Search Results: Books from Olmstead Books

London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1987. 1st UK Edition, Remainder. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo, Remainder mark on bottom leading edges. Slight foxing on leading edges of pages. DJ shows minor shelf wear. Hot Money is an enthralling novel, concerned not only with the chase and the complex relationship between multi-millionaire Malcolm Pembroke and his favourite son Ian, but also with the right of anyone to do what they like with their own wealth. 278 pgs.

London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1984. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Good. 8vo, DJ is price clipped. Previous owner's name and year on front free page. Foxing on leading edges of pages. If you mix a liquid with gunpowder and ignite it, and it burns with a steady blue flame, then the liquid must be at least fifty percent alcohol; and that's PROOF... 269 pgs.

London, England: Michael Joseph Limited, 1993. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo, DJ shows crease across front panel. No tears along crease. DJ also shows slight shelf wear. Decider is an inspired concoction of wonderfully conceived characters and a totally unpredictable plot that can only mean one thing - you are in the hands of the master. 278 pgs.

London, U.K.: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1910. Later printing. Hardcover. Good. W. S. Stacey. 8vo, Blue boards, gilt black & red letters. Soldier & dog front board. Lower corner on front board starting to fray and two 1/2 inch tears on front hinge. Floral endpapers. 157 pages + 16 pages adds.

London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1989. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo, DJ shows minor shelf wear. Straight is vintage Francis: a complex and exhilarating story of intrigue and villainy where the stakes are as high as the action is furious - and the entertainment guaranteed. 280 pgs.

London, Essex, United Kingdom: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1990. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo, Small stain on leading edges of pages at the bottom of book. Small damp mark on the inside front panel at the top edge. 277 pgs.

London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1989. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo, Gift inscription on two-thirds of front free page. Foxing on leading edges at the top of book. Straight's vintage Francis: a complex and exhilarating story of intrigue and villainy where the stakes are as high as the action is furious-and the entertainment guaranteed. 280 pgs.

Toronto, ON, Canada: M.F. Feheley Publishers Limited, 1976. 1st Edition, Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio, Grey boards with gilt letters. Usual ex-library stamps and card pocket. DJ is wrapped in mylar and has two quarter inch tears at top of spine. There are tape ghosts on the front and rear endpages. 176 pages. B1

New York: HarperBusiness, 1995. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus in Very Good Plus DJ. 8vo, Good, tight copy. DJ shows minor shelfwear along the top leading edge. Managing the change to the reengineered corporation. 212 pgs. B1

Harmondsworth, England: Penquin Books, 1979. Later. Paperback. Very Good Minus. 8vo, Boards have light surface wear and corners are starting to wear. Previous owner's stamp on front free page. Illustrated. 128 pages.

New York, NY, USA: Hay House, Inc., 2013. Third edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Very good condition and advice in the 223 pp.

New York: A. L. Burt Co., 1910. Later. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, ca (1910). Blue boards with gilt letters and graphics. Front free page is gilfted-Christmas 1932. 229 pages.

Canada: Gage Publishing, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Aglialoro, Fortunato (con gusto). 4to, Grey boards with black letters and graphics. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free page. Numerous illustrations. DJ has five tears to one quarter inch. 130 pages.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd., 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Very Good DJ. 8vo, Black boards with gilt letters. FIRST EDITION. DJ has a half inch tear. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 152 pages.

Seattle, WA, USA: Superior Publishing Company, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Silver boards with red lettering along the spine and on the front board. FIRST EDITION. Numerous illustrations. The DJ is price-clipped. 175 pages.

Toronto , Canada: McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1969. Not Stated, Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Ross, Susan. 8vo, Usual stamps and card pocket for ex-library. DJ is covered in brodart which is taped. Sheila Burnford, author of The Incredible Journey, writes about making friends - with trappers, fishermen, priests and the northern forest Indians. 242 pgs.

London: Stanley Paul, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 8vo, Brown boards with gilt letters. Photos and illustrations. DJ is price clipped. There is a water mark on the spine of DJ for two inches. 121 pages.

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc, 1978. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good in Very Good DJ. 8vo, DJ has three 1/8 inch tears and four dart punctures on front board and twelve on rear. Publication of The Brown Trout Fisherman's Guide remedies what many fishing enthusiasts will agree has been a sad deficiency. Here now is a book that provides both the pertinent natural history information of this piscine immigrant and, for the first time, the full range of instructive information on how successfully to seek out and catch him. 203 pages.

New York: Henry Holt & Company, LLC, 1990. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. 8vo, Small red stain on inside of D.J. at base of spine from book. 215 pages. Adrian Cowell made his first foray into the rain forest of Brazil in 1957. He was twenty-three years old, part of a joint Oxford-Cambridge expedition of young would-be filmmakers that was in truth more romantic quest than serious business. But for Cowell, it was to become something far greater: the labor and love of a lifetime.

London, Great Britain: Octopus Books Limited, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 8vo, Blue boards, brown letters and graphics. DJ has chipping along front panel 2 inches x 1/2 and a 1 inch x 1/2 on rear panel as well as quarter by half. There are six tears up to 1 inch. 352 pages.