Titles starting with O from Bartlebys Books

Augusta, GA:: Blackmar & Bro.,, nd [1864?]... One of "The Exotics: Flowers of Song Transplanted to Southern Soil.". 4to. (3) pp. Title page printed in green ("B. Duncan & Co. Lith Coilumbia S.C."). Parrish & Willingham 7309. Printed self-wrappers. Foxed, else very good. (627) ... more information

Kansas City, MO:: Scott Hay Press Co.,, nd [ca. 1890].. Broadside printed on yellow paper, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, illustrated with a wood engraving of the rake (2 x 4 1/2 inches) and text in two long paragraphs on operating the rake. Folded, but very good. This rake will carry more hay and lose less than the ordinary machine." Unrecorded on OCLC. ... more information

London:: printed for R. Stevens & Sons, Law Booksellers, by C. Roworth,, 1823.. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo. 42pp. Two listings found on OCLC (UCLA; Cambridge U.). Signature at the head of the title page reads "Mr. Gladstone," (possibly in Winter's hand, intended as a presentation copy). ... more information

NY:: printed & sold by T.J. Swords,, 1811.. 8vo. viii, 199pp. , including two charts. Later cloth-backed marbled boards. Very good. First edition. Howes W-489. Sabin 104451. American Imprints 24459. Thornton 14963 ... more information

Liverpool:: G. Cruickshank,, n.d. (ca.1820).. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo.; 24pp. No listings found on OCLC. ... more information

Savannah, (GA):: W.T. Williams; NY: Collins & Hannay, (printed by Harper in New York),, 1826.. First edition. 8vo. 152pp. Errata pasted to blank portion of final leaf. Recent quarter-calf and marbled boards, original morocco spine label; old library stamp on title page. ... more information

NY:: Charles de Behr,, 1832.. 8vo. 237 pp. Original cloth backed boards (rubbed and a little stained), lacking spine label; some browning to text, but a good solid copy. First edition. On the front pastedown the ownership signature of "Cary C. Cocke, Bremo", 1814-1888, a physician from a prominent old Virginia family. Howes L-205: "The original edition was suppressed and most copies destroyed. ... more information

London:: Printed; New York: Re-Printed for E. Sargeant,, 1806.. 8vo. 43 pp. Disbound pamphlet. Very good. First American edition. Stephen was a defender of the English interpretation of neutral trade and its right to search American ships. SABIN 91241 ... more information

Palatka, FL:, January, 1893.. Postcard sized business card, measuring 5 x 3 1/2 inches, printed on stiff green card stock. Illustration of a steamer from the Hart's Daily Line of boats. Verso gives distances from Palatka to various stops in Florida; agent's name stamped across top. Very good. The Ocklawaha Navigation Co. was established in 1860 and incorporated in 1888. "Accomodations for Speed, Comfort and Safety Unsurpassed." Three steamers are listed, the Okeehumkee, the Astatula, and ... more information

NY.. Bergen & Tripp, steam printers, nd [1861, by perpetual calendar]. Broadside, 8 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches, eight paragraphs set in several type sizes and faces. Folded; ink stain in bottom margin, else very good.. This announcement, for her appearance in Washington, D.C., alleged wide acclaim for Miss St. Clair's lectures but also promised enough door prizes at the event (e.g. ten hoop skirts, one ladies' gold watch, 18-carat gold rings, etc.) so that "everybody gets a present." Unrecord... more information

London:: F.S. Ellis ,, 1870.. 8vo. 23pp. Original subdued orange wrappers (soiled). Very good, mostly unopened copy (half-title torn where poorly opened). First edition. WISE 52 ... more information

Paris:: Michel Levy Freres, Editeurs,, 1864-66.. 8vo. Nine volumes. Title from the half-title; each volume has its own title page. Somewhat later three-quarter red morocco, gilt, and marbled boards and endpapers, spines richly gilt with ornaments, t.e.g. A little wear to several joints, but an attractive set. First collected edition of the author's works, edited by H.G. de Beaumont under the direction of Tocqueville's widow Mary Mottley de Tocqueville. Volumes 1-3: De la démocratie en Am&e... more information

No date (ca. early 1900s).. The photos were intended for sale to illustrate letters, "Un-mounted Views for amateurs, 3x3. 35 cts. per doz. Cheaper than to make them yourself." Examples here have been mounted on salmon colored decorated back boards, with the photographer's advertisements around the margins. One of the photos measures 5 1/2 x 2 in., and includes a printed thumb-nail history of the walled fortification of St. Augustine. The other photos measure 6 x 3 1/4 in., each view identifie... more information

28 January 1993 from Stonewall, Texas. 4to. 1 page, approximately 200 words; folded as for mailing and accompanied by the mailing envelope. Fine. Hewitt (1931-2003) had a long career in Washington, DC, first as a speech writer for John F. Kennedy and an assistant to U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, later as the driving force behind the reinvigoration of Ford's Theatre where she served as producing artisitic director; on the day before her death, she received the National Humanities Award. ... more information

Approximately 75 words on 11 X 8 X 1/2 in. onionskin. Three folds and a little wrinkling. ... more information

Half-sheet 4to, 6 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches, approximately 100 words. Folded; browned, but very good. James R. Walker purchased a lot in Bluffton for $51; Green and Benjamin F. Edwards guarantee title to the land, presently held by a "New Madrid claim." Green, a Kentucky native, began his career as a land speculator in Missouri, operated the opposition newspaper in Washington, D.C. during John Q. Adams's term, and supported Jackson as a member of his "Kitchen Cabinet" until breaking with t... more information

London:: Oxford Univ. Press,, 1949.. 4to.; 42pp. No. 346 of 750 copies. Gilt stamped red cloth (unevenly faded). Very good in a spine-darkened dustjacket. ... more information

Washington DC:: Special Orders no. 57,, 25 July 1865.. Broadside, 9 1/4 x 8 inches. Folded as for filing, but very good. Willcox's farewell address to his division which he commanded at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Knoxville, and all of Grant's battles in the campaign to Richmond, Petersburg, and Appomattox, 1864-1865. "The red Shield of the Division shines with full lustre and reflects a glory upon all who have fought under it. ... more information

Baltimore, MD:: Saengerfest Association of Baltimore,, 1903.. Oblong 4to. 207 pp. Illustrated; portraits, city views, folding city street map. Orig. chromolithographically illus. green wrappers; spine a bit worn, but very good. First edition. Six thousand singers converged on Baltimore, "representative of that German influence which is today quietly and steadily contributing its share to the Nation's greatness." Combination promotional for Maryland and Baltimore, historical survey of German c... more information

Washington, DC:: U.S. Department of Commerce,, 1941.. 4to. 85pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Very good. First edition (mimeographed typescript). "This Conference was called for the purpose of effecting a more adequate integration into the Department of Commerce of business problems peculiar to the Negro." Uncommon; OCLC records only three copies (Atlanta University, Dept. of Commerce, Kentucky State). Not in Blockson Collection. ... more information