Search Results: Titles starting with U from Albion Books

Schiffer Publishing, 1998. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Glossy wraps with trace wear, scuffing and creasing. Trace soil to text block. Binding sound, spine not creased, interior clean. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

Simon and Schuster, 1951. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Campbell Grant. A" printing. Glossy pictorial boards with metallic foliate patterned spine. Minor edgewear, scuffing and soil. Faint, diagonal 3" crease to front board. Binding sound. Interior slightly toned. Previous owner info in blue pencil inside front cover, and date pencilled to first page. Puzzle inside rear cover has never been removed and is completely fine and undamaged. No chips/tears/creases to pages; book appears barely if ever read. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 26 pp.

New York: Phaidon Press, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Matte pictorial wraps with light edgewear, rubbing and creasing. Trace soil to text block. Binding sound, spine not creased, interior clean. Well illustrated with color photos. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 520 pp. Ships in a box.

Greenleaf/Dupont Corp., 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. G+ (Good Plus). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Adult material, no international shipping. Signed by Vance to title page in bold black marker without inscription. Illustrated wraps with minor edgewear, rubbing and creasing. Binding sound, spine not creased, interior clean. Small, faint waterstain to lower fore corners of some pages. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Unpaginated, ~70 pp. B/w and some color photography of nude men and women.

Puebla, Mexico: Instituto Poblano de Antropologia e Historia, 1968. 1st Edition . Soft cover. VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pale aqua wraps with minor edgewear and creasing, and light, uneven sunning. Staples rusted. Binding sound, text clean. Text in Spanish. Interior toned. B/w illustrations and fold-outs. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Scarce.

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by author to ffep with personalized inscription. Tan cloth with trace wear and barely bumped spine ends. Trace soil and scuffing to text block. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has trace wear and slight crimping at corners/spine ends; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, interior clean. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 253 pp.

New York: Privately Printed, 1931. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of 900 copies. Tan cloth backed blue paper covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front. Trace edgewear and soil, and slightly bumped corners. Binding sound, text clean. Printed on beige, lightly textured paper. Illustrated with b/w photos taken on the cruise, plus a fold-out duotone voyage map at rear (this with lightly creased fore edge). No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Binding designed by Sydney Bagshaw.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Howard Frech. SD and NAP (same date to title and copyright pages; no additional printings stated). Blue buckram with bird motif stamped in gilt. Minor pinkish spotty stain to rear board. Moderate browning along spine and somewhat unevenly along edges, extending up to ~1 1/2" in. Upper and fore edges of text block also somewhat browned. Exact cause of the discoloration is uncertain but there is no smoke odor. Binding sound, interior clean and lightly toned. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 316 pp.

Idea Books, 1989. 1st Edition . Soft cover. G+ (Good Plus). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pictorial wraps with minor edgewear, toning and scuffing. Small tear at upper spine end. Minor soil to text block. Binding somewhat tender, spine creased, text clean. Text in English and French. Interior lightly toned. B/w and color photos. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Edward Leight. Cloth backed pictorial boards with minor edgewear and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has numerous large closed tears up to 3 5/8", mostly without related creasing; old tape stains along tears on verso; flaps lightly toned, and front flap is price-clipped. Binding sound, interior clean and lightly toned. Charming illustrations in pink, black and gray. No previous owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. Unpaginated.

New York: The Macmillan Co., 1908. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the collection of Henry and Nina Cornell (nee Bayard), descendants of Ezra Cornell, Peter Stuyvesant, and the prominent Bayard family of Pittsburgh, PA. "New Edition". Navy cloth with somewhat dulled gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Minor edgewear and lightly bumped spine ends and corners. Top edge gilt (also somewhat rubbed). Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned. Ffep excised. Jagged 2 1/4" tear to one page. Gift inscription to "Eleanor [Bayard]" to half-title. Brentano's bookshop label to rear pastedown. No stamps. Not ex-library. 210 pages.

Amsterdam: House of Oktober, 2018. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Matte wraps with trace edgewear and soil. Binding sound, spine lightly slanted and creased, text with scattered light pen/pencil marking. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 191 pp.

Homer, NY: Truair, Smith & Bruce, 1876. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. H. D. Rumsey. Publisher's brown cloth with title and paddlewheel ship motif stamped in fairly bright gilt on front and in blind on rear board. Light edgewear, rubbing and soil; bumped spine ends and corners, with some chipping and fraying to the spine ends; a little damping at some lower corners. Binding shaken and tender, hinges cracked. Text clean. Interior toned, with scattered light soil from handling. A few small page tears. 35 sepia albumen plates on thin photographic paper, both photographic and painterly in nature. Prev owner name stamped to ffep. No stickers. Not ex-library. 204 pp. Very scarce in any condition. Children's literature.

Privately Printed, 1948. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Burgundy cloth covered boards with mild edgewear, lightly bumped spine ends and corners, sunned spine, and patchy waterstaining to boards. Only part of interior affected by water is a small portion of the lower fore corner of text block. Binding sound, text clean. B/w photo frontis. Previous owner name to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. 1st Printing. Soft cover. G+ (Good Plus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Glossy wraps with trace edgewear and scuffing; no creases or tears. Trace soil to text block. Binding sound, spine not creased, text clean save for just a few pages with highlighting. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 290 pp. Appears unread.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition" stated on copyright page; printing code to same page indicates August 1945 printing date (H-U). Black cloth with minor edgewear and soil, and lightly bumped spine ends. Bright gilt lettering. Light green topstain to text block. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve is heavily creased and chipped/torn; light soil and toning; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text with minor pen marks to the index pages only. Interior lightly toned. B/w illustrations. Prev owner name to ffep. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1945. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/G+ (Good Plus). 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition" stated on copyright page; printing code to same page indicates August 1945 printing date (H-U). Black cloth with trace edgewear, barely bumped spine ends, and a ~1" waterspot to rear cover. Bright gilt lettering. Light green topstain to text block. Jacket in archival mylar sleeve has light edgewear, soil and toning; several chips/tears <1"; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned, with scattered minor soil spots in some margins. B/w illustrations. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 152 pp.

Buffalo, NY: Buffalo Evening News. Soft cover. VG- (Very Good Minus). 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. No date, c. 1930s. Beige booklet with light edgewear and creasing, minor soil, and a few small tears. Binding sound, staples rusty, text clean. Not illustrated. Contains 55 recipes for basically every dish category, including beverages, desserts, pies and candies. 24 pp. "Harriet Cooke's home economics column appears daily in the Buffalo Evening News".

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1909. Early Printing. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pictorial brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. Moderate edgewear and rubbing; minor soil; spine ends and corners bumped and starting to fray. Text block moderately foxed. Binding shaken and tender in places; ffep somewhat roughly excised with a small corner piece of front pastedown also missing. Interior lightly toned and moderately foxed. Half-tone engravings of tables, prepared dishes, appliances, etc. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library.

Ginn and Company, 1897. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Publisher's textured black wraps with gilt lettering. Minor edgewear, creasing and rubbing. Stitched binding sound, text and maps clean. Interior lightly toned. No prev owner names, stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 42 pp + 4 maps.