Search Results: Titles starting with O from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Arizona: Frank Lloyd Wright, 1957. Prepared for the Citizens of Arizona.. Includes three illustrations. Single sheet folded 4 times. 8 "x 12.25.", opens to 37" x 12.5". Near Fine, about 1/2" x 1" stain at first fold. SCARCE. First Edition. One Page,Folded. Near Fine. Broadside.

The Artist An original pencil drawing of a Sealyham Terrier in profile facing left, on stiff drawing paper measuring 3" x 3 3/4", SIGNED BY ARTIST lower left. No place, no date, (London), circa 1930. Unframed, unmatted,. Provenance- found laid into an unrelated book which was published in London in 1930. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. Fine. 3" x 3 3/4".

Vintage, 1988. SCARCE Publisher's promotional poster, 24 "H X 18 " W , featuring a photograph portrait ofOscar Wilde. Printed for the Vintage Press paperback edition. Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 24 "H X 18 " W.

Boston: Ginn and Company, 1966. 25 3/4" h x 18 1/2" w. A teacher's book for reading to the whole class, with folding wings that unsnap so book can be fully open and on display. Contains 9 stories, 38 pages, each page with great period illustrations featuring biracial children playing. ( earlier editions have only 6 stories and 25 or fewer pages). States "100 Edition" bottom of title page, copyright dates of 1966, 1964, 1961, 1957, 1952, 1948. Very Good Plus, bump top edge of front cover, slight waviness to thick paper pages, a clean and quite handsome copy, would be lovely displayed in a child's room or, given the condition, with years of use left for a preschool. . Sixth Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Double Elephant - over 25" - 50" tall.

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1958. Fine, pages are uncutand book is As New.. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

New York: Oscar Baradinsky/Alicat Book Shop, 1945. "Number One of the 'Outcast' Series of Chapbooks Published Twice Yearly by Oscar Baradinsky at the Alicat Book Shop, 287 South Broadway, in Yonkers 5, N. Y., U. S. A. This Copy is One of Only 750 Offered for Sale. $1." Very Good Plus, paper browned as common with this chapbook. Prior owner name, date "11/4/45" and "NYC" on title page.. Limited First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson , 1808. FIRST EDITION of the First American work on naval medicine. Edward Cutbush ( 1772-1843 ) received his official naval commission as officer in the United States Navy on June 24, 1799, and was the first surgeon listed in the Naval Registry (and the only one listed as hired during the eighteenth century). Very Good in original contemporary calf, 16, 336, 14, [2] pp., lacking the 2 copper plates, 3 folding tables present, and a bit foxed with small chips to 1st table, calf rubbed at the tips, 20th c. prior owner bookplate front pastedown and name in ink front end page ( he was also U.S.N), bookseller's notations in pencil front end page, light to moderate toning internally. Errata slip pasted to verso of contents leaf, includes a 14 pp. appendix by Benjamin Rush originally published 1777, entitled, "Directions for preserving the health of soldiers, addressed to the officers of the army of the United States." Plus 2 page publisher's ads at end. Gilt… Read More

Montigny les Metz : Editions Voix Richard Meier, 1990. # 21 of an edition of 250 copies SIGNED by poet Marina Temkina and artist Michel Gerard. Near Fine, small creases top corners, in Very Good French wrappers, small top corners creases, light foxing. Poetry translation by Alfred Corn. . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. French Wrappers. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

New York: Interchurch World Movement of North America, 1919. Near Fine, slight soiling to stapled wrappers. 31 pages. Post- WW I period. . First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine.

Chesterfield, England: Scrip Magazine, 1964. Near Fine, light toning to yellow wrappers. 18 pages. SCARCE, an early collection of his works published individually in various poetry reviews and magazines. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Santiago de Chile: Nascimento, 1956. #169 of an edition of 1,000 copies printed on Alfa Loeber paper. Neruda's brilliant tribute to typography and typographers. Near Fine, small bit of wear at base of spine, in a Very Good original glassine jacket, 1'"x 2" hole front cover, light wear at bottom edge, glassine browned. There were an additional 154 copies printed, 4 on Whatman paper and 150 on Fabriano paper. Uncommon. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

