Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Cleveland Book Company

New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1919. Softcover. Fine. 22 volumes of sheet music, mostly measuring about 10.5" x 13.5" (27cm x 34cm). Most volumes very well-preserved, very bright and clean, with no markings. Apart from the occasional closed tear or marginal chip, really a beautiful group of Yiddish musical scores; just about fine. All of these scores date from the end of the first major wave of Jewish immigration to the United States. While a number of these songs are somewhat lighthearted, a few have political or cultural themes that would have resonated deeply with the audience, including "Litwak un Galizianer," an instrumental which evokes the cultural differences between Lithuanian and Polish Jews; while "Mameniu" memorializes the victims of the Triangle Fire, many of whom were young Jewish women. There is also an arrangement of "Hatikvoh" [Hatikvah], which includes a portrait of Theodor Herzl on the front wrap. Many of the "instrumental"… Read More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Tall quarto, 168pp. A fine, crisp, unread copy in like dust jacket.

New York: Barse & Co, 1921. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Very good. Octavo, 220pp. A very good, crisp, square copy in yellow-orange cloth stamped in brown. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper and gentle wear to extremities, but really a nice example. No subsequent printings stated.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. Later printing. Hardcover. Good +. Robert McCloskey. Small quarto, 267pp., illustrated by Robert McCloskey. A good or better copy in the publisher's red cloth. Spine a bit dulled, worn at the base of the spine, and the iner hinges just starting. 1-inch tear to the rear outer joint at the crown. Still a clean, square copy internally. Lacks the dust jacket.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Quarto, unpaginated (about 40pp.), illustrated by Wendell Minor. A fine, crisp, unread copy in like dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Quarto, unpaginated (about 40pp.), illustrated by Wendell Minor. A fine, crisp, unread copy in like dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page.

Canada, 2003. First Edition (?). Softcover. Fine. Octavo, unpaginated (about 40pp). Fine in stapled printed wrappers.

Philadelphia: Lea Brothers & Co, 1892. First Edition (thus). Hardcover. Very good-. Octavo, 486pp. Ex-library with the usual markings. Spine gently cocked. Text clean; about very good.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small quarto, 2 volumes, 400pp., 528pp., illustrated. A fine set in the publisher's navy (nearly black) cloth, with just a hint of fading to the blue topstains near the crowns of both volumes. In the publisher's slipcase, very good or better, with some gentle fading and a few small stains. A scarce set (particularly with slipcase) of this extraordinary work, which recreates a daily life chronology of Emily Dickinson from her journals, diaries, letters, and recorded interactions. .

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 1283pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, with the tiniest dampstain to the bottom edge at the spine, also affecting 1/4-inch of the dust jacket. A forgiveable detail; still about fine in like dust jacket. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Kissinger on the title page.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 276pp. A fine, crisp copy in like dust jacket, appearing unread. Trivial rubbing near the spine.

New York: McBride, Nast & Co, 1915. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Octavo 427pp. A good copy only in the publisher's orange-brown cloth. Spine darkened, boards spotted, and front inner hinge cracked. Internally clean and bright, with a contemprary gift inscription on the front free endpaper.

[MONROE, Michigan]: Monroe County Library System, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, 41pp. A fine copy in the publisher's beige buckram, with black pictorial decoration, as issued. The is copy number 373 of a limited edition of 400 copies known as the "Library edition." An uncommon volume of Custeriana.

New York: Random House, 1958. Early printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. Quarto, unpaginated (about 40pp.), illustrated. A rather crisp, clean, square copy, very good or better in the publisher's printed boards. Bottom corners show mild abrasions, and there is a neat, small gift inscription (dated 1963) on the front free endpaper. In a very good or better dust jacket, gently rubbed, with very shallow chipping to extremities. Presents quite nicely. An early printing, with the correct price on the dust jacket (295/295), but with the back panel showing 17 titles in the top box, and not showing the book covers, as is the case on the first issue dust jacket. Altogether an attractive copy of an early printing of this Seuss classic.

[no place, likely Louisville]: (self-published), 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Quarto, unpaginated (about 80pp.), illustrated. A fine, crisp copy in the publisher's printed wraps.

New York: Clarkson Potter, 2000. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Very good +. Quarto, 239pp., illustrated. A very good or better copy in the publisher's printed wraps. Gently wrinkled at extremities. Contents clean. Printed in greyscale.

(New York): Margaret McElderry, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 211pp. A fine, crisp copy in like dust jacket. Newbery Honor title with no medal on the dust jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. Small quarto, 132pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's beige cloth, with a small smudge to the fore-edge and a small nick to the cloth at the top of the rear board. In a very good dust jacket with some short tears and creases, most notably at the spine ends, some of which were repaired with tape on the verso. Spine panel entirely unfaded. This copy SIGNED by Adams on the half-title page: "Ansel Adams Yosemite 12-15-79." This title is much scarcer signed than some of Adams' late-career books on the same subject.

(New York): Viking Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Small octavo, 171pp. A fine, crisp copy in like dust jacket, just the slightest bit faded on the spine. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Mr. Rogers on the title page in the year of publication: "Dear Ann & Tom. Fred Rogers 1994." Uncommon signed.

New York: Little Simon Inspirations, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Quarto, unpaginated (about 24pp.), illustrated. A fine, crisp copy in like dust jacket. SIGNED by Dungy on the title page, and uncommon thus.