Search Results: Titles starting with U from The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Old Saybrook: Konecky & Konecky, 2006. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. First edition of the U.S. Army/Marine Counterinsurgency Field Manual, inscribed by General David Petraeus.. Octavo, 279pp, [8]. Illustrated softcover. Appears unread. Touch of shelf wear along bottom edge. Inscribed by General David Petraeus: "For Vanessa Davitt, with thanks for your great support of the men and women in uniform who have turned the ideas and concepts in this manual into action on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan - and have done so selflessly, courageously, and creatively! David H. Petraeus." General David Petraeus is a retired army general, who served as the head of U.S. Central Command and Commanding General, Multi-National-Force-Iraq. As Commanding General in Iraq, he oversaw the "troop surge," which arguably broke the ongoing counterinsurgency in the country, allowing for a reduction in troop strength in the country. After retiring from the army, he briefly served as the director of the CIA.

Des Moines, Iowa: The Wallace Publishing Company, 1919. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. The first edition of Uncle Henry's Own Story by Henry Wallace, signed by Vice President Henry A. Wallace. This work is about "Uncle Henry" Wallace, the father of Agriculture Secretary Henry C. Wallace and grandfather of Vice President Henry A. Wallac. Octavo, [three volumes], 119pp, 129pp, 114pp. Red pebbled cloth, title in gilt on front cover. Each volume with frontispiece portrait of Henry Wallace, with numerous other photographs throughout. Light sunning to spines, notable sunning to volume III. Housed in custom cloth slipcase. This work is signed in Volume III by Vice President Henry A. Wallace. This book is signed by Henry A. Wallace, the 33rd Vice President of the United States. Vice President Wallace came from a family with a notable background in politics and agriculture. Born on October 7, 1888, in Orient, Iowa, he was the son of Henry C. Wallace and Carrie May Wallace. His father, Henry Cantwell… Read More

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1891. Complete English Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. The first complete English Edition of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris, bound by Morrell of London.. Small octavo, xxxi, 248pp. Half red morocco, title in gilt on spine. Matching red cloth boards. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Bound by Morrell of London. The first English edition was printed in 1881. Solid text block, faint sunning to spine, a touch of toning to leaves, a near fine example. Previous ownership bookplate to front endpaper. (BAL 7102). One other English edition preceded the George Routledge edition by two months, but is only a partial reprint of the true first American edition. (BAL 7101) This is the first complete edition produced by an English publisher.

New York: The Limited Edition's Club, 1938. Limited Edition. Quarter Leather. Near fine. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1938 by The Limited Editions Club of New York. Complete with sixteen lithographs by Miguel Covarrubias and signed by the illustrator.. Octavo, xv, [3], 294pp, [6]. Publisher's quarter red morocco, marbled boards. Light wear to spine. Includes the publisher's slipcase, shelf wear, ring mark on one side, title printed in blue on spine. From a limited edition of 1500 copies, this is number 592, signed by Miguel Covarrubias.

London: C.H. Clarke and Co, 1852. Third Edition. Full leather. Very good. Third English edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published by C.H. Clarke and Co. in 1852, with forty illustrations.. Octavo, xii, 380pp. Full blue morocco, title in gilt on spine, raised bands with gilt embellishments. All edges gilt. New marbled endpapers and flyleaves. Five page preface signed "G,", as noted in Sabin. Solid text block, light wear to gilt edges, faint foxing to leaves. Complete with forty full-page illustrations, all but three with tissue guards. Illustration for page 124 bound in opposite frontispiece, and illustration for page 198 bound at 192. (Sabin 92471) (Cohn 777) (BAL 19518) An attractive copy. The publishing history of the first English edition of Uncle Tom's Cabin is problematic. According to BAL, the copy published by Clarke and Company in April of 1852 is the true first state. BAL also concedes that the earliest advertisements for the English edition noted only 300 pages,… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Unconditional Surrender, the final book in the Sword of Honor trilogy by Evelyn Waugh.. Octavo, 311pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Top edge dyed navy. Stated "First published 1961" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of rubbing to spine, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, 18s retail price on front flap, dampstain to verso of front corner, rear cover soiled, touch of foxing to edges. Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was a renowned English novelist known for his distinctive satirical style. Educated at Oxford, Waugh gained early recognition with his debut novel, "Decline and Fall" (1928), and went on to produce a series of critically acclaimed works, including "A Handful of Dust" (1934) and "Brideshead Revisited" (1945).

