Search Results: Titles starting with U from Renaissance Books

Auckland: Martyrdom Press, an abstract division of Razor Press. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Corners of covers and some leaves rubbed with some creasing. Staples rusted. 2 leaves in centre detached from staples.; New Zealanc comic. Issue 1. 56 pages (including covers). Page dimensions: 298 x 206mm. Contents of this issue includes: "Elvis Filth"; "bovine" by Wade Shotter; "Monster" by Ant Sang; "The Jazzmen 3" story by Cornelius Stone, art by Barry Linton; "Red back from Polarity" by Lars Cawley; "DIRT" by David Mitchell; "Strait Jacket Ninja" story by David Tulloch, Art by Simon Morse; "Bitter Old Man" by Willi Saunders & Corn Stone. .

London: Fortean Times. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Softcover. 1870021029 . Previous owner's signature. Some creasing to spine. Some staining to rear wrapper.; 384 pages. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 244 x 171mm. A compilation of articles by various researchers. Each article preceded by a brief biography, decription of UFO studies involvement, list of publications, and address of that author. "Anthology of commissioned articles, compiled for BUFORA [British UFO Research Association]." Selected contents: UFOs before 1947; UFOs worldwide; Physical Traces; ASsessing the Witness; Ambiguity in UFO behaviour; The ET hypothesis; Alternative Hypotheses; UFOS and concepts of reality; The Psycho-Physical nature of UFO reality: a speculative framework; Conspiracy and Cover-Up; UFO abductions as Religious Folklore; UFOs as social and cultural phenomena; The case for skepticism; The case against skepticism; Selected Reading List. Contributors include Jenny Randles;… Read More

Rochester, New York: Keyhole Publishing Company. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. (2010). Softcover. 0967799511 . Covers rubbed and dust-stained. Some rusting to staples. Some marginalia on the folding map.; This copy signed by the author on the half title page "Richard M. Dolan". 2010 third printing, of a title originally published in 2009. xviii, 637, [1] pages. Page dimensions: 228 x 151mm. Illustrated. "This is the 2nd volume in Richard Dolan's series, 'UFOs and the National Security State,' which covers the UFO phenomenon from the 1940s to the present day. Volume 2, 'The Cover-Up Exposed, 1973-1991,' analyzes the UFO sightings, politics, and research that occurred during the last two decades of the cold war. Working from archival sources, professional journals, and his own investigations, Dolan describes UFO encounters worldwide, demonstrating that the phenomenon is global, and the result of advanced technology. Many cases involved sensitive… Read More

Moscow: The State Publishing House of Graphic Arts. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Softcover. Condition is near very good. The January 1936 issue has a 20mm tear to the outer margin of the front cover, with paper tape repair. Spines rubbed. Some foxing.; 4 magazines from January to May 1936. Three are English language editions (#1 January 1936, #3 March 1936, and the double issue #4-5 April-May 1936). One is a German language edition (#2 Feb 1936). The January 1936 issue is on health resorts, and includes the folding map "Map of Resorts and Health Places in the USSR". "The beautiful mansions and country houses formerly owned by the big landowners and capitalists, the palaces of the former tsars and grand dukes, must be employed as sanitoria and health centres for the workers and peasants" - quoted on inside front cover of January 1936 issue. Illustrations include fold-outs, folding plates and tipped-in plates. Photo montage, Soviet propaganda. .

Sydney: Horwitz Publications. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1962). First Edition. Softcover. Moderate foxing. No signatures or stamps.; First printing. 130 pages. Page dimensions: 178 x 113mm. This title is No. 43 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-82 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels, J. E. (James Edmond) Macdonnell was born in North Queensland in 1917."] .

