Search Results: Authors starting with U from Dial a Book

Ravette Books, West Sussex 1992.. 1992. Hardcover. 4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 61pp. colour illus. Very good+. .

Faber and Faber 2012. 2012. 8vo. Hardcover in d/w. 332pp. Fine/fine. In the village of Wreay, stands the strangest and most magical Victorian church in England. This vivid book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed and passionate and unusual in every way. .

Quarry Books, USA. 2015.. 2015. Hardcover. 4to. illustrated boards, hardcover. 160pp. index, colour illus. Very good. .

Printed by Kyoto Hanga In Tokyo. 0. First Edition. 4to. pale blue folder with string ties. Include 6 prints in white paper frames. and a sheet ff the 53 Tokaido stations by Hiroshige Ando- perferated stamp size illus. .

Könemann, Köln 1999. 1999. Hardcover. 4to. hardcover. 318pp. index, colour illus. Near Fine. / Very good d/w with tiny tear on bottom edge(repaired). .

McGraw-Hill 2000. 2nd edition. 0. Hardcover. 8vo. laminated boards, hardcover. 358pp. index, b/w illus. very good. .

Istanbul, 1987. 1987. 8vo. wraps. 48pp. colour & b/w illus. folding map. Very good+. .

Saturn Books, London 1999.. 1999. Hardcover. 4to. hardcover. 160pp. indexcolour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w. .

New York Smithmark Publishers 1999. 1999. Hardcover. Square 4to hardcover 64pp index, colour illus. very good+ / very good+ d/w. THE LIFE OF A GEISHA illustrates the fascinating world of Japan's powerful and seductive geishas, a fading yet beautiful world that has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. This striking book contains full-color woodblock prints made during Japan's famous Edo Period, historic and contemporary photographs of geisha life, and images of the "floating world," Japan's mysterious artistic subculture. The accompanying text includes evocative Japanese poems and haikus. All celebrate the beauty and creativity of the geisha, who with her exquisitely detailed costume, elaborate makeup and hairstyle, and artfully ritualized behavior, chastely beguiles and entertains Japan's most powerful men. .

Roger Underwood, 1987.. 1987. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. 119pp. b/w illus. Good, top corner bumped. .

Harper Collins 2000. 2000. 8vo. 240pp. Includes P.S. insights, interviews and more. .

London H.Hamilton 1995. 1995. Hardcover. 8vo hardcover 188pp. very good+ / very good+ d/w. A novel about a group of travelling players touring England in 1390 in the years following the Black Death. Tired of presenting the usual mystery plays they decide to re-enact a murder that has recently taken place in the town they are visiting. This has unforeseen consequences as they are forced to confront the real story of death. .

Penguin Books July 6, 2000. 2000. Softcover. 8vo softcover 312pp very good. Perched high atop his pedestal in London, Admiral Horatio Nelson has remained one of the loftiest icons of English nationalism. Now, however, he has been seriously rattled by Barry Unsworth's Losing Nelson, a gripping study of the dark side of heroism and hero worship. In the basement of his large, anonymous North London house, Charles Cleasby obsessively reenacts the admiral's every military maneuver: "Usually when we fought these battles I had a feeling of fulfilment, they brought me closer to him..." Cleasby's admiration also extends upstairs--to his life's work, a biography of the great man. His only assistant in his heroic struggle is Miss Lily (real name, Lilian Butler), a hired secretary who carefully transcribes his painstaking pages. Cleasby wants nothing better than to rescue Nelson from the revisionist clutches of unpatriotic academic cynics. Alas, his passion soon reveals a sinister side,… Read More

London; Andre Deutsch; 1970 First UK edition.. 0. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 206pp. very good+. / very good+ d/w. .

London; Andre Deutsch; 1972 First UK edition.. 0. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 406pp. very good, mior foxing outer page edges & endpapers. / good+ d/w with tiny stain bottom front flap, crease rear flap, lightly chipped edges. .

Alfred A. Knopf New York 1988 1st edition. 0. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 279pp. very good+. / very good+ d/w. .

Pacific Books 1968.. 1968. Softcover. 8vo softcover 156pp very good, spine slanted. .

Pacific Books, Australia 1968.. 1968. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. 177pp. Very good, pages lightly toned, spine slightly slanted. .

Pan, 1964.. 1964. Softcover. 8vo softcover 192pp very good, pages toned, spine slanted, small tear at top of spine. .

Pan, 1969. 1969. Softcover. 8vo. softcover. 251pp. Very good, pages toned, spine slanted. .