Search Results: Authors starting with O from Charles Lewis Best Booksellers

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1998. Number 103 of a Limited Edition of 1,100 Copies. Full Calf. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed cordovan-coloured calf sans dust jacket, -as issued-, pp. 531. Illustrations by . Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The fourth book of the Gothic Saga quintet, (1980-2013), which is comprised of: Bellefleur (1980),A Bloodsmoor Romance (1982 ),Mysteries of Winterthurn (1984), My Heart Laid Bare (1998), and The Accursed (2013)

London: 3rd Carabiniers , 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/No Dust Jacket. Royal octavo, [25cm/10inches], full gilt-embossed regimental-red cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 333, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates, folded maps &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. It was formed in 1922 as part of a reduction in the army's cavalry by the amalgamation of the 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales's) and the Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards), to form the 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards. It was renamed the 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) in 1928 and amalgamated with the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), forming the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) in 1971.

New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988. Paperbound. New/No Dust Jacket. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 367, indexed. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone and colour plate . Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Pubishers Weekly noted: "Father of classical French painting Nicholas Poussin went to Rome as a 30-year-old struggling artist in 1624. The years he spent there yielded an amazing variety of works, from naturalistic tree studies to sweet, Raphael-esque oils and monumental dramas bursting with the emotions of figures from myth and history. Bringing to light a feast of splendors, this volume by the director of the Albertina in Vienna shatters our preconceived notions of Poussin's art. With easy grace, Poussin captured the mobility of water, the play of light and shadow, as well as the impishness of cherubs reaching for butterflies. In Rome he discovered the rules of perspective, then broke them as he saw fit. His… Read More

Mexico City: Oficina Redactora y Concentradora de Informaciones, 1940. Paperbound. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23cm / 9inches], encuadernado en papel con portadas pictóricas, páginas 42. No dude en consultar detalles y / o fotografías adicionales. La presidencia de Obregón fue la primera presidencia estable desde que comenzó la Revolución en 1910. Supervisó una reforma educativa masiva (con un muralismo mexicano en expansión), una reforma agraria moderada y leyes laborales patrocinadas por la cada vez más poderosa Confederación Regional de Trabajadores Mexicanos. En agosto de 1923, firmó el Tratado de Bucareli, que aclaró los derechos del gobierno mexicano y los intereses petroleros de los Estados Unidos, y llevó el reconocimiento diplomático de los Estados Unidos a su gobierno. En 1923–24, el ministro de finanzas de Obregón, Adolfo de la Huerta, lanzó una… Read More

Nashville, Tennessee: Ripley Publications, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition/In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed Navaho-blue cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 351, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. George Millay was the founder of SeaWorld and the Wet 'n Wild water parks. In 1958, Millay and two partners that included David Tallichet, formed Speciality Restaurants Corporation, a destination-restaurant business. Their first location was a Polynesian-themed Reef in Long Beach, California. More than 100 other restaurants across the U.S. followed, including the Proud Bird adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport, and 94th Aero Squadron near Van Nuys Airport. After selling out of SRC to Tallichet, Millay envisioned creating an underwater zoo. SeaWorld opened in 1964 in San Diego, California. An orca named Shamu was added in 1965… Read More

Tijuana & San Diego: Centro Cultura de la Raza & The Tijuana Cultural Center, 1993. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy table, [12 by 9 inches], paperbound with white pictorial covers, pp. 115. Fully illustrated with colour and b-w halftone plates. In Spanish, English & Japanese. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Iowa City: University of Iowa Studies in Spanish, 1975. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [22.5cm/9inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 179, indexed. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Baltimore: Chinese Snuff Bottle Society of America, 1971. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 22. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The Huntington Library in San Marino has The Lilla S. Perry journal, 1929-1970 in their Collection. The journal covers all Lilla's life beginning in 1894. The journal starts with the "Journal of Lola Hammond," which is a pseudonym for Lilla S. Perry. "The Journal of Lilla S. Perry" begins on page 316 (before that is a note by Perry, written in 1970, about the writing of the journal). She talks about her days growing up on the East Coast, her college years at Cornell and her relationship with Everett Perry. She discusses in detail her doubts about their relationship, their long courtship, their marriage, and their constant marital problems. She also talks about Everett's library work and… Read More

Baltimore: Chinese Snuff Bottle Society of America, 1971. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 20. Fully illustrated with b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Baltimore: Chinese Snuff Bottle Society of America, 1971. First Impression. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp.14. Fully illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Beirren Springs, Michigan: St. Andrews University, 1965. Reprint. Paperbound. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [22.5cm/9inches], paperbound with camel-coloured covers, pp. 110-137. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Vettius Valens was a 2nd-century Hellenistic astrologer, a somewhat younger contemporary of Claudius Ptolemy. Valens' major work is the Anthology , ten volumes in Greek written roughly within the period 150 to 175. The Anthology is the longest and most detailed treatise on astrology which has survived from that period. A working professional astrologer, Valens includes over a hundred sample charts from his case files in the Anthology.

