Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Resource Books, LLC

Lincoln, NE: People with Disabilities Press; iUniverse com Inc., 2001. First edition, with personalized inscription signed by the author on the half-title. Softcover in very good condition, firm binding, clean pages, congregate care library stamp at top of half-title.. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1931. First edition [1931], with personalized inscription signed by the author on the half-title, to his daughter and racing mate. Greenish tan cloth, no dustjacket. Covers unevenly faded with fairly faint smudge to the front cover, a bit of wearthrough to the lower front corner and spine end, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with no other markings, very short closed tear to one outer margin.. Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 1888. First American edition [1888]. Illustrated with line drawings and sixteen folding plans and designs at rear. Royal blue cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt, yellow endpapers with advertising, 384 pages. Externally a bit worn with wear to the extremities, two short splits to fabric at the spine head, fraying to spine foot, short fabric splits at joints, good hinges (front hinge just starting to crack from the top), sound but no longer tight text block with what appears to be an old glue repair along the inner margin of the contents page, clean pages with no names or other markings. The first folding plan is torn along fold lines into several pieces but is all there, the other plans are very good with some light edgewear to some outer edges. . First US Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven: Yale University, 1899. Feb. 25, 1899 issue. Illustrated softcover with blue cord binding, 32 pages. Covers stained, chipped and detached from contents, inscription at top, internally better with clean pages free from chips, tears or markings. Bi-weekly literary publication of Yale University, this issue containing a prize story by John Pease Norton, other short fiction and poetry, local advertising as well as advertising appropriate for upper-income college students and their families (Tiffany, Udall & Ballou Silversmiths, US Trust, Phoenix Mutual, Brooks Brothers, etc.). . Soft Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1908. First edition, 1908. Grey cloth with brightly colored track-runner cover illustration, gilt lettering, 301 pages. The book is in good condition with some surface soil though still an impressive looking cover, very minor bumps to the spine tips, a tiny bump to the book's front righthand edge, sound text block, good hinges and clean pages with no names or other markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New Haven, Connecticut: Tercentary Commission of the State of Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1935. First edition. Published 1935. One in a long and well-researched series of booklets about Connecticut history published in observance of the state's 300th anniversary. Blue softcover, stapled binding, 47 pages, frontis plate. Minimal shelfwear, minor corner bumping, pages clean with no other names or markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, Connecticut USA: Yale University Press, 1914. Burnt orange softcover, with black cover lettering and illustration, 430 pages, plus thirty-eight pages of advertisments. The book is in good condition with some edgewear including scuffed edges and a handful of dog-eared pages, clean pages with no names or other markings. Names of contributors include: W.H.L.; Howard Buck; David Hamilton; R.J.Hill, Jr.; F.B. Kugelman, among others. Editors include: Archibald MacLeish; Frank Wright Tuttle, John Crosby Brown and Oliver McKee. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, Connnecticut USA: Yankee Publishing Comjpany, 1961. December 1961 issue. Blue softcover, 344 pages. The book is in very good condition with mildly fades spine and rubbed edges, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. Articles include: The Aims and Values of the Sciences; The New African Leaders; Norman Mailer and the Despair of Defiance; Horace and Cleopatra, Thoughts on the Entanglements of Art and History; and Historians of Science, among others. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2005. 2005 bulletin devoted to studies of African art, artifacts and culture. Softcover, 222 pages illustrated in both color and in black and white. Near fine condition with tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Bibliophile Soceity, 1917. First edition [1917] of this previously unpublished poem written in 1890, presented in facimile manuscript form. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very good with light rubbing to the corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. Protected in clear mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chester, Connecticut: Pequot Press, 1973. First edition, first printing, 1973. Very good in good dustjacket, library discard stamp on front free endpaper but no other library markings. An engagingly written book about Connecticut place names and manufacturing. Numerous black and white illustrations. Midnight blue cloth, 269 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with some extremely mild foxing to edges, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is in good condition with some light shelfwear, including a two inch very neatly closed tear along the top panel parallel with the spine panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Chester, Connecticut: Pequot Press, 1973. First edition, first printing, 1973. Engagingly written book about Connecticut place names and manufacturing. Numerous black and white illustrations. Blue cloth, 269 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in very good condition with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages. no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [9.95] and has light rubbing, short closed tear to top edge of front panel, no paper loss.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hartford, Connecticut USA: The Connecticut Historical Society and Fenwick Productions, 2005. Second edition, 2005. Engagingly written book about Connecticut place names and manufacturing. Numerous black and white illustrations. Navy cloth, 358 pages, illustrated dustjacket. The book is in fine condition, looks and feels new, with sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is also in fine condition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. Copyright 1942, wartime condition note on title page, rear of dustjacket lists to North Africa. Green hardcover with dustjacket. Light edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, age-yellowed but clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has some shelf soil and minor chips and closed tears to the edges but very little paper loss.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. First edition Al Avery Combat Stories lists to this title on dustjacket. Green hardcover printed in darker green, illustrated endpapers, full page black and white frontis illustration, color illustrated dustjacket. The book has very light edge rubbing, good hinges, firm text block, 1943 gift notation on verso of frontis, age-yellowed but clean pages, no other names or markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has a chip to the upper corner of the front panel, short closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel, effectively no paper loss other than the front panel chip.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. Wartime production, 1943, air combat series for boys. Green hardcover with dustjacket. The book has some edgewear, good hinges, sound text block, age-browned but readily legible pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket also has edgewear and some minor edge chipping, transparent stain along the outer edge of the rear panel, some old tape repairs to the reverse side, fairly little paper loss.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

West Kennebunk, Maine: Published for the Lowell Observatory by Phoenix Publishing, 1991. First edition, 1991. Includes the genealogical chart in the original envelope. Light khaki cloth with dark gray spine, illustrated dustjacket. The book is near fine with firm binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and is very good with only light edge rubbing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: A. L. Burt, 1900. Copyright 1900, this copy most likely from around that time period. Illustrated with full page engravings. Decorative blue hardcover printed in red, black, yellow and gilt, 319 pages plus three pages of publisher's ads. Some rubbing to the extremities, cover printing bright and clear, good hinges, firm text block, short gift notation dated 1903 on preliminary blank, pages very clean and otherwise unmarked.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1931. Eight tales of New England merchant ships and pirates of the East Indies, South Seas and East Asia. Illustrated with four full color plates plus a two page color title spread. Used but sound copy in chipped dustjacket. Yellow cloth printed in red, illustrated endpapers, illustrated dustjacket. The book has some very light edgeewar, a bit of discoloration along the joints, good hinges, sound but not firm text block (but no loosened pages), some foxing to the color plates and adjacent pages, personal bookplate on front pastedown, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped and has considerable rubbing and light soil, a large chip at the spine head which affects the book's title, a few short closed tears to the top edge of the front panel.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1919. First American edition. World War I poetry by service members of the American Expeditionary Forces. Blue cloth printed in gilt, color frontis plate. Some light edgewear, minor fabric flaw to the very top edge of the rear cover (looks like a small wrinkle from the binding process), good hinges, sound text block, some foxing to outer edges of frontis plate, clean pages with poem handwritten on the preliminary blank with the name Ira Featherstone (?) at the end, no other names or markings.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.