Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Last Exit Books

EB: Yale University Press. Very Good. 1976. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1976. Vol 14.1: xiii, 691 pgs, Vol. 14.2: vii, 695-1192 pgs. Illustrated. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Publication of this volume brings to conclusion the Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More, a thirty-year publishing project of landmark importance in the study of humanism in Western history. The volume contains More's earliest works, probably written between 1492 and 1522, including English poems, a translation and devotional adaptation of Giovanni Francesco Pico's life of his famous uncle Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, and a devotional prose work. These texts together trace More's earliest career as a humanist through his transition to maturity as a… Read More

E-130: Yale University Press. Very Good. 1993. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1993. 272 pages. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In a bold series of essays by Derrida, Bourjea, Hubert among others, this book investigates the relationships of text to image, to typography, to the gesture of writing itself. Referencing such authors as Artaud, Proust, Valery, etc, it posits the view that drawing is also something to read. E-130; Yale French Studies Series; 9.2 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches; 272 pages .

E-096. Very Good. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by The Yale Record, New Haven. 1939. 32 pgs. Illustrtated. Sample Copy. Issued in illustrated stapled wraps. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Yale Record is the campus humor magazine of Yale University. Founded in 1872, it became the oldest humor magazine in the world when Punch folded in 2002. The Record is currently published eight times during the academic year and is distributed in Yale residential college dining halls and around the nation through subscriptions. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

C4a: Motorbooks International, Distritubor. Very Good. 1986. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Kimberley's, London, UK. 1986. Unpaginated. 24 pgs. Illustrated. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Marlboro Yamaha team came into existence at the end of 1981, after an approach by 15-time world champion Giacomo Agostini to Marlboro president Alleardo Buzzi, at the cigarette company's European headquarters in Lusanne. EB; Kimberley's Grand Prix Bike Team Guide; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

C2c. Very Good. Binder. Bound in Binder. 4to. Yamaha, Japan. Unknown Date (1960s? ). Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with exploded diagrams. Bound in binder with handwritten titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Original parts list has hole punched and fitted to a binder. The Yamaha V series are two-stroke step-through motorcycles made by the Yamaha Motor Company. There were a number of different engine capacities to suit different sections of the market. The bike was primarily released to compete with the ever-popular Honda Super Cub. It is also very similar to the Suzuki FR50. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-130: Albert Whitman. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Albert Whitman. 1940 168 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (light chipping present to the heel and crown of the spine). Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Yammy was the spoiled son of well-to-do parents. In the process of learning about how the other half lives, he undertakes to save up for a bicycle, his family manufacture ways and means, and he gets some grand trips and some extravagant toys on the side. His gesture of generosity, now and again, is loudly applauded. E-130; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 168 pages .

E-264: Jarrolds. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. Third Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Jarrolds, London, UK. 1951. 544 pgs. Frontis present and 36 illustrations. Third Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to reverse of the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Cherry was a Wall Street Banker who volenteered before war broke out. Cherry saw service on coastal and Atlantic convoys and on anti-U-boat patrols from Bermuda. He served in Winchester, Evadne, Riou and Wren (a member of the 2nd Escort Group commanded by Captain F. Walker) , and saw action in the Normandy landings before joining the Allied Occupation Force in Bremen. EB .

C4b. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. Published by Zecchiniart, 2014. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Consisting primarily of photographs of John Yarema's amazing wood floors. This monograph features some of Yarema's most brilliant interiors, one-of-a-kind masterpieces that convey his unparalleled skill and true artistry. From the naissance of his career over twenty years ago, Yarema has worked with recycled, locally sourced, often salvaged materials a practice that reflects his commitment to sustainability and his conviction that environmentally responsible methods are not only viable, but essential, to the future of high-end design. This book details his methods and sources and offers best practices for ethical… Read More

E-208: Bantam. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Bantam Books, New York. 1985. 342 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. General Chuck Yeager, the greatest test pilot of them all -- the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound . . . The World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang . . . The hero who defined a certain quality that all hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era aimed to achieve: the right stuff. E-208; 1.3 x 9.3 x 6.4 Inches; 342 pages .

E-146. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Company, Saint Louis, MO. 1900. 232 pgs. Bound in 3/4 tan and blue cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards lightly soiled and worn to the extremities). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Several tape repairs to some of the pages. Binding tight and solid. Constitution, By-Laws, Rules and Application process. Roster of Missouri members and their Revolutionary War ancestors. The Missouri SAR was founded on April 23, 1889. The Missouri SAR is a lineage society whose members can trace their ancestors to Patriots who fought and, or supported the American Revolution. We honor their service to founding of our great nation and because of their sacrifices, we enjoy the freedoms that we have today. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-281: John C. Winston. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover 8vo. John C. Winston, Philadelphia, PA. 1958. 203 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. James Heugh designed DJ has shelf-wear present (DJ is lightly rubbed and worn with chipping present to the crown and heel of the DJ). Bound in yellow cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The copper-yellow glow of the comet seemed to have brought the whole world to a grinding halt. Airplanes, trains, generators and heavy machinery were immobilized. Finally man was left with only a few primitive tools. In the resulting chaos parts of Mayfield were burned and looted by hunger-crazed mobs that stole and killed as they advanced. EB; 203 pages .