Sydney, Australia: Leksand Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [21,5cm/8.75inches], full gilt-embossed selvan-green cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 232. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Enlisting in the Australian Military in1942, O’Donnell served with Australian Forces in New Guinea undertaking perilous long-range reconnaissance patrols in the Central Highlands and the Aitape-Wewak area. He was awarded the Military Cross for ‘initiative and courage’. ... In 1964 O'Donnell entered Time Expired, - based on his Papua-New Guinea experience-, in the Adelaide Advertiser literary competition in 1964; it won second prize. His company, Leksand Press, published the book in 1967. He was elected to the committee of management of the Australian Society of Authors in 1966 and served as chairman in 1969-75. Turning the writer’s property of copyright into an income became his… Read More

Duplin: Mercier, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. In quite good condition.. Octavo, [22cm/8.75inches], full gilt-embossed beige cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 186, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The Irish War of Independence was fought in Ireland from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and British forces: the British Army, along with the quasi-military Royal Irish Constabulary and its paramilitary forces the Auxiliaries and Ulster Special Constabulary . It was an escalation of the Irish revolutionary period into warfare.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1941. Hardcover. In quite good condition./No Dust Jacket. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed cobalt-blue cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xi, 251, indexed. Illustrated with colour frontis and 2 b-w halftone plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The historic population of California sea otters was estimated at 16,000 before the fur trade decimated the population, leading to their assumed extinction. Today's population of California sea otters are the descendants of a single colony of about 50 sea otters located near Bixby Creek Bridge in March 1938 by Howard G. Sharpe, owner of the nearby Rainbow Lodge in Big Sur.Their principal range has gradually expanded and extends from Pigeon Point in San Mateo County to Santa Barbara County.

London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd, 1911. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed Oxford-blue cloth sans dust jacket, pp. x, 316. Illustrated with 52, -(tissue-guarded)-, coloured plates by the author. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... James Spence Ogilvy, (1863-1917), was active in Great Britain during the High Victorian and Edwardian epochs. !n 1914 he followed Relics and Memorials of London with a similar two-volume set entitled A Pilgrimage in Surrey

New York: BOMC Book of the Month Club, Copyright Renewed 1961. Fascimilie Copy of the 1934 True First Edition. Hardcover. AS NEW/As New. Octavo, [23cm/8.25inches], full gilt-embossed ebony-coloured cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp.301. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Appointment in Samarra, published in 1934, is the first novel by John O'Hara (1905–1970). The book created controversy due to O'Hara's inclusion of sexual content. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Appointment in Samarra 22nd on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. ... The title is a reference to W. Somerset Maugham's retelling of an ancient Mesopotamian tale,[2] which appears as an epigraph for the novel: A merchant in Baghdad sends his servant to the marketplace for provisions. Soon afterwards, the servant comes home white and trembling and tells him that in the marketplace, he was jostled by a woman, whom he recognized as Death,… Read More

Los Angeles: 1951: Baker Oil Tools, 1951. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Pamphlet 12 pages Interesting little stories "presented for your enjoyment." No marks or tears. Cover bright. Tight binding.

Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1959. Second Impression. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Demy octavo, [18.75cm/7.5inches], full ebony-embossed camel-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xiv, 220, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, colour plates, pen & ink sketches and a folded map adjacent to rear endpapers. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs.

Lübeck, Germany: Detlefsen Bad Segeberg, 1996. First Impression. Hardcover. In quite good condition.. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full pictorial cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 238, indexed. Illustrated with b-w halftones, &tc.. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. ... The Company website notes: "Our story goes back to 1921, when 21-year-old Egon Oldendorff became a partner in a small Hamburg shipping business, renamed Lillienfeld & Oldendorff. The business endured the hardships of two world wars, but in the 1950s a freight boom saw the fleet rebuilt quickly. From a local focus in the Baltic timber trade, Oldendorff quickly grew to become Germany’s largest drybulk shipowner. In 1980, his son Henning took over at the age of 23. Peter Twiss was appointed President & CEO in 2003, when Henning assumed the position of Chairman. The firm returned to its roots by opening a commercial office in Hamburg in 2014, while headquarters remain in… Read More

Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books, 2009. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [25cm/10inches], full gilt-embossed maroon-coloured calf sans dust jacket, -as issued-, pp. 256,indexed. Fully Illustrated with colour plates. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Cally Oldershaw is a gemologist and science educator. She is the author of several very widely held books about gems. Oldershaw is Liaison Officer for the Geological Society of London and an examiner for the Gemmological Association of Great Britain.