Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Epilonian Books

Gurafikkusha, Tokyo, 2010-01-01. JP Oversized. Very Good. Gurafikkusha, Tokyo [Published Date: 2010]. Softcover, 93 pp. Text in Japanese. Very Good/ NO dust jacket. Pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Nice color photography throughout.

Foreign Languages Press, 1981-01-01. Paperback. Good. Foreign Languages Press [Published Date: 1981]. Soft cover, [118] pp. First Edition, 1980. Parallel texts in Chinese and English. Mostly color illustrations by a young Bu Di. In good+ condition. Glossy illustrated paper covers with French flaps. light bumping and creasing to edges and corners of covers and light overall scuffing> Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From foreword] There are many things said about China abroad. Some say that China is mysterious. What does she look like? How do her people live? What is she thinking about and where is she going? In this book, I wish to introduce to the world the paintings of a chinese boy, Bu Di, who started drawing at the age of four and at six kept a diary by means of painting. At seven he participated in the All-China Children's Painting Competition where he won first prize. At the age of eight he had already had an exhibition of his work. Now he is… Read More

Yorkshire Art Circus, 1998-10-23. Paperback. Very Good. Yorkshire Art Circus, 1997. Soft cover, 180 pp. In very good condition. Sepia-toned pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. [From back cover] Even before she was at infants' school if someone asked her what she was going to do with her life, Gloria replied "I'm going to Oxford." This is the amazing story of how a slum child, with parents who thought education was wrong for women, gained an M. A. at Oxford University, courtesy of Leeds City Libraries. Gloria Yates writes frankly about the world she grew up in: stealing, back street abortions; sexuality, forbidden books, tram journeys by moonlight, even the Leeds Communist Party plays its part. Funny, touching and true, A Daughter of Leeds celebrates a great city and its people in the… Read More

NEIL A. KJOS MUSIC COMPANY, 1986-01-01. Paperback. Good. Neil A. Kjos Music Company, San Diego KJ. WP 145 [Published Date: 1986]. BOOK 2. Sheet Music, Piano. Paper covers, 15 pp. Early Intermediate. Contents include: About the composer; Havin' Fun; Jazzin'; Ostinato Rock; Wee Hours. In good+ condition. Silver, white and blue illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From About the Composer] Jeanine Nellis Yeager, a native of Dayton, Ohio, attended the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, studying piano with Mme. Olga Conus and theory and composition with Dr. T. Scott Huston. As an accompanist for the Conservator/ contemporary dance department, she became skilled at keyboard improvisation. Her long-standing love for improvisation is reflected in her compositions in a more sensitive, interpretative style. Mrs Yeager… Read More

Ege Ãniversitesi Matbaas? - Izmir, 1961-01-01. Paperback. Good. Ege Universitesi Matbaasi, Izmir, 1961. Paper covers, 128 pp plus three fold outs at back. Text in French with a two page summary in English. In good condition. Cream pictorial paper covers. Top cover has a 1/2" tear on the top edge and light to moderate overall scuffing, aging and soling to covers as well. Light overall rubbing. Printed price on back cover has been inked out. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked, with very light occasional spotting. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. Contents include: Avan-Propos; Pergame a Travers les ages; Visite Des Ruines; Quelques Legendes Populaires; The Antiquities and the Museums of Pergamon; Bibliographie; 72 black and white illustrations; 6 Cartes et plans

Shaanxi People's Publishing House = Shanxi ren min chu ban she , 1975-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. Shanxi ren min chu ban she = Shaanxi People's Publishing House [Published Date: 1975]. Hardcover, [80] pp (unpaginated). Text in Chinese. Good+ in good+ dust jacket. Cream Paper over Boards with Maroon cloth on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers and light overall scuffing and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and light creasing along edges. light overall scuffing and soiling to jacket as well with a bit of the color scuffed off along edges. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. This is a photo album entitled "Nanniwan"Â filled with black and white photos and a few propaganda paintings and photos in color. This collection consists primarily of photos taken by Chinese photographer Wu Qinxian in Yan'an and Nanniwan between 1937 and 1943, It also… Read More

Zen Institute Komazawa University, 1973-01-01. Paperback. Good. Zen Institute Komazawa University [Published Date: 1973]. Booklet, paper covers, 48 pp. Text in English (pp 1-28) followed by Japanese text (pp 29 - 48). In good condition. Cream pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Staple bound. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From Foreword] Recently, I was requested by Komazawa University to make a study tour abroad. As I planned to visit the United States during my travels 1 notified a priest friend living there of my plans. He wrote back asking me to give lectures on Buddhism and guidance in Zen at his temple because of the great interest in these subjects on the part of Americans. He particularly requested that I center my lectures on the Soto school of Zen Buddhism which is not, as yet, as well known in the West as Rinzai Zen. The following booklet is an attempt to answer his… Read More

