Search Results: Titles starting with U from Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Reginald Marsh . Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound handsomely in gray woven sailcloth over boards, U.S.A. stamped over blocked blue border at front cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers front and rear. John Dos Passos's experimental trilogy that captures the developing culture of 20th-century United States, this being the third in the trilogy after Nineteen Nineteen and The 42nd Parallel. Named by the Modern Library as one of the 100-best English-language novels of the 20th century. Illustrated fancifully by Reginald Marsh. vii [1], 645 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Another fine contribution to the U.S. Camera series, this one published in 1939 and edited by T.J. Maloney, and with hundreds of mostly black-and-white illustrations. Bound in red paper over boareds with white paste-on title band, blue cloth-backed spine, and wire-bound underneath. Includes Preface photos and text by Edward Steichen, then a section "Of The West" by Edward Weston. Clean of interior and tightly bound. Literally hundreds of fine illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Helsinki, Finland: United States Embassy, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Not otherwise available to the trade, there being no additional copies available on-line. A succinct, readable account of U.S.-Finnish diplomatic relations, Finnish history, Finnish culture and European diplomatic history, with a Foreword by Eric S. Edelman, an Introduction by Jaakko Iloniemi, and contributions by Prefaces by James A. Baker III and William Z. Slany. Bilingual texts, in English and Finnish. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy pictorial wraps. 142 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: R.R. Bowker Company for the Newberry Library, 1962. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Good-looking, structurally sound exemplar of an extremely useful compendium of Americana, considered for decades still the go-to reference material for booksellers and collectors alike. Personal copy from the noted Altadena, California-based bookseller and appraiser, Mr. Robert Allen, as conveyed to me from his wife, Priscilla ("Brownie") Allen, partner also to Charles ("Chic") Goldschmid. The sub-title reads: "A Selective Bibliography in Which are Described 11,620 Uncommon and Significant Books Relating to the Continental Portion of the United States." Bound simply in brown buckram cloth, with tan lettering to spine. This is the Revised and Enlarged edition, the first edition having been published in 1954. Complete with author's Foreword, abbreviations and symbols galore, and with an alphabetical listing of maps by… Read More

Zurich, Switzerland: Scheidegger & Spiess, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Ueli Berger. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the simple, printed wraps, in full color-illustrated gatefold. Catalog to augment the exhibition, "Ueli Berger - Alles in Allem. Arbeiten auf Papier 1967 - 2007", Kunstmuseum Bern, 9. Mai bis 5. August 2007. Double-column texts in German, and many, many score fine duotone, black-and-white and full color works of Ueli Berger printed on high-gloss paper. Foreword by Frehner and Metzger, then multiple chapters by each of them in addition to by Ueli Berger himself. Bilingual texts in German and English. [5], 6-111 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Faber & Faber, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond light crimping to upper rear text-block tip and six-point ink-stamped star inside rear flap; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond to top edge at spine and top edge of rear tip, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. [8], 9-284 pp,Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Belfast, Ireland: The Quota Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Bound simply in publisher's original green cloth, a bit bowed of both boards and text-block, mildly soiled, moderately sunned and along spine, rubbing of gilt titles. Some foxing at endpapers, scant throughout. Ulster, Ireland-focused short stories by the beloved Irish writer. 111 [1] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Belfast, Ireland: The Ulster Archaeological Society, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of simple printed wraps, even less to text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Contributions to the study of the history and the archaeology of Ireland and Irish culture by Eoin Halpin, Anne Connolly, J.J. Taylor, R. Warner, Hector McDonnell, C.J. Lynn, Catryn Power, Maire Ni Loingsigh, S.A. Royle and others. News, notes, obituaries, reviews and full-on essays. iv [1], 1-192 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Belfast, Ireland: The Ulster Archaeological Society, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers beyond diagonal crease, even less to text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Contributions to the study of the history and the archaeology of Ireland and Irish culture by John O'Keefe, Ruairi O Baoill, Philip Macdonald, John O Neill and Harry Welsh. iv [1], 1-122 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Dublin, Ireland : Four Courts Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the series, Ulster and Scotland. Superior copy, gift-quality condition, inside and out, no discernible wear, bright and shiny dust jacket. From the publisher's blurb, "Eight Irish-American historians explore the changing transatlantic character of Ulster Presbyterianism in the 18th and 19th centuries. - Mark G. Spencer (Brock U), Peter Gilmore (Carnegie Mellon U), Katherine Brown (Mary Baldwin College) & David A. Wilson (U Toronto) examine the role of Ulster Presbyterians in the United Irish movement on both sides of the Atlantic - Patrick Griffin (Ohio U) compares and contrasts the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 in Pennsylvania with the Defender movement in Ireland - Kerby Miller (U Missouri) analyzes class conflict and the origins of Unionist hegemony in early 19th-century Ulster - Kevin James (Guelph U) explores the social underpinnings and political… Read More

