Search Results: Titles starting with A from Uncommon Works

New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, ca. 1954. Book Club Edition. Cloth. Fine/missing. Various. A pristine, fine, complete 6 volume set, as issued by the book club. Blue cloth boards with gilt titlestamping on spine. Yellow topstain. Later printings. No flaws. No dust jacket. Shipping at actual cost for this multi-volume set. 660, 480 pages. Octavo. Originally published in six volumes, Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln was praised as the most noteworthy historical biography of Sandburg's generation. ... critics and readers alike consider [this] his greatest work of nonfiction, as well as the most distinguished, authoritative biography of Lincoln ever published. Growing up in an Illinois prairie town, Sandburg listened to stories of old-timers who had known Lincoln. By the time this single-volume edition was competed, he had spent a lifetime studying, researching, and writing about the sixteenth president. His extraordinary portrait brings fully to life the country lawyer who would become one… Read More

Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1984. First Thus. Leather bound. Fine. A fine first thus edition. Brown leather boards with gilt title stamping on cover and spine. Map end papers. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled at edge of half title. Black and white drawings, tables. 74 pp. including index. Octavo, 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches tall. .

Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/none as issued. A very good plus, first edition, first printing. Brown, mustard and white cloth boards. Previous owner's name stamped neatly on top edge, mildly cocked. Text clean and bright. No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated with formulas, b/w photos, graphs, and drawings. [xi], 438 [2] pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches tall. This volume summarizes recent developments in our understanding of active galactic nuclei, including quasars, seyfert galaxies and radio galaxies. The predominant emphasis is put on observational results with information from essentially all wave bands, but important theoretical results are also presented. Among the contributions are discussions of the different types of active galaxies, the nature of the central engine, the wiggly structure of radio jets, the dynamics of the gas in jets, the study of millimeter and extreme ultraviolet regions, and a discussion of the observed continuum… Read More

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, ND [ca. 1864]. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good first edition thus. Decorative brown cloth boards stamped in black and gilt, brown endpapers, brown edge decoration. "Alta Edition" imprinted on upper front cover. Last page shows an archaic number "1" stamped in center of page, somewhat below the words, "The End." Dust to edges and mild soiling and foxing to several pages and back cover. Prior owner's information written on front pastedown, last free endpaper, and back pastedown in pencil. Spine mildly cocked. Text block, hinges, and papers tight and complete without tears or other defects. Title page describes it as "illustrated," but the sole original illustration is the frontipiece, "Spearing fish by torchlight." 408 pp. Duodecimo, 5 x 7 1/2 inches tall. Variously published as: Frontier and pioneer life: A Boy's Narrative of the Adventures of a Settler's Family in Canada. Thi is an… Read More

New York: Franklin Watts, Inc,, 1963. First Thus. Cloth. Fine/very good. First published by the US GPO in 1961. This is a fine copy, first thus, published by Watts. Aquamarine buckram boards with black title stamping on cover and spine. Binding is square and solid. Red topstain. In a very good, unclipped, dust jacket showing tears and minor loss at top and bottom edges. 506 pp. including index. Octavo. This book is concerned primarily with the combat (or tactical) groups that were active during the Second World War. Although such groups had numerous designations, nearly all fell within four major categories: bombardment, fighter, reconnaissance, and troop carrier. The book covers both the combat groups that served overseas and those that remained in the United States. It also covers combat organizations above the group level. It does not deal with provisional organizations or with air base, maintenance, supply, medical, transport, and other service or support organizations. Although this book is… Read More

New York: Times Books, 1995. First Edition. 1/4 cloth. Fine/fine. Sarah Elizabeth Chuldenko. A fine, signed first edition by former President Jimmy Carter in a fine dust jacket. Buckram quarter cloth over paper boards. Signed by President Carter on the half title and by the illustrator Chuldenko on the title page. Deckled page edges. 130 pp. 6 1/4 x 8 inches tall, octavo. The first collection of poetry by former President Jimmy Carter, who shares here his private memories about his childhood, his family and political life, with illustrations by his granddaughter. Always a Reckoning sets a precedent since no other president has published a book of poetry.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/missing. A very good plus first edition, as stated. Buckram boards with green image of South America and green title stamping on spine. Previous owner's bookstamp on first free endpaper. Map endpapers. Deckled page edges with mild toning. Binding is tight, sturdy and square. Missing dust jacket. map and black and white plates all present. vxiii, 415 pp., Octavo.

