Search Results: Titles starting with U from Books Bought and Sold

Shepperton, Middx., United Kingdom: Ian Allan, 1970. Bright clean hardback in dustwrapper, not price clipped,192 pages with just some very light browning to extreme edges and light foxing to outer edges of pages.Slight fade to spine of wrapper and little light foxing on inside of wrapper. Many photographs and illustrations. A nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Good Plus/Very Good. 7 ½ x 5 Inches. Hardcover.

London: Todd Publishing Company Beautifully illustrated book of Hans Andersen tales, Ugly Duckling, Snowman, the Butterfly, The Farmyard Cock and the snail and the Rose Tree. 32 pages in overall bright clean condition just a few light occasional marks. Many full page and smaller illustrations in single colour, pink. Dustwrapper is dusty with age and little worn on edges and some marking. Not dated has 2/6 on inside flap looks around 1940s. Though not perfect still a pleasing copy of a collectable book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Illustrated Boards. Good Plus/Good. Illus. by Allan Carter. 6 ½ x 5 Inches. Hardcover.

London: Collins, 1962. First UK edition of this book, l32 pages in bright clean condition just some light browning to front and rear endpapers. Many colour illustrations,all present as lpublished, Dustwrapper is a little marked and lightly browned to spine, light wear to edges, little foxed on indside of wrapper.has been price clipped. outer boards have all over small patches where colour has lightened slightly SEE IMAGES Still a pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First UK Edition. Boards. Good Plus/Good Plus. Illus. by Jerome Snyder. 10 ½ x 8 ¼ Inches. Hardcover.

Italy: Banca Popolare Di Verona, 1983. Splendid pair of volumes on this area in Italy, TEXT in ITALIAN. 626 pages over the two volumes, many colour and B/w photographs on art paper producing very clear images.Books are very bright and clean, dustwrappers are also bright and clean with a little lifting of the laminate on edgesand slightly faded spines. VERY HEAVY BOOKS 4.2 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. A nice bright pair of volumes ITALIAN TEXT. SEE IMAGE DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 ½ x 8 ½ Inches. Hardcover.

Paris: Ediitions I D P, 1980. Excellent book on daily life in the Drome area of France 1900-1930 , book has 93 pages in very bright clean condition, neat former owners details on front endpaper.TEXT IN FRENCH, no English translation. Many old sepia photographs plus FRENCH text, NO dustwrapper outer boardslightly yellowed to rear. A very nice example of this bookSEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition First Printing. Illustrated Laminated Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 11 ¼ x 9 Inches. Hardcover.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First UK edition of this book, 172 pages in very bright clean condition, Many B/w illustrations by Quentin Blake, previous owner has pasted a typed piece of information on Quentin Blake onto the front endpaper SEE IMAGE Dustwrapper is a very slightly yellowed to spine and edges, little wear to top and bottom of spine and corners, SEE IMAGE, not price clipped 18s net, Vertical cease to inside fron wrapper fap and light mark to inside rear flap. Outer boards lightly browned to spine and to extreme top edges.Though not perfect still a pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition First Printing. Boards. Good Plus/Good Plus. Illus. by Quentin Blake . 8 ¾ x 6 Inches. Hardcover.

London: Macmillan and Co Limited, 1916. Very informative book on the Red Cross in World War 1dated 1916 possible first edition but cannot be certain, Contains 238 pages in bright clean condition just some very light browning to endpapers and first and last two pages, previous owners name on first blank page dated 1920, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are a little dusty from age and some darkening to spine. A pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 7 ¼ x 5 Inches. Hardcover.

London: Bradbury Agnew Story written in the form of a play, 218 pages with 15 full page B/w illustrations by J Bernard Partridge . Pages are overall clean with just some light occasional foxing spots, binding is sound but between pages 92 and 93 there is a slight gap to the inner margin but the binding is ound though with a little movement. Outer boards are a little marked and spine is browned. Not dated, looks around late 1800s.Though not perfect a presentable copy of a collectable book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by J Bernard Partridge. 7 ½ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1967. A woman's eye view of the world of sexual fantasy, examines the whole market of magazines the fetishes, bondage,rubber,transvestism. Written as a social study that is very erotic,well illustrated with line drawings and photographs 196 pages in clean condition, light browning to outer edges of pages. Dustwrapper is lightly browned to edges, light wear to corners, A pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 22 x 14 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Belmont Maitland Publishers Limited Excellent book on the uniforms of the Austro Hungarian army, reprinted from a book published in 1914 not dated but looks late 1900s. Contains 16 full page colour illustrations of the uniforms with three pages of description. All pages in very bright clean condition, NO dustwrapper, outer card covers are overall bright and clean with just a couple of light marks. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Reprint. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 x 6 Inches. Card Covers.

