Search Results: Titles starting with U from Ed Smith Books

A fine copy. Oblong 8vo. Signed by Josef Schulz. A photo essay about disused military checkpoints and border stations across Europe, catalogued in this series by Polish-born photographer Josef Schulz (+ slideshow). Named Übergang after the German word for crossing, the series of images depicts transnational borders that have become redundant. Each shot has also been digitally manipulated so that the surroundings of each structure appear to have been shrouded in fog. Bound in simple photo illustrated boards, not issued with dust jacket.

Barcelona: Grupo Editorial Norma, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Fine copies. Two volumes. Text in Spanish. 1006pp. Illustrated from color photographs. This set inscribed by Klein in Volume 1 and dated 2005. Massive research and very detailed. Both copies perfect bound in decorated wrappers, as issued.

London: Bloomsbury, 2008. Hardcover. A near fine clean copy with ribbon marker, in a near fine dust jacket. The author's second book of stories (8). As with much of Lahiri's work, these stories consider the lives of Indian American characters and how they deal with their mixed cultural environment. 333 pages.

New York: Henry Holt, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Author's first book, with publisher's dated notice laid in. Tough mystery noir, both good guys and bad guys, down in bayou country. This is a writer to watch (and to read). An alternative to the prissy, high falutin' detective fiction.

New York: Doubleday, 2016. Second printing. hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Pulitzer Prize winner , as well as the winner of the National Book Award. This copy is signed by the author, though a second printing. A kinetic adventure tale of one woman's ferocious will to escape the horrors of bondage and a shattering, powerful meditation on the history we all share. Author's sixth book.

New York: Doubleday, 2016. Second printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in dust jacket. Signed by the author on a tipped-in sheet. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First edition. paperback. A very good copy. Tall galley uncorrected proof, tape bound in yellow stiff printed wrappers, measuring 6 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches as issued. The story of two kids who witness a violent crime they think was committed by their neighbor (an undertaker). However, since these two are always telling made-up stories nobody believes them. They have to find the evidence.

New York: Scribner's, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition of the author's masterwork. Nominated for the National Book Award. "This book is an aria and a wolf whistle of our half-century. It contains multitudes."

New York: Scribner, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine jacket with a crease to the front panel (45 degrees). This is a special signed copy as noted on the bottom of the rear panel of the dust jacket. A mesmerizing novel was a major bestseller when it was published in 1997 and was the most widely reviewed novel of the year. It opens with a legendary baseball game played between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants in 1951. The home run that won the game was called the Shot Heard Round the World, and was shadowed by the terrifying news that on the same day, Russia tested its first hydrogen bomb. Underworld then tells the story of Klara Sax and Nick Shay, and of a half century of American life during the Cold War and beyond.

Paris: Galerie Brugier-Rigail, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a near fine box, book issued sans dust jacket. Nickk Walker. #26 of 100 numbered copies (handwritten on box) with a 94 full-color page hardbound exhibition catalog that features the artist's originals and murals. Nick Walker is one of the world's best known street artists. Born in 1969, he emerged from the infamous and groundbreaking Bristol Graffiti scene of the early 1980s. As a forerunner of the British graffiti phenomenon, Nick's work has become a blueprint for hundreds of emerging artists, including Bansky. His work is constantly evolving and remains innovative, modern and thought-provoking. His work has also been embraced by the record, fashion and film industries. He was commissioned by Stanley Kubrick to recreate the heavily hit graffiti'd areas of New York for Eyes Wide Shut. More recently Nick's infamous and recognizable 'Vandal' character, the artist who disguises himself as a quintessential English gentleman in… Read More

New York: Pantheon, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the half title page. The American West and it's people, and character, are highlighted in this book of essays. The unspoken hunger, the desire for a life of greater intention.

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. A fine copy bound in red cloth over boards in a fine dust jacket. A long inscription by the author dated July 5m 1992 and signed by her. Two sheets of publicity material also laid in. Another sheet is laid in, (appears to be a preface) with a yellow sticky note from the author dated 1/8/92 "Dear Janet, Here is the material I promised to send to you. With love, Dona." Janet is listed in the acknowledgments as "Janet Livingstone". Yet another folded card, dated July 24, 1992, also to Janet laid in: "Dear Janet, Your note that came in on Wednesday added to all of the other expressions of love that you have given to us. Thank you for this love, and for your support. We are so sorry that you couldn't share in our great celebration . We owe you a lot of gratitude for the success of the book party, and we count you among our most cherished friends. (signed) With love, Frank & Dona." Finally laid in is a card with photograph of the… Read More

New York: Pantheon, 1992. First edition. Paperback. A near fine copy. Proof copy. From the writer many consider to be the best reporter in the history of The New Yorker, here is a book that brings together his best work. Saloon-keepers and street preachers, gypsies and steel-walking Mohawks, a bearded lady and a 93-year-old "seafoodetarian" who believes his specialized diet will keep him alive for another two decades. These are among the people that Joseph Mitchell immortalized in his reportage for The New Yorker and in four books—McSorley's Wonderful Saloon, Old Mr. Flood, The Bottom of the Harbor, and Joe Gould's Secret—that are still renowned for their precise, respectful observation, their graveyard humor, and their offhand perfection of style. In printed wrappers, with the hint of a corner bump to bottom front corner.

New York: Putnam, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with shallow chipping to the spine crown and foot. A candid and highly personal portrait of Los Angeles and its surroundings by the astute and sensitive young columnist of the Los Angeles Free Press that captures the spirit of the city and its people with acid-dipped poetic prose. A deliciously irreverent and subjective reconaissance of tinsel land, its celebrities, would-be VIP's, artists, writers, promoters, hustlers, acidheads, eccentrics, hipsters, and unsung heroes. 283pp. Bound in white and red cloth over boards.