Search Results: Authors starting with O from Gilt Edge Books

New York: Liveright, Inc., 1932. Book VG. The nine plays are given here in the chronological order in which they were written : "The Emperor Jones", 1920, "The Hairy Ape", 1921, "All God's Chillun Got Wings", 1923, " Desire Under The Elms", 1924, "Marco Millions", 1923, 1924, 1925, "The Great God Brown", 1925, "Lazarus Laughed", 1925,1926, "Strange Interlude", 1926,1927, "Mourning Becomes Electra", 1929, 1931. Light green bevelled boards. Dark green title block to designed spine. Gilt title print. Fade to board edges. No ownership markings, no foxing. A sound, tight most servicable copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: E.P. Dutton&Co, 1989. " American Appetites" takes us into an affluent, upper class suburbia in the late American 1980's, where a close-knit group of friends draw closer, and apart, when scandal and tragedy erupt among them...Book carries no former owner markings. A remainder mark is visible. Illustrated wrap-around jacket has price intact. Jacket by Vincent Y. Kirsch.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: E.P. Dutton (1981) BOMC Edition. This book explores our political heritage and gives us a novel of mounting drama with all the import of Greek tragedy. It is a story of loyalty, betrayal, revenge and forgiveness. Beige boards, natural color spine with gilt print. Small pale stain to upper rear board. Jacket spine sunned. Illustrated jacket design by Vicky Maggio.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1979. A comprenhensive look at the Toronto Maple Leafs for the season 1979/80. Profusely illustrated with b/w photos and 16 full-page color photos. Contents include: A Training Camp Diary, A Guide To The Opposition, Brief Biographies of the Players, Statistics and Records. Blue cloth boards. Endpapers decorated with the Maple Leafs crest. A must for the avid Leaf fan. A very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Kensington Books Corp, 1997. Author's second novel. Only Son is a deeply felt, powerfully realized novel about parents and children, and the ties that bind us just as surely as blood. It is the story of the search for love and a place to belong - where the line between right and wrong cannot always be easily drawn.... and a place where a man, a woman and a boy can come together in hope and redemption. It is a novel about Fate, the irreversible choices we make, and the forces we cannot control.... it is a novel about life. A good read. A clean, bright copy. Price-intact dust jacket, illustration by Debra Chabrian.. ISBN: 1-57566-091-1. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Catalogs: Modern Firsts.

Prince Edward Island: Elaine Harrison & Associates (c.1977) Illustrated card covers. A fresh wind is blowing out of the west all over Prince Edward Island, scattering maple leaves up and down the country roads, and running with the wind is Susan as she comes to tell us of her childhood on an Island farm. Told with imagination and a sense of humour these delightful stories will be enjoyed by readers both young and old. A bright book which promises to please.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Huntington, Ind. USA: Our Sunday Visitor (1938) Sixth Edition 128,000. With a preface by His Eminence William Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston and an introduction by His Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia. The author is The Rev. John A. O'Brien, Ph.D., LLD...Chaplin of the Catholic Students, University of Illinois. In the "author's foreword" the first paragraph begins: " The purpose of this volume is to present in a simple straight forward manner the credentials and the teachings of the Catholic Faith." The table of contents is made up of five parts (44 chapters) an appendix and index. Part 1....Which is Christ's True Church? The Answer of Scripture, History and Reason. Part 2....The Church and Infallible Teacher? The Basics of the Church's Teaching Authority. Part 3....The Sacraments. Channels of Devine Grace. Part 4....The Church and Marriage. Guidance in the Quest of Happiness. Part 5....The Mass and Other… Read More

