Search Results: Authors starting with Y from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0803207913 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket has rubbing, bum, ping and edge wear along with a couple of tiny chips missing. "Género chico (literally, "little genre") is a Spanish genre of short, light plays with music. It is a major branch of zarzuela, Spain's form of popular music theatre with dialogue, and differs from zarzuela grande and most other operatic forms both in its brevity and by being aimed at audiences of a wide social spectrum." .

New York: Bantam Books. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0553050737 . B&W Photographs; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. " The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several edge tears, nicks and small chips missing. This extraordinary book, product of more than three years' intensive investigation, unfolds a story so powerful in its revelations, so persuasively argued, so shocking in its inescapable conclusions that it is certain to make a stunned world take note." .

New York, NY: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0060172355 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

Washington, D. C.: U . S. Department of Agriculture. Very Good. 2017. Facsimile reprint. Stapled wraps. Facsimile reprint. This is a trade paperback booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is a strip of sunning to the top rear cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The print on this booklet is really small. There is an inked previous owner's name on the front inside cover. This publication lists "all of the food plants that appeared in Ethnobotanical publications during a period of nearly 80 years." (From the booklet introduction) The list was compiled when the Carbohydrate Division of the Bureau of Chemistry systematically investigated the amount of carbohydrates in plants - one of the scientists suggested attention be given to "plants used for food by the North American Indians." this booklet results from those investigations. .

Somerville, MA: Candlewick. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2013. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0763659622 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Brian Yansky, like most fiction writers, writes from a parallel universe. He just carries it a step further and writes about the parallel universe in his new series, The Poe Detective Agency. His Poe Detective novels are independently published (except for the audio version which was picked up by a small press). He's published over a dozen stories in publications such as Glimmer Train and Literal Latte. He's an award winning author for his traditionally published young adult novels; the best known of the five is probably Alien Invasion & Other Inconveniences. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Frances, his dog, Gandalf, and a cat named Chaos."… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0060266392 . SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with a short inscription, on the title page. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The price clipped dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Writing for over 45 years, Yarbro has worked in a wide variety of genres, from science fiction to westerns, from young adult adventure to historical horror. She is the author of over 70 novels and numerous short stories. In addition to the Count Saint-Germain novels, she also has published numerous volumes in a popular series of channeled wisdom from the entity Michael in the Messages from Michael series. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author .

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1976. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0385110766 . SIGNED EDITION. There is remainder speckling to the bottom edge of the text block. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed , with a short inscription, by the author on the title page (the author's printed name has been crossed out). The dust jacket has some edge wear, nicking and rubbing to the spine ends, and there is a semi-closed tear to the front spine joint of the dust jacket. "Yarbro's contribution to the horror genre has been recognised in a variety of ways: she was named a Grand Master at the World Horror Convention in 2003, and in 2005 the International Horror Guild named her a "Living Legend". She… Read More

New York: Doubleday. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0385239556 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and wear to the bottom edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some light spotting of discoloration to the white covers. "Yarbro's contribution to the horror genre has been recognised in a variety of ways: she was named a Grand Master at the World Horror Convention in 2003, and in 2005 the International Horror Guild named her a "Living Legend". She has received the Knightly Order of the Brasov Citadel from the Transylvanian Society of Dracula. In 2009 the Horror Writers' Association presented Yarbro with the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, she was honored with the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. Additionally, two of her… Read More

New York, NY: Tor Books. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0312857594 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean, with the exception of a small semi-closed tear to the bottom of the front panel. "The books of the Saint-Germain Cycle combine historic fiction, romance, and horror and feature the heroic vampire first introduced in Hôtel Transylvania as Le Comte de Saint-Germain. In this initial novel, the character -- cultured, well-traveled, articulate, elegant, and mysterious -- appears in the court of France's King Louis XV. In order to convince the naive but intelligent Madelaine de Montalia that she is in danger, Saint-Germain reveals he is thousands of years old and drinks the Elixir of Life, blood. He also introduces her to the sensual pleasures of his vampiric… Read More

New York, NY: Tor Books. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1998. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0312865295 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Yarbro's contribution to the horror genre has been recognised in a variety of ways: she was named a Grand Master at the World Horror Convention in 2003, and in 2005 the International Horror Guild named her a "Living Legend". She has received the Knightly Order of the Brasov Citadel from the Transylvanian Society of Dracula. In 2009 the Horror Writers' Association presented Yarbro with the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, she was honored with the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. Additionally, two of her novels, The Palace (1979) and Ariosto (1980) were… Read More

