Search Results: Titles starting with U from Boston Book Company

1918. GREY, Zane. THE U.P. TRAIL. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1918). First edition. Inscribed by Grey on the dedication page; although we cannot read the recipient's name. Frontispiece illustration by A. Farrington Elwell. Octavo, gilt-stamped dark green cloth. This is a worn and tired copy, in as-is condition (the binding is rubbed, solied and stained along the fore-edge; there is some ink-stamping of 1918 dates on the front pastedown and half-title) but inscribed by the author.

1854.

2002. ANKER, Deborah E. U.S. LAW AND PROCEDURE 2002 SUPPLEMENT TO: LAW OF ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES, THIRD EDITION. (Boston, MA: Refugee Law Center, 2002). 69 pp. 8vo., paperback wrappers. New in print @.

1926. STIRLING, Lt. Com. Yates. A U.S. MIDSHIPMAN IN JAPAN. Illustrated by Ralph LeBoyer. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Co., 1926. 8vo., orange cloth lettered in black. A very good copy moderately soiled at the boards, lightly worn at spine ends and slightly sunned at the spine.

1855. GILLISS, Lieutenant J.M. THE U.S. NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, During the Years 1849-'50 -'51-'52. Washington, House of Representatives, printed by A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. Two volumes, quarto. xvi,556pp. +14ff.; xii,300pp. +37ff. Volume I, subtitled "CHILE, Its Geography, Climate, Earthquakes, Government, Social Condition, Mineral and Agricultural Resources, Commerce, &c, &c." contains seven engraved maps (three of them folding) and seven lithographic plates. These include a large folding panorama with touches of hand-coloring, and a fine chromolithograph portrait of an Araucanian chief. This volume is a narrative of the expedition, with first-hand of the topics above, including earthquakes, floods, battles and an execution. Volume II, "THE ANDES AND THE PAMPAS: Minerals; Indian Remains; Mammals; Birds; Reptiles, Fishes and Crustacea; Shells; Dried Plants; Living Plants and Seeds; Fossil Mammals; Fossil Shells," contains contributions by Asa Gray, Thomas Ewbank,… Read More

1855. GILLISS, Lieut. J. M. THE U. S. NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, DURING THE YEARS 1849-'50-'51-'52. VOLUME 1: CHILE. Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855. xiii + [3] + 556 pp. 4to., brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Lacks backstrip, boards edgeworn, corners bumped/frayed, gilt cover vignette bright. Complete with all plates present and in excellent condition. The folding panorama of Santa Lucia, Santiago, measures 68 inches in length, and has hand-colored details, featuring figures in the foreground of a couple in native dress and a couple in Western attire. The maps are quite detailed, and the architectural plates are tinted. Good plus/fine plates.

1942. WULFF, K. UBER DAS VERHALTNIS DES MALAYO-POLYNESISCHEN ZUM INDOCHINESISCHEN. Kobenhavn, 1942. 8vo., printed paper wraps, 157pp. Wrappers detached, a few pencil notes, else good.

1845. MEYER, C(arl). UBER DEN BAU DES ORGANES DER STIMME: BEI DEM MENSCEN, DEN SAUGETHIEREN UND EINIGEN GROSSERN VOGELN, NEBST PHYSIOLOGISCHEN BEMERKUNGEN. n.p.,1845. 4to. 108 pp., (659-766). 28 lithographs. Originally published in Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum. Green paper-covered boards. Bookplate inscription in ink to ffep of J. Amory Jeffries. Boards moderately worn and soiled. Dampstaining throughout.

1872. ZOLLNER, Johann Carl Friedrich. UBER DIE NATUR DER COMETEN. BEITRAGE ZUR GESCHICHTE UND THEORIE DER ERKENNTNISS. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1872. Second edition. c pp. + 524 pp. + ten b/w plates + xii pp. + 32 pp. pamphlet DIE HOFMANN-FEIER ZU BERLIN IN URSPRUNGLICHER FORM. 8vo., green buckram (library binding) with gilt spine lettering. Library inkstamp on front pastedown and title page. Internally fine. Photo reproduction (albumen?) and illustrated plates complete.

1893. KOENIG, Dr. Wilhelm. UBER GESICHTSFELD-ERMUDUNG UND DEREN BEZIEHUNG ZUR CONCENTRISCHEN GESICHTSFELDEINSCHRANKUNG BEI ERKRANKUNGEN DES CENTRALNERVENSYSTEMS. Leipzig: F. C. W. Vogel, 1893. vi + [2] + 152 pp. 8vo., half cloth with gilt spine lettering and marbled paper covered boards. Ex-library with no external markings. A few tiny chips to spine cloth, covers rubbed; ink ownership to front pastedown. Front hinge starting. Case studies in neurology. B/w diagrams.

