Search Results: Authors starting with U from Loe Books

Folkestone: J English, 1880. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Title continues "to which are added Lists of Plants, Lepidopterea, Birds and Land and Freshwater Shells" 157 pages. Publisher's green cloth with black lettering and decoration, very good with a little rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, original yellow endpapers, the front of which with a small contemporary inscription dated 1880. A very good copy..

Peoria, Illinois: J. W. Franks & Sons, 1884. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Large 8vo. pp. 133, errata strip. Original very thin printed pink wrappers (none to the backK, good with some general wear and rubbing, a little chiped to edges and spine and a little dust soiled, partially cracked to front joint. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, a little edge-wear and a few corner tips bent over. For what is a fragile production, it is really very good. Scarce..

Naples: British Army, 1945. Poster. Very Good. No Binding. 40.5 x 26.5. Very scarce and fascinating original item dating to the end of the WWII. A Wanted poster for three soldiers who had taken to a life of violent crime: - Pte Cooper, 26; Gdsm Booker, 27; and Gnr Tomlinson, 27. 'Specialize in Armed Hold-ups of WD Vehicles, all types. Will not hesitate to shoot. If seen, or thought to have been seen, report facts immediately to nearest Provost or Unit Commander.' Details of the three fugitives are given with photographs of Copper and Tomlinson. A few neat fold lines and a few very small nicks to edges otherwise very good. An extremely scarce item..

Bristol: The University of Bristol, 1965. Book. Fine. Paperback. 8vo. Pp. 32, with portrait and two plates. Covers fine, bright, unmarked. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy, clean and bright..

London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1890. Book. Illus. by T. G. Bonney and others.... Good. Red Cloth. 4to. Complete in five volumes, approximately 150 pages per volume, numerous steel and wood engraving plates with original tissue guards and in text fine illustrations. Original red cloth binding s with extensive gilt decoration, very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities, spines a little faded. All edges gilt. Contents clean and tight, some gathers a little loose, a little handling wear only. .

Bristol: Mary Bryan and Co., 1821. Book. Very Good. Paper. First Edition. 25cm x 40cm. Order of Procession poster. Clean sheet, front clean, name to the top corner, the reverse has been used as an early leger, noting books bought or perhaps bindery notes. A near fine example of this rare collectable..

Baveria: Castell Brothers, 1860. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 12mo. Undated, covers very good with slight general wear only. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy of this rare booklet..

Portsmouth: Griffin & Co., 1915. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. No date but probably 1915 or around the WW1. Hardback binding, leather spine and corners, cloth covered boards, good with some general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight, signature of E. H. P-Edgcumbe to the front pastedown (Edgecumbe was to become a Captain in the RN) no inscriptions, some general spotting throughout, paper a little toned. A good copy with a fitting provenance..

Tokyo: The Boeing International Corporation, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. Folio - Square. 168 pages. Colour photography throughout, text in Japanese and English. Original dust jacket very good, with slight general wear, a little scuffed to lower front edge, now protected in a clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good tight clean copy of this rare publication...

Paris: Imp. Lemercier, 52 r. de. Siene, 1868. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo Oblong. no date but pencil inscription to inside front board dated 1868 Concertina format of 15 pages with two lithographic images per page, each with a cream-tinted background and depicting the various traditional costumes of the region. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to the upper board, very good with a little rubbing, corners a little more worn, gilt a little chipped in places and upper board faded to orange? Contents clean and tight, light scatterd foxing, page edges a little dusty. A very good copy. Very Scarce..

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1950. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. Numerous colour illustrations throughout. Covers very good with light general wear only, spine cloth marked. Contents clean and tight, cloth repair to internal hinges, small inscription to the top corner of the reverse of the front cover dated 1905. A very good copy free from scribbles..

London, Devonport: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co.; A. H. Swiss, 1891. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. 168 pages [7advertising] ; b/w illustrations. Covers very good with light general wear, spine strip missing. Contents clean and tight, just a few marks, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Bristol: Unknown, 1820. Manuscript. Very Good. Paper. First Edition. 17cm x 32cm. Order of Procession cut out from possibly a broadsheet. Clean sheet, embossed stamp in the bottom corner. A near fine example of this rare collectable..

Japan, 1870. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 11cm x 17cm. Considered to be from the Edo/Meiji period around 1870. Original woodblock printed book of supernatural tales. Complete with 16 double page illustrations and text, two colours to most blocks. Each set within a black border. Spine a little worn and frayed, paper covers good, some creasing. Contents clean and tight. Script thought to be grass or cursive Japanese, needs an expert eye to assess this. A very good copy..

Prestwich, 1888. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Approx 65 pages plus tipped in items, Prestwich Wesleyan Sunday School Re-union Nov. 24th 1888, auction flyer Jacksons & Son Prestwich, newspaper cuttings for Manchester Ship Canal and commercial prospects, Infectious Diseases Notification for measles 1889, Lancashire County Council Election Ballot Paper 1889. Prestwich Industrial and Art exhibition 1891 program. Original hardback binding for the Eyre & Spottiswoode Diary 1888 with information of Governemtn Publications, most pages are filled with scraps very good with a little general wear..

Holborn Hill, London: W. Darton, Jun., 1820. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 16mo. no date circas 1820 (The watermarks fall on the edge of a couple of pages and are incomplete but appear to read 1820), unpaginated [32], sewn binding, 16 copper engraved plates, some with contemporary hand-colouring. Original printed (engraved) wrappers, good with some general wear and rubbing, wear to head and tail of spine, corners, dust soiling, loss of surface to top right corner of front cover, but not affecting image or title. Contents good, contemporary signature to verso of front cover, some general reading wear, a few short peripheral tears including to the gutter of the last plate at lower point of stitching, lower corners folded over. A good to very good, complete copy. A very scarce early children's book. Copac lists only one copy - in the British Library. Regarding the date, whilst this copy would appear to date from around 1820, other copies with identical plates have earlier watermarks dating to… Read More

Carlisle: Border Fine Arts, 2003. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 4to (A4). 136 pages, fully illustrated colour catalogue with separate price list loosely inserted. Covers very good with a little general wear only. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

United Kingdom, 1840. Book. Very Good. Leather. Original. 24 x 29.5 Cm. A collection of 43 very fine, early/mid 19th century, comparatively large (approximately 285 x 235 mm), original watercolour studies of different species of South African Ericas, each autographed with the species name. Housed in a red straight-grained morocco case with closing flap and the words "In Memoriam Madre Mia" (in memory of my mother). While there is no reference to the originator of these studies, they are executed in a style close to that used by Henry C. Andrews for his Monograph on the Genus Erica (1804-1812). The present watercolours do not correspond directly to those but the composition is similiar and it is possible they were executed by Andrews in connection with the publication. Notwithstanding, they are highly accomplished, reminiscent of the best botanical artists of the day. They are painted onto fine-textured card; this card for a number of paintings is blind embossed to the corners… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. Book. Illus. by Ernest Aris. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 14cm x 5cm. no date but thought to be c1910. Original pictorial board binding, delightful tipped on colour plate by Aris to the front board, generally good with a little general wear and rubbing, corners somewhat worn and slightly rounded, spine paper mostly missing, three original silk cords hold the stiff pages together . Contents clean and tight. A good copy of this rare series..

Greece: Unknown, 1947. Book. Fair. Paperback. 8vo (14 x 22cm). text in Greek. 96 pages,; in-text b/w illustrations. Published in 1947. Printed paper covers, front cover detached. Contents very good, paper toned..