Search Results: Titles starting with U from Type Punch Matrix

(New York): (G.P. Putnam's Sons), 2009. First edition. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first printing of one of the last installments with the celebrated Kinsey Millhone, "a sharp-tongued, observant loner who never forgets that under the thin veneer of civility is a roiling dark side to the soul" (front flap copy). 9'' x 6''. Original quarter black cloth with blue boards, silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($27.95) dust jacket. [12], 403, [1] pages. Signed by Grafton on title page.

Paris: Les Éditions de l'Élan, 1948. Very good plus.. Uncommon and stylish French edition of the ur-Gothic novel, with the finest paperback cover illustration ever offered to Ann Radcliffe in any language. For reasons best known to themselves, the US paperback publishing houses which frantically dredged up and reprinted any proto-gothic, semi-gothic, quasi-gothic, and not a few Not Gothic classics throughout the '60s and early '70s neglected to refurbish and re-issue Radcliffe (or Lewis) in the same style. Bram Stoker, yes; Lady Caroline Lamb, yes; Ann Radcliffe, no. For an excellent modern Udolpho that looks well on the bookshelf and better in the hand, one must go to France, which did and does very well by English authors in translation. Stylish, striking, and quite unlike the pulp covers familiar to an Anglophone readership. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Translated into French and with a historical introduction by G. Charbonnier and A. Frédérique. Series "Les Grands Romans Étrangers". Original printed… Read More

[Kyiv]: [Mystetstvo State Publishing House], 1967. Very good in very good jacket.. Scarce study of Ukrainian decorative painting on walls, household goods, and pysanky, issued as the fourth volume of a general survey of Ukrainian folk arts, illustrated in vivid color with text by influential Ukrainian illustrator Butnik-Siversky. Text in Ukrainian. Original beige pictorial cloth stamped in pink and green. Color plates with additional black and white photographs. In original pictorial dust jacket. 183, [3] pages. Sun/toning to cloth at upper edges. Binding slightly shaken. Jacket spine sunned, shallow chipping to jacket folds and edges. Ownership stamp to front free endpaper. Title page stamp, "Printed in the Soviet Union." Minor smudge to title page.

Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1962. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Scarce first edition of Von Mises's last monograph, with marginal annotations by philosopher Leon J. Goldstein. 9'' x 6''. Original purple cloth. In original unclipped ($4.50) dust jacket. 148 pages. Light edgewear to boards. Leon J. Goldstein's name in pen to front free endpaper; his penciled notes to rear endpaper and throughout. Some scuffing and wear to jacket, purplse to spine fugitive.

Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1927. Very good plus.. Ninth printing of James Joyce's masterpiece, one of the great works of literature in English. ULYSSES first saw print in the modernist literary magazine THE LITTLE REVIEW, edited by Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap. Midway through their serialization, issues of the magazine were seized and the editors were brought to trial in the fall of 1920. When they were convicted, ULYSSES was abandoned, only about half of it published. This disaster led to the now iconic publication of the book by Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare & Company, of which this copy is a ninth printing. 8'' x 6.25''. Later blue cloth boards. 736 pages. Leaves with a touch of toning, light edgewear. Firm.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. First edition thus. Very good plus in a very good slipcase.. The iconic modernist book, signed by Matisse - one of the great editions of one of the great books. Joyce's masterpiece, in the deluxe edition published after the 1933 landmark ruling in the case of United States v. One Book Called Ulysses. Eleven years after the book's initial publication, a US court affirmed that in the matter of obscenity, One Book Called Ulysses had soundly defeated the United States, and immediately thereafter, Limited Editions Club founder George Macy began to plan what would be a monumental achievement: a landmark among Matisse's livres d'artiste, reproducing his preparatory drawings alongside the final soft-ground etchings; the only illustrated ULYSSES with an introduction that Joyce allowed to be published; and the most accurate text of the novel published in the US until 1961. In the early days of the project, believing that the artist "[knew] the French translation… Read More

New York: Octagon Books, 1975. Fine.. First printing of this sizable reproduction of the original notebooks in which James Joyce wrote his masterwork. ULYSSES first saw print in part through the modernist literary magazine THE LITTLE REVIEW, edited by Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap. Midway through their serialization, issues of the magazine were seized and the editors were brought to trial in the fall of 1920. When they were convicted, ULYSSES was abandoned, only about half of it published. This disaster led to the now iconic publication of the book by Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare & Company in Paris. This facsimile of Joyce's various notebooks containing the first drafts of the story is a fascinating look at his writing process. The third volume, comparing the changes between the notebooks and the first edition, is particularly enlightening. 3 volumes, 11'' x 8.5''. Original blue cloth boards with white lettering. Unpaginated. In original white slipcase. Slipcase with a hint of edgewear. Sharp.

Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, 1965. First edition. Very good plus.. First printing of this reflection on the significance and structure of the practice of amateur photography, by one of the leading French sociologists of the 20th century. Pierre Bourdieu wrote on a number of subjects that pondered the formation of aesthetic tastes across different societal classes. This reflection on photography as an art form is an excellent example of his approach to sociology. 8.75'' x 5.25''. Original pictorial wrappers, perfect-bound. Illustrated in black and white. 362 pages. Wrapper with mild toning, a couple tiny areas of soil; three shallow creases to spine. Spine cracked to a couple openings. Clean and firm.

(Paris): Flammarion, 1962. Fine.. First edition, "after a Hindu story," with terrific color illustrations characteristic of the late 1950s / early 1960s-era Père Castor series, extremely scarce in this condition. 7'' x 8.25''. Original glossy green pictorial wrappers. Illustrated by Morel with lively color lithographs. Text in French. [24] pages.

[Paris]: Hachette, 1920. Very good.. Rare French fantasy picture book about children who travel by balloon to the moon. Three children receive a warm welcome on the fantastical moon world. In a very French take on the moon voyage, the climax of activity is baking moon-themed treats. After little moon creatures destroy their balloon, the Mistress of the Moon sends them home in a parachute. The vividly stylized illustrations pair with minimalist sentences with surprising storytelling force. OCLC locates only one institutional holding (the BnF). 12'' x 9.5''. Original color pictorial wrappers. Illustrated in color on every page, including versos of wrappers. Text in French. [8] pages. Spine repaired; covers dusty and soiled around the margins.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1986. First printing. Fine in a near fine jacket.. First edition of Milosz's first new book of poetry following his 1980 Nobel Prize. Collection of Milosz's poems, translated into English by the "robust and sensitive" (Phillips) Robert Hass and by Milosz himself. The poet includes several poems by D.H. Lawrence and Walt Whitman alongside his own work, returned to English from his previous translations into Polish. As he explains in the preface: "Robert Hass was of the opinion that those poems should not be eliminated, as they make an integral part of my mosaic, so we have left them, an homage to tutelary spirits." 9'' x 6''. Original half black cloth with pale green boards. Gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($17.95) dust jacket. 141, [1] pages. Faint toning to jacket flaps. Else clean and sound.

New York: Cobblehill Books / Dutton, 1993. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of Harshman's children's historical exposé of feckless uncles, masterfully illustrated by Dooling. 10.75'' x 8''. Original glossy pictorial boards. In original unclipped ($13.99) pictorial dust jacket. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color throughout. Signed by Dooling on title page. Small black remainder mark to lower edge of text block. Minimal edgewear.

New York: D. Appleton, 1881. First issue. Very good.. First edition of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, this copy with an owner's Christmas gift inscription dated 1880. Georgia-born white journalist Harris sought to document the cultural history of African Americans in his Uncle Remus project, and with his success "a vibrant storytelling culture for adults began its long migration from campfires and slave cabins into the nursery" (Gates & Tatar). Harris painted the plantation life of enslaved people as idyllic, and his collection has depicted, created, and circulated racist stereotypes of African Americans. As complicated as such a legacy is, the collection also acts as a printed record of supreme importance for African-American oral traditions. Robert Bone argues that "[t]o neglect the Brer Rabbit tales because a white man was the first to write them down is to betray the black man's… Read More

New York: D. Appleton, 1881. First edition. Fine.. First issue of the first extensive printed record of the tales of Brer Rabbit and other oral traditions kept by enslaved African Americans before emancipation, in the scarce yellow binding, and rarely seen in this condition. Georgia-born white journalist Harris sought to document the cultural history of African Americans in his Uncle Remus project, and with his success "a vibrant storytelling culture for adults began its long migration from campfires and slave cabins into the nursery" (Gates & Tatar). Harris painted the plantation life of enslaved people as idyllic, and his collection has depicted, created, and circulated racist stereotypes of African Americans. As complicated as such a legacy is, the collection also acts as a printed record of supreme importance for African-American oral traditions. Robert Bone argues that "[t]o neglect the Brer Rabbit tales because a white man was the first to write them down is to betray the black man's folk… Read More

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982. Fine.. First edition of this tale in which Anatole and his terribly nice uncle embark upon an adventure. A sequel to Willard's Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winning Sailing To Cythera and Island of the Grass King. This copy was once in the inventory of Aleph-Bet Books, and the description uses their images; if you would like further photos of the book, please contact us. Original white cloth. In original dust jacket. Illustrated by David McPhail with wonderfully detailed drawings. 120 pages.

