Authors starting with O from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

O'Brian, John. The Thirteen Gun Salute. W.W. Norton & Company, NY 1991, 1st US edition. 8vo, 319pp. An about fine copy in a fine pictorial dust jacket. A very attractive copy. Another splendid installment by O'Brian about the British Navy. ... more information

O'Brien, F. White Shadows in the South Seas. Century, NY 1919, 1st edition. Lge. 8vo, 450 pp, photo ills throughout. Green pictorial buckram, hinges slt. loose & sml. cut on spine o/w very nice copy. A year among the cannibals of the island of Hiva-oa in the Marquesas. ... more information

London:: Edward Arnold,. 1916.. Good. 8vo, b&w frontis, 194pp, ads (x). Medium blue cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Covers are rubbed and front hinge is starting. Memoirs of Lord O'Brien, Chief Justice of Ireland, from his childhood memories of "The Great Hunger" (great famine of 1847-1848), to his speech on Women's Suffrage. ... more information

O'Casey, Sean. Within the Gates. A Play of Four Scenes in a London Park. Macmillan & Co, London 1933. 8vo, viii, 203pp, 1/4 cloth & hardboard, spine sunned o/w vgc. ... more information

O'Casey, Sean. Oak Leaves and Lavender or a Warld on Wallpaper. Macmillan, London 1946, 1st edition. 8vo, 164pp, orig. green cloth fine in fine green printed wrapper. ... more information

O'Casey, Sean. Purple Dust. A Wayward Comedy in Three Acts. Macmillan, London 1940, 1st edition. 8vo, 182pp, ads. Orig. blue gilt cloth fine in vg printed wrapper, spine toned and slt edgewear. ... more information

O'Casey, Sean. The Star Turns Red. Macmillan, London 1940, 1st edition. 8vo, 184pp. Orig. red gilt cloth fine in vg+ printed wrapper, spine slt. toned. ... more information

New York:: Viking Press,. 1932.. First American edition. Hardcover. With an Introduction by Edward Garnett. 8vo, (xii) 237pp. Orig. green cloth & printed dj in green & orange over cream, un-price clipped. Spine slt. toned, fine/vg+ copy. Irish nationalist author. ... more information

O'Faolain, Sean. The Life Story of Eamon de Valera. Talbot Press, Dublin 1933, 1st edition. 8vo, 110pp, portrait frontis. Orig. red cloth, printed dj. Dj spine has some chips and cracks, front and back wrappers are good. De Valera of the Irish Rebellion. ... more information

O'Hara, John. A Rage to Live. Random House, NY 1949, 1st printing. 590pp, black cloth, pic dj chipped at edges o/w good+. Sticky tape on edge of dj & inner boards. ... more information

O'Neill, William, ed. Echoes of Revolt: The Masses 1911-1917. Quadrangle Books. Chicago 1966. 4to, 303pp, ills throughout. Introduction By Irving Howe, afterward by Max Eastman. Contents: Matters Of Policy, The Freedom To Express, The Class Struggle, Moral Issues, Wars In General And The War In Particular. VG/vg. ... more information

Boston:: Ticknor,. 1888.. First edition. Hardcover. O'Reilly was transported to Western Australia because of his support for the Fenian cause. He is considered Western Australia's first poet. Includes a section entitled 'Ancient Irish Athletic Games, Exercises and Weapons' and concludes with a section entitled 'Canoeing Sketches' which describe canoeing on the Connecticut, Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers in the US. Green gilt stamped cloth gilt title at spine; gilt decorated boards.... more information

Autograph letter dated May 7, 1884, about a poem sent to him. The letter reads "Dear Sir, I should advise you to send this poem to the Critic, which originates "This Immortal" idea. It is very nice, it will gratify the Doctor. Yours truly, J B O'Reilly". 7 1/4 x 4 7/8". Cream color paper, with two folds, very good condition. ... more information

Dublin:: James Duffy and Sons,. 1887.. Hardcover. Good +. The story of the struggles of the Catholic faith in Ireland, from the time of Henry VIII. 8vo, xx, 599pp, appendices, index. Dark green gilt cloth with gilt title at spine. Covers rubbed esp head and tail of spine. Library bookplate inside front cover, innger hinges of front and rear covers starting, o/w good+. ... more information

London:: Royal Geographical Society,. 1937.. Hard Cover. Important volume of the RGS journal including content such as the Arctic, Greenland and Mount Everest: the Glaciers and Morphology of the Franz Josef Fjord Region of North-East Greenland by N. E. Odell, with map; the Medical and Physiological Aspects of the Mount Everest Expeditions, by Dr. C. B. Warren; the Oxford University Arctic Expedition, North East Land, 1935-36, by A. R. Glen, with map; and the Oxford University Greenland Expedition, West Gree... more information

Odenhausen, Helmuth. Gitter aus Stahl in neuen Formen. 2 auflage. Stahleisen, Dusseldorf 1962. Sml. 4to, 211pp, 263 ills. Orig. cloth covers, pic dj, sunned spine o/w vg condition. Fabulous artistically inspired wrought iron designs. ... more information

Washington DC:: U. S. Government Printing Office,. 1953.. Hardcover. Volume II only. Prepared at the Office, Chief of Military History. Contents include History of the Organization of the US Infantry, Chart of Heraldic Tricking, and Infantry Lineages, Honors and Distinctive Insignia. 8vo, vii, 859pp, b&w ills throughout. Black gilt cloth. Internally very good. ... more information

Albany:: Weed, Parsons and Company,. 1864.. Good. "Caused by the Secession of some of the Southern States from the Union, A. D. 1861, as Taken from the Muster-In on File in the Adjutant General's Office, S. N. Y." Volume I: 4to, 887pp. Rebound in brown cloth with no title on front cover or spine. Interior is very clean and is complete. The top edge of the front cover is slightly rippled from damp; and the front cover is dusty. Volume I contains a Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln dated Apr... more information

Journal of Pacific History,. 1974.. Paperback. Reprinted from: The Journal of Pacific History, Vol. Nine, 1974. pp117- 129, paper wrps, presentation copy. ... more information