Search Results: Titles starting with O from Blacks Bookshop

NY: Henry Holt, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover_card stock spine. Near Fine-Collectible/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING W/DJ IN MYLAR. 6.25"X9.25" w/318 numbered pgs. Hunter green boards w/O embossed on front. Black card stock spine w/silver foil letters. Book design by Lucy Albanese. Author photo by Bill Reitzel. DJ by Raquel Jaramillo. Spine straight, sewn binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (price), & unmarked. Soft shelf wear to DJ. Secure ship w/track #. Through fourteen books, fans have been fed short rations when it comes to Kinsey Millhone's past: a morsel here, a dollop there. We know of the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, the long-lost family up the California coast. But husband number one remained a blip on the screen until now. The call comes on a Monday morning from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. Last week he bought a stack. They had stuff in them--Kinsey stuff. For thirty bucks, he'll sell her the lot. Kinsey's never… Read More

NY: Henry Holt, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine/Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 318 pgs. 6th Printing. Hunter green cloth boards with capital O embossed on front. Silver metallic letters on spine. Book design by Lucy Albanese. Jacket by Raquel Jaramillo. Author photo by Bill Reitzel. Printed on acid-free paper. A Marian Wood Book. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY. "Through fourteen books, fans have been fed short rations when it comes to Kinsey Millhone's past: a morsel here, a dollop there. We know of the aunt who raised her, the second husband who left her, the long-lost family up the California coast. But husband number one remained a blip on the screen until now. The call comes on a Monday morning from a guy who scavenges defaulted storage units at auction. Last week he bought a stack. They had stuff in them--Kinsey stuff. For thirty bucks, he'll sell her the lot. Kinsey's never been one for personal possessions,… Read More

NY: Silhouette, 2015. MMPB 4.25"x6.75. VeryGood. 4.25"x6.75" 490 pgs. Spine straight w/faint creases, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. The Last Honest Woman: If sex sells, then so do lies—especially when the truth is revealed. And cynical journalist Dylan Crosby knew that the just-a-simple-widow routine Abby O'Hurley was giving him wasn't anything close to the truth. There was a story there. All he had to do was turn on the charm, turn down the lights, and she would whisper all her secrets. Unless she uncovered his first... Dance to the Piper: Maddy O'Hurley shone in the spotlight. Her passion for dancing set the stage aflame and left no one in her audience unaffected—including business mogul Reed Valentine. Reed wasn't accustomed to such burning desire—not for anything or anyone. And he wasn't about to lose control over the ruthless business skills he'd honed so carefully. But was he prepared to fight fire with fire? Source:… Read More

San Francisco: Sea Star, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine-Collectible/Fine. 6.25"x9.25" 381 pages; First printing. Black textured boards w/silver letters on spine. Robin Egg blue paste downs. Typeset in Walbaum Book. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Bump to FBC. Mended tear to page 216. Dogear pg 217. Secure ship w/track #. The second book of the Deptford Histories brings readers into a time when a series of dark wars between the bats and the squirrels has raged for years. The squirrel leader, the Starwife, has been betrayed and poisoned. As she lies dying, she summons a falcon to take the magic Silver Acorn to safety. Far away, the squirrel maiden Ysabelle is unaware of the devastating events. But she rescues the Silver Acorn and embarks on a perilous journey to return it. Along the way, she meets Vespertilio, a young bat who has dreamed of waging battle against the squirrels. In this gripping prequel to the Deptford Mice trilogy,… Read More

New York: Sourcebooks, 2014. 1st. Paperback. Collectible - Like New/LikeNew. 1st printing w/ full number line. 5.5"x8.25"x1"; 337 pgs. No markings throughout; very little to no shelfwear. Looks unread. Spine straight and binding tight. "Sophie Porter is the last person in the world you'd expect to be stealing Renaissance masterpieces—and that's exactly why she's so good at it. Slipping objects out of her husband's office at the Philadelphia Museum of Art satisfies something deep inside, during a time in her life when satisfactions are few and far between..."-Goodreads.

New York: Jove, 2017. First Paperback Edition. MMPB 4.25"x6.75. New. 4.25"x6.75" 469 pgs. First printing. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. The riveting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Liar. "She stood in the deep, dark woods, breath shallow and cold prickling over her skin despite the hot, heavy air. She took a step back, then two, as the urge to run fell over her." Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father's crimes and made him infamous. No matter how close she gets to happiness, she can't outrun the sins of Thomas David Bowes. Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, a rambling old house in need of repair, thousands of miles away from everything she's ever known.... Source: Publisher.

Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio, 2016. AudioMP3. New. 1 MP3 disc. 14 hours: 19 minutes of listening. Performed by Shannon McManus. Director: Cassandra de Cuir. "She stood in the deep, dark woods, breath shallow and cold prickling over her skin despite the hot, heavy air. She took a step back, then two, as the urge to run fell over her." Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods. In freeing the girl trapped in the root cellar, Naomi revealed the horrible extent of her father's crimes and made him infamous. No matter how close she gets to happiness, she can't outrun the sins of Thomas David Bowes. Now a successful photographer living under the name Naomi Carson, she has found a place that calls to her, a rambling old house in need of repair, thousands of miles away from everything she's ever known. Naomi wants to embrace the solitude, but the kindly residents of Sunrise Cove keep forcing her to open up—especially the determined Xander Keaton. Naomi can feel… Read More

NY: Putnam, 2017. 1st Edition Thus. MMPB Oversized 4.25"x7.5. Near Fine-Collectible. Roland Dahlquist. 474 pgs. First printing, Premium edition. Author photo c D. Knight. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. Dirk Pitt, the director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency, is on the Black Sea, helping to locate a lost Ottoman shipwreck, when he responds to an urgent Mayday—"Under attack!"—from a nearby freighter. But when he and his colleague Al Giordino arrive, there is nobody there. Just dead bodies and a smell of sulfur in the air. As Pitt and Giordino explore, a blast from the stern scuttles the ship swiftly, almost taking them with it. The more the two of them search for the secret of the death ship, the deeper they descend into an extraordinary series of discoveries. A desperate attempt in 1917 to preserve the wealth and power of the Romanov Empire. A Cold War bomber lost with a deadly cargo. A brilliant… Read More

Dial Press, Inc, 1965. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover textured. Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 471 pgs. Red textured boards w/black title block on spine. Top edge painted yellow. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unmarked, no DJ. Secure ship w/track #. A handsome Visigoth noble, Alaric Teudisson, struggles with the forces of good and evil within him and his fate to be the king as Medieval Spain is torn assunder by religious wars. Source: Publisher.

Los Angeles: VGM Publishing, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine/Fine. 5.75"x8.75" 454 pgs. Mustard cloth boards. VQ emblem in navy on front. Navy letters to spine. Earth 118 A.Q. map as paste downs. Cover illustration by Donato Giancola. Cover and interior design by Lightbourne, Inc. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped, & unmarked. GIFT QUALITY Secure shipping in box w/tracking #. The fate of Atlantia holds Lazer's past and his future in limbo. The murder of his father at the hands of the brutal Black Guard, which imprisoned his mother and half the populous of the newly risen continent, has left them trapped beneath the dome of Atlantia's politically enforced proton shield. Despite his personal rage over his losses, Lazer is determined to follow through on his promise, to his mother and his friend Kyla, and complete his Rite of Passage, a series of trials and tests required to prove one's readiness for adult status in this brave and… Read More

New York: Penguin, 2002. Steinbeck Centennial Edition. Paperback. New. 5.75"x8.5" 103 pp.

Chicago: John Winston Co, 1908. Hardcover_cloth. Very Good. Edwin J Prittie. 5.25"x7.5" 331 pgs. The Arizona Series. Khaki cloth boards w/embossed painted cowboy on bronc on front and spine. B&W illustrated frontispiece "Bob Held Fast". Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unmarked, no dj. Edge wear w/rubs. Secure ship w/track #. Excerpt from Off the Reservation: Or Caught in an Apache Raid In order to understand the incidents of the following pages, I must make clear several facts without which the narrative would be confusing. Silas Goodale and his brother Hiram, two years younger, served throughout the great Civil War, both being fortunate enough to pass through, without a scratch, the many terrific battles in which they took part. The elder came east and settled in the Keystone State, but Hiram, who was of a roving disposi tion, drifted westward and finally made his home in southeastern Arizona, where, like his brother, he prospered and became the owner of a… Read More

Whitman Publishing Company, 2001. Spiralbound. Used - Near Fine. 6"x7.5" 349 indexed pps. Wire sprial. Edited by Kenneth Bressett.

