Search Results: Titles starting with U from Inklings & Yarnspinners

Novara, Italy: White Star, 2016. 1st. h/b. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (good, some chipping/small tears). 4to (300 x 240 / 12"" x 9_). U2 remains deeply rooted in tradition while still looking toward the future and pushing boundaries. Follow this popular Irish band from its formation and early years through the release of its milestone albums and arena-packed shows. Explore, also, the challenges raised by the group s unwavering political and social commitment. U2: Past, Present, Futureincludes fine photographs, detailed descriptions of the band s tours and recordings, and previously unpublished interviews.""

London: Herbert Jenkins, n.d. (?1920s). 10th printing. hardback. Very good, 10th printing, missing d/j, orange cloth boards, black cover/spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and crisp. No inscriptions.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). First published in 1924, these short stories had previously appeared in Cosmopolitan Magazine in the US and in the Strand Magazine in the UK. There are 10 included, relating the adventures of Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge, narrated by Ukridge's long-suffering friend, the writer ""Corky"" Corcoran.

London: Bantam Press, 2019. 1st. h/b. Near fine, 1st edition, signed on title, unclipped d/j (some wear). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Hidden from prying Western satellites, Iranian scientists are at work on a banned device . . . They are acting on the orders of a renegade cell within IranÕs Revolutionary Guard Corps, whose objective is to transform their country into a nuclear-armed nation, and so seal its domination of the Middle East. BritainÕs intelligence agencies know something is up. Someone on the inside is ready to hand over information - but the rendezvous with SIS officer Luke Carlton goes bloodily wrong . . . Then MI6 sees an opportunity to recruit an individual with unique access to the IRGC hardliners. Luke is chosen to reel them in. Going into Iran undercover is dangerous enough, but then thereÕs a killing and a kidnapping and the British government is presented with a shocking ultimatum. With time running out, it seems only Luke can stop a cataclysmic new war in the Gulf . . .

London: Polygon, 2008. 1st. h/b. Fine, 1st edition, signed on title ('for Tina'). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). To the casual observer, the great enlightened city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense philosophers and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions. But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky enterprise of married love, the raffish portrait painter Angus Lordie has a premonition of disaster. And soon enough Irene Pollock is shocked to learn that her small son Bertie harbours a highly unsuitable ambition; the gloriously vain Bruce discovers a wrinkle and confronts rejection; and Angus finds himself facing the grave consequences of unbridled bliss, not to mention a large Glaswegian gangster bearing gifts . . .

London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd, 1948. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edution, with clipped d/j (some bumping), orange boards clean with black cover and spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked and tight.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Uncle Dynamite is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, featuring the mischievous Uncle Fred, who had previously appeared in Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939). When Otis Painter, a struggling publisher, inavertently incorporated some art studies of a most indelicate nature into Sir Aylmer Bostick's reminiscences, the choleric Sir Aylmer threatened a ruinous lawsuit.

London: Faber & Faber / Profile Books, 2007. 1st. h/b. Near fine, some scuffing on unclipped d/j. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth IIWhat would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis? The answer is a perfect story. The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely ( JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people like the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. She comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with much that she has to do. In short, her reading is subversive. The consequence is, of course, surprising, mildly shocking and very funny.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1954. 1st (2nd reprint). hardback. Good, 1st edition (2nd reprint a matter of weeks after initial) with unclipped d/j (good but with some rubbing, bumping and grubbiness), brown cloth-covered boards clean (small airbubbles on front), with gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked and clean (some simmomg pm ffep).. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Commissioned by the BBC, and broadcast on 25th Jan 1954. Takes the form of an emotive and hilarious account of a spring day in the fictional Welsh seaside village of Llareggub. We learn of the inhabitants' dreams and desires, their loves and regrets.

London: Heinemann, 1991. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (in protective sleeve), blue clothbound boards pristine, silver titling on spine bright; pages unmarked and tight. Slightly foxed on top edges.. 8vo: royal (250 x 170 / 10"" x 6_""). This selection from 40 years of reviews and articles by one of Britain's greatest living novelists falls into three sections: on fin-de-siecle figures such as Wilde and Beardsley, on early 20th century figures including members of the Bloomsbury circle, and on European writers such as Tolstoy, Stendhal and Flaubert.

Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2016. 1st (4th imp). h/b. Very good, 1st edition (4th impression), unclipped d/j, black clothbound boards, silver spine titling, text block firm. Some markings and underlinings.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Winner of the 2017 Christian Book Award for New Author. Named one of the top books of 2016 by John Piper's Desiring God ministry. To experience why the gospel is good news and answer life's most foundational questions about identity, destiny, and purpose, we must understand what it means to be united to Christ. If you are a Christian, the Bible says that Christ has united his life to yours, that you are now in Christ and Christ is in you. This almost unfathomable truth is the central theme of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Yet few Christians today experience or enjoy this reality. Union with Christreveals the transformational power of this ancient doctrine while addressing the basic questions of the human heart: Who Am I? / Why Am I Here? /… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1967. 1st USA. hardback. Good, 1st USA edition with unclipped d/j (fair, with cuts on front and bumping on edges); ffep with a few scribbles and owner's inscription; pages tight and unmarked, foxing on edges.. 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8"" x 5_""). Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh has been looking forward to a quiet holiday at his aunt's cottage on Monksmere Head, one of the furthest-flung spots on the remote Suffolk coast. With nothing to do other than enjoy long windswept walks, tea in front of a crackling wood fire and hot-buttered toast, Dalgliesh is relishing the thought of a well-earned break. However, all hope of peace is soon shattered by murder. The mutilated body of a local crime writer, Maurice Seaton, floats ashore in a dinghy, dragging Adam Dalgliesh into a new and macabre investigation.

