Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Bytown Bookery

Main Street Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Trade paperback. 0385183429 . Trade Paperback in very good condition. Tightly bound with a bright & unmarked interior. The covers do have some scuffing and edgewear, overall in very good condition. "Featuring over 175 recipes from different regions of China and other Southeast countries, simple presentations adapted to the North American kitchen, and special interest articles, The Joy of Wokking continues to please cooks everywhere who delight in the ways of the wok. Illustrated. "; 1 x 8.7 x 5.7 Inches; 320 pages .

Multnomah Pub. Near Fine. 1992. Paperback. 0880705116 . A Near Fine Trade Paperback with a sound binding, an unmarked text. Very light cover edgewear. ; 8.2 X 5.3 X 0.4 inches; 106 pages .

Paris, France: Gallimard. Very Good+. 1985. Paperback. 2070702324 . Glossy softcovers in Very Good+ condition, a solid binding with a pristine interior. Small discoloration mark to the back cover, an uncreased spine. A red wrap around band with "Prix Goncourt 1985" printed on it. French text; LES; 8.03 X 5.51 X 0.79 inches; 309 pages; Box 1 .

Warner. Very Good. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0446529818 . First Edition, stated First Printing. Black Hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. Very Good+, tightly bound, clean interior. Ex-library with stamps, no pocket. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good, some tape to the covers and is protected by a clear plastic covering. "In A. D. 796, Gynethe Mehaut, an albino who cannot tolerate sunlight and whose hands bleed as if constanly crucified, hopes the bishops can heal her stigmata, but instead they believe she is a demon who must be destroyed." ; 6.325 X 1.325 X 9.25 inches; 432 pages .

T O R Books. Fine. 2006. Hardcover. 076531391X . First Edition, First Printing ( Number Line ). Green Hardcovers, bold gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition with some spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine condition. "Rome is crumbling. The child-emperor, Heliogabalus, diverts the Roman populace with parties, circuses, and celebrations, while his mother and grandmother jockey for power behind the scenes. The government is riddled with scandal and no business is conducted without bribes which grow ever larger. Religions joust for prominence, with factions of Christians seeking to overthrow the ancient Roman pantheon. Courtesans, once honored for their skills and protected by special guards, have become targets of opprobrium." ; 6.46 X 1.195 X 9.43 inches; 352 pages .

T O R Books. Fine. 2005. Paperback. 0765311038 . A Fine Trade Paperback. A sound binding with clean & unmarked pages, age tanning to the edges. "It is the 6th century of the common era. The vampire Saint-Germain, known in this time as Zangi-Ragozh, is peacefully doing business in Asia when the island of Krakatoa explodes in a massive volcanic eruption. Tidal waves swamp harbors hundreds of miles away, destroying trade ships and their cargoes; tons of ash and dirt are flung into the air." ; 5.5 X 26.11 X 8.5 millimeters; 464 pages .

New York: T O R Books. Near Fine. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0765317133 . First Edition, First Printing, ( Numberf Line ). Black Hardcovers, bold gilt titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition, tight, bright & unmarked. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine Condition. "The meticulous 20th entry in her Count Saint-Germain saga finds her 4,000-year-old hero in the Swiss countryside of 1817, helping the struggling locals recover from the Napoleonic wars and severe winters. By this period, Saint-Germain is a cultured and compassionate figure, occupied with the spread of knowledge through publishing and the child custody struggles of his lover, Hero Corvosaggio. His greatest threats come from discharged soldiers turned bandits and an abused debutante turned murderer, whose blood-obsessed guardian he lectures on the difference between heredity and destiny. "; 6.72 X 1.195 X 9.11 inches; 368 pages .

University of Calgary for the Classical Association of Canada. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1986. Trade Paperback. These three Trade Paperbacks are in very good condition++ with minor scuffing and edgewear to the covers. ISSN - 0012-9356. This is the total series for 1986.' ; Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 327 pages .

University of Calgary for the Classical Association of Canada. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Trade Paperback. These three Trade Paperbacks are in very good condition++ with minor scuffing and edgewear to the covers. ISSN - 0012-9356. This is the total series for 1985.; Vol. 123; Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 505 pages .

New York: Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1988. Trade Paperback. 0945352026 . Trade Paperback. The covers have some light edgewear and scuffing, the interior is clean & bright, solidly bound. A handbook on Bonsai, with many black & white illustrations, and photographs through the book. ; Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record; B&W Illustrations; 0.2 x 8.8 x 5.9 Inches; 89 pages .