Washington, D. C.: Department of the Interior. Very Good-. 1917. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The spine ends have some beginning fraying. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but do have patches of toning / foxing throughout. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front pastedown page. "Robert Sterling Yard (February 1, 1861 – May 17, 1945) was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeton University and spent the first twenty years of his career in the editing and publishing business. In 1915, he was recruited by his friend Stephen Mather to help publicize the need for an independent national park agency. Their numerous publications were part of a movement that resulted in legislative support for a National Park Service (NPS) in 1916. Yard served… Read More

Boston, MA: Loring, Publisher. Very Good-. 1866. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. American Edition. This book is in Very Good- condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book covers have some bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. The spine ends have some tiny nicks as well. The text pages are generally clean, though the front and rear endpapers are heavily toned, and have biopredation (bug nibbles). "Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894) managed to offend seriously both William Makepeace Thackeray and Anthony Trollope in his work as a gossip journalist. He wrote some nineteen novels, of which this, his first, was perhaps the most popularly successful. Its most distinctive feature is its representation—sometimes fascinating but sometimes tediously knowing—of contemporary society.  “We have read it with lively interest, and we lay it aside with an agreeable sense of refreshment. ” Athenaeum, November 26, 1864. “We cannot do more than state the almost… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers. Very Good. 1960. Trade Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking the dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The book covers have some rubbing and spots of color loss. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers as well. The text pages are clan and bright. .

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0394552660 . B&W Photographs; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by both main authors. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by both main authors on the title page in two different colors of ink. The dust jacket has some light edge wear, nicking and wrinkling. ; Signed by All Authors .

Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 156971083X . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Studley Oldham Burroughs was an illustrator and cartoonist. Burroughs drew the comic strip Self Control is a Wonderful Virtue for the Los Angeles Tribune's Sunday Fiction Magazine in 1916. In 1931, he began composing covers for his uncle Edgar Rice Burroughs' new publishing company ERB Inc. , including Tarzan the Invincible, Jungle Girl, and Apache Devil." (from Wikipedia) .

New York: Hurd and Houghton. Good. 1872. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Good only condition and was likely issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends, corners and edges of the book covers have rubbing, bumping, fraying and chips missing. The covers have noticeable spots of ground-in dirt and generalized rubbing. The lettering on the spine has started to rub. The front inner hinge has cracked. The text pages are generally clean, but the book could use a good restitching as sections are loose. The rear endpaper is missing. The first twenty pages or so have spots of foxing. "Afterwards, she (Yelverton) led an itinerant life and supported herself by writing about her travels. Francis Farquhar wrote that she "spent the summer of 1870 in Yosemite, where she attached herself to the Hutchings family and made eyes at John Muir. He escaped to the woods, but not before she had noted enough of his conversation and his ways of life to make him over into Kenmuir, the… Read More

New York, NY: Parents' Magazine Press. Very Good+. 1977. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0819308641 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella. Her other works include the Nebula Award-winning short story "Sister Emily's Lightship", the novelette "Lost Girls", Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, and the Commander Toad series. She has collaborated on works with all three of her children, most extensively with Adam Stemple. " (from Wikipedia) .

New York, NY: Parents' Magazine Press. Near Fine. 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0819309605 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning rubbing to the spine and corner edges. The text pages are clean and bright. "There was once a prince who longed to live a simple life. He was tired of idle foolishness and fancy dress balls." "Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 365 books, of which the best known is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella. Her other works include the Nebula Award-winning short story Sister Emily's Lightship, the novelette Lost Girls, Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, the Commander Toad series and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight. " (from Wikipedia) .

Minneapolis, MN: Steeldragon Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1986. Limited Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This edition limited to 200 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. This is book # 138. This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is The Devil's Arithmetic, a Holocaust novella. Her other works include the Nebula Award-winning short story Sister Emily's Lightship, the novelette Lost Girls, Owl Moon, The Emperor and the Kite, the Commander Toad series and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight. She has collaborated on works with all three of her children, most extensively with Adam Stemple." (from… Read More

New York, NY: Boy Scouts of America. Very Good. 1943. Trade Edition. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized pamphlet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. THere is a tear to the cover at the bottom staple. There is also some light ground-in dirt to the covers. The text pages are generally clean, but have generalized ligth toning. .