Search Results: Authors starting with U from Plain Tales Books

Koln : Walther König, Köln. Illustrated cloth covers. Profusely illustrated in color. Text in German and English. Small area of spotting to rear cover. Interior is clean, bright, and unmarked. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2008.

Oxford / New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Interior clean and unmarked. Light foxing top page edges. Endpaper maps. .

Oxford / New York : Oxford University Press, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Interior clean and unmarked. Light foxing top page edges. .

Norwalk, CN : The Easton Press, 1995. Book. Illus. by Brissaud, Pierre. Fine. Full-Leather. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The Collector's Library of Famous Editions. Full green leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; silk moire endpapers; ribbon page marker. Illustrated.Notes from the Archives laid in. BB.

West New York, NJ: Mark Batty Pub, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Editor. First Edition, Limited. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. "Special Edition". One of only 40 copies specially hand-bound containing tipped-in original specimens of Daniel Berkeley Updike's work referred to in the text. Signed on the colophon page by the editor, William S. Peterson. Housed in a matching slipcase. Laid in is a typed letter, hand signed by the publisher, Mark Batty, to the purchaser of the book. The special section bound-in at rear contains the following specimens of books designed & printed by Daniel Berkeley Updike: 1. An adaptation of the title page of The Life of Benvenuto Cellini. 2. A digital copy of a photograph of Daniel Berkeley Updike. 3. Vexilla Regis Quotidie. 4. Stevenson's Attitude to Life with Readings from His Essays and Letters. 5. The Marching Morrows. 6. A Renaissance Courtesy-Book / Galateo of Manners & Behaviors. 7. The Form of Consecration of St.… Read More

New York : The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA). Illustrated. Previous owner's inscription on front fre endpaper. Interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket chipped at edges and price-clipped. . Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. No. 321 of a limited edition of 350 copies. Signed on the limitation page. Housed in a very good slipcase with rubbing to extremities. Limited Edition. . Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1979.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1981. Book. Illus. by Dacey, Bob. Fine. Full-Leather. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers. A Limited Edition. Full brown leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; raised bands; silk moire endpapers; ribbon page marker. This is the higher quality full leather binding published by The Franklin Library. BB.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No. 168 of a signed, limited edition of 350 copies. Signed by Updike on limitation page. Review copy - publisher's review slip laid in along with a 5" x 8" glossy black & white publicity photo of Updike (vertical crease). Clean, bright, and unmarked. Housed in a matching, near fine slipcase. BF.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition, Limited. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No. 25 of a signed, limited edition of 450 copies. Signed by Updike on limitation page. Housed in a near fine slipcase illustrated with numbers of the month. Clean and unmarked. BF.

New York : Alfred A Knopf. Signed "John Updike" on tipped-in page at front. . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). 1981.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1976. Book. Illus. by Fox, Barbara. Fine. Full-Leather. First Edition, Limited. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The First Edition Society. A Limited Edition. Full green leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; raised bands; silk moire endpapers; ribbon page marker. This is the higher quality full leather binding published by The Franklin Library. BB.