Search Results: Titles starting with U from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

Stockholm: Varldpressens Forlag, 1945. RARE WWII era slang dictionary with American slang words and Swedish translations. Near Fine, small tears to paper covered boards at spine. 80 pp. . First Edition. Printed Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Paris: Galerie Maeght Lithograph poster, 30 1/4"h x 22"w, published by Galerie Maeght, 13 Rue de Teheran, Paris 8e. No date, circa 1973. Printed by Arte Paris. Very Good Plus, faint creasing, small spot near top right corner. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Very Good Plus. 30 1/4"h x 22"w.

Random House and Vintage Books, 1986. Publisher's promotional poster, 21"w x 29" h, for the book published June 16, 1986, featuring a brass bed over which the passage that begins "yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes .... and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes...". Near Fine, faint creases in margins. A poster distributed in a limited edition at the ABA Convention in 1986, well suited for framing. Poster will be shipped loosely rolled in a sturdy mailing tube.. First Printing. Poster. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 21"w x 29" h.

Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1930. RARE. Published 1930-32. "On the Medicine of the Uighurs". Text in German.Two volumes bound in contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering back, beige end papers, original wrappers bound in at rear. (2), 25, 2 plates, (2), 50 pp., 3 plates, wrappers. From the collection of noted Inner Asian Studies scholar Denis Sinor (1916-2011), his bookplate front paste down and his signature at each title page. Sinor founded and directed the Asian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University and served as editor of the Journal of Asian History. Near Fine, light wear at head of spine. . First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wiesbaden, Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH, 1977. Vol.I published 1977, Vol.II, 1979, Vol.III, 1981, Vol. IV, 1988, Vol. V, 1994. Five volumes, Near Fine, corner creases top corner Vol. V. Internally clean, bright and unmarked. There was also a Vol. VI, published in 1998, not included in this offering, . First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Zurich: Im-Rhein Verlag, 1930. Second German Edition in two volumes, 632, 611, in publisher's original half black calf over marbled boards, three raised bands, gilt lettering, top edges gilt, ribbon markers. Near Fine, a few small rubs to leather at tips, gilt dulled, lacking the slipcase. The 1st German edition was published privately in 1927. A handsome set.. Second German Edition. Half Calf Over Marbled Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Plon-Nourrit et Cie , 1901. Two Volumes finely bound, stamp-signed "Harrison & Sone", of half vellum over blue buckram boards, morocco labels and gilt decorations back, marbled end pages with the personal library plate of Leonard Tomlins, tops gilt. Very Good, vellum soiled, end pages moderately toned, final half of Vol. II with old damping stain bottom right corner, mostly confined to margin. SCARCE in complete set in current commerce and in lovely fine binding. . . First Edition. Half Vellum. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. First Printing, with complete number line 10-1. Near Fine, tiny corner bump, in a Near Fine dust jacket, tiny chips at spine ends. Basis for the award-winning 1988 film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, and Lena Olin. . First American Edition. Quarter Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Iowa City, IA: The Prairie Press, 1945. An Address Delivered at the McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois : November 1, 1945. One of only 125 copies.printed for the author by Carroll Coleman. SCARCE. Cheever 73. . Limited First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: David McKay, 1912. The author's SCARCE 2nd book, particularly in such lovely condition. Near Fine, tiny rubs to cloth at the tips. Tissue guard frontispiece illustration, one of 10 full page illustrations by Harriet Macy. Great illustrated front cover and spine. A handsome addition to any collection of fine bindings. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Harriet MacY. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

No Place: Fireside , 1985. Publisher's promotional poster, 20"w x 30"h, for the 1985 paperback edition. A SCARCE poster, distributed at the ABA trade show in 1984 in limited numbers. Near Fine, crease along bottom edge, a flaw easily covered with framing. Will ship loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 20" x 30".

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. The Riverside Library, 24th Printing. Near Fine, a few tiny dots of soiling to edges of page block, in a Near Fine dust jacket, light rubbing at the edges. A handsome copy of this classic American novel. . Later Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Ingram, Cooke & Co., 1852. Second Edition stated at title page. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Bound in contemporary half blue polished calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers and edges. Very Good, light rubbing bottom edges and corners, toning at end pages only, the period bookplate front paste down of Robert Thornton, with the motto "Persevere". . Second British Edition. Half Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: H. M. Caldwell RARE in publisher's two part decorative cloth slipcase, matching the decorative cloth on boards. Two volumes in original half white linen intricately tooled in silver over half floral decorated linen. Ribbon markers. iv, 339, 352 pages Black-and-white illustrations by J.W. K. No date, circa 189? OCLC locates 7 libraries in the US with holdings. The slipcase Very Good, light edgewear and soiling. The two volumes Very Good Plus, prior owner name and city/state in ink, hinges opened at start of text but holding well. Laid in a small slip of paper stating " A remembrance from the girls of the shoe factory to Bessie Rathbun in honor of her 16th Birthday April 14, 1903". . Later Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Pperiod Prior Ownero/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Denver: Alan Swallow, 1961. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" For Carmen Anais Nin". SCARCE SIGNED in this Swallow edition. Near Fine, small rubs to paper at spine. Appears unread, a lovely copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Swallow Paperback Edition . Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Editions Emile-Paul Freres , 1924. "Une Muse ..." published 1924, "La Gloire..." , in 1925. Malo's biography of the author Delphine Gay De Girardin, who wrote under the pen name Charles de Launay. Both volumes SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half title pages to Eugene Lent, Lent's bookplate front paste downs. Additionally a 3 page ALS dated 1925 with mailing envelope tipped to half-title page of "La Gloire...". Eugene Lent was the long time friend of William Randolph Hearst, his companion on European travels, a fellow Harvard student and colleague on the "Harvard Lampoon" who went West with Hearst to work at the "San Francisco Examiner". Beautifully bound in black crushed morocco, backs with five raised bands ruled in gilt and gilt lettering, top edge gilt, marbled end pages with wide gilt dentelles, Near Fine, a few small scratches to rear cover of "Une Muse" and small rubs at spine ends of "La Gloire". Malo's… Read More

New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. Publisher's promotional poster, 24" h x 18"w, no date, circa 1980s. Featuring 12 Ungar published film books. Near Fine, slight creasing. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 24" h x 18"w.

No Place: Cheloniidae Press , 1984. Pencil SIGNED BY ARTIST Alan James Robinson. Fine, prose printed in blue and black in two columns on cream-colored handmade paper. At head of second column wood-engraving by Alan James Robinson of a unicorn. Colophon at end: "An anonymous seventeenth century broadside newly printed at Cheloniidae Press c.1984". A RARE broadside, Worldcat shows only one institutional holding, at Brown University. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in a mailing tube. . SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Printing. Broadside. Fine. 12 1/2"w x 18"h.

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1983. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, old tape mend bottom edge of spine, rear panel uniformly toned, light wear at edges. 30 mystery short stories not previously collected in a book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Washington, D.C.: American Federation of Labor, 1925. Fine. 12 page pamphlet.. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.