Search Results: Titles starting with U from Goldring Books

London: Brockhampton Press, 1992. A Fine uninscribed copy with laminated illustrated boards as the dustjacket with Fine complete dustjacket. A well informed manual, the result of 20 years of investigation, which provides compelling reading by an experienced UFO investigator who explains in words and visual images what UFOs look like and how to evaluate sightings and determine if it was an identifiable flying object. 100 revealing photographs many of which are previously unpublished. *** NOT EX LIB *** 23. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2010. A Fine unmarked copy with no inscriptions. Second edition updated. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the main actors and machinery of American foreign policy. It also offers an assessment of the foreign policy records of the Clinton and the two Bush administrations. It examines how America struggled to find a defining role in the decade after the Cold War and then assesses the revolution in US foreign and security policy brought about as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The book provides an inside account of the major actors in US foreign policy - the White House, the State Department, the Pentagon, intelligence agencies, Congress, media and public opinion. It then considers the priorities of US foreign policy. 15. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2006. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing. The author practises as a barrister and in 1996 became a part-time judge - one of the first black women to sit as a judge in the UK. Her mother systematically abused her, both physically and emotionally, throughout her childhood. Regularly beaten and starved, she was so desperate that she took herself off to Social Services and tried to get into care. When that failed, she swallowed bleach 'because it kills all known germs and my mother always told me I was a germ'. When Constance was 13, her mother simply moved out, leaving her daughter to fend for herself - there was no gas, no electricity and no food. But somehow she found the courage to survive her terrible start in life and this is her heartrending - and ultimately triumphant - story. 16. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Morrow, 2004. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The true story of John Malcolm, a hungry Princeton graduate who travelled half way round the world in search of the American dream and ultimately pulled off a trade that could be described as the biggest deal in the history of the financial markets. After receiving a mysterious phone call he packed up his few belongings and went to Japan and with barely a penny in his pocket and without speaking a word of Japanese, was thrown into the bizarre, adrenaline fuelled world of the expat trader, quickly learning to survive in a cutthroat world. Malcolm was first an assistant trading huge positions for Nick Leeson, the 26 year old rogue trader who lost nearly 2 billion Dollars which brought down Barings Bank, then he was right hand man to Dean Carney, a brilliant hedge fund cowboy who grew into the biggest derivatives trader in all of Asia. Along the way Malcolm fell in love with the daughter of… Read More

London: Michael O'Mara, 1996. A near Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. An excellent collection of derogatory remarks and defamatory insults from celebrities, politicians, writers, royalty, journalists et al, organised into thirteen subject headings. A compendium offering something suitable for every occasion and subject. C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Editions de I' Instant/Jazz Hot, 1986. A Very Good+ unmarked copy. A very large format volume of 120 pages. Text in English and French. In half a century, the Paris magazine Jazz Hot has published several thousand photos. To mark the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary this magnificent album includes 200 black and white photographs, most of which have never been seen before. 3. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Nice: Bay Vista, 1996. Livre Très Bon 55 pages. Très joli livre illustre de nombreuses photos de Francois Mouriès. Textes Txomin Laxalt. 3. Première. Couverture Souple. Très Bon/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Blackie and Son, 1920. Black titles and motif on red cloth boards. Slightly faded spine with a few bumps. Internally some light foxing and a very small name to front pastedown else very clean and unmarked. Text in French with Vocabulary appendix. 12 photographic illustrations in black and white. Not dated but circa 1920's. A very good condition French book for those learning the language. B2D. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1984. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xviii + 340 pages. 30 illustrations. When Una Troubridge (1887-1963) died at the age of 76 part of the inscription she had instructed her executors to put on her coffin read: Una Vincenzo Troubridge, The Friend of Radclyffe Hall. It is clear that Una considered that the most significant thing she had done in her life was to dedicate herself body and soul from the age of 28 to 'John' Radclyffe Hall, as lover, companion, comrade in arms, secretary and, latterly, nurse. For this she effectively relinquished husband, child, mother, friends and social approval. It is a love story as compelling as the Brownings and, strangely, little has been written about either of the central characters. What we know about the author of The Well of Loneliness has come from Una, while Una has until now remained an enigma. Yet she was a gifted singer, the only sculptor for whom Nihinsky ever sat and Colette's first… Read More

