Search Results: Titles starting with U from Paul Johnson Fine Books

NICAP, 1973. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Kensington, MD: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, Inc. (NICAP), 1973-74. 8vo. About 24 pp each volume. A complete run (8 issues) of this UFO publication. Blue and maroon stapled wraps. All near fine with the exception of Vol. 1, No. 2, which has some creasing to the wrappers. Included are a wide range of articles regarding Ufology: "Postscript on the Oregon Photograph," Episode at Uintah Basin," "UFO Base on the Moon: Fact or Fiction?" to name but a few. Scarce.

Macdonald & Co., 1983. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Macdonald & Co.: London, 1983. First UK edition. Originally published by Dell in the US in 1981. Blue cloth, silver lettering to the spine - fine with the exception of some toning to the text block. Fine unclipped jacket. Inscribed on the half-title by Card.

Gollancz, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1939. First British edition. 12 mo. 286 pp. Light blue cloth. Very good or better in a very good jacket with a little toning to the spine and rear panel. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Wright's first book, published the year before (1938) in the U.S. Uncommon, especially in the jacket.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of this book of essays. Review copy with review slip and author photo laid in. Faint circular stain on the top edge near the spine else near fine. Jacket is price-intact and has just a bit of wear to the bottom of its spine.

Boni & Gaer, 1946. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine book in a near fine book which is price-clipped. There is a 1/2" closed tear at the bottom front flap fold, else fine. Nice copy.

Lancaster, PA: The Office of the Journal, 1883. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition. Brown cloth with stamped decorations to the boards; gilt lettering to the spine. 12 mo. 407 pp. Numerous illustrations plus a frontispiece of the author. An extensive history of the underground railroad in Chester County and neighboring counties in Pennsylvania. Bookstore name and date written in pencil at the top of the second free endpaper. Laid in is a postcard depicting the John Rankin House in Ripley, OH - the first station on the Underground Railroad. Very good or better: spine ends softened, moderate foxing to the top edge. Scarce.

Elkin Mathews, 1919. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. London: Elkin Mathews, 1919. First edition. Sm 8vo. 82 pp. Grey covered boards with one-quarter linen; black titles to the front board: blue titles to the spine. No jacket. Scrape to front board, top corners worn through but square. Very good. This is a short non-fiction piece about the destruction of areas of France in World War I.

Random House Inc, 1938. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stated first printing. Near fine book (gutters slightly darkened) in a very good jacket with a moderately darkened spine. Not price-clipped -- price of $2.50 present. A nicer copy than normally found!

New York: Stein and Day, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of this sequel to "Nigger" by the civil rights crusader and comedian. THe book has toning to the edges and a bump to the top, rear corner. However the price-intact jacket is near fine with a crease to the rear flap, creasing to the top, rear corner, and a couple of rubbed spots to the front panel.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of Washington's famous autobiography. 8vo. 330 pp. Maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine and front board. Moderate fading to the spine lettering; The spine ends have been professionally repaired and strengthened resulting in the partial loss of a few letters. Tight and square; no foxing; and no previous ownership markings.

Pantheon Books, 1992. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Page Proof. Fine (hint of a crease to the top right corner) in gray wraps with black lettering.

Upton Sinclair, 1934. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing of this anthology, which was self-published. Nicely preserved copy: essentially fine in near fine jacket. Inscribed by Sinclair on the front free endpaper. Nice copy!

Norton, 2009. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First printing. Fine book in a fine jacket. Signed on the title page by the author.