Search Results: Titles starting with U from Missing Books

Published by Paragon Publishing, Bath, 2006, 1st edition. Pictorial laminated boards under identically illustrated dustwrapper. 13.25ins x 10.75ins, illustrated endpapers, 191pp. Illustrated in colour throughout. Text by Frank Sheldon. Photographs by Fredric Winkowski. VG nr F / VG nr F. Nb once packed book will weigh over 2kg, may incur extra postal charges.

Published by Exclusive Editions / Maeks and Spencer, London, 2003, 1st edition. Pictorial laminated boards under identically illustrated dustwrapper. 13.25ins x 10.5ins, illustrated endpapers, 192pp. Illustrated throughout - mostly in colour. VG / VG.

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1992, 1st edition. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated, priceclipped dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.5ins, xiii, (i), 281pp plus 8pp plates. Previous owners bookplate stamp to front free endpaper. VG / VG.

Published by J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1953, 1st edition. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, no dustwrapper. 7.5ins x 5ins, vii, (I), 208pp. Illustrations within the text drawn by Francis Butterfield. Light foxing to endpapers. A G+ copy of a fairly scarce title.

Printed by Circle Services, Southend, 1974. Yellow card covers, stapled. Illustration of doorway to front cover. 8.5ins x 6ins, map to inside front cover, groundplan to inside back cover, 16pp. Photographs and diagrams within the text. A report on an investigation undertaken by the Essex Archaeological Society. (Hadstock is on the Essex / Cambridgeshire border, north of Saffron Walden). G+.

Published by Willow Books (Collins), London, 1985, 1st edition. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated, priceclipped dustwrapper. 10.5ins x 7.75ins, 176pp. Illustrated throughout - b&w and colour. Dw a little creased to head of spine. Two small nicks to bottom of dw, edge of spine and bottom front corner. Dw now protected. Overall VG / VG.

Published by the Promotional Reprint Company Ltd, 1992 ( reprint of 1986 first edition). Pictorial laminated covers under identical dustwrapper. 9.25ins x 6.25ins, 239pp text plus 24pp illustrations.VG / VG

Published by Blond and Briggs, London, 1975, reprint. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, 221pp. 35 figures within the text.Dw has short closed tear to base of front cover/edge of spine. VG / G+ nr VG.

Published by Brockhampton Press, London, 1999, reprint. Pictorial laminated boards under identically illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, 256pp plus 32pp plates. VG / VG.

Published by Headline, London, 2018, 1st edition. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, [vi], 313pp. Retired Superintendent Alan Markby comes out of retirement to help Superintendent Ian Carter and Inspector Jess Campbell solve a case from twenty years ago. F / F.

Published by Bantam Press, London, 2004, 1st edition. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, [xii], 340pp. Illustrations within the text.VG / VG.

Published by Longmans Green & co, New York, 1922, 1st edition. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, no dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 5.75ins, vii, (i), 230pp. A selection of 11 essays brought together for the first time. Apart from the subject of the title there are essays on Arthur Thistlewood and Cato Street, Basil of Cappadocia, The Crusades, Lord Carteret, The Tudors and the currency 1526-60 and The modern historian and his difficulties. Previous owners signature to top of front free endpaper. Free endpapers browned. VG.

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2002, 1st edition. Maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, illustrated endpapers, xxiv, 454pp plus 16pp plates. Dw has scratch across front cover. VG / G.

Published by the author, Watford, 1979, 1st edition. Green card covers, stapled. Black lettering to front cover. 8ins x 5ins, 28pp. Some pencil marks to margins. VG.

Published by F.E. Robinson & Co, London, 1900, 1st edition.Light blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Bevelled edges, no dustwrapper.Teg. 7.75ins x 5ins, xi, (i), 300pp, 6pp index, 2pp book adverts plus 8pp plates.Free endpapers browned. Signatures of two previous owners to front free endpaper. Boards, especially the spine, grubby and marked. Gilt to spine dull. Internally VG, externally G, but appears to be a scarce title.

Published by John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1925, 1st edition. Grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt seaxes to spine and front cover, no dustwrapper. 8.75ins x 7.25ins, xiii, (i), 204pp, 4pp book adverts plus colour frontis and 29 other plates (6, including 2 double page plates in black and white, the rest in colour). Also many line drawn illustrations within the text. Light foxing to the text pages. G+.

Published John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1927, 1st edition. Blue cloth boards, black lettering & emblem to spine, black emblem to centre of front board, also ruled black borders, no dustwrapper. 8.5ins x 7ins, xi, (i), 206pp, 6pp adverts plus 8pp colour plates by Gyrth Russell. Also b/w sketch illustrations within text. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown. Different previous owners name to top of front free endpaper and top of title page. Edges of boards a bit bumped. Small creases to front and rear boards. G+ nr VG.

Published by Quiller Press, London, 1989, 1st edition. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 9.5ins x 6.25ins, viii, 200pp plus 4pp plates. Other illustrations within the text. F / F.

Published by Michael O'Mara Books, London, 1997, 1st edition. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under illustrated dustwrapper. 10.25ins x 7ins,192pp. Illustrations within the text. VG / VG

Published by Tony Benton, Upminster, 1996, 1st edition. Paperback. Laminated card covers. 10ins x 8ins, map to inside front cover, [iv], 176pp. 81 illustrations within the text. Some creasing to front cover. G+ nr VG.