Search Results: Titles starting with U from Antic Hay Books

1921. CLERMONT-TONNERRE, E. De. U.S.A.: PETITES NOTES SUR GRAND PAYS. Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1921. First Edition. 12mo., printed wraps. Signed presentation from Clermont-Tonnerre on the half-title-page, to Le duc de Richelieu. Good (some wear & few cracks spine). $150.00.

2009. WAUGH, Joan. U.S. GRANT: AMERICAN HERO, AMERICAN MYTH. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, [2009]. Small quarto, cloth and boards in dust jacket. First Edition, later printing. Signed by Waugh on half-title page. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Very Good; minor wear d/j. Hard to find signed copies! $50.00.

1983. MERSKY, Peter B. U.S. MARINE CORPS AVIATION: 1912 TO THE PRESENT. Annapolis, Maryland: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, [1983]. 8vo., red boards in dust jacket. First Edition. The first history of Marine Corps aviation from Henderson Field on Guadalcanal to the metal airstrip at Khe Sanh in Vietnam. With more than 200 rarely seen photographs. Signed presentation from Mersky on the front endpaper, to a famous aviation historian: "To Walt Boyne- Thanks for your help with this book- hope you enjoy it- Peter Mersky. 25 Oct. 83." Boyne was an author, an aviation historian, chairman of the Wingspan Channel, and founder and former director of the National Air & Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. A terrific association copy and books signed by Mersky are uncommon! Fine in very nice d/j. $125.00.

Nags Head, North Carolina: Deep Sea Press;, 2005. First Edition, second printing. Signed by Bunch on the title page. 4to., blue printed cloth in dust jacket; 96 pages. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight); nice d/j.

1881. EBERS, Georg. UARDA: A ROMANCE OF ANCIENT EGYPT. Translated from the German by Clara Bell. NY: American Book Exchange, 1881. 12mo., decorative blue cloth; 387 pages. Later Edition. Very Good (little wear covers; contents clean & tight with ink name, dated 1881, on the front endpaper). $35.00.

1926. MOORE, George. ULICK AND SORACHA. NY: Boni & Liveright, 1926. 8vo., vellum & boards in dust jacket. Issued For Subscribers Only. Signed, Limited Edition of 1,250 numbered copies. As new. $35.00.

2008. TOLEDO, Ruben. GARCIA, Nina. THE ULTIMATE BOX OF STYLE. Contains two volumes: THE ONE HUNDRED: A GUIDE TO THE PIECES EVERY STYLISH WOMAN MUST OWN and THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF STYLE. [NY: Collins Living, 2008 & 2007]. Both 8vo., silver & black boards. "The One Hundred" is a first edition, first printing- with "The Little Black Book" being a first edition, sixth printing. "The One Hundred" is signed by Nina Garcia on a front blank page. Both issued together as a set in a special cardboard slipcase. Garcia is fashion editor at Marie Claire magazine and well-known as a judge on "Project Runway." Fine; little wear slipcase. $50.00.

1902. PHILLIPS, Stephen. ULYSSES. A Drama And A Prologue In Three Acts. NY: Macmillan Co., 1902. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket. Limited Edition of 100 numbered copies printed on Japanese vellum. Near fine (brief ink presentation on front pastedown); minor wear d/j. $85.00.

1951. ROOT, E. Merrill. ULYSSES TO PENELOPE. Francestown, New Hampshire: Marshall Jones Company, [1951]. 8vo., cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Root on the front endpaper. Very Good; tiny chips & short tear (few small stains) d/j. $50.00.

2004. BUNTING III, Josiah. ULYSSES S. GRANT. NY: Times Books, [2004]. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket; 180 pages. First Edition, third printing. Signed presentation from Bunting on the front endpaper: "To Ray, with admiration and warmest regards, Josiah Bunting." Fine in like d/j. $17.50.

1958. LANDUYT, Octave. TORCZYNER, Harry. UN COIN DE DESERT. Illustrated by Octave Landuyt. [No placed]: Editions Vynckier Courtrai, [1958]. Small 8vo., printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation by Torczyner on title page, dated 1958. Very Good. $100.00.

