Search Results: Titles starting with U from The Parnassus BookShop

Grosset & Dunlap, 1918. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Grosset & Dunlap, 1918. Originally published by Harper & Brothers, 1918. Hardcover Book in Fair Condition. Maroon pictorial cloth, black titles. Clean, most edges rubbed with some color rubbed off. Sewn binding is tight, backstrap loose from crash. Pages are moderately to heavily toned, quite clean and unmarked. Internals are clean and unmarked, no creases, pages toned. Quite good condition for the age of the book and a great Zane Grey Western. 409 pages. 7.75 x 5.25 inches. 1918, Grosset & Dunlap, New York, New York, USA

Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 1978. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Chris Collingwood. Trade Paperback Ex-Library Book in Good Condition. Illustrated by Chris Collingwood. Clean and except for library markings, unmarked, Cover shows wear. b/w photos throughout and a section of full color uniforms of various sorts. Pages quite clean, unmarked, no creases. At the time of the Second World War, 1941-1945, the U. S. Army, rather than design an all-purpose outfit, such as the British battledress, designed a uniform for every possible duty, from combat in cold climates to dress parades in hot ones. Philip Katcher provides an extensive examination of the many different types of uniforms and equipment used during the war. 40 pages, indexed. 7.25 x 9.75 inches. 1978, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK

USA: G P Putnam's Sons, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. Bound in black half cloth with silver titles, blue boards, very clean, unmarked, tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Jacket is clean and bright, glossy blue with silver titles, not price-clipped, as new. 403 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. G P Putnam's Sons, New York, 2009.

Mexico: Imp "DIDOT" Belisario Dominguez 52, 1950. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Paperback in Good Condition. Spanish Language. 5.75 x 7.5 inches. 75 pages. Brown heavy paper wraps with stapled binding. Clean and unmarked, slight wear to spine heel, bottom corner, and upper edge near corner. Pages printed on tan paper-pages clean and free of markings, no creasing. Previous owner name and address written on the cover. It appears to be a document about the Mexican legislature, with opinions by Del Senor Lic. Don Enrique Perez Arce, Del Senor Don Luis Casarrubias Ibarra and Lic. Miguel Alvarez Costa. Text from a session in 1932. There is a photograph of the author and a humorous caricature of him as well. Publisher: Imp "DIDOT" Belisario Dominguez 52, Mexico, 1950.

Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A: Fireside/Simon & Schuster, 1988. First Trade Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Trade Paperback Edition in Near Fine Condition. Clean, unmarked, tight and solid, with slight wear to cover edges. Cover has French flaps. Internals in Fine Condition. 7.5 x 8.5" tall, 288 pages. 1988, Fireside/Simon & Schuster, Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.

USA: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1980. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Art Folio in Very Good Condition. Beautiful paintings by Utrillo with text by Guy Dornand. Printed in Italy. Translated by Anne Ross. Laminated card folder binding with foldover flaps. Cover plate is the "Rue Sainte-Rustique" Circa 1919, Oil, Utrillo. The cover/folder is white around the Utrillo colorplate, quite clean with slight smudginess in places on the white portion. The text/color plates are bound together and they are loose from the cover/folder. Plates and text are bright clear, clean, bright, untorn, unmarked. Introduction by Guy Dornand is a brief biography of Utrillo's life and work. There are ten full color full page plates of Utrillo's paintings with the opposing page giving information about the particular painting, with an Utrillo sketch of the painting above the text. Beautiful! 10 x 12 inches. 1980, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, New York, USA

Bloomington, Minnesota: Bethany House, 2009. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Remainder Trade Paperback in Near Fine Conition. Remainder mark, else fine. Bright orange and yellow wraps unmarked, tight and solid glued binding, internals in fine condition. An emai is intercepted threatening an attack on America--capture of the leader, interrogation, resistance--a novel of today. 317 pages. 5.5 x 8.4 inches. 2009, Bethany ouse Publishers, Bloomington, Minnesota

DK Publishing, 1998. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. DK Publishing 1998. First Paperback Edition In Very Good Condition. 640 pages. 6.75 x 5.5 x 1.75 inches. Stunning, detailed illustrations of everything imaginable. More than 30,000 terms and more than 5,000 color photographs and 1,000 exquisite illustrations--a fascinating reference book. The pictures are meticulously annotated by a team of experts. From the inside of a golf ball to the surface of the sun, from the skeleton of a platypus to the anatomy of an elephant, from the mechanics of a jet engine to the interior of a Roman temple--and so much more to explore, learn, enjoy. 1998, DK Publishing.

San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover and Jacket in Very Good Condition. An account of the international religious phenomenon, the Rajneesh movement and its ultimate demise in rural Oregon with the Rajneesh in prison for attempted murder. Incredible. Red half cloth binding, gilt titled, with gold boards; overall clean, with white flecks on the red on back, edges rubbed, gently bumped front corners. Tight and solid, square. Pages clean, no markings, no creasing. Top edge of text block dust-dulled, tan stain in a short line on the fore edge of the text block. Jacket is clean, rubbed, with light edgewear. 381 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 1987, Harper & Row, San Francisco, CA USA

Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Univ Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. Clean, unmarked, tight and solid volume. Grey cloth silver titled, no cover wear. Interior Fine. A most thought provoking book looking at all aspects of this tough issue, to help us all come to grips with some of the most important moral, political, and legal questions that all societies-and their citizens-must face. 492 pages, with extensive Page Notes and Index. 6.5 x9.5 inches. Ohio State Univ Press, Columbus, Ohio, 1987.

