Search Results: Titles starting with U from Borg Antiquarian

New York, N.Y.: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering over navy blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the hunter-killer sub head-on at sea with the presidential seal--cracked--behind, x + 436 pages. When Chinese advances in sub-borne nuclear missles and a new sub threaten the U.S., our Navy sends the hunter-killer USS Seawolf into the forbidden waters of the China Sea with the most dangerous local and international consequences...! EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects!

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. Small quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), light brown quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over pale yellow boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of Buddha's footprints, Index, 352 pages + [2] A Note About the Author / A Note on the Type. Weight: 1 lb. 9 oz. Richard Bernstein (born 1944) is an American journalist, columnist, and author. He wrote the Letter from America column for the International Herald Tribune. He has been a book critic at The New York Times and a foreign correspondent --who speaks Chinese--for both Time magazine and The New York Times in Europe and Asia.<br /> <br /> Six hundred years before Marco Polo made his way to China, the learned Buddhist monk Hsuan Tsang-- in order to learn more about his faith and ultimate truth-- traveled 12,000 miles on foot with some on horseback from China to Southern India, a journey that took this sage… Read More

New York: Arcade Publishing, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Photographs B&W, maps. 8vo, black boards with silver lettering on spine, illustrated with 16 pages of glossy B&W photographs & a few in-text maps and charts, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) painted by Jans Cossiers, xx + 376 pages. Synthesizing the findings of primatology, paleontology, archaeology, history, and anthropology, Richard Currier reinterprets and retells the modern narrative of human evolution that began with the discovery of Lucy and other Australogpithecus fossils.... UNBOUND explains how humans got here and how human society must be transformed again to achieve a sustainable future.--blurb EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! A very interesting synthesis!

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature / a limited edition collection. Gilt-stamped leather. Very Fine. Bill Oakes. 8vo (8 3/8" x 5 7/8" x 7/8"), full green leather with gilt tooling to the spine and covers with all page edges protected by .22k gold foil, 2 raised bands, Illustrated with B&W chapter-headings by A.B. Frost; a fine volume in Franklin Library's "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature," green ribbon page-marker; green watered silk endpapers, 143, [144] pages. Weight: 1 lb. 3 oz. Very Fine leather-bound copy of an attractively illustrated edition of this classic about Southern critters that humorously outsmart others.<br /> <br /> A[rthur] B[urdett] Frost (1851 - 1928), was an American illustrator, graphic artist, painter and comics writer. He is best known for his illustrations of Brer Rabbit and other characters in the Joel Chandler Harris' Uncle Remus… Read More

New York: The Modern Library #261, 1962. Reprint of 1938 ML. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo (7 1/4" x 5"), gray cloth with black labels & gold lettering on spine and front cover plus gilded running torchbearer logos, Introduction by Raymond Weaver, archival mylar-protected lettered dark green dust jacket (unclipped), ML/Bernhard gray-&-white torchbearer endpapers, publisher's black topstain, xxiii, [xxiv] + 552 pages. Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She came from the famous highly religious Beecher family, and is best known for her bestselling novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. The book became enormously influential by energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. A SUPERIOR copy internally in a NF slightly rubbed dj of the handy Modern Library edition with an excellent introduction. Scarce title… Read More

London: C. H. Clarke and Co, 1852. Newly Illustrated Third English Edition from 1852, year of the First American and British Editions. Full Morocco leather. Very Fine/None. 8vo, full black morocco with gold title on spine, five hubs, a single gilt ruled border & gilt inner dentelles; engraved frontispiece (displaced from p.124) and engraved title page [perhaps after Cruikshank] with sundry tissue guards, plus 40 mostly original steel-cut illustrations [likely from various contemporary sources or original], marbled endpapers, a.e.g., xii, 355 pages. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling novel and the second best-selling book of the 19th century, following the Bible. Harriet Beecher Stowe's (1811-1896) melodramatic historical novel of 1852 informed and inflamed the abolitionist cause in the 1850s.<br/><br/>Uncle Tom's Cabin was initially serialized; then published in book form by John P Jewett and Company, Boston, on March 20, 1852, with engraved cover and six… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. First Edition. Boards. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by the Author, 8vo, black paper-covered spine & maroon paper-covered boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 248 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION and another important book by McPhee.<br/> <br/> McPhee who is on the staff of The New Yorker is the highly regarded author of several books on natural history, scientific figures, and geology. UNCOMMON CARRIERS deals with the lives of those engaged in transportation from trucks and trains to towboats.

