Search Results: Titles starting with U from Ash Rare Books

London : Oxford University Press, 1956. First edition. Signed by John Press on the title-page. His first collection - fifty-six poems, including "Unused Words", "The Mikado", "The Earl of Rochester", "To a Dead Lady", etc. Post 8vo (21cm). viii,(104)pp. Original blue and white patterned boards, lettered in black; white title-label lettered in black on spine; a few slight marks and spots, but a very good copy in the original acetate dust-jacket - a little wrinkled and with the paper inner flaps crinkled and creased.

Ann Arbor : Arbor Libri Press, 1995. First edition. Recollections and reminiscences of the American book and map dealer F. J. Manasek (of G. B. Manasek of Vermont) - with chapters on what things are worth; dealers; the London bookshops; auctions; fairs, etc. Medium 8vo (24cm). [ii],146,[iv]pp. Original cloth; a very good copy indeed, in an equally very good dust-jacket.

London : Chatto & Windus, 1887. First edition. A celebrated collection of fifty-four poems, thirty-eight in English and the remainder in Scots - the latter including the first appearance in book form of both "A Lowden Sabbath Morn" and "The Scotsman's Return from Abroad". Foolscap 8vo (175 x 118mm). [ii],(xvi),[2],(138),[ii]pp. Bound, with the initial blank but without the inserted advertisements, in a delightful contemporary half tan morocco, banded and gilt in a floral design; top edge gilt; marbled sides and endpapers; a hint of rubbing; mild spotting of binder's blanks and edges, but a very good copy indeed. With the pictorial 1895 bookplate of Albert Harrison.

London : Modern Fiction (London), [ca.1951]. First edition. Gangster client of ruthless defence attorney Stab Kelly is shot dead through his office window – two beautiful but wholly contrasting women are immediately involved. "Spike Gordon" was one of the new set of fictitious authors introduced by Edwin and Irene Turvey at the height of their success as Moderrn Fiction (London) – it is believed to mask the identity of John Russell Fearn. Crown 8vo (19cm). 126,[ii]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - elegant redhead looks concerned about the dead man; a little rubbed, nicked, creased and very slightly chipped; staples rusted; text a little brittle and tanned, with a few chips; one leaf torn and slightly defective, with the loss of a handful of letters, but overall a good copy of a rare title. No copy traced in any major library worldwide.

Hasbrouck Heights : Graphic Publishing Co., (1950). First paperback edition. "Pleasantly occupied with a drink and a girl who liked to turn cartwheels, Garry Dean did not realize at first that the inebriated fellow guest on the day-bed was actually a corpse containing more than a few ice-pick holes ...". First published in a longer version as "Women are Skin Deep" in 1948. Graphic Books 24. Foolscap 8vo (17cm). 190,[ii]pp. Original pictorial wrappers; all edges green; some mild rubbing; slight crease; a few tiny internal flaws, but overall a very good copy.

London : William Heinemann, (1984). First edition. A sparkling collection of eight stories, five previously unpublished. Includes "A Martian Comes to Stay", "The Dragon Tunnel", "Princess by Mistake" and "A Flock of Gryphons", etc. "As witty, ingenious, and delightful to read as any of the books that have made her such a popular writer". Demy 8vo (23cm). (120)pp. Charming illustrations by John Lawrence (1933- ). Original blue boards, blocked and lettered in gilt; a few faint marks, but otherwise a very good copy in the Lawrence dust-jacket - the jacket just lightly used, but also very good.

New York : Universal Publishing & Distributing, [1952]. First paperback edition. Ellen Lancaster "wanted to know more about love than she could learn from books" - on holiday in the wild Carolina Hills. Originally published as "Dark Passion" in 1950 and here in a revised version as Uni-Book No. 28. Foolscap 4to (19cm). 143,[i]pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers; chipped at extremities; wrappers a little worn and frayed; text a little nicked and tanned; a serviceable copy. Just two copies of this edition located in major libraries worldwide.

