mylar cover.

Somerville, MA: Somerville Journal Print, 1908. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 217pp. Brown paper over boards, gilt lettered, suede spine. Light wear to cover, text mildly toned but clean. Inscription on front free endpaper reads :"To Mrs. Sarah J. Elkins with best wishes from the author." Author's travels through Europe. Visits to Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Malta, Egypt and more. Illuatrated