Search Results: Authors starting with U from Quiet Friends

L: Duckworth & RUSI. VG book, VG+ D/J. SIGNED.. 1995. 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG book, VG+ D/J(in Brodart). SIGNED on half tp. "WITHDRAWN FROM LIBRARY" stamped on fep, no other LIBRARY marks. 8vo 265pp. .

Annapolis: US Naval Institute. VG+ book, GOOD+ D/J(in Brodart). Bright book & D/J. Tight.. (1971). Hardcover. VG+ book, GOOD+ D/J(in brodart). w 2" tear @ top front, also minor edgewear. A large part of the fep has been neatly cut out. .

Buffalo: Privately printed. VG book, no DJ. #155/400. Black cloth. Paper spine/cover labels.. 1929. 1st limited ed. Hardcover. VG book, no DJ. #155 of 400 copies printed. FINE but: lower tips bumped, spine label w tiny chip. FINE inside. 8vo, 133pp. . Nichols enlisted in 1862 as a private & became a Lt. with the 37th Regiment, Mass Volunteers, the Army of the Potomac. FINE inside, ZERO aging, foxing, soiling, etc. Not even any glue browned pastedown gutter lines. Never read as many uncut & unopened pages. ep maps. His letters are separated by a brief summary of the pertinent events that occurred between letters. The letter he wrote on the day of Lee's surrender is included in facsimile. .

NY: Chester House. AS NEW book & DJ. Immaculate. Pristine. 8.5"x5.5", 395pp.. (1985). 1st edition.. Hardcover. AS NEW book & DJ(in Brodart). FEP SIGNED by author. Novel of a southern family from before the Civil War through reconstruction . Blue imitation pebbled leather. Gilt spine lettering. Likely never read as book stays closed when stood on its spine. .

NP: Flemming. GOOD book. VG+ text. 3/4 red morocco. Marbled boards & eps.. nd c 1860. Hardcover. GOOD book. Folio, 18"X12". 43 pages of descriptions for the 48 plates which follow. Plates printed one side only. . The plates are of entrances, windows, towers etc. None of buildings as a whole. Clean but worn. Text & plates all quite nice, light margin aging, an occasional spot of foxing or soiling. Hinges are weak & cover is worn. Front cover attached only by threads. .

NP: Flemming. GOOD book. VG+ text. 3/4 red morocco. Marbled boards & eps.. nd c 1860. Hardcover. GOOD book. Folio. 47 pages of descriptions for the 48 plates which follow. Plates printed on one side only. . The plates are of entrances, windows, towers etc. None of buildings as a whole. Clean, bright book, but worn. Text & plates all quite nice, light margin aging, an occasional spot of foxing or soiling. Hinges are weak & cover is worn. .

NY: Putnam. VG book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart). DJ clean but worn, many 1/2" chips. (1953). 2nd printing.. Hardcover. VG book, GOOD DJ. Tight. Clean DJ & book, even the 3 text block edges. Book's spine ends & DJ worn. DJ with $3.75 price. . Dark blue boards with red lettering & USMC symbol. Spine ends with short closed tears. NEAR FINE between the covers. No glue browned pastedowns, soiling, foxing, marginalia BUT leaf edges aged a bit. Bright & attractive book & DJ. Uris' first book. About how a disparate group of men become a unit. The book, and then the movie, dealt with sex, adultery, pregnancy and drinking in a manner seldom seen in the 1950s. Both book & movie (with Uris' screenplay) were commercial successes. .