Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Boyd Used & Rare Books

Los Angeles: Nearly Noah Publications, 1977. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Very Good+. Signed by Author(s). Signed and numbered [72/300]. Corners lightly bumped. Very faint bend to front cover. A little general surface soiling. Age toning to spine. Signed by all three authors at rear, with each adding two short handwritten poems, plus a personal inscription in the front by Bedford. No internal marks. Binding is sound. 62 pages. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Poetry by three authors.

New York: The Grolier Club, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed by Author(s). Signed and numbered [200/250] on limitation page. Inscribed by Gatch on half-title. Quarter tan cloth over pale blue paper boards. Paper spine label shows faint soiling and has a small abrasion (to the right of the first 'T'). Light scuffs on boards. Elven pages of color plates. pp. vii, 82, [11], [2]. Exhibition catalog of the Gatch collection of works by William Butler Yeats and his family, including John Butler Yeats and siblings Jack B. Yeats, Lily Yeats, and Elizabeth Corbet Yeats.

New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good-. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on the front free endpaper. First Edition, with ''1'' on copyright page. Yellow cloth with blue lettering on spine. A fine copy in a carefully restored dust jacket (repairs and reinforcements); not price clipped ($3.25); in an archival mylar sleeve. 216 pages. A scarce copy of this juvenile mystery, which revolves around two teen-age members of an archaeological society who decide to make a journey in search of a mythical lost valley and an ancient Indian village in a remote section of the Ozark Mountains. A captivating and adventurous novel with a diverse cast of characters. Lois Snelling (1893-1988) was a longtime resident of Benton County and the city of Rogers in northwest Arkansas. She was the author of three other juvenile mysteries, all of which are set in the Ozark region of Arkansas: Treasure in the Valley (1958), Strange Case at Willowood (1959), and Secret of the Red… Read More

London: Wishart & Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Burgundy cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine. Front cover is rain-spotted; spine faded. Previous owner's name on ffep; newspaper clipping on etiquette from the Osaka Mainichi affixed to the front paste-down. Foxing to pages. 239 pages. 19 x 12.5 cm. Observations from the mid-1920s of Japan and its culture, customs, and attitudes, and noting its response to western influences. Sherard Vines (1890-1974) was an English author and academic who, in the 1920s, spent five years teaching at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. Contents: 1) The Tyro Lands. 2) A Deep Depression is Signalled. 3) Of Diet and Hygiene. 4) Of Manners and Morals. 5) Men, Women and Children. 6) The Stranger within the Gate. 7) Belief, Education and Culture. 8) Local Colour. 9) To-day and To-morrow.

Chicago, Illinois: [self published], 1944. Soft cover. Fair. Staple-bound in wraps. Covers soiled and worn. Bookseller rubber stamp on title page; interior shows a few minor spots of soiling but is generally clean. 54 pp. 8 x 5.25 inches. No copies noted on OCLC. Published during World War II, this was dedicated by Kosberg "to the many members of our Armed Forces who would like to learn the harmonica." The cover features an illustration of four American soldiers in a Pacific island scene, with one playing the harmonica and thinking of his girl back home. The back cover features an advertisement for another book by Kosberg called "Harmonica Magic." Time valuation written within and all songs are written for Key of "C." Teaches the following lessons: 1) How to play any song by numbers 2) How to breathe properly up through your abdomen 3) How to play Legato Tonguing 4) How to do Double Tonguing 5) How to do Triple Tonguing 6) How to produce Vibrato Effects for radio,… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Fair. First edition. Black cloth stamped in yellow on spine and front cover. Internally clean and unmarked; a few pages in the first chapter are corner-bumped. Dust jacket lacking rear flap; edge-chipped and scuffed; not price clipped ($2.50); in an archival mylar sleeve. 364 pages. A very attractive copy in a rare dust jacket. Nineteen true stories of escapes from American prisons by the noted criminologist Edward H. Smith, published posthumously. According to the preface, written by a fellow criminologist, Smith died just prior to completing the volume. Includes escapes from Sing-Sing, San Quintin, Joliet, Leavenworth, The Tombs, among others. Edward H. Smith (1885-1927) studied at the University of Kansas and the University of Jena, at the latter of which he studied under Dr. Ernst Haeckel. He was the Sunday editor of The Chicago Tribune before coming to New York in 1912. In addition to being on the staff of The New York… Read More

[Rexburg, Idaho]: Honeybrook Press, 1987. Soft cover. Very Good. Barbara Stafford. Edition of 328 copies. Hand-sewn in Fabriano covers, letterpress on Lana laid paper. Covers show some light wear to edges, small tea spot near bottom of front cover; minor fading; short closed tear (1 cm.) to bottom edge of rear cover. Previous owner's note on ffep. 26 pp. 8.5 x 6 inches. In a removable clear archival sleeve. 24 collected poems with drawings by Barbara Stafford. The note on the ffep reads, ''From Bill / when Jack retired / June 1988''. [Jack Crampton, longtime political science professor at Lewis & Clark College.] William Stafford (1914-1993) was the United States Poet Laureate 1970-1971 and the Poet Laureate of Oregon 1975-1990.

