Titles starting with O from The Bookpress, Ltd.

1922. Paperback. (MARTHA'S VINEYARD--TRAVEL GUIDE) OAK BLUFFS, EDGARTOWN AND VINEYARD HAVEN. New York: Geo. W. Richardson, (circa 1922). Oblong 8vo. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches Printed wrappers. (76) pages. Rare travel guide for Martha's Vineyard not listed on OCLC. A photographical illustrated booklet of the sites, views, prominent homes, and other points of interest for the three local communities in the region, including their hotel and stores. With many local advertisements. Very good. ... more information

1989. RAPHAEL, Sandra. AN OAK SPRING SYLVA. Upperville, Virginia: Oak Spring Garden Library, 1989. 4to. Cloth, dust jack xxvii, 147 (1) pages. First edition. One in a series of catalogues by the Oak Spring Garden Library describing the sections of their library. This catalogue presents forty six of their books manuscripts on trees. An historical background of each book is presented alo with a bibliography. Color and black and white illustrations accompany each entry. With an index. Fine. ... more information

1887. Paperback. (CALIFORNIA) IRISH, John P.. OAKLAND, ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. Oakland: E.A. Heron, 1887. 8vo. Printed decorated wrappers. 14, (1) pages, 1 map. Scarce California real estate promotion with only two copies recorded on OCLC Huntington Library and University of California, Berkeley. It was published local real estate agent, Ernest Heron, who reprinted the sketch written by Jo Irish. Included are charts recording the growth of population in the region advantages for building and living ... more information

1814. (MEDICINE) SANZ, Jose. OBSERVACION CHIRURGICO-MEDICA. (Mexico City): Doria Maria Fernandez de Jauragui, 1814. 16mo. Later red full-morocco. 39 pages. First edition. A rare Mexican imprint on hydrocele and testicular neoplasm found in hernias ruptures. OCLC only locates seven copies worldwide. Very good. ... more information

1806. DALLAWAY, James. OBSERVATIONS ON ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. MILITARY, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND CIVIL. London: J. Taylor, 1806. 8vo. Nineteenth century full-calf. xii, 318, (12) pages. First edition. One of the earliest architectural studies of Gothic architecture in England f the Anglo-Saxon period to the sixteenth century. With focus on ecclesiastica examples. Binding rubbed; front hinge cracked but firm, else very good. ... more information

1804. SOCIETE D'AGRICULTURE. OBSERVATIONS SUR LE RAPPORT QUE LE CITOYEN BRULEY VIE DE PUBLIER. Turin: La Societe, An XII, (1804). 8vo. Later quarter- leather. x, 80 pages. First edition. A negative review of Augustin-Jean Brulley's study of exotic plants, Rapport les Essais de Culture de Plantes Exotiques. The report accuses Brulley of insulting the Society with his careless scholarship and lies. Very good in l nineteenth century binding. ... more information

1806. DALLAWAY, James. OBSERVATIONS ON ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. MILITARY, ECCLESIASTICAL, AND CIVIL. London: J. Taylor, 1806. 8vo. Publisher's boards. xii, 318, (12) pages. Firs edition. One of the earliest architectural studies of Gothic architecture in England f the Anglo-Saxon period to the sixteenth century. His focus is on the ecclesiastical examples. An exceptionally nice uncut copy with front hinge starting but firm. ... more information

1813. Paperback. (BOOK COLLECTING) OBSERVATIONS ON SEVERAL AUTHORS AND BOOKS IN THE ENGLISH AN FOREIGN LANGUAGES WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF A SELECT AND SMALL LIBRARY. London: Valpy, 1813. 8vo. Disbound. 279-298 pages. Being an appendix to The Pamphleteer, a strange periodical that reprinted sca tracts of historical interest. This advice on forming a library was written a time of great bibliophilic interest by Thomas Frognall Dibdin and others. ... more information

1784. Paperback. (FIRE PREVENTION) YOUNG, David. OBSERVATIONS UPON FIRE, WITH A VIEW TO THE BEST AND MOST EXPEDITIOUS METHODS OF EXTINGUISHING IT... Edinburgh: The Author, 1784. 8vo. Contemporary blue wrappers. (iv), 48 pages First edition. Scarce item with only seven copies listed on OCLC in American libraries. You proposes alternative methods of extinguishing fires if water is not available i.e. smothered with any suitable material, or blowing them out with gunpowder etc. He suggests organized fire-fi... more information

