Search Results: Authors starting with A from Yesterday's Muse Books

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1862. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Corners rubbed, minor transfer on front board, ink name and small bookplate on front endpapers. 1862 Hard Cover. iv, 335, 16 pp. 8vo. A collection of essays by Virginia Woolf's uncle, a graduate of Eton College, King's College, and Trinity College, Cambridge. These originally appeared in The Saturday Review. The author writes quite a bit about morality and virtue, and also reviews a work by Harriet Beecher Stowe, and assesses the philosophies of several other writers. Includes: Casuistry; Mr. Hallam; Conventional Morality; Philanthropy; The Wealth of Nature; John Bull; Physical Strength; Doing Good; Geniality; Lord Macaulay; Limitations of Morality; Christian Optimism; Fanaticism; The End of the World; Pain; Christianity in India; Mental Stature; Minor Virtues; Courage; The Vanity of Human Wishes; Juniores Priores; Morality and Sensibility; Public and Private Morals; Secondhand Knowledge; Spirit-Rapping; Gamaliels; Mr. Carlyle;… Read More

Hull and London: A. Brown & Sons, Ltd. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Large fold-out map repaired at one seam with tissue. Showing at a glance the extended city boundary, parliamentary divisions, municipal wards and new streets.

New York and London: John Lane, 1897. Limited Edition. Small Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 6x4x0. One of 2000 copies printed by Will Bradley at Wayside Press. Pencil note on front free endpaper. 1897 Small Hard Cover. 94 pp. Cloth spine, paper over cloth boards. Author's second book. Pseudonym of Irish writer George William Russell. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: George William Russell (10 April 1867 - 17 July 1935) who wrote with the pseudonym Æ (often written AE or A.E.), was an Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, painter and Irish nationalist. He was also a writer on mysticism, and a central figure in the group of devotees of theosophy which met in Dublin for many years.

London: Tinsley Brothers, 2001. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. #378 of 500 copies, printed in facsimile in 2001 after the 1863 original. Edges lightly foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. viii, [2], 303; 295 pp. Fold-out map follows text of first volume. A first-hand account by scholar Sir Richard Francis Burton, based on his journey to a British outpost in Africa. Includes descriptions of African tribal rituals concerning birth, marriage and death, and of tribal fetishism, ritual murder, cannibalism, exotic sexual practices, etc. Burton is best known for his authoritative translation of the Arabian Nights.

New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1921. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition. No jacket. Pencil name on front free endpaper, some pages lightly foxed. 1921 Hard Cover. xxi, 176 pp. Photographic plates. Begbie's book provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of high fashion in London in the early 20th century. He offers witty and incisive commentary on the social dynamics of fashion, covering everything from dressmakers and designers to society ladies and gentlemen. With its keen insights and colorful prose, this book is sure to delight anyone interested in the history of fashion and social history in general. CONTENTS: Preface to the American Edition; Introduction; Principles of the Commonwealth; Colonel Repington's Diaries; Some Glimpses of the Normal; Mrs. Asquith's Autobiography; A Study in Contrast; Ill Effects; The Other Side; Manners; Examples in Love; Womanhood; Conclusion.

Warren, PA: A.J. Fouch & Co, 1908. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Top corner lightly creased, light stain along spine. 1908 Stapled Binding. Unpaginated. Yellow printed wrappers. A catalog of books, cards, teachers' supplies, etc., from education and art publishers, importers, and manufacturers. Illustrations throughout.

London: The Fireside Press, London / The Windmill Press, 1947. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8x5x0. First thus. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears. Front board soiled, bottom page ridge stained, page ridges and pages lightly foxed. 1947 Hard Cover. xii, 116 pp. 8vo. An autobiography of mental illness by an inmate in a Scottish insane asylum, notable for the clarity of the author's insight into his own condition. Reissued with a new introduction by Frieda Fromm-Reichmann.

New York: Thatcher & Hutchinson, 1859. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Warth, Thomas. First edition. General light wear, pencil scribble on one page. 1859 Hard Cover. 355, 4 pp. 21 of 33 chapters previously published in New York Evening Post, other 12 appear first here. True accounts of New York City life, including the acquittal of Emma Cunningham for the murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell in one of the most famous cases of the Victorian era. Illustrations by Thomas Warth.

New-York: Published for the Proprietors by C.S. Van Winkle, 1813. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Former library copy, usual marks. Foxed throughout with staining to margins of some pages, rebound in library cloth. 1813 Hard Cover. xii, 532 pp. 8vo. A collection of various medical papers and lectures, the third volume in a series.

Greenwich: Fawcett, 1963. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 7x4x0. First edition. Pages toned, faint edge wear. 1963 Mass Market Paperback. A Russian agent needs Sam Durrell's help to defect, but the mission is made almost impossible by the agent's KGB-trained girlfriend Nadja.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. First printing. Minor general wear. 1988 Trade Paperback. xii, 225 pp. From stories about cattlemen, fellow critics, his beloved desert, cities, and technocrats to thoughts on sin and redemption, this is one of our most treasured writers at the height of his powers.

