Search Results: Authors starting with Y from JB Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition. An in-depth, highly critical look at the scandals and misdeeds at Notre Dame University and its football idolatry, involving steriods, pregame fights, off-field hell-raising, academic misfits, trash talking, and much more, which have plagued this institution for a full decade prior to this book's appearance. Hardcover with dust jacket, illustrations, 299pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Paperback Library, 1969. Book. Very Good+. Wraps. First Paperback Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Paperback Edition (stated). A detailed picture of America's Jewish community, its successes and failures, its political and social attitudes, its levels of financial and political power and its activism within the popular culture, its manners and style, its adjustments to itself and others, its support for Zionism and Israel, much more. Wraps, notes indexed, 382pp. A nice copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: W. H. & L. Collingridge Limited, 1967. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. A major contribution to the interpretive literature on the art of flower arrangement, this Malayan author's own arrangements having a distinction and purity of outline appealing to the sensibilities and imaginations of Western arrangers seeking new creative forms; contains countless illustrations. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Hardcover with dust jacket, 144pp., d.j. shows fading to spine. Extremely rare. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 2001. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. An exploration into the baffling and difficult issues surrounding personal pain of physical, emotional, and spiritual natures, helping one understand the purpose of suffering as well as how to help others cope with their own, drawing much from the Bible and Christian experience to provide answers and guidance. Softcover, notes, 285pp., ffep excised. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1981. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A study of the changes in attitudes and social conditions in the United States in the past several decades, in which the ethic of self-denial and deferred gratification has been eroded, the psychologies involved, the need to change this outlook in the face of a likely relatively harsh economic future, experiments in living in this direction, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, indexed, 278pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. SFBC. Sci-fi novel of the 21st century - a time of war, disease, and pollution, the 'Pirates' who predate survivors and mutants who evade them. Hardcover with dust jacket, 208pp., d.j. shows light edgewear. A nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Garden City: Doubleday, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SFBC. Sci-fi novel of the 21st century - a time of war, disease, and pollution, the 'Pirates' who predate survivors and mutants who evade them. Hardcover with dust jacket, 208pp., d.j. shows light shelfwear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Pocket Books, 1980. Book. Poor. Soft cover. First Paperback Edition.. Fantasy novel of a poet-warrior caught in a furious Renaissance-era game of chance. Softcover, 361pp., book shows moderate general wear and chipping to cover and first page. Reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Emmaus: Rodale Press, Inc., 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Sixth Printing.. An effective 12-week plan to slim down and firm up, restoring and maintaining good health, energy, and biological balance, removing stress, burning fat, toning, much more. Hardcover, contains illustrations, indexed, 496pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Emmaus: Rodale Press, Inc., 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. An effective 12-week plan to slim down and firm up, restoring and maintaining good health, energy, and biological balance, removing stress, burning fat, toning, much more. Hardcover, contains illustrations, indexed, 496pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition (stated).. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). The amazing, harrowing story of one family's allegiance to Reverend Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple cult - Jones ultimately leading his followers into a mass suicide in Guyana. Has much information about cults and fringe religious groups, how they operate and recruit people, deprogramming, the US government's approach to them, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains illustrations, 361pp. A nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., Publishers, 1981. Book. Very Good. Wraps. First Edition.. A discussion of the famous Dutch Painter's life and work by Xenia Yegorova, accompanied by eighteen full-color frame-able, detachable paintings. Wraps, card covers show soiling, the text pagination shows a slight wrinkling effect along the bottom, the paintings themselves are untouched by this flaw, ready to be detached, framed, and hung. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1952. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. A great contribution to American poetry, a presentation of the finest and most mature of the author's poetic works, displaying craftsmanship, compassion, and a keen feeling for the reationship between people and nature, blending sensitivity with restraint whilst celebrating human consciousness. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Hardcover with dust jacket, 62pp., d.j. shows considerable edgewear with light chipping along upper edge. Extremely rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, 1994. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition (stated).. First Printing of the First American Edition (stated). The former Soviet premier discusses his life and career, how the Soviet empire collapsed, the realities of Russian politics and the nascent role of the 'former' communists there, the various political personalities playing or likely to play a major role in the future, relations with America and other powers, much more; contains glossy illustrations, appendices. Hardcover with dust jacket, 316pp. Remainders mark. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing, 1961. Book. Very Good-. Hardcover. Fourth Revised Edition. Approximately a century, from mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth, of world coinage is catalogued in this comprehensive numismatic guide; contains numerous b/w illustrations, index. Hardcover, 509pp., boards show light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. An extremely useful repository of information and data concerning the mint record, prices paid by dealers for all US coins, numismatic collecting tips and pointers, how coins are produced, mints and mint marks and their locations, condition of coins, preservation and cleaning of coins, what to buy and how to collect it, history of mints, descriptions of all US copper, nickel, silver and gold coins, much more; contains countless coin representations, tables, lists. Other editions available also, email us for details. Hardcover, 126pp. A nice copy. Very rare. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1963. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Bookstore Stamp. First Edition.. An extremely useful repository of information and data concerning the mint record, prices paid by dealers for all US coins, numismatic collecting tips and pointers, how coins are produced, mints and mint marks and their locations, condition of coins, preservation and cleaning of coins, what to buy and how to collect it, history of mints, descriptions of all US copper, nickel, silver and gold coins, much more; contains countless coin representations, tables, lists. Other editions available also, email us for details. Hardcover, 126pp. A nice copy. Very rare. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1964. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Bookstore Stamp. First Edition.. Packed with numismatic information and arcana on virtually all US coin-related issues and data, including a brief history of American coinage, early American coins and tokens, early mint issues, regular mint issues, private, state and territorial gold, silver and gold commemorative issues, proofs, more; contains countless coin representations, tables, lists. Other editions available also, email us for details. Hardcover, 255pp. A very nice copy. Very rare. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. An extremely useful repository of information and data concerning the mint record, prices paid by dealers for all US coins, numismatic collecting tips and pointers, how coins are produced, mints and mint marks and their locations, condition of coins, preservation and cleaning of coins, what to buy and how to collect it, history of mints, descriptions of all US copper, nickel, silver and gold coins, much more; contains countless coin representations, tables, lists. Other editions available also, email us for details. Hardcover, 126pp. A nice copy. Very rare. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1962. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. An extremely useful repository of information and data concerning the mint record, prices paid by dealers for all US coins, numismatic collecting tips and pointers, how coins are produced, mints and mint marks and their locations, condition of coins, preservation and cleaning of coins, what to buy and how to collect it, history of mints, descriptions of all US copper, nickel, silver and gold coins, much more; contains countless coin representations, tables, lists. Other editions available also, email us for details. Hardcover, 126pp., boards show a spine lean. Very rare. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.