1886. BOURGET, Paul. UN CRIME D'AMOUR. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1886. Small 8vo., dark-green quarter morocco-leather spine & marbled boards; 299 pages. First Edition. One of the author's psychological novels. With the personal bookplate of long-time Pittsburg, Pennsylvania City Councilman Robert Garland and his wife, Alice Bailey Garland. Very Good (little rubbing covers, contents clean & tight). $85.00.

Paris: R. Richon & R. Durand-Auzias, 1970. First Edition. Volume 11 in the "Bibliotheque Africaine Et Malgache. Signed presentation from Zuccarelli on the front endpaper, to Professor William J. Foltz, who was the H.J. Heinz Professor Emeritus of African Studies and Political Science at Yale University. He directed Yale's Center for International and Area Studies and Council on African Studies. Zuccarelli, born in Vietnam in 1942, is a French police officer who, in addition to his career in the French administration, also carried out several long missions in Senegal- a country to which he devoted several reference publications. Zuccarelli was technical advisor to the Minister of the Interior of Senegal from 1963 to 1982 and lecturer at the National School of Administration of Dakar. He is the author of various articles on the history and administrative organization of Senegal and this book on the Progressive Senegalese Union. An uncommon title and any book inscribed by Zuccarelli is… Read More

[Mexico City]: Seminario De Cultura Mexicana, 1965. First Edition, limited to 2,000 copies. Signed presentation from Monterde on the half-title page: "Para mi estimiado amigo Rodolph Aguilar cordialmente Francisco Monterde." ["To my beloved friend Rodolfo Aguilar, cordially Francisco Monterde."] Francisco de Asís Monterde García Icazbalceta was a prolific and multifaceted Mexican writer whose career spanned over fifty years. He was an important promoter of the arts and culture in Mexico in the years following the Revolution. In 1924 he founded and edited the short-lived Mexican avant-garde cultural magazine Antena. In 1925 he famously deciphered a letter that conquistador Hernan Cortes left written in code. Tall 8vo., pictorial white wraps in clear glassine dust jacket; 158 pages. Illustrations by Julio Prieto.. Very Good (covers & dust jacket nice; contents clean & tight).

1941. MORENO, Augusto Ramirez UNA POLITICA TRIUNFANTE. Bogota: Libreia Voluntad, 1941. 16mo., black quarter-calf & marbled boards. First Edition. Signed presentation from Moreno on the front endpaper, to U.S. Ambassador to Latin America Spruille Braden. Very Good. $150.00.

1977. MORRIS, Roger. UNCERTAIN GREATNESS: HENRY KISSINGER AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. NY: Harper & Row, [1977]. 8vo., red cloth in dust jacket; 312 pages. First Edition, first printing. Signed presentation from Morris on the front endpaper: "For John- Extraordinary friend of intellect, sensibility, and courage. Roger. 9/30/77." Very Good (covers nice, contents clean & tight); minor wear (few tiny tears) d/j. $75.00.

1938. VAN DINE, Warren L. UNCHANGING GOLD. Prairie City, ILL: James A. Decker, [1938]. 8vo., printed wraps. One of 250 copies. Signed presentation by Van Dine on title page: "For Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Cox, I wrote this verse for my God, for my country, and for you. Warren L. Van Dine." Very Good (bit of edgewear & soil). $75.00.

Brooklyn, NY: Charles Noel Douglas, 1913. First Edition. Signed inscription on verso of the frontispiece: "Yours with love, Charles Noel Douglas." A sequel to his "Poems" and "Songs" books. An uncommon title. A vintage self-published book of short stories, including photographs of the author himself. 12mo., decorative purple cloth, stamped in white; 157 pages plus ads. Illustrated.. Very Good (covers bright with minor wear; contents clean & tight).

Boston, Mass.: The Page Company;, 1922. First Edition, first printing. 8vo., pictorial brown cloth; 329 pages. Very Good (minor wear rear cover; contents clean & tight, small inscription dated 1922 on front pastedown).

1891. JANVIER, Thomas A. THE UNCLE OF AN ANGEL AND OTHER STORIES. NY: Harper, 1891. Sm. 8vo., decorative brown cloth. First Edition. [BAL 10844]. Very Good (faint stain, browning endpapers). $50.00.