Whitman Publishing Company, 2002. Spiralbound. Used - Near Fine. 6"x7.5" 350 indexed pps. Wire sprial. Edited by Kenneth Bressett. Water stains along bottom edge on first few page.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2005. Paperback. Fine. 6.5"x9.25" 127 pgs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (w/price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. In 1926, Earl Ogl willed his summer estate, Waddington Farm, to the city of Wheeling with the hope that it would provide entertainment and education to the community. He and naturalist A.B. Brooks, both mavericks in ecology and agricultural training, established the unique environmental emphasis still evident in the parks nature center, trails, Discovery Lab, and zoo. The 1,650-acre municipal park nestled in the Wheeling hills also features Wilson Lodge, the premier hotel in the area, and 49 log cabins that pay tribute to the communitys storied frontier past. The cabins and the Pine Room Pool were built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Those brave young men, along with a famous golf course architect, Bob Biery, created the Ogl Caddy Camp, which has been featured ...Source: Publisher.

Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000. Paperback. Fine. 6.5"x9.25" 128 pgs. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped (w/price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. What was it like to live, work, play, and travel along the Ohio River in the early part of the twentieth century? What was the look and feel of the towns and villages that lined its banks in the days before private cars and highways? From 1900 to 1930, the Ohio River was the most economical and reliable mode of transporting goods and people from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Louisville, Kentucky, and to the dozens of towns that lay between. This fascinating pictorial history gives readers a glimpse into the past of this area, and its extensive river heritage. A Sunday cruise down the Ohio River was always enjoyable, but traveling the waters was not always easy. Spring flooding reached far inland, disrupting households and businesses. Pilots' navigational skills were challenged by swiftl...Source: Publisher.

NY: Union Square & Co, 2023. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_boards. New/New. FIRST PRINTING w/DJ IN MYLAR. Physical Info: 2.4" H x 7.6" L x 5.6" W (1.6 lbs) 584 pages. Carton Quantity: 18. Features: Dust Cover. Secure ship w/track #. Oil! follows James Arnold Ross and his son, James Arnold Ross Jr., as they do whatever it takes to own their very own oil well. Ross's son--nicknamed Bunny--provides an idealistic counterpoint to his father's avaricious dealings. Their story intertwines with that of Eli Watkins, a revivalist preacher who seeks spiritual power. As the stories of the Ross and Watkins families intertwine, the struggle between the material and the spiritual sharpens. Told over the course of the United States's Gilded Age, World War I, and the post-war years, Oil! is a Dickensian portrait of a country so rich in resources and manpower that it becomes its own greatest enemy.

NY: Doubleday Books, 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover_textured paper boards. New/New. FIRST PRINTING w/DJ wrapped in mylar. Physical Info: 1.2" H x 9.3" L x 6.2" W (1.25 lbs) 272 pages. Features: Price on Product. Secure ship w/track #. Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories--some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine--explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood's characteristic insight, wit and intellect. The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; "Impatient Griselda" explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and "My Evil Mother" touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow… Read More

NY: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1578. Reprint. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine. John Eyre. 4.75"x7" 148 beautifully colored illustrated pages. Two tone gray boards. Faded silver embossed flowers on front. Gilt frame w/gilt title on front and spine. Flower trellis for paste downs in faded silver. Gilt edges. 1578 on title page. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library and unmarked. Edge wear. Beautiful! See all pics. Printed in Bavaria. Secure ship w/track #. Some of the ballads included: Come, Lasses and Lads; Robin Adair; Alice Gray; My Pretty Jane; Auld Lang Syne; Tom Bowling; Caller Herrin'; The Bay of Biscay O!; The Miller of Dee; Sally in Our Alley; Lovely Nan...and many more. 49 ballads total.

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2024. 1st Edition. Hardcover_textured paper boards. New/New. FIRST PRINTING W/DJ wrapped in clear mylar cover. Physical Info: 1.0" H x 8.4" L x 5.7" W (0.74 lbs) 256 pages. Features: Price on Product. Secure ship w/track #. McCorkle, author of the New York Times bestselling Life After Life and the widely acclaimed Hieroglyphics ("One of our wryest, warmest, wisest storytellers" --Rebecca Makkai), brings us a breathtaking collection of stories that offers an intimate look at the moments when a person's life changes forever. Old Crimes delves into the lives of characters who hold their secrets and misdeeds close, even as the past continues to reverberate across generations. And despite the characters' yearnings for connection, they can't seem to tell the whole truth: A woman uses her hearing impairment as a way to guard herself from her husband's commentary. A telephone lineman strains to communicate with his family even as he feels pushed aside in a digital world. A… Read More