Nottingham: Castle Museum, Nottingham Castle, 1972. Soft cover. Near Fine. Printed wrapper. Shows light handling, else fine. Errata page laid-in. Includes 32 pages of historic photographs and other illustrations. 96 pages. 9.5 x 5 inches. 1972 exhibition catalog of 293 items relating the D. H. Lawrence's formative years in Nottingham-Eastwood and his early years in London, with abundant context relating to his family and associates.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. Hardcover. Fair. Bound in brown boards with gilt ornamentation and lettering on spine. Two plates prior to the title page separated by tissue guard. Volume XII in the Boy's and Girl's Library series by Harper & Brothers. Flyleaf with previous owner's name: "William Van Bus Kerk's / Book, Oct 17th, A.D. 1858." Boards soiled and worn. Interior shows some marking and general soiling/age. xiii, [1], (10)-194 pp. 6.25" x 4.25". An account of his shipwreck and residence for several months alone upon an uninhabited island.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1917. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Blue cloth boards with a black title block and gilt lettering on spine; author's signature stamped in blind on front cover. Publisher's device on title page. Abraded blemish on front pastedown where a name has been erased; small soil spot on first page of chapter one; some light penciling in margins; else interior is clean. viii, 377 pages. 7.5 x 5.2 inches. The only novel by George Amos Dorsey (1868-1931), the American ethnographer of Plains Indians and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. Several reviewers at the time of its publication in 1917 described it as a ''sexual'' novel which described, and with perhaps an inappropriate candor, the affairs of a young man with members of the opposite sex. Others describe it as an ''anthropological'' novel of a modern young man.

[California?]: [published by author], 1941. Soft cover. Very Good. Staple-bound in wraps. Vertical crease. Short closed tear in right margin of front cover. Unmarked; some minor spots of soiling, else generally clean. [32] pages. 11 x 8.5 inches. Scarce. One copy noted on OCLC (University of California, Davis). Sex education with the objective ''to create a better understanding of marriage relationships and its many sexual problems... saving trouble, discomfort, and even suffering, of my fellowmen and sisters.'' Covers a variety of topics, including explanations of reproduction, menstruation, menopause, sex in marriage (with questions of libido and frequency), sexual technique, orgasm, hygiene, masturbation, coitus during menstruation and pregnancy, sterilization and birth control, venereal disease, nudism, and homosexuality. The author, Mrs. Jardine McCree, a likely pseudonym, appears to have operated out of California, and toured the country as a lecturer on sex education… Read More

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Boas on the ffep. First Edition. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering; Atlantic Monthly logo blind stamped on the front board. Spine cocked; light wear to board edges. Pages are a bit toned; one leaf has a spot of soiling, otherwise interior is clean. 320, plus [4] pp. ads. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. An anthology of essays regarding the current condition and future of American society, politics, international relations, Americanization, trade-unionism, education, the role of women, and popular religion, as they all stood at the end of the First World War. Authors include George Boas, Bertrand Russell, and Frances Parkinson Keyes. Includes brief biographical notes for each of the authors. Contents: The Other Side (Margaret Sherwood); A Letter to the Rising Generation (Cornelia A. P. Comer); This Older Generation (Randolph S. Bourne); Education: The Mastery of the Arts of Life (Arthur E. Morgan);… Read More

1858. Hardcover. Fair. Book has heavy edge wear with exposed boards. Lacking spine material. Broken hinges in both front and back. Name with date of May 16, 1860 on ffep. All pages are clean and intact. Richard Prichard was a Wesleyan minister. Yn cynwys ymchwiliad ac eglurhad ysgrythyrol ; mewn ffordd o holiadau ac atebion, ar brif athrawiaethau a dyledswyddau y grefydd Gristionogol; at wasanaeth yr Ysgolion Sabbothol.

Moscow, Russia: Molodaya Gvardiya Moskva, 1961. Hardcover. Good+. Book is bumped at head and tail of spine. Age toning to spine and edges of boards. Rear board has one scuff and a little soiling along the edges. Pages are unmarked. Approximately 196 pages. Side by side text in Russian, English, French, Spanish, and Finnish. 22cm x 29cm. An uncommon book of Russian propaganda.