Search Results: Authors starting with U from Parnassus Book Service

New York:Henry Holt and Company, 1905. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Henry Holt and Company. 1905. 1st edition.  ix+290pp.+2pp ads. Hardcover.  Rust colored boards slightly soiled with slight wear to spine ends and edge points. Top edges gilt.  Internally, a previous owners name is inked to top of 1st free flyleaf, but otherwise pages clean. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good copy.

Oxford:Oxford University Press, 1953. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Oxford:Oxford University Press. 1953. 174pp. Hardcover. Binding is lightly worn at the edges and spine but is otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean and free of stray markings, save for some age-toning to the pages and foxing to the end-papers. Overall, this is a very good copy.

Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, (1961). hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Moscow:Foreign Languages Publishing House. (1961). 634pp+photographs. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Boards lightly shelfworn with wear along edges, spine ends, and edge points bumped. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The dust jacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn, with wear along edges and folds. *Text in English.

The Prayer-book and Homily Society, ca. 1840. hard cover. Fair/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2020/06/0_img_8771.jpg. London: The Prayer-book and Homily Society. ca. 1840. Hardcover. Approx 220pp. Bound with "Articles Agreed Upon by the Archbishops and Bishops of Both Provinces, and the Whole Clergy in the Convocation Holden(sic) at London in the Year 1562, for Avoiding of Diversities of Opinions, and for the Establishing of Consent Touching True Religion". Fair condition. Spine fabric missing, String binding held weakly by two strings. Brown cloth boards stained. Owner name penned to ffep and moderate foxing throughout.  Originaly published in 1562. (cfm)

New York:Charles Scribner's Sons, (1932). hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Signed by authors. New York:Harcourt, Brace and Company. (1932). Early edition.  xxx+647pp. Signed/Inscribed by the Editor on Half-title page. Hardcover.  Rebound in full leather, with title in gilt on spine and marbled end-papers. Leather is lightly shelfworn, with some age-toning to spine strip. Top edges gilt. Internally, marbled end-pages clean with a previous owners inscription to 6th free end-page, and author's inscription to half-title page as well as an embossed stamp to bottom of same page. Otherwise a very good, clean copy. 

Berkeley, Ca.:Ross Books. (1982). 408pp. Wrps. Oblong. Jacket covers show wear at edges otherwise a very good copy.

New York:Benjamin Blom, Inc. , 1971. 2nd Edition. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. New York:Benjamin Blom, Inc. 1971. 2nd edition, reissued.  xxxii+416pp. Illustrated, with foldouts at end. Soft-cover. Brown covers lightly soiled and shelfworn, with wear along edges. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. Overall, a very good, tight copy.

New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Limited edition. hard cover. Fine/Fine. Signed by authors. New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1989. 1st edition, limited to 350 copies, numbered and signed by the Author on the limitation page.  257pp. Hardcover with acetate dust jacket and slipcase.  In fine condition, still in publishers shrinkwrap. 

NY:Gotham Book Mart, 1993. First Edition. soft cover. Fine/No jacket. Signed by authors. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. NY:Gotham Book Mart. (1993). Sewn Wrps. Limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed by Gorey and Updike on the Colophon page. 1st edition. In fine condition. Toledano B80c.

New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Limited edition. hard cover. As New/Fine. New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1988. Limited edition of 350 copies, signed by Updike on the limitation page.  In fine condition.  Still in publishers shrinkwrap. As new.  

NY:Gotham Book Mart, 1993. First Edition. soft cover. Fine/No jacket. Signed by authors. Illustrated by Edward Gorey.NY:Gotham Book Mart. (1993).Sewn Wrps. Limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed by Gorey and Updike on the Colophon page. 1st edition. In fine condition. Toledano B80c.

New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Limited edition. hard cover. Fine/Fine. Signed by authors. New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1989. 1st edition, limited to 350 copies (this is #227), numbered and signed by the Author on the limitation page.  257pp. Hardcover with acetate dust jacket and slipcase.  In fine condition. 

New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Limited edition. hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by authors. New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1969. 1st edition, No. 275 of 350 copies, numbered and signed on the limitation page by the author. 99pp. Hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase.  A very good, clean copy with a previous owners bookplate to inside front board but otherwise free of previous owners marks or signatures. The dust jacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn along the spine strip and the slipcase is gently worn. 

New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Limited edition. hard cover. Fine/Fine. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2016/03/0_044.jpg. Signed by authors. New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1984. 1st limited edition, one of 350 copies, signed by the author. With acetate dust jacket in decorated slipcase. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Some sun-fading to green on top edge and spine of slipcase as well as the top edge of one side, else fine.

Minneapolis:Edmund D. Brooks, 1902. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2016/06/0_04366.jpg. Minneapolis:Edmund D. Brooks. 1902.  Limited to 350 copies, on hand made paper, this is No. 1. No pagination. Hardcover.  Boards lightly soiled with some age toning and a small chip on the front board.  Internally, end-pags are lightly foxed but pages, aside from an occassional smudge, are clean and bright.  Top of page edges soiled from dust residue.

Boston:Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:Houghton Mifflin Company. 1915. viii+99pp. Hardcover.  Boards soiled, sun-faded and shelfworn with wear along edges, spine ends and bottom edge points gently bumped. The spine label is soiled and chipped along edges with page edges soiled. Internally end pages lightly age-toned, with a previous owners bookplate attached to the inside front board.  Otherwise, aside from an occasional smudge, a very good clean copy. The binding is tight with hinges intact.

Mexico:Editorial Porrua, S.A., 1946. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. Mexico:Editorial Porrua, S.A. 1946. 407pp. Softcover. Beige covers soiled with wear to japped edges. Internally, pages slightly age toned but clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. Pages largely uncut. A very good copy

Mexico:Editorial Pac, S. A. de C. V., (1994). First Edition. soft cover. Very Good. Mexico:Editorial Pac, S. A. de C. V. (1994). 205pp. Illus. Wrps. 

Princeton University Press, (1989). hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2015/10/0_591.jpg. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. (1989). 267 pp. Dust jacket intact and in very good shape, with only some minor shelf wear. Boards clean. Pages clean and bright. Overall, in very good condition. 

1927. soft cover. Very Good. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2018/06/0_dsc05945.jpg. London: [n.p.]. 1927. Second Edition. Softcover. iv+312pp. Illustrated, including several color maps. Very Good condition. Original paper wrappers have some sun fading, paper tears at top/bottom of spine, and light handling grime. The contents are clean and bright, and securely bound. A very nice copy. Arenales (1770-1831) was an Argentine General active in several of the conflicts that came to define South American sovereignity and borders. (cfm)