Search Results: Authors starting with U from Bibliope by Calvello Books

Buenos Aires: Talleres Gráficos de F.A. Colombo, 1942. Hardcover. About near fine with original illus front wrapper laid in.. Large octavo in half leather and marbled paper baords; raised bands and gilt titles to spine; 2 preliminary leaves, 7-303 pages, 2 leaves, 20 cm. In Spanish.

Barcelona: Gil, 1952. 1st edition. Hardcover. Has faint tracings of being ex-library; front hinge (inner joint) glue repaired); else Very Good.. Large 4to in creme boards with brown illus of a hummingbird; color frontis, 240p, mainly full-page b/w plates. Index description of plates in slip case at rear.

New Delhi; New York: Oxford University Pres, 2006. Hardcover. Near fine(+) with extremely minor edge wear to boards and jacket. Jacket housed in archival mylar and about near fine(+) although, due to previous sticker residue, front jacket flap is adhered to front paste-down./fine. Octavo in duotone green jacket illus un color (front); xix, 309 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm; bibliographical references (pages 264-299) and index. "This volume of seven essays on themes of family and gender in Indian popular culture seeks to commend popular culture as an important resource for sociological insights into contemporary social issues and processes. Drawing its material from three popular media - 'calendar art' (popular chromolithography), commercial 'Bollywood' cinema, and magazine romance fiction - the essays bring a gender-sensitive perspective to bear on the representation of the family, of childhood, of courtship and conjugality, of arranged and love marriage, of femininity and masculinity,… Read More

New York: M.K. McElderry Books, 1987. 1st ed. hardcover. Near fine, in price-clipped but otherwise fine jacket/very good+. Zemach, Margot. Quarto powder blue cloth in illus. green and white d.j.; 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Inscribed by the author and the illustrator. || Two foolish cats go to the old monkey of the mountain to settle their quarrel. || Folklore -- Japan. Cats. || Based on: Saru no nigirimeshi saiban.

New York: Scribner, 1972. First. Hardcover. Very good(+) copy with minor edge-foxing and a small remainder mark to bottom edge; in an edge-worn vg(-) jacket in archival mylar. A decent copy all in all.. 119 pages illustrations 22 cm. b. Seeking a new life in nineteenth-century California with his samurai father, a young Japanese finds it difficult to adjust to the idea of being a farmer and not a samurai. Author is from Alameda, California. ¶ "Yoshiko Uchida (1921-1992) was a Japanese-American writer known for her children's books and autobiographical narratives that explore the Japanese-American experience, particularly during World War II. Born in California to Japanese immigrant parents, Uchida and her family were among the thousands of Japanese-Americans who were interned during the war. This experience had a profound impact on Uchida and became a central theme in much of her writing. Uchida's books, such as "Journey to Topaz" and "Desert Exile," provide a poignant and personal perspective on… Read More

Paris: Dargaud, 1991. Second edition. Hardcover. A crisp, fine copy in tight binding.. White folio; 48 p, color illus ; 30 cm. In French. || Comics; Children's books.

Moskow: Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1975. Hardcover. FINE in VG+ DJ; DJ is slightly tattered around the edges else excellent shape throughout.. Elephant folio in light blue boards; DJ, (xvi, 151 p.) : 96 col. maps ; 66 cm. Maps on lining papers. SCARCE thus in jacket. Text in Russian (Cyrillic letters) // Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.  International Indian Ocean Expedition  (1960-1965) Geology -- Indian Ocean -- Maps.  Marine geophysics -- Indian Ocean -- Maps.  Submarine topography -- Indian Ocean -- Maps.  Ocean bottom -- Indian Ocean -- Maps.  Oceanography -- Indian Ocean -- Research.  // Text, captions and place names in Russian and English. Added title-page in Russian. " Published in accordance with a decision of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission." || **A very large, heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply.**.

Stuttgart: Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, 1938. 1st edition, presumably. Hardcover. Soiled boards, front hinge starting, rear hinge detached, general wear, else Good +.. Lg Octavo, illus cloth bds, 156p, adverts, numerous bw photos & illus. Scarce. Worthy of repair. // World War II, Nazis, Axis Powers / Text in blackscript German.

Glenview, Ill: Scott, Foresman, 1967. Hardcover. Very good(+) copy.. Octavo in blue and pink boards; 1 volume (unpaged): illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.; very good(+) copy; small vinyl record is in slipcover in envelope in back of book; boards are lightly worn, but are clean and free of fraying and major flaws; previous owner's last name only written neatly in blue marker on front pastedown; 3" closed tear along the top edge of second leaf; pages show light signs of handling; fore edge of a few leaves have mini closed tears; nothing is too unattractive about this copy; binding is tight; cloth is clean; a very attractive, collectible copy. In English. || Series: Scott, Foresman first talking storybook box; Note(s): "This special edition is printed and distributed by Scott, Foresman and Company by special arrangement with Albert Whitman Company, Chicago, Illinois."

