Search Results: Titles starting with U from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Profusely illustrated. Pasadena, California: California Institute of Technology, n.d. First edition. Scarce unit history of this vital, though little known U.S. Army Air Force detachment charged with training the meteorologists who would track weather conditions for strategic bombing missions in Europe. Includes a photographic roster of officer instructors, student instructors, and cadets. Blue buckram binding, with gilt stamping. Some mild fading and wear along the extremities of the boards; otherwise a very good copy.

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1973. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 999 copies (this copy is unnumbered). A translation with introduction and notes of those sections of the chuan on the Uighurs in the Chiu T'ang-shu and Hsin T'ang-shu referring to the period 744 to 840. Octavo: 226 p. with 6 maps. Original decorative buckram boards over a black buckram spine, with gilt and red stamping. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.

Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1973. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 999 copies (this copy is unnumbered). A translation with introduction and notes of those sections of the chuan on the Uighurs in the Chiu T'ang-shu and Hsin T'ang-shu referring to the period 744 to 840. Octavo: 226 p. with 6 maps. Original decorative buckram boards over a black buckram spine, with gilt and red stamping. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.

Honolulu: Published by the authors, 1980. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. The first book on the history of the 'ukulele, accompanied by A Tradition in Hawaiian Music: The 'Ukulele (1980), the guide to the 'ukulele exhibit at Honolulu's Bishop Museum - the first museum exhibition devoted to the 'ukulele. Despite its iconic status in Hawaiian music, the 'ukulele was never the subject of a book until the 1979 centennial of the arrival of the Madeiran machete (the immediate ancestor of the 'ukulele) in Hawai'i prompted the Bishop Museum exhibit and this book. The driving force behind both was Leslie Nunes (1916-98) of Waialua, a great-grandson of Manuel Nunes (1843-1922), one of the three original Madeiran 'ukulele makers in Hawai'i. Leslie Nunes assembled an important collection of early Hawaiian 'ukulele and other instruments, some of which are featured in this book and served as the basis for the Bishop exhibition. Short on text and long on photographs, The 'Ukulele was followed by more… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. ...explores one of the principal means of understanding the solar atmosphere, its ultraviolet and soft X-ray emission. The ultraviolet and X-ray spectra of the Sun's atmosphere provide valuable information about its nature - the heat and density of its various parts, its dynamics, and chemical composition." Cambridge Astrophysics Series, Volume 44. Tall octavo: 349 p. Original glossy boards; issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

London: Picador, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed and dated by Danis Rose on a label affixed to the title page. "...a completely redesigned and comprehensively edited text of James Joyce's masterpiece." Octavo: lxxxiii, 739 p. Original black cloth binding, with silver titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Editions des Femmes, 1976. Wraps. Very good. Inscribed by Anaïs Nin on the front flyleaf. The author's second published book, which she twice revised with alternating novelettes. This French-language edition opens with a film star, Stella, studying her own, but alien, image on the screen. It ends in the Manhattan office of a psychoanalyst - the Voice - who, as he counsels patients suffering from the maladies of modern life, reveals himself as equally susceptible to them. The middle, title story explores one of Nin's most controversial themes, that of a woman's sexual relationship with her father. Octavo: 233 p. Original printed paper wrappers. Some mild fading along the extremities; else very good or better.

Paris: Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1970. Wraps. Very good. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the front flyleaf. Bilingual edition of Pictures of the Gone World (1955), with the original English opposite the French translation. Small octavo: 222 p. Original printed paper wrappers, with the original glassine overlay. Some mild toning along the extremities; else very good or better.

Salt Lake City: Westwater Press, Inc, 1980. Trade paperback. Good. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. Three ink stamps to the front flyleaf, with some general edgewear to the wrappers.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A collection of thirteen short stories by the American writer, artist, and engineer who is perhaps best known for building the foundation for the Statue of Liberty. From the library of William Andrews Clark, Jr., with the Los Angeles philanthropist and bibliophile's bookplate to the front pastedown. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with decorative white and gilt stamping. Some general dust staining to the top edge. The spine is a touch sun faded; otherwise very good.

