Search Results: Authors starting with U from Bluebird Books

Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1972. Trade Paper. Colo. history in a very used, but complete, softcover copy. With prev owners' stickers spine and endpapers. Edges stained, interior solid and intact. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boulder, Colorado: Pruett Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1995. Trade Paperback. 0871087421 . A history of Colorado, from prehistoric times through the late 20th Century. With extensive endnotes and index. --- A firm, bright, intact copy but with highlighting throughout. ; The Pruett Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 431 pages .

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1964. Hardcover. Stated second printing of author's work, which chronicles worldwide mountaineering, including the climbing of Mount Everest. With maps at endpapers showing comparative heights of peaks on various continents, and with numerous b&w photo, additional maps, tables and backmatter with further mountaineering information and index. --- In blue and beige cloth-covered boards w/titling in white and gilt on spine. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With sunning to spine and gift inscription to half title page, else a clean, sturdy copy.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 364 pages .

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1945. Hard Cover. A later printing of the author's best-selling adventure novel, set in the Alps and centered around a group trying to conquer a previously unclimbed peak. --- In full black cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in gilt and blue; endpapers with color painting of an alpine scene. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With significant dampstains to covers and textblock top edge, less noticeable dampstains to some leaves, prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, with her signature to half title page, otherwise a sound volume.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 479 pages .

New York: Harper Perennial. Very Good+. 2007. Softcover. 006079156X . A signed softcover copy of Thrity Umrigar's novel, which is set in modern India and is the story of two women. Sera, a wealthy woman who is in an abusive marriage; the other is Bhima, an illiterate servant in the first's household. Signed by author on title page. Includes additional material at rear of volume. --- In stiff wraps with integral flaps. --- An excellent copy: clean and bright but with prior owner's sticker to inside of front cover; "autographed copy" sticker to front panel.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (10), 321, 16 pages; Signed by Author .

Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0252006984 . A stated third printing of John D. Unruh, Jr.'s highly-regarded history of the movement of a quarter of a million emigrants across the Great Plains to settle in the American West in the 19th century. With 9 maps, 10 tables and dozens of black & white photos, drawings and reproductions of art works; indexed. Includes a foreword by Doyce Nunis. The author died at age 38 in 1976 following surgery for a brain tumor. --- In pale yellow cloth-covered boards with titling in gilt on brown spine block. Jacket bears wrap-around image of settlers, covered wagons and livestock traversing a western locale. --- An about Near Fine copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked. Unclipped ($22.50) jacket with several small tears and creasing to edges but remaining bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; xviii, 565, (2) pages .

Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Very Good+. 1982. Softcover. 0252009681 . A paperback edition of John D. Unruh, Jr.'s highly-regarded history of the movement of a quarter million emigrants across the Great Plains to settle in the American West in the 19th century. With numerous maps, tables and black & white photos, drawings and reproductions of art works; indexed. Includes a foreword by Doyce Nunis. The author died at age 38 in 1976 following surgery for a brain tumor. --- In wraps with sepia image of Albert Bierstadt's "The Oregon Trail" to front panel. --- A well-preserved copy but with a little sunning & a speck of brown soiling to covers and prior owner's signature & info. to title page.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xvi, 364, (2) pages .

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good+. 1945. Hardcover. The giant American folk hero's adventures are retold by Louis Untermeyer in this deluxe edition. The tall tales of the Paul Bunyan character and "Babe", his blue ox companion, were passed down orally before eventually being written down. With illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson. --- In full green cloth-covered boards with drawing of Bunyan as a giant baby on paper-covered boards backed in green cloth with gilt-stamped spine titling; dark green topstain. Sandglass flyer laid in (New York, no. 1J). Slipcase covered in green paper. --- A clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Good only slipcase with complete tear along length (repaired in mis-matched paper), several other small spots of chafing but mostly intact.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); (8), 131 pages .

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1978. BCE. Hardcover. 039450268X . Book club edition. John Updike's intriguing novel of Africa is based on a mythical nation he calls "Kush" (which may be based on Chad) and makes for a very entertaining read. --- In green cloth-covered boards with author name and spine titling stamped in silver and gilt; yellow topstain. Jacket features Gene J. Puskar photographic portrait of Updike to back flap. --- A clean, bright, tightly-bound copy but with prior owner's signature to front free endpaper. Jacket with large open tear near tail of spine, a fair bit of rubbing but remaining mostly intact and protected in clear removable mylar wrapper.; 31458; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 299 pages .

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Fine with no dust jacket. 1977. Full-Leather. A deluxe, signed Franklin Library edition of John Updike's 1960 novel, the first in his series featuring his Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom character. Signed by the author on a leaf near the front of the book. With a special introductory note by the author and illustrations by Jerry Pinkney. Issued as part of the publisher's signed, limited edition series. One of an unspecified number. --- Bound in full red bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Text presented on quality papers. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Gold silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- An about Fine copy: bright, newish and most likely unread.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (14), 342 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394507053 . A stated first edition of this collection of 23 short stories by John Updike. Seventeen of these stories originally appeared in the New Yorker magazine. With a brief prefatory note by the author. --- In pale lavender paper-covered boards backed in red cloth, with cover & spine titling in silver and gilt. Jacket features Updike-designed drawing of a love triangle. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, else a clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. Unclipped jacket with small nick to lower edge, else bright, inact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (10), 260, (2) pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 1400040728 . 103 stories in all in this hefty compendium of Mr. Updike's early work, including his "Olinger Stories". Many of these stories first appeared in the New Yorker magazine. --- In full black paperboard covers, in a likely (full size) book club edition. Dust jacket with 3 different photographic portraits of the author on front and rear covers and spine. --- With prior owner's sticker remnant to front free endpaper; else a clean, bright copy. Jacket spine is sunfaded and with flap creases, otherwise in nice shape and protected in removable clear mylar wrapper. (Due to the considerable weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.); Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xv, 838 pages .

