Search Results: Authors starting with U from Peter Ellis bookseller

Hodder and Stoughton, London., 1895. First edition. Octavo. pp xiv, 480, [2] adverts. Tissue-guarded frontispiece photogravure; photographs. Original gilt decorated cloth.Edges spotted. Covers a little marked and slightly rubbed at corners. Endpapers and prelims spotted. Very good.

Hutchinson, London., 1902. First edition. Octavo. Two volumes: pp xx, 1-470; xiv, 471-1018. 506 illustrations from drawings and photographs by the author and others; 48 full-page coloured plates by the author; 9 map by J.G. Bartholomew and the author. Original black cloth with an embossed gilt image of a tribesman. Top edge gilt. 1902 gift inscription, the recipient's name crossed through, on verso of frontispiece plate of Vol. I. Cloth snagged at heads and tails of spines and at the lower end of the spine of Vol. I. Inner hinges cracked. A good set.

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York., 1975. First U.S. edition. Translated by Helen R. Lane. Octavo. pp [viii], 184. A novel.Head and tail of spine slightly bumped, otherwise fine in near-fine dustwrapper slightly rubbed at the edges.

The Joash Woodrow Collection in association with 108 Fine Art, Harrogate., 2004. First edition. Quarto. 239 pages, almost all of which are devoted to colour illustrations. Card wrappers with flaps. Very near fine.

Hutchinson, London., 1966. First edition. Issued in the series New Authors Limited. Octavo. pp 222 [2] adverts. The author's first book.Signed by the author on the title-page.Fine in near-fine dustwrapper a bit creased at top edge.

Victor Gollancz, London., 1970. First edition. Octavo. 192 pages. The author's third novel.Signed by the author on the title-page.Small ink blot to margin of page 44 (production fault). Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Very good indeed in near-fine, slightly nicked dustwrapper.

Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, Massachusetts., 1979. First edition. Octavo. 27 pages. Cloth with title label on front; marbled endpapers.Letter F of 26 hardbound copies signed by the author. In addition, this is a presentation copy, inscribed by him on the first blank: ''for Frank and Anita two octaves of an obsolete form - Love John & Martha 3/16/79''. The recipients are Frank Kermode and his wife. Updike considered Kermode the best British reviewer and was the dedicatee of one of Kermode's books.Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.

Halty Ferguson, Cambridge, Massachusetts., 1976. First edition. Octavo. 42 pages. Wrappers. A story written in 1963 and rejected by The New Yorker.Number 209 of 250 copies signed by the author.Fine.

Lord John Press, Northridge, California., 1984. First edition. Octavo. pp [48]. Cloth-backed patterned boards. Poems written in the early fifties, together with the author's humorous drawings. Number 8 of 50 specially bound copies signed by the author. Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1982. First edition. Octavo. pp [xii], 195.Number 270 of 500 copies copies signed by the author, printed on special paper and specially bound.Fine in fine dustwrapper and fine pictorial card slipcase.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1970. First edition. Octavo. pp [xiv], 206.Number 324 of 500 copies copies signed by the author, printed on special paper and specially bound.Fine in fine dustwrapper and fine pictorial card slipcase.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1989. First edition. Octavo. 257 pages.One of 350 copies copies signed by the author.Fine in fine pictorial card slipcase. Still in original cellophane wrapping.

Bits Press, Cleveland., 1984. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 33. Linen-backed boards. The text of a talk given at the Davis campus of the University of California in 1983.One of 203 copies signed by the author.Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1990. First edition. Octavo. pp [x], 512.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: ''for Eileen Child - warm regards - John Updike 8/7/91''.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1965. First edition. Octavo. pp [xiv], 327. Ten years of non-fiction prose.Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf before the half-title page.Fine in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly rubbed at the edges.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1979. First edition. Octavo. pp [x], 260.Number 101 of 350 copies copies signed by the author, printed on special paper and specially bound.Fine in fine dustwrapper and fine glossy card slipcase.

André Deutsch, London., 1975. First U.K. edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 228.Signed by the author on the title-page.Fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1975. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 228. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: ''Vance Morgan - John Updike''.Fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper.

Alfred A. Knopf, New York., 1994. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 316.Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Lord John Press, Northridge, California., 1979. First edition. Octavo. pp xiv, 63. Cloth-backed patterned boards.Number 296 of 300 copies copies signed by the author.Fine in original acetate dustwrapper.