Washington , D.C: Smithsonian, 2011. Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. The Smithsonian Collector's Edition. Paperback Journal in Fine Condition. Fully illuatrrated with historical illustrations, monochrome and full color, line drawings, maps, signs, diagrams. Articles by Ken Burns on "The Real War"; James McPherson on Ulyssess Grant; Hawthorne on Monitor vs Merrimac; Robert E. Lee by Roy Blount, Jr.; Emancipation by Doris Kearns Goodwin; The Black Soldier by Frederick Douglass; The Gdttysburg Address by Garry Wills; Appomattox by Shekby Foote; The Aftermath by Herman Melville; and more. 120 pages. 8.2 x 10.8 inches. 2011, Smithsonian, Washington, DC.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Simon & Schuster, 1993, Fifth Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket as New. Full color photographs. Brown print and drawings. 32 pages of lavish color photographs by Simon Metz. More than 100 foolproof recipes tested in all the most popular models of bread machines. Basic breads, healthy grains and high-fiber breads, old-fashioned country breads, baguettes, bread sticks, Swiss Farmhouse loaves, flatbreads, calzones, bagels, brioches, and even more. 207 pp indexed. 8vo. 1993, Simon & Schuster. ISBN10: 0671880233, ISBN13: 9780671880231

Kennebunkport, Maine: Cider Mill Press, 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9. Cider Mill Press First Printing of First Edition, 2017, As New. Laminated type cover, no jacket. 800 pages. 10.75 x 7.5 inches. Fully illustrated with color photos, drawings, vignettes. An incredible cookbook-300+ recipes for pasta, soups, stir-fries, desserts and baked dishes; more than 50 recipes for sauces, pestos, and ragus; gluten-free and spiralized vegetarian noodle recipes; section on how-to make fresh pasta, gnocchi, and dumplings; spotlights on the ingredients that bring everything together; culinary histories behind your favorite pasta and noodles; an illustrated catalog of nearly 350 pasta types and shapes from around the world. Detailed index. 800 pages. 4to. 2017, Cider Mill Press, Kennebunkport, Maine.

New York, New York, U.S.A: ATRIA BOOKS, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Very Good Jacket. " Stop breakouts! fight acne! transform your life! reclaim your self-esteem with the proven 3-step program using over-the-counter medications"-Subtitle. The acne treatment program is explained by the two physician authors. 374 pp. 9.5 x 6.4 inches. Atria Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.

New York: Knopf, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Light wear to lower front corner, else Fine in green half cloth w/gilt titles, yellow boards, very clean and unmarked. Binding tight, solid and square. Internals as new. An honest and beautifully written memoir; a gripping account of modern Africa's trials and triumphs. "Unbowed" is a call to arms for all who feel that the planet is overwhelmed by careless, corrupt or violent leadership. Wangari Maathai's words are a voice of reason, of humor, of strength and compassion. She offers a message of hope and prosperity through self-sufficiency. She is the founder of the Green Belt Movement, which, through networks of rural women, planted over 30 million trees in Kenya since 1977. 314 pages, indexed. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 2006, Knopf, New York.

U.S.A: Random House, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardback Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. Top edge of text block has a couple of quite pale spots, else Fine. Binding of black half cloth with sharp and bright gilt titles, black boards, very clean and unmarked; solidly bound, square with sharp corners. Internals as new. A true story of courage, survival in the worst of situations after the bomber lieutenant Louis Zamperini was in crashed into the Pacific Ocean during WW II. 473 pages with Notes and Index. 6.25 x 9.75 inches. 2010, Random House, USA

New York: Delacorte Press/Random House, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. First Edition Hardback Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Binding of black half cloth with sharp and bright gilt titles, cream cloth boards, very clean and unmarked; solidly bound, square with sharp corners. Internals as new. A true story of courage, survival in the worst of situations after the bomber lieutenant Louis Zamperini was in crashed into the Pacific Ocean during WW II. Lavishly illustrated with more than 100 photographs and featuring an exclusive interview with Zamperini. 230 pages. Index. 8vo. 2014, Delacorte Press/Random House, USA

U.S.A: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Clean and unmarked gently used book with lower cover edge and spine hinge front edge rubbed. A true story of courage, survival in the worst of situations after the bomber lieutenant Louis Zamperini was in crashed into the Pacific Ocean during WW II. 499 pages with a Reader's Guide, Notes and Index. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 2014, Random House, USA

USA: Fawcett Crest/bALLANTINE bOOKS, 1988. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback In Good Condition. Clean, bright cover with edgewear, creases at corners and on spine. Interior clean and unmarked, toned. While on an ocean voyage to Europe, Melissa is asked by a stranger to deliver a book to a secret address in Majorca--she soon sincerely wishes she had refused! Adventure and mystery abound. 184 pages. 4.2 x 6.75 inches. Fawcett Crest, New York, 1988.

U.S.A: Ticknor & Fields, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Second Printing. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No Jacket. Clean red cloth with gilt titles, tips of some corners slightly rubbed; tight, solid, square, with sharp corners. Interior is clean, paper-clip impression on ffep, no other markings. A book of Calvin Ttrillin's articles that first appeared in "The Nation" magazine, 1978-1981. Humor, satire, anecdotes mostly about government and politicians. The Harry Golden Rule Applies! 206 pages. 1982, Ticknor & Fields Publishers.