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press/Little, Brown and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition, copyright page. In red paper-covered boards with titling in white on spine. A nice copy, but with light fading to spine. Lacks a dust jacket. --- A collection of eight short stories by the multi-talented actor, dramatist, film maker and academic.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 245 pages .

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good+. 2001. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 0806133872 . A first printing of historian Robert M. Utley's revised version of his acclaimed biography of George Armstrong Custer. Includes a section of black & white photos and a couple of maps. Volume 1 in publisher's Oklahoma Western Biographies series. --- In stiff wraps with color Thom Ross image: "Custer and His Osage Scouts and Pet Pelican" to front panel. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy lacking markings but with slight rippling due to exposure to dampness.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xvii, [3], 226, [4] pages .

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1973. Hardcover. Robert M. Utley describes the activities of the US Army in its 19th century conflicts with Native Americans, known as the Indian Wars. Most of the major battles during this period are discussed. With 2 sections of plates bearing black & white photos & drawings, and 14 maps. --- In red cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's dated signature to front free endpaper, else a sound, unmarked copy. A partial split near front of book has been carefully repaired on this item.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xi, (2), 466 pages .

New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good-. 1978. Softcover. 0300002459 . Stated twelfth printing, 1978. The history of the Sioux people by noted historian Robert M. Utley. He tells the story of the high plains tribe, from before the entrance of Europeans to the tribe's banishment to reservations, which were unacceptable to the Sioux and led to the horrific Battle of Wounded Knee. With 5 maps and 20 pages of black & white photos. An entry in publisher's Yale Western Americana series. --- In wraps with black & white photo of a large group of Sioux tribesmen and some whites to cover. --- There is no spine titling or evidence that titling has faded, with a little fading to cover, prior owner's signature to first page, else a sound, tightly-bound copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xiv, 314, (22) pages .

New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0300020945 . A first edition of this collection of letters and diary entries by Albert and Jennie Barnitz. Albert was a Captain in the U.S. Army, serving under George Armstrong Custer in the Indian Wars of the American West. His wife Jennie attempted to stay near her new husband and lived with him at Fort Riley, Kansas. However, she was forced to return to her parents home in Cleveland when conflicts with Indians made life out west too dangerous for her. These letters document the exciting times the couple shared. Severely wounded at the Battle of Washita River in 1868, Albert retired as a colonel in 1870. Includes a handful of black & white photos. --- In brown cloth-covered boards with black spine titling. Jacket features cameo images of Albert and Jennie to front panel. --- An excellent copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket with sunning to spine, otherwise… Read More

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 0805012745 . A first printing of Robert Utley's biography of the Lakota Sioux Chief Sitting Bull (c.1834-1890). Sitting Bull led his tribesmen in defiance of U.S. Government forces for 25 years in the northern high plains of the U.S. and Canada. With two sections of plates bearing black & white photos & drawings of people and scenes described in the book. Also with numerous maps. --- In orange paper-covered boards backed in brown cloth, with copper foil spine titling. Volume wrapped in dust jacket with painted portrait of Sitting Bull to front panel. --- With inked gift inscription to half title page and a little dulling to spine titling, else a sound, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unpriced, unclipped jacket with small tears & chips along edges, otherwise intact, bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xvii, 413 pages .

Washington: National Park Service, U. S. Department of the Interior. Very Good-. 1976. Softcover. A guide to the Custer Battlefield National Monument in southeastern Montana by the US National Park Service. This booklet tells the story of "Custer's Last Stand", a decisive victory by American Indians over the U.S. Army on June 25 & 26, 1876, under the leadership of General George Armstrong Custer. With several eye-catching drawings by Leonard Baskin, as well as photos of 7th Army notables and other sights, maps, and replicas of documents. --- A softcover in white wraps, with Baskin drawings to front and back panels. --- With minor tears to paper covering spine ends, prior owner's signature to first page, and with slight soiling to covers, else a sound, tightly-bound copy.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; 93 pages .

Lincoln: Bison Books / University of Nebraska Press. Good+. 1981. Softcover. 0803295502 . A softcover copy of noted historian Robert M. Utley's history of the US Army's ". . .achievements and failures. . ." as they fought Indians in the American West in the years 1848-1865. With two sections of plates bearing black & white photos and drawings, as well as numerous maps. --- In wraps with black & white detail from Frederic Remington's "On the Southern Plains" to front panel. --- With penciled notes and underlinings to perhaps as many as six leaves, prior owner's dated signature to first page and with creases to front flap, else a tightly-bound, sound copy.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xv, 384 pages .