Authors starting with U from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

Woodstock, VT:: William E. Rudge,. 1943.. First edition. Good. 4to, 244 pp. The volume includes background of printing, physical elements of printing, the world of the book, and an appendix of associations, organizations, etc. Red buckram cover, slight ink marks, with gilt title on spine. Presentation copy signed by the author. ... more information

Paris:: Societe l'edition et de Librairie.. Hardcover. ND, ca. 1880. 4to, vii, 243pp, 4 tinted full page plates & illustrations in text. Orig. red cloth with a fabulous pictorial cover stamped in silver, gold, white, blue & gray, of walrus, penguins, polar bear (whoops!), and a balloon over the glacier. All edges gilt. A wonderful example of French children's books in their grand style, in the manner of Jules Verne. ... more information

New York:: Brentano's,. 1929.. First English edition. Hardcover. 139pp, orig. blue hardboard, vg in pic dj g+. Novel about exploration in the Arctic based on Greeley's Expedition to the North Pole. ... more information

London:: John Nichols,. 1784.. Very good +. 8vo, 480pp, folding charts and b&w illus throughout, index (xii), page edges bright yellow. One half tan calf covers with blue marbled boards and title in gilt (Gentleman's Magazine) on spine. Spine has darkened and the gilt in the rules and in the year 1784 is slightly rubbed. Leather edges slightly rubbed, especially at bottom edges, with marbled boards very lightly rubbed, also at edges only. Internally, very good with light fox spotting only through pa... more information

London:. 1784.. Hardcover. Lacks pages 489/490 and 495/496. Contains 3 articles on Cook, one on the death of Cook, including 2 folding plates of the Hawaiian canoe & NZ warrior & native of Tahiti, and an engraving of the newly minted Royal Society medal commemorating James Cook. Other articles of interest include a review of Marion's new and unfortunate voyage to the South Pacific, slavery, ballooning, Samuel Johnson, Bushy Hill (North London) and the East Indies. Vol. LIV (pt 2). 8vo, pp 481... more information

A collection of 3 typed letters and 2 hand written postcards signed by Usigli, the Mexican playwright (called the playwright of the Mexican Revolution) to his New York editor concerning work on his plays, including Otra Primavera, Corona de Sombra and El Gesticulador; all signed. Very good condition. ... more information