Titles starting with U from Thorn Books

Berlin: Vossischen Buchhandlung, 1793. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. vi, 501pp. Contemporary half leather, spine in 5 compartments, gilt rules and lettering label; speckled paper over boards. Engraved frontispiece and title page vignette by Daniel Chodowiecki. The frontispiece is signed in the plate: D. Chod; J. F. Bolt sc 1792. Spine and corners worn; tip of spine replaced at some time; light dampstain affecting the frontispiece and title; else a very good copy. In German.... more information

London: Curwen Press for Horizon, 1944. First edition.. Wraps. Very good plus. Yes. 8vo. vi, 107,(1)pp. Publisher's printed wraps. Illustrated with four collotype plates. One of 1000 numbered copies printed on Barcham Green handmade paper. The wraps are lightly sunned and foxed; the textblock has a few penciled marginal lines else a near fine copy. ... more information

NY: Duell, Sloan and Pierce, [1953]. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Yes. Unpaginated. Printed paper boards. Illustrated throughout by Gorey with full page illustrations. Trace of wear to edges else a near fine copy; the dustwrapper is not price-clipped; it has light wear and shipping especially along the top else very good. Gorey's first book. ... more information

London: James Flesher, 1655. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. (xlvi),690,(vi)pp. Engraved title followed by typographic title in red and black. Engraved folding plate by Lambart present. 19th century binding of half leather. Spine in 6 compartments, gilt titling; marbled paper boards. A few tiny wormholes, light rubbing of binding, else a very good copy. Presentation copy by Sir Edmund Gosse, who presented it to Sir John Collings Squire with the following in Gosse's hand: 'J. C. Squire from Edmund Goss... more information

Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Very good plus. 8vo. xv,(i),384pp. Original navy blue cloth blocked in silver. Illustrated throughout wiht photographs. A fine, bright copy with only a trace of wear. The dustwrapper is not clipped; it is a bit rough along the top edge and shows a trace of soil else very good to near fine. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Important narrative of the early years of aviation by a woman who first flew in 1912 and 'followed t... more information

NY: Meredith Press, [1967]. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Yes. Unpaginated. Printed paper boards. Light soil on the edges, small ownership inscription, else near fine. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped; it is lightly scuffed and has a short marginal tear else is very good. ... more information