Search Results: Titles starting with U from Deja Vu Books

New York: Macmillan, 1941. Originally published 1938. 1941 on title page. Brown hardcover clean square and tight with a small mark bottom of first free endpaper. 132 pages with just a minor bit of foxing. DJ has shelfwear, not price-clipped - $1.75. Protected from further damage in clean Brodart. Disney movie based on this book, but as so often happens, the book is so much more delightful! In addition to the five dachshunds and the Great Dane who is raised among them is a griffon, named Voltaire. From the dogs viewpoint, people are referred to as Legs: Master Legs, Visitor Legs, Sailor Legs, etc. The humans appear as shadowy authorities, but the dialog is what might be heard if dog speak could be translated to our language.. Illus. by Barker, K. F.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good.

New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1991. White hardcover binding clean square and tight. DJ clean and crisp, not price-clipped (original price $34.95). Gift inscription ffep. 240 pages with glossary and index. Chapters on Essential Horse, over 150 pages on breeds, You and Your Horse, and Horse and Man.. Illus. by Langrish, Bob - Photographs. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1st American. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Boston: D.C. Heath, 1950. Black hardcover cloth binding, decorated, square and tight - just slightly dusty. Interior mostly clean with occasional pencil marks and notes. 281 pages with dictionary. Originally published in Paris in 1915 as La Sangre, authors dramatic and powerful denunciation of dictatorship, the basic theme of this novel, brought his name to the forefront of the Spanish speaking world. Original story is abridged and language simplified, but editors have tried to stay as close as possible to original story.. Illus. by illustrated with photos. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

London: Peal Press Green boards binding square, tight. Soiling on endpapers. Interior clean. DJ has minor shelfwear. Story of family life on a remote Australian cattle station.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. No Date. Hardcover. Good/Near Very Good.

New York: George Routledge & Sons Dark blue hardcover cloth binding with picture pastedown, lightly soiled, bumped corners, Blue endpapers, hinges good. Rubbed spot front endpaper and slight tear to ffep. 64 pages, some foxing and a few smudges, but no writing or tears. No copyright date, but c. 1880s. Copyright page states "Drawn on Stone & Printed by Wemple & Company, Art Lithographers New York". Contents pages list first two lines of each rhyme with small illustration next to it .page 14 which is last page of contents has the statement "End of Contents". Each page has a short rhyme and is beautifully illustrated.. Illus. by Greenaway, Kate. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket.

New York - Chicago - San Francisco: Silver Burdett Company, 1945. Covers have tear along edge, wear and soiled; however binding secure and tight. 64 pages with some smudges and a few dog-eared pages. Great color illustrations - early reader with Bill, Susan and Perky the black terrier-like dog and Fuzzy the cat.. Illus. by Holland, Janice. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket.

Doubleday & Company, 1963. Green hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight - corners lightly bumped. Clean bright and tight interior. DJ not price-clipped - $3.95 on front flap. Light red stain on front flap. Minor shelfwear - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. 180 pages. Inscribed on ffep by both Mildre dand Gordon Gordon with stamped cat pawprint. Inscription is to Mary Alice Bookhart, who was a longtime Women's Editor for the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson Mississippi. Also inserted between pages of the book is the label from the original shipping package addressed to Bookhart at the Clarion-Ledger - 10c postage stamp! Leaving this in the book has created a stain on page 69 from the packaging paper. Nice piece of providence. Informant X-14 is the key to the FBI's investigation into a bank robbery, but Informant X-14 isn't talking. because he is DC (Damn Cat) who belongs to 23 year old Patti Randall.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by… Read More

Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1985. Red hardcover boards binding with blue cloth spine clean, square and tight. Ffep removed, a few stamps, overall clean interior. 113 pages. Dj clean and crisp with spine sticker. Lonely, conrused and in need of love in her new life with an aunt and uncle in San Francisco, a 12-year old orphan searches for her lost dog.. Illus. by Garland, Michael (jacket only). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Good+/Good+.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. Gray hardcover binding clean, square and tight. Minor shelfwear, hinges good. Bookstore stamp on fep. Previous owner name on ffep. Pages 161-164 a little tattered on edges - like they had been uncut pages and then opened, Interior is overall clean, but there are a few sentences underlined in pencil throughout. 247 pages with index plus a few pages of ads in back. Chapters on Colonial paper money, Paper Money authorized by the Continental Congress, Bills of Credit, Treasury Notes under the Constitution, Treasury Notes of the War of 1812, and much more.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Dover, MA: United States Pony Clubs, 1973. White stiff paper cover with red detail and title a bit soiled, Interior clean. 58 pages.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Softcover, Stapled binding. Good/No Jacket.

Great Britain: Halton & Truscott Smith, 1927. Red hardcover cloth binding with cream spine and corners detailed with gold - soiled but square and tight. Interior clean bright and tight. Limited edition - this is numbered 418 of 525. Eight facsimile play bills and six facsimile letters tipped in. 165 pages. Correspondence between Dickens and Mark Lemon between 1847 and 1857 which describes their friendship and also the various amateur theatrical enterprises in which Dickens engaged in during this period.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket.

Berliner Morgenpost, 1960. Square-back oblong softcover book in German. Covers show some wear but binding secure and tight. Rubbed spots on back cover. Interior pages a bit yellowed but overall good condition. 53 pages. Each has text describing (in German) a variety of dog breeds and each page has a picture pastedown illustration of that dog. Sporting dogs, working dogs, terriers, spaniels and hounds all included. Great illustrations.. Illus. by Schultz, Robert. 4to - Oblong. 1st Edition. Soft Cover - Square-back. Good+/No Jacket.

London: T. Fisher Unwin LtD, 1923. Dark blue hardcover cloth binding is shaky but secure. Spine slightly cocked, blind stamp of author, title and illustration on front cover, faded gilt title on spine, some rubbing along edges, hinge crack at glossy photo and title page, yellowing pages, 256 pages. 4 b/w glossy plates in addition to the color frontispiece. Last one before page 255 is detached but present.. Illus. by Blampied, Edmund. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Chicago and New York: Follett Publishing Company, 1966. Hardcover pictorial cloth binding - same as dj. Back pocket removed, only a few small stamps. DJ clean and crisp, a tiny bit of shelwear - no library markings on jacket. Price clipped. 1967 Newbery winner. 192 pages. A clean ex-library copy.. Illus. by Bolognese, Don. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Stated. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Very Good.

The Trotting Register, 1945. Black textured hardcover binding square and tight, a bit soiled. 450 pages with lots of foxing. World Championship records, world records and other interesting performances, index to race meetings, summaries of races, index to horses, etc.. Illus. by photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

David McKay 1st 1944 VG w/Good+ DJ. Dj missing small chip on spine, light wear. Wonderful color and b/w illus by Grace Paul. An entertaining collection of truly American stories with settings from the early days of the United States. 14 stories, 144 pages.. Hardcover.