Titles starting with O from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Sao Paulo: Editora Aero Ltda, (1984). First Edition.. Oblong quarto. Printed glossy wrappers (softcover); 247pp; illus. Light wear; coated paperstock has grown slightly musty; Very Good. Scarce pictorial survey of the collection of the Brazilian Aerospace Museum, with much on the history of Brazilian aviation. Parallel ext in Portuguese and English. ... more information

Martinsburg, WV: John Gracen Brown, 2003. First edition.. Octavo. Black cloth (hardcover); 373pp. "O Shenandoah!" is written for film; "Cromwell and Fox" is a stage play. Fine in dustjacket. ... more information

Oakland: Oakland Ensemble Theatre, 1995. First Edition.. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. Pictorial wrappers; 12pp. Fine. Program for the world premiere of Roger Guenveur Smith's one-man show "A Huey P. Newton Story." With notes on the production by Smith, and biographies of the entire production staff. ... more information

London: Horizon, 1949. First printing.. Small octavo. Printed wrappers; pp 77-152. Mild toning to cover wraps, else Near Fine. First appearance of McCarthy's novella. ... more information

London: Watts & Co, 1925. First Edition.. Blue cloth (hardcover); 271pp. Ownership signature, brief spotting to foredge, else a bright, tight copy, close to fine. No jacket. ... more information

Lancaster, PA: The Examiner Printing House, 1893. First Edition.. Original maroon cloth (hardcover) gilt; 504pp. Sketches and vignettes originally published in the Lancaster Daily and Weekly Examiner. Dedicated to the "Young Men and Maidens of Lancaster County.:" Boards discolored at edges; spine somewhat faded (still easily legible); internally solid and clean with mild to moderate toning to page edges (mostly at prelims). A solid, still-handsome copy. ... more information

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. First Edition.. Quarto; cloth boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 381 pp. Clean, unmarked copy in lightly worn jacket. ... more information

Avenel: Crescent Books, 1993. First American Edition.. Quarto. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American Edition. Blue cloth (hardcover); 224pp; illus. Remainder mark bottom edge, else Fine in barely worn dustjacket. ... more information

Berkeley: Russkoe universal’noe izd-vo, 1922. First edition.. 16mo. Card wrappers; 128pp. Wrappers loose; text toned; Good. In Russian (cyrillic). ... more information

New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1941. First Edition.. Staple-bound pamphlet; 61pp. Pencil date to sunned cover, corners of cover worn, else near fine. ... more information

New York: Workers Library Publishers, 1940. First Edition.. Staple-bound pamphlet; 64pp. Cover sunned, wear to spine ends, else near fine. ... more information

Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs and Co, 1900. First Edition.. Red decorative gilt and pictorial cloth (hardcover); 358pp. Small spot on back cover, scratch across t.e.g., owner's name on front free endpaper and front hinge is splitting. Copy is otherwise tight, clean and unmarked with quite a number of plates, including photos and paintings. ... more information

London: John Lane, 1895. First Edition.. Original sized buckram (hardcover); 112pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue. Spine mildly sunned, mild foxing to endpapers, else a tight, sharp copy, VG or better. 12mo. ... more information

Thessaloniki: Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies, 1985. First Edition.. Large octavo. Brown leatherette boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 554pp; bibliog. Inscribed by the author on title page; clean tight and unmarked, Near Fine in lightly rubbed jacket. Nice copy. ... more information

Paris: Masson et Cie, 1932. First Edition.. Thick quarto. Original printed wrappers; 752pp; portr. Covers soiled; binding cocked; internally fresh. Collects Widal's medical and bacteriological papers, including G-M 2250, 3783; 5034, and 5090.1. ... more information

Paris: CNRS Editions, 2007. First edition.. Large octavo. Laminated boards (hardcover); 436p. Review copy. Staple puncture and pencil annotations to title page, else like new clean and unread. ... more information

Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1865. Quarter calf with marbled boards; illus.; 490pp. Expected wear to edges and corners of boards, boards scuffed vertically, spine worn at ends and hinges, inner joints split, text foxed occasionally, else solid and complete copy. 12mo. ... more information

Geneva: Edito-Service et Cercle du Bibliophile, 1970. Red leather w/decorative gilt; illus.; 535pp. Very insignificant wear to extremities, else a very attractive, clean, bright and tight copy. ... more information

New York: Exposition Press, 1951. First Edition.. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 165pp. Mild soiling to board edges, else quite fresh; text tight and unmarked. In the scarce pictorial dustjacket, lightly edgeworn with small chip at base of front panel. Still a tight, attractive copy. A thinly fictionalized memoir of the author's experiences in the Israeli Underground during the 1948 War for Independence. Self-published and somewhat uncommon, especially in jacket. Octavo. ... more information

(Berkeley): David Meltzer & Jack Shoemaker / Maya Quartos, 1970. First edition.. One of 50 signed copies on Tovil handmade paper (there was a simultaneous issue of 300 unsigned copies). Small Quarto. Printed wraps; (6)pp. Faint marginal stain to first leaf. ... more information