Search Results: Authors starting with U from THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY

THE UCLA SCHOOL OF LIBRARY SERVICE MEXICAN - AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENTS / PICTORIAL POSTER, first printing, N.d.,measuring approximately 9.5" by 11.75" and most suitable for framing. A fine copy.

THE ARCHITECTURAL FORMS OF THE CLASSIC AGES COMPRISING THE PRINCIPAL EXAMPLES OF THE ORDERS OF COLUMNS AND THEIR ENTABLATURES, Bruno Hessling Co., Ltd., 1909, except for some mild age toning and a small insignificant stain to a minor section of the fore edges of the six leaves of text, a just about fine copy of this folio consisting of all the 76 full page plates measuring 14 inches by 20 inches of which 4 are in full color and a few with some edge wear but never entering anywhere near the illustrations, in the publishers original cloth folder with some wear to the corner tips and spine extremities along with some soiling and missing the ribbon tie.

VINCENT VAN GOGH, Phaidon Press, New York, 1941, first edition thus, near fine in attractive dust-wrapper with some wear, tear and chip- ping. 120 plates including 16 tipped-in full color plates.

VINCENT VAN GOGH, Phaidon Press, Vienna, 1936, second ed, slight moisture stain along bottom margins not affecting any text or prints, else near fine in worn and chipped dust-wrapper. 120 plates including 17 tipped-in full color plates with passages from Van Goghs own letters regarding many of them inserted at the rear.

THE AGE OF MOUNTAINEERING, Lippincott, 1954, first edition., near fine in vg dust-wrapper. Illu- strated with photos

FIRST PENTHOUSE DWELLERS OF AMERICA, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1946, fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some light dust-soil. Profusely illustrated with photos. A study of the American Indians of Arizona and New Mexico.

THE POSTER ART OF TOMI UNGERER, Darien House / N.Y.G.S., 1971, first edition, just about fine in like dust-wrapper with a closed tear and associated wrinkle to the upper margin of the rear dust-wrapper panel. More than 400 sketches for proposed posters as well as published posters of which half are shown for the first time, 120 being reproduced in full color.

THE POSTER ART OF TOMI UNGERER, Darien House / N.Y.G.S., 1971, first edition, vg+/near fine in bright near vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some modest wear and tear and chipping. More than 400 sketches for proposed posters as well as published posters of which half are shown for the first time, 120 being reproduced in full color.

UNIVERSE SCIENCE FICITON, Bell Publications, Inc., July, 1954, first edition, Volume 1, #6, a bright near fine copy in full color pictorial wraps with artwork by Robert Gibson Jones and original contributions by Frank Robinson, Tom Godwin, Judith Merril, et.al.

UNIVERSE SCIENCE FICITON, Bell Publications, Inc., September 1953, first edition, Volume 1, #2, a bright vg+ copy in full color pictorial wraps with original contributions by Mark Clifton, Gordon Dickson, William Campbell Gault, et.al.

UNIVERSE SCIENCE FICITON, Bell Publications, Inc., December, 1953, first edition, Volume 1, #3, a bright near fine copy in full color pictorial wraps with artwork by Mel Hunter and original contributions by Poul Anderson & Gordon Dickson (being their Sherlockian Parody THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISPLACED HOUND), Isaac Asimov, L. Sprague De Camp, Eando Binder, F. L. Wallace, Virgil Finlay, Edd Cartier, et.al.

UNIVERSE SCIENCE FICITON, Bell Publications, Inc., June 1953, first edition, Volume 1, #1, some nibbling to the upper fore edge corner tips, else a bright near fine copy in full color pictorial wraps with original contributions by Mack Reynolds, Theodore Sturgeon, Murray Leinster, Nelson Bond, Robert Bloch, Mark Clifton, Frank Robinson, et.al.

UNIVERSE SCIENCE FICITON, Bell Publications, Inc., November, 1954, first edition, Volume 1, #8, a bright near fine copy in pictorial wraps with original contributions by Wilson Tucker, Donald E. Westlake, Tom Godwin, Judith Merril, et.al.

IRISH CELTS CYCLOPEDIA OF RACE HISTORY, L. F. Kilroy & Co., 1884, first edition, half-title, title page, contents page missing, else just about a very good copy in the publishers original gold-gilt pictorial stamped cloth binding.As a collectable book, probably give it a miss. As a source of reference, as good as any higher priced copy.

From Another World, Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1939, first edition, two short closed tears to the upper margin of the title page, else just about fine in vg dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. The authors autobiography.

THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF PAUL BUNYAN, L.E.C., 1945, first edition thus, just about fine in worn but original glassine dust-wrapper and near vg slip-case. 1/1500 copies SIGNED by artist Everett Jackson.

*** ASSOCIATION COPY ***The Younger Quire, Moods Publishing Company, 1911, first edition, some wear to the fore edge corner tips and spine extremities, obvious dust-soiling to the vellum boards and spine, else a good to very good copy with fine contents of this parody, the authors second book, published in the same year as his first. 1/100 copies. this one humorously INSCRIBED by the author and dated at time of publication to fellow writer John Cournos, one of the Imagist poets, better known for his novels, short stories, essays and criticism, and as a translator of Russian literature. From the library of the former premier Walt Whitman collector, bibliophile and philanthropist, Charles Feinberg.

MOSES, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1928, first edition., near fine in vg dust-wrapper. The poets first novel.

PIGEON FEATHERS AND OTHER STORIES, Knopf, 1962, first edition, fine in bright near fine dust-wrapper. The authors second short story collection.

The Centaur, Knopf, 1963, first edition, fine in bright near fine dust-wrapper. National Book Award winner. Very nice.