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19467205Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 1946 First edition of the author's third book. 319pp. Gray cloth stamped in dark green and gold. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket very slight wear to head of jacket spine. By the author of My Friend Flicka. Novel of the McLaughlin family and life on Goose Bar Ranch. J. B. Lippincott hardcover books
CA16A-00684Grosset and Dunlap. Collectible - Very Good. New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1941. No additional printing. 12mo Orange cloth hardcover with blue text and illustration. B/W illustrated frontis. Near Fine Book. Very Good Dust Jacket. Owner's name inside. Small red mark to bottom-edge. Inquire if you need further information. Grosset and Dunlap hardcover books
1149An American writer O'Hara's first novel Appointment in Samarra was an immediate success. He is best remembered for Butterfield 8 Pal Joey A Rage to Live The Doctor's Son and The Horse Knows the Way. M. 27pg. 8 ½" x 11". No date circa 1968. No place. A photocopied typed manuscript of John O'Hara's 1968 short story "The Sun Room." It has been extensively marked up and edited. This came from the papers of noted author and editor James T. "Bud" Shipley and the corrections are likely in Shipley's hand. It shows O'Hara's story in a more embryonic form before publication. The condition is fine unknown books
196623162San Francisco: City Lights Books 1966. Third printing. Paperback. Very Good . Small nearly square pocket paperbound book. Stated third printing of the New York School poet's best known work. Small prior owner name to the front endpaper; otherwise a handsome very good plus copy. Published as Number Nineteen in the Pocket Poets Series of books by City Lights. City Lights Books paperback books
195629916New York: Folder 1956. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Fourth and final issue of this poetry magazine produced in small quantities in decorated folder with art by Grace Hartigan. Contributions by Frank O'Hara Kenward Elmslie Peter Hanke Stepane Mallarme and others. Includes an original serigraph by Felix Pasilis. Contents in near fine condition. Folder itself is just lightly worn. Folder paperback books
197430450New York: Knopf 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 233 pp. A very good copy in white cloth with light wear to spine ends. Price intact dustwrapper has typical spine fade and some wear at the spine tips. Still a better than typical example. An uncommon and desirable collection from this New York School poet. Cover artwork by Larry Rivers. Knopf unknown books
1935300805New York: Harcourt Brace 1935. First. hardcover. near fine. 8vo black cloth light shelf-wear. New York: Harcourt Brace 1935. First Edition.<br/><br/> Basis for an Elizabeth Taylor film. Very good copy lacking the dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Harcourt Brace unknown books
196310924New York: Random House 1963. First edition. Uncorrected long galley proofs of the first edition as sent for review with publisher's label announcing publication date as May 28 1963 a week earlier than the actual publication date according to Bruccoli. <br/><br/> Random House unknown books
1957WRCLIT32419Rome: Arnoldo Mondadori 1957. Green cloth stamped in gilt. A bit edge- tanned else near fine without printed dust jacket. First Italian edition of THE FARMER'S HOTEL. Inscribed presentation copy inscribed "con amore" from the author in the year after publication. Genuine presentation copies from O'Hara are somewhat uncommon. Arnoldo Mondadori hardcover books
1969WRCLIT28826New York: Random House 1969. Gilt cloth. First edition limited issue. One of two hundred numbered copies specially printed and bound and signed by the author. Fine in slipcase. Random House hardcover books
19407579New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 195 pages. Bound in publisher's black cloth spine lettering gilt. Dust jacket with $2.00 price on front flap; small loss at spine ends chip at lower rear panel and top front fold. Overall a very good copy. <br/><br/> Duell, Sloan and Pearce hardcover books
1960313565New York: Random House 1960. First edition. xii 106; pp. x 112; x 110pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Original printed cloth boards slipcase broken at top. First edition. xii 106; pp. x 112; x 110pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Inscribed to "21" Club owner Sheldon Tannen. Inscribed in the first volume: "To Sheldon Tannen/with best wishes/John O'Hara/23 Nov. 60". Tannen was the nephew of "21" Club co-founder Jack Kriendler who eventually took over the club. O'Hara was a frequenter of "21" and contributed a piece to "The Iron Gate" the festschrift for Kriendler published on the 25th anniversary of the club's founding. Bruccoli A18. 1.a Random House unknown books
192317787EPortland ME: Smith & Sale 1923. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author John Myers O’Hara to actor John Barrymore. Inscribed: “To John Barrymore with best wishes John Myers O’Hara. Feb. 1 1927.†Quarto. Bound in decorative paperboards with blue cloth spine and gilt stamping to the cloth at the front board. Very good lightly used copy with some slight wear to the corners and edges. A finely printed collection of poetry by John Myers O’Hara. Smith & Sale hardcover books
19606895New York: Random House 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Octavo. First printing stated SIGNED BY JOHN O'HARA ON A TIPPED-IN LEAF VOLUME ONE. Octavo. THREE VOLUMES. A complete set fine in a fine publisher's slipcase. Volume I The Girl on the Baggage Truck; Volume II Imagine Kissing Pete; Volume III We're Friends Again. All are fine tight copies in a fine slipcase. <br/><br/> Random House hardcover books
1935710081935. O'HARA John. BUTTERFIELD 8. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1935. First edition review copy; stamped on the ffep. is "Review Copy" with the release date and price below. Octavo. 310 pp. Black cloth gilt lettering at spine. The edges of the bookblock and a few leaves are foxed. The cloth binding is lightly rubbed all over and skewed; the gilt lettering has flaked in places but is still readable. The worn and chipped remnants of the dust jacket are present. Good plus. unknown books