Honolulu: Advertiser Publishing Co, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. First edition, with the errata slip tipped in on the front flyleaf. Inscribed by the author to Albert Shaw, longtime editor of the American Monthly Review of Reviews, on the front pastedown. Octavo: 399 p. with a frontispiece and numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Original gray cloth binding, with pictorial yellow and black stamping. In the uncommon dust jacket, which is a bit toned with some chipping along the top edge. Taylor (1872-1931), a Democratic campaign activist turned soldier of fortune who sought to join the Cuban rebels fighting for independence from Spain, had no reservations about becoming secretary to Lorrin Thurston, who four years earlier had played a leading role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy with the intent of seeking annexation to the United States. Once in Hawai'i, Taylor joined the staff of the Honolulu Commercial Advertiser, where he would serve - with leaves of… Read More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition, first printing. Signed by Dick Francis on the title page. When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day won the Triumph Hurdle, ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley investigates a possible link to Lord Enstone's mysterious losing streak, a probe that drags him ever deeper into the dark underside of the racing game. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1963. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Bored with her sleepy hometown, Patti Randall awakens to feverish excitement when her tomcat, D.C. (Darn Cat), delivers an important clue in a mysterious kidnapping. This novel served as the basis for the Walt Disney motion picture That Darn Cat (1965), which was directed by Robert Stevenson and featured Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Frank Gorshin, and Ed Wynn. Inscribed, with an original drawing of a paw print, by The Gordons on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt titles. Mild wear to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is a bit browned along the spine and folds, with some minor edgewear; otherwise very good.

New York: Pageant Press, Inc, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Heacock (1893-1972), a Connecticut-born graduate of the Yale Divinity School and World War II Army chaplain, drew national attention in 1950 when he was appointed minister to the all-white Staffordville Congregational Church. Octavo: 138 p. Original orange cloth binding, with black titles. The ink signatures of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Parks appear on the front endpaper. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some light edgewear.

New York: Random House, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stories of fishermen, lemon growers, Mexican peasants, and treasure hunters by the English novelist best known for his writings on pre-Civil War Spain. Original red cloth binding, with gilt stamping. The dust jacket is a bit worn and browned along the extremities, with some general rubbing and mild soiling. A very good copy.

Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece photograph. From the library of William W. Clary (1888-1971), the prominent Southern California attorney whose renowned Oxford collection is housed at the Claremont Colleges, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Faint stain to the top edge. The spine is a trifle sun faded; otherwise very good.

New York: Viking, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 586 p. 16 pp. photographs. New York: Viking, 1988. First edition. It is widely agreed that Jimmy Carter is among the greatest if not the greatest of all ex-presidents in U.S. history. This book traces Carter's postpresidential life and career since 1980 in great detail and examines the transformation of Carter from "Jimmy Who?" in 1976 to what the author calls the "Jimmy Everywhere" of today. Signed by Brinkley on the title page. Light bumping to the spine ends. The dust jacket is very lightly rubbed, with a short, unobtrusive scratch to the front panel. A near fine copy. Signed by Author.

London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The author's last published book and his only collection of ghost stories. Dare (1902-62) was an antiquarian, writer, and student of the occult who took his own life following a series of arrests for stealing books. Small octavo: 184 p. Original gray boards with a cream cloth spine and stamping in black. Very light bumping to the corners and tips. The dust jacket is a touch toned along the spine, with a small smudge, a minor crease to the front flap, and a few neat tape reinforcements to the verso; otherwise very good.

New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile reprint of the 1909 first edition. A short sketch of the leading features of the South African Constitution, together with a history of the movement that led to the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910. Brand served as the secretary to the Transvaal delegates at the South African National Convention. Bound in full brown cloth-covered boards, and issued without a jacket. A fine copy.

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 174 p. Translated from the Armenian by V.N. Dadrian. First edition in English. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A near fine copy.