Gütersloh: Verlag C. Bertelsmann, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/very good. From the personal library of Adolf Hitler, Und wir sind doch geflogen! [And We Flew Against All Odds!] by Oberst Polte. This copy includes the bookplate of Adolf Hitler.. Octavo, 355pp. Green cloth spine, paper boards, title in silver on spine. Heavily soiled boards, rubbing to spine. Lacking front free endpaper. Frontispiece portrait and numerous black and white photographs of the author, Oberst Polte. Foreword by Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Milch. This copy is paired with the publisher's dust jacket, light shelf wear and soiling to back panel, bright illustrations. Bookplate of Adolf Hitler affixed to second free endpaper. The author of this work, Oberst Polte, was a German fighter pilot during World War I and test pilot after the war. He few experimental aircraft around Europe, expanding the Lufthansa Air Network before the outbreak of World War II. Polte personally few test aircraft from Hermann Goering in… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First edition, first printing of Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose.. Octavo, 511pp. Tan hardcover, tan cloth spine, title printed in gilt on spine. First edition, first printing with full number line on copyright page. Includes "salt port" error on page 134. Appears unread. In publisher's first state dust jacket, $27.50 on front flap, short closed tear to rear panel, a near fine example. A beautiful copy.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed copy of Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose.. Octavo, 511pp. Tan hardcover, tan cloth spine, title printed in gilt on spine. First edition, fourth printing with matching number line on copyright page. Free of marks or notations. In publisher's dust jacket, $27.50 on front flap, a near fine copy. Signed by the author on the half-title.

Norwalk, Conn: Easton Press, 1998. Deluxe Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Signed deluxe edition of Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose, from The Easton Press.. Quarto, 521pp. Full green leather, title in gilt on spine, decorative gilt compartments. Raised bands on spine, gilt rule edges. All edges gilt, silk endpapers. Includes paperwork from The Easton Press. This copy is signed on a limitation page by Stephen Ambrose.

New York and London: D. Appleton and Company, 1912. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine. First edition of Under The Old Flag by James Harrison Wilson.. Octavo, [two volumes], xvi, 580pp; ix, [1], 582pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt, decorative flag on cover. Top edge gilt. Published "October, 1912" statement on copyright page. Frontispiece portrait with tissue cover in both volumes. Exceptionally clean text and endpapers. (Nevins I: 180) (Eicher 601) Both near fine copies. A comprehensive look at the life of James Harrison Wilson. He gives entertaining and insightful views of Generals Grant, Sheridan, McClellan and Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Boston: The Page Company, 1922. New Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. New edition of Under the Roof of the Jungle by Charles Livingston Bull, in the scarce dust jacket.. Octavo, xiv, 271pp. Green cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine. Color illustration of a jaguar and a bird stamped on front cover. Stated "New Edition, April, 1922" on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Solid text block, light rubbing to corners, dust remnants to top edge, a touch of rubbing to gilt on spine, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, foxing to panels, spine, and verso. A touch of chipping to spine, some shelf wear.

[New York]: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1931. Deluxe Limited Edition. Cloth. Near fine. Deluxe limited edition of Under the North Pole, signed by Sir Hubert Wilkins and Lieutenant Commander Sloan Danenhower.. Octavo, xiv, 347pp. Three-quarter blue cloth, gray paper boards, title within decorative gilt panel on spine, top edge gilt. "De luxe edition" limited to 275 numbered copies, this being number 45. Featuring original silver gelatin photographic frontispiece portrait of author with tissue cover, limited to 275 prints made for this edition before the negative was destroyed. Tipped-in errata slip with two corrections. Complete with frontispiece, one map, and 37 photographic illustrations. Solid text block, a touch of toning to front board, faint rubbing to gilt on spine, a near fine example. Previous ownership bookplate on front flyleaf. Lacking publisher's slipcase. (Arctic Bibliography 19493) (Fitzgerald 747) Signed by the author and a fellow expedition member, Sloan Danenhower, on limitation page.… Read More

Pittsburgh: Sixty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers Regimental Association, 1908. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition of Under the Red Patch, Story of the 63rd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers compiled by Gilbert Adams Hays.. Octavo, 476pp, [3]. Blue cloth, title in white on spine and front cover. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to corners, internally clean. Montana Historical Library stamp on dedication page. Includes frontispiece portrait of General Alexander Hays. From the library of American historian Peter Cozzens, with his bookplate on front endpaper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First edition, first printing of The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald.. Octavo, 273pp, [7]. Orange hardcover, spine in black cloth, title on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. Top edge dyed blue. Slight lean to text block, a clean, solid copy. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, $5.95 on front flap, faint shelf wear, a bright example. Part of the Lew Archer series.

