Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Original black cloth binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. First edition in English, translated from the Hebrew by Batya and Chaim Rabin. The first full scholarly edition of this manual for military organization and strategy that was discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The scroll's description of the weaponry and tactics led Yadin to assign the composition of the scroll to a date between the capture of Jerusalem by Pompey (65 BCE) and the death of Herod (4 BCE). Octavo: xix, 387 p. with a frontispiece and 20 figures. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. The ink signature of Paul Naiditch, longtime Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles, appears on the front flyleaf. Tiny bit of dust spotting to the top edge. The dust jacket is a little toned, with a small label shadow and an ink price to the rear flap and some mild edgewear; otherwise very good.

Stanford, California: Stanford General Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Quarto. Original gray cloth binding, with silver titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Tokyo, Japan: Sodo Kimono School, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Yamanaka founded the Sodo Kimono Academy, the first institute of its kind to encourage the wearing of Japan's national dress in everyday life. His philosophy, outlined herein, is that wearing the kimono properly depends as much on the person's inner nature as on the garment itself. 54 p. with a frontispiece photograph. This copy is inscribed by Norio Yamanaka on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy.

London: Wisdom Publications, 1984. Trade paperback. Fine. This volume contains the edited teachings of the Fifteenth Kopan Meditation Course. The theme is Shantideva's text Engaging in the Bodhisattva's Way of Life but the subject matter covers the entire Graduated Path to Enlightenment." Octavo. Original printed orange paper wrappers. A fine, unread copy.

New York: IGT, 1984. Inaugural issue of the first periodical devoted to New York street and subway art. The front cover captures the zine's rebellious sprit with an image of a bloated Mayor Ed Koch, the sworn enemy of "graffiti", covered with "tags". Inside is news about Michael Stewart, a street artist killed by police, and interviews with Sak and Rize, two teenage "writers", actively "burning" trains.   Founded by photographer David Schmidlapp, or "Yanqui Junkie" as he is often identified, the zine was known by a variety of names during its decade long run (1984-94), including IGTimes, Subway Sun, InterGalactic Times, GetHip International Times, and Tight.   Photomechanically reproduced on both sides of a 22" x 17" sheet of white stock that folds to 8 1/2" x 11". Some mild toning and edgewear; otherwise very good.

New York: Robert Speller & Sons, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 244 p. Illustrations by Shane Miller. The author's first book. Yost (1907-81) was a career U.S. diplomat who was assigned as his country's representative to the United Nations from 1969 to 1971. Inscribed by Yost on the front flyleaf. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. Mild wear to the dust jacket. Better than very good. Inscribed by Author.

1898. Very good. An autograph letter signed (ALS) by John Russell Young, the seventh Librarian of Congress. Young was a journalist, author, and diplomat who served in the post for just two years before his death in 1899. The letter is handwritten written on Library of Congress letterhead to an unknown recipient. Young writes, "Sir, I have your work and am glad to comply with your request - I have many pleasant memories of Spain. I do not (word) the hope that the wisdom and (word) of the two countries will continue and maintain unbroken ties of friendship which have ever joined the United States and Spain." This correspondence seems to be associated with Young's international outreach. According to the Library of Congress, his business and political skills served him well during his brief tenure as Librarian of Congress. He used his diplomatic ties to enlarge the Library's collections. In February 1898, he sent a letter to U.S. diplomatic and consular representatives throughout the world asking them… Read More

University Park and London: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Textual photographs. First edition - limited edition, #235 of 300 specially printed and bound copies. Original gray cloth-covered boards over a brown leather spine with gilt titles. A near fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.