Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Madoc Books

Aberystwyth: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales, 1987. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. In attractive full brown, boxed cloth, gilt titles to spine. Internally, [7] ff, [1], 2-555 ff, title page in red & black inks, cream endpapers. With its custom brown cloth slip case. (297*207 mm). A University of Wales production, which is a facsimile copy of the 1588 Bishop Morgan Bible. A lovely example of an important and always useful title! Morgan, bishop of St Asaph and biblical translator has been called 'the single most important figure in the history of the Reformation in Wales' (Williams, Wales and the Reformation, 342), because it was he who brought to completion the translation of the Bible into Welsh. The Book of Common Prayer, including the psalter, and the New Testament had been translated in 1567, but the task was left unfinished. See ODNB.

[Rhydychain], 1690. Hardcover. Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Known as Beibl Esgob Llwyd - Bishop Lloyd's Bible, 1690. In full reversed calf, blind edge tooling, 5 studs, corners worn. Spine, raised bands, gilt title to black calf (Bibl Teuluaidd), a few marks. Internally, Y Bibl, [1690], lacking frontis and title page, A-4O3, [1] blank with ms notes. Apocrypha 4P1-5L4. Testament Newydd, frontis present, lacking title page, A2-2F3, paper repairs to final leaf. First leaf of the Bible mounted, with vertical tear with some loss, binders label to fpd (T Hughes Llanrhaiadr), hinges strengthened. (356*235 mm) (Ballinger 18. Darlow & Moule 9594. ESTC R24201).

London, 1953. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In blue marked cloth, gilt titles to spine. Internally, half title, [9], (x-liv), [2], [1], 2-1110 pp, [2], 2 columns per page, ink signature to fep (Garfield Hughes), occasional light spotting to text block edges, lacking the dj. (237*162 mm). An excellent reference book.

30 & 32, Sardinia Street, WC, London: Whiting & Co, Limited, 1883. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In embossed tan cloth, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, titles in gilt, some marks along joints, edges bumped. Internally, yellow endpapers, [2], [1], (ii-xxxiv), [1], 2-255 pp, 1 loose leaf. A little cocked. (225*143 mm). Title continues: By the "Famous Clarke" with an appendix from the Register Note-Book of Thomas Rowlands and prefaced with an introductory chapter and pedigrees by Dr Thomas

London: Society of Cymmrodorion, 1920. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. With the important Giraldus article by WS Davies. In dark blue cloth, gilt tiles to spine. Internally, [4], [1], 2-248 pp, 1 illustration (folding), most pages uncut. (222*144 mm).

London: New Tone Buildings, 64, Chancery Lane.: Society of Cymmrodorion, 1921. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG+, 1918, 2 pls. In quarter red calf over red cloth (University Binding?), corners brushed. Spine, faded slightly, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, frontis, [4], [1], 2-290 pp, 2 pls, margin paper repair to frontis, evidence of removed bookplate to fpd, top text block edge reddened remainder not. (140*216 mm). Jones, Welsh scholar and poet, edited the quarterly magazine Y Beirniad ('The Critic') from start to finish (1911-19), but wrote little himself for that periodical, although he spent a great deal of time in editorial work. Occasional articles from his pen appeared in various magazines: notably his 'Tudur Aled' in the Transactions of the Cymmrodorion (1908-9) and the review in English in Cymmrodor (vol. 28, 1918) of the edition of the Book of Taliesin by John Gwenogvryn Evans. His Welsh Grammar,… Read More

Conwy:: RE Jones a'i Frodyr, 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In half calf over red marbled boards, some blind tooling, corners & edges rubbed. Spine, raised bands, blind & gilt tooling, gilt titles to dark green calf label. Internally, frontis, [5], 6-200 pp, 1 pl (photographic portrait, many leaves uncut (and unread?), red marbled endpapers, evidence of removed bookplate, text block edges sprinkled red. (Folio, 174*213 mm). OWEN, Calvinistic Methodist minister, author, and schoolmaster. Born in Betws y Coed & was buried there!

Caerfyrddin. Llundain: St. Martins-Le-Grand.: W. Spurrell. H. Hughes., 1848. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. VG+, 1st ed, 1848. Uncommon. In the publishers soft printed covers, corners rubbed. Re-spined, new printed paper label. Internally, [3], (iv-viii), [1], 2-234 pp, (ii) adverts. First published in English in 1844. (103*159 mm). Uncommon WorldCat shows 1 copy being held & COPAC shows 7.

