Search Results: Titles starting with U from Conover Books

New York, New York: Berkley Books, 1989. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased as well as the lower corner of the front of the wrapper; some light shelf wear; former owner's name is written in ink on the title page! Color illustrated wrapper with violet and black lettering. Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in black and white! "For Wade the duck, fear isn't just an emotion, it's a way of life! His three biggest fears are water, the dark........and everything else! Peek in on Wade, Orson, Booker, Roy and the rest of the U. S. Acres gang.............". First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Columbus, Ohio: The United States Trotting Association Incorporated, 1953. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, some outer page edge soil and stains, overall a well read informative used copy! 1219 historical and educational pages! Black leatherette with gilt lettering and a horse on the spine. Contents include: World Championship Records.World Records and Other Interesting Performances.Index to Race Meetings.Summaries of Races at Meetings (Official reports of harness racing in United States and Canada in 1952).Chronicles of Historic and Rich Events.Assignment of Eligibilities.Classification Schedule (Schedule of eligibility as employed in the classification of race starters).Index to Horses. Volume 65 Part 1.. Black Leatherette. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Columbus, Ohio: The United States Trotting Association Incorporated, 1973. Some light edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, overall a very clean used copy! 2922 historical and educational pages! Black leatherette with gilt lettering and a horse on the spine. Contents include: World Championship Records.World Records and Other Interesting Performances.Index to Race Meetings.Summaries of Races at Meetings (Official reports of harness racing in United States and Canada in 1972).Chronicles of Historic and Rich Events.Index to Horses. Volume 85 Part 1.. Black Leatherette. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Columbus, Ohio: The United States Trotting Association Incorporated, 1951. Edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, some light outer page edge soil and stains, overall a well read informative used copy! 1047 historical and educational pages! Black leatherette with gilt lettering and a horse on the spine. Contents include: World Championship Records.World Records and Other Interesting Performances.Index to Race Meetings.Summaries of Races at Meetings (Official reports of harness racing in United States and Canada in 1950).Chronicles of Historic and Rich Events.Assignment of Eligibilities.Classification Schedule (Schedule of eligibility as employed in the classification of race starters).Index to Horses. Volume 63 Part 1.. Black Leatherette. Very Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Columbus, Ohio: The United States Trotting Association Incorporated, 1969. Some light edge and corner wear, gently scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, front hinge is cracked, overall a very clean used copy! 2571 historical and educational pages! Black leatherette with gilt lettering and a horse on the spine. Contents include: World Championship Records.World Records and Other Interesting Performances.Index to Race Meetings.Summaries of Races at Meetings (Official reports of harness racing in United States and Canada in 1968).Chronicles of Historic and Rich Events.Index to Horses. Volume 81 Part 1.. Black Leatherette. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Mexico: Promexa, 1988. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; small .5" tear in the base of the rear of the dj; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Brown boards with embossed lettering on the front board. LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED 425 of 1,000! Text is in Spanish. 111 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and artistic pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations and photographs! Extremely scarce and out-of-print FIRST EDITION! "Abel Quezada Calderón ( Monterrey , Nuevo León , December 13, 1920 - Cuernavaca , Morelos , February 28 , 1991 ) was a Mexican caricaturist , cartoonist and writer who collaborated for several newspapers in Mexico and the United States . He used his caricatures as a means of social and political criticism........." (LIMITED EDITION NO. 425 OF 1,000). . First Edition. Brown Boards. Very Good/Very… Read More

Takoma Park, Washington, D. C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1931. Minor edge and corner wear, covers are lightly scuffed and scratched, tiny tear at the top of the spine, overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Wonderfully well-preserved! Tough to find this fragile book in such wonderful condition. Gift Quality! 96 unmarked and uncreased pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations and photographs. Second Series.. Second Series. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1920. Minor edge and corner wear, no dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, some shelf wear, overall a nice used first edition! Very very rare and hard-to-find title! Black cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and spine. 238 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! Extremely scarce and out-of-print first edition! "The sun was setting over lower New York. It seemed that, of all places in the world, she had chosen as the scene of her setting the towering, darkening structures that rose on the banks of the East River. Yet despite the height of these box-like edifices, despite the rivalry in which one sought to climb higher than the other, here from the williamsburg bridge they appeared humble and diminutive against the lofty dome of the sky, like so many card houses built by children at play........." ------ from Chapter 1 (Over Williamsburg Bridge).. First Edition. Black Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket.… Read More

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1960. Edge and corner worn, spine is heavily worn, corners are very worn, small piece missing at the base of the spine, heavily scuffed and scratched, cover loose at the bottom staple, overall a very collectible used first edition. Extremely rare and hard-to-find! Very very scarce! Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in full-color! Tip Top Tale, Disney classic.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Carl Barks and Norm McGary . 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap Minor edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, pages are toning, corners are bumped and rubbed, binding is a little weak but all still intact, shelf worn, overall a clean and collectible used copy! Very very scarce! Green cloth with black stamped lettering and a black and white oval pastedown on the front cover and black stamped lettering on the spine as well. 475 unmarked historical pages! "The scenes of this story, as its title indicates, lie among a race hitherto ignored by the associations of polite and refined society; an exotic race, whose ancestors, born beneath a tropic sun, brought with them, and perpetuated to their descendants, a character so essentially unlike the hard and dominant Anglo-Saxon race, as for many years to have won from it only misunderstanding and contempt...." ---- from the Preface.. Green Cloth. Good-/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Thompson & Thomas , 1897. Minor edge and corner wear, scuffed and scratched, pages are toning, corners are bumped and rubbed, front hinge is cracked, shelf worn, small tear in the title page near the center of the spine, overall a clean and collectible memorial edition! Very very scarce! Green cloth with gilt lettering and gilt and black illustrations on the front cover and gilt lettering and black illustrations on the spine. 542 unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "Art Memorial Edition Uncle Tom's Cabin or Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe to Which is Added How Henry Ward Beecher Sold Slaves in Plymouth Church....Life of Harriett Beecher Stowe.....The Story of the Book.....And A Key to the Characters by Prof. Charles Morris." Extremely rare and hard-to-find! "It is to the Fugitive Slave Law that we owe 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.' This law, passed in 1850, first brought the iniquity of… Read More

