Search Results: Titles starting with U from Crabtree's Collection Old Books

NY: Smithmark. VG in VG DJ. (1992). It began with Kenneth Arnold who was the first person to witness the phenomenon nowadays called an Unidentified Flying . Object or UFO. On Tuesday, June 24th, 1947, Arnold, a businessman from Boise, Idaho, was flying from Chehalis to Yakima in Washington State piloting his own aircraft when he heard there was a reward for anyone locating the wreckage of a U.S. Marine Corps C-46 transport somewhere in the Mt. Ranier area. As he cruised near the wreckage site he saw a light and 9 oddlooking aircraft, not crescent shaped but round. .

NY: Grosset & Dunlap. VG in G DJ. (1918). Story of the building of the Union Pacific Railroad as a backdrop for the story of a young woman terrorized by Indians . who is rescued by a young construction engineer of the railroad. Then follows adventures involving gamblers, more Indians & plainsmen as the first steam train roars across the continent. Back of DJ has photo of Grey ("the blood of Indian chiefs flows in his veins") & a listing of his books. DJ chipped. .

Boston, MA: St. Paul Editions. VG in VG DJ. (1979). Complete collection of talks given by Pope John Paul II during his visit to the U.S. in October, 1979. .

Carlisle, PA: South Mountain Press. VG in VG DJ. 1987. BMC. Helps to explain how the battle was fought and why leaders on both sides acted as they did. .

NY: U.S. Camera Publishers. G. 1948. Damp mark top rt corners, back covers sl torn, binding shaken. Interior sound. Ink blotch on pp 202-203. .

NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. VG two volume et. (1940). First Edition. Red cloth binding with white title square on front of each. Volume II includes article "Camera and the Eye" by Alston . Callahan, explsined in photographic terms by a physician and photographer. .

NY: William Morrow & Company. Good spiral bound hardback. 1939. 1st edition. Includes photo of FDR and wife Eleanor, she is dancing. Orange cover rubbed, photo of girl in center of cover. .

NY: U.S. Camera Pub Corp. 13 VG magazines. 1949-1955. Various articles, photos and authors each month. Some edge wear, address labels. .

NY: U.S. Camera Pub Co. 14 VG magazines. (1935-1941). Wonderful condition and includes the scarce 1935 & 1936, no 1 & 2. Ships at actual shipping cost. . Ships at actual cost of shipping. .

USPS. VG leather like three ring binding. (1987). Pennsylvania Statehood, Bicentennial U.S. Constitution, New Jersey Statehood, Signing the Constitution, Certified Public . Accountants, Locomotives, Christmas 1987. Very good condition, former owner's name. .

(enscp;sFlotofs: Naval Aviaation Found.. Good Blue padded binding, seal removed from front cover. (2001). 1st printing. Barnes and Noble Books, NY. A comprehensive history of Naval Aviation from its beginnings to Naval Aviation in the 21st . Century. Profusely illustrated with B&W and color photos. Book in very good plus condition, looks little read, but the Navy seal is missing from the front cover thus the "Good" condition rating. .

Dublin: Marino Books. VG PB. (1999). 1st ptg. During WWII the U.S. sent several intelligence agents undercover to Ireland including the head of the whole operation . William J. Donovan. One Martin Quigley retained his cover in Ireland, commercial work on behalf of the American film industry during his stay in 1943. His job was to check on the beliefs that existed abroad about Irish neutrality and to corroborate or reject what previous agents had found. Several hundred pages of his findings in documents were declassified in 1997 by the U.S. govt. Far from being pro-German the Irish Govt tacitlys supported the allied position while finding it politic to maintain the semblance of neutrality. .

NY: Barnes & Noble. VG in VG DJ. (1987). 2nd ptg. The public is being deceived on a colossal scale & ordinary citizens are being labeled fools for describing what they saw. .

NY: Scholastic. G PB. (1978). Signed by author. Helps explain to children the UFO mystique and differentiates between fake & real phenomenona. .

NY: Publications International. VG PB. (1997). The first UFO expert from 1919, the interrupted journey of Betty & Barney Hill, autopsies on alien bodies, Roswell.... .

np: np. VG PB. nd (ca 1975). Some tanning toward binding edges. .

np: np. G lg sz PB. nd (ca 1989). Battle of the Philippine Sea, 18-21 June 1944. Booklet commemorating the commissioning of this ship. Edge wear. .

NY: USSR Exhibition. G PB. (1959). Soviet advances in science, technology and culture. Plastic coating on ft cover is rippled. .

NY: Random. VG PB. (1994). Some glue & scrape marks on feps. Learning cards at back of book intact. .

NY: Crown. VG. (1985). 2nd ptg.