West Drayon, Middlesex: Porpoise Books. Fair with no dust jacket. [1948]. First Edition. Papered Boards. No date [1948]. 47, [1] pages. Illustrated papered boards. Dimensions: 8.5" high by 7" wide. Spine chipped and taped with brown paper adhesive tape. Gutters intact at endpapers. Owner's inscription. Some soiling and staining to some leaves. Some staining to rear board. 3.5" diagonal crease to corner of front free endpaper and first two leaves. These Porpoise books are alleged to have been remaindered to New Zealand after the series received poor sales in the UK. The short-lived series has since become one of the more sought after imprints from Penguin publishers. [for more information, see the article "The Mystery of the Drowning Porpoises: by Steve Hare in "Fine Books & Collections" magaine, Vol. 2 No. 6 (Nov/Dec 2004) ]. ; 8vo .

[N.S.W., Australia]: Ultra Light Aircraft Association of Australia. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1974). First Edition. Softcover. Some fading to margins of covers.; 48 pages. Cover title. Pink illustrated paper covers. Page dimensions: 208 x 152mm. Illustrated with small line drawings of all the aircraft featured, showing views from above, in front, and side. With a one page Introduction by Walter J. Watkins. .

London: Sphere Books. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. (1974). Softcover. 0722190360 . White stickers along lower margin of rear cover. ; 223, [1] pages. Illustarted card covers. Page dimensions: 177 x 107mm. Contents: Introduction; Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu; The Dream Woman by Wilkie Collins; The Tapestried Chamber by Sir Walter Scott; The Open Door by Mrs Oliphant; The Spectre Bridegroom by Washington Irving; Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe; Clarimonde by Theophile Gauthier. Series: Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult, #9. .

London: Daily Sketch and Sunday Graphic. Fair with no dust jacket. [c1950s?]. First Edition. Hardcover. No date [c.1950s?]. 76 pages. Illustrated papered boards with cloth spine. Dimensions: 9 3/4" by 7 3/8". Illustration on front board is of a swing ride at a carnival, with a black cat hanging off the edge of the swing. The first story is "Uncle Oojah's Surprising Holiday" by Flo Lancaster. Paper chipped at corners of boards. Later cloth spine. Owner's signature. First leaf is price-clipped. 2" tears to tail margins of a few leaves. Binding a little loose and damaged near tail of spine.; 8vo .

London: William And Robert Chambers. Fair with no dust jacket. 1870. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Library stamps and markings. Library binding. Rubbing and staining to boards. Hinges broken. ; [ii], 158, [iv], 175 pages + 2 frontispieces. Half-leather binding. Page dimensions: 137mm x 93mm. Second title, "Orlandino," by Maria Edgeworth, dated 1871. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .

London: John F. Shaw & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. [c1910]. Hardcover. No date (Prize label dated 1912) . Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Spine decorated in gilt. Black decoration on spine and front board. 352 pages + colour frontis. School prize label on front endpaper dated 1912. Some heavy foxing to endpapers. Pages browning. Spine rubbed and faded. Gutter cracked at rear endpaper. ; 12mo .

London: Hutchinson & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. [c1890s]. Hardcover. No date (c. 1890's) . 331 pages + 3 b&w plates + 4 pages advertisements. Green cloth covers illustrated in gilt, black, pink and yellow. Free endpapers missing. Frontispiece missing. Hinges cracked internally. Bump at head corner of front board. Half-title page nearly detached. 1/2" chips in margin of one leaf. ; 12mo .

London: Chatto & Windus. Fair in Poor dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Library stamps and markings. Adhesive tape stains to boards. 1" x 1/2" chip at head of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 320 pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197mm x 126mm. Selected contents: Shingles For The Lord; The Tall Men; A Bear Hunt; Two Soldiers; Shall Not Perish; Centaur In Brass; Mule In The Yard; A Courtship; Pennsylvania Station; Artist At Home; The Brooch; My Grandmother Milliard And General Bedford Forrest and The Battle of Harrykin Creek. ; 8vo .

