Search Results: Authors starting with U from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1907. July 1, 1907. Pp. 176(last blank), 11 folding and 1 full page map, index: demy 8vo; half red morocco, spine lettered and ruled in gilt between raised bands, marbled papered boards, label removed from top edge of upper board; marbled endpapers, upper free endpaper slightly starting at hinge and with small piece torn from the lower fore-corner; Office of the Chief of Staff, Second (Military information) Division, General Staff, no. 11, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC., 1907. First edition. *From the library of Sydney bibliophile David Levine, with his Militaria book label on upper pastedown. Ex library copy, with library plate on upper pastedown and borrowing pocket on lower pastedown, both stamped 'Withdrawn'.

London: Constable Young Books Ltd, 1963. Pp. vi+106, frontispiece, text illustrations (several full page), index; med. 8vo; boards a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, the fore-corners faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges and backstrap rubbed and split, with a short closed tear at foot of front panel tape marked on reverse; small inked number at head of upper pastedown and inked ownership inscription (dated 1964) on upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Constable Young Books, London, 1963. First edition.

London: Faber and Faber, 2002. Pp. xx+588, 16 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations (some full page), pictorial headpieces, full page map, chronology, sources and notes, index; med. 8vo; navy papered boards, spine lettered and ruled in white, the upper board faintly scuffed; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, bottom edges of leaves a trifle soiled; Faber and Faber, London, 2002. First edition. *A group portrait of the members of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, an informal society of prominent Midlands intellectuals, industrialists and natural philosophers. Principal members included Josiah Wedgwood, Erasmus Darwin, Joseph Priestley, James Watt.

London: Collins & Harvill Press, 1977. With an Introduction by Arthur Koestler. Pp. 112; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung, edges and spine lightly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and a trifle creased;, name & date (1978) in ink on upper free endpaper, small ink mark to top edge of leaves; Collins & Harvill Press, London, 1977. Second edition. *First published in 1971, this novella was the basis for the 1989 film of the same title, directed by Jerry Schatzberg from a screenplay by Harold Pinter, starring Jason Robards and Samuel West.

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1998. Pp. xiv+256(last blank), text illustrations and maps, notes, select bibliography, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1998. First edition. Army Military History Series: Issues.

Cleveland, Ohio: The World Publishing Company, 1963. The log of one man's journey in the South Pacific. Pp. 320(last blank), title page decorations, endpaper map; gilt lettered green cloth, decorated in blue & black, a trifle marked, the bottom fore-corner of upper board bruised; top edges orange, fore-edges uncut; The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, n.d.[1963?]. Second printing..

London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992. Pp. xii+308, upper endpaper map and pictorial lower endpapers, notes, index; med. 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted, bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, a little light foxing; HarperCollins Publishers, London, 1992. First edition. *In August 1613, much of the town of Dorchester was destroyed in a conflagration which its inhabitants regarded as a 'fire from heaven'. This book 'traces the way in which the tolerant, paternalistic Elizabethan town oligarchy was quickly replaced by a group of men who had a vision of a godly community in which power was to be exercised according to religious commitment, rather than wealth or rank. The succeeded, briefly, in making Dorchester a place which could boast systems of education and of assisting the sick and needy nearly three hundred years in advance of their time' [wrapper blurb].

Sydney: Bantam Books, 1998. Foreword by Daryl Somers. Pp. xiv+284, 16 plates, pictorial endpapers, glossary, measurements; med. 8vo; orange papered boards, spine lettered in bronze, tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Bantam Books, Sydney, 1998. First edition. *'One woman's powerful story of love and life on a remote cattle station' [wrapper blurb].

Sydney: New South Wales University Press, 1989. Pp. 248, pictorial double title page, plus numerous text illustrations appendices, bibliography, index; narrow med. 4to; black boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, a few tiny bruises to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; New South Wales University Press, Sydney, 1989. First edition..

Zurich: Diogenes, 1975. 101 Studien und Skizzen fur ein deutsches Volks- und Kinderliederbuch. Mit einem Nachwort des Kunstlers Club der Bibliomanen. [Text in German] Pp. 92 (including coloured frontispiece, title page and 85 pages of illustrations in colour or sepia)+[8]; demy 4top pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lightly browned and soiled; Diogenes, Zurich, 1975. *Studies for a German folk and children's songbook, with an afterword by the artist.

San Francisco: United States Navy Department, 1945. Pp. 68, text illustrations, upper pastedown map, VT-17 Calendar and list of Strikes on upper free endpaper; med. 4to; art. leather boards, a little worn, upper board decorated with the squadron insignia and lettered in gilt; occasional inked marginalia; United States Navy Department, San Francisco, n.d. [c.1945?]. *This Squadron (VT-17) was one of the most decorated in the Pacific and saw extensive action whilst stationed on board USS Hornet between February and June 1945.

Washington, DC: Navy Department, 1964. In eight volumes, totalling over 5000 pages, with forewords, frontispieces, text and endpaper illustrations including maps (most double page), appendices, bibliography, lists of ships; post. 4to; maroon art. leather, edges of some volumes worn and fore-corners bruised; edges of leaves browned; Navy Department/Naval History Division, Washington, DC., 1964-1981. All first editions except Volume I 1959 (Reprint with corrections 1964)..

London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Volume XXXIV, Number 274, Autumn 1961. Pp. 89-136+[12](volume index), text illustrations (some full page); pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled; a couple of spots of foxing; Oxford University Press, London, 1961. *With two 8 page Supplements (one headedBooks from Overseas) loosely inserted.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922. Pp. 112, sepia frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 22 black & white plates, text illustrations (some full page, one printed in red & black), 2 full page maps, decorative head & tailpieces and initials; small cr. 4to; qr. natural linen, spine lettered and decorated in black, grey papered boards with printed paper title label on upper board, the boards slightly soiled and foxed, edges (including the fore-corners) lightly worn; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers offset, a little light foxing; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1922. Second impression..

Oxford: Balliol College, 1951. [cover title]. Pp. [ii]+30; printed paper wrappers, stapled, backstrip faded; minor production (trimming) fault to bottom fore-corner pp. 19/20, with small piece torn from same; [Balliol College], Oxford, 1951.

London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Volume XXXIV, Number 272, Spring 1961. Pp. 48, text illustrations (some full page); pictorial paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and creased; faint damp stain to bottom edge of a couple of leaves; Oxford University Press, London, 1961. *With the 8 page Supplement, Books from Overseas loosely inserted.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. Pp. 32; illustrated; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1978. *'In 1978 the OUP is celebrating the quincentenary of printing in Oxford. This booklet gives a brief account of the Press's first five hundred years, describes its organization, and records some of its achievements' [from the title page]. With loosely inserted keepsake issued 'to remind you of your visit to the Oxford University Press Quincentenary Display at the Australian Antiquarian Booksellers' Fair Melbourne 1978', single leaf, printed in red & black on both sides, 18.3 cm. x 12.5cm., edges slightly rubbed.

London: Oxford University Press, 1975. Volume XL, Number 321, Autumn 1975. Pp. 49-96, illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled; upper fore-corner of several leaves and lower wrapper lightly creased; Oxford University Press, London, 1975..

London: Oxford University Press, 1975. Volume XL, Number 320, Spring 1975. Pp. 1-48, illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled; Oxford University Press, London, 1975..

London: Oxford University Press, 1976. Volume XL, Number 323, Autumn 1976. Pp. 145-192, illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled; Oxford University Press, London, 1976..