Cleveland : Kaywin Publishers, (1951). First American edition. Mary Glyn doesn't want to live in Wyoming, so John goes ranching alone - she is determined to wait on his return - but then her flighty pal Ann turns up with her underworld friends. Originally published by Archer in the UK in 1949. Crown 8vo (19cm). (128)pp. Original pictorial stapled wrappers - a design by Thorp; a few minuscule nicks and chips; text lightly tanned, but an exceptionally good and fresh copy. No copy located in any major library worldwide.

London : Enitharmon Press, 1994. First edition : [one of 1,000 copies in wrappers]. Signed by Edward Upward on the title-page. Six short stories, including "A Ship in the Sky", with an introduction by Frank Kermode. Demy 8vo (22cm). 102,[ii]pp. Original pale blue-grey wrappers, with a Glenn Sujo design, printed in blue and black; very good. Walker A7a.

London : T. Fisher Unwin, 1901. First edition. Beyond the early pamphlets and offprints, Douglas's first book and his first venture into fiction. He later claimed that just eight copies were sold - a slight exaggeration, but close on 600 copies of the original 750 were still unsold in 1903 and almost certainly pulped. Contains fifteen short stories (including "Elfwater", "Nocturne", "The Devil's Oak", and "Belladonna") as well as the fantasy femme fatale novella "Nerinda", most of the former written in collaboration with his then wife, Elsa Fitzgibbon (1876-1916). Crown 8vo (185 x 122mm). (viii),(248)pp. Bound in a most attractive mid twentieth-century full red morocco, banded and gilt, by William Root & Son of London; top edge gilt; red silk marker; original pictorial cloth upper cover preserved at rear; a few very minor signs of age and use; a few faint spots, but overall a very good copy in a fine binding.

London : Macmillan & Co., 1959. First edition. Her high comedy of a deluded and utterly unspeakable author at large in Bruges. Crown 8vo (20cm). (viii),(246),[ii]pp. Original turquoise cloth, lettered in gilt; a touch sunned; a few slight spots, but a very good copy in a lightly used dust-jacket - a little spotted on reverse. Bookplate of David Graham.

London : J. F. Bennet, 1892. Sixth edition. A popular and attractive map of the best-known stretch of Thames, produced by the City of London printer and stationer, John Frederick Bennet of Queen Street, manufacturer of "Wryte-eezy" stationery, and whose shop is illustrated among the numerous and entertaining advertisements. The map is accompanied by twenty pages of text, with notes on angling, boating, steam-launches, locks and tolls, with a distance-table, and an A-Z guide to the riverside towns and villages. First published in 1889. Coloured lithograph on thin card, folding into a pictorial cloth case. Printed surface 744 x 185mm (approx. 29-1/4" x 7-1/4"). Very minor wear to folds; text pamphlet loose and slightly frayed, but still an attractive example. Just a single copy of this edition (Wisconsin) located in major libraries worldwide - and only a handful of copies of any of the multiple earlier and later editions.

London : J. F. Bennet, 1907. Twenty-first edition. A popular and attractive map of the best-known stretch of Thames, produced by the City of London printer and stationer, John Frederick Bennet of Queen Street, manufacturer of "Wryte-eezy" stationery, which is advertised and illustrated among the numerous and entertaining advertisements. The map is accompanied by twenty pages of text, with notes on angling, boating, steam-launches, locks and tolls, with a distance-table, and an A-Z guide to the riverside towns and villages. First published in 1889. Coloured lithograph on paper, folding into a pictorial cloth case. Printed surface 744 x 185mm (approx. 29-1/4" x 7-1/4"). A few faint marks; some very minor creasing; one tiny hole, but still an attractive example. No copy of this edition located in major libraries worldwide - and only a handful of copies of any of the earlier editions.

London : Jones & Co., [1831]. An attractive antique print - cattle below the waterfall - a man fishing in the distance. Engraved by Samuel Lacey (1786-1859) from an original study by the landscape and topographical painter Henry Gastineau. Originally produced for the part-work series "Wales Illustrated" (London : 1830-1831). Steel line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 168 x 93mm (approx. 6-5/8" x 3-5/8"). In very good and clean state. A guaranteed genuine antique print.