Search Results: Authors starting with U from Bookbid Rare Books

Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. A very good copy in a near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the author on the front free endpaper. Fifth printing, May 1977 stated on the copyright page. Original price of $8.95 printed on the front flap of the dust jacket. Very slight moisture damage to the bottom corner of the front free endpages. No indication of other defects; very good+. Dust jacket is intact with slight yellowing around the edges and very slight shelf wear; near fine.

Duffield, New York, 1915. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. NY: Duffield, 1915. Sq. 4to, cloth backed picture boards, tips el. worn and sl. cover scratching. First Edition of this large picture book, similar in size and format to the Bedtime Book and Rhymes of Real Children. Illustrated by Smith with pictorial endpapers, 6 beautiful large color plates plus smaller illustrations in orange all throughout the text. A beautiful copy of the rarest of all her titles. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

Netflix, 2017. Soft cover. Fine. Fine, with minor edgewear. This is a paperback printed for voting members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences."For Your Consideration" Best Adapted Screenplay category.

Downing, London, 1735. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Fascinating and very early pamphlet on temperance. Published in 1735. Third edition. Very good condition. Comes in an artist's case.

Limoges Dalpayrat et Depelley, 1886. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A stunning set of three miniature books, beautiful bound in gold decorated leather and housed in a leather case that closes with a gold clasp. Fine condition. Limoges Dalpayrat et Depelley (1886), 1886. Three 16mo. volumes, each with an engraved frontispiece of Christ on the Cross. 124; 124; 124pp. The text blocks are bordered on two sides by engraved devices with a floral and animal motif. The first and third volumes are beautifully bound in blue morocco with strips of red onlay to both boards, while the second volume is in brown morocco with blue onlays. The boards and dentelles bear intricate gilt-tooled decorations, and the spines are ornamented with gilt floral devices in four compartments; a fifth compartment is lettered in gilt. The blue or red endpapers are printed with patterns in gold. Very fine. A.e.g. Housed in a black hardshell case fitted with a cloth-lined tray consisting of three compartments, one for each… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Akashic Books, 2006. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Houghton Mifflin. F. Soft cover. First Edition. uncorrected proof, fine in wrappers, edited by John Updike.

Soft cover. Advance proof, fine.

Lord John Press, 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fine signed limited edition, one of only 100 copies numbered and signed by John Updike. A funny book about humor in fiction.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. NY: Knopf, 1959. Copyright page states FIRST EDITION. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Book very good, previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down, slight stain on front cover. DJ very good, offsetting from removed tape on corners of flaps. DJ flap price reads $3.50. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Special Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Uncorrected proof published in October, 1998. Fine except for gentle fading at spine and top edges.

Knopf, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed limited first edition as stated on copyright page. #254/300 copies printed. In fine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Slipcase has slightly worn edges and browning on corners.

Knopf, 1975. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition as stated on copyright page. 1/450 signed copies, this is number 282. Signed by author on limitation page. Near fine to fine book, light wear and remainder mark on bottom edges. Near fine dust jacket, minor wear.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1971, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1971. First edition. Copyright page states "First Edition." This is one of a limited edition of 350 copies printed on special paper and specially bound, signed by John Updike on the limitations page. Book fine. Comes in publisher's matching decorated slipcase, which is in fine condition as well, except for barest hint of rubbing at edges of paper covering boards of slipcase. No DJ, as issued. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item.

The Franklin Library, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition as stated on title page and spine. Signed by author on limitation page. Publisher's insert laid in. Raised bands on spine. Gold gilt. Silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Fine book except for scratches on forend and bottom edges and bump on bottom spine.

Chronicle Books 1994, 1994. F. Soft cover. F in wrappers. essay in book about photographs; other contributors include Larry McMurtry and David Byrne. 1st edition.

Franklin Library, 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. A fine leather-bound first edition signed by John Updike on the colophon page in the front of the book. This is a first edition that was published by Franklin Library before Knopf issued the first trade edition. Former owner's small bookplate on front pastedown. Marbled endpapers.

Leavitt & Peirce, 1958. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Contains a poem by John Updike. Published in 1958, the same year as Updike's first book. 1958 stated on title page. Near fine in wrappers.

U.S.A.: Knopf, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition as stated on copyright page. Signed by author on front free end paper. Fine to near fine book, white stain on top edge of back cover, white marks on front and back cover, small dents on bottom edge of back cover, bump on bottom right corner of front cover, light foxing on top and bottom edges, and scratching on top and bottom edges and foredge. Near fine dust jacket, minor wear, crease on bottom front panel and back inner flap, and folding outward on top and bottom edge of spine and bottom right edge of back panel of jacket.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Fine book. Promotional material from publisher stapled on frontend paper.