London: BBC Books, 2021. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new, signed on special label to half-title. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Fear and loathing on the 2020 campaign trail... 'Feb 26, White House briefing room: the coronavirus feels like it is changing everything.... Coronavirus is suddenly not just a public health emergency; it has the potential to upend Trump's whole campaign.... ' Our man in America, BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel, presents a diary of an election like we've never quite seen before. Experience life as a White House reporter on the campaign trail, as the election heats up and a global pandemic slowly sweeps in, challenging the very institutions of American politics and the Trump presidency. As American lives are lost at a devastating rate, the election becomes a battle for the very soul of the nation. In this highly personal account of reporting America in 2020, Jon Sopel takes you behind the senses of White House in crisis and an election in turmoil. Expertly laying bare the real story… Read More

London: Michael Joseph, 2023. 1st. h/b. Fine, as new (d/j in protective sleeve). Signed to title.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Think you know your kings and queens? Think again. In UNRULY, David Mitchell explores how England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky sods who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits. Taking us right back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), David tells the founding story of post-Roman England right up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It's a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, excessive beheadings, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and at least one total Cnut, as the population evolved from having their crops nicked by the thug with the largest armed gang to bowing and paying taxes to a divinely anointed king. How this happened, who it happened to and why it matters in modern Britain are all questions David… Read More

London: Faber & Faber, 1972. 1st. hardback. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j, green clothbound boards with gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages unmarked.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Cordelia Gray: twenty-two, tough, intelligent and now sole inheritor of the Pryde Detective Agency. Her first assignment finds her hired by Sir Ronald Callender to investigate the death of his son Mark, a young Cambridge student found hanged in mysterious circumstances. Cordelia is required to delve into the hidden secrets of the Callender family and soon realizes it is not a case of suicide, and that the truth is entirely more sinister. This, the first Cordelia Gray novel, is a brilliant work of crime fiction packed with secrets and suspense. This novel has been adapted for television twice, the second adaptation in 1997 starred Helen Baxendale as Cordelia Gray.

London: Faber & Faber / Profile Books, 2005. 1st (5th imp). h/b. Near fine - slightly grubby top edges. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Here, at last, is the astonishing sequel to Alan Bennett's classic Writing Home, updated for paperback. Untold Stories contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996-2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Bennett, as always, is both amusing and poignant, whether he's discussing his modest childhood or his work with figures such as Maggie Smith, Thora Hird and John Gielgud. Since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s Alan Bennett has delighted audiences worldwide with his gentle humour and wry observations about life. His many works include Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, Talking Heads, A Question of Attribution and The Madness of King George. The History Boys opened to great acclaim at the… Read More

London: Faber & Faber / Profile Books, 2005. 1st (8th imp). h/b. Fine, as new.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Here, at last, is the astonishing sequel to Alan Bennett's classic Writing Home, updated for paperback. Untold Stories contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996-2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews and comic pieces. Bennett, as always, is both amusing and poignant, whether he's discussing his modest childhood or his work with figures such as Maggie Smith, Thora Hird and John Gielgud. Since the success of Beyond the Fringe in the 1960s Alan Bennett has delighted audiences worldwide with his gentle humour and wry observations about life. His many works include Forty Years On, The Lady in the Van, Talking Heads, A Question of Attribution and The Madness of King George. The History Boys opened to great acclaim at the National in 2004, and is… Read More

London: Faber & Faber, 1994. 1st. hardback. Fine, 1st edition, 1st printing; signed on title page; unclipped d/j.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). If you are not a citizen of Voorstand, you may not be familiar with the strange case of Tristan Smith and his illegal appropriation of Bruder Mouse. Even if you are a citizen of Efica, you will only have heard rumours about the juggling, the Burro Plasse tunnel, and the border motel.

London: Pelham Books, 1978. 1st. h/b. Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (vg, in protective sleeve), brown clothbound boards, gilt spine titling bright; text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). With complete frankness, and a definite touch of humour, Lucinda Prior-Palmer offers the biography of her remarkable horse, Be Fair. This timeless story begins back in 1968, when Lucinda acquired Be Fair for her fifteenth birthday. That day the problems began; but it was also the start of an extraordinary partnership. Enroute from Pony Club trials to the Olympic Games, Lucinda tells of the lessons they learned, the mistakes they made, their success and their failures; but above all, she tells of Be FairÕs outstanding personality and of his trust and courage that took them to the top of the eventing world.

London: Faber & Faber, 1963. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (good, some scuffing and bumping in protective sleeve), blue clothbound boards, cover black pressed design, spine gilt titling bright, text block firm, pages crisp and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). The story of Cyril and his 3 brothers, growing up on a large estate in Edwardian England. It is a world in itself, with its large house, outdoor and indoor staffs, forestry, gardens and animals. But the Great War breaks across this carefree life.

London: Religious Tract Society, 1910. hardback. Good, no d/j, blue clothbound boards, gilt titling on spine, some tanning on end papers, otherwise pages clean and unmarked.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). Amy Le Feuvre (1861 Ð 1929) was a prolific writer of Christian fiction

London: Usborne, 2013. 1st thus. paperback. Very good, unread and crisp in original printed case (a little wear). 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). All ten books in the Usborne History of Britain series, beautifully presented in an attractive, sturdy slipcase. The perfect addition to any family bookshelf, this fabulous collection is sure to become an heirloom of the future.Covering British history from prehistoric times to the dawn of the 21st century.