Authors starting with U from Boston Book Company

1951. Fine. ULICH, Robert. CRISIS AND HOPE IN AMERICAN EDUCATION. Boston: Beacon Press, 1951. First edition, inscribed by the author "to the beloved co- author." 8vo., black cloth. Near fine, in a rather chipped and edgeworn dust jacket, with a touch of soil and sun; ink correction to the author's bio at the rear flap. ... more information

1872. ULTZMANN, R. & K. B. HOFMANN. ATLAS DER PHYSIOLOGISCHEN UND PATHOLOGISCHEN HARNSEDIMENTE. Vienna: Wilhelm Braumuller, 1871 (cover says 1872). x + [6] + 44 plates, each with facing text page. Quarter brown cloth stamped in gilt, yellow paper covered boards. Spine chipped, detached; front board through p. vi detached, block splitting in several places. Bookplate to front pastedown, obscuring the publisher's advertisements. Illustrations of microscope views: Urinary sediment pathology. As is. ... more information

1889. UMLAUFT, Professor F., transl. Louisa Brough. THE ALPS. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. xii + plates 2 folding maps + 523 pp. 8vo., pictorial cloth covers in pale blue, brown, and black with gilt spine lettering. Ex-library with usual markings. Hinges starting, closed 1 inch tear to rear flyleaf. Owner's handwritten name and address tipped in to reverse of front flyleaf. Light foxing to title page and frontispiece, folding maps and occasionally plates. Complete. By region, West to Eas... more information

1911. Fine. UNGER, Mary E. THE FAVORITE FLOWERS OF JAPAN Tokyo: T.Hasegawa, Meiji 44 [1911]. The third printing of the second English version of this catalogue. 24.5 x 18.2 cm., viii + 61pp. Printed paper over boards. Profusely illustrated catalogue of flowers, with an advertisement in back by L. Boehmer & Co., of Yokohama, an important exporter of flowers and bulbs. FAVORITE FLOWERS is not creped, but it is beautifully illustrated in color woodcut throughout and represents one of Hasegawa's lov... more information

1873 . [MILITARY UNIFORMS]. KAIGUN BUKAN FUKUSEI. KAIGUN KASHIKANKA FUKUSEI. KAIHEITAI FUKUSEI, JO^ GE. KAIGUN BUNKAN FUKUSEI. 5 volumes bound together, 24.0 x 17.5 cm. Issued in Meiji 6 by the new Imperial government. Uniforms for the Navy, covering naval officers, non-commissioned officers and below, Marines (in 2 volumes) and staff officers. Printed by the government, a very... more information

1963. Paperback. Very Good. UNITED STATES CONGRESS, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 88th Congress. NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY. Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session on Executive M, 88th Congress, 1st Session: The treaty banning nuclear weapon tets in the atmosphere, in outer space, and underwater, signed at Moscow on August 5, 1963, on behalf of the United States of America, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irela... more information

1936. Very Good. NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. MUSEUM OF LIVING ART. New York: New York University, (1936). 8vo., white cloth-backed, paper-covered boards. One of 1200 copies. Spine is soiled, with slight soil to boards and a touch of wear to extremes. Very good plus. ... more information

1937. Fine. [HARVARD UNIVERSITY] THE TERCENTENARY OF HARVARD COLLEGE: A CHRONICLE OF THE TERCENTENARY YEAR 1935-1936. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1937. xiv + 492 pp. 8vo., recently rebound in half red morocco with gilt spine lettering and decoration, gilt rules and raised bands, over red cloth boards. TEG, red marbled endpapers. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown, else fine. Commemorative volume by fellows and faculty. Color frontispiece, b/w plates. ... more information

1967. Fine. [HARVARD UNIVERSITY] THE HOUGHTON LIBRARY 1942-1967: A SELECTION OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS IN HARVARD COLLECTIONS. Cambridge: The Harvard College Library, 1967. 255 pp. + [1] pp. Folio, black cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering, cover stamped in blind. Fine. Illustrated: photo reproductions in color and halftone. Indexed. Arranged in sections by subject matter. ... more information

1908 . [UNSODO] Sakai HO-ITSU, Suzuki KI-ITSU & Nakano KI-MEI. SHIKI NO HANA. Kyoto, Meiji 41 [1908] 10 volumes [18.8 X 27.9 cm], complete, bound orihon style in stiff paper covers with printed paper title labels. There are 2 spring, 4 summer, 3 autumn and 1 winter volumes, with a grand total of 237 (232 of which are double page images, approx. 24 X 32 cm, within printed bord... more information

1941. Good. UNTERMEYER, Louis. STARS TO STEER BY. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1941). Inscribed presentation copy to Robert Morrison with a caricature of the author. 8vo., navy cloth, gilt title to spine and front board, front board gilt illustration. Slight lean and sunning to spine. Gilt is rubbed/faded. Some rubbing and outer soil. Clean and fresh within. Good plus. ... more information

1988. Paperback. Very Good. UPDIKE, David. OUT ON THE MARSH. UNCORRECTED PROOFS. Boston: David R. Godine [n.d.] unpag. 8vo., green wraps. Very good, faint spot to front cover, ink mark in text pp. 1-2. Fifteen short stories by the son of John Updike; his first book, originally published in 1988. ... more information

1992. Fine. UPDIKE, John. MEMORIES OF THE FORD ADMINISTRATION. A novel. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Second printing before publication, inscribed presentation copy. 8vo., black cloth. Fine, in the dust jacket. ... more information

1965. Fine. UPDIKE, John. OF THE FARM. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. 8vo., green paper-covered green cloth-backed boards. Fine, with one page dog-earred; in a dust jacket with a 5 1/2 inch edge-tear to the front panel, and touch of soiling. ... more information

1965. Fine. UPDIKE, John. OF THE FARM. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. 8vo., green paper-covered boards backed in green cloth, spine in gilt. A near fine copy with just a touch of soiling at the boards and a tiny chip at each spine ends of the dust jacket, which is price clipped. ... more information

1986. Paperback. Fine. UPDIKE, John, et al. POEMATA HUMANISTICA DECEM. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Friends of the Houghton Library, 1986. First edition. 8vo., grey laid wrappers printed in crimson, 27 pp.. A touch of sun to the wrappers, ink ownership to the title page. A near fine copy. Poetry. ... more information

1959. Good. UPDIKE, John. THE POORHOUSE FAIR. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First edition of the author's first novel. 8vo., blue paper covered boards backed in red clot, spine in gilt. A very good copy; with a hint of sunning at the boards top edge in a first issue dust jacket (with one paragraph on the rear flap) that has a few close tears, very shallow chips to spine and two pieces of internal tape reinforcement. Still an attractive, collectible copy. ... more information

1965. Fine. UPDIKE, John. ASSORTED PROSE. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First edition. 8vo., yellow cloth. Fine, in a minimally soiled dust jacket with a touch of wear to edges. ... more information

1969. Fine. UPDIKE, John. MIDPOINT and Other Poems. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1969. First edition. 8vo., beige cloth. Alfred A. Knopf, Jr.'s copy with his pencil ownership to ffep. One corner just bumped, else fine, in a dust jacket with some slight soil, touch of creasing at edges, one tiny closed tear to the front panel, and the author photo excised from the rear flap. ... more information

1978. Fine. UPDIKE, John. THE COUP. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. Limited edition, part of a special run of the first edition, 1/350 numbered copies, out of series, signed by the author. 8vo., green and white cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. Fine, in a dust jacket and slipcase. ... more information