Search Results: Authors starting with U from Trilby & Co. Books

William Morrow, 2007-05-29. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Signed. Second printing. SIGNED, without inscription, by Thrity Umrigar on the title page. The volume is pushed at the spine ends and has a remainder stripe on the top page edges. The unclipped, sleeved, dust jacket has light wear at the spine ends and a scuffed autographed sticker on the front panel.

James R. Osgood and Company, Boston, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. Reddish brown cloth stamped in gilt. The volume is bumped on the spine ends and corners, has a gently sunned spine, and some creasing on the front panel. The leaves are lightly toned and the front hinge is starting.

Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Near Fine/Glassine: Very Good. Signed. Limited to 1500 copies, this is # 304, SIGNED on the limitation page by the illustrator, Everett Gee Jackson. Quarter bound in gilt stamped brown leather over brown paper covered boards; housed in glassine jacket, chemise and slipcase. The volume has light wear on the spine ends. The glassine has a ½" tear at the spine end and the spine and flap edges are toned. The chemise has a mildly sunned spine, is starting to split on the joints, and the slipcase has some light abrasions. The volume and chemise fit tightly into the slipcase. Overall, very Good.

1985. First Edition. Softcover. Like New. Signed. This is a broadside advertising a John Updike exhibition in the spring of 1985 at the University of Houston. Measuring about 16" x 22", it is SIGNED by John Updike underneath his printed name. Near fine with very light wear.

Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Signed. Advance Reading Copy/Uncorrected Proofs. SIGNED, without inscription, by Updike on the title page. The wraps are lightly bumped at the corners.

Texas Arts Journal, Dallas, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Slipcase Condition: Near . Signed. Original wrappers. Limited to 22 copies. Laid-in (in a special card folder) is a leaf (page 24) of typescript from Updike's story in the magazine, The Fisherman and His Wife, SIGNED by John Updike. The entire package is housed in a custom-built slipcase. Folder and slipcase have printed paper label. The original wrappers are fine. The slipcase has a touch of soiling.

Knopf, 2005-11-08. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed. Inscribed (to collector Alex Jemel) and SIGNED by John Updike on the title page. The volume is bumped on the top fron corner and spine tail. The unclipped dust jacket, sleeved in mylar, is fine. This is an oversized book and it may require additional postage for international and priority mailings.

Lord John Press, 1984-06-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed. Limited to 150 copies, of which this is # 80, SIGNED by John Updike on the limitation page. A few pages unopened. Fine volume; without a jacket, as issued.

Lord John Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed. This is # 8 of 50 deluxe copies, SIGNED by John Updike on the author's page. Gilt stamped burgundy leather spine and marbled boards. Near fine with some light abrasions on the joints.

Nouveau Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket (as issued). Signed. Limited to 300 copies, this is # 300, SIGNED by John Updike on the limitation page. The volume is edge rubbed, bumped on the corners, and there is a small area of discoloration to the front panel.

William B. Ewert, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Like New. Signed. One of ten "ad personam" copies (this one for Updike collector, Alex Jemal, Jr.) SIGNED by John Updike on the limitation page. Six French-folded leaves. String-bound in original stiff red wrappers, front cover lettered in gilt. FINE. Comes with one of the 150 unsigned trade copies, also Fine.

Lord John Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Slipcase Condition: Near . Signed. Limited to 50 Copies, of which this is # 17, SIGNED by John Updike on the half title page. Beige cloth over boards, quarter bound in brown leather with gilt stamped spine lettering and brown stamped author's name on front panel. Fine volume in a slipcase which has two small areas of discoloration near the opening.

Knopf, 1995-07-04. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. First paperback edition" printed on copyright page. The covers have edge wear to include spine end nicks and there is narrow 3/8" long abrasion at the top of the rear panel. The spine and base of the front panel are mildly toned. The interior, except for a touch of age darkening, is fine.

Lord John Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Signed. Limited to 250 copies, this is # 248 SIGNED by John Updike on the author's page. Fine volume, without dust jacket, as issued.

Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed. SIGNED, without inscription, by John Updike on a non publisher's tipped in page. The volume is bumped on the spine crown and top corners. The endpapers and a few others have a waviness emanating from the spine, as if pinched during the binding process. The lightly soiled, unclipped, dust jacket, protected in a sleeve, is chipped at the spine ends and corners (to a maximum depth of 1/8" at the top front joint), and the spine is gently sun washed.

MFA Publications, 2001-02-15. Softcover. Very Good. Signed. Second printing with a new foreword by John Updike. SIGNED, without inscription, by John Updike on the front endpaper. The covers are edge worn and there is a bruise on the top edge of the rear panel. This is an oversized book and it may require additional postage for international and priority mailings.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1990-09-26. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. This copy is labeled "Press Copy" on the front cover, has an ink date and notation on the spine, and numerous red ink notations on the introduction page. The covers are edge rubbed, with two 1/4" closed tears and associated crease on the bottom front cover, and the bottom page edges are rubbed and soiled.

Old Army Press, 1975-01-01. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Signed. SIGNED and dated by artist J.K. Ralston on the front endpaper. The volume has very light wear at the corners, all else fine.