Boston: Bullfinch Press, 2002. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volmue of 160 pages. 60 black and white duotone photographs.The book is a riveting compilation of more than forty narratives and photographs drawn from interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930's by the government's Works Progress Administration. From slave auctions to emancipation, the narratives trace the extraordinary experiences of life in perhaps the darkest period of America's history. Readers will shudder at the vivid accounts - told in the dialect of the former slaves - of the painstaking labor and abuse to which slaves were subjected, and the slave weddings, and other special occasions. y will be moved by the recollections of family life, 3. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Orion, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine copy with near Fine complete dustjacket. The person identified in this book as the killer of five women in London's East End in 1888 has never before been named as a suspect in more than 100 years of intense speculation. A very eminent man in his field, naming him will cause huge shockwaves in the places where he is still venerated. One of the authors is a direct dscendant of the killer and although he did not set out to find Jack the Ripper the evidence discovered whilst researching his ancestor is incontrovertible. 22 illustrations and a genealogical chart. D4B. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Geneva: Edito-Service Gold title and decoration to spine on dark green leatherette spine with ornate gold decoration on mustard coloured leatherette boards. A Fine unmarked copy. Yellow page marker bound in. Uniform with Books That Have Changed Man's Thinking Series. With an introduction and appreciation by Kenneth Allsop. Portrait frontispiece and 21 illustrations. Not dated but circa late 1960's / early 1970's. 11. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longmans, Green, 1958. A near Fine unmarked copy. 120 pages. Joost de Blank was Archbishop of Cape Town. In choosing for his subject the uncomfortable words of Jesus, Joost de Blank's intention is to provide for the understanding of the Words which must issue in action, and the purpose of this Lent book is not to confirm the reader's faith with quiet meditation, but to quicken it in the weeks of preparation for Easter into a flame. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Paulist Press, 1998. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Ivy George grew up in India and continued her studies in the US where she teaches in Massachusetts. Margaret Masson was born in Zambia, later moving to Scotland, and teaches at St. John's College and Durham University. They met during teaching assignments in the US. The book allows us to eavesdrop on these college professors' fascinating letters about courtship, friendship, love and marriage, and how culture has shaped their understanding of each. A3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. A Fine unmarked copy with a near Fine dustjacket SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with the dedication 'For M. Theo Faberge who knows all about wings- with admiration and appreciation. December 7, 2002'. The author is the youngest daughter of Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator and Pulitzer Prize winning author, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. She is an author of many children's books. She writes of her life growing up in a celebrity household overshadowed by the death of the Lindbergh's first child, her frank views of her father, her more accessible mother, the death of her own first child, the effects of several strokes which eroded her mother's mind and the death of her sister to cancer. A candid account of her parents life as writers and as parents. A1E. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Thomas Nelson Black title and ship motif to spine and black title and schoolboys in sports gear pictorial to front on brown cloth boards. Some minor marks to front with marks and stain to back but no wear but some slight creasing at spine. Internally there is an inscription to front endpaper and foxing to closed edges and to some pages. 6 illustrations by W.S. Stacey. A children's adventure novel set in the 1850's by a prolific late Victorian/Edwardian childrens' author. Not dated and although the British Library has only one copy dated 1896 it could be a later editon. A1C. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Stacey, W.S.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Cassell, 1974. A clean and unmarked copy apart from a neat signature to front endpaper with a pictorial dustjacket which is prce clipped. The last novel by the author of 52 years standing who decided that this would be his last and who died soon after passing the proof. A wonderful story evoking the period of the 1910's, set in England's South Downs, which shows the author's ability to see into a child's mind and the depth of understanding of the battle between faith and agnosticism, a theme of many of his novels but none more so than here. A fitting and admirable last work. B2D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Vision On, 2002. A Very Good+ unmarked copy which has some very small indentations to front and a bump to lower front corner and a line of indentation and minor marks to back but internally Fine. A very large format volume of 240 pages. Censorship is a disturbing concept, usually referring to the act of someone in authority who prevents us reading certain words or seeing certain images. By implication, it can also mean we are persuaded to accept phoney material as genuine or consider a distorted context as the supposed truth. Traditionally censorship is associated with scheming politicians and government officials who plot to hide crucial facts from a gullible public. Years later, when historians and journalists pore over newly released official documents, we discover another version of history. This book investigates some of the most glaring examples of photographs which have been banned, doctored, manipulated or suppressed in order to dupe the viewer. **** NOT EX LIB **** PLEASE… Read More

London: Antique Collectors' Club, 1988. A Fine unmarked copy withnear Fine dustjacket which is not price-clipped. 279 pages. A most informative work on the subject which takes a good look at the mysteries and lore of book-collcting. The author passes on his wealth of knowledge covering book-making, the language of book-collction, the question of first editions, the matter of completeness and condition. Includes a lengthy glossary . D4E. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newton Abbot: David and Charles, 1973. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a few small spots to top edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 187 pages. Many of us suffer from 'nerves' at one time or another, but what is meant by 'nerves', and what is a 'nervous breakdown'? Dr. Parr explains in non-technical language how the mind works. The central nervous system, the instincts and how they are tamed, the emotional development of a child, anxiety and depression and forms of neurosis, with the general lines of treatment, are all simply discussed. With its clear explanations, and avoidance of jargon, this book gives a basic understanding of the functioning of the mind. C3C. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.