Search Results: Titles starting with U from The Bookworm

London:: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 1980.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; owner's gift inscription, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped.. Small 4to (about 10'' to 11'' tall) . Description: Lively color illustrations by the author. Oj, the shepherd boy observed a shooting star spinning down toward the castle. A whirling twirling silvery bright egg floats down and lands on one of the castle towers. The people in the castle pushed the egg off, where it rolled to the old oak tree and the bottom of the hill, and a mauve monster comes out of the egg. Everyone except Oj assumes the monster to be hostile.

Washington, D.C.:: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977.. Loose leaf . BINDING/CONDITION: paper folder in Good condition; the plates are Very Good; all 45 plates present and accounted for.. about 9.25 inches tall by 11 inches wide . Description: Heavy paper folder with one flap forming a pocket at the rear; the pocket holds 45 black and white loose leaf, single sided photo plates showing important aircraft in the history of flight. The interior of the folder is printed with data on each of the 45 aircraft. From the front cover: ''The birth of aviation was thrust on an unbelieving and skeptical world. A skepticism that was to precede each stage in the demanding conquest of space.'' The plates begin with the Wright Flyer and end with the development of Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star.

London:: Hermes House, 2000.. Combined edition; 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket.. 4to (about 12 inches tall) . Glossary, index. Decorated endpapers. Description: Profusely illustrated with photographs; most are in color. This was previous published as two separate volumes: The Encyclopedia of Motorcycles, and The Ultimate Harley-Davidson. This charts the evolution of the motorcycle from its development in 1885 to the super bikes of today. Engineering and design landmarks are recorded through archive illustrations and contemporary documentation. The A-Z portion of the book provides a marque-by-marque encyclopedia of models and manufactures, both existing and defunct. Another portion of the book is devoted just to Harley-Davidson, which charts the history of the company, the evolution of the unique V-twin engine, its racing history, iconic status, roles through two world wars, and modern times. Includes presentations of every H-D… Read More

New York:: Simon & Schuster, 2007.. Book Club Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black binding; a Very Good book, with a Near Fine dust jacket.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Sources, bibliography, index. Description: Includes a section of black and white photo plates. The publisher's blurb reads: ''This is the full story of the last great clash of World War II. Using the same 'grunt's-eye view' narrative style that distinguished his Brotherhood of Heroes, Bill Sloan presents a gripping and uniquely personal saga of heroism and sacrifice in which at least 115,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen from both sides were killed, as were nearly 150,000 civilians caught tin the crossfire or encouraged to commit suicide by Japanese troops. It is a story set again a panorama of more than 1,500 American ships, nearly two thousand Japanese kamikazes, sworn to sink those ships, and two huge armies locked in a no-quarter struggle to the death -- the 541,000 GIs and Marines of the U.S. Tenth Army and Japan's… Read More

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania:: Franklin Library, 1983.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a series with semi-uniform bindings in quarter leather -- cloth binding with extensive gilt decorations, with leather at the spine; all edges gilt; raised spine bands; ribbon place marker; this copy is in Fine condition.. 8vo (about 9 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: Illustrated with drawings by Kenneth Francis Dewey. This is part of the Oxford Library of The World's Great Books series, published by Franklin Library.

Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press, 1981.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: black boards with silver spine text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket.. about 11 inches tall by 8.75 wide . Chronology. Description: Features 273 b&w illustrations. This is a companion volume to an exhibition organized by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge from October to December, 1981. The selection of vessels range from Predynastic Egypt to medieval Nubia, a span of over six thousand years. The introductory section coves the materials and methods of pottery making and shows how the application of scientific techniques can increase our understanding of the creative process. Human and animal figure vases are includes in this section. The second part is devoted to the styles of different periods, where the counterpoint between ceramic styles and political and cultural change, and the contrast between pottery for the tomb and pottery for every day living can be seen. A final section shows the use… Read More

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1980.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cover, all edges gilt, ribbon place marker; Very Good+ condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: Includes several black and white illustrations. This is a volume from the Time-Life Classics of the Old West series, and is a facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition published by W E Dibble of Chicago. The subtitle continues: ''An account of the adventures and thrilling experiences of the most noted American hunter, trapper, guide, scout, and Indian fighter now living.'' (Life and Literature of the Southwest, pg 72; The Santa Fe Trail, number 121) Richens Lacy ''Uncle Dick'' Wootton made his first trip over the Santa Fe Trail in 1836; in 1856 he hauled government freight on the trail. His account contains many tales of the Trail and descriptions of wagons, techniques and… Read More

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1980.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cover, all edges gilt, ribbon place marker; embossed ownership seal on the blank page that has publisher's statement on the verso; otherwise in Very Good condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: Includes several black and white illustrations. This is a volume from the Time-Life Classics of the Old West series, and is a facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition published by W E Dibble of Chicago. The subtitle continues: ''An account of the adventures and thrilling experiences of the most noted American hunter, trapper, guide, scout, and Indian fighter now living.'' (Life and Literature of the Southwest, pg 72; The Santa Fe Trail, number 121) Richens Lacy ''Uncle Dick'' Wootton made his first trip over the Santa Fe Trail in 1836; in 1856 he hauled government freight on the trail.… Read More

Chicago:: M A Donohue & Company, 1919.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: mustard-tan cloth; the spine is cocked, otherwise a Good+ book, no dust jacket. The hinges are sound, no owner markings.. Small 8vo (7.5 inches tall) . Description: Includes a b&w frontis plate; the artist is not credited. This is the second book in the Uncle Sam's Army Boys series.

