Search Results: Authors starting with U from Greystone Books

Swindon, Wilshire: British Computer Society, 2007. VG+. First edition, first printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'Dear -----/With My Compliments/Jude Umeh'. xxiii,285pp. Illustrated with line-drawings. Digital rights management (DRM) is a term which is used to describe the technologies and systems that deliver the capability to control and specify the rights associated with digital content. With Glossary, List of Abbreviations, Bibliography and Index. A very good plus copy of a SCARCE first edition, firstprinting SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. NO underlining or highlighting.. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Very Good Plus.

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Nuevohacer, 2007. VG+. First edition. Paperback. TEXT IN SPANISH. 84pp. A collection of 45 poems. First book of this Argentinian poet. A near fine copy of the SCARCE first edition. NO inscriptions.. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine.

London: Orion, 1999. NrF/NrF. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication on title-page. Signing reads, 'Thanks for reading/Paco'. The author reveals the shopping behaviour and habits of the modern consumer and the tactics employed by retailers and producers to entice them to buy. With Index. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Signed by Author. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Niwot, Colorado, USA: TomiCo, 1997. NrF/Fine/VG+. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped ($24.95). OF THE FIRST PRINTING OF THIS LIMITED EDITION THE FIRST 250 COPIES HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY TOMI UNGERER, NUMBERED AND SLIPCASED, THIS BEING NUMBER 55. A collection of illustrations of cat's. Faint spotting to covers of book, faint spotting and dusting to slipcase. Else near fine copy, in a fine d/w, in a very good plus slipcase of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TOMI UNGERER.. Signed by Author, Tomi Ungerer. First Edition, First Printing, Signed,. Hardback. Near Fine/Fine.

Niwot, Colorado, USA: Roberts Rinehart, 1998. VG/VG. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TOMI UNGERER, on half-title page. Inscription reads, 'For ------- --------/en souvenir/du (?French town name)/T Ungerer'. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. The war-time autobiography of French-artist and writer Tomi Ungerer (1931-2019). The Nazis marched into Alsace, France in 1940, when Ungerer was eight years old. Head of spine rubbed; tail of spine and bottom edge of coves shelf rubbed; d/w has small losses around head and tail of spine, with small losses to corners of the d/w; else a very good copy, in a very good d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TOMI UNGERER. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY INCUR EXTRA COST.. Presentation Copy Inscibed And Signed By Autho. First edition, First Printing. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good.

Stroud, Gloucestershire: History Press, 2014. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, CLARE UNGERSON, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'To ------/Clare Ungerson/Sandwich, 2014'. Illustrated with photographs. In November 1938 about 30,000 German Jewish men were taken to concentration camps were they were subjected to torture, starvation and arbitrary death. The author tells here the remarkable story of how the grandees of Anglo-Jewry persuaded the British Government to allow them to establish a transit camp in Sandwich, East Kent, to which up to 4,000 men could be brought while they waited for permanent settlement overseas. With Appendix, Bibliography and Index. Some light spotting to top-edge; else a fine copy, in a fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. . Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed. First Edition, First Printing. Hardback. Fine/Fine.

Wilby, Norwich: Michael Russell, 2001. Fine/Fine. Corrected 2001 edition in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on a special label affixed to the half-title page. The label reads, 'To mark the entry into service of/M V Hebridean Spirit/this book is presented to/(handwritten name)/with the compliments of/the directors of Altnamara Shipping plc/and comes with all good wishes/from the author/(signature of author)'. There is no dedication or inscription by the author. TOGETHER WITH A SIGNED LETTER from Adrian Thornton, chairman of Altnamara Shipping. Illustrated with maps and line-drawings by Alan Woollett. A well-researched and authoritative study of the Baltic Sea and the countries that surround and define it: a mixture of history, travel, trade, politics and diplomacy. Countries including; Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark. A fine copy, in a fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON corrected 2001 edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR.. Corrected 2001… Read More

London: Scholastic, 2003. VG+/NrF. First British Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on title-page. A young adult/children's novel in which a thief is fleeing across a glass skylight in Victorian London crashes through to an almost certain death. But an ambitious young doctor revives and reconstructs his shattered body, proudly showing off hs handiwork at the Scientific Society. It's there that the robber picks up the key to a new existence, and on hs release from prison begine to lead a double life. He becomes both the repectable, wealthy Montmorency and his degenerate servant, Scarper. Thief - Liar - Gentleman? Light age-tanning to edges of pages; light bruising to head and tail of spine; else a very good plus copy, in a near fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON first British edition, first printng SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ELEANOR UPDALE.On the front panel of the d/w there is a small circular sticker 'signed copy'.. Signed by Author,… Read More

Scotland: Lothian University Hospitals, 2007. Fine. First Edition, First Printing Limited To 1500 Copies. Not dated, (2007). PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, DONALD URQUHART, on front endpaper. Inscription reads; 'To ----- & ------/love from/Donald/Edinburgh 2007'. No d/w, (as published). Profusely illustrated with photographs. This sanctuary was Scotland's first new specifically-designed. non-denomainational inclusive approach to spiritual care. It was awarded Best Building For Public Use at the Scottish Design Awards. A fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, DONALD URQUHART, LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES.. Presentation Copy Inscibed And Signed By Autho. Limited First Edition, First Printing. Fine.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1933. VG+/VG. Two volume set. Second edition thus in dust-wrappers. The first edition was published in 1927 in a limited edition. With a New Introduction by J Lewis May. xl,499 and xv,730pp. Illustrated with frontispiece to each volume and ten (volume one) and twelve (volume two) full-page black and white illustrations by Frank C Pape, with numerous black and white line drawings throughout text. The complete works of French renaissance writer Francois Rabelais. Sub-titled 'Abstractor of the quintessence being an account of the inestimable life of the great Gargantua, and the heroic deeds, sayings and marvellous voyages of his son the good Pantagruel: the whole faithfully rendered into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Peter Motteux, with annotations by Duchat, Ozell and others, a New Introduction by J Lewis May, and many illustrations by Frank C Pape'. D/ws have a few short edge tears (longest 25mm); d/ws have small losses to head and tail of spine and… Read More