Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB

New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1956 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Bookplate, embossed stamp. Good+ in chipped d.j.

London: Field & Tuer, Ye Leadenhalle Presse…New York: Scribner & Welford… [n.d.] The text was edited by Evelyn Forsyth from a manuscript produced by Griffith Boan in Carlisle, Cumbria, in 1512. The material is an old tale, which Boan states he got from a "very aged chronicle," found by him at the Chapel of Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. We could find no other immediately recognizable versions of this tale. Printed parchment over wrappers, lightly soiled. . Small quarto. Two inch split along front joint. Very good. This is a scarce book: OCLC lists eight copies, five in America.

New York: B.F. Goodrich Co., [1902] One of a small number of copies of this alphabet primer that doubles as an ad for Goodrich Tires. . Dark brown printed wrappers stitched with brown thread. . Narrow quarto. Each page is illustrated, some with multiple images, in black, white, and orange and printed on brown paper. Very minor edgewear, else a fine, crisp copy of a scarce piece of advertising. In the present work, there is an illustration for each letter accompanied by rhyming verse. One such example is: "F is for First / like the boy in the race /Just like Palmer Tires which hold the first place." The alphabet and verses are followed by a list of tires sold by Goodrich (examples include "The Regular Roadster," which is "The Universal Tire for Pleasure, Business, General Riding, Road Uses, and Road Racing. Light, Strong, Durable and Resilient" and "Mexican," which is "Extra Heavy Thread (Two Ply). Heavier Air Tube. Covered Specially to Withstand Hard Usage and Rough Riding…A Good Tourist's Tire."… Read More

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1960 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine. One of450 copies printed by the Plantin Press, Los Angeles.

Los Angeles: [Ward Ritchie Press], 1938 One of 150 copies printed as a Christmas keepsake by Ward Ritchie. Original green printed paper wrappers stitched at spine. Printed gray paper label on front cover. With a laid-in "By Way of Explanation" leaf describing the process of writing, illustrating, and printing the item. . 5 x 4 . With nine floral woodcut vignettes by Paul Landacre (including title-page vignette). A fine copy.

. Council Bluffs, Iowa: Yellow Barn Press, 2001 One of 175 copies.. Quarter black Oasis goatskin over DePol patterned paper boards. Leather spine label titled in gilt. Quarto. With twenty-two color plates and fifty-eight illustrations, many of them John DePol's wood engravings. Printed on Zerkall paper in Eric Gill's Perpetua A fine copy with the prospectus in a black cloth clamshell case. Neil Shaver (1924 - 2019) started the Yellow Barn Press in Council Bluffs, Iowa in the 1960s, though he did not begin printing seriously until 1979. He began at the University of Nebraska that year, where he studied printing under Harry Duncan and produced the first Yellow Barn Press book. He went on to print many expertly designed and crafted books about books: The Old Printing Office (1985), Elbert Hubbard: William Morris's Greatest Imitator (1999), American Iron Hand Presses (1991), and John DePol: A Celebration (1994).

New York: Clarkson Potter, [2000] Firsst edition. Boards. Quarto. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Fine in fine d.j.

London: Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, 1986 One of a small edition printed for members of The Roxburghe Club. This copy was reserved for member Anthony Hobson, and his name is highlighted in red on the membership list. Quarter burgundy morocco over burgundy cloth boards, gilt spine. . Folio. Title in black and red. A complete facsimile of the manuscript in monochrome, except for a few particularly decorative leaves, which are reproduced in full color or partial color. A fine copy. Presented to members of the Roxburghe Club by the Marquis of Normanby. Normanby notes in his preface that the scholars who have contributed to this book have not reached a definite conclusion about the source of this manuscript, though it seems most probable that it came from one of the two great monasteries in Canterbury. If this is so, it is likely that Wulfstan, Archbishop of York from 1002, acquired it when he went to Canterbury for the consecration of Aethelnoth in 1020. Wulfstan died… Read More

London: Henry Frowde, 1892 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Hinges cracking, but cords sound. Binding extremities lightly rubbed, a little spotting to front cover. Bookplate removed. Very good, partially unopened.

Norfolk, CT: New Directions Poets of the Year, [1944] First edition, wrappers issue. Wrappers. Octavo. Some soiling near spine. Othewise fine.