Dolgellau: R Jones. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. In the publishers plain blue paper boards, corners and edges bumped and worn slightly, lower cover loosing its blue paper cover revealing brown board. Spine, a little torn, titles in red ink to newer paper, edges bumped, some tape. Internally, fpd raised and almost loose, some very light spotting to prelims, marginal water stain to first few pages, Good, (xliv), [1], 26-555 pp, with an interesting subscribers list, tail device to final page, text block edges uncut, most pages uncut! possibly unread!, preface and notes in English, text in Welsh, first published in 1671, this copy not dated but c 1822. Housed in its own up and over brown cloth box with gilt tooling and title to a maroon leather label. A genuine rarity!193*118 MM). Edwards, Welsh-language writer and preacher, went to Oxford, to the university printer, to print Ffydd ddi-ffuant (1667), a book that he had no doubt been preparing during the previous few… Read More

Abertawy:: E Griffiths, 1849. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 1st ed. 1849, , 21 pls with 84 coloured plants. In contemporary full calf, worn, gilt edge tooling, corners bumped & worn. Spine, decorative gilt tooling. gilt titles to calf label, edges bumped & worn, some loss. Internally, [3], 4 (only), [1], [1], 30 pls (hand coloured), [1], 6-164 pp, 157-160 plant names, marbled endpapers & text block edges, ink name to verso fep (John Davies Smith, Bala College stamp to ffep & verso of 1 pl. (Folio, 117*194 mm). Title continues: yn ddwy ran : y rhan gyntaf, yn traethu ar brif lysiau Cymru, y lleoedd y maent yn tyfu, eu hamserau, eu dulliau, a'u rhinweddau; Yr ail ran, yn traethu ar y prif glefydau ag y mae y natur ddynol yn ddarostyngedig iddynt, yr achosion o honynt, eu dechreuad, eu cynydd, eu harwyddion, ynghyd a^ chyfarwyddiadau i'w iachau

Dinbych:: T. Gee, 1846. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. VG, 2nd ed, 2 pls. In contemporary full dark marked calf, corners & edges worn. Spine, no title, gilt tooling, edges rubbed. Internally, frontis, [3], (iv) only, [1], 6-55 pp, [1], 2 pls, 2 pagination errors (but complete), ink name to tp & fpd, some light edge browning. (Folio, 89*162 mm). (LibriWalliae for 1st ed 3559/60). First published in 1816. Title continues: Yn Dangos Cynnwysiad unrhyw ddarn o Bren, Ynghyd a Gwaith Maen, Byrdd-Waith, Gwydr, & & Hefyd Cynnwysiad Unrhyw Ddarn o Dir, Trwy Esiamplau A Chynlluni Au

London: 37, Great Queen Street.: Rev Robert Williams, 1876. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncommon. Two volumes, bound as 1, Welsh & English, first edition, in red half calf over red cloth, some gilt tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, attractive gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, [4], (iv-viii), [1], 2-433, [1], half title, [3], 438-737 pp, [1], [2] subscribers list, boards at head faded, t.e.g., remainder uncut, marbled endpapers. Vol 1 Welsh & Vol 2 the English translation. (220*142 mm).

London: 37, Great Queen Street.: Rev Robert Williams, 1876. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Monumental work WITH Two Manuscript Letters by the Author Two volumes, Welsh & English, first editions, in half brown calf over dark blue morocco cloth, some gilt tooling, corners rubbed. Spines, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles to calf labels, edges worn. Internally, Vol 1, 1876, half title, [4], [3], (iv-viii), [1], 2-433 pp. Vol 2, half title, [3], 438-737 pp, [1], [2] subscribers list. Tipped in to Vol 1 are two MS letter from the author (5 pages) discussing the subscription, money etc. Marbled endpapers & text block edges, remains of removed bookplates to fpds, joints cracked. (213*136 mm) A Monumental work, based on a late 15th Century Welsh Prose version, with the first volume in Welsh and the Second volume containing the translation into English.

Thirty Bedford Square London: Jonatghan Cape Ltd, 1925. Second Edition . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. REYNOLDS Warwick. In green embossed cloth, black in image, forward edges water stained. Spine, titles in black ink, edges bumped. Internally, half title, frontis, [2], [6], 7-210 pp, 5 illustrations (full page), 8 illustrations within text, small bookseller label to epd, small cloth chip to spine edge. (Folio134*202 mm). Glanville, was a South African author, known especially for his short stories which are widely read and taught in South Africa. He also wrote seventeen historical novels. (Wiki).