San Francisco: M.I. Productions, 1996. First edition (stated). Paperback. Near Fine(-), with a few thin reading creases to spine, else a very tight clean copy, in a Very Good mildly edge-worn DJ.. Quarto in glossy white paper wraps illus in b/w ; xiv, 469 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. A paper back original. Signed and inscribed by the author-photographer on title page. Comprises interviews with all kinds of Germans, with a candid, quality portrait of each in b&w. Very interesting. || Photography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Public opinion. National socialism (Nazis, Nazisn) -- Public opinion. Interviews -- Germany. Public opinion -- Germany. Germany -- History -- 1933-1945 -- Public opinion. Germany -- History -- 1945-1990 -- Public opinion. Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990 -- Public opinion.

Köln: Japanisches Kulturinstitut Köln, 1985. Paperback. Near fine(-) copy with light wear to edges and spine; light shelf-rubbing and soiling to wraps; else excellent copy; pages are bright and free of marks and creases; binding is tight.. Duodecimo in black and red paper wraps (thin, blank spine); illus. (some color); 40 p., 18 cm. In German.

Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Morgan & Morgan, 1975. Paperback. Near fine with minor toning and very slight edge wear. Please see photos.. Folio in white glossy color illus wraps; unpaged (approx 160pp); chiefly black and white photo reprods. Striking black and white art & collage photography; Psychedelic photograpy. Surrealism. Photomontage Black and white photography.

1954. Paperback. Moderate sunning to front cover. Edges of covers moderately rubbed with few very small tears. Moderate rubbing and bumping to outer corners. Head and foot of spine mildly rubbed. Pages clean and binding tight. Good(+) to very good(-).. 65 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates : b/w illustrations ; 25 cm. In Italian|| Its Cataloghi ;; 5; Variation: Cataloghi (Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi) ;; 5. || Drawing, Italian -- Exhibitions. Mannerism (Art) -- Italy. Exhibition catalogs.

Austin: Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1974. Paperback. Fine and unread. Octavo in glssy brown and grey stiff paper wraps (white spine); 68 pages ; 23 cmbibliographical references (pages 61-68). Rural-urban migration -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez. Exode rural -- Mexique -- Ciudad Juárez. Rural-urban migration. Social conditions. Trek naar de stad. Armoede. Rural-urban migration -- Mexico -- Ciudad Juárez.

Caracas: Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, 1993. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. A near fine(+) copy with extremely light wear to spine, spine head, & spine foot.. Blue-black octavo (black spine); 456 p, b&w illus ; 22 cm. In Spanish. || Church and social problems; Economic conditions -- Catholic Church.

Méjico: Juan Pablos, 1958. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Very mild rubbing to spine head and foot, light soiling and sunning to spine, front cover-rear corner, clipped, other three corners gently bumped, quarter inch closed tear to front edge, faint soiling to covers and fore-edges, glue residue to front hinge, moderate spotting to front pastedown, light page wear to rear endpapers, else Very Good(+) to Near Fine(-).. White small octavo, approx. 28 unopened pages, 234 pages, 20 cm. In Spanish. || Scarce, only 2 records in WorldCat. 1 with 1 holding and the other with 4 holdings. Fiction, Romance Fantasy.

Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003. Special Prepublication Edition ; Uncorrected First Proofs". Paperback. As new ; fine. xxiv, 379 pages: illustrations, map ; 24 cm ; bibliographical references (pages 351-355) and index. Contents: Discovering home: Earth's origin and history -- Cultivating awareness: a living planet -- Seeking understanding: Earth's web of life -- Nurturing relationship: intimacy with life -- Listening: gauging the health of Earth -- Discernment: deciphering the causes of Earth's breakdown -- Courage: planetary destabilization -- Story: creating meaning in a time of crisis -- Creativity: designing a sustainable society -- Empowerment: transforming self, transforming society. Sustainable development. Développement durable. sustainable development. Ecology. Sustainable development.

Uppsala: [Univ. Stockholm], Almqvist & Wiksell, 1970. Paperback. Near Fine. Tall large octavo in white printed wraps; 240 p. 24 cm. Bibliography: p. [233]-240. In German. Series: Studia Uralica et Altaica Upsaliensia,; 5; Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis // Finnish language -- Grammar, Comparative. Estonian language -- Grammar, Comparative. Errata slip laid in.

Barcelona: Ediciones Grijalbo, 1983. 1. ed. Paperback. Very Fine. Octavo in beige wrappers; 402 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Uncommon // Spelunking; Speleology ; Caves./ Text in Spanish.

New York: Amour press, 1932. First edition (unstated). Hardcover. Near Fine(+) copy with faintest edgewear in Very Good(+) dust jacket. Light tears and wear to DJ edges, corners and spine, but DJ is very much in tact and protected in brodart; DJ is price-clipped; else excellent copy; pages are fine, both bright and free of marks; binding is tight./very good +. Duodecimo in hot pink boards in color, illus. DJ (spine is light purple with orange title); 254 p; 18 cm. Very scarce in hardcover with dust jacket; in only 4 libraries worldwide.