Search Results: Authors starting with U from BookAddiction

Antique Collector's Club, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 280pp. Burgundy cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine; illustrative endpapers. 8vo. Rubbed spine ends, slightly cocked; water stain to lower portion of rear board. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has board bleed inside rear, light shelf wear.

London, UK: MacDonald & Co, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Randell, William. 96pp. Red cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spines. 12mo. Top text block edge starting to tan and fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket sun-faded, has light shelf wear, not price clipped. Looks at the how Drake's small fleet carried out the devastating attack at the heart of its enemy.

London, UK: UK-ISES, 1976. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 376pp. Printed light card covers. Damage to spine head. Light chipping to edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 4to. A report of the panel convened by UK-ISES to analyse all aspects of solar energy systems and to assess the potential for solar energy utilisation and research and development needs in the United Kingdom and for export. Sponsored by The Wolfson Foundation.

New York, NY, USA: Prentice Hall, 1986. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 314pp. Quarter-bound in blue cloth over grey paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine; black and white photographic plates. 4to. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, not price clipped. First person stories of courageous World War II pilots.

Wurzburg, DE: Konigshausen & Neumann, 1997. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 208pp. Laminated card covers. 8vo. Covers have some tiny marks, sun-fading towards top edge and spine. Sun-faded spine, shelf number sticker at heel. Top and fore text block edge have lender's stamps. Lender's markings on inside of front cover, half-title, title and copyright page. Inside of front cover and title page very lightly marked. Half-title page has some light scarring otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

Delhi, IN: Idarahi-I Adabiyat-I Delli, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 132pp. Green cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on front and spine. 8vo. Lightly rubbed spine ends, cloth at top rear corner fraying. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

London, UK: Burns & Oates, 1892. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. vi, 550pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Heavily bumped spine ends, cloth torn. Corners bumped. Black endpapers, gutters strained, binding still quite tight. Top text block edge dusty. Previous owner's name on verso of frontispiece. Internally neat, clean and bright, barring occasional foxing. No dust jacket. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. Letters of English prelate who held high offices in the Roman Catholic Church during the nineteenth-century.

London, UK: Stanley Paul, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 148pp, plus 16pp of black and white photographic plates. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has tear at spine head (repaired with tape) some minor loss at spine head, shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. Tells the story of the distinguished marque and of the men who design, build and race them. For Jaguar and S S owners this serves as a valuable complement to the Owner's Manual, giving useful information culled from the private records of famous racing teams such as the Le Mans-winning Ecurie Ecosse Team.

London, UK: A R Mowbray & CO, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First impression. viii, 300pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, green titles on spine. 12mo. Sun-faded spine. Rubbed corners and spine ends; cloth wear. Dusty top text block edge, remaining edges starting to fox and tan. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Hinges cracked. Internally neat, clean and bright. A collection of essays written by men identifying broadly with an Anglo-Catholic pastoral method and their experiences in practical work.

UK: Published by the Author, 1981. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. iv, 190pp, with black and white photographic illustrations throughout. In brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 4to. A large and heavy volume which may incur an additional charge for overseas delivery. Boards very lightly rubbed and rounded at corners and spine tips. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original worn dust jacket, chapped around edges, minor soiling and short pen mark. An evocative history of Newport, Gwent, with an introduction by actor Anthony Hopkins, who was born in the town.

London, UK: Alfred A Knoff, 1930. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 946pp. Green cloth-covered boards; black titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed green. 8vo. Sun-faded front board and spine, lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan. Free endpapers starting to tan. Lender's stamp on front pastedown, bookplate on front free endpaper. Tape repair to gutter at half-title page, gutter at rear cracked and stretched, volume loose. Internally neat, clean and bright.

Barcelona, Spain: Planeta, 2004. 1st Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First thus, first printing. 414pp, central black and white photographic plates section. White cloth-covered boards, black titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket very lightly chipped along edges. 8vo.

New York, USA: Harper & Row, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xi, 218pp. Printed card covers. Minor shelf wear. Reader's crack in spine. Spine sun-faded. A handful of pencil notes in margins. 8vo.

Grand Rapids, MI, USA: Zondervan Publishing House, 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 340pp, some black and white illustrations. Burgundy cloth-covered boards; silver titles on spine; 'map' endpapers. 8vo. Lightly rubbed bottom corners and spine ends; slightly cocked. Top and fore text block edges starting to fox. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has loss to spine, closed tears, shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.

London, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1973. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mellor, Joy; Jones; Leslie. Set of thirteen booklets in slipcase. Green pictorial printed light card covers, black and white titles on front; stapled. All booklets in similar condition; some shelf wear, staples oxidising. Slipcase has wear; sun-faded spine; 9cm closed tear at lower front; 4cm closed tear a middle front edge; mild soiling at rear. Illustrated throughout in black and white.

Everywoman, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. vi, 146pp. Laminated card covers (very slightly rubbed at edges). Internally a hint of toning else neat, clean and tight. The complete transcriptions of the public hearings in Minneapolis in 1983 of the legal debates on whether to make pornography a matter of discrimination against women, together with a feminist analysis. Slim 8vo.

London, UK: Thames & Hudson, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 180pp, 4pp colour plates. Burgundy cloth-covered boards; gilt publisher's logo on front, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, price clipped. 8vo. Examines Ruskin's sensitivity to visual experiences, in all their complexity, which make him one of the most exciting of all commentators on architecture. 101 black and white illustrations.

London, UK: MacDonald, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 89pp. Green cloth-covered boards; pictorial front, white and black titles on spine. Lightly bumped and rubbed bottom edges. Front cover creased. Map endpapers. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine and top edges sun faded, has light shelf wear, chipping to top edges, price clipped. 4to.

Yeovil, UK: The Illustrated Oxford Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. xvi, 704pp, five sections of photographic plates. Blue cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. Lightly bumped spine heel. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has some shelf wear, light chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. A large and heavy volume which will require an additional charge for overseas delivery. 8vo. Rated the definitive work on the highest, most romantic mountain in the world. Radically revised edition with extensive appendices.

London, UK: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1933. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xviii, 383-636pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on front and spine. Bumped corners and spine ends. Sun faded spine and boards. Top text block edge dusty. Lender's rubber stamp on front paste down, no other markings. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. 12mo. This book consists of the last two sections of the Albatross Book of Living Verse - and covers English and American Poetry of the Later Nineteenth and of the Twentieth Centuries.