Search Results: Authors starting with U from JimsOldBooks

Uppsala: AB Lundequistka Bokhandeln, 1977. Minor wear to the spine ends, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this Swedish language book. Deals with how the plays of August Strindberg have been interpreted and understood by Polish theatre and theatre critics from the late nineteenth century up to 1970. 215pp, 35 b&w illustrations.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Companion Book Club, 1954. Companion Book Club edition from 1954. Quite a lot of creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, also some tears at the spine ends of same, with a little bit missing. Minor shelf-wear to buff-coloured boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. The story deals with an American doctor working on a Pacific island, the arrival of his estranged wife, and political unrest on the island. The 1957 film of the same title starring Peter Finch was based on the book, but with the scene changed to Malaya. 287pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Wien : Buchgemeinschaft Donauland, 1950. In deutscher Sprache. Some creasing and small tears to the edges of dustwrapper, slight bumping to spine ends and corners of green boards, some rubbing to gilt titles on spine, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in Norwegian in 1936 as "Den Trufaste Husfru" and in English in 1937 as "The Faithful Wife", also issued in Germany in 1961 as "Die Liebenden". 363pp. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1920. No dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with red titles on spine and front board still bright. Deals mainly with William Honyman Gillespie's "The Argument, a prori, for the being and the attributes of the Lord God, the Absolute One, and First Cause", originally appearing in various editions between 1838 and 1872. 464pp, 5 b&w illustrations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1961. Quite a lot of creasing and tears to unclipped dustwrapper, particularly at spine ends, and with old sellotape at the folds and elsewhere. Minor bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards and some shelf-wear to bottom edge of same, a previous owner's name and date (1963) on f/ep, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book. Rosemary Howard met her future husband Vincent Uwemedimo, a Nigerian lawyer, when studying teaching in London, and went to live in Nigeria after their marriage. The book deals mostly with their life in Nigeria. She later established Hillside Preparatory School in Calabar in 1971, staying in charge for thirty years before her retirement. She died in 2012. Doesn't seem to be a common book. 238pp, b&w frontispiece.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.