E-327: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1939. 400 pgs. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated with Color Plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in decorated cloth boards with brown titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear, rubbing present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Glue mark residue from a bookplate present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his dear animal friend. There has been a film and even a musical based on this… Read More

E-350: The Hogart Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by the Hogarth Press, London, UK. 1937. 435 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is foxed and worn). Bound in pale jade-green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The principal theme of this ambitious book is Time, threading together three generations of an upper-class English family, the Pargiters. The characters come and go, meet, talk, think, dream, grow older, in a continuous ritual of life that eludes meaning. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 435 pages .

E-298: Hammond, Hammond and Company. Very Good. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Hammond, Hammond and Company, London, UK. 1953. 205 pgs Signed by Joseph Shallit on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Joseph Shallit didn't write a lot of books, but the ones he did were brilliant. His lead character, in all but one of his novels is Dan Morrison. A good guy, but not too good, Dan is as hardboiled not by choice, but necessity. Joseph Shallit (February 7, 1915—June 13, 1995) was an American mystery novelist and science fiction author. He was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants from Vitebsk (now in Belarus) , born in Philadelphia under the name Joseph Shaltz. This name was the result of a… Read More

EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The F. M. Lupton Publishing Co. , New York. No Date (c1890s). 160 pgs. Bound in 3/4 light brown leather with matching floral paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Yellow Mask, a gothic romance, filled with mystery and suspense, will hold you riveted from beginning to end. A scheming priest, Father Rocco of Pisa, decides the inheritance and great wealth of Count Fabio D'Ascoli was stolen from the Church many generations ago. Father Rocco's brother is a master-sculptor, Fabio's teacher and the father of the beautiful Maddelena. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-324. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by powerHouse Books, Brooklyn, NY. 2000. 176 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (lightly bumped spine corners). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. With bold black-and-white portraits and landscapes, Cariou indelibly captured the strict, separatist, jungle-dwelling, fruit-of-the-land lifestyle—popularized by reggae legends Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Burning Spear—in images never before seen, until now. In Yes Rasta—the phrase spoken by true Rastafari when greeting each other—Cariou's direct, classical photographs reveal men whose style and attitude are as distinctive as their dreadlocks. Men who have left the modern world of Babylon in pursuit of their own independence. Men whose lives are intertwined with the tropical… Read More

EB: Atlantic. Very Good. 1991. Hardcover. Box Set. Atlantic Music. 1991. 4 CD Box set. With liner notes. Box lightly rubbed and worn with tape residue present to the edges. CD are in excellent condition. This is a very nice 4 CD box set that gives you a nice overview of Yes' amazing history. It's chronological and the comprehensive liner notes follow the tracks very nicely. There is a nice balance of original material with alternate takes and unreleased songs. Some of the new material includes instrumentals by Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin, and "Amazing Grace" by Chris Squire, the Christmas song "Run With The Fox" by Chris Squire and Alan White, a live cover of The Beatles song "I'm Down", live versions of "Changes", And You And I" & "Heart of the Sunrise", and about 4 other previously unreleased songs along with lots of great selections from every one of their studio albums through 1991's Big Generator.… Read More

E-053: Bodley Head. Very Good. 1983. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Bodley Head, London, UK. 1983. 92 pgs. #706 of a limited edition of 750 copies. Signed by Graham Greene to the limitation page. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. “Yes and No” has only one act and two character, one of whom is virtually monosyllabic. It seems to be written by Greene to illustrate his disdain for the directors of his staged plays, many of whom he pillaged. “For Whom the Bell Chimes” (a little “play” on Hemingway’s opus? ) is a 3-act play, a farce, comparable to the more recent “Noises Off, ” with actors running in and out of the scene, much hilarity because of disguises and mistaken identities. There also seems to be a rather wonderful set: “a very compact little… Read More

E-235. Very Good. Hardcover. Trade PB. 4to. Si chuan mei shu chu ban she, Chengdou, China. 2000. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Text in Chinese. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A catalogue of the exhibition held at Guangdong Museum of Art showcasing artworks by 2 Chinese female artists who specialise in ink flower paintings. Brief artist biographies are included. This one seems to focus on shoes. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-182: Theosophical Pub House. Very Good. 1991. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Stellar Books, Manila, PI. 1991. Ix, 278 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Geoffrey Hodson served with distinction in the British Army and afterwards became actively interested in theosophical studies. He has carried out occult research in collaboration with medical men, physicists, anthropologists and archaeologists. Mr. Hodson is the author of about forty-five Theosophical and other books, dealing with such topics as meditation, the spiritual life, health and disease, and the life and powers of the occultist. He has carried out special first-hand investigation of fairies and other angelic evolution. Mr. Hodson was awarded the Subba… Read More