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

Mt. Kisco, New York: Moyer Bell Limited, 1988. First American edition 8.75" x 7.5". 200pp. beige illustrated cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; near fine jacket. With many color and black & white illustrations. ... 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

New York & Toronto: Whittlesey House / McGraw Hill Book Company, Inc., 1948. Hardback 8" x 5.5". 336pp. Red cloth, in dust wrapper. Ownership signature, else near fine condition; the jacket has some light soiling, a chip at the head of the spine, else VG+ condition. A good early study of beloved American show business figure Bing Crosby. ... 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

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

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

New York: The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., 1952. Hardback 9.75" x 8". Approx. 53pp. Green cloth, in dust wrapper. Ownership signature, mild general wear, else near fine condition. The dust jacket is worn and chipped. This is a companion volume to the popular Little Brown Bear. Illustrated in color by Marjorie Hartwell. A really charming kids' book. ... 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

New York: New Century Publishers, 1949. Paperback 7.75" x 5.5". 32pp. Stapled yellow / gold paper wrappers. Nice VG+ condition. The Communist perspective on the Spanish Civil War and how the Americans were ruining everything. ... more information

Providence, Rhode Island: The Mary C. Wheeler School, 1936. Paperback 9" x 6.75". 26pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Light rubbing and wear, both tipped-in block print illustrations loose but present, two small holes on the front cover, else generally VG+ condition. A literary magazine published by the noted girls' school. With essays and poetry and the two aforementioned block prints, all by students. ... more information

Sandnes, Norway: [Privately published], 1992. Paperback 11.75" x 8.25". 198pp. Paperback. Near fine condition. This Norwegian language book appears to be a genealogy and history of the Sola family. With many black & white illustrations. ... more information

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Hardcover Octavo. 325pp. Second printing. Ownership blindstamp to half title leaf, else a nearly fine copy in a nice VG+ dust jacket with no major flaws. With many illustrations after old black & white photographs. utley recreates the conflicts between Native Americans and the western settlers and the United States armies from the dual perspective of the Indian viewpoint and an objective appraial of why the nineteenth century white man acted as h... more information

New York : Consultants Bureau , 1958. Hardcover 10.75" x 8". 291pp. Brown cloth lettered in black. Illustrated after b&w photographs & diagrams. A very good copy lacking dust jacket. Translated from the Russian. A comprehensive collection of papers & discussions relating to the structure of glass, with material on its optical, thermal and electrical properties, etc. ... more information