Titles starting with U from Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA

(n.p.): New York Review of Books. [c.1967]. Single sheet folded, an offprint from The New York Review of Books, piecing together the story of the UN Secretary's attempts to forge a peace in Vietnam in 1965-66, his failure, and his resultant decision to step down from his position at the end of his term. Very good. . First Edition. ... more information

NY: Random House. (1991). Author's third book. Very Good in Very Good DJ. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Random House. (1991). His third book, nonfiction, a personal essay and analysis of the effect that the writings of John Updike have had on the author. A unique portrait in ideas more than a criticism of Updike, nonetheless a serious meditation on Updike's work and a self-examination of the author's own thoughts on writing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

(Washington, D.C.): (United Indian Planners Association). 1978. Volume 3, No. 1. Much of this issue is devoted to "Agriculture -- The Development of Tribal Resources." Near fine in stapled wrappers. . Softcover. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1997. Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

Boston/NY: Houghton Mifflin. 1997. Stories. Signed by the author. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

London: Allen & Unwin. (1975). His first book, a novel set in Vietnam, about a Special Forces lieutenant and a sergeant serving as advisor to a Vietnamese Infantry Division. Not published in this country, and the author has pointedly refused to list it among his "previous publications" on his later books or allowed it to be reprinted. His memoir, In Pharaoh's Army, alludes somewhat disparagingly to the novel he was writing while he was serving in Vietnam, presumably Ugly Rumours. Wolff is ... more information

London: Allen & Unwin. (1975). The uncorrected proof copy of his first book, a novel set in Vietnam, about a Special Forces lieutenant and a sergeant serving as advisor to a Vietnamese Infantry Division. Not published in this country, and the author has pointedly refused to list it among his "previous publications" on his later books or allowed it to be reprinted. His memoir, In Pharaoh's Army, alludes somewhat disparagingly to the novel he was writing while he was serving in Vietnam, pres... more information

NY: Harcourt Brace. 1994. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

New Haven: Yale University Press. (2000). A volume in the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition, as judged by W.S. Merwin, and with a foreword by him. This is a review copy of the issue in wrappers. Fine. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

New Haven , CT: Yale University Press. (2000). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1981. A review copy of his second novel, a hard-boiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. Signed by the author. Partly because of the weak construction at the rear hinge, which tends to crack, this title has become harder to locate, particularly in fine condition, than his first book. This copy has just a hint of the start of a crack at the lower rear joint and is otherwise fine in a very near fine dust jacket with one tiny, closed edge tear at the heel. With publis... more information

London: Collins Harvill. 1989. The first British edition of his second novel, a hard-boiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. Ford's novel was not published in the U.K. until after the success of his third book, The Sportswriter. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1981. An agent's copy of his second novel, a hard-boiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. The front flyleaf bears two stamps of the Paris literary agency McKee and Mouche, plus the stamp of Shakespeare and Company, and one inked out stamp. Stapled to the first blank is a 4-page photocopy of the typescript of a review of the book for Atlanta Magazine by the novelist Thomas Cook. Ford was a little known writer at the time, and the regional nature of the review e... more information

Boston: Shambhala. (1998). Advance Reading Copy. Very Good in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1981. His second novel, a hard-boiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. Signed by the author. Partly because of the weak construction at the rear hinge, which tends to crack, this title has become harder to locate, particularly in fine condition, than his first book. This is a fine copy in a fine dust jacket that is folded a bit offcenter such that the spine lettering rounds the front joint. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Weisbach/Morrow. (1998). Signed by the author, with a drawing of a rollerblade. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

NY: Vintage. (1986). The first Vintage Contemporaries printing of his 1981 novel, a hard-boiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. Vintage Contemporaries published The Sportswriter as a paperback original this same year. Signed by the author. Fine in wrappers. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information

London: Collins Harvill. 1989. The first British edition of his second novel, a hard-boiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. Signed by the author. Not published in the U.K. until after the success of his third book, The Sportswriter. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1981. The uncorrected proof copy of his second novel, a hardboiled thriller involving American expatriates in Mexico. Inscribed by the author. A bit of soiling and fading to spine; very good in wrappers with promotional sheet laid in. An uncommon proof, especially signed. . First Edition. Softcover. ... more information