Sandusky, Ohio: The American Crayon Co., 1943. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is slightly discolored and lightly creased; pages are toning; shelf worn; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! None of the pages have been marked or colored! Full-color illustrated wrapper with black and white lettering. Color-illustrated endpapers! Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in black, white, red and green! "'Do you think you can help me find my way back home again?' asked the pussy of Uncle Wiggily, as they awakened the next morning, after having spent the night in the woods by the camp fire. 'Oh, I'm sure I can,' answered the rabbit. 'As soon as we have our breakfast, we'll start off to look for your clothespin house.'..........." --------- from Page 1 (Book No. 1026).. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Mary and Wallace Stover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Boston, Massachusettes: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1869. Edge and corner wear, slight fraying to the top and base of the spine and a split at the base of the spine, corners are bumped and rubbed, some light outer page edge soil, front hinge is cracked, pages are toned, overall a very very rare first Fields, Osgood, & Co. edition (successors to Ticknor and Fields). Extremely scarce and hard-to-find edition! Wonderfully well-preserved! 316 historical pages of text and a section of 36 pages at the back of the book containing: "A List of Books Published by Messrs. Fields, Osgood, & Co., Successors to Ticknor and Fields." Blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine and front cover. Front cover in gilt lettering: "The SnarleoDreirene Edition" (not quite sure of the spelling, tough to make out). Contains eight black and white illustrations. . First Thus. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Ashland, Oregon, U.S.A.: New Vista Pr, 1997. Minor edge wear, gently scuffed, lightly shelf worn, overall a very clean signed first edition, gift quality! Signed by the author on the title page! 155 very clean, unmarked and uncreased, historical and thought-provoking pages! "This book presents an overview of contemporary issues facing our nation as the twentieth century ends and a new century and millennium begin. Uncommon remedies for the problems involved are projected where 'political correctness' and other constraints are cast off.". Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1999. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; light liquid stain on the half-title page; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with blue and white lettering. 170 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and historical pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations!"Who are Florida's Seminole and Miccosukee Indians? Where did they come from? How and why are they different from one another, and what cultural and historical features do they share? Brent Weisman explores Seminole and Miccosukee culture through information provided by archaeology, ethnography, historical documents, and the words of the Indians themselves. He explains when and how their culture was formed and how it has withstood historical challenges and survives in… Read More

New York: Avon Books, 1942. Edge and corner worn, spine is creased and torn at the top and base, covers are creased, shelf worn, pages are toning, scuffed and scratched, overall still a collectible used first Avon Books paperback edition! 258 suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! "Tom Pedley scarcely expected to have a murder committed before his eyes when he went into the woods for a day of sketching. Yet that was exactly what happened. This was only the beginning of the series of startling and mysterious events which led the young artist to the beautiful Lotta Schiller ---- who in turn disappeared, perhaps to her death....". First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1995. Former owner's embossed library label is on the title page, overall a very crisp and clean signed copy, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! Signed by the author on the title page! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! 277 very clean, unmarked and uncreased suspense-filled pages! "So trumpeted Kirkus Reviews upon publication of Mary Willis Walker's previous novel, The Red Scream, which went on to win the Edgar Award for Best Novel of 1994. And now she has done it again, with a bone-chilling tale ripped from the headlines and more terrifying than our worst nightmares.". Signed by Author(s). Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A.: Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc, 2006. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some light shelf wear, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! Color illustrated tan and blue wrapper with white and black lettering. 343 very clean unmarked and uncreased spiritual and thought-provoking pages! "Anne Le Clair, a successful, young attorney, has always managed to remain free from her family's gothic past. When she inherits her eccentric aunt's antique necklace, though, she finds no escape from its secrets.....". First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, foxing, shelf worn, former owner's name in ink on the ffep, front hinge is cracked, some stains on the front board, overall a nice used first edition! Blue cloth with gilt embossed lettering and design on the front board and spine. 480 historical pages of text and 10 wonderful pages of historic black and white illustrations! "'Those whom God has joined together let no man put asunder.' It seemed to the bride that the Rev. George Prentiss laid especially solemn stress on these words, and as she listened to the announcement that, forasmuch as Emil Stuart and Constance Forbes had consented together in holy matrimony, he pronounced them to be man and wife, her nerves quivered with satisfaction at the thought that she was Emil's forever....". First Edition. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by F. C. Yohn. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read More

Bothell, WA: Wright Group Publishing Inc., 2000. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black lettering. 16 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white and full-color photographs and illustrations! "Imagine you are a slave 150 years ago in the southern United States. Someone owns you. You can do only what your owner tells you to do. You probably live and work on a large farm or plantation........" -------- from Imagine You Are a Slave.. First Edition. Stapled Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.