Search Results: Titles starting with U from Bartlebys Books

Boston, (MA): Houghton Mifflin, 1946. First edition with the Marsh illustrations, 1/365 sets (this # 231) signed by the author and illustrator. 8vo. 3 volumes: xiv, 481; vii, (3), 545; vii, (2), 645 pp. Color plates, line drawings, decorated endpapers. 1964 ownership name on each half-title, else very good. Original cream buckram with leather labels on spines and upper boards, top edge gilt, other untrimmed, lacking the publisher's dust jackets and slipcase. (9588).

[Washington, D.C., 1899. A collection of photos, several showing the medical training or treatment of service men. Ten of the images, 5 x 7 in., are mounted on stiff card stock, the other five, 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in., are not mounted. All the photos are very good, clear. In twelve of the images, the same Army medical doctor [Frank G. Atwood] is shown: using a skeleton to teach anatomy to a group of privates (1); bandaging the head of an injured soldier who sits beside a bed with a blanket belonging to the "U.S.A. Med. Dept. 1887" (1); attending a bed-ridden patient (3) or a patient in his office (1); examining the teeth of other service men (3); listening to the heart of another soldier using his ear (1); preparing medicines (1); and with his horse and medical bag, presumably on the grounds of a post hospital (1). The remaining photos show another man bandaging the ankle of an officer (1); an examination table on a swivel base (1); and a troop of soldiers standing at attention with their rifles on a… Read More

New York, [NY]: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St, 1864. Lithograph. 50 x 41 cm. A piercing portrait of Grant in military uniform with three star shoulder straps. Grant was appointed Lieutenant General and General-in-Chief of the Union forces by President Lincoln in March 1864, entitling him to wear three stars on his shoulder straps. Not in Bland. One chip to upper border and a three inch closed tear taped on verso, spotting and foxing to paper.

[Washington, DC]: Released for Publication by the Navy Department, 1945. First edition. Oblong 4to. 46 pp., mostly illustrations from black and white photographs, all well-captioned, color map and plate for unit citation, black and white cartoons. The photographs record "something of how we lived, what we saw, and what we did" aboard the "Can Do" (U.S.S. Guadalcanal), Captain D.V. Gallery, Jr., Commanding Officer, during World War II. Scenes include ship repairs, deck work, sinking of submarines, taking prisoners, liberty, and group portraits of crew members, among others. Launched in June, 1943, the U.S.S. Guadalcanal saw important service in the north Atlantic during the war, capturing a U-boat in the process, "the first capture on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since 1815" (caption). OCLC locates 10 copies. Small ownership stamp on first page, with 1947 accession note, small typed note giving previous owner's name taped to front pastedown (though whether a serviceman is unclear); a little adhesion… Read More

Single sheet, folded in half with integral address, postmarked. 32 cm. 3pp. of text, over 800 words in a legible hand. Sepia ink, old fold lines, one small hole affecting a word or two at a fold, old cello tape marks (tape since removed) along a few of the folds. Letter encapsulated. Benjamin Franklin Isherwood (1822-1915), was an engineering officer in the United States Navy during the early days of steam-powered warships. He was one of the first group of appointees to the newly established Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy in 1844, becoming a first assistant engineer. He served as a ship's engineer during the Mexican American War, first aboard the "Princeton," then aboard the "Spitfire." In this letter to his mother Mrs. Eliza Green (then married to her second husband), the 24-year old Isherwood notes that Commodore Connor has been superceded in the command of the Squadron by Commodore Perry and sends his letter on the ship taking Connor home. While serving as senior engineer of the gunboat… Read More

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. First edition, an advance issue. 8vo. xi, 555, (1) pp. "Coming March 19, 1962" printed on front wrapper, that phrase overstamped in light red, with further light red stamping below: "BOMC Selection / Coming June 26, 1962." Paper with uniform light browning, else very good. Original printed tan wrappers. (10709).

Paris: Société des Amis du Muséum, 1933. Small 4to.; 159 pp. Illustrated, photographic plates, folding map. Results of the excavation of an elephant burial ground in Uganda, "Mission Scientifique de l'Omo." Original illustrated wrappers (a little soiled). A very good copy.

1906. Photograph, 8 x 6 inches, on a slightly large board mount, picturing the heaviy mustachioed fisherman, standing with his guide and flanking his catch, a 114 pound Bluefin Tuna, holding his deep sea fishing rod and reel in one hand, his pipe in the other, and dressed in non-traditional fishing garb, a suit coat with tails, closed-collar white shirt and vest, a wide-brimmed straw hat, and hiking boots with pants cuffs tucked-in; the scene seems to be in a public square of a southern or Gulf coast city. Very good. Image yellowed and a little soiled, mount's corners and edges bumped. (#4278).

Philadelphia [PA]: Jacob Johnson, 1810. 12mo.; (4)pp. Illustrated. Titled on a flap of the first page. Original illustrated stiff wrappers; minor chipping at spine ends and flap-fold, but a fine fresh copy. First edition. Cover title: "READ AND BE WISE...Philadelphia: Sold by Benjamin Warner." Each letter of the alphbet is illustrated with one of the "Cries of London." WELCH 1363.