Brookline, Mass: Bibliomotion Inc, 2016. First Edition. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author as "Nancy"; 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 152 pages. Nancy M. Schlichting is retired Chief Executive Officer of Henry Ford Health System (HFHS), a nationally recognized $5.7 billion health care organization with 27,000 employees and recipient of the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, 2011 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Quality Award, and 2004 Foster G. McGaw Award. <br/> <br/> She is credited with leading the $5-billion health system through a dramatic financial turnaround and for award-winning patient safety, customer service and diversity initiatives. (from Duke Univ. Board of Trustees website).<br/> <br/> SIGNED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION! No remainder marks.

New York London Toronto Sydney: Scribner, 2009. Special Illustrated Collector's Edition: First U.S. Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Matthew Diffee. Thick tall 8vo, black cloth with white lettering on spine and blind-stamped Corgi on front cover; illustrated with B&W sketches of Corgi named "Horace Greeley" facing the title page plus several sketches in the text of characters drawn by Matthew Diffee, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a church, barn, and small village at dawn with fires blazing on the rear panel, full-color map endpapers of Chester's Mill, Maine, black ribbon page-marker, x + 1174 pages. 4 lbs 1.5 oz. Stephen Edwin King (born 1947) is an eminent and leading American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. King has published 58 novels (including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman) and six non-fiction books. Many of his works have become feature films, miniseries,… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1902. Reprint of 1878 edition. Decorative cloth. Fine. B&W plates. 12mo (7" x 4 3/4" x 1 1/4") brown cloth with gilt spine & leafy sprigs on spine & front cover, illustrated by xxx with B&W lithographic frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 3 additional full-page plates, 305 pages + [6] Ads for Alcott & related books. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868), and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Raised by transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she also grew up among the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau.<br /> <br /> She worked to help support the family from an early age and began to receive critical success for her writing in the 1860s. Alcott was an abolitionist and a feminist and remained… Read More

New York: Frances Foster Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. SIGNED by Author on title page, 8vo, orange cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) painted by Ana Juan; 288 pages. SUPERIOR CONDITION: Tight, bright, clean copy. Slight rubbing at top of dj's spine, else Very Fine.<br/><br/>Suzanne Fisher Staples is an American writer of children's books. She has worked in many places across the US and Asia, including Pakistan.<br/><br/>Under the Persimmon Tree is about an Afghan refugee and an American teacher who are brought together.

New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First Edition, First Issue. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, black cloth with silver title & green author's name, illustrated with 27 B&W photos of the Kurelu & 85 of the Great Kains, drawings throughout text by Otto van Eersel. Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) taken by Eliot Elisofen, front map endpaper & rear endpaper after a drawing by Michael Rockefeller, xvi + 256 pages + xvii-xxxii. Author's third major work of non-fiction; sixth book. First Issue with photos placed after page 160, This arrangement displeased the author, so many such copies were sold to two book clubs and relabeled as "Book Club Editions" in small capital letters on the bottom of the Table of Contents as is the case here. <br/>The rear endpapers are correctly printed right-side up. <br/><br/>Peter Matthiessen (1927 - 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and environmental activist.… Read More

Chicago: Contemporary Books / A Bernard Geis Aoociates Book, 1990. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a dripping pen above a Will, 353 pages. Shelby Yastrow is the retired general counsel, executive vice president and secretary of McDonald's Corporation. He is also author of four books (three being mysteries): Under Oath, Bad Lies, Vision to Legacy.<br/><br/>INSCRIBED and in VF/F (or better) Condition: tight, bright, clean copy in comparable dust jacket (unclipped) with faint edgewear.

Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. B&W & color Kabbalistic drawings. Small quarto [4to] (8 3/4" x11 1/4"), black one eighth cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, illustrated with several B&W & colour Kabbalistic "Sabbath Star" & related diagrams: 25 color plates on 16 glossy pages; > 15 B&W in-text Tables & 15 Figures, 4 Appendices, Notes, Index, red endpapers, xvii, [xviii] + 494 pages. Weight: 3 lbs. 12 oz. Leonora Leet (1929-2004) received her Ph.D. from Yale University and was Professor of English at St. John's University. She was the author of The Universal Kabbalah, The Kabbalah of the Soul, Renewing the Covenant, and The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah. SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright, as New. No remainder marks or annotations.

New York: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Pictorial boards. Fine/Near Fine. Graeme Base. SIGNED, INSCRIBED & EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with an ORIGINAL SKETCH of a Snortlepig on the half-title by the Author-Illustrator, square 4to (11 5/8" x 11"), glossy pictorial boards with--at least--8 of Graeme's unique creatures surrounding Uno, illustration repeated on the glossy pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), large colorful illustrations on every page plus a 4-page foldout, green endpapers, [43] pages. A creature-&-environmently friendly collection of Graeme Base's imaginative critters in a charming tale that invites youngsters (and adults) to identifiy and count the occupants of Uno's Garden of Earthly Delights. SUPERIOR CONDITION internally & externally! Very slight wear to corners & top of the dj's spine.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. First Edition, Limited to 500 Numbered & Signed copies; #304. Cloth. Very Fine/Slipcase Fine. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, matching black cloth slipcase, mottled tan Japan endpapers, 293 pages. Philip José Farmer (1918 - 2009) was an American author known for his science fiction / fantasy novels and short stories. Farmer is best known for his novel series, especially the World of Tiers and Riverworld saga. <br/> <br/> The Unreasoning Mask (1981) is a mystical, high-action adventure. Ramstan is the captain of al-Buraq, a rare model starship capable of alaraf drive: instantaneous travel between two points in space. When a similar ship mysteriously disappears, it is discovered that a "creature" is destroying intelligent life on planet after planet. Captain Ramstan must strive to save intelligent life.<br/> <br/> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION for this remarkably inventive space adventure!. Book is very… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, tall 8vo, tan cloth with gold lettering on spine, Index, 341 pages. Bill, the "Science Guy," promotes the appealing idea that with scientific curiosity and optimism we can surmount all obstacles.<br /> <br /> VF/VF SUPERIOR condition. Minute edgewear to the unclipped dj. No previous owner or remainder marks.

New York: Sarah Crichton Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Like New/Like New. Color & B&W photos. SIGNED by the Author on a special Sarah Crichton Books' front endpaper, 8vo, white cloth with black lettering on spine, illustrated with B&W frontispiece photo and 8 pages of glossy photos; archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with B&W photo of Maria Sharapova, 292 pages + [2] About the Author / Tennis Champion. SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL "LIKE NEW" CONDITION! No previous owner or remainder marks.<br /> <br /> Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (born 1987) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. She competed on the WTA Tour from 2001 to 2020 and was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 21 weeks. She is one of ten women, and the only Russian, to achieve the career Grand Slam. She is also an Olympic medalist, having won silver in women's singles at the… Read More

Venice: Wave Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the half title, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over charcoal boards, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Robert Graham who also executed several B&W drawings in the volume, top of pages stained by publishers, xii + 335, [336] pages + [2] Acknowledgements. Carol Doumani (born 1959) is an American novelist. Of Armenian descent, she is married to the World Trade Bank chairman Roy Doumani (d.2019). She has also written Chinese Checkers. INSCRIBED & in SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright, clean.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo, white quarter cloth with silver spine lettering over black boards with blind-stamped Harper logo, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with picture of smiling young John Updike at the beach, xiii + [iii] + 558 pages. Exceptional Biography in Exceptional Condition! Remainder mark on lower edge of pages.