Search Results: Titles starting with U from Goodbar Books

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. A former owner inscription to the first blank leaf. A bumped corner to the fore-edge head at the back, and some resulting turned corners to the last few pages. Includes all three novels in the trilogy, plus all original Marsh line drawing. 'Sentry Editions are books of lifetime interest, intended not for casual reading but for life not he shelf's well as in the hand. They are printed on paper of good quality in a binding that has both the durability of cloth but the price and compactness of paper.' Cover design by Anita Kahrl. 494 pp. Fiction.

Saddle-stitched binding remains sound. Clean, unmarked interior. Some light to medium wear to the wraps including some small areas of edge-wear and rubbing. There are a few instances of light creasing to the pages, which appear to be a production error. The foreword reads: 'These pages are intended to give some information about the United States Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake, and its Annex at Pasadena, to prospective employees, new members of the organization, and visitors.' Includes B&W illustrations and maps. 13 pp. History.

Book is in great shape: tight, square spine; clean, unmarked interior. Only the very subtlest of toning to the end-sheets. Mylar-protected jacket has a few areas of toning and very subtle soiling, as well as a one-inch closed tear to the front which has caused a small area of creasing. Pareidolia—the tendency to identify human faces in everyday objects—is a form of what psychologists call apophenia, the very PDK-esque inclination to see connections between things those same psychologists insist are completely unrelated. This jacket design, credited mysteriously to 'Peter Rauch', so forcefully centers a fat-faced can of spray paint, it's easy to miss the human profile forming at the outer edge of the shocking pink cloud it's emitting. 'Ubik is a metaphor for God. . . .' observed Dick's former wife Tessa. 'The spray can is only a form that Ubik takes to make it easy for people to understand it and use it.' Each chapter heading is preceded by an ad for this transcendent product, one of many formal… Read More

Spine is square and uncreased. Interior is clean and unmarked except for the verso facing the first page of the play, which is filled with notes in ink. Minor shelf-wear. Price on the back cover has been punched. Cover design by the prolific and talented Gilda Rosenblum (aka Gilda Kuhlman and Gilda Hannah), featuring a woodcut by Jarry depicting King Ubu with his corpulent body and pear-shaped head. The script is presented in handwritten English, translated by Barbara Wright and juxtaposed with zany illustrations by Franciszka Themerson, who along with Wright, was the cofounder of the Gaberbocchus Press, the first publishers of this translation. This New Directions edition also includes two essays by Jarry explaining his dramatic theories: 'Light is active and shade is passive, and light is not detached from shade but, given sufficient time, penetrates it.' 182 pp.

Inscribed by Newlin to Ed and Cheri McLain: 'June, 1988/To Ed and Cheri McLain, (two teachers extraordinaire!) We will always cherish your friendship. Thanks for a marvelous year. Love, Cedar/Charles/Gretchen Newlin'. Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some areas fo very light rubbing to the covers, as well as a badly bumped corner to the fore-edge at the foot. Art/Poetry.

Clean, unmarked interior. Spine is square and tight. There is some general shelf-wear to the cover, including light edge-wear and a subtle crease to the upper fore-edge corner of the front cover. Cover design by Jim Fleming. In the preface to this innovative collection of translations, Rabinowitz defines his method as 'historical' (as opposed to 'free' or 'academic') by calling attention to the idiom, 'by the skin of my teeth'. The phrase, he asserts, as spoken by a beleaguered Job, really means, 'I escaped with nothing but the teeth in my head'; translators made uncomfortable by the idea of an unjust God have obscured this intent. The cover collage by James Koehnline perfectly captures the 'erotic, pagan, aristocratic, impious and elegant' nature of Rabinowitz's take on Kingdom-period Hebrew literature. 156 pp.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Gilt to spine remains bright. Only very minor wear to the book. Jacket has some heavy sunning and gentle edge-wear. 162 pp. History.

Tight, square spine. Unmarked interior has some toning and a very small dampstain affecting around 50 pages of text at the foot. Covers have some light to moderate wear, including toning, bumped corners, and some small areas of subtle soiling. An impactful mid-century collection by Russell here, with a cover by one of the era's most iconic graphic design firs: Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar. A selection of Russell's writings critical of dogmatic thought. Russell claimed he owed his long life to a love of tobacco after living through a 1948 Norwegian plane crash in which the survivors—roughly half the passengers—were seated in the nonsmoking section. 175 pp.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Areas of soiling and gentle edge-wear to the covers, as well as a chipped corner to the back at the fore-edge head. Includes B&W photos, filmography, and bibliography. Cover painting by Antoine Wiertz. 96 pp. Arts.

Clean copy. Cover has only very minor shelf-wear. Mimeographed and side-stapled 24-page report on a cooperative investigation conducted by the Lane County Health Department and the US Geological Survey. Includes full-color maps and figures. 24 pp. Oversized.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Some sunning to the spine, as well as some light shelf-wear. Gilt stamping to front and back covers remains bright. Innovative Japanese binding and nicely designed two-color printing throughout. Book design and typography by Keiko Chiba. 59 pp. Poetry/Art.

Tight, square, uncreased spine. Unmarked interior. Some areas of foxing to the edges, inside covers, and a few pages near the front and back. Moderate to heavy edge-wear and areas of light creasing and soiling to the covers. 359 pp. Memoir.

Spine is square and tight. Corners are sharp. Text block is clean and unmarked except for a former owner name and date in ink to the front flyleaf and small stamps to the front flyleaf and fore-edge. Only very minor shelf-wear to the cover. Nicely designed book with lots of B&W illustrations, photos, and diagrams. 202 pp. Crafts/Trades.

Tight square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Gilt stamping to spine and front cover remains bright. There is some subtle creasing to the front matter and a few cosmetic slits to the spine exterior. There is some type that has offset onto the back cover. Durable limp binding, with printed end-sheets, two-color title page, end-bands, and two ribbon markers (one gold and one blue). 2095 pp. Spirituality.

Tight, square spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Gilt to spine and front board remain bright. Only very minor shelf-wear to the book. Jacket is toned and has some chipping and heavy edge-wear. Blue end-sheets and two-color title page. 2097 pp. Oversized.