Search Results: Titles starting with O from Itchen Books

Good. This volume was printed on poor quality paper and rarely survives. Splitting to edge of fragile paper spine. Usual browning/foxing. 46 p. Text in Russian. With author's portrait. This is the second published appearance (and first in book form) of Solzhenitsyn's hugely controversial first book, originally published in the magazine Novy Mir two months earlier. By this time, Solzhenitsyn's ability to publish in his homeland was in jeopardy. Though a number of minor pieces would appear in periodicals, this was the first and last major publication of his work during the Soviet regime.

Very Good condition with no inscriptions. 5 stories (2 attributed - to T.V Nicholas and Marjorie R James). Stories include "An Obliging Gnome", "Hoppity-Hop Lending a Saucepan", "The Wonder Wonder Who Built a Little House", "Billy Belisha Lost His Head", and "The Friday Farthing". Attractive Alan Wright colour illustration on inside front cover + black/white text illustrations by various artists including May Smith.

Very Good condition. Text in Japanese with occasional English titles. Extensively illustrated. Ink inscription from Oguri Kayoko in English and Japanese signed/dated 2009 to inner front cover. 56pp.

2x UK 1st Edition / 1st Impressions. Oh William! (2021), and Lucy by the Sea (2022). Both with numberline 001 to copyright page. Both volumes are handsigned by the author to special 'Signed Edition' preliminary pages. No dedication or other inscriptions. Very Good+, clean, tight, unread condition. Not issued with dustwrappers.

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1969. Illustrated in colour throughout. Very Good, clean, tight condition with no inscriptions. In original Very Good dustwrapper which is neatly price-clipped. Scarce.The original dustwrapper is loosely inserted in an archival quality, non-adhesive, acid-free Melinex transparent protector which can be easily removed if required.

103pp + 7 black/white photographic illustrations (all collated and present as per 'Illustrations' Index - confusingly, the title page states 'With Eight Illustrations' - I can only assume this refers to the cover illustration plus the 7 listed plates). Very Good condition, with some toning to spine and author's signature / date to the front endpaper "JRW Coxhead 12th May 1965". No other inscriptions.

Very Good condition with no inscriptions. In original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. Short sketches of English Character and the English scene depicting various aspects of the countryside, with particular knowledge of Yorkshire and East Anglia.18 woodcuts by J.E Maunton.

106pp. Includes illustrations. + 4pp publisher's advertisements. Very good condition. Minor marks to boards, and neat Presentation plate to front pastedown. A scarce title. "This title is what it's title proclaims to be, viz., a series of 'Homely Chats' intended for 'Homely People'. The aim of the Author has been to provide for those who, in the rush of life, find little opportunity for solid reading; and to present to them, in the language of the Market, rather than the Pulpit, wholesome advice, dispensed in such homeopathic quantities, as he trusts will be suited to the requirements of the busiest life.".

Undated, but c1920. Black & white plates & line sketches to the text. Good condition. Cover edges chipped/frayed. Contents lightly browned with dusting and staining to latter pages. Warmly inscribed to the front inner cover by Ernest Coffin "Sidney Allnutt, I ???? a certain hope that the whisky sold in this establishment will be the cause of our untimely end, Ernest Coffin".

477pp. Near Very Good condition, a little thumbed, with top edge dusty and owner's name to front endpaper.The author's second novel, set in Los Olivares de Don Fadrique, an olive producing town in Andalucia during the Spanish Civil War (referred to in the book as the 'Spanish Revolution').

UK 1st EEdition / 1st Printing, with complete numberline 1-10 to copyright page. Handsigned by the author to the title page (no personalisation). No other inscriptions. Very Good, clean, tight condition, with a superficial crease to one internal page and associated minor indentations in Very Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped. The original "As read on BBC Radio 4" sticker is now affixed to a transparent, acid-free, non-adhesive dustwrapper protector (which can easily be removed if desired).

Good condition. Light foxing to prelims. Boards rubbed and page edges browned. Colour frontispiece. Author's copy, with his ink inscription to the front endpaper; "Author's Copy - Lexcey (to show that I have learnt how to spell her name) from Alan Duff 18.v.30.". Additional pencil notations for L.H Balfour-Davey and bookseller's notations to front endpaper. Lieutenant-General Alan Colquhoun DUFF (1896-1973) published novels under the pseudonym Hugh IMBER. The recipient was Hilda Lexcey Balfour-Davey (nee Hilda Lexcey BOXSHALL).

UK 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1913. Good+ condition, with foxing to closed page edges, and to a lesser extent to margins. Blindstamped "Presentation Copy" to upper title page. No insccriptions.
A scarce volume. The author was the Honorary Secretary of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment.

First Edition of This English Translation (originally published in Spain with the title El Jarama). Translated from the Spanish by J.M.Cohen. Very Good condition with no inscriptions (some spotting to closed upper page edges). In Very Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price 21s). The dustwrapper has a short repair to a closed tear at the upper edge.The author's first full-length novel, awarded both the Nadal Prize, and the Premio de la Critica. Basis for the 1965 Spanish film "El Jarama", directed by Julian Marcos.

UK 1st Edition, 1938. Includes printed map (facing Page vii) and 2x double-page plans of Lucknow. Near Very Good condition with no inscriptions. Occasional fox spots and dusting to closed page edges. Robert Gibbings designed Book Society bookplate to front endpaper. In Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped (Published price 8s 6d). The wrapper has wear to the fold and edge tears, with minor loss to spine head/tail. Loosely inserted is a 1938 Times clipping reviewing the book.
History of the Siege of Lucknow during the 1857/8 Indian Rebellion. Scarce in original dustwrapper.

Original Edna M. Price drawing in pencil and ink with watercolour highlights. Signed and titled in pen to the lower sheet "Bobbed! Edna M Price 5/4/19". Overall size 8 1/2" x 7". Very Good condition. Rough cut to one edge of the paper (? page removed from a sketchbook / album). Not framed or mounted.

Original 1727 disbound Act of Parliament totalling 6-pages in Good condition with some foxing;Anno Regni Georgii Regis Magna Britannia, Francia, & Hibernia PRIMO"An Act for better Regulating Hackney - Coaches, Carts, Drays, Carrs, and Waggons, within the Cities of London and Weftminfter, and the Weekly Bills of Mortality ; And for Preventing Mifchiefs occafioned by the Drivers riding upon fuch Carts, Drays, Carrs and Waggons."

Very Good condition. Admission ticket / Invitation, with ink name "Dr G.D. Parkes".

12pp programme including cast list, production details and period advertisements. Very Good condition with no inscriptions. Accompanied by a front row invitation from Jack Hylton and Laurance Harvey to the evening performance on Wednesday 21st May 1958 (Stalls Row A, Seats 6 and 7), and a torn/dusty typed Advertising billing dated 16th May 1958.The programme is the true 1st printing, with the date code 190558 to the lower rear cover.Rare 1st West End, London appearance of this short-lived musical which ran for 16 performances from 20th May 1958.The play, which is based on Langston Hughes novel "Simple Takes a Wife" and other Simple stories, had 1957 productions in the USA prior to transfer to the UK.

Scarce original Menu for this dinner honouring the Olympic Medal Winners. Includes details of the National Sporting Club executives, the Guests of Honour, Toasts, Menu, Alphabetical list of attendees and Table Plans. Loosely inserted is a slip of 'Late Additions' to Table F. Good condition with vertical creases to card covers. No inscriptions.