Authors starting with U from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

Philadelphia:: Lippincott,, 1964.. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in blue cloth. 429 pages with several groups of photographs, endpapers illustrated by the face of the mountain showing the route of the climb. This copy signed on the title page by Al Auten, an important figure in mountaineering from Colorado and an original faculty member of the National Ski Patrol's mountaineering course. The climb achieved several firsts in addition to putting the first Americans on the p... more information

Santa Fe:: Laboratory of Anthropology,, 1946.. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in blue cloth stamped in orange. 161 pages illustrated by photographs, map endpapers. A bit more anthropology than history, this book discusses the Pueblo cultures and languages of New Mexico and Arizona. Bookstore tag on front endpaper; previous owner bookplate on the first blank. Otherwise a clean and bright copy with the most minimal extremity wear to the covers. The jacket is deeply price clipped (bottom front... more information

New York:: W.W. Norton,, 2001.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 12.25 inches tall, in aquamarine cloth titled in white. 224 pages illustrated by color plates. An excellent monograph showing a wide range of subjects, although, as might be expected, a major part of the lifelong production of watercolors are seascapes. Beautifully produced. Clean, bright and sound but with a previous owner name on front pastedown, that of Hollis Williford, a noted U.S. Western artist and sculptor. The jacket and... more information

Franklin Center PA:: Franklin Library,, 1977.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches tall, in red leather decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, moire endpapers 342 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Includes a new introduction by the author. Part of the publisher's series of signed editions of important books by contemporary authors. Well produced with high quality materials. The publisher's "Notes" pamphlet laid in. A bright, crisp, unworn copy. ... more information

San Francisco:: Dennis McMillan,, 1983.. Second U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 1000 copies, SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER ON THE COPYRIGHT PAGE. 12mo, about 7.25 inches tall, in gilt stamped red cloth. 286 pages. The author's first novel, first published in London in 1928 and in Philadelphia in 1929 but nearly unobtainable, this was McMillan's first publishing venture. It predates the first of his "Bony" mysteries by a few years, but exposes his deep knowledge and love of the ... more information

St. Charles IL:: Universal Press,, 1927.. First Edition. Hardcover. Note that there is a stamped copyright notice for 1926 almost on top of the printed 1927 notice. Sixteenmo, just less than 7 inches tall, in gray paper covered boards with a pastedown illustration on the cover. 56 pages. A humorous tale in verse of a group of canoneers and their sergeant who wanted sad music to accompany World War I. A remarkably well preserved copy with lightly toned text, but clean and soundly bound inside a barely a... more information

Berkeley:: University of California Press,, 1956.. Later Printing (ca. 1970). Hardcover. Quarto, about 11.25 inches (28.5 cm) tall, in blue cloth. 508 pages illustrated by drawings. An impressively detailed treatise for entomologists but certainly useful for fly fishermen. Although not dated, this book is later than 1970. The paper is mildly toned. The covers show minor extremity wear. The jacket also has modest wear to the tips and there are two short tears (quarter inch) on the top front panel. ... more information

New Haven:: Yale University Press,, 1977.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo in light brown cloth stamped in brown. 302 pages illustrated by photo portraits, photographs, reproductions of engravings, map. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR OPPOSITE THE TITLE PAGE WITH A SHORT PERSONALIZED INSCRIPTION. A well edited collection of very literate and informative letters and diaries of a cavalry officer and his wife during the Indian Wars on the plains. A bright, fresh copy with no sign of wear. The jacket is complete an... more information

Lincoln:: University of Nebraska Press,, 1989.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback. Tall octavo in white cloth. 302 pages illustrated by a group of photographs. Signed by the author with a short personalized inscription dated in the year of publication. An excellent retelling of the story with information from previously untapped sources. Glowing jacket blurbs from Larry McMurtry and N. Scott Momaday, among others. A bit of bottom edge soiling especially on back cover which shows a little exposure to... more information