London: Duckworth Overlook, 2009. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First UK edition. Surface tear on front free endpaper. 2009 Hard Cover. x, 453 pp. The dark past of the most commonplace of commodities revealed. Much like oil today, sugar was once the most powerful commodity on earth. It shaped world affairs, influencing the economic policies of nations, driving international trade and wreaking environmental havoc. The Western world's addiction to sugar came at a terrible human cost: the near extinction of the New World indigenous peoples gave rise to a new form of slavery, as millions of captured Africans were crammed into ships to make the dangerous voyage to Caribbean cane plantations.What began as the extraordinarily expensive luxury of nobles and the very wealthy has become a staple in the modern world. Indeed, it played its own role in creating that world, fuelling the workers of the Industrial Revolution, and giving rise to the craze for fast food. Sugar: A… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. Jacket rubbed with some small chips and creases. Bottom edges of boards lightly bumped, address label on front free endpaper. 1925 Hard Cover. 300 pp. "It was all very mysterious to Winsome Pearce. Didn't Uncle Oliver want her, that he stayed so long in Paris? And why had the Barberry Gate in the hedge between Fairacres and The Oakes stayed shut ever since great-grandfather Colfax "way back locked it and threw away the key?

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1872. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Boards lightly soiled, board corners bumped, loss to spine head, ink name on title page. 1872 Hard Cover. 546 pp. John S. C. Abbott's 'The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power' presents a meticulously researched historical narrative that chronicles the ascent of the Habsburg monarchy to its zenith as a dominant European power. Abbott's prose is both evocative and accessible, weaving a tapestry of political intrigue, military strategy, and cultural developments that shaped Austria's empire. Set within the wider literary context of 19th-century historical works, Abbott provides a comprehensive view that is both educational and engrossing, shedding light on a pivotal epoch in European history.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Quarter inch by half inch chip along top edge of rear jacket panel, minor chips to jacket spine head and jacket spine base. Ink name on half-title page. 1929 Hard Cover. 248 pp. It was just Theo's luck that the new girl should see her fighting the town bully. "But," thought Theo, defiantly, "what difference does it make what Beth Bradford thinks of me. I don't care." Little did Theo know how much Beth's likes and dislikes would mean to her and her adored brother, Jard. And it was not until the flood in which old Jasper, the boatman, lost his life that Theo finally realized how much Beth's approval really did mean. But the tragedy of the flood struck a new chord in Theo's life and it brought to her and to her family a new beautiful revelation.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Reissue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. Jacket edges rubbed. Faint smudge on spine, front hinge starting. 1924 Hard Cover. 281 pp. "He who laughs last, laugh best," goes the saying. But it is a question in the Romley family who will be the last. Certainly not Sidney, though, who at fifteen asserted a strange independence and was probably the least of the famous Joseph Romley's children to look like a poet's daughter. But Sidney, determined to escape the stigma of poetry just for a summer, goes to visit her Aunt Achsa on Cape Cod. In the wharves and boats of Provincetown she finds a whole cargo of glorious adventures, including the capture of a band of ultra-modern pirates, with a five-thousand dollar reward. And, to her great surprise, she comes to play an unexpected part in sister Trude's romance, too.

New York: Putnam, 2023. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. An exceptional copy. 2023 Hard Cover. Honey, I just want you to have everything you ever wanted. That’s what Jacy’s mom always told her. And Jacy felt like she finally did. Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy and her new husband, Jed, embark on their first road trip together to visit his father, Dr. Ash, in Michigan’s far-flung Upper Peninsula. The moment they arrive at the cottage snug within the lush woods, Jacy feels bathed in love by the warm and hospitable Dr. Ash, if less so by his house manager, the enigmatic Mrs. Brandt.

Chicago, Illinois: Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc, 1938. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Wooden boards. Edge wear. 1938 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. Blank genealogical ledger.

[American Historical Association], 1908. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Base of boards faintly stained, free endpapers removed. 1908 Hard Cover. 233-450 pp. 8vo. A separately bound edition of the Justin Winsor Prize winning essay originally published by the American Historical Association in 1906. The author, a Ph.D., was a Bulkley Fellow in History at Yale University, Associate Professor in History at Wells College, and Instructor in History at The Woman's College of Baltimore. She discusses the origins of the plan for Indian removal, unsuccessful attempts during the Jefferson administration, the War of 1812, and removal efforts afterwards, with a chapter focusing on John Quincy Adams. Footnotes throughout, bibliography and index follow text.

Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. First edition. Remainder mark. 2003 Hard Cover. 320 pp. An astonishing account of the Nazi plot to paralyze the American war effort through terrorist actions on U.S. soil.