NP: np [Missouri Pacific Lines], 1927. Color illustrated paperwraps, stapled. 23 cm. 31, (1, map) pp. Front cover illustration of a woman golfing, with a back drop of palm trees and blue skies. A promotional brochure for the city. Black & white photo illustrations through-out; map of the Missouri Pacific railroad and connections from the Mississippi River to the west coast, printed by Poole Bros., Chicago, [dated 7-14-'27], on final page. Railway agents Geo. D. Hunter, general passenger agent, Texas & Pacific Ry., Dallas, C.W. Strain, passenger traffic manager, Gulf Coast Lines: International-Great Northern, Houston, and A.D. Bell, passenger traffic manager, Missouri Pacific R.R., St. Louis are listed on the title page. A very good copy. OCLC lists several editions printed between 1910 and 1930.

NP: np [Missouri Pacific Lines], 1930. Color illustrated green paperwraps, stapled. 23 cm. 31, (1, map) pp. Front cover illustration of a mission church [San Jose?] against a backdrop of blue skies. A promotional brochure for the city. Black & white photo illustrations through-out; map of the Missouri Pacific railroad and connections from the Mississippi River to the west coast, printed by Poole Bros., Chicago, [dated 2-15-30], on final page. Railway agents C.W. Strain, passenger traffic manager, Gulf Coast Lines: International-Great Northern, Houston, and A.D. Bell, passenger traffic manager, Missouri Pacific R.R., St. Louis are listed on the title page. A very good copy. OCLC lists several editions printed between 1910 and 1930.

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1963. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xiv, 253pp.; vi, 296pp. Very good in dust jackets. A few pencil notes on the rear pastedown of volume one; top page edges dust soiled. From the rear cover: "The essays in these volumes offer a vigorous and brilliant commentary on international economic relations from 1930 to 1960."

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1904. 12mo. First separate edition, later printing. An extract from "A Tramp Abroad." Original printed wrappers, darkened, with a small chip at bottom of spine, as well as a one-inch closed tear at top of spine fold. Some pages uncut. A very good copy. BAL 3664.

[Louisville, KY?]: np, 1920. Real-photo postcard, 5 3/8 x 3 ½ inches, captioned below the image: "Pichler Home Photo / 1733 Rear St. Louis Ave. / Phone Mag. 4670-J." Rubbed, several crease marks, else very good.

Paris: ches Chereau Graveur rue S. Jacques, pres les Matkurins, 1773. First edition, second issue (?). 16 cm. [7] 169 [ie: 170], [3] leaves, printed on rectos only. A suite of richly hand-colored illustrations. Page number 140 repeated in plate numbering. Included is a title page within a hand-colored decorative border, two leaves of introductory engraved text ("Avertissement"), 4 hand-colored engraved equestrian portraits of Louis XV, his son, and two of his grandsons, 170 hand-colored illustrations of soldiers in uniform, with caption titles and a short description, a hand-colored plate of flags, and two leaves of engraved index. Headline of first numbered plate slightly cropped. An extra roman numeral has been inked onto the date on the title page [artificially changing it from the printed "1772" to the later date of "1773"]. This copy collates exactly against the references cited, although all of those works save Ponti give the imprint as chez I'auteur, enclos du Temple, cour du Lion, 1772, while… Read More

[Washington, DC, 1858. Broadsheet. 25.5 x 20 cm. On blue paper, laid down on linen, signed by the publisher. An appeal for subscriptions to the Daily Union, the Semi-Weekly Union and the Weekly Union, on behalf of the Democratic party, as the periodical "in a position to understand the view of the Administration, and of its Democratic friends in Congress."

Omaha, Neb: Herald Print, 1878. Broadside. 23 x 15 cm. Caption followed by list of Nebraska stations, along with two columns giving rates for shipping rye, barley or flax seed, and for shipping corn or oats, respectively, with the printed rates for both categories entirely amended in manuscript (ink). Folded to sixths at some point, wear and some small separations along folds. Light soiling, a couple of short, marginal tears, else very good. The list of stations, extending from Gilmore to as far west as "Cayote, Cozad, or Willow Junction," is followed by some further text regarding fares for freight, including the following declaration: "Special Order No. 61, and all tariffs, special rates and special orders in conflict herewith are hereby repealed." Signed at conclusion in type by E.P. Vining and P.P. Shelby, as agents of the company.

Philadelphia: Printed by F. and R. Bailey at Yorick's-Head, No. 116, High Street, 1795. First edition of the first American gazetteer. 12mo. vi, (2), [292] pp. [printed double-column]. Engraved title page, engraved folding map of the United States as frontispiece and 18 other engraved folding maps for Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Northwest Territory, Southwest Territory, Vermont, and Virginia. Bookplate and 1800 ownership signature of William Rogers. Howes S-237. Sabin 78331. Evans 29476. Clark Old South II, 122. Wheat & Brun 125. Sowerby "Library of Thomas Jefferson" 4022: "My account of the caves and minerals in Virginia, I have taken from Mr. Jefferson's notes on that state, and a few particulars relating to the rivers." Old tape shadows on endpapers, but a very good copy, the maps crisp, in an attractive new binding by Phil Dusel. Recent period-style calf,… Read More

Washington, DC: Green & Jarvis, 1829. 1st ed. Nos. 1-36 (lacking only nos. 22 & 23). 8vo. 580 (i.e., 548)pp. Tables. Uncommon weekly "devoted exclusively to the Presidential Election" between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. Later burgundy buckram, gilt spine title. Foxing, occasional contemporary marks and signatures in margins.

Paper self-wraps. 8vo.; 4pp. Regarding the question of whether the owner of the steam-tug "New Minnie" violated the law requiring that only regularly licensed pilots be allowed to navigate steam vessels on navigable water of the United States. Perforated library stamp on front page, printed library stamp on verso. Text toned; some closed tears to margins.