Oconnor John R I (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. An excellent copy of this collection of theosophical essays, published in honor of Joseph A. Fitzmyer. Binding is solid, sturdy, and square. Interior is clean and free of marks, except for a small price sticker on the inside cover. Dust jacket has a few scratches on both covers, and is worn along the top and bottom edges. There is one tiny tear at the top of the spine. DJ is now wrapped in brodart for protection. A very nice copy overall. …

Large (16 x 9 inches) steel-engraved view. A fine impression in fine condition with large margins. Mounted in conservation mount board and backing and framed in a natural wood and gilt moulding. An unusual Dover engraving, the viewpoint is from the high ground to the east of Buckland looking towards the sea with the Castle in the distance on the left and the western heights on the right, with the town, showing the beginnings of industrial development, laid out between. By this date it had become uncommon to issue topographical engravings on this scale as photography was firmly established. However, the Company of Stationers had been issuing a large printed almanac each year for over a hundred years, following the same pattern - a large engraved view of an important place in Great Britain, commissioned each year, and below this a printed almanac for the year. These were designed to be hung in offices, at Railway stations and in the home. Dover had been represented in the series in the 1840's and so much had changed in the interim that the Stationers Company commissioned this new view. The views were by now sold as separate prints without the almanac, as in this example. KENT DOVER KENT.…