Crowell, 1981-01-01. Hardcover. Good/Good. Crowell [Published date: 1981]. Hard cover, 58 pp. Stated First printing, with full number line. Good in good dust jacket. Mustard paper over boards with copper acorn on front and red cloth with copper lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges and corners. Binding tight. Light spotting to edges of text block. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has several 1/4" or less nicks and tears and light creasing along the edges. Light overall scuffing and soiling to jacket as well. Price clipped. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Charming illustrations by Susanna Natti. [From front jacket flap] 'The dire warning has come: The animals of Woodland will starve if something isn't done. The Wizard Squirrelin is the kingdom's last and only hope - and he tells the startled knights at King Earthor's round table, "Nuts! In fact, nuts to all of you." But nuts… Read More

THOMAS WHITTAKER, 1891-01-01. Hardcover. Good. New York, Thomas Whittaker, 1891. Hardcover, 211 pp plus 11 pages of ads for other Books for the Young" at the back. First Edition. With four etchings (including frontis-piece). In good condition. Brown cloth covered boards with two horizontal gilt stripes edged in black on the front cover and spine. and gilt lettering on spine. Bumping to edge of covers and some nicking and fraying to the cloth over the edges and corner tips. Light to moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Spine has a thin crack at title page and the tissue paper protecting frontis-piece illustration is torn near the spine. Pages are lightly aged but otherwise unmarked with occasional light spotting. NOT Ex-Library. Nice decorated end-papers in a green vine pattern. Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) was an English novelist who wrote to the service of the church. A prolific writer, best known for her novel "The Heir of Redclyffe," her books helped to spread the… Read More

New York, 1998-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sotheby's Auction House - Sale 7135 Vol. 2 ONLY [Published date: 1998]. Hard cover, 133 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Glossy black paper over boards have light rubbing and bumping along edges. and corners. Binding tight. Pages crisp clean and bright with no markings. Dust jacket has a few tiny nicks and light creasing along the edges. Light overall rubbing and light scratching to back cover. Now in a protective Brodart cover. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Part II of a Collection of American West paintings held at auction on May 20, 1998. Includes detailed descriptions, estimates and full color plates of lots 45-88. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. [From Introduction In recent years there have been but few visionary collectors to focus their acquisitive energies on the art of the American West. Rarer still are those whose breadth of interest has been encyclopedic and whose eye for quality unquestioned. But there are a few,… Read More

Hodder and Stoughton, 1976-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hodder & Stoughton Ltd [Published date: 1976]. Hard cover, 112 pp. First Edition. Very good in good+ dust jacket. Includes two laid in note cards with "Susannah York" printed at the top, dated 21st July (no year, but circa mid 1980's) with a hand-written message stating (among other things) that she was lending this copy to the recipient and that this was the only copy that she had of this edition. signed "Susannah. "Maroon paper over boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a 1" tear on the top edge of the back cover, a 1/2" tear on the top edge of the front cover and a few other smaller nicks and tears and light creasing along the edges and spine. Light overall scuffing to jacket as well. NOT price clipped. Now in an archival quality Brodart cover. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Nice illustrations by Michael Baldwin. [From jacket… Read More

VIZ Media LLC, 2010-04-20. Paperback. Very Good. VIZ Media LLC, Volume 3. Soft cover, 227 pp. Text in English. First printing, April 2010, (with full number line). In very good condition with light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From cover] The tale told in the Chronicle of the Dying Day continues as the young female shogun Iemitsu tries desperately to conceive a male heir. But her lover Arikoto seems unable to give her a child, and they must betray their hearts to save their country. Meanwhile, the Redface Pox continues its ruthless progress through Japan, leaving famine, despair and the threat of anarchy in its wake.

VIZ Media LLC, 2010-08-17. Paperback. Very Good. VIZ Media LLC, Volume 4. Soft cover, 212 pp. Text in English. First printing, August 2010, (with full number line). In very good condition with light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From back cover] Despite Iemitsu and Arikotoâs best efforts, there is no male heir to take over the shogunate. As the Redface Pox continues to ravage the country, it becomes increasingly clear within Edo Castle that Japanâs continued existence relies on overturning the centuries of custom that define it!