Buenos Aires: Artes Graficas - Bartolome U. Chiesino. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Previous owner's inscription, dated Buenos Aires, 1976. 12mm tear at head of spine. Foxing to spine and covers. Rubbing to edges of covers.; [x], 266, [1], [1 (blank)] pages. 2 full page maps. 28 illustrations on 14 plate leaves. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 201 x 140mm. Contents: Book One - In the Andes - The Pampa; Across the Pampa; Mendoza; Across the Andes; Return over the Andes; San Martin de los Andes to Bariloche; Nahuel Huapi; A Romance of the Andes; L'Envoe; Book Two - The Northwest - Buenos Aires to Cordoba; Cordoba; From the Train; Tucuman; Salta; San Antonio de los Cobres; Jujuy; Catamarca; L'Envoi. .

Norwich, VT, USA: Museum Street Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (1997). First Edition. Hardcover. 0964900076 . No signatures. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. A nice copy of this title.; 142, [1], [1 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. Crime fiction, bibliomystery. Subtitled "Twelve tales of the intrigue, murder, and mayhem, that infect the rare book world." Illustrated by Carrie Fradkin. .

Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs. Fair with no dust jacket. [c1950?]. First Thus. Softcover. Spine very worn with chips and tears. Heavy foxing and wear to wrappers. Marginalia and home-made card pocket on first leaf. ; No date (c. 1950's). 148 pages. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 183 x 122mm. The story of Captain James Cook's travels and discoveries, told from the perspective of one of his crew, named Dick Dalton. Series title: Whitcombe's Story Books / Whitcombes Historical Story Books, No. 533. New Zealand children's book series. For readers, aged 10 to 12 years.; 12mo .

Tacoma: Pioneer Inc. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. Some marking to rear board. 1/4" loss of outer paper at lower corner of front board. ; Unpaginated. 75 leaves. Papered boards with cloth spine. Page dimensions: 191mm x 128mm. Poems and B&W illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the front fly-leaf, "With Kindest Regards 12-9-45. Aurelia Cor Keefe (Mrs. Christenson [?])." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Signed by Author .

[Maui, Hawai'i]: Wayne Moriz. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. [1994]. First Edition. Softcover. This copy inscribed by the author on the title page: "Me Ke Aloha / Wayne / 2004". 154 pages. Page dimensions: 217 x 139mm. Two plays. "This second book contains the original scripts for my second and fourth plays, 'Ili 'Ili and Under the Star of Gladness (I Lalo O Hokule'a)." - from the Introduction. "Wayne has written and has had produced 13 plays dealing with the history, culture and issues of Hawai'i." - from blurb on rear cover. ; Signed by Author .

London: Cassell and Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth torn along about half of lower joint, and along ends of spine. Boards rubbed. Cup mark stain on front board. Dampstains to rear board. Spine faded. Gutters partly split at inner hinges.; 256 pages + portrait frontispiece + 25 illustrations on 24 plate leaves + 8 page advertisements. Red cloth boards with rising sun illustration. Page dimensions: 194 x 126mm. Military history. Contents: Introduction; Arrival - Tokio; Nagoya, Kioto, Osaka, and Hiroshima; To the Front; At the Front; Impressions at the Front; The Return; Back at Tokio; Appendix; Index.; 8vo .

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. [c1890]. Softcover. Spine replaced with cloth tape, and inner hinges roughly reinforced with strips of thin card. Inner margins of wrappers reinforced with strips of thin card. Tape repairs to small 1/2" tears at margins of title leaf. Previous owner's signature dated 1895 on front cover.; Stated "Sixth Edition" on title page. No date [c1890]. 96 pages. Printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 216 x 135mm. Title page has imprint of Messrs. A. H. Wheeler & Co., Allahabad; and of Sampson Low, Marson & Company, London. Series title: 'A. H. Wheeler & Co.'s Indian Railway Library', No. 4. Rear cover with text advertisement for Pears' Soap. "And the Hospital Orderly was so satisfied with the justice of the punishment that he did not even order Private Dormer back to his cot." - the final sentence. .