London: John Murray, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Quite scarcely available to the trade, much less with a dust jacket, the book being a due homage to the history of the political struggle against Home Rule led by Sir Edward Carson in Ulster, from the passing of the Parliament Act down tot the opening of the first Ulster Parliament by the King in 1921. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, bound in a shiny brown cloth, bumping to spine head and foot, blind-stamped title to spine, with bruised tips, half-toning of and previous owner's inscription at paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Uber-scarce dust jacket present, toned and a bit soiled, chipping along top edge, protected by a Brodart sleeve, paper-backed. Portrait frontispiece of Sir Edward Carson, with a full index. x + 310 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required… Read More

Munchen: Hans Holzinger, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Quite scarce in the U.S. trade. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers, some soiling thereto, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. German language texts about a fascinating take on pre-Fascist German culture, art, photography, architecture, sculpture and design. Introductory essays by Fischer and Sembach, plentiful black-and-white photographs, and a final essay by Henry van de Velde, like the other essays, printed on heavy card stock.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Art in General, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Maria Elena Gonzalez. From the personal library of the feminist art historian extraordinaire, Dr. Whitney Chadwick, a giant across many fields. Sterling condition softcover copy of a fine and due homage gallery exhibition of the work of Maria Elena Gonzalez, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing light shelf- and edge-wear to the pictorial covers. 53 pp. and replete with black-and-white, duotone and full-color reproductions, printed on high-gloss paper. Long essay by Leslie Luebbers, the Curator.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Sotheby's Auctioneers, Madrid, Spain: Sotheby's Auctioneers, Madrid, Spain, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Joan Miro. Spanish-language texts regarding an exception auction of the graphic works and illustrated books of Joan Miro. Procedentes De La Fundacion Joan Miro De Barcelona. 22 Febrero 1989, sponsored by the Sotheby's Auctioneers of Madrid, Spain. Fine catalogue in Spanish and Catalan for a major auction held in Barcelona of 305 of Miro's graphic works, and augmented with illustrations of each item auctioned. Accompanied by an insert with prices realized. Bound handsomely in green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine and cover. Forward cock to spine. Near pristine interior. Roughly 200 unpaginated pages, but many, many score fine reproductions of his finest works, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fun and humorous romp through the writings collected by Donald Day from New England Americana and almanacs, day-books and memoirs, from Uncle Sam's "Uncle Josh," Josh Billings, who wrote from 1858 to 1885. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in pumpkin cloth, label to spine. Top-stained in red. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, very slight sunning to, toning of inside flap tops, protected by a plastic coat. ix [4], 4-243 [1]Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Mrs. S.C. Hall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Pictorial blue covers, sunned to a bluish-green at spine, black lettering, green, blue and orange colors. Three black-and-white engravings, toned interior, but clean and unmarked. 127 pp. Heavily toned endpapers.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Boston, Massachusetts: W.A. Wilde, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine and readable account of the eight years' experiences of the author having adventure in Alaska, written for popular audiences about Alaska, the people, cities, mineral and other resources, flora and fauna and economic development, with chapters on social history, the Gold Rush, Native American totems, and weather and climate. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior but for previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound simply in blue cloth over boards, gold stamped lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Illustrated endpapers (maps of Alaska) front and rear. 402 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Salt Lake City, Utah: Taggart & Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Nice-looking exemplar of the Limited Edition of 2,500 copies, and the dictated autobiography earned First Place winner of the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts Creative Writing Competition in the Autobiography section for 1969. Lots of black-and-white vintage photographs of the author's place in Southern Utah history, from early Mormon settlements to encounters with the Navajo Indians. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean interior but for some tape-removal shadows at first and final free endpapers, else unmarked of interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Foreword by A.R. Mortensen, a fine duotone portrait of the author, who dictated his story to his widow. 249 pp. plus a full index and a note on the text.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest… Read More

Long Beach, California: Long Beach Museum of Art, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Uber-scarce in the trade, there currently being no copies available on-line, a fine-looking exhibition catalogue featuring the works of (and with biographies regarding) Peter Saari, Peter Hess, David Settino Scott, Ron Rizk, Jiri Anderle, Mark Wethli, David Ligare, Susanna Dadd, Joel Bass, Susan Hall, Robert Colescott, Joseph Cornell and Ellen Lampert. Very lightly sunned spine to staple-bound, cream-colored stiff paper wraps cut-out, revealing a fine work in duotone by Jiri Anderle, and with a long Introduction by Holly Wilson about appropriation in art and social history. Two pages devoted to each artist, one page to a sort of artist statement, another to a full-page reproduction of his or her work, printed on high-gloss paper.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, light dust soiling along top edge, bright interior, unmarked. Simple brown cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, some edgewear at top, sunning to inside front flap edge, else not price-clipped. Several ranges of brilliant black-and-white photographs and illustrations including of writers such as Joyce Carey, George Orwell, Evelyn Waugh, J.B. Priestley and others, poets cuahs T.S. Eliot, Roy Fuller, Dylan Thomas, and painters such as Graham Bell, John Craxton, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, John Piper and Graham Sutherland. x, 1-219 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.