London: Souvenir Press, 1976. Story of footballer Lou Macari, player for Manchester united and Scotland. 187 pages in bright clean condition with many old photographs, very slight browning to outer edges of pages. INSCRIBED by LOU MACARI on title page To Rob best wishes Lou Macari written in black felt tip pen which shows through on blank part of the reverse of the page, small bump bottom rear edge of board.Dustwrapper bright and clean just very slight fading to spine, tear to rear inner flap half way down 2¼ inches long repaired on inside with inert clear tape. A pleasing copy especially with inscription SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Boards. Good Plus/Good Plus. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.

London, United Kingdom: Kogan Page Ltd, 2001. An in depth look at conventional Universities, the new style Corporate Universities and higher education in general. Among the issues covered are What are corporate Universities? Has higher education failed in any way? What are the opportunities facing academics, trainers and educational managers? 166 pages in very bright clean condition both book and dustwrapper nearing fine SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 24 Cms X 15.5 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Blackie and Sons Limited, 1940. Complete in itself this is the part two of a five part course in physics, the others being General Physics, Light, Sound, Magnetism and electricity. 148 pages packed with technical information plus line drawings of apparatus and experiments, graphs and formulae. Book is bright and clean just the lightest of foxing on first and last few pages, wrapper a little darkened on edges and on spine. Overall a pleasing copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 22.5 x 15.5 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Executive Commitee University College School, 1931. Very informative book on University College London, giving a short history of the college and a register of the people attending and involved in the college. 300 pages in clean condition just very occasional small foxing spots, Many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are lightly rubbed top and bottom of spine and corners, a nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Gold Embossed Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 ¾ x 6 ¼ Inches. Hardcover.

London: Guinnes From the Guinness series of booklets illustrated by well known artists, this is illustrated by Ronald Ferns.12 pages of wonderful full colour illustrations.Not dated but is 1950s. Book is really bright and clean, I would describe the colours as vibrant. There is the lightest of wear to edges and couple of light marks on front cover, very minor. A really nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Illustrated paper Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ronald Ferns. 24 Cms X 16.5 Cms. Paper Covers.

USA: Porsche Club of America Reprints of Technical data on the Porsche motor car Volumes 1 through to volume 5 1956-1960. Paper cover 122 pages official publication of the Porsche Club of America., packed with technical data accompanied by photographs, line drawings, graphs etc. Booklet is bright and clean just previous owners initials dated 9-6-78 this is the only date in book. An interesting technical book, anice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First. Paper Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 10" x 7". Paper Covers.

USA: Porsche Club of America Reprints of Technical data on the Porsche motor car Volumes 6 through to volume 11 1961-1966. Paper cover 212 pages official publication of the Porsche Club of America., packed with technical data accompanied by photographs, line drawings, graphs etc. Booklet is bright and clean just previous owners initials dated 9-6-78 this is the only date in book, light browning to extreme edges of cover and first couple of pages. An interesting technical book, a nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First. Paper Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 10" x 7". Paper Covers.

London: Waterlow and Sons Limited Splendid book on travelling the thames from Westminster to Oxford, not dated but appears to be late 1800s. 128 pages plus appendix with lots of information on toll charges, angling and very informative text on the places along the river, 18 pages of old adverts. 140 illustrations in text plus two pull out single colour maps, these maps are complete but have a few tears on each along some of the creases. Book is clean inside with neat previous owners name on rear of front endpaper, yellow front and rear endpapers have some discolouration around edges. Outer boards are attractive with gold and black embossed illustration, maroon cloth has many light spots where surface is lightly pitted, small split in middle of rear spine hinge 3 inches long, corners a little rubbed, spine darkened. Still a pleasing copy of a very interesting book of the Thames SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Illustrated Cloth. Good Plus/No Jacket. 24.5 x 16 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Alexander Moring Ltd From the Saint George series of books, not dated looks around 1940s, a card cover book with verses about cats accompanied by beautiful line drawings. a must for any cat lover 18 pages covers a little dusty pages very bright and clean, overall a very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 20 x 13 Cms. Card Covers.

New York: Lebhar-Friedman Publications Inc , 1947. Book of the author's theory of how to use time wisely to promote a better life, Inscribed and SIGNED by Author on front endpaper To Helen Horton on board R M S Caronia 1949 SEE IMAGE. 122 pages in clean condition just some light browning to outere edges bof pages and endpapers. Dustwrapper is rubbed and worn to edges and slightly browned to spine, not price clipped $2.00. Outer boards are spotted, probably from a damp environment in the past SEE IMAGE. Though not perfect still a pleasing example of this book especially with inscription SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . Inscribed By Author. First US Edition. Boards. Good Plus/Good Plus. 8 ¼ x 5½ Inches. Hardcover.