Titles starting with U from James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.

New York: Harper & Bros./ Harcourt, Brace, 1930, 1932, 1936. First Editions. ‘The 42nd Parallel’ is a very good bright copy with some slight wear to the cloth at the spine and a 1” x 4” piece to the outer edge of the last blank in a very good dust jacket with some dust soiling to the rear panel and the spine and with a few small chips and tears. ‘1919’ is a near fine bright copy with a faint trace of edge wear in a very good dust jacket with a 1/2” tape reinforcement to the inner edge at the ... more information

Santa Barbara: Pride of Tacoma Press, 2003. First Edition. A finely printed and wonderfully designed pamphlet limited to 150 numbered copies (the entire edition) signed by its graphic designer Michael Kellner. The first printing anywhere of Charles Willeford’s essay on the roach clip which is the device used for smoking marijuana. As new in the matching specially printed envelope. “...There is a common, jointly-held belief (whether it is true or not is immaterial) that the shorter the hand-rolled stick... more information

New York: Random House, 1956. First Edition. Thin split to inner paper hinges, else a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some slight dust soiling to the rear panel, a few edge nicks, and a bit of minor rubbing to the spine. The front panel of the dust jacket is an interesting illustration depicting a woman, half as a skeleton drawing and the other half as a tinted photograph showing a torso wearing a party dress. ... more information

New York: Stokes, 1927. First Edition. A tale of sorcery in the old French colony on the Isle of Bourbon. Fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping and tears. ... more information

Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, 1948. First Edition. Text in Spanish. Alfred Hitchcock’s copy, signed and inscribed to Hitchcock by the author, Angel Zuniga. Inscribed on the title page: “To Alfred Hitchcock, the best among our betters. With admiration, Ange Zuniga.” A history of cinema during the silent period which is the era in which Alfred Hitchcock started as a film director. 467 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Later, Hitchcock donated the book along with other volumes to a Los Angeles univer... more information

Los Angeles: Blinding Edge Pictures, 2000. First Edition. 111 page final shooting script for the film Unbreakable starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, specially printed for distribution to members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences in consideration for nomination of the Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen category. Bradbound in printed paper wrappers. ... more information

Los Angeles: Blinding Edge Pictures, 2000. First Edition. Signed by the author, screenwriter, and director M. Night Shyamalan. 119 page final shooting script for the film Unbreakable starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. Bradbound in black paper wrappers with the title stamped in metallic blue. Fine in printed wrappers. The story of a security guard and family man (Willis) who discovers he has supernatural heroic powers and his unusual relationship with a high-end comic book art dealer (Jackson) who... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1939. First Edition - American, preceding the English publication. Very good lightly used copy with some minor rubbing and fading to the spine, some slight spotting, and a bit of edge wear without dust jacket. ... more information

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968. First Edition. Original 165 page second revised final shooting script with color rewrite pages, dated December 3, 1968, for the film ‘The Undefeated’, screenplay by James Lee Barrett, from a story by Stanley Hough, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, and starring John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Antonio Aguilar, Roman Gabriel, Marian McCargo, Lee Meriwether, Merlin Olsen, Melissa Newman, Bruce Cabot, Jan-Michael Vincent, and Ben Johnson. Bradbound in printed studio wrapper... more information

New York: Popular Library, 1969. First Edition. Paperback original. Very good. A movie tie-in novel issued to coincide with the release of the western film starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson. ... more information

New York: Lumen Books, 1985. First Edition - American. Paperbound. Near fine copy. ... more information

Beverly Hills, CA: Louis Stern Galleries, 1992. First Edition. Paperbound. Square format, 6 1/2” x 6 1/2”. A catalogue illustrated in color issued to accompany a show of collage, assemblage artist, Marie Jose Paz. With an introductory essay by author and poet Mark Strand and an observation by poet and writer Octavio Paz: “Marie Jose’s constructions and boxes are three dimensional objects transformed by her imagination and sensibility to visual concepts, mental enigmas sometimes bearers of disquieti... more information

New York: New Directions, 1954. First Edition - American. Near fine in a very good plus lightly dust soiled dust jacket with some minor edgewear and tiny tears. ... more information

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition. Former owner’s inscription dated April 1947. Fine in a bright lightly used first issue dust jacket with a couple of minor and very skillful repairs by a paper conservationist. ... more information

New York: Scribner, 2009. First Edition - First Printing. One of 1500 deluxe copies signed by the author Stephen King. Brand new still in the original shrinkwrap. Has the original wraparound band with dust jacket, the ribbon maker, the special case containing the set of 27 trading cards which are illustrated with drawings of characters from the book drawn by cartoonist Matthew Diffee which are also used in the book. Additionally illustrated by Paul J. Pugliese. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1971. First Edition. Signed by Ross Macdonald on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the orange on the spine still bright. ... more information

Boston: Atlantic Monthly, 1982. First Edition. Advance Review Copy with the publisher’s dated notice laid in. Fine bright copy in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny tears and one 1/4” chip. The second volume of Paul Hazen’s Finnbranch fantasy epic series which began with Yearwood. ... more information

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. First Edition. Signed by the author / actress Debra Winger. Illustrated by Phillipe Petit. As new in an as new dust jacket. The intimate memoirs of actress Debra Winger, nominated three times for Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role: ‘An Officer and a Gentleman,’ ‘Terms of Endearment,’ and ‘Shadowlands.’ Known for her ‘outsider’ Hollywood celebrity image, she writes: “I love the work, and don’t much care for the business.” ... more information

New York: Macmillan, 1919. First Edition - American. Very good plus copy with a 1/2” tear to the top of the rear hinge and a very minor trace of rubbing to the lettering at the spine in a very good lightly dust soiled price-clipped dust jacket with a bit of edge wear and a few tiny nicks. ... more information