Authors starting with U from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Westminster: A. Constable and Co., 1895. Hardback 6.5" x 4". 88pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Light soiling, front hinge slightly weak, else VG+ condition. This copy bears the 1896 ownership signature of Pulitzer Prize winning literary critic Vernon L. Parrington. A comic play by, generally regarded as the first comedy to be written in the English language. This edition edited by edward Arber. The book was written prior to 1553. ... more information

(San Antonio, Texas): The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, 1998. Hardcover First edition 9.5" x 9.25". 120pp. Blue cloth hardback with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. Mild edge rubbing, else fine condition; the jacket is lightly soiled. A good monograph of O'Keeffe and her early years in Texas. With 50 color plates of the artist's work and many supporting images. the book also includes a detailed chronology, and an essay on O'Keeffe. ... more information

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover 6" x 5.5". 29pp. Color illustrated paper covered boards, in dust wrapper. Very light edge wear, else near fine condition; the jacket is somewhat soiled and has a 1" tear on the rear panel. A charming children's book with illustrations by Martha Alexander. ... more information

New York: Viking Press, 1957. Hardback First edition 8.5" x 6". 248pp. Black cloth covered spine with brown cloth boards, in dust wrapper. Light shelf wear on bottom edge, gift inscription on first leaf, else near fine condition. The dust jacket has light general wear and use. A good summary of the substance of jazz, historical and critical data, instruments, etc. ... more information

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1964. Hardcover First edition 9.25" x 6". 429pp. Blue cloth, in dust wrapper. Light rubbing and edge wear; overall VG+ condition. The VG+ jacket has mild edge wear. This copy signed and inscribed by James Whittaker, the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest. ... more information

London & New York: George Bell & Sons, 1892. Hardcover Two 7.25" x 4.5". 533, 504pp. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Light general wear and rubbing, with a few pencil marks (by Parrington), else VG+ condition. With the 1894 ownership signatures of Pulitzer Prize winner Vernon Parrington in both volumes. Parrington was an American historian, author, Harvard graduate, University of Oklahoma instructor and second head football coach and University of Washington faculty member. He... more information

Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. Hardcover First edition 9" x 5.75". 299pp., with index, etc. Fine condition in a lightly edge worn and rubbed dust jacket. With illustrations after old photographs, drawings, maps, etc. An authoritative history of the American southwestern tribe. With much on the tribe's history in the era before western encroachment, the tribe's wars with the U.S. government, Kit Carson, reservations, and the tribe's role in modern America. ... more information

Kelso, Washington: Privately Published, 1938. Hardback 7.75" x 5.5". 62pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Mild rubbing, bookplate, else near fine condition. A first hand account of a life working in the woods and in the timber industry. With black & white photo illustrations. ... more information

New York Evanston San Francisco London: Harper & Row, 1975. Hardcover 12.25" x 9.25". 40pp. Illustrated hardcover in dust wrapper. Corners are lightly bumped, else fine condition. The front panel has a 1" closed tear on the top edge that does not interfere with graphics or text, the rear panel has tears and folding, with all pieces present, else VG condition. Fully illustrated in color by the author. ... more information

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1928. Hardback First edition 7.5" x 5". 390pp. Yellow cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine, bright condition. The jacket is quite nice, with a small bit of edge wear and rubbing. A very nice example. The jacket and title page designs are by Rockwell Kent. The illustration on the title page is reproduced on the front board of the book. ... more information

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. Hardcover 8.5" x 5.25". 367pp. Red cloth hardback, in dust wrapper. Mild foxing to edges, else near fine condition; the jacket is somewhat edge worn and use. Review copy with the publisher's stamp on the first leaf. ... more information

New York: The American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1947. Hardback 9.5" x 6.25". 156pp. plus gallery. Dark blue cloth covered hardback with gilt spine lettering in dust wrapper. Fine condition. The dust jacket has minor chipping on the bottom edge, else near fine condition. From the third leaf, "This volume is the first of a series on the graphic arts and the arts of the book, published by the American Institute of Graphic Arts..." Illustrated with a gallery of Merrymount title-pag... more information

London: Heinemann, 1965. Hardback 7" x 5". 326pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; near fine jacket. The first Bony mystery. Second edition of this scarce Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte title. The book was first issued in 1929; that first edition is now rarely offered for sale. ... more information

London: Heinemann, 1966. Hardback First edition 7.5" x 5.25". 184pp. Red cloth hardback with gilt spine lettering in dust wrapper. Bottom corner is lightly bumped, ownership signature on first leaf, foxing endpapers, else VG+ condition. The dust jacket has light edge wear and foxing, else VG condition. From the copyright page, "The manuscript of this novel, left unfinished by Arthur Upfield when he died in 1964, has been completed and revised by J. L. Price and Mrs. Dorothy Strange, usi... more information

London: Heinemann, 1958. Hardback First UK edition 7.5" x 5.25". 258pp. Blue cloth hardback with gilt spine lettering in dust wrapper. Spine tips and edges are faded, gift inscription on first leaf, light soiling to end papers, else VG+ condition. The dust jacket is heavily worn with chips missing and light soiling. This is a Napoleon Bonaparte mystery. ... more information

Boston: Ticknor and Fields , 1856. Hardcover First edition 7.25" x 4.25". viii, 366pp. + ads. Brown decorated cloth lettered in gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Fremont. Illustrated after engravings. A good+ copy with scattered foxing & toning to page edges; boards are worn & soiled, notably loss at tips & cracked front gutter. A comprehensive account of Fremont's expeditions, his arrest, his term a a Senator of the United States, his activities in California, etc. A sound and servi... more information

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1969. Hardback 9.25" x 6.5". 788pp. Red cloth covered hardback in dust wrapper. Fine condition. The dust jacket is price clipped with light edge wear and a 2.5" closed tear along the rear flap, light general soiling and tanning and an ownership signature on the inside front cover. With an introduction by James Taylor Dunn. 15... more information

New York & Toronto: Rinehart and Company, Incorporated. Hardback First edition 8.5" x 6". 314pp. Red cloth hardcover in dust wrapper. Spine tips and corners are lightly bumped, two leaves separated inexpertly, else VG+ condition. The dust jacket has .25 to .5" tears to the spine tips and edges with general wear, rubbing and fading, else VG condition. ... more information

Camden, Maine: International Marine Publishing Company, 1986. Hardback 10" x 7". 164pp. Black cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; near fine jacket. A story of working in the Maine herring fishery. Amaretto was Upton's refurbished boat. ... more information

New York: Grune & Stratton, 1943. Hardback 10.25" x 7.5". 1073pp. Red cloth covered hardback with black spine label and gilt lettering. Spine tips are lightly bumped, ownership signature on first leaf, else near fine condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ... more information