London: A.K. Newman and Company, 1836 A New Edition," revised and altered by the author. OCLC gives early dates of 1820 (Philadelphia imprint, also described as a "new edition") and 1827. Hofland notes in "To the Reader" that she was "induced to alter the original, in so far as to omit that account of the Burmese War which formed a great object of interest at the time it was written, but is now become less attractive" (p. v). . Contemporary green calf stamped elaborately in blind, gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt. . Octavo. Engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title-page. Binding extremities lightly worn, very minor soiling to boards. Contemporary ink inscription on front flyleaf and contemporary engraved armorial bookplate on front pastedown. A very good copy in a remarkable binding. Barbara Hofland (bap. 1770, d. 1844) was a writer and children's novelist. Her most popular children's work was The Son of a Genius, which was frequently reprinted and translated into several languages.… Read More

[London:] Allan Wingate, [1946] First edition thus. Cloth. Quarto. Brown-toned reproductions of drawings of various sizes. Some browning to endpapers, old bookseller's label on front pastedown. Very good in very good dust jacket. Jacket lightly soiled.

London: Printed by Edw. Midwinter, for John Taylor.. 1707 First edition of "a mathematical bestseller in Georgian England and Ireland… [It] was attractive not only to school boys trying to learn mathematics for the first time, but also… to adult readers eager to have an easy, portable mathematical compendium in the vernacular." The work went through twelve printings in London, Dublin printings, and a French translation.. Finely bound in contemporary green morocco paneled in gilt. Gilt spine expertly rebacked to style with red morocco spine label. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with contemporary bookplate of Yorkshire gentleman Ellerker Bradshaw of Risby and modern bookplate of computer pioneer and book collector Erwin Tomash (1921-2012). Bradshaw's signature and inscription, dated 1707, to preliminary blank. . Octavo. With an engraved frontisportrait by Vander Gucht. Text supplemented with numerous tables, equations, and diagrams throughout. Some light wear and toning at top edge. Still, a… Read More

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1965 One of 450 copies printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley. Clothbacked pictorial boards. Octavo. Illustrations after woodcuts in French periodicals. A fine copy.

Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley, 1837 Second edition. First published in 1834. Contemporary floral patterned brown cloth titled in gilt. . Twelvemo. Spot of staining to cloth. Foxing to leaves. A good copy of an uncommon book. "The object of the author is, to enter into the minute details of the Nurse's duty to the Infant, during the first month of its life. In his own practice, he has often seriously felt the inconvenience of the want of information, in this respect, on the part of the Nurse; and it was this which chiefly induced him to prepare these pages" (preface). The present work details the "qualifications necessary to constitute a good Nurse," "conduct of the Nurse in the sick room," "duties of the nurse during labor," and instructs nurses and mothers in a range of infant care topics from proper feeding and clothing to common ailments. It also contains information on pregnancy and postpartum care for mothers, including illnesses experienced after birth and their remedies. Dr. Richard Sharp… Read More

NY: Putnams, [1992] Boards/. Octavo. Fine in fine d.j. Signed by the author.

[New York: The American Social Hygiene Association,] 1941 First edition under this title. The content of the work was first published under the title Sex Problems and Advice from the Private Papers of Mrs. Jardine McCree in 1938. Publisher's printed paper wrappers with a woman's portrait to front cover. . Quarto. Vignettes, diagrams of reproductive organs, and photo reproductions throughout. Some toning to back cover and margins. A very good copy of this rare sex education manual. Jardine McCree was a Los Angeles-based health educator whose lectures accompanied the exploitation films of the 1920s and 30s. Her name was likely assumed to protect her identity, as exploitation films were age-restricted and separated from mainstream Hollywood entertainment for their suggestive content. In his book on the history of exploitation films, Eric Schaefer writes, "At some point during the show…the lecturer would address the audience on the subject of the film…Lecturers were often given phony credentials or… Read More

Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, [n.d., ca. 1828] Early edition. The earliest copy noted by OCLC apparently has 1828 on the title-page, and this copy can't have been published much later. OCLC also only lists copies that claim to be revised, as ours does. A scarce book regardless, as OCLC lists only thirteen physical copies of any edition. We could find no indication of who the author is. Quarter red roan over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Twelvemo. Engraved frontispiece. Binding extremities a bit worn and rubbed. Lacking blank preliminary and terminal leaves. Very light foxing, the occasional minor stain. A very good copy of a rare, fragile book. The present work consists of four dialogues, each between two characters, that wish to instill morality in young readers by addressing the following topics: keeping good company, reading, the Bible, on collecting donations for church, rising early, regular and punctual attendance at Sunday school, animal cruelty (dog fights, cock fighting,… Read More