Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Independent Books

Beaverton: THE TOUCHSTONE PRESS, 1974 195 numbered pg. HBw/DJ. Registered limited edition, this being No. 714 of 1200. Signed by author on dedication page. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps; no defects. Cover: beige cloth over boards, greent ersatz leather spine, gilt initials front/back, gilt titles spine; minimal shelfwear, head/heel curved. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, plan parchment, glass ring stain front, spine slightly tanned, edges and points lightly worn, f.e. worn through in 4 small spots.

New York: GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY, 1919 105 numbered pp; HB. Preface by J.M. Barrie. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; t.e. a little dusty w/ a few sm stains, neat gift inscription inked ffep. Cover: gray paper over boards, gray marionette shadow artwork all surfaces, gray titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, head/heel/corners worn, a.e./spine tanned, a few sm dampstains, sm hole to b.e. Charming.

Chicago: The O'Sullivan Pub. House, 1933 405 pp.; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; edges tanned, top dusty w/ small dampstain, inscription inked to eps and ffep. Cover: med green w/ gilt titles front and spine, head and heel curved and mildly worn, light small stain spine.

Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc. (lithographer), 1959 432 numbered pp. Pages clean, bright, and tight. Cover brown/burgundy with gilt lettering on front and spine and gilt artwork on front. Bottom corners moderately bumped, otherwise fine. Inscribed to local school by the author, but no library marks or artifacts present. Historical memoir of the U.S. military history of WW II.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974 466 numbered pp +1; HB. Ex-library w/ stamps, pocket and slip removed, redactions, librarian annotations, etc. Pages: clean, bright, tight; t.e. foxed, f.e. grubby, binder's sm sticker ep. Cover: lt green library binding, black artwork font, black titles front/spine, gray design back; modest shelfwear, v lt soil. Numerous wonderful illustrations.

New York: The Philosophical Library, 1946 "This is the life story of the versatile head of a significant philosophic movement . . . the one great philosophic mind that America has yet produce." Condition notes - 648 pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, portrait frontis; a.e. lt tanned, t.e. foxed, dk stain to b.e. Cover: turquoise, navy titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, lt blue, red/navy artwork front, navy titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, spine well sunned, lt soil, sm dampstain to spine

Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 1995 Contests the popular misconception of the Yanomami as an unacculturated and naturally violent people. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. Condition notes: (xiv), 449 numbered pp +1; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: peach/black, color photo all surfaces, orange/black titles front, b/w titles spine; minimal shelfwear, spine a bit sunned.

London: Tans and Hudson, 1979 The Yantra is the tool of ritual and meditation, the power diagram which allows man to make the spiritual journey of return to the primordial center and finally, to intuit the unity of self and cosmos. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 176 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; all edges sunned, front hinge cracked, white label to first free end page. Cover: dark green cloth, gilt device front, gilt titles spine; light shelfwear, extrems a bit worn. DJ: unclipped, glossy black, pastel artwork and black titles front, white titles spine; light edge/shelfwear.

Chicago: W.S. Conkey Company (Hammond Press), 1928 Vol 1: VG (+); Vol 2: Good (-) only. Two volumes. Landscape orientation. A course of classic study for women to enhance their conversational skills, circa 1928. Condition notes: 120 (vol 1) and 68 (vol 2) numbered pp; flexible boards. Pages: vol 1: clean, ivory, tight, tan/green eps; a.e. tanned, a bit of page stiffness/waviness. Cover: dk green flexible boards, gilt titles front, plain spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems barely worn. Vol 2 is solid, nut has been wet, with page waviness and mildew stains throughout.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959 235 numbered pp +1; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. lt tanned. Cover: marbled green/tan boards, dk green, white titles spine; lt shelfwear, a.e. a bit tanned. DJ: clipped, dk green, white/red titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear w/ v sm and sm closed tears, head/tail tattered. 23 b/w photo; numerous drawings throughout. A celebration of park life, flora, fauna in the park over the course of a year.

New York: The Penguin Press, 2013 "A landmark reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war came to an end ion 1945." Condition notes: (xii), 385 numbered pp; TPB. Identified as Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: b/w wraps, white titles front, black titles spine; no shelfwear. Not for those who seek the book as it was sold in stores, but for collectors of book- or author-associated ephemera.

Wheaton: Quest Books, 1996 Landscape orientation. An inspirational gift book which follows the four seasons, giving insights into the natural cycle of awakening, blossoming, fruition, and tranquility. From the collection of Sanje (Frank) Elliott, Buddhist mentor, artist, and friend to many. Condition notes: 117 numbered pp +2; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps; no defects. Cover: glossy orange paper over boards, orange/yellow artwork plus peach titles front page titles spine; no shelfwear, no defects. Giftable.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1959 310 pp.; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, photo frontis; a.e. lt tan, PO name typed to bottom edge of each eps. Cover: pink boards, black backstrip, gilt artwork/ornamentation front and backstrip, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, crnrs worn though, spine thoroughly rubbed. DJ: green, red/black titles front, black titles spine, photo back; m oderate edge/shelfwear, spine faded, head/tail tattered/chipped, lg closed teard front

Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1982 78 pp. HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; t.e. foxed, light dampstain to lower hinge for first +-25 pp. Cover gray w/ gilt and black titles to spine; t.e. foxed. DJ: clipped in Brodart, yellow w/ b/w artwork, black titles to front, spine, white back w/ b/w author photo and black text, light soil.

New York: A.L. Burt Co., 1926 299 pp. + 5; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; a.e. tanned, front hinge starting. Cover: orange, black artwork front, black titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extremities worn, spine a bit faded, a few spots front, boards starting to darken.

Toronto: Bantam Books, 1981 Classic volume on yoga – "here is an exciting approach to the secrets of feeling, thinking, and acting alive!" Condition notes: (vii), 344 numbered pp; MMPB. Pages: clean, tanned, tight; MMPB. Cover: gold wraps, yoga pose and lotus artwork front, black titles front/spine; modest edge/shelfwear, extrems a bit work, crease to front, light small stain to back.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1929 Stapled spine. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Vol 24, No. 3, pp 239-255, plates 95-102, 2 figures in text, 1 map. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the cover. Condition notes: 239-255 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: gray yapped wraps, black titles front; v lt edge/shelfwear, edges and spine lt sunned.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944 Unnumbered; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps, frontis; a.e. lt tanned, eps slightly toned. Cover: pastel boards, black backstrip, black titles front; lt shelfwear, extremities a bit worn. DJ: unclipped, artwork same as book, black titles front/spine; moderate edge/shelfwear, closed tears, sm chips, hole to tanned spine.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004 175 numbered pp; TPB. Identified as a advance uncorrected proofs. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects . Cover: glossy white wraps, brick/tan front w/ photo and tan/black titles, black titles/text spine/back no edge/shelfwear, extrems. ". . .a powerful voice that implores readers to see the cruelty of our greedy world, being them to understand the pain of the oppressed, urging them to awaken from their slumber of inactivity, and directing them to act for justice . . ." Not for those who seek the book as it was sold in stores, but for collectors of book- or author-associated ephemera.

Reston: Reston Publishing Company, Inc., 1979 201 numbered pages (w/ephemera); HB w/ DJ. Inscribed to "Rob" and signed by author ffep. Telephone flow chart (step-by-step instructions on how to reel in a client on the phone) in fine condition and laid in. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: red, silver titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, front b.e. crnr mildly bumped. DJ: unclipped, glossy red/white, red/reverse titles/text all surfaces; modest edge/shelfwear, 2" closed tear w/crinkle front, other tiny closed tears.