Joseph C O'dea (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated (illustrator). Unmarked, clean and solid copy. Minor shelf wear only.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B&W Illustrations (illustrator). Author's inscription and signature on front endpaper, otherwise unmarked.Clean and solid copy. Clean DJ with minor shelf-wear including bumping to corners and a few small closed tears. Now in protective mylar. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in excellent, unmarked condition (slight handling), with VG dust jacket (light wear, most noticeable at the corners). 312 pages. [1.8 lbs]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Geneseo, NY: The Castlerea Press, 1996. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very clean dark blue cloth boards with gold Olympic rings on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Brief previous owner inscription on front free endpaper; no other marks. 312 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, has one very short closed edge tear(1/4"). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Dr. O'Dea leaves no grey areas in his view of sport--all sport-as the pursuit of excellence. As he sees it, sport is not an adversarial confrontation. Luck and extrinsic factors often influence the outcome but on the mean it is the triumph of excellence which wins the gold.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Gift quality first edition in very handsome blue and white illustrated card covers featuring wrap around art from 'Weighing and Rubbing Down (circa1800), which shows a side yard at a horse race where grooms are preparing and cooling out their masters mounts with a wall of shoulder to shoulder people looking on in the background. Reminiscent of some sporting toile fabric or a flo blue plate design. No names tears or soil and only a negligible brush to upper and lower corner tips. 80 pp are well illustrated with b/w reproductions of the exhibit pieces which included framed art, bronze statues, sterling silver hunting horns and a pair of ladies sterling stirrups among other items. Adds a good bit of description and history of each item in the show. The assemblage of British and American brush artists includes: Henry Alken, the Brothers Berraud (William & Henry), Harrington Bird, Julia Colt, Abraham Cooper R.A., E. Craven, Oscar De Lall, J. Fitz Marshall, John Frederick Herring, J. Mc Auliffe, George Moreland, Sir Alfred Munnings, KCVO, PPRA, G. Muss-Arnolt, Richard C. Newton, Ellen Emmet Rand, George Stubbs R.A., Henry Stull, Dean Wolstenholme Sr., John Wooton, Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum provided the framed art, other artists responsible for the bronzes etc.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Volume 2. (Genesee River Valley, Fox Hunting, History) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Unmarked. Exhibition catalog. Nicely illustrated in black-and-white with a color frontispiece. 80p. Artists include Henry Alken, William Barraud, Henry Berraud, Harrington Bird, Julia Colt, Abraham Cooper, John Emms, George Morland, Ellen S. Rand, Henry Stull, Christophe Fratin, June Harrah, R. Starke, Cecilia E. Taylor, and others. Bibliography.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by author on title page. 2002 Castlerea Press. Book is in fine/like new and unread condition. No marks. Black cloth hardcover w/ illustration is clean and strong. Dust jacket is clean and bright with light shelf rub at top edge.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illus. with photos (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 160 pp., Signed by the author on the half-title page., Foreword by Oliver Chanler.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. SIGNED by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards may have fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Spine lean, but the binding remains structurally sound. Pages unmarked. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed by author.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Illus. with photos (illustrator). 1st. 8vo, 186 pp., Signed by the author on the title page., Foreword by Martha D. Wadsworth.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vos. Black cloth. 186pp. &160pp. B&w illustrations. 2 volumes. 1st editions. Both volumes signed by the author. Both fine in like dust jackets. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo, dark blue cloth, gilt titling to spine, decorative cover, original dust jackets, two volumes, 186, 160 pp. Signed by author. A history of the Genesee Valley region in Western New York, by equine veterinarian Dr. O'Dea. A nice set with some nicks and creases to jackets. Signed.