New York: Smithmark, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/fine. A fine first edition, first printing in a fine dust jacket. Complete number line. 128 pages : chiefly illustrations. Folio. Captures the Great Depression of the 1930s from the perspective of small-town residents and migrant workers in a series of photographs by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, and Ben Shahn.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very good/none as issued. H.J. Ford. A very good first edition. Binding just a bit soft. Gilt on cover is bright. All edges gilt. Midnight blue endpapers. Missing first free endpaper. Number 4848 penciled on rear pastedown. 400 pp. 12mo. The Animal Story Book, part of Andrew Lang’s original Fairy Book series, has been admired time and time again, enchanting readers with its carefully crafted prose and eclectic assortment of tales, featuring animals from land, sea, and air, from the domesticated dog and parrot to the wild lion and dolphin. Originally published in 1896, this collection of celebrated tales has stood the test of time. Some of the famous stories included are:The Story of Androcles and the LionThe War Horse of AlexanderThe Adventures of PyramusTwo Highland DogsThe Ship of the DesertThe Otter Who was Reared by a CatStories from Pliny

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. A very good plus first edition. Yellow cloth boards with brown, black and white titling on spine. Top right corner bumped. Very small spot of soil on page fore edge. Top edge painted yellow. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Text is clean and bright. Binding is sturdy and square. In a very good, original, price-clipped dust jacket. Dust jacket showing sunning to spine and rubbing at fore edge. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 309 pp. including index. Octavo. When the tide of Spanish settlement in America reached the range of the Apache nation, it was abruptly halted. For two centuries Apaches baffled the defending Spanish troops and exacted a fearful toll from the terrorized colonists.This book relates how Commandant General Jacobo Ugarte faced the problem and the extent to which he was able to… Read More

Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. Very good +. Very good+ first printing. In orginal wraps, front cover showing toning at sides. Front top corner is bumped. Foldout intact and fine. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Otherwise interior pages are clean, bright and unmarked. 142 pp. Octavo, 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches tall.

London: University of Texas Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket. Orange cloth boards with black and silver titling on spine. Corners, head and tail of spine mildly rubbed. On Part One, binding beginning to pull away at headband. Part two has tiny ink marks on dust jacket and first free endpaper. From the private library of Larry Southwick, collector's marginalia pencilled near front hinge. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunning, some rubbing and showing wear at top and bottom of dust jacket. Brown paper dust jacket, which has offset and toned the end papers on both volumes. Illustrated with photos, table, graphs, drawings and plates. Quarto, 7 1/2 x 11 inches tall. 560; 524 pp.

St. Louis, MO: Woodward & Tiernan, 1907. Sheet. Very good +. A very good plus color promotional art bas relief depicting two "Tom Sawyer-esque" boys, the one snacking on an apple, and the other barefoot and carrying newspapers advertising the "Calendar News" bas-reliefs. From the verso: "We are offering in 1909 a most extraordinary collection of new and beautiful designs in chemigraph and color bas-relief calendars and souvenirs." Matting shows damp satins, but bas-relief only shows one small spot above second boy's hat. See photo. 6 x 8 inches tall

Bath: University of California Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/as new. A near fine first edition in an as new (fine) dust jacket. Book review laid in. From the library of noted (late) senior researcher for Historical Services, Wells Fargo Bank. Dr. Chandler's signature on front pastedown, otherwise as new (fine).148 pp. Glossy color photographs of artwork. Quarto, 9 x 10 1/4 inches tall. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, Calif., Jan. 24-May 31, 1998; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Calif., June 20-Sept. 13, 1998; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Dec. 30, 1998- Mar. 7, 1999.

Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/none as issued. About fine, first edition, first printing. Brown, mustard and white cloth boards. Binding is sturdy, square and tight. Previous owner's name stamped neatly on top edge, otherwise as new. No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated with formulas, b/w photos, graphs, and drawings. xiv, 468 [2] pp. Octavo, 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches tall. This collection of papers describes the evolutionary path of stars of various masses. Observational data and theoretical modeling of the stellar atmosphere and the stellar interior and their interaction are presented, covering chemical peculiarities, mass loss, and explosion, all of which are strongly related to the hydrodynamic evolution of the interior. In particular the supernova SN 1987 A is discussed for the first time in detail, including the underground neutrino observations and the detection of X-rays from the supernova. The study of its progenitor, a B 3 supergiant, was… Read More

Old Chelicothe Press, 1968. Facsimile. Hardcover. Fine. A lovely and fine facsimile of the 1797 edition. Mustard paper over boards with title laid on in paper. Deckle page edges. Numerous folding maps and diagrams 37 pp. Octavo. . This is Daniel Boone's story as he told it to John Filfon, Pennsylvania schoolmaster turned traveler. With the addition of old maps and illustrations to his adventures, the reader glimpses America's great frontiersman as he first appeared to the world and views the western wilderness as it looked to Daniel Boone.