Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Daisyroots Books Ltd

Unknown Man - The Mysterious Birth of a New Species
YATRI
9780283997082
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1988, softback with stiff card wraps and dust wrapper, VG/vg, inner wraps white, illustrated throughout from b/w and colour photographs, 288 pp. Inner wraps clean and crisp, small mark to top edge of back cover, gentle rubs to fore-edge corners, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright, two pale spots to top edge of text block. Wrapper clean and crisp, rubs to edges and corners, bump and 2cm closed tear to head of spine. SCIENCE, BIRTH, NEW SPECIES, HUMAN BEINGS, EVOLUTION, BLUEPRINT FOR MANKIND, SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS, THE HUMAN CONDITION, RELATING TO EACH OTHER AND THE PLANET, 'NATURAL STATE' 46144 SCI £26.50

Yeadon's Register of LNER Locomotives. Volume 23
YEADON, William H.
ISBN: 9781899624553
BOOKLAW/RAILBUS 2002 in association with CHALLENGER, Nottingham, 2002, large format hardback with laminated pictorial boards and dust wrapper, fine/fine, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 126 pp. Boards clean and firm, small impact mark to bottom edge of front, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, small bump to bottom edge of front panel, price not clipped. Covers Class Q5, Q6, Q7 & Q10. The North Eastern 0-8-0's.
TRANSPORT, TRAINS, RAILWAYS, LNER, LOCOMOTIVES, CLASS Q5, Q6, Q7 & Q10, ILLUSTRATED
46101 TRANS/RAIL hb 84 £14.50

The Silent Traveller in Dublin
YEE, Chiang
Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1953, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, GD+/gd+, boards cream/blue, colour frontispiece in addition to 11 colour plates, 4 monotone plates and 47 line illustrations in the text, 146 pp.
Boards gently edge worn, pale foxing around the spine strip, neat dedication to front free end paper, no annotations, sound tight binding, slight lean to the spine, end papers foxed, pages clean, lightly tanned. Appreciable shelf wear to wrapper (see scans), quite grubby, foxing to inside and back panel, price clipped, now protected by acid free archive film. Lovely copy in spite of wear and tear to wrapper.
TRAVEL, THE SILENT TRAVELLER, CHIANG YEE, 1ST EDITION, DUBLIN, ILLUSTRATED, POST-WAR EXPERIENCES & OBSERVATIONS
46674 TRAVEL £46.50

The Silent Traveller in London
YEE, Chiang
Country Life Limited, London, 1946, hardback with dust wrapper, GD+/gd+, boards yellow/black, colour frontispiece in addition to 12 monotone plates and numerous line illustrations in the text, 264 pp.
Boards clean and firm, several small impact marks to lower edge of back board, neat dedication to front free end paper, no annotations, sound tight binding, lean to the spine, pages lightly tanned, foxing to edges of text block and end papers. Appreciable shelf wear to wrapper (see scans), price clipped, now protected by acid free archive film. Lovely copy in spite of wear and tear to wrapper.
TRAVEL, THE SILENT TRAVELLER, CHIANG YEE, LONDON, ILLUSTRATED, PRE-WAR EXPERIENCES AND OBSERVATIONS
46673 TRAVEL £14.50

A Thousand Pieces of Gold : A Memoir of China's Past Through Its Proverbs YEN MAH, AdelineISBN: 0007124503HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, 2002, paperback, 310 pp, VG+, chapter headings illustrated from b/w images of the Chinese Terracotta Army (see scan). Illustrated front cover, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and lightly tanned. Covers clean and crisp, very light rubs to fore-edge corners.BIOGRAPHY, YEN MAN, CHINESE PROVERBS, CHINESE CULTURE & HISTORY44023 hb 19 BIOG/M £21.50

YERBY, FrankFairoaksWilliam Heinemann, London, 1958 1st UK edition, hardback with wrapper, VG/gd, burgundy cloth / gilt, 379 pp. Page edges dust stained, binding tight and square. No inscriptions. Wrapper chipped and worn on edges. Not clipped (16s net). 41792 FIC 1st £10.00