1622. EDMUNDS, Clement. OBSERVATIONS UPON FIVE FIRST BOOKES OF CAESARS COMMENTARIES. London: Printed for Peter Short, 1600. Small folio. Contemporary full vellum (iv), 199 pages, 6 plates on 10 leaves. *2, A-I, K-T, V-Z, Aa-Bb 4. First edition. This work, by Sir Clement Edmondes (1564- 1622), Clerk to the Council, is considered to be one of the most comprehensive and detailed essays on militar philosophy written in this period. In Virginia, the book was in the librarie of Landon Carter, Robert Carter II, ... more information

1908. Paperback. MICKLETHWAITE, J.T. OCCASIONAL NOTES ON CHURCH FURNITURE & ARRANGEMENTS. London: Incorporated Church Building Society, 1908. 8vo. Wrappers. 52, (1) pages, 1 plate. First edition. First published as a series of articles in Church Builder from 1899 to 1905, gathered here for the first time. Includes Micklethwaite's observations on pews, fonts, lighting, warming, and painted glass. Wrappers slightly chipped ... more information

1927. Paperback. AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS. THE OCTAGON. (Washington: American Institute of Architects), 1927. 4to. Stiff wrappers. Frontispiece, 55 pages. First edition. A brief history of this famous Washington, D.C. house is followed by plans to restore the residence and erect a library and administration building. Very good. ... more information

1976. MCCUE, George. THE OCTAGON. Washington: American Institute of Architects Foundation, 1976. 4to. Cloth. x 102 pages. First edition. Stain on front cover, else very good. ... more information

1954. Paperback. ROUNDS, Ruby M. OCTAGON BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK STATE. Cooperstown, New York: New York State Historical Association, 1954. 8vo. Wrappers. 22 pages. Revised edition. With seven photographs and one floor plan, one hundred and twenty six octagon buildings are listed by county. An index lists them by town and city. With intoduction entitled: "Fowler Was Right- -Or Notes From the Heart of an Octago Dweller". Light browning to the edges, tail of spine lightly creased, else v good. ... more information

1987. Paperback. (OCTAGON HOUSE) EVANS, Quinn. THE OCTAGON, EXTERIOR RESTORATION. Washington: AIA Foundation, 1987. 4to. Wrappers, comb binding. (i), 25 leave First edition. Scarce in-house master plan report compiled by architect Quinn Evans for the on the most recently conducted restoration and repair work done to the exteri of the historic house in 1987. Includes photographs and architectural elevations detailing work to be conducted, with costs. Very good. ... more information

1929. Paperback. CHINARD, Gilbert. LETTRES INEDITES DE BEAUMARCHAIS. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1929. 8vo. Wrappers. First edition. Number 74 of 500 copies. A fine uncut copy. ... more information

SAMBIN, Hughes. OEUVRE DE LA DIVERSITY DES TERMES, DONT ON USE EN ARCHITECTU REDUICT EN ORDRE. Lyons: Durant, 1572. Small folio. Paste paper boards. 3-48, 53-76, (1) page First, and only, edition. [Fowler, 285; Berlin Catalog, 3920; Mortimer, 481; Brunet V, 104]. This work on columnar figures is one of the most decorative books of the Lyonnese school. It is especially interesting from the viewpoint of French Renaissance architectural history. Sambin, a French architect, cabinetmaker, and joiner was a pu... more information

1879. MOLIERE. OEUVRES COMPLETES DE MOLIERE. Paris: Laplace, 1879. 4to. Red quarter-morocco. 649, (1) pages, 20 colored plates. Complete works of the noted French dramatists edited by Jules Gabriel Janin. Illustrated Illustrated with colored plates by Edmond Aime Florentin Geffrey. Bookplate, signature on front blank, else very good. ... more information

1920. Paperback. LELAND & HALL COMPANY. OF GARDENS AND THEIR FURNISHINGS. New York: Leland & Hall, (circa 1915-1920). Small 8vo. Color printed art pap wrappers. 16 pages, plus 35 loose plates. Rare work with only one copy recorded on OCLC and that copy incomplete -- at University of California, Berkeley. "Being a brief consideration of the gard of yesterday and of to-day, and of the furniture of stone and marble most fit to be used therein." Though the title does not suggest it, this is... more information

1946. BURLINGAME, Roger. OF MAKING MANY BOOKS. New York: Scribner, 1946. 8vo. Cloth. xvi, 349 pages. First edition. History of Scribner's publishing house. Very good. ... more information