Search Results: Authors starting with U from Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA

NY: W.W.Norton, 1996. Uncorrected proof for the first edition. Glossy pictoral perfect-bound wraps. Signed by Udall on the title page. Unread copy in Fine condition. Udall's first book.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Galley/Proof.The images are of the book described and not stock photos.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First US edition, first prnt. Signed by Unsworth on the title page. NYC illustrated booksigning event flyer (January, 2009) laid-in. Weak bump to board lower corner and spine bottom edge; dustjacket with edgewear, mostly at corners and spine ends. Tight. clean copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustkacket with an archival cover. Unsworth's eighth novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Doubleday/Talese, 2003. First US edition. first prnt. Signed by Unsworth on the title page. Illustrated booksigning event flyer laid-in. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. a retelling of Euripedes' "Iphigenia at Aulis.". Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Agello: (np), 1998. TLS on Unsworth's personalized letterhead. Aprx 8.25x11.50 sheet. Aprx forty-five words. Unsworth thanks his correspondent for his letter. "I was glad to learn you enjoy my work - it was kind of you to... tell me so." Unsworth also notes that he has enclosed a signed photograph. Signed "Barry Unsworth" in ink. With Unsworth's holograph envelope postmarked "Agello 7'1'1998." Envelope cleanly opened; letter folded twice for mailing; otherwise, both in Fine condition. . Signed by Author. Unbound. Fine/Not Issued. Typed Letter Signed.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1999. First edition, first prnt. Signed and dated "5th August 99" by Unsworth on the title page. Spine topedge lightly pushed; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed & Dated by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1995. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Unsworth on the title page. Spine ends very slightly wrinkled; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Basis for the Paul McGuigan directed film, "The Reckoning," with Paul Bettany and Willem Dafoe.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Knopf, 1965. First edition, first prnt. Signed by Updike on a tipped-in leaf previous to the colophon page as issued. Minimal shelfscuffing on board bottom edges; dustjacket with tiny closed tear at rear panel upper edge and touch of edgewear, mostly at the spine topedge, otherwise, very bright and clean. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. The first of Updike's compendia of (mostly) nonfiction.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Knopf, 1972. First edition, limited issue of 350 numbered copies signed by Updike on the limitation page. Copy #125. Quarter-leather with gilt spine lettering in illustrated dustjacket.. Slipcase. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket and Fine slipcase.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

NY: Crest, 1965. First edition, first prnt. Pbk. original. No hardcover edition. Glossy pictoral wraps. Foreword (in verse) by Updike. Unread copy with touch of wear at the spine bottom edge, shallow short crease on the rear wrap. Near Fine condition. Reprints Updike's first two books of poetry. . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.

Updike's personalized stationery. 5.5 x 8.5 ruled notepad sheet with perforated topedge. Undated (but likely 1986). 38 words. Updike explains why he did not sign a book sent to him. "My wife says I shouldn't sign bound galleys... so I didn't sign RV". He requests that his correspondent doesn't "send any more big bags of books" and ends with "Good luck in the 1/2 marathon. Yours, John Updike." Above his note Updike had written "1 call Angela" and above that a cartoon head portrait, both lined out. Small crease across the topedge. Near Fine condition. Before his career as novelist and poet, Updike studied art and has said in many interviews that his ambitiion as a PA high schooler was to be a "New Yorker" cartoonist. . Signed by Author. Near Fine. Holograph Note.

NY: Knopf, 2002. First edition, first prnt. Full cloth. Signed by Updike on the front free endpage. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1959. First UK edition, first prnt. Includes "Author's Note" not in the US edition (which was published by Harper & Bros. as The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures in 1958). 3x5 inch card laid-in signed by Updike. Upper board corners just tapped, foxed page edges; dustjacket with interior foxing which is apparent on the outside. Tight copy in Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Updike's first poetry collection.. Signed Card Laid in. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.The images are of the book described and not stock photos.

NY: Knopf, 1960. First edition, first prnt. Dustjacket with Richard Gilman twenty-four line blurb on front flap. Beginning board edge toning, small bump to rear board top edge; dustjacket has short closed tear on rear panel, minimal spine end and edgewear; spine top edge with tiny chip. Tight copy in a bright, clean dustjacket. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. First volume in Updike's Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom tetralogy. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.

NY: Knopf, 1966. First edition, first issue with the two transposed lines of verse on page 46. Laid in is a 5 x 7" glossy black & white publicity photo of Updike identified as "author of The Music School to be published by Knopf on September 19." The photo is slightly toned at the edges. The book has very faint beginning spine top edge toning; the dustjacket has two short closed tears, mildly toned spine and minimal wear at the spine ends. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover.. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.The images are of the book described and not stock photos.

NY: Knopf, 1989. First edition, limited issue of 350 numbered copies signed by Updike on the limitation page. Copy #17. Quarter-cloth with gilt lettering on spine, marbled paper-covered boards. Cloth-covered slipcase. Issued without dustjacket. Bottom corner or rear board with touch of wear; othetrwise, in Fine conmdition in a Fine slipcase.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

NY: Knopf, 1982. First edition, limited issue of 500 numbered copies signed by Updike on the limitation page. Copy #232. Full cloth with gilt lettering in illustrated dustjacket and slipcase. The slipcase has two soil spots on the top edge. The book is an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.The images are of the book described and not stock photos.

NY: Knopf, 1959. First edition, first prnt. 1st issue dustjacket. Beginning board edge toning, demure owner name & date on front pastedown (hidden by the dustjacket front flap); faint beginning foxing on front panel, miminal edgewear, mostly at spine ends, rear panel with small perforation and tiny closed tear on the upper edge. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Updike's first novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Knopf, 1998. First edition, first prnt. Printed wraps. 21pp. One of 5000 copies prepared for friends of the publisher and author. None meant for sale. Announcement card from Sonny Mehta laid in as issued. Unread copy in Fine condition. Updike's remarks upon receiving the 1998 National Book Foundation Medal.. First Edition. Soft Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chapbook.The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.

NY: Knopf, 1969. First edition, first prnt. Black & white photographs. Tiny crinkle on rear panel of dustjacket; otherwise in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Updike's third collection of poems. First Edition. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.The image is of the book described and not a stock photo.

Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1992. First edition. Signed by Updike as issued. "Special Message" by Updike for this edition. Gilt-stamped, leather-covered boards, all edges gilt, satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Small tear in the publisher's shrinkwrap; otherwise, an unread copy in Fine condition in unopened shrinkwrap with all inserts included. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.