Authors starting with U from Ray Boas, Bookseller - ABAA

Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co.. 1895. HC. very good, blue cloth (hardcover). The English Scholar's Library of Old and Modern Works. A Demonstration of the truth of that Discipline, which CHRIST hath prescribed in His Word, for the government of His Church, in all times and places until the end of the world [July--November 1588]. Printed with the secret Martinist press, at East Molesey, near Hampton Court, in July 1588; and secretly distributed with the EPITOME in the following November. For th... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers. 1956. HC. very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) light edgewear. Full page inscription and illustration on front free endpaper by Marc Simont. Pictured above three clouds is Ursula holding onto a balloon, and Marc Simont holding onto a balloon. His balloon has the Caldecott Medal drawn in it. Below the clouds is, "Thank you Ursula for this lovely day - Marc." This copy (an early edition but with The Caldecott Medal on the front cover of the dustjacket) was insc... more information

Rutland, VT: Academy Books. (1988). HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). The author demonstrates that the truths attributed to science can be reconciled to the established truths of religion. In addition, living matter differs profoundly from lifeless matter. . 151pp ... more information

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company. (1954) 1st ptg. HC. very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). Mr. Ullman leads us through the stirring pageant of climbing: the pioneer ascents in the Alps and the disastrous conquest of the Matterhorn; the famous climbs and explorations in the Rockies and Andes, Africa and Alaska. . 352pp ... more information

New York: William Sloane Associates. (1947) 1st ptg. HC. very good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover). "A chronicle of man's assault on the earth's highest mountain, narrated by the participants, & with an accompanying text by James Ramsey Ullman." . 411pp ... more information

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company. (1945) 6th ptg. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). A wonderful novel of challenging the Matterhorn. Great graphics and colors on the dustjacket and endpapers, and my late-wife's favorite place. She was thrilled when the late-author's wife called our shop one day to order some of her husband's books. I put my late-wife right on the phone to talk with her. . 479pp ... more information

The Bronx, NY: Bronx County Historical Soc.. (1991) 2nd ed. HC. very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0941980324 Result of a project sponsored by The Bronx County Historical Society to present an informal history of the borough. . 164pp ... more information

Berkeley, CA: Cembura and Avery Publishers. 1972. PB. good+, black plastic comb spiral binding (softcover). ISBN 09124540607 . 62pp ... more information

Detroit, MI: Endurance Press. 1968 1st ed. HC. very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover). 100pp ... more information

Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. (1999) 1st ptg. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0820320404 These essays describe elements of the natural world: wind, water, ice, fire, trees. . 145pp ... more information

Santa Fe, NM: Santa Fe New Mexico Pub. Co.. 1923. HC. good, brown cloth, (hardcover) signed by the author (see note). Couple ink tick marks on contents page. . 96pp ... more information

Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing Company. 1998. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) LACKS FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. ISBN 1563114240 . 176pp ... more information

Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing. (1997). HC. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover). ISBN 0836227735 . 256pp ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. (1970) 1st ptg. PB. good, wraps (softcover). unpaginated ... more information

Lincoln, NE: United Federation Doll Clubs. (1974). HC. very good+, blue cloth (hardcover). Souvenir book published in conjunction with the club's 25th convention. Impressive collection of photographs, articles and ads. . 206pp ... more information

Chicago, IL: Triumph Books, Inc.. (1992). HC. fine, black cloth (hardcover). ISBN 1880141396 Each section has its own pagination: PART ONE 1895-1959, 420pp; PART TWO 1960-1980, 420pp; and, PART THREE: 1981-1990, 235pp. ... more information

New York: Aladdin Books. (1950) 1st ed. HC. good, blue cloth spine, pictorial boards (hardcover). Uncommon title. Light edgewear, some occasional foxing and some rubbing to the pictorial boards. Inscribed by the author/illustrator on the verso of the front free endpaper alongwith Lin's pawprint. . unpaginated ... more information

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (1960). HC. good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover). An autobiography which tells us not only a great deal more about the adventure of publishing, but also about a many-sided character with an enormous capacity for enjoying everything he does. . 455pp ... more information

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada: Generalate of Good Shepherd. 1950. HC. very good, dark blue spine (hardcover) no dustjacket. 248pp ... more information

New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor &Co. 1872. HC. good, black cloth (hardcover) lt wear corners top/bottom spine. This translation was made from the second edition of the Latin Abridgment, printed at Vienna in 1814. . 573pp ... more information