Search Results: Authors starting with U from Dodman Books

Ibadan: BookBuilders / Editions Africa, 2006. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Nigerian athlete's Olympic success story. Scarce first edition, signed by Udo-Obang to title page. In VG clean crisp and bright internal order. Stiff card covers a little rubbed. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 173pp

London: The Bodley Head, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Barbara Arnason. Excellently written and fascinating collection of letters and occasional poems describing a 15 month long trip to Iceland during 1948-49. Superbly illustrated by British-born Icelandic artist Arnason. In good internal order. Ex-lib, indicated by stamps and label residue to endpapers. No other library marks. Hinges opening, but binding remaining firm. Silver-decorated black cloth worn to edges and dulled to spine. 8vo. 128pp.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1940. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/no d/j. 8vo. Fred Lawson. Nicely illustrated and in VG internal order with just a little spotting to block. Tanned endpapers. Salmon boards attractively titled but rather worn and dulled. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 184pp

London: Cope & Fenwick, 1918. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Rallying call for the Anglo-Catholic movement, signed and dedicated by author to fep. Stock lightly toned, but otherwise all in VG internal order. Blue boards bumped and well worn to edges, much dulled to spine. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 270pp + publisher's ads

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1967. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Robert Gartland. In VG order throughout. Smart pictorial cover showing light wear only. A nice copy of this adventure story among native Americans. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 160pp

Privately Published, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Exceptionally scarce and posthumously published autobiography of Harold Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton, aviation industry pioneer and Cranfield University founder. Privately published and printed by the University two years after his death, with the assistance of his wife Joan. In fine order throughout. Clean, crisp and bright throughout. Smart blue cloth with bright gilt titling to front. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 139pp.

London: Hammond, Hammond & Company, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. What is the truth behind Mrs Henham's motor accident? And who doctored her husband's cough sweets? These and many more questions answered in Underwood's (aka John Michael Evelyn's) second novel. A little dust spotting to top of block, but otherwise all in VG, clean and bright internal order. Smart plum boards with crisp yellow titling to spine. Good unclipped d/j, a little faded to spine, with wear head and foot. 12mo. 206pp + publisher's ads.

Strasbourg: La Nuée Bleue, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Extensively illustrated paean of praise to the town of his birth by Ungerer, written in blank verse. All in VG internal order, clean crisp and bright. Pictorial boards only lightly worn. 4to. 48pp

London: Andre Deutsch, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. First UK edition, in near fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Smart brown boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG clipped d/j, lightly worn but not faded to spine. 8vo. 301pp

London: Andre Deutsch, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First UK edition of this early Updike novel. Spotting to block edge, but otherwise all in VG internal order, with pages crisp and clean. Light edgewear to green boards, with fading/mottling front and rear. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 303pp

London: Andre Deutsch, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. First impression of first UK edition in VG clean and bright internal order. Smart burgundy boards with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j a little rubbed and faded to spine. 8vo. 467pp

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND. 1947 (WorldCat). All in VG clean and bright order throughout. Smart pale orange cloth with one small mark only to base of rear boards. VG d/j, clipped and re-priced by publisher. 12mo. 164pp

London: Tufton Books, 1998. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All in fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Smart card covers showing the very lightest of wear only. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 146pp