New York:: Tambourine Books, 1996.. 1st Edition, so stated; 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: pictorial boards; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; the publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. oblong format: about 8.75 inches tall by 11.25 inches wide . Light purple endpapers. Description: This copy is Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription: ''Para (name) que tu lectura sea eléctrica''. Dramatic color paintings by Leovigildo Martinez illustrate this story based on an ancient belief in Oazaca, Mexico about a snake in the sky that brings heavy rains. In Oaxaca, where electrical storms are common, the ancients regarded lightning as a form of life-giving energy, and today when lightning storms rage, snakes are said to be 'crossing the sky'.

Pleasantville, New York:: Reader's Digest, 1991.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown boards with black at the spine; gilt text and decoration; Very Good condition.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Gray endpapers. Description: Originally published in 1852, this edition is from the Reader's Digest World's Best Reading series. The text is complete and unabridged. Several illustrations of a contemporary nature. Afterword by Alfred Kazin. This copy includes the publisher's insert (which matches the endpaper color).

San Francisco:: Miller Freeman Publications, 1984.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; Good condition.. 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches wide . Description: From the foreword: ''Uncoated groundwood papers has always been one of the most difficult printing and writing markets to cover because there is so little factual information available on the subject. And for some reason this hybrid, in-between industry seems to love to fragment itself into numerous sub-markets, with barely differentiated products trying to capitalize on never-very-obvious niches. It occurred to me one day that I might do myself and everybody else a favor by getting a few people who know something about uncoated groundwood papers together to tell anyone else who is interested in the subject what they know. This came together in the fall of 1985 when almost 250 of the top paper industry executives, merchants, printers equipment suppliers, consultants and financial analysts from five continents came together in the… Read More

New York:: Harper & Row, 1972.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: burgundy cloth; a few tiny stains on the top edge of the text, otherwise a Very Good- book; the dust jacket has a small chip to the center spine, otherwise a Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index, bibliography, notes. tan marbled endpapers. Description: Includes a section of b&w plates.

New York:: Doubleday, 1990 - October.. 1st Ed, stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Very Good+ book w/Near Fine dj (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: 8vo, dust jacket art by David Mann

New York:: William Morrow, 1985.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards with cloth at the spine; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Index, sources. Description: Dust jacket art by Ray Driver.

New York:: Tom Doherty Associates (TOR), July, 1995.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Near Fine; the dj is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Description: Panoramic dust jacket art; 2 maps by Nancy Westheimer. The final book in the Unicorn epic of Strand.

Wolfeboro, New Hampshire:: Self Published, 1984.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: bright red binding with gilt text; small paste-on ''art'' (a coin of course); one corner badly bumped, foxing speckles to the edges of the text block; otherwise a Very Good book; no dust jacket.. 4to (11.25 inches tall) . Appendices, bibliography, index. Description: Published by Bowers and Merena Galleries. Many black and white illustrations plus one section of color plates. From the preface: ''In 1982 the United States Gold Coin Collection, a cabinet of coins formed by Louis Eliasberg during the 1930s and 1940s, was consigned for unreserved public sale to Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, the predecessor of Bowers and Merena Galleries. An auction catalogue was prepared. The group of coins, unprecedented in its scope, contained each and every date and mintmark from the first year of gold coin issuance in 1795 to the last, 1933. The auction, held in New York in November 1982, realized $12.4 million. Within the… Read More

New York:: Villard Books, 1997.. 1st U.S. Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: two color binding -- red with black at the spine; gilt spine text; small gilt device on front cover; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (9.5 inches tall) . Description: Dust jacket design by Daniel Rembert. This was the author's first novel. . Villard is an imprint of Random House, and in keeping with the Random House first edition identifier practice, this has a statement on the copyright page: ''First U.S. Edition''; the lowest numeral in the print string is a ''2''. For those not familiar with the Random House practice from this general time period -- this does denote a first printing.

Caldwell, Idaho:: Caxton Press, 1949.. 1st Edition (thus).. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light pumpkin cloth with dark blue text; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 9.5 inches tall) . Map endpapers. Description: Dust jacket art and interior illustrations by Canadian artist E Joseph Dreany; the interior illustrations include chapter head and tail pieces, a few full page drawings, a frontis in color, and three additional color plates. The publisher's blurb reads: ''In the early years of the last century great fortunes were amassed from the pelt of the beaver. Ships, cargoed with knives, guns, bolts of bright calico, axes, mirrors, trinkets, sailed to the fort at the mouth of the Columbia River. Among the fur traders was Ross Cox who arrived at Fort Astoria in 1812, and left in 1817. He kept a journal of these years. Appearing in this volume as a companion, is the journal of Alexander Ross, author, and servant of three fur… Read More

Madras, India:: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1973.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; some stains on the cover; Good condition.. 12mo (7 inches tall) . Index to verses (this in Sanskrit). Description: From the publisher's preface: ''Upadesasahasri composed by Sri Sankara, the great Advaita Teacher, is translated here into English with explanatory foot-notes. Ramatirtha's glossary on Sankara's Upadesasahasri has been followed in translating the text and in appending foot-notes. Words not found in the text but felt to be necessary for making the meaning clear have been placed within brackets. Explanatory paragraphs have been added to the translation in a few places.