Search Results: Titles starting with O from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Powell, best known for "A Dance To The Music Of Time," and wrote this short satiric novel following the publication of his memoirs; it introduces G.F.H. Shadbold, a minor literary talent whose major skill is self-promotion, which he has fully utilized to become an elder statesman of arts and letters until he is brought low, ironically and hilariously, by his own scheming. Collectable.

New York: Henry Holt, 1999. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. the fifteenth novel in Grafton's best-selling, "alphabet" mystery series featuring California female private detective Kinsey Milhone; Fine in Fine dustjacket.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1999. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. The tenth novel in Mayor's series of police procedural mysteries featuring Vermont police detective Joe Gunther; First Printing of the First edition; a very collectable copy.

New York: Knopf, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Good/Fair. This novel, which many consider Gardner's best work is the story of the conflict between a brother and sister, both elderly, both absolutely sure they are right, both equally stubborn. The conflict escalates, draws in relatives, friends and neighbors who try to reason with them but neither gives in until ghosts from their past, bringing a terrible revelation, come to free them. Boards show some rubbing, fading, bumped corners. Text is clean, tight, square. Price-clipped dustjacket, with cover art by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese, while basically whole with printing and cover art intact, shows considerable wear with tearing and chipping, especially at folds and spine ends. A decent reading copy.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The eleventh novel in the award-winning MacLeod's mystery series featuring the husband and wife art detective team of Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn. This time, with Max out of town, Sarah is on her own investigating the murder of a museum administrator who's also a talented forger. Previous owner's name and date on the front end page, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows only a small crease along the bottom edge of the back panel, no tearing or chipping, not price-clipped

New York: Knopf, 1991. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. The fourth collection of Updike's non-fiction prose features essays and criticism from the 1980s, including comment on fellow writers such as Shaw, Hemingway, Tyler and Roth and articles written for a diversity of publications including Popular Mechanics, The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan and Sport; remainder mark on top edge of text, previous owner's name/address stamped on inside front cover (hidden by jacket flap), o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square; dustjacket shows minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce.

New York: Viking Press, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. The second novel of one of the master craftsmen of international intrigue and suspense features German journalist Peter Miller's struggle with ODESSA, the secret organization dedicated to protecting the identities and whereabouts of Nazi war criminals; boards worn along edges and top and bottom of spine, o/w boards and text are clean and tight; dustjacket also shows edgewear with chipping at top and bottom of spine and a pair of small closed tears at bottom of spine; both flaps are creased.

New York: Bantam Books, 1974. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Bantam X7744; Forsyth's second adventure-thriller is the story of a young German journalist who uncovers a secret organization formed at the end of WW II to protect fugitive Nazis and conspire to carry out Hitler's "Final Solution" twenty years after his death; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing slight reading crease, very minimal surface and edgewear.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1970. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fair/Fair. A book-length description of NASA's early years and the society that produced it in Mailer's floridly imaginative reporting style; edgeworn, boards slightly loose, fep missing; black dustjacket shows considerable wear at edges, corners and spine, with tape mark under author's name on front panel. A reading copy.

New York: HarperCollins, 1992. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Trade Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. A fascinating, fact-filled book that mixes information with humor and entertains as it offers a tour of the world's natural wonders, making a persuasive case for a human effort to preserve their existence. Text is clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows very minimal wear.

New York: Knopf, 1987. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Allende's second novel is set in an un-named Latin American country controlled by a military dictatorship. The book features two people -- Irene, an upper class woman, naive but well-intentioned, a reporter for a women's magazine, and Francisco, son of Spanish exiles, a photographer and clandestine worker in the resistance. On a routine assignment the pair uncover a hideous crime, the revelation of which will challenge and provoke the regime's official terrorism. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden, with a publisher's postcard laid-in. A remainder mark on the top edge of the text, corners of both boards slightly bumped, o/w clean, unmarked, tight and square. The price-clipped dustjacket shows a moderate amount of surface and edgewear, especially at the spine ends but no major tears, chipping or creasing.

New York: Knopf, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The fourth novel by National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Updike features Joey Robinson, an advertising consultant in Manhattan who describes the recent visit he, his second wife and his eleven-year-old stepson made to the Pennsylvania farm where he grew up; previous owner's name on inside front cover; inside front cover, fep and front flap of dustjacket show slight tape residue stains at top and bottom edges, o/w clean, tight, square in dustjacket showing no tears or chipping.

Lincoln, NE: Writers Club Press, 2001. First American Edition. . Trade Paperback. Very Good. Seif, a Catholic monk and clinical psychologist, writes a mystery in which religion and medicine play a major role, what might be described as a modern Brother Cadfael investigation into murder; front cover slightly rolled, o/w text and wrappers are clean, tight and square; Very Good to Near Fine.

Cleveland, OH, 1935. First Edition. . Paper Wrappers. Very Good. The Official Program for the 15th anniversary of the National Air Races, held August 30, 1935, to September 2, 1935. Featured are an article on the history-making first 15 years of national air racing, as well as a complete daily program of all events, rules and regulations for all events, including parachute jumping, descriptions of the five trophy races and lists of record performances from previous years. 52 pages, 9 x 12 inches, pictorial wrappers in red white and blue. Previous owner's name neatly in upper corner of front cover, lower right corners lightly bumped, entry form for the grand prize drawing clipped from the upper corner of Page 51, o/w program is clean and unmarked with no significant tears or creasing. A collectable copy of a piece of USA's early aviation history.

New York: Knopf, 1982. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Cheever's last novel is a fable about an older man's search for love; First Printing of the First Edition; remainder mark on bottom edge of text o/w Fine in dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: Knopf, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This short novel, a late work from this National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, is the story of an older man, believing he is nearing the end of life, who suddenly rediscovers love and desire in the line at a suburban bank; remainder mark on the top edge of the text and previous owner's name and date on the fep, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; the dustjacket shows slightly sunned upper edges and a single quarter-inch tear on the upper edge of the back panel, o/w very minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Knopf, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fair/Fair. Cheever's fifth novel and his last book is a fable about an older man's search for love; there are glue stains on inside covers, end pages and dustjacket flaps; text is undamaged and clean, not ex libris. A decent reading copy.

New York: Random House, 1969. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. O'Hara, in addition to his novels, was one of the great short fiction writers of the mid-20th century. This book contains 22 stories chosen from the 251 stories collected in nine volumes between 1935 and 1966, a retrospective sampling of a master craftsman's work as well as an excellent introduction for those just coming to a writer somewhat under-appreciated today. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows only minor wear along the edges and at the corners and spine ends. There is a moderate crease running the length of the dj's front flap, o/w no significant flaws, no tears or missing chips, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Elkins' 1988 Edgar Award winning novel from his mystery series featuring "skeleton detective" Gideon Oliver, this time investigating a murder in France. Scarce. Collectable.

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The 10th novel by this acknowledged master of the spy-thriller genre features the disappearance of Paul Christopher, legendary CIA intelligence officer, now 70 and retired, from his home in Washington, D.C., followed by the return of his ashes from China some months later. However, his cousin refuses to believe Christopher is dead and with help from a handful of other retired CIA officers begins a search that will span the globe. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket is close to perfect, no tears, no chipping, no creasing, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.