Search Results: Titles starting with U from Bookbid Rare Books

John Nichols, 1787. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good first edition of the Gentleman's Magazine, featuring one of the earliest English printings of the American Constitution (page 1008-1011). Volume LVII of the Magazine, Part the Second. Very good with wear on spine edges and corners, chips in leather at spine head and tail, browning and soiling between pastedown and endpapers. Fading on marbled boards. Quarter brown calf over marbled boards; six raised bands on spine. Housed in custom-made slipcase.

Artists & Writers Guild, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. No mention of edition. Near fine book, minor wear and still in publisher's shrink wrap.

Random House, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First authorized US edition, fine in a very good dust jacket, first issue jacket with artist's name on front. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Paris: Shakespeare and Co, 1922. first. softcover. very good. Small quarto. Original blue wrappers, titles to upper wrapper in white. In a blue quarter morocco case. Very good condition with a chip at the ipper left corner of the front panel of the dj. From a total edition of 1000 copies, this is one of the last 750 on handmade paper. Some pages uncut at top.

Random House, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Published in New York by Random House in 1934. First American Edition stated on copyright page. "REICHL" on bottom front corner of DJ. Book very good, two horizontal tears on spine, slightly shelf-cocked, foxing on spine, and black smudge on bottom edge of pages. DJ very good, price-clipped, chipping at ends of spine, corners, and along top edge of front, small tears along top and bottom edges, diagonal crease along length of spine, and light soiling on front and rear. Comes in specially-made cloth slipcase.

Shakespeare and Company, 1924. 4th Edition. Soft cover. Good. 4th Printing of James Joyce's Ulysses Published in Paris in 1924 by Shakespeare and Company. This is the 4th printing, and only the second printing by Shakespeare and Company (the 1st printing was by Shakespeare and Co., but the 2nd and 3rd printings were done in the UK by a different publisher, the Egoist Press). One of the earliest obtainable printings after the first, due to the fact that many copies of the second and third printings (both by the Egoist Press) were destroyed by English and American authorities. Extremely fragile and in poor condition, with covers and many pages detached. Spine missing. It is rare to find such an early printing in the original wrappers that has not be hideously rebound, and therefore one that looks and feels much more like the original publication. But the paper is dry and brittle and flakes easily upon handling.

Industry, CA B.W.I. ltd. F. Soft cover. First Edition. NF in wrappers. Front cover states "First American Edition", appears to be a piracy done by an "adult-theme" publisher; sex ads in back. 1st American? edition.

Random House, 1934. first. hardcover. very good/good. First US edition, as stated on copyright page. In first issue dust jacket ("Reichl" on front bottom corner of dj). Book very good, minor soiling to covers, gutter cracked at title page, some spots at foredge, small water mark at corner of bottom edge and foredge. Dust jacket good, front flap detached, some pieces missing, spine hinge to front has tear, as well as rear flap at hinge.

Odyssey Press, 1932. 5th or later Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 2 Vols. First Odyssey Press edition, 1932, Hamburg, may be regarded as the definitive standard edition as it has been specially revised at the author's request by Stuart Gilbert. Very good in wrappers. Previous owner's bookplate on front free endpaper.

Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First North American Edition stated on the copyright page. Original price of $25.00 printed on front flap of dust jacket.

U.S.A.: Random House, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First Edition as stated on copyright page also with numbers 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1. Fine book and fine dust jacket, both light wear. Original price of $27.00 on dust jacket.

Random House, 2010. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine first edition as stated on title page. Uncorrected proofs. Slight edgewear.

McLoughlin Brothers, 1876. Hardcover. Near Fine. McLOUGHLIN PUB. UNCLE JOHN'S DROLLERIES: ARK ALPHABET * DASH'S HOLIDAYS * MISS MOUSER'S TEA PARTY * TEN LITTLE N----S. NY: McLoughlin Bros. circa 1876. 4to (7 1/2 x 10 1/2"), brownish-red cloth, pictorial paste- on, near fine condition. Containing the 4 titles listed above, each with 8 incredible full page chromolithographs (3 of which are glorious double-page spreads). The quality of the color printing is high. Miss Mouser's Tea Party features cats, Dasher's Holidays features dogs and the last title is the classic counting rhyme of the Ten Little N-------s with grossly stereotypical portrayals. Previous owner's inscription on front free end paper; some soiling on pages. This is a particularly nice copy of a rare book. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.

1948. softcover. near fine. Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut story in the New Yorker magazine, March 20, 1948. Magazine in near fine condition.

Platt & Munk, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Not a First Edition, no mention of edition. Near fine, minor wear, rubbing on corners and bottom edge of front and back cover and top and bottom edge of spine, marks on front paste down and front free end paper and foredge, foxing on top and bottom edges, and stain on top edges. Very good DJ, minor wear, stain and water damage on back jacket, rubbing on corners of front, back, and spine of jacket, chips on top and bottom edge of spine, bottom corner of front jacket, and top and bottom corner of back jacket, light foxing on front inner flap, and closed tears on front inner flap, front, and spine of jacket.

Random House. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First edition, 1979. Review Copy (w/ proof). Book fine, DJ fine. Edited by Joseph Blotner.

F. Soft cover. Uncorrected proof, 1st edition, fine in wrappers, pp. 357-382 removed, as with other copies.

F. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st edition, fine in fine dj, tiny tear at bottom of front panel of dj.

Random House, 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. First edition, 1979. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Ppr. Book very good, with slight wear on binding, slight staining on fore-edge and bottom edge of pages, publisher's information taped on to front. Pp. 357-382 deleted with this book.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition Paperback, indicated by number sequence 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page. Book fine in wrappers. Rear cover price is $14.00.