Search Results: Authors starting with U from Focloir

Gaelic537 Ua Cathain, Uilliam. An Teagasg Críosdaidhe. An t-Athair Uilliam Ua Cathain Easbog chluana da chéad ċuir amaċ; an t-Athair Peadar Ua Laoghaire, canónach do chuir i n-eagar agus foclóir leis.Baile Átha Cliath: Brún agus Ó Nualláin, 1920, 46, xv pages plus publisher's ads. Paperback. Some minor soiling else good, tight copy of a scarce Irish Gaelic Catholic catechism. $30.00

Gaelic538 Ui Murchadha, Brigid, bean. Oideachas in Iar-Chonnacht sa Naou Cead Deag. Dublin: Oifig an tSolathair, 1954, 135p, bib. Good copy, sunfaded. Printed in old Irish type face. Study on education in the west of Ireland in the 19th century. $25.00

Gaelic539 Ui Murchu, Caitlin. Ni lia tir. Dublin: Foilseachain Naisiunta Teoranta, 1969, 134p, illus. Cover little bowed else good in dust jacket $16.50

Gaelic540 Uibh Eachach, Vivian, illustrator. Aibítir na nAinmhithe. Conamara: Clo Iar-Chonnachte, 1990, 24p, paperback. Children's book $8.50

Middle Ages 002 Ullmann, Walter, 1910-1983. The origins of the Great Schism, a study in fourteenth-century ecclesiastical history. London: Burns Oates and Washbourne, 1948, xiii, 244 pages, illus, index. A few light pencil checks, good to very good in dust jacket. $23.50
Ullmann was a noted medieval historian who specialized in legal history.

Ancient world 1331(Babylon). Ungnad, Arthur, b. 1879. Babylonian letters of the Hammurapi period. Series: University of Pennsylvania. University Museum. Publications of the Babylonian Section, v. 7. Philadelphia: University Museum, 1915, 50 p. plus 104 plates. Original 1915 edition, not a reprint. Paperback. Good to very good copy. $20.00

Ancient world 340 National Endowment for the Humanities. Summer Seminar (2004: Duke University) Aramaic in postbiblical Judaism and early Christianity: papers from the 2004 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar at Duke University. (Series:Duke Judaic studies series; v. 3). Edited by Eric M. Meyers and Paul V.M. Flesher. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2010, xx, 300p, bib, index. New in dust jacket. $20.00
Contents:Introduction -- Awakening sleeping texts -- Reconsidering the letter of Mara Bar Serapion / David Rensberger -- "Transgressive": meaning and implications of 'wl' in Jewish Syriac text and translation / Sigrid Peterson -- The composition of the Qenneshråe fragment / Michael Penn -- A note on an Aramaic date formula found at Nabratein and Zoar / Eric M. Meyers -- When? "After the destruction of the temple" / Paul V.M. Flesher -- The details of language -- The function of the active participle in the Aramaic of Daniel / Tarsee Li -- Tracing the history of a legal term of… Read More

Ireland 010 Upstone, Robert, and Angela Weight. William Orpen: An Onlooker in France. A Critical Edition of the Artist's War Memoirs. London: Paul Holberton, 2008, 232 pages, list of plates (75, most in full color), index. Like new in like dust jacket. "William Orpen was the only official war artist to publish an extensive memoir of his experiences in the Great War. This compelling narrative was first published in 1921 and is a classic of war literature. In this fully revised edition, Orpen's war paintings and drawings have been reproduced in colour and keyed to the narrative, resulting in a perceptive and moving account by an artist who moved easily between all levels of the military, from Generals to Tommies, and was a close friend of many journalists and influential civilians. But despite his high-level connections, Orpen's emotional sympathies were with the common soldier, whose post-war neglect embittered his view of the political classes. He witnessed not only the battlefields but also what he… Read More

Ancient world 1333Urban, Ralf. Der Königsfrieden von 387/86 v. Chr.: Vorgeschichte, Zustandekommen, Ergebnis und politische Umsetzung. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1991, 203p, bib, index, paperbound. With signed compliments of the author card tipped in. $45.00

Ancient world 1334Usteri, Paul. Ächtung und Verbannung imgriechischen Recht. Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1903, viii, 172p, index. Paperback, worn, cover is here but in rough shape. The page block is good, clean and tight though. Book has blind stamp of a university library on title page.Because of thecondition of the paper wrappers, will call it acceptable only. Signature of classics professor on front free endpaper. Very uncommon book. $30.00