Search Results: Titles starting with U from GN Books and Prints

UNÛ Prestigious African Weapons by Jacques Billen and Bruno Claessens.Paperback in hard slipcase, 2021. Illustrated with 106 weapons displayed through 171 illustrations on 202 pages.Limited numbered edition of 500, copy number 72, signed/inscribed by Jacques Billen on the first/title page.In very good condition. Measures around 12 3/8" by 9 7/8" by 1" in slipcase. Some scuffing and a little damage to slipcase with some denting, also paper covering at upper and fore-edges a little creased, bumped and slightly coming away. Book itself very clean, only slight marking to spine and a small mark to front cover. Otherwise book is excellent, pages edges are clean and page surfaces contain no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for more information.UNÛ presents 106 exceptional prestige weapons in a luxurious publication celebrating the virtuosity of African blacksmiths. Carefully selected by Jacques Billen and Bruno Claessens, most of these knives, swords, and axes were never published before and… Read More

Universals of Language, edited by Joseph H. Greenberg Paperback, 1966, second edition/first paperback edition, published by The M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Press, 337 pages + xxviii.
Measures around 8" by 5 3/8" by 1". Ex-library book with typical markings, stamps, etc. Protective plastic cover. Some marking and creasing to covers and spine. Binding reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a little foxed. A little marking and some indentation from plastic cover but otherwise page surfaces quite clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Up to the Mark?: A School-Boy's Story [Sunshine Stories] by Harriett Boultwood Hardback, undated but circa 1900, illustrated, published by John F. Shaw and Co., London, 128 pages. Octavo/8vo, measures around 7 3/4" by 5 3/8" by 3/4". Green pictorial cloth binding, with coloured detail and gilt. Some marking and scuffing to binding. Some of colouring still vivid. Signs of shelf-wear, rubbing at edges and on hinges. Bumped corners. Slackness to binding, cracking to front inner hinge and to centre of textblock as well as some cracking and strain to several other places. Page edges browned, scuffed, tanned and a bit marked. Gift inscription from 1900 to second front endpaper endpapers. Some marking to page surfaces but otherwise clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Utopia and Experiment: Essays in the sociology of cooperation by Henrik F. Infield.
Hardback, 1956, first UK edition, published by Atlantic Press, London, 320+ pages.
Measures around 8 5/8" by 5 3/4" by 1 1/8". Dust jacket displays marking, discolouration, scuffing and tattering with several chips missing. Dark green cloth binding with white lettering on spine, a little marking, including a cup mark, and scuffing, but quite clean. Signs of wear, rubbing at edges. Book has very slight forward tilt. A little slackness to binding but book contents reasonably firm. Page edges browned, scuffed and a little marked. A little marking to endpapers, previous owner name and date to front free endpaper. Otherwise page surfaces very clean apart from the odd mark, with no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.