London: : George Eyre and Andrew Strahan for the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1819. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. VG, 1819, Manx Bible In embossed calf, edges rubbed. Spine, worn, blind tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, [4], no pagination, Signatures A-3N2, The New Testament has its own dated titlepage (2X8), some occasional light spotting, book label to fpd (Edward Breese) along with binders label (Watkins) to fpd, ink names to James H Vidal, Chiddingly 1857 & J Lloyd James 1889). (217*137 mm). (Darlow & Moule/Herbert 6642). The British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS) was formed in 1804. BFBS published the New Testament in 1810, and reprinted it in 1815 and in 1824. This included footnotes which were missing from the whole Bible. The whole Bible, without footnotes, was printed in 1819.

Shrewsbury?: Thomas Durston?, 1760. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Rare, 1760? Paper pamphlet, title page with woodcut, 2-16 pp. A bit of a mystery - Shrewsbury?, Thomas Durston? c 1760?, 10*16.5cm, woodcut of death discoursing with a man on title page, some outer margins shaved, affecting a few letters. A rare 18th century Welsh Ballad, a dialogue between death and an old man in 98 stanzas, beginning: Yr heneint mwyn Penllwydion, gwyr Ifenge teg ei gram, A ddeweh yn nes ei wrando, yn fawrion ag yn fan .. The subtitle roughly translates as a warning for all with help for preperation for the hour of death. The woodcut on the title page shows a skeletal figure of Death with an arrow discoursing with an old man. The title-page of another 18th C edition of this ballad, printed by Thomas Durston at Shrewsbury, with the same woodcut of death and the old man, is reproduced as image 51 in Philip Henry Jones (ed), A Nation and its books, a history of the… Read More

York: T Wilson, R Spence, and Crask & Lund., 1786. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. THOMSON F. CIONFITT F.. All printed, G, 1786, 10 pls, 1 vignette. In quarter green cloth with grey boards, corners and edges bumped and worn, some marks. Spine, relaid, titles in green ink to new white paper label. Internally, [2], [1], 2-380 pp, 10 pls (includes 1 foldinig, 3 portraits,2 with 2 images per pl), 1 vignette, some leaf edges chipped and worn, hinges strengthened, engraved title page with vignette. The only year this periodical was produced, the pagination is complete however it does not have entries for March!. (Folio, 22*13.7 cms). Uncommon, not at auction since before 1974. (ESTC P6453). Includes biography, natural history, anecdotes, poetry, correspondence, mortality bills for York, with monthly occurrences at London and York, births, marriages, deaths, monthly weather tables. Includes numbered articles: The trifler.

London: Temple of Fancy, 34, Rathbone-Place: S. & J. Fuller, 1825. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. COX David. 64 Illustrations: aquatint and etching, some hand-coloured First edition in oblong, modern half red morocco over contemporary marbled boards, some blind tooling, gilt titles to red morocco label to upper board, edges rubbed. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, raised bands. Internally, hand coloured frontis, [3], 4-15 pp,64 pls + the hand coloured frontis (40 B&W, 12 sepia & 12 coloured), some edge browning, spotting, ink name to fpd (George Levens), hinges strengthened, short margin tear to frontis, modern 'old' end blank. Text leaf watermarked 1825 Basted Mill; B&W pls, wm 1819; Colour pls, wm Turkey Mill 1822. (213*270 mm). (Abbey Life 117).

New York: No. 140 Fulton Street.: A.O. Moore, Agricultural Book Publisher,, 1858. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In embossed green cloth, corners bumped. Spine, gilt tooling & titles, edges bumped & worn. Internally, portrait frontis, [3], (iv-xii), [1], 14-164, [4], (ix-xi), [1], [1], 14-164, [2], [1], (ii-vi), [1], 8-189 pp, [1], [1], (2-11, [1]) adverts, some damp staining throughout at head, some offsetting

Llanrwst: John Jones, 1840. Second Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2nd ed, 1840, VG+. In soft green printed paper wraps, [3], 4-48 pp, edges a little chipped, most pages uncut, some light edge browning. The first edition was published in Llanfair in 1839 and is very rare with copies at Cardiff and NLW only. Containing notes, in Welsh, on a journey from the Ohio Valley to Wales, sights in Ohio State, history of the Welsh settlements in America, advice to emigrants before the journey, on the journey, and in the country, by Rev Chidlaw, Minister of the Gospel in Ohio. (Knowles - Calvanists Incorporate. Minchinton - Industrial South Wales 1750-1914). (191*111 mm).