London: William Heinemann, 1919. First Edition, Fifth Impression. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of Undine by De La Motte Fouqué, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.. Large octavo, vii, 136pp. Blue cloth, title stamped in blue with illustrations on front cover and spine. Top edge dyed blue. Illustrated endpapers. Stated "New Impressions... June 1919." on copyright page. Solid text block, light wear to edges, some foxing to endpapers. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. In the publisher's dust jacket, some chipping and light wear to corners and edges of spine. Two small archival repairs to verso. Complete with fifteen full-page plates by Arthur Rackham, including frontispiece, all with captioned tissue guard. Undine, originally written in German in 1811, is the fairy tale of a water nymph who falls in love with Huldbrand, a knight exploring the forest to win the affection of a duke's daughter in town. The story was immensely popular in the nineteenth and twentieth… Read More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1917. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very good. First edition of Unfair Competition by William H.S. Stevens.. Octavo, xiii, 265pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "Published March 1917" on copyright page. Solid text block, shelf wear, light soiling to spine, bumped edges. Small security label affixed to rear flyleaf. From the University of Cincinnati Robert S. Marx Law Library, with stamps to title page. Previous bookseller's label to front endpaper.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/near fine. From the library of South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts, The Union of South Africa, by fellow member of the South African Constitutional Convention, the Hon. R.H. Brand.. Octavo, 192pp. Maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine and front cover. Solid text block, free of any marks or notable wear. In the publisher's scarce gray paper dust jacket, retail price on spine, chip to top corner, toning to spine, a near fine example. Signed by Prime Minister Jan Smuts on the front free endpaper. A superb association copy from the 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa Jan Smuts and one of the leading architects in the formation of the Union of South Africa. Field Marshal Jan Smuts (1870-1950) served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919-1924 and again from 1939-1948. He advocated for racial segregation early in his tenure, but altered his views after the Fagan Commission findings. He lost his seat in 1948 to hard-line… Read More

Chicago: United Air Lines Flight Kitchen, 1952. Flight Menu. Paper. Near fine. Inscribed by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the "Eisenhower Special" flight menu from July 14, 1952, en route from the Republican National Convention in Chicago to Denver. The menu was prepared by Eugene Ertle of Chicago.. Folded menu, color illustrations, measures 6" x 4.5". Includes napkin from the flight. Housed in custom blue cloth folder, title in gilt over red morocco on cover. Signed on the menu card: "For Ellie, with best wishes, Dwight Eisenhower." After a contentious 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago, where General Dwight D. Eisenhower prevailed over Senator Robert Taft of Ohio and Gov. Earl Warren of California to win the Republican presidential nomination, Eisenhower traveled to Fraser, Colorado for a short vacation. He traveled aboard a commercial aircraft operated by United Airlines, assigned to the Eisenhower campaign. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, planned to spend the week in Colorado, fly… Read More

Washington City: James Wilson, 1824. First Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. First edition of The United States' Naval Chronicle by Charles Washington Goldsborough, inscribed by his son to future Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge.. Tall octavo, 395pp, xii, [1]. One quarter calf, blue paper boards, title in gilt on morocco label affixed to spine. Edges untrimmed. Solid text block, faint foxing reserved to endpapers. This piece is listed as Volume I on the title page, but was ultimately the only volume published by Goldsborough. Inscribed on the front fly leaf: "Presented to Lieutenant T.O. Selfridge by his friend. L.M. Goldsborough. 1st September 1843." A nice example of an essential piece in the narrative of the United States Navy. Louis M. Goldsborough (1805-1877) was a member of the frigate United States at the time of this inscription. Throughout his lengthy naval career, Goldsborough served in the Mexican-American War, worked as superintendent of the US Naval Academy, and reached the rank of… Read More