London, New York, Toronto: Abelard-Schuman, 1963. A stirring novel of the English and the French in Canada...and of their legacy - the conflict that still divides a country. Two maps preceed the foreword. The First: The Country Round Tycinderoga. The Second: The Seige of Quebec 1759. Front panel of dust jacket carries a circular gold prize winner seal. A bright book in an illustrated price-intact dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1970. Alfred Emmanuel Smith 1873 -1944 - elected Governor of New York State - Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1928, the first Roman Catholic to be nominated for this office by a major political party. The fact that he was defeated after one of the most scurrilous and savagely fought campaigns in American history does not lessen his importance as a trailblazer or as the prototype of the self-made men who achieved enormous political influence and power. The First Hurrah is a full-scale account of Alfred E. Smith's life and career - the absorbing story of an unusual man, a legendary figure in his own day, the politician par excellence. It is a biography that reviews an entire life with clarity and objectivity. A section of photographs provided, notes on sources, selected bibliography and an index. A bright copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Viking, 2000. "Back Roads transports us to the hills of Western Pennsylvania and introduces a wonderfully touching narrator, Harley Altmyer. Watching Harley grapple with his sisters, his jobs and his lover is by turns comic and suspenseful. This is a fast furious funny novel". A back cover blurb from Margot Livesey author of "Criminals'. The author was born and raised in the Allegheny Mountains of Western Pennsylvania, the setting for this novel; (the author's first novel). A clean, bright book club edition. An excellent read!. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Minister of Supply and Services, Canada, 1982. Red textured card covers. " This document has been published to increase understanding of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to heighten awareness of its significance in our daily lives." Foreword by Pierre Elliot Trudeau. Preface by Jean Chretien.... who was then Minister of Justice. The contents are provided in the English and French language. A bright, clean, tight copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services, 1982. Foreword by Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Preface by Jean Chretien. This document has been published to increase understanding of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to heighten awareness of its significance in our daily lives. Text in English and French. The look and feel of a new book!. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Sydney, Australia: Ure Smith, 1973. John O'grady, whose racey mastery of Australian idiom has enlivened all his books has now compiled a phrase-book of slang expressions and their fine shades of meaning. The result is uniquely funny and uniquely Australian. Chapter heading cartoon illustrations by WEP.An index supplied. Name to half-title page. A clean, bright copy.. Fifteenth Impression. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

New York: Random House, 1949. Text age-toned. Book shows corner rounding, some gilt fade to spine lettering. Untrimmed edge. No former owner markings. A clean tight copy of a title that had been made into a movie.. Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. Good.

New York: Pantheon Books (c.1965) Book Club Edition. Mme. Oldenbourg's story of Russia's incredible empress is far more exciting than most novels, infinitely better written than most histories. By concentrating on Catherine's early years, the author has succeeded in explaining a woman who had remained an enigma, even to her biographers. Extravagant and grotesque, this is nonetheless a moving human story. The forty-six chapters are followed by a chronological and genealogical table, note on the Princess of Anhalt-Zerbst, bibliography, notes and reference. A list of illustrations provided (32 plates). Bookplate to fep, name to ffep. . An immaculate fresh copy in a dust jacket that shows a reproduction portrait of the Grand Dutchess Catherine Alexeivna by G.C. Groot, 1745.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: St Martin's Press, 1994. A House At War is the sequel to The House of Eliott by Jean Marsh. An escapist entertainment for the thinking woman. Based on the A&/BBC Series created by Eileen Atkins and Jean Marsh. A bright copy. The condition of this book promises to please.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1963. This book is volume one of 'The Canadian Centenary Series' (a history of Canada in seventeen volumes). The Canadian Centenary Series is a comprehensive history of the peoples and lands which form the Dominion of Canada. Each volume is complete in itself. Professor Oleson of the University of Manitoba, is the foremost authority on Canada's early Arctic history. Professor Oleson's purpose is to examine how explorers, settlers and hunters from Norway, part of the great movement of the Vikings in the eighth and ninth centuries, made their way across the North Atlantic and formed contact with the lands of the Canadian Arctic. This northern route became one by which fishermen, traders and explorers from England made their way into the Canadian north. 211 pp including: Bibliography, Appendix A - List of Persons taking part in the Vinland Voyages, Appendix B - Chronology of the Early Voyages, Appendix C - Captions to Illustrations, and Index. Illustrated with maps,… Read More

New York: Vintage Books, 1988. Card Wraps. Author's first novel. " Sparkling, tense and gripping, Soft Water is an exeptional novel of murder, romance and deceit in rural New England. The tale begins deep in the Maine woods where Ansel, orphaned and alone since childhood lives as a guide and trapper, oblivious to the outside world. His isolation ends in violence when he kills two mysterious hunters..." Cover illustration by Rick Lovell. Book clean and bright.. Original First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. 1927 Third Printing. 'Third Printing February, 1928' Stated. Blue-green cloth boards bordered with decoration to front board. Spine darkened...title print dulled. Decorated endpapers. Some separations but all held firmly with natural stitching. Untrimmed foredge and bottom edge. Text toned. A good working copy.. First Edition Third Printing. Hard Cover. Good.

New York: The Modern Library (Random House) (c.1937) Modern Library Edition. #146. This book offers Eugene O'Neill's three best-known plays issued in a single volume. "They represent an important phase in the cultural life of America and they mark the full steps in the philosophic search to which Eugene O'Neill has devoted his artistic life." These plays were all written or produced between 1920 and 1921 and all were notable Broadway events. The three plays established the reputation of the winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature. Introduction by Lionel Trilling. Red cloth boards. Title block to front board and spine. "Trinity College" bookplate affixed to fep. A firm, square copy in dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.