Search Results: Titles starting with U from Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1937. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Very Good. Contains the judges' selection of the best of photography from both New York and Los Angeles shows. Additionally, there is an introduction on the history of photography by Beaumont Newhall, illustrated with photos from the Museum of Modern Art's Photographic History Show. Many interesting period ads at rear add another dimension to this stunning collection. 226 pp. 4to. Color, b/w photo ills. Heavy cover wraps are wide-striped on front in red, white, and blue, lettered in constrasting colors. Covers have scuffing and mnior soiling from age and shelf war, 1-1/4" closed tear at top center of front cover, crease to bottom right corner, binding is tight. Photos clean and crisp.

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Traders Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Full Leather. Fine. 27 pp. B/w ills. Tiny book has gilt lettering on tiny spine, outline of a gentleman on front in gilt. Handmade paper eps. 1969 intro by Jack R. Levien to this 1888 work on type size. This is #53 of 500 copies. Set in 6 point on 9 Optima type, it was "reduced to 4 point on 6 (or with 2 points leading.) Optima was designed by Herman Zapf. I (Levien) set up the repros and made the little designs. Then Willis MacDonald Co, N.Y., printed the book offset. The paper is Olin's Waylite. This bright opaque sheet adds legibility to small letters...T.C. Woolnough & Son, Ltd. in London bound these sheets by hand with great care and skill." This perfect little treasure is jacketed in tan tissue.

Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. A surreal little limited edition chapbook produced in an edition of 100 copies, this being #89 and signed by the author on the last free endpaper. Unpag. 18mo. Black paper wraps, clean and tight.

Ann Arbor, MI: Arbor Libri Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 146 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with the dust jacket in a mylar cover.

London: Cambridge University Press, 1976. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Provides a complete list of uniform compounds of uniform polyhedra and discusses symmetry relationships. Over 60 Wikipedia entries make reference to this paper. 393-585 pp. 4to. Mustard yellow wraps with very minor scuffing clean and crisp within.

New York, NY: Doubleday, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author on the title page. First Printing.303 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Previous owner's name in ink on the verso of the first free endpaper.

Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1940. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. iv, 542 pp. 8vo. Gray cloth boards with black embossed tilting. Slight wear and scuffing. Text block edges stained yellow, interior clean and crisp wtih large tipped in folding map at front in Fine condition. Ex-library from the New York Times within stamps at front and rear endpapers.

Washington DC: National Association for the Advancement of Science, 1996. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. In 1996, Seth Lloyd proved that a universal quantum simulator was possible by showing that a quantum computer can be programmed to simulate any local quantum system efficiently. 1017-1140 pp. 4to. Magazine with mailing label and light scuffing from shelf wear.

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. ix, 281 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' third novel. First American Edition. First Printing. 236 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and sharp, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with white titling. Previous owner's address label on upper left corner of front pastedown, splash stain on rear first free endpaper, clean within.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' fifth novel. First American Edition. First Printing. 216 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and sharp, very light scuffing, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with black titling to spine. Clean within.

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. First Paperback Edition. xiii, 751 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.

London: D. I. Eaton, 1795. As. Full Leather. Very Good. viii, liv, [2, errata, blank], 142 pp. 12mo. Full leather binding with light chipping and wear at edges. Gold embossed decoration and titling to the spine, a red and green wash has been applied to the cover boards in horizontal stripes. Front hinge of board has split, but cords and cover still tight to text block. Small 2"x1/2" piece cut from upper right corner of title page along with an early price in ink. Staining to title page, slight darkening to pages within due to age.