London, Eng: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. 0283997087 . Trade Paperback with white covers, in Very Good+ conditon, tightly bound, and unmarked text. First Edition. Light water mark to the foreedge of the last page. The DJ is unclipped with cover scuffing, edgewear and chipping to the spine end top. "This work begins with a survey of the original blue-print of our species, revealing that we are richly endowed with virtually unknown talents, that we only manage to use a fraction of that potential genetic inheritance and our normal everyday consciousness is nothing at all like our true natural state. The author considers whether our species as a whole has somehow taken a wrong turning. It is considered that every so often a crisis occurs in evolution and at such a time a changeling appears and steps through." ; Color Photographs; 8.11 X 7.32 X 1.10 inches; 288 pages .

Bantam Books of Canada Ltd. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0385256035 . Blakc hard boards / silver lettering on the spine. In Near Fine condition with bumping to the spine end. The DJ is unclipped with light edgewear. "Born in Shanghai to the daughter of a factory owner, the revolution tore Ting-xing Ye's family apart. This is her account of her early life on a prison farm where as the child of a capitalist she was tortured, her role as English translator for the Chinese government, her defection to Canada and her continuous attempt to contact her daughter. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 381 pages .

MacMillan Pub Co. Very Good+. 1983. Paperback. 0020556403 . Trade Paperback in Very Good condition with a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. Cover edgewear. ; 8.1 X 5.4 X 1.0 inches; 387 pages; Box 5 .

Pan Classics. Near Fine. 1974. Paperback. 0330241990 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good++ condition. Squared, a solid binding with a clean & unmarked text. One name on the front end paper , an uncreased spine. " Few have lived their ideas so passionately and nobly as W. B. Yeats in his love affairs, politics and poetry. From his youth in the 1880s, a fertile dreamer rediscovering and remaking the Irish tradition, he grew into a great and innovative poet of the twentieth century. This selection of Yeats's work includes the final book from the unjustly neglected narrative poem The Wanderings of Oisin and a number of lyrics from Yeats's work as poetic dramatist. This edition breaks new ground by allowing the reader to engage with a dozen poems in alternative versions; in many other cases it provides significant variants, so that Yeats's struggle to revise his poetry can be experienced with unusual immediacy. It also includes explanatory and textual notes for each poem.… Read More

Dublin, Ireland: The Doleman Press. Very Good+. 1970. 1st Edition. Paperback. 0196475341 . Softcovers in Very Good condition, tightly bound and unmarked with light cover edgewear and scuffing. First Edition. ; The Tower Series of Anlgo-Irish Studies II; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages .

Faber And Faber Ltd.. Very Good. 1989. Paperback. 0571141714 . Trade Paperback, tightly bound, unmarked text with light tanning to the interior page edges. Small black mark to the bottom edge. "The second novel in the "Quiet are the Mountains" trilogy, this book is set in China at the time of its revolution. The book takes us into the heart of a simple peasant family, and illustrates in miniature the dramatic changes that took place throughout the Chinese countryside during this period. " ; 7.72 X 4.96 X 0.79 inches; 1 pages .

Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0385267924 . Cream colored hard boards / black cloth spine covering / bright blue lettering on spine. An ex-library book with pocket in back and libary stamps on front free end paper and title page. A nice, clean, tight copy. The DJ is unclipped and is protected by a clear plastic covering. "In Mr. Mani, the internationally acclaimed novelist A. B. Yehoshua has produced his richest and most complex work to date, a profound and passionate epic chronicling six generations in the Mani family from the the mid-18th century to the mid-1930s. "; Ex-Library; 1.3 x 9.4 x 6.6 Inches .

Bison Group. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 0861246675 . Blue Hardcovers in Very Good+ condition. A tightly bound book with bright, unmarked pages. Light wear to the spine ends and corners. The DJ is Very Good, cover scuffing and edgewear. Each page has a photograph and a text describing the plane on it. ; 12.10 X 9.40 X 1 inches; 160 pages .

The Dial Press. Very Good. 1953. Hardcover. Tan Hardcovers, red titles to the spine. In Very Good condition, the binding is tight and the pages are unmarked with deckled edges. Wear to the spine ends and a small tear to the front cover spine hinge. "Jean Paul Marin, the hero of Frank Yerby's novel, is as turbulent and unpredictable, as strange a mixture of idealism and hatred, as the French Revolution itself, in the thick of which he lives and loves and pursues his feuds. Four years in the Comte de Gravereau's private prison have left a scar on his forehead and a deeper invisible one in his heart. "; 8.30 X 5.50 X 1 inches .

New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2002. Trade Paperback. 068483569X . Trade paperback in very good++ condition. Tightly bound with an unmarked interior, light shelf wear to the covers. "This study considers the shift of assets from central governments to private enterprise in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and analyzes how such changes as deregulation and privatization will affect economic power in the world." ; B&W Photographs; 1.6 x 9.5 x 6.3 Inches; 488 pages .