Boston / Cleveland, Ohio: John P. Jewett & Company / Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition of arguably the most influential novel in US history, in the scarce publisher's extra gilt binding. Well educated in a large, abolitionist family, Stowe was already involved in anti-slavery activities by her early 20s, including participation in the Underground Railroad. With the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850, the "number of kidnappings and forcible re-enslavements of black people was growing almost daily" (Hedrick, 205), and Stowe chafed at the tepid response of those around her: "You don't know how my heart burns within me at the blindness and obtuseness of good people on so very simple a point of morality as this [...] I feel as if my heart would burn itself out in grief and shame that such things are" (1 Feb 1851 letter to Henry Ward Beecher, quoted in Hedrick, 204-5). Having already written a few well-received anti-slavery pieces for THE NATIONAL… Read More

[New York]: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc, 1939. First edition. Very good plus in a very good box.. Eight energetically illustrated stories about the activities of UNCLE WIGGLY, the "nice old rabbit gentleman," and his host of animal friends, in the original pictorial box. Carlson was an immensely multifaceted illustrator, and his other works include the dust jacket design of the first edition of GONE WITH THE WIND, covers and illustrations for LIFE Magazine, and several comic series. The UNCLE WIGGLY collection was Carlson's last major book illustration project. Includes the stories Uncle Wiggly and the Sleds, Uncle Wiggly and the Red Spots, Uncle Wiggly and the Barber, Uncle Wiggly and the Canoe, Uncle Wiggly and the Snow Plow, Uncle Wiggly Learns to Dance, Uncle Wiggly and the Peppermint, and Uncle Wiggly and the Apple Dumpling. Box 8.5'' x 7.5'', books each 8'' x 7''. Original color pictorial box. Original color pictorial wrappers, saddle-stitched. Each book illustrated in color and… Read More

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Fine.. Limited first edition of this posthumous Faulkner collection from the Franklin Library. 9'' x 6''. Original full leather with three raised spine bands and titles and decorations gilt. All edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. Unread. Bright, tight and sharp, with just a bit of rubbing to fore-edge. A lovely production. 660 pages, with notes and bibliography.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing of this collection of short stories linked by the presence of a typewriter, penned by actor and typewriter collector Tom Hanks, with a tipped-in bookplate signed by him from a book event. Tom Hanks maintains a collection of over 250 typewriters, and has said in interviews that he always travels with at least two. It is unsurprising that his first published collection of fiction is united by typewriters playing major and minor roles, from the fantastic imagination of two children playing astronauts to poignant tales of nostalgia. A beautiful copy from the 2018 Portland Book Festival. 8'' x 5''. Original blue boards. Original unclipped $26.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Fore-edge machine deckle. Illustrated in black and white. viii, 406 pages. Bookplate signed by Hanks to front flyleaf. Ticket from Hanks book event at the 2018 Portland Book Festival loosely laid in. Sharp and bright.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1938. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First US edition of Simpson's historical gothic, her second novel adapted for the screen by Alfred Hitchcock. Simpson was a member of the Detection Club along with Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Baroness Orczy, and a host of lesser lights, as well as the founder of the Oxford Women's Dramatic Society; a notable early work, ENTER SIR JOHN, joined the two worlds of theatre and murder and was the first of her novels to be filmed by Hitchcock, as MURDER! (1930). UNDER CAPRICORN was the second, eliciting wildly varied reactions. The film was a box-office failure, starring Ingrid Bergman and suffering the repercussions of her contemporary scandal; though derided by critics disappointed to find a guilt-ridden gothic romance of colonial Australia where they expected a thriller, it was also praised by Cahiers du Cinema as one of Hitchcock's best. The novel, like the film, is most interested not in the immediacy of murder, but in… Read More