Search Results: Authors starting with U from Modern Rare

Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin, 1990. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 50 pages. Collection of male and female nudes, presented as an Artist Book and as Volume 87 of the now-legendary Art Random Series. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. An Import title, none of the copies was sold outside Japan. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Kyoto Shoin: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards with black titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Yoshihiko Ueda. Epigraph by Oscar Wilde. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Tokyo, Japan to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Yoshihiko Ueda's "Nudes: 1987-1989". The brilliant Japanese… Read More

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 308 pages. The author's 23rd novel, and final book. The sequel to the author's classic, "The Witches of Eastwick". The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. It should also not be confused with copies that are signed on a bookplate. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. The book is very beautifully produced: Pale blue cloth boards, gold-dominant DJ design, and elegant salmon topstain. Presents John Updike's "The Widows of Eastwick". His brilliant sequel to "The Witches of Eastwick". "John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters. His output alone has been supernatural. This isn't writing. It is… Read More

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 310 pages. The author's 22nd novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. Subsequent printings do not have the topstain that has become a trademark of Updike's handsomely produced books. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents John Updike's "Terrorist". Ostensibly, Updike's exploration of spirituality, religion, and fanaticism. Themes he previously explored in such novels as "The Coup" and "Toward The End of Time". Updike's genuine achievement is his protagonist, Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy, the 18-year-old American suicide bomber/son of… Read More

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 210 pages. The author's debut collection of essays on art. Limited Slipcased Edition of 350 numbered and signed copies. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. The Limited Edition has the same ISBN as the regular trade edition. The Limited Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Alfred A. Knopf: Regular-sized volume format. Marbled hard boards with black linen cloth overboards and spine and gilt titles embossed on the spine, as issued. Text by John Updike. Matching black linen cloth slipcase. Printed on glossy stock paper in Italy to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its Limited Edition format, John Updike's "Just Looking". His first - and best… Read More

New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition/First Printing. 310 pages. The author's 22nd novel. Now considered a contemporary classic. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. Subsequent printings do not have the topstain that has become a trademark of Updike's handsomely produced books. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents John Updike's "Terrorist'. Ostensibly Updike's exploration of spirituality, religion, and fanaticism, themes he explored in such novels as "The Coup" and "Toward The End of Time". Updike's genuine achievement is his protagonist, Ahmad Ashmawy Mulloy, the 18-year-old American suicide bomber/son of a present Irish mother and an absent Egyptian father.… Read More

New York City, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1995. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 1519 pages. Omnibus Edition of the author's tetralogy. One of the greatest literary achievements of the so-called American Century. The First Everyman's Library Edition in its First Printing. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, of which there are several, improbably so, given the volume's 1519-page heft. Published in a regular first print run by Alfred A. Knopf/Borzoi Books as a hardcover original only. Although designed as an affordable volume, the production values are nevertheless superior in every respect. Presents, in a collectible Omnibus Format, John Updike's "Rabbit Angstrom: The Four Novels". The Four R's. "An imagination possessed of the ability to lay bare, with seemingly effortless animal grace, the enchantments… Read More