Search Results: Titles starting with U from Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.

Warszawa: Zaklad Katolick. Wydawnictw I Drukarna, 1900. Full Leather. Near Fine. Near Fine Polish prayer book bound in black patent leather with brass clasp, all edges red and gilt, cross inserted front paste-down. Offsetting from cross to ffep. 320 pp.

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1867. Quarter Leather. Very Good+. Octavo. Offered is entire Vol. 131 of Annalen der Physik und Chemie in nice quarter brown leather binding and marbled paper covered boards with raised bands spine, gilt letter spine. Ex-library with library bookplate front paste-down, small ink stamp front paste-down and copyright page, no other library markings. Very good+ copy with mild cover edge wear, small dampstain corner of half title and title page, not affecting article. First German edition (which originally appeared in 1867 in Danish in "Oversight over det Kongelige Danske Viidenskabernes Selskabs Forhandlinger") of Lorenz paper, which contains his important studies on the electomagnetic theory of light. "Most impressive of all Lorenz' achievement in optics is his electromagnetic theory of light, developed in a relatively unknown paper of 1867, two years after Maxwell's famous paper on the same subject. At that time Lorenz did not know Maxwell's… Read More

Paris: Rene Julliard, 1956. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Smal Octavo. Regular trade issue. Translated from the English edition by Jean Francois Rozen. 154(6)p. Bound in yellow pictorial wraps lettered and decorated in black and red. A very good+ copy. Text in French. [G&P, A35 b].

London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1853. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Half Leather. Very Good+. 12mo. Frontispiece, engraved title and regular title page, 160pp. (without ads) Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt, red leather label gilt. Neat owner inscription ffep. Mild cover edge wear. Quite rare on the market; auction records show just one copy in 30 years. Internally clean and bright, light age-toning to frontis and vignette title.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1930. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY JOHN ERSKINE ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. Autographed edition with one page of original typed manuscript corrected and initialed by the author. LIMITED EDITION OF 356 COPIES. THIS IS No. 238. 351pp. Bound in rust colored cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering spine. Nearly fine, in near fine cloth covered slipcase with paper spine label.

London: Chatto and Winus, 1878. FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Hard Cover. Fair. Octavo. First Illustrated Edition, first state, with "th a" for "that" on page 109, line 4. Frontispiece with tissue guard and 14 plates. Front hinge broken, ffep missing. Owner ink stamp rear paste-down, cover edge wear. Nice copy for rebinding. 342 pp.

New York; (1969): Clarkson N. Potter, Inv. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER TO THE AUTHOR. A specially bound presentation copy inscribed by the publisher, to the author, Thomas Blackburn, Christmas, 1970. 214pp. Bound in 3/4 black morocco over marbled paper covered boards with matching endpapers, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt; top edge gilt, an exceptionally fine bright copy.

Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1837. Full Leather. Very Good+. 12mo. Bound in full brown leather with raised bands spine, gilt lettering spine, gilt decoration spine and covers, all edges gilt. A very good+ copy with minimal scuffs and edge wear covers, endpapers discolored. 648 pp.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1935. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Octavo. First 2/6 edition. First edition, second issue? Bound in original red cloth with black lettering spine. A near fine copy. 283 pp.

New York: Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan, 1935. Original Wraps. Fine. Quarto. First appearance of these diaries by Mark Twain, in the August and September (1935) issues of Hearst's Cosmopolitan Magazine. Two issues, original pictorial wrappers; housed within a custom half-leather slipcase.

London: Faber & Faber, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY P. D. JAMES ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. Near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 216 pp.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY RUSSELL BRINES. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with chips and short closed tears. 340 pp.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good-. Octavo. 149pp., bound in burgundy cloth, spine lettering gilt, previous owner's name, slight damp staining to last few leaves on very edge of out margins, a very good copy in unclipped dust jacket showing heavy damp staining with chipping along the top edge of rear panel.

LEIPZIG: Franz Deuticke, 1916. Hard Cover. Fine. Third edition, octavo, 62 pages; the first edition was in 1910. Green cloth, gilt lettering on spine; Freud's very popular treatise on psychoanalysis. A fine copy.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1987. First Edition. Fine/Fine. octavo, 288 pages; SIGNED by the author on title page. Pictorial dust jacket, with $16.95 on front flap. First edition stated, first printing; author's first novel.

New York: The Book Publisher's Press, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 482 pages. Illustrated throughout with photos by the author. Bound in a pictorial blue cloth, depicting a palm tree with stars, lettering gilt. Front inner hinge cracked, owner private library stamp front paste-down; otherwise a handsome copy.

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/About Fine. Octavo. octavo, 214 pages; INSCRIBED by the author on title page: "To Arthur / Isaac Asimov / 22 Oct 83" - inscription is to mystery collector Arthur H. Parson. First edition, stated. Dust jacket with price of $13.95 on front flap. Mr. Parson's name and date on ffep.

New York: K. Bileski, 1947. First Edition. Fine. Szyk, Arthur. Heliochrome lithograph, SIGNED by Arthur Szyk and Arthur Jaffe, and Kasimir Bileski on the verso. Image size is 12" x 10" - sheet size is 18" x 16". Arthur Szyk (1894 - 1951) is considered the greatest illuminator of the 20th Century. The London Times declared his artwork to be "among the most beautiful....ever produced by the hand of man." Szyk was also one of the leading political artists in America during World War II. A fine copy.

New York: Villard/Random House, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 481; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $25.00 on front flap. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on title page to mystery collector Arthur H. Parson. First printing, of author's first book, with full number line.

London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1928. First Edition. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, 287 pages; publisher's black cloth, printed in orange. One of 1,000 copies; the 4th of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels. Light wear at extremities, expert strengthening to inner hinges; neat owner presentation on FEP. Overall, a very good copy, now rare on the market.