The Roots of Wisdom - SaikontanYING-MIN, Hung (translated by William Scott Wilson)ISBN: 08070117017Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1985, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, NF/vg, boards green/silver gilt, cream endpapers, 160 pp.Boards clean and firm, top and bottom edges sunned, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, original price clipped. Lovely condition.MIND, BODY, SPIRIT, PHILOSOPHY, SPIRITUAL WISDOM, SAIKONTAN, CHINA, JAPAN45447 MBS £25.00

My First 50 Years with SteamYoung. DonSelf published,1985, paperback VG, signed by the author. A biographical history of a career of working with steam locomotives, 210 pp, illustrated with over 100 b/w photographs, sound binding, clean pages, small crease on back corner, page ends slightly dust stained, light shelf wear.Railways, Steam Locomotives, Biography, Industrial history,42924 RAIL £14.50

Week-End Camps & Hikes. A Handbook for Patrol Leaders
YOUNG, C. H.
Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, Glasgow, 1935, 1st Edition, softback with stiff card wraps, GD+, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs and line drawings, 128 pp. with publisher's catalogue 'Abridged List of Boooks for Scouts etc' dated September 1937.
No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, lightly tanned, bump to bottom fore-edge corners, small retailer stamp on title page. Wraps and spine strip intact, grubby in places, rubs to corners and edges, 1.5cm split to one side of spine tail, bump to rear bottom fore-edge corner. Lovely edition.
SOCIAL HISTORY, SCOUTS, PLACES TO WALK AND CAMP, WEEKEND ACTIVITIES, CAMP PREPARATIONS, EQUIPMENT, FOOD AND COOKING, CAMP ROUTINE, HEALTH, CLEANING UP THE SITE
46559 SOCIAL HIST/SCOUTS £29.00

YOUNG, Kendal
The Ravine (PAN Books G663)
Pan Books Limited, London, 1964, 1st. thus., paperback, VG, 158 pp.
Paperback wraps and spine strip intact, clean, gentle rubs to edges and corners, 5mm split to one side of spine head. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean, tanned. Lovely copy.
FIRST PAPERBACK, PAN BOOKS, KENDAL YOUNG, CRIME, THRILLER
46518 COLL P/BACK £21.50

Groombridge and Sons London 1865 original blue blind tooled cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. 220 pp plus publishers catalogue. Eight plates. Acceptable. Generally rubbed. Piece out at spine tail. Paper binding tape on front gutter. Internally clean. Scarce title. Being an account of the various kinds of sea fish, how, when and where to catch them in their various seasons and localities

The Grainger Market A People's History YOUNG, Yvonne9780993195617Tyne Bridge Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2015, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, illustrated title page in addition to b/w and colour photographs throughout, 71 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners.LOCAL HISTORY, NORTH EAST, NEWCASTLE, GRAINGER MARKET, 19TH - 20TH C, HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT, MARKET STALL HOLDERS, RECOLLECTIONS AND EXPERIENCES45250 hb 55 LOCAL HIST/NE £16.50

Shanakee Multimedia 2006, paperback, stated First Edition. 395 pp. Nr fine. Occult novel based around Nazism.Scarce title

The Young Buddhist's Path to Success
YUN, Venerable Master Hsing
Fo Kuang Publisher, Tashu, Kashiung, 1987, A5 sized, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated from one b/w and 13 colour photographs, 68 pp. No inscription, sound tight binding, pages clean. Wraps crisp, rubs to edges and corners, spine strip sunned (see scans). A Series of Four Talks Delivered at the Chinese Buddhist Research Institute, Fo Kuang Shan, June 1976. MIND, BODY, SPIRIT, FAITH, BELIEFS, BUDDHISM, FOUR TALKS, HAPPINESS, RESPONSIBILITIES, WORK, PROPER BEHAVIOUR 46190 MBS/BUDDHISM £31.50