1888. HERTZ, H[einrich]. UBER STRAHLEN ELEKTRISCHER KRAFT. (Berlin: Gedruckt in der Reichsdruckerei, 1888.) Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1888, No. 50, pp. 1297 - 1307. The text of a lecture on electric waves delivered 13 December 1888, it relates qualitative experiments undertaken by Hertz, at the Karlsruhe Polytechnic, on the analogy between electric and light waves. Passing electric waves through huge prisms of hard pitch, he showed that they refract exactly as light waves do. He polarized electric waves by directing them through a grating of parallel wires, and he diffracted them by interrupting them with a screen with a hole in it. He reflected them from the walls of the room, obtaining interference between the original and the reflected waves. He focused them with huge concave mirrors, casting electric shadows with conducting obstacles. This is the first print appearance, preceding its appearance in Annalen der Physik (36, p.… Read More

1946. [WOODBLOCK PRINT] ONCHI Ko^shiro. "UENO DO^BUTSU-EN [UENO ZOO]" Image 24.4 x 18.2 cm. This image, created by Onchi for the Nihon Hanga Kyo^kai, originally appeared in Sept. 1929 in an edition of 50cc., signed and sealed by Onchi, as part of the series SHIN TOKYO HYAKKEI. This impression, however, appears to have been that included in the TOKYO KAIKO ZUE series, which was published by Fugaku for the Nihon Hanga Kyo^kai in 1946, in this case using the original Onchi blocks. It would seem that no signature was called for in the TOKYO KAIKO ZUE series, but this print is signed by Onchi (in Kanji) in pencil on the lower right margin. An interesting example of Onchi's representational style. Refs: Austin, SHINTOKYO HYAKKEI - THE EASTERN CAPITAL REVISITED BY THE MODERN PRINT ARTISTS in "Ukiyo-e Art" #14, 1966.; Merritt & Yamada, pp.268 & 277. Good impression with some slight browning on the reverse.

1979. NEUER, Roni and LIBERTSON, Susugu. UKIYO-E. 250 years of Japanese art. (Introductory and biographical passages [by] Susugu Yoshida). New York: Windward, (1979). 4to, black cloth; 390pp. with many ills, all in color. Small spot of soil to front board, else fine, in a lightly creased dust jacket.

1972. HARIGAYA Kanekichi, et al., editors. UKIYOE BUNKEN MOKUROKU 2 vols. Includes a separate volume in wrappers: UKIYOE NO RYU^TSU^....... Tokyo, 1972, small folio. One volume navy cloth, gilt, bilingual Japanese and English, along with wrappered second volume. Very good, in slipcase, as issued. Important bibliography of works on ukiyo-e.

1938. TAKAHASHI Sei-ichiro. UKIYO-E NIHYAKU GOJU^-NEN. Tokyo, Chu^o^ Ko^ronsha, Sho^wa 13 [1938]. #426 of 500cc. Large 8vo., many color offset illustrations. White boards, in clasped case. Some internal browning, about very good overall. Text in Japanese.

1970. KIKUCHI, Sadao. UKIYO-E PRINTS. Masterpieces of the Japanese wood-block print. [Tokyo]: Tokyo International Publishers, [1970]. The original Deluxe edition. Folio, red cloth backed in buckram. (prelims.) + 350pp. Illustrated throughout with over 200 colour and black and white full page reproductions. Folding full colour oodblock printed facsimile triptych at frontis. A fine copy in the printed glassine jacket.

1933. NOGUCHI, Yone. THE UKIYOYE PRIMITIVES. Tokyo: 1933. 122pp., 1 color woodcut facsimile frontispiece., 122 pp, 7 color, 85 B+W plts. #106 of 500 copies in English, of 1000 cc total. 4to. Signed by Noguchi on the limitation page. String-bound wraps. In a clasped chitsu navy blue folding case. Mildly corner-bumped, very good - the case is splitting on one hinge.

1933. NOGUCHI, Yone. THE UKIYOYE PRIMITIVES. Tokyo: 1933. 122pp., 1 color woodcut facsimile frontispiece., 122 pp, 7 color, 85 B+W plts. #335 of 500 copies printed for England and the USA, of 1000 cc total. 4to. String-bound wraps. In a clasped chitsu navy blue fodling case. The bottom margins of the preliminary few pages are a bit waterstained, not effecting images or the text, else very good.

1940. STEPHANSSON, Vilhjalmur. ULTIMA THULE: Further Mysteries of the Arctic. New York: Macmillan, 1940. First edition, limited #37 of 100 copies signed by the author and illustrator for the members of the Explorers Club. 8vo., 383 pp. Blue cloth lettered in silver to front and spine. Cloth lightly faded and soiled. Pages slightly toned.

1983. AVIATION. THE ULTRALIGHT PILOT CASSETTE GROUND SCHOOL. COmplete Guide to FLying Ultralights Safely, with text and cassettes. [n.p.], Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 1983. Blue plastic three-ring binder with text and four audio cassettes. Very good plus. Aviation.