Search Results: Titles starting with U from Sparrow's Bookshop

Prometheus Books, 1998. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Possible book club edition with no price on jacket flap. All pages are clean and binding is sound. Light wear to jacket along top edge and spine ends are bumped. A long 2.5 inch closed cut on front jacket in bottom right corner.

Department of the Army, 1994. Paperback. Good/N/A. No markings. Moderate shelf wear with rubbing and soiling on covers. Corners slightly curled from reading. Light staining on fore-edge. Scuff mark on bottom right corner of back cover.

Random House, 1946. Hardcover. Very good/Good. The complete and unabridged text, now corrected and entirely reset. Pages are unmarked and binding is firm. Small stains and light foxing to top of text block and light soiling on bottom corner of fore-edge. Boards are quite clean, just spine ends have softened. Dust jacket surfaces and edges are scuffed. Creasing and small rips to spine ends. and spine is lightly browned.

Random House, 1946. Hardcover. Very good/Good. The complete and unabridged text, now corrected and entirely reset. Pages are clean and bright and binding is firm. Both bottom board corners are bumped, but otherwise light edgewear. Dust jacket has creasing and small rips at front corners and spine ends. One small chip missing at bottom of front gutter. Otherwise surface scuffing to flat surfaces. Jacket is price-clipped.

Macmillan Company, 1902. Hardcover. Good/None. No dust jacket. Gilt top edge and deckled fore-edge. Small scuff mark in cloth on back board. Scuffing and fraying to top and bottom spine. Front hinge cracked but binding and pages are still tight. Faint outline of a stamp on both front & back endpapers and title page. All other pages are unmarked.

Ticknor & Fields, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Jacket protected in archival cover. Binding is tight and square. All pages are clean and unmarked. The only flaw is a small tear on top edge of back jacket. A bright and beautiful copy.

Franklin Library, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/None. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature collection. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. Full leather bound with gilt accents on boards and spine, all three edges gilt, silk endpapers and reading ribbon. Firm binding and unmarked pages.

Coward-McCann, 1929. Hardcover. Very good/None. Designs by James Daugherty. 9th impression. Pages are unmarked. Binding has a lean and is partially cracked near title page and loosening in a couple places throughout book. Boards are slightly faded with light rubbing around all edges. Spine is sunned and spine ends have softened.

Harper & Row, no date given. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Assumed printed around 1970. Crisp copy with strong spine and clean boards. Mild shelf wear, mostly limited to tops of jacket spine and boards. Slightly tanning pages that are free of any writing. Long crease along front inner flap of DJ.

International Collectors Library, no date given. Hardcover. Near fine/None. Assumed printed mid-late 20th century. Full leatherette bound with gold accents on front board and spine, gilt top edge and deckled fore-edge. All pages are clean and unmarked aside from previous owner's blindstamp on front free endpaper. Binding tight and book feels like it's never been read. Spine ends and board corners remain sharp, but spine slightly becoming concave.

Vintage Books, 1975. Paperback. Very good/N/A. All pages are clean and unmarked, although pages starting to brown slightly. Binding tight and spine very slightly starting to become concave from use. Minor edge wear to covers.

Premier Books, 1961. Paperback. Good/N/A. Third printing of Premier edition. A handful of pages throughout have minor pen underling. All other pages are clean and unmarked. A light reading crease on spine and moderate edge wear to covers.

The Viking Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. First edition. Rubbing to jacket with chipping and moderate shelf wear around the edges. Board corners bumped and spine ends softened. Boards are straight and clean, binding remains fairly tight and spine is square. All pages clean and unmarked, though tanned.

Delacorte Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition. With black and white drawings by the author. Pages are unmarked and have deckled fore-edge and publisher's yellow top stain. Binding has slight lean and starting to separate in several places throughout. Boards are faded around edges but show minimal shelf wear. Jacket shows a lot of color transfer. Several rips around the edges and slight chipping on some corners and spine ends. Spine is sunned.

Ace Books, 1953. Paperback. Good/N/A. No markings and pages are crisp. Covers show moderate use and shelf wear with some rubbing and creasing.

Time Life Books, 1982. Paperback. Very good/N/A. No markings. Sticker residue on front cover. Minor shelf wear.

Simon & Schuster, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. First edition, second printing. Jacket is edge worn, with fraying and chipping at corners and spine ends. Back cover sunned along gutter and torn from edge of bottom left foldover, with crinkling and creasing to surrounding area. Inner flaps are browned along edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Boards are firm and even aside from slight softening of spine ends and one bump along top back edge. Binding is tight and square, and hinges are secure.

Publius Press, 1985. Paperback. Very good/N/A. Pages are clean and unmarked, aside from previous owner's stamp on bottom corner of title page. Covers are clean and unscuffed, with slight wear and browning along edges. Spine is creased, but otherwise tight and square. Hinges are secure.

Modern Library, 1945. Hardcover. Very good/Good. First ML edition. Pages are browned but unmarked and binding is firm. Stain at top of spine on pg 17-22. Boards have light edge wear and softened spine ends. Dust jacket is has small chips, rips and creasing around all edges. Dampstain at front bottom corner.

Franklin Library, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/None. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature collection. Illustrated by Bart Forbes. Full leather bound with gilt accents on boards and spine, all three edges gilt, silk endpapers and reading ribbon. Firm binding and unmarked pages.