Authors starting with U from Lux Mentis, Booksellers

Washington DC: War Department/Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1869. First Edition Thus/Privately Bound. Hardcover. Light shelf/edge wear, light wear at head, tail and tips, light rubbing at hinges, dampstain to front board, several maps show minor careful repair, handful small closed tears, the last (Central VA) is a "built" map (in three parts), very minor toning to leaves, else tight, bright and unmarred. Halfbound, black leather spine and tips, gilt lettering and decorative elements. Elephan... more information

New York: Aperture, 1970. First Edition. Original Wraps. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Glossy pictorial wraps. Square 8vo. np (apporx. 112pp). Illus. (b/w plates). Exhibition catalog (12 Dec 1970 - 7 Feb 1971). Exeptional imagery supported by well crafted text. ... more information

New York: Appleton, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor shelf wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering. 12mo. 98pp plus 10pp ads. Illus. (b/w plates). ... more information

New York: Da Capo Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Light dust staining at top of textblock, signed by owner, hint of foxing at endpages (transfer from flaps), else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, minor foxing at flaps, else birght and clean. Rust cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 243pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Appendix. Index. From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture, J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ep... more information

Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1911. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very light toning at spine, small chip at head, owner signature on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue-grey paper boards, white paper labels, red and black ink lettering. 12mo. 48p. These 22 poems were selected at the poet's request only a few weeks before he died. One of 950 copies on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Noted flaw notwithstanding, a rather handsome copy of this charming Mosher volume. ... more information

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Ownership signature at front pastedown, signed by author at half title, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Beige cloth boards, brown ink lettering, orange endpages. Square 8vo. 278pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Notes. Glossary. Index. Laid in related ephemera. Inscribed by the author to noted architectural writer, J. Sadler. From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture, J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and lay... more information

Santa Fe: Univ of New Mexico Pr, October 1, 1995. First Edition thus. Pictorial Wraps. Tight, bright and apparently unread. Two sets of gatefold color plates. 8vo. 264pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Notes. Index. Signed by author. ... more information