Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Muir Books

London: Harrap. 1987. Roy 8vo, 256, Index, b/w photos, orig board, near fine in v.g. d.j. A history of the academy from its eighteenth century origins to the present day. Boards.

London: Ward, Lock & Co.. 1926. 8vo, original cloth boards, pp 319. Boards rubbed and marked, front hinge cracked, gift inscription ffep, fair condn. 1st edition. Boards.

Bayswater: The Author. 2014. 1st ed., octavo, wraps, colour plates, pp 192. Fine condition. Memoirs of a police officer in Western Australia. 1st edition. Wraps.

Perth: Imperial Printing Company Limited. 1946. 4to, original pictorial card wraps, b&w illus, b&w plates, maps, pp 84. Slight marking bottom edge of wraps, small closed tear top edge, o/w very good condn. 1st edition. Paper Wraps.

Shannon, Republic of Ireland: Irish University Press. 1970. Facs ed., octavo, original paper-covered boards, quarter cloth, facsimile of manuscript page as frontispiece, pp 17. Ex-library number to the foot of spine, ex-library stamp to the reverse of title page, otherwise clean and in good condition. Originally published in a limited edition of 50 copies by Cuala Press, Dublin, in 1943. This is a photo-lithographic printing. Uncommon in any edition. Facsimile Edition.

Shannon, Republic of Ireland: Irish University Press. 1970. Facsimile ed., octavo, original-paper covered boards, quarter cloth, original glassine dustjacket, pp ii, 38. Ex-library number to foot of spine, ex-library stamp to reverse of title page, otherwise in very good condition. Originally published in a limited edition by Cuala Press, Dublin, in 1919. This is a photo-lithographic facsimile reproduction. Facsimile Edition. Boards.

Oxford: Clarendon Press/OUP. 1937. 8vo, original blue cloth boards with gilt decoration, pp xlvii, 450. Gilt decoration of school inc. motto (for Girls Public Day School Trust, Notting Hill and Ealing), school prize plate ffep. Spine faded, o/w v.g. Reprint. Boards.

Macmillan. 1936. Octavo, original patterned paper covered cloth boards and quarter cream cloth, pp 190. The personal copy of the bibliophile and author Holbrook Jackson, with his bookplate and signature. Reproduction of photograph of Yeats tipped in to front endpaper. Pencilled note regarding provenance from a later owner, stating that it was bought in 1951 from a bookseller's memorial catalogue to Jackson. Newspaper clipping of Yeats' obituary loosely inserted. Light foxing endpapers, very good condition. 1st edition.

Sydney: Macquarie University Art Gallery. 2000. Quarto, stiff illustrated wraps, colour illus, pp 48. Some wear to spine and edges. Very good condition. Exhibition catalogue of Aboriginal art. Stiff Wraps.

Canberra: Government Printer. 1975. Roy 8vo, wraps, pp ix, 108, b&w plates, maps. Previous owner's stamp inside front wrap, very good condn. Including map showing an aerial view of Yirrkala Wraps.

London: Macmillan and Co.. 1888. 8vo, pp. (vi) 463, (vi adverts), b/w frontis, b/w plates, endpapers and prelims foxed, occasional foxing spots scattered throughout, half title page tanned, top corners pages creased, edges dusty, original cloth boards, spine discoloured, head spine chipped with minor loss, tear across upper portion of spine, small stain alongside rear joint, edges rubbed, corners bumped. Cloth Boards.

London: Macmillan and Co.. 1889. 8vo, pp. xvi, 364, (ii adverts), b/w frontis, b/w plates, previous owner's inscription, light foxing endpapers and prelims., occasional foxing spot scattered throughout, two small pieces wax rear and front pastedown, edges dusty, original cloth boards, few marks both boards, spine discoloured, edges worn. Cloth Boards.

Perth, W.A.: Privately Published. 2000. 1st edition, text in English (with some in Chinese), octavo, pp. (xiv) 681, 4 maps, presentation copy signed by author (Chung Yoon-Ngan), original boards, tiny chip rear bottom edge otherwise very good condition History of 550 of the most common Chinese surnames with brief histories of the various dynasties. Text in English. 1st Edition. Boards.

John Murray. 1945. Large octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, b&w illus, pp 368. Near fine condition. Biography of Mervyn Peake: poet, painter, illustrator, dramatist, and creator of the Titus Groan trilogy. Copiously illustrated, including photographs and many of Peake's own drawings.. 1st Edition. Boards.

London: Longmans, Orme and Co.; T. Cadell; Baldwin and Cradock; J.G. and F. Rivington, et al. 1839. Full leather binding elaborately decorated in gilt upper and lower boards, all edges gilt, engraved illus title page, second title page, pp viii, 280. Gift inscription second free endpaper, dated 1853. Some rubbing to spine, clean and bright, very good condition. "Night Thoughts", a series of philosophical writings in blank verse by Edward Young (1683-1765), was first published in 1742 and was enormously successful. Leather.

London: Heinemann. 1936. 8vo, original cloth boards with gilt decoration, pp 553. Slight rubbing to foot of spine, clean and bright, very good condn. 1st edition. Boards.

Portland, OR: Timber Press. 1995. Octavo, cloth boards, dutjacket, pp 236. Signed by author (James A. Young). Very good. in like d.j. Cuultivating wildland plants in North America. 3rd Printing.

Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1961. 1st ed., octavo, original cloth boards with gilt illus top of spine, dustjacket, b&w plates, illus title page, illus endpapers, pp xii, 282, some creasing to spine edges of dust-jacket, previous owner's bookplate front free endpaper. Near-fine condition in very good d.j., protected. Comprehensive history of 'quack' and patent medicines from the early 18th century to the early 20th century. 1st Edition. Boards in d.j..

South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Military. 2004. 8vo, pp. xii, 227, Index, b/w plates, maps, original cloth bds., nr fine, in like d.j. 1st Edition. Cloth Boards.

New York: John Day. 1969. 1st US ed., 8vo., pp 223, b/w map, or. gilt dec. cl. bds., v.g in frayed d.j.