Search Results: Authors starting with U from Popeks Books, IOBA

New York: Pocket Book, 1959. This 4.25 x 7 softcover has 227 pages. The dramatic story of a youth's determination to climb an unconquerable mountain peak.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Great Britain: W. H. ALLEN, 1972. Pages are clean, no writing. Old price in ink on front end page. Minor edge wear on jacket. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 5.5"x8".

New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1903. This antique hardcover book is bound in maroon boards with gilt cover lettering. Cover is worn and heavily spotted; endpapers are browned, stamp on second blank, most inner pages are generally clean. Binding a bit loose. Front endpaper features an inscription by the author that reads "To Mr. F.T. Birchard, with compliments of the author," signed by the author and dated Dec. 19, 1904. Illustrated with diagrams, the book explains the principles of electromagnetics. 159 pages; approx. 5"x7".. Signed By Author. Hard Cover. Collectible-Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece.

New York: Pott, Young, and Co., 1875. This antique hardcover book is bound in royal-blue cloth boards with decorative gilt lettering on the front and spine. The front and spine are both also decorated in black etched designs. Spine is discolored; cover soil, edgewear; soil/foxing to endpapers; inner pages clean and unmarked, binding tight. Illustrated with black-and-white engravings, including a frontispiece, the book tells the stories of Galileo, Christopher Columbus and Wellington for young readers. Pages not numbered; estimated approx. 200. No date of publication given; stories first appear in The Publishers' Trade List Annual in 1875. 4"x7".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.

New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 1967. 8.5x6 inches. 150 pages. Slightly yellowed dust jacket with green design and lettering. Slight dust jacket soil and edgewear. Dust jacket price clipped. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. A collection of the author's poetry arranged in chronological order to show growth and development.. By Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/Collectible-Good.

New York: Lion Book, 1953. "She dragged an adolescent to the lowest depths of high society." 4.25 x 6.5 with 160 pages. Lion #138. Some wear to covers, pages a bit browned.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1964. This 4.25 x 7 softcover has 175 pages. 16 short stories by John Updike. Book is in good condition with browned pages, wear and soil.. 1st Fawcett Printing. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. This book has a green illustrated dj with black lettering and a picture of a farmhouse surrounded by fields on the cover. Very slight soil to parts of DJ; inner pages clean, spine very slightly cocked. This is a first edition of Updike's novel of an uneasy homecoming. 174 pages; approx. 5"x8".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/Collectible-Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. This book has a green dj with white and black lettering. Updike's novel is set in a fictional African nation. 299 pages; approx. 6"x8". Book is in good condition with wear and soil; jacket is in fair condition with soft creases, edgewear, rubbing, closed tears and some chipping, wear and soil.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/Fair. Illus. by None.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1990. This 6.5 x 9.5 hard cover book has the author's name and title in silver and white lettering on the blue dust jacket spine and blue/illustrated cover. Rabbit At Rest is the fourth and last of John Updike's famous novels about Harry Angstrom of Brewster, Pennsylvannia. 504 pages. Book and jacket are both in good condition with rubbing, edgewear, and soil.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by None.

Greenwich, Conn.: Fawcett Publications, 1966. 4 x 7 paperback book. Black lettering on the white spine with a green cover. A rare collection by the national book award winner. 256 pages. Edgewear. Pages browned. Soil. Creased spine.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by None.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1992. A collection of stories by one of Czechoslovakia's masters features a tale of a State Security agent's interest in his neighbors and such nameless characters as the Eternal Shop Assistant, the Son of the Genius, the Born Warden, and the Passenger. Book and jacket are both in very good condition with light rubbing and light soil. 1st printing. 232 pages, 8.5 x 5.5.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by None.

Toronto, ON, Canada: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. This book is a fictional first-person memoir told in the voice of Austin Fraser, an elderly abstract artist looking back on his life as the 1970s draw to a close. Book is signed by the author on the title page. Book and jacket are both in very good condition with light edgewear and sticker on jacket. 340 pages. 8.5 x 5.5.. By Author. Hard Cover. Collectible-Very Good/Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by None.

New York: M.S. Mill/William Morrow & Company, 1958. Grey 5"x7.5" hardcover in dustjacket. 250 pages. Usual ex-library markings, book cocked, edges worn and small black ink marks on endpapers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible-Good/Collectible-Good. Illus. by None.

New York: Modern Library Editions Publishing Company, 1971. CURTIS 502-07150-075. Pages and cover are toned, but have minimal wear. 160 pages.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4"X7".