Tai bei shi : Shan shu fang wen hua, 2000-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Tai bei shi : Shan shu fang wen hua [Published Date: 2000]. Softcover, 95 pp. Text in Chinese, but recipes are bilingual Chinese and English. Very Good/ NO dust jacket. Glossy pictorial soft covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Nice color photos throughout.

LAAC Press, 1980. hardcover. Very Good/Missing. 11x8x0. LAAC Press [Published Date: 1980]. Hardcover, 176 pp. One of 8000 unnumbered copies. Very good/ Missing dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations throughout, Apped, Index, Bibliography. A richly detailed history, including first hand recollections and many great photos, of the Los Angeles Athletic Club's first 100 years. Contents include: Pueblo to city; "The best young men"; the Arcadia Block; Blazing new trails; the Downey Block; Riding high; the Stowell Block; Disaster in the wings; the Wilson Block; Born again; Seventh and Olive; Spotlight on sports; The exuberant twenties; Growth and expansion; The Tenth Olympiad; Faith in the future; Pursuit of excellence; The Club today

Mary Ann Young Broddrick, 1980. Paperback. Acceptable. Mary Ann Young Broddrick [Published date: 1980]. Soft cover, 45 pp. Second Edition. Acceptable+/ NO dust jacket. Pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing and browning from age. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages browned from age but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Nice b&w photos and illustrations throughout.

Mary Ann Young Broddrick, 1980. 2nd. paperback. Good. 11x10x0. Mary Ann Young Broddrick [Published date: 1980]. Soft cover, 45 pp. Second Edition. In good condition. Pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing and browning from age. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages browned from age but otherwise unmarked, with a few pages quite dark from a laid-in newspaper article. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Black and white illustrations. Combines personal memoirs and historical insights, offering a vivid portrayal of life in Virginia City during its heyday. [From Introduction] I don't remember whether the photograph below was taken before or after the 4th of July Parade, but there must have been a Parade. There always was! That summer of 1912 was a memorable one for me for a far different reason; it was the year we got the flush toilet installed at our house. To a 9 year old of that era, this was a luxury of such magnitude as to dwarf… Read More

Kandy Publications / The Hillside Press, 1963-01-01. Staple Bound. Good. Kandy Publications / The Hillside Press Whyteleafe, Surrey, 1958]. Paper covers, staple bound, 80 pp. 1963 Reprint. Black and white illustrations throughout with some with added color. Includes index. In good condition with a 1" slit to the bottom of the spine of the paper covers running up toward the bottom staple and light creasing to edges and corners of covers as well. light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. [From Preface] This book has been written for the use of Merchant Navy officers as a preparation for the various grades of Ministry of Transport Certificates. The sketches have been specially drawn with the syllabuses for these examinations in mind, and the notes have been made as concise as possible. Although we believe we have covered the minimum requirements adequately, we have made no attempt to be exhaustive, and the… Read More

Kandy Publications / The Hillside Press, Whyteleafe Surry, 1962-01-01. Staple Bound. Good. Kandy Publications / The Hillside Press, Whyteleafe Surry [Published Date: 1960, 1962]. Paper covers, staple bound, 80 . pp. 1965 reprint. Black and white illustrations throughout, with some color added to a few illustrations. Contents include: ELEMENTARY ELECTRICITY; MAGNETISM; ALTERNATING CURRENT; RADIO WAVES; PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. In good condition. Orange illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light to moderate overall scuffing and soiling. Binding tight(staple bound). Pages A few pages have some very light pencil markings. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From Preface] This book has been written with the syllabuses for Electricity and, Magnetism the Ministry of Transport Masters and Mates examinations in mind and, for these, the subject matter will be found to be adequate. The basic ideas have been explained… Read More

Riverside Art Museum, 2015-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Riverside Art Museum [Published Date: 2015]. Hardcover, 53 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Oversized (10.25 x 11.25") black cloth covered boards with red metallic lettering and design on front and spine. Light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light bumping and creasing to edges and light overall scuffing. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Printed on the occasion of the exhibition, Lois Sloan: Sculptor in the Members Gallery at the Riverside Art Museum Riverside, California, May 13 - September 16, 2015. Born in Minnesota in 1926, Lois Sloan lived and worked in Los Angeles throughout most of her adult life. This survey exhibition spans Sloan's impressive career as a sculptor and teacher. Mostly self-taught, she developed incredible mastery of her craft. Working primarily in marble and alabaster, her… Read More