Titles starting with O from Town's End Books

Limited Edition by Westvaco, n.p.: 2000. Fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with illustrated end papers and a dark blue placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket; but, contained in a fine illustrated paper covered slip case. Laid-in is a presentation slip signed by an officer of Westvaco. The 2000 edition of the Westvaco American Classic Series making it the 43rd volume in their series. Originally published in 1913. 262 pages of text. ... more information

First Edition by Donald Fine, New York: 1987. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. ... more information

First Edition by US Government Printing, Washington: 1929. Very good+ in green cloth covered boards with with a bump at the upper edge of the spine & a prior owner's name on the 1st FEP. Without a dust jacket. There is also a prior owner's stamp on the front end paper. Bulletin number 89 of the Smithsonian Institution's Burean of American Ethnology. 73 pages containing an index and text. ... more information

First Edition by Alfrd A. Knopf, New York: 1976. Near fine, several pages in the center of the text have been creased. In a near fine dust jacket. With illustrations by Elaine Raphael and Don Bolognese. ... more information

by Penn Prints, New York: n.d.. A fine lithographic print of a stone barn in the middle of a golden field with wagons out front and two children picking apples from a nearby tree with a small closed tear at the upper left corner at the outside margin. The sheet on which the print appears measuring 26" by 14" and the image itself measures 24" by 12". ... more information

Bilingual Edition by The Limited Editions Club, New York: 1961. This two volume set is in fine condition in 1/2 tan cloth and marbled paper covered boards with gilt on green title blocks on the spines. One volume is a 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5" and the other is folio measuring 13 1/2" by 9 1/2". Both volumes are protected by the publisher's original glassine dust jackets which are both in near fine condition. Both volumes are contained within a fine, paper covered slip case... more information

Limited Edition by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Penn.: 1979. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping and gilt decorations in the compartments with gilt decorations on the front and rear boards. The end papers are illustrated paper and the edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 3/4". 502 pages of text in contemporary verse by Robert Fitzgerald and illustrated by W. T. Mars. A handsome volume with no... more information

Delux edition, first thus by Houghton Mifflin Company, Cambridge, (Mass.): 1929. Near fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with gilt text stamped on the front board together with a gilt embossed, decorative image of Zeus with lightening bolts, with printed end sheets and with a speckled top edge to the text block. A small quarto measuring 10 1/2" by 7 1/4" with one page opened roughly. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a ve... more information

First Edition by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York: 1984. Near fine, small stains on top edges, else fine. In a very near fine dust jacket , slightly soiled on face and spine. A selection of writings by Paul Horgan. The book was published in celebration of the author's eightieth birthday. ... more information

First Edition by Charles Scribners, New York: 1948. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5". In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" deep by 1/8" wide chip at the upper corner of the front panel at the fold to the spine area and several closed tears and related creasing around the edges of the front panel. Signed and warmly inscribed "To Dr. and Mrs. Charles A Beard ... more information

Collector's Edition by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Conn.: 1977. Very near fine in full dark brown leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with extensive gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. Unfortunately, about half of the gilt in the embossed areas of the boards has tarnished or flaked off. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of t... more information

First Edition by Alfred A. Knopf, New York: 1965. Very good+ in 1/4 green cloth and light green paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and front board with the upper edges of the boards slightly faded. In a very good-, price clipped dust jacket with a 1/3" deep by 1/2" wide chip from the upper edge of the spine area and a 1" deep by 1/2" wide chip at the lower edge of the rear panel and with several short closed tears at the lower edge of the spine area. ... more information

Reprint by Charles Scribners, New York: 1978. Fine in gray cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with minor wear at the spine ends and corners. Signed by the author on the title page. This is the Scribners' knock-off edition with no number line and it is not as wide or as tall as the true first edition. ... more information

5th Printing by Charles Scribners, New York: 1978. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket which is modeslty worn across the top edges. Signed by the author on the title page. This is a true Scribners' reprint; however, it is not as tall as the true first edition by Scribner's. ... more information

First Edition by North Point Press, New York: 1998. Fine in 1/4 dark blue cloth and decorated paper covered boards with silver blue text stamping on the spine. fine. A collection of "Stories of Place" edited by Joseph Barbato and Lisa Weinerman Horak with an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver. Story contributors include: Howard Norman, Jill McCorkle, David James Duncan, Gretel Ehrlich, Richard Bausch, Lee Smith, Eric Lustbader, Barry Lopez, Annie Proulx, Rick Bass, Rita May Brown, Larry Wats... more information

First Edition by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New York: 1937. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine and to the front board with mild foxing to the end papers and with the lower fore corner of the rear board lightly bumped. In a very good dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap with 1/4" deep chipping across the upper edge of the spine area, light, shallow chipping with rubbing and wear at the lower edge of the spine area and two small, ... more information

by Sesqui-Centennial Committee, Hancock, N. H.: 1929. Very good+ in heavy printed paper wraps over a triple stapled and glue binding. Without a dust jacket as issued. Unpaginated but containing 16 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and several black and white photographs. ... more information

First Edition by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York: 1949. Very good- in royal blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a bright gilt decoration on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and there is minor foxing to the fore edge of the text block. Without its issued dust jacket. A quarto measuring 11" tall by 8 1/2" deep containing 261 pages including an index, appendices and text. Illustrated throughout with... more information

First Signed, Limited Edition by Rinehart & Co., New York: (1949). Very good+ in light gray cloth covered boards with the outer edges of the boards slightly soiled. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact but with the spine area tanned and with a 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel and rubbed at the corners. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in limitation page. With illustrations by Edward Shenton. The 39th volume in the Rivers of America Series. 592 pages ... more information

First Edition by Rinehart & Co., New York: (1949). Poor xLibrary copy in gray cloth covered boards and with the typical stampings and cancelation marks with the front hinge broken. The 39th volume in the Rivers of America Series with illustrations by Edward Shenton. 592 pages including an index. ... more information