Search Results: Titles starting with U from Dark and Stormy Night Books

Stuttgart und Tübingen: Verlag der J.F. Cotta’ßchen Buchhandlung, 1837 A soft cover, envelope style folio,( measuring 12 ¾ x 9 inches,) in robin's egg blue and red card, pages unnumbered. The inner pocket holds 4pp. short descriptions of eleven scenes drawn by Retzch, each illustrated full page in black and white and bound with string.(Lacking illustration No. 7.) A final page is publisher's advertising. Condition: Good Plus. Contents have some wear and folded edges. Illustrations are bright, with a bit of light foxing toward margins. Exterior folio is slightly soiled and faded but remains reasonably attractive for its age. The Cotta publishing concern had exclusive rights to publish the works of Schiller and Goethe during this period. The German artist, Moritz Retzch (1779-1857) was best known for his paintings and engravings illustrating Goethe.. Soft cover folio. Good Plus. Illus. by Moritz Retzch.

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press, 1912 Published November 1912. First Edition. Hard cover, 16mo (measuring 5 ⅛ x 7 ½ inches) in blue publisher's cloth with titles and harp logo in gilt to front and spine, top edge gilt, on laid paper, 112 pp. The Philadelphia-born poet Florence Van Leer Earle Coates (1850-1927) came from a family of abolitionists and philanthropists. This mid-career volume was published in the same period she was regularly contributing to titles such as Atlantic Monthly, The Century Magazine and The Lippincott Magazine. Her family entertained various Roosevelt relatives at their Adirondak summer house. Later, she would publish more patriotic verse in response to WWI. Condition: Very Good Plus. Ghosting to p.3, slight crumple to foot of spine. A few neat pencilled quotations at rear. Otherwise very clean, crisp and bright. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus.

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1900 First Edition Thus, Limited to 975 copies. Soft cover, in card wraps with yapp edges, on Van Gelder Paper all edges untrimmed, red and black title page, 101 pp. Printed by Smith & Sale, Portland Maine. A collection of poetry from one of Scotland's leading nineteenth century men of letters, first published in 1877. Book One, in English, Book Two, in Scots. Condition: Very Good. Some browning and slight stain to the spine of the wraps. The interior is clean and bright with only slightly dusty edges.. First Edition Thus. Soft cover. Very Good.

Manhattan, Kansas: Military Affairs, Aerospace Historian, Kansas State University, 1984 Hard cover, quarto, 591pp. Condition: About Very Good or better, with some wear to spine title. ** Signed by author to front free endpaper. In publisher's green cloth binding with gold lettering to spine and gold insignia to front cover. ** Detailed bibliography of works concerning the United States Army and National Guard. OCLC 9973782.. Signed by author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Northampton, Mass.: Smith College, 1920 Hardcover. Octavo (5 ¾" x 8 ½"). 57pp. In publisher's green buckram binding. Condition: Tiny chip from corner of back endpaper, possibly from manufacture. Front label dust-soiled. ** Two essays by Smith College English professors. "An Unpublished Letter of William James" describes Professor Jordan's delight in getting a praising letter from William James. "Scott and Scandinavian Literature" is a much longer essay on Sir Walter Scott's interest in the Scandinavian Sagas, and their influence as seen in Scott's works. OCLC 4165462.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006 Hardback, with dust jacket, 244 pp. The island of Gotland, off the coast of Sweden, is the scene for author Jungstadt's first mystery novel. Inspector Anders Knutas is under pressure to put a stop to what appears to be a serial murderer, now wrecking havoc among the otherwise happy denizens of the Scandinavian vacation hotspot. He is helped by journalist Johan Berg. Fans of Scandinavian noir, along the lines of Henning Mankell, will adore this. Condition: Fine, with a Fine dust jacket. . First English Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1958 Hard cover, oblong quarto, 261pp plus "scene overview" in pocket at back, ex library, In German. The "Urfaust" is an early draft of Goethe's greatest work, Faust. This tragic play concerns the learned Faust, who make a pact with the devil (Mephistopheles) in order to gain worldly knowledge on the condition that he serves Mephistopheles for eternity. The Urfaust is written in poetic and prose form. Condition: About Very Good, with library stamps to endpapers and title page. Corners lightly bumped.. Hard Cover. Very Good.