York, England: Wilson, Spence, and Mawman , 1796. Bound in contemporary half dark green morocco over marbled boards, back with ornate gilt floral decorations, gilt rules, matching marbled end pages, all edges gilt. Near Fine, light rubs at edges. First part of title romanized. Greek and English on opposite pages. Contains 55 odes. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1889. Originally published 1884, this copy 1889 at title page. Very Good, early prior owner name front end page, small bookseller's ticket front paste down with corresponding shadow front end page. SCARCE in either the 1884 or 1889 printing. Palmer's translation was enhanced in the 1929 Houghton limited edition by the illustrations of N.C. Wyeth. . Later Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Academie Des Bibliophiles , 1867. Printed by D. Jouaust, Paris, 1867. Edition Louis Lacour. xviii, 309 pp. Of an edition of 500 copies on Papier verge, 15 on Papier de Chine, 15 on Papier Whatman, and 2 on velin, this is copy # 23 on Papier Whatman, initialed twice at Limitation Page. With the small ticket front paste down of Librairie Raymond Clavreuil, the noted French bookseller and history editor, a pencilled annotation in margin of 1 page of Preface that may be in his hand. Bound in contemporary red morocco over marbled boards, the back intricately gilt, top edge gilt, marbled end papers, ribbon marker. Near Fine, small rub at head of spine and at corners. . Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: L. Duprat - Duverger , 1812. Four volumes, 5 1/4" x 3 3/8", From the library of John Masefield, O.M., Poet Laureate, his small bookplate front paste down Vol. I. With gift inscription to Masefield recto of frontispiece, dated Geneva 1921. Very Good, bound in contemporary quarter red morocco over diced red calf, the backs ornately gilt, page block edges marbled, the marbling dulled, the boards lightly rubbed. . New Edition. Quarter Morocco . Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Paris (13 Faubourg Saint-Denis) : Chez L'e´diteur, 1840. "avec une notice historique, des notes et des commentaires par Laponneraye ; pre´ce´de´es de conside´rations ge´ne´rales par Armand Carrel." Three volumes bound in contemporary qyarter morocco over marbled boards, four gilt raised bands back with gilt lettering, marbled end papers. Very Good, prior owner name and name stamp of J. A. Ducournan, light rubbing at edges, 2 pages noted with marginal dates in pencil, scattered toning. An uncommon set, 11 copies found at WorldCat, all in French libraries, no complete sets in current commerce. Vol. 1 : Notice historique sur Maximilien Robespierre, par Laponneraye. Conside´rations ge´ne´rales, par A. Carrel ; Discours a` l'Assemble´e constituante. Discours a` la Socie´te´ des Jacobins, de juin 1791 a` avril 1792."Le De´fenseur de la Constitution", journal hebdomadaire -- Vol. 2 : Discours… Read More

Bruxelles, Belgium: Librairie Europeenne C. Muquardt, 1894. Beautifully rebound in 3/4 light blue cloth with 1/4 deep blue leather at spine and tips, gilt titles, gorgeous marbled endpages, each front pastedown bearing the period bookplate "Ex Libris The Chemists Club N.Y." Chemists Club blindstamp all 3 vols, small amount of informed pencil notes verso title page Vol. 1. Occasional foxing to endpages, page edges uniformly browning. Overall a quite lovely and SCARCE set of Stas' Complete Works. J.S. Stas proved that atomic weights for elements were not all multiples of 1, the atomic weight of hydrogen, disproving the theory of English physicist William Prout that all the atomic weights were multiples of that of hydrogen. He was also responsible for one of the world's first toxicology findings. He was a member of the Royal Society of London and winner of the Davy Medal, from the Royal Society, for his researches into atomic weights. . First Edition. Buckram Spine and 3/4 Cloth. Near… Read More

Paris: G. Crès & C., 1924. Two volume set handsomely bound in full leather, 7 gilt bands and gilt titles, a 20th century binding. Both volumes Near Fine, slight toning. An unnumbered copy of an edition limited to 380 copies, with an additional 20 copies bound with an original watercolor, this copy not one of those. Excellent drawings throughout by G. Bruyer. A heavy set, media mail in U.S. only, international orders will require extra shipping charges. . First Edition Thus. Full-Leather. Near Fine. Illus. by G. Bruyer. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paris: Clubs des Librairies de France , 1959. #2840 of an edition of 4000. Near Fine, faint toning, in original blue cloth, in Fine plasticine dust jackets, and Near Fine ribbon-tied blu cloth over boards slip case, light dusting at top. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Paris: Garnier Freres, 1878. SCARCE as the complete set. Vols. I -II published 1878, III & IV in 1879. In contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decorations in four compartments, marbled end papers and edges, ribbon markers. Very Good, Vols. III and IV missing rear facing marbled end paper, boards rubbed at edges. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.