197453101New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1974. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; cream cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and author's name embossed on covers; green topstain; dustjacket; xiv233pp. Spine-ends gently pushed else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $8.95 with gentle sunning to spine light wear to crown and a short closed tear at rear panel. A substantial posthumously-released collection of verse by the influential New York School poet. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
001828Random House. F. Published in New York by Random House in 1949. First edition. Copyright page states "FIRST PRINTING." Inscribed by the author on the front free end-paper: "To Soxe--- / With many thanks / and --- God help us --- / still speaking! / Faithfully / John O'Hara/ 19 July 1949 / New York." Book very good with slight wear at spine ends and corners slight fading on spine slight spotting on front very slight bumping to corners slight discoloration on end-papers. No DJ. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. Random House unknown books
1939140940651London: Faber and Faber Limited 1939. First British Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First British edition. 387 pp. Publisher's tan cloth with blue lettering. Very Good with darkly foxed top-edge upper tip of front board worn and bumped spine leans light foxing to endsheets in Very Good dust jacket with chip in upper corner of front panel rubbing tape repair to verso of head. The author's second book of short stories which some critics have argued are his strongest work. This British edition contains a whopping 15 stories not in the American edition. APG O'Hara 005c. Faber and Faber Limited unknown books
1964WRCLIT28827New York: Random House 1964. Gilt cloth. First edition limited issue. One of two hundred and fifty numbered copies specially printed and bound and signed by the author. Fine. Random House hardcover books
1837246372London: Josph Thomas Finch Lane Cornhill 1837. First edution. Illustrated with 6 original engraved full-page designs by Robert Cruikshank. Engraved by P. Cruikshank W.C. Walker & c. 49 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Half blue calf slightly rubbed at joints te.g. by Zaehnsdorf else fine. Cruikshnak Robert. First edution. Illustrated with 6 original engraved full-page designs by Robert Cruikshank. Engraved by P. Cruikshank W.C. Walker & c. 49 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Mill/well/fair case Josph Thomas, Finch Lane, Cornhill unknown books
1940014182Duell Sloan and Pearce 1940. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Fine Copy In a Near Fine Jacket $2.00 on Flap. First Edition Stated Excellent Copy Variant Dust Wrapper With Gene Kelly and Two Women. Very Scarce. Duell Sloan and Pearce Hardcover books
1947299104New York: Random House 1947. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Small 8vo cloth d.w. N.Y.: Random House 1947. First Edition. Fine.<br/><br/> Fine fresh copy autographed by O'Hara.<br/><br/> Random House unknown books
176525276London: I. Walsh 1765. Oblong folio. Disbound laid into modern wrappers. Two paginations; the one to the lower outer corners is continuous and specific to the edition: 1f. title 39 i blank pp. An earlier pagination to the upper outer sometimes inner corners is incomplete: 1f. title 9-23 27-30 32-36 53-67 i blank pp. Engraved. Publisher's catalogue to foot of title. <br/><br/>Systems include staves for vocal parts and figured bass. Instrumental passages include a right-hand part marked "Sy" =symphony. Additional stanzas printed as residual text. Dialogue not included. Each number preceded by caption: "Sung by." Names of singers mentioned in captions: "Mr. Legge" Jonathan Legg d. 1778 "Mrs. Priscilla Stevens" d. 1783 "Mr. Charles Dibdin" 1745-1814 "Mr. George Mattocks" 1734/35-1804 "Mr. John Beard" 1715/16-1791 "Miss Hallam" Isabella Mattocks 1746-1826 "Miss Elizabeth Miller" "Miss Poitier Jane Thompson b. 1736 "Mr. John Fawcett" d. 1793 "Mr. Edward Shuter" 1728-1776 and "Mr. John Dunstall." Second edition. RISM AM1786 not distinguishing between the two editions although the copy at the Bibliothèque nationale de France is noted as having 39 pages instead of 67. WorldCat several additional copies not distinguishing between editions. The first edition to which the earlier incomplete pagination in the present copy refers has 67 pages; the second is a compilation of excerpts from the first and has 39 pages only. Page 25 of the second edition was re-engraved as in the first edition it contained the beginning of another number excluded from the second edition at its foot.<br/><br/>"Irish librettist and musician Kane O'Hara. is known chiefly as the librettist and arranger of the music for Midas. the first 'English burletta' presented at the Crow Street Theatre Dublin on 22 January 1762 as a rival attraction to the season of Italian burlettas at the Smock Alley Theatre. The music contains popular songs of the time such as arias from Italian operas and folksongs from Ireland and other countries linked by dialogue set to recitative. There is frequent resort to concerted numbers. With characters consisting of mythological gods and mortals Midas is in reality a burlesque of opera seria. It attained considerable popularity and was frequently performed in London after the first production at Covent Garden on 22 February 1764." Brian Boydell in Grove Music Online. I. Walsh unknown books
197421132Iowa City: The Windhover Press and Bruccoli Clark 1974. First edition of "the only surviving example of his O'Hara's apprentice journalism." Limited to 150 copies printed in handset Bembo type on paper specially made for The Windhover press by the Wookey Hole Mill in England. Very fine copy with the publisher's compliments slip laid in. Rare. 8vo original printed wrappers. Very fine copy with the publisher's compliments slip laid in. Rare. The Windhover Press, and Bruccoli Clark unknown books
196041191960. O'HARA John. OURSELVES TO KNOW. NY: Random House 1960. 8vo. dark-red cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Bruccoli A17.1.a. Signed by O'Hara on the title page. Very Good; some edgewear rubbing & creases few short tears d/j. $350.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
