Search Results: Titles starting with U from Antique Bookshop

Munchen. Schirmer Mosel., 2005.. Folio. Or.illustrated boards. Dustjacket. 416pp. 379 colour and black & white photographic illustrations. Sl.bump to lower corner else Fine. 1st ed. In 1982 the pop group U2 asked Corbijn to photograph them for the next 22 years. A unique photographic record of the band's public and private face over this period. Corbijn has provided hand-written captions to the photographs.

Lond. The Bodley Head., 1963.. (rep) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 937pp. Name on title page & dj sl.torn else very good copy. Joyce's "magnum opus".

France. Edition S.E.D.L.I., 1991.. Folio. Ill.bds. 96pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Fine. 1st ed.

France. Edition S.E.D.L.I., 1991.. Folio. Ill.bds. 96pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Fine. 1st ed.

Pennsylvania. Franklin Library., 1979. 172pp. b/w ills.

Lond. Clarke & Co., 1852.. (Fourth edition) Or.gilt dec.cl. (rubbed, the back hinge being partly split) 380pp. a.e.g. (some foxing) 40 b/w plates. Good copy, with the gold blocked Union Club stamp on the front board, covered with cloth. Cover and spine with gold-blocked illustrations bearing the legend:"Scenes daily and hourly acting under the shadow of American law." Scarce.

Canberra. National Museum of Aust., 2008.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 170pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. During the Second World War the Australian Government interned thousands of Australian residents, mostly of German, Italian or Japanese backgrounds, who were considered a security risk. Their stories.

Carlton. The Miegunyah Press., 2020.. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 307pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Fine. 1st ed. The life story of E. W. Cole, a colourful & much loved figure of 19th century Melbourne who is best remembered for his Funny Picture Books, his sense of the absurd & a marketing genius.

Suffolk. Antique Collectors' Club., 1992.. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 279pp. b/w ills. Fine. The mysteries & lore of book collecting are explained without frills in Grant Uden's guide to book collecting for newcomers.

Suffolk. Antique Collectors' Club., 1983.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 183pp. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Every English porcelain manufacturer in England since 1730 have produced miniatures of their full sized wares. Maurice & Evelyn Milbourn have compiled a comprehensive & definitive list of miniatures.

Suffolk. Antique Collectors' Club., 1992.. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 279pp. b/w ills. Fine. The mysteries & lore of book collectoing are explained without frills in Grant Uden's guide to book collecting for newcomers.

Bassenedean (WA) Access Press., 2000.. Or.Col.ill.bds. 147pp. b/w plates. 1st ed. Scarce. The turbulent life of the well-connected George Milner Stephen, holder of various positions under Governor Hindmarsh, the first Governor of South Australia, whose daughter he married.

Poole. Blandford Press., 1980.. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 192pp. Ex-library copy. (sl foxing) to top & foredge. Stickers on endpapers. Dustjacket covered in plastic. col plates. Very good copy. Philip Haythornthwaite explodes the myth that the American Civil War was fought between Union & Confederate armies uniformed in dull blue & drab grey. There were in fact over 150 different uniforms.

Lond. Macmillan & Co., 1964.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 147pp. b/w ills. Name on ffe else a very good copy. 1st ed. Messel & Butler were both Physics professors at Sydney University. Messel was an active educator and ran science program s for students. In 1958 he recorded the encrypted data from the Soviet satellite Sputnik 2. The Soviets wouldn't release the interpreting code. When they asked for the data he told them to "go to hell."

Pasadena. Armory Centre for Arts., n.d. c2001.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 160pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. An Exhibition Catalogue. The Universe was a program of exhibitions & concerts held at the Armory Centre for the Arts in 2001. It combined images from NASA telescopes with the work of contemporary artists, composers & musicians#

Darwin. NTU., 1999.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 346pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Officially opened in 1989, the Northern Territory University had a long period of coming into being. Originally a College, then an Institute of Technology, with its foundations in the post war years.

Syd. Raymond de Berquelle., 1990.. 4to. Ill.wrapps. 127pp. Many b/w photographic ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author.

Lond. Folio Society., 1980.. Or.pictorial.cl. 144pp. b/w ills. Fine in the slip-case. 1st Folio ed.

Lond. Cassell & Company Ltd., 1959.. (2nd ed) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 242pp. (sl foxing) With three b/w fold-out maps. Dj sl.torn else a very good copy. The reminiscences of smaller battles & campaigns which have punctuated Sir William Slim's distinguished military career in & between the two great wars.

Lond. Routledge Classics., 2009.. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 180pp. Fine. Bertrand Russell sets out to combat dogmatism, whether of the Right or the Left.