Search Results: Titles starting with U from Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC

London, England: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Signed by Author on verso of colophon with front matter. Small Press, Limited Edition of 1250 copies; this is number 1086. Printed on japon vellum with 'copper plate engraving by Stephen Godden.....design for loose cover is by Marion Dorn.' A very good hardcover first edition, first printing, (mostly unread with signatures uncut) with minor shelf wear, soiling to the cloth along lower margin where vellum dust jacket has shrunk from full coverage, light foxing to fore-edges and end papers, hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed. In a fair, heavy vellum dust jacket with red title decoration that has shrunk by half an inch in size, and is now fragile, cracking at the folds with a chip missing at the bottom fore edge.

Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1957. First thus. Hardcover. Very Good plus/Without dust jacket as issued. Originally published by W. E. Dibble, Chicago, 1890. 12mo 6 7/8" tall, xxvii + 465 pages, gilt top fore-edge, gilt titles on decorated blue cloth. A very good, clean, neat, hardcover with little shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white. Issued without dust jacket.

London, England: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. This is a scarce original edition and sold as such despite its condition. An ex-library copy with marking to the endpapers and first page, spine cloth taped and marked. Octavo, 9" tall, 339 pages with intertextual black and white illustration plus 1 fold-out black and white map + 7 black and white plates; gilt titles on decorative green cloth. A good only hardcover edition overall with significant general shelf wear and rubbing, fore-corner tips through to boards, backstrip has been retaped by the library, hinges cracked and taped but presently secure, internal binding still secure, paper light to moderately yellowed, some minor scattered foxing, several pages have some finger soiling; folding map is complete but coming apart at the folds. The number of plates is not specified so there is no guarantee made that all are present but there is no evidence of removal. This is a rare volume. This… Read More

New York, New York: Roc / Penguin, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 344 pages, hard cover. A near fine, clean, neat hard cover with light shelf wear, hinges and binding tight. In a fine dust jacket with the original price.

London, England: T. Davison and T. Gillet for R. Phillips, 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. An Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary; containing a faithful account of the lives, actions, and characters of the most eminent persons of all ages and all countries; also the revolutions of the states and the successions of sovereign princes, ancient and modern, collected from the best authorities by John Watkins. This scarce volume is in difficult condition and priced accordingly. Octavo, 8 2/3" tall, unpaginated (approx 700 pages), three-quarter leather over boards. A fair copy overall, covers loose, back strip missing, binding broken into two halves, signatures divided about mid-book. BUT internally fairly clean and paper light to moderately yellowed and not fragile, leaving the possibility of rebounding.

New Haven, Connecticut: Privately Printed, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Without dust jacket (if issue. Octavo, 8" tall, 123 pages, three-quarter gray cloth over marbled boards. A very good, clean, neat hard cover, mostly unread (many signatures uncut), hinges and binding tight, paper just slightly yellowed with some light scattered foxing primarily at the endpapers.

W. W. Norton: NY, 1977-01-01. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by the author on the half-title page in 1977 and inscribed to a previous owner. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 223 pages, blue cloth. A very good, clean neat hard cover with little shelf wear, gently read; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, moderately worn dust jacket with the original price clipped.

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2021-10-18. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Without dust jacket, if issued. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, ix + 194 pages, illustrated boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover over all with little shelf wear, binding tight, paper cream white. Without dust jacket as issued.

New York, New York: Random House; NY, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 274 pages, green cloth, gilt titles on spine. A near fine, clean hardcover first edition, first printing with minor shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white. In a very good, moderately edge worn dust jacket, with small chips at the folds, 1/2 chip at top back panel, with original price. "A dramatic and suspenseful novel set in a small coastal town in Maine.

New York, New York: Harcourt, Brace: NY, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, 186 pages, black cloth. A very good minus, generally clean, sturdy hard cover first with minor shelf wear and rubbing at the corners; hinges and binding tight, paper lightly yellowed with some light foxing to the endpapers and fore-edges, and a publisher's review slip affixed to the front endpaper. In a good, moderately edge worn dust jacket with chipping the the folds, light soiling, and with the original price present.

New York, New York: Bloomsbury, 2006. First American Edition, first pr. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 349 pages, black boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover first edition with little shelf wear; hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a fine dust jacket with light wear, with the original price.

New York, New York: Mill Street Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. #60 of imited edition Signed by the author on the colophon. Small quarto, 9 3/4" tall, 64 pages, stiff wraps. A fine, clean, neat, hard cover edition with light shelf wear; hinges and binding solid. In a fine, lightly orn dust jacket with the original price.

New York, New York: Beaufort Books, 1987. First American Edition. Hardcover--quarter cloth, paper over boards. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 250 pages, brown quarter cloth. A fine, clean, hardcover first American edition, first printing, with minimal shelf wear, hinges and binding tight, paper white. In a near fine, clean dust jacket, with light sunning along the back strip, with original price.

New York, New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo, 7 1/2" tall, engraved frontispiece, and second title page 331 pages + 4 ads, blind-stamped brown cloth, gilt spine titles. A good solid hardcover first edition overall with general shelf wear, but cover cloth lightly soiled, fore-corner tips through to boards, back strip frayed top and bottom, and cloth splitting started at the exterior front hinge; internal hinges and binding sturdy, paper lightly yellowed with scattered foxing throughout but the primary interior defect being a damp stain to the top spine corner, mostly marginal, which extends for the first hundred pages. With the previous owner's signature on the front endpaper

Elderberry Press (OR), 2004. First edition thus. hardcover. Fine/Without dust jacket (as issued). Apparently signed by the author 'Barr McCutcheon,' on the front end paper. The author taught mathematics in Chicago for 49 years. (Note: The Indiana author of the same name died in 1928). Quarto, 11 1/4” tall, 93 pages. printed in green with intertextual illustrations, and illustrated boards. A fine, clean, neat hard cover with little shelf wear, binding tight, paper white. Issued without dust jacket.