Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Burnside Rare Books, ABAA

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. 317pp. Yellow cloth with green lettering. Near Fine with light rubbing to top edge, slight spine lean, light offsetting to endpapers and spine. In an about Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($2.50), chipped at head and foot, small tear at top of back panel, a little stained and rubbed but not too bad overall. A scarce Keeler mystery in jacket, showcasing his hilariously bad "ethnic" dialogue-writing abilities.

Paris: Fondation Carter pour l'art contemporain, 1993. First Edition. First edition, signed limited issue, one of 110 copies thus with Morimura's signature in golden sharpie, plus a 4" x 5"color photo also signed by him in black ink. Bound in publisher's white wraps; staple bound Japanese and English translation booklets included, as is promotional postcard. Fine. Rare catalogue for an exhibition by Fondation Carter pour l'art contemporain at Jouy-en-Josas, March 7-April 25 1993 featuring the Japanese artist's work.

London: Faber & Faber, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First British edition. 320pp. Red cloth with navy lettering. Near Fine in Good only dust jacket, unclipped, with chipping to head and tail, faint crease to spine, two pieces of tape on verso, rubbed along edges, foxed, and a little soiled. Cloth on back board a bit unevenly toned, edges a bit dust-soiled. Boyle's second published novel; the British edition is rarely found in dust jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Joan Didion on the title page. Bound in publisher's original paper-covered boards over green spine cloth lettered in gilt. Small, light stain to front cover, else Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear and light sunning. An account of the year following the death of the author's husband.

London: Collins, 1950. First Edition. First edition. xii, 178 pp. with color photo frontis and color illustrations throughout. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine with former owner's name written on front free endpaper, spine slightly sunned through jacket. Jacket Near Fine, spine panel and edges of flaps toned, otherwise in great shape.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1901. Second Edition. Very Good. Second edition in book form. Signed by Charlotte Perkins Stetson [Gilman] with a fantastic inscription on the front free endpaper, "Here is a little nightmare--nothing like as well [?] as your immortal kittens! With admiration and esteem for O., P, + H. [signed] Charlotte Perkins Gilman". Bound in publisher's decorated paper-covered boards decorated in yellow and lettered black. Very Good with with a hairline crack to the bottom portion of the front spine joint (still holding well) and what appears to be a glue repair to the top end. Rubbing to edges, wear to spine ends, tanning to pages. This story was originally published in New England Magazine in 1892, and first in book form in 1899. It's considered an important early work in American feminism, particularly for it's illustration of attitudes toward the mental and physical health of women in the 19th century. Signed copies are incredibly scarce, especially those with such… Read More

London: Quartet Books, 1991. First British Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition. 135 pp. Original cloth lettered in silver. Near Fine with small light stain to bottom edge in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, slightly rubbed. An English translation of a novel by the Austrian writer (1931-1989).

Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Good+. First edition, first printing. Signed by Toshio Mori on the half title, dated June 21, 1949, the year of publication. 166pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with lettered in black; lacking dust jacket. Good+ with slight lean to binding; fading to spine ends and front board top edge. Corners heavily rubbed with fraying. Rear board dinged at bottom edge. Bookseller's stamp on front pastedown; underlining in blue ink to five or so pages. A literary landmark: the first English-language short story collection by a Japanese American writer. Originally it was to be published in 1942, but like others of Japanese ancestry the author was interned during WWII, at the Topaz Relocation Center, and lingering anti-Asian racism (to be blunt) postponed publication for years after the war had ended. Introduction by William Saroyan, who was quite a heavyweight author at the time, although now has become somewhat obscure. Uncommon in the first… Read More

Los Angeles: Rafu Shoten, 1950. First edition. [16], 559, [vi], [32] pp. Bound in publisher's illustrated pictorial boards depicting Los Angeles, front board lettered in red, spine lettered in silver. Text in Japanese. Near Fine with light rubbing along edges, toning to contents, offsetting to endpapers. Author's reply post card laid in at front. Uncommon, especially in such nice condition. In A Buried Past: An Annotated Bibliography of the Japanese American Research Project Collection Yuji Ichioka writes of this work, "An autobiographical account of the wartime internment experience by an Issei who was first interned [as an "enemy alien"] at Fort Missoula, Montana and then Amache, Colorado." Saski's narrative is accompanied by black and white photos of many others he met during this period, as well as cartoons of camp life. He had immigrated from Japan in 1905, pursuing a side career as a poet and journalist writing in Japanese about life in America. An early account of life in America's WWII… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1974. Book Club Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Tillie Olsen and warmly inscribed to former owner on paste down with a correction on p. 134-- the verses of a song crossed out and alternate verses written in margins by author in her neat hand. (xii), 175 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book club edition. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. The feminist author's unfinished Great Depression-era novel.

New York: The Century Company, 1912. First edition. First edition, first printing. x, 284 pp. 32 full page plates from photographs by Huber, Taber, Le Conte and the Pillsbury Picture Co.; 3 folding maps. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gilt, periwinkle, and royal blue stamping, top edge gilt. Slight bump to head, former owner's name on paste down, else Fine. All fold-out maps and plates present in nice shape. A lovely copy. Famous conservationist John Muir's book of his beloved Yosemite Valley; he had been instrumental in getting it declared a national park. BAL 14767.

New York: The Century Company, 1912. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original dark green cloth with gilt, periwinkle, and royal blue stamping, top edge gilt. Near Fine or better with slight wear to binding and bookplate from former owner to front pastedown. A truly excellent copy. Famous conservationist John Muir's book of his beloved Yosemite Valley; he had been instrumental in getting it declared a national park.

Providence, RI: Printed for the Author, 1873. First Edition. Near Fine. First Edition. [iv], 40 pp. Original gray printed wrappers. A Near Fine example of this paper which was read before the Rhode Island Historical Society on December 17, 1872, and published by Lester, a prominent Providence lawyer, at the request of friends. The narrative of his trip to Yosemite Valley in the summer of 1872. His first work.

New York: The Viking Press, 1994. First Edition. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Mister Rogers on the title page. Original cloth and paper covered boards. Two tiny beads of excess binder's glue to cloth on rear joint, else Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A collection of friendly inspirational advice from the beloved children's TV figure Fred Rogers who hosted Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from 1968 to 2001.

New York: The Viking Press, 1994. First Edition. Signed by Mister Rogers, inscribed "For Patricia Wilde with admiration and gratitude for sharing your great gifts with us in Pittsburgh. [signed] Fred Rogers 1994." Includes letter from the show's producer to former owner on show letterhead to former owner. First edition. xvi, 171 pp. Original cloth and paper covered boards. Fine and unread in lightly shelf worn dust jacket, still Fine. Light wear to letter. A signed collection of friendly inspirational advice from the beloved children's TV figure who hosted Mister Rogers' Neighborhood from 1968 to 2001.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 207 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket with sunned spine panel that's a little chipped at ends, small scratch in front panel, Very Good. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play that formed the basis for the 1938 Capra blockbuster.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1994. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Signed by Howard Zinn on title page, inscribed to former owner in Taos, New Mexico, dated 1999. [x], 214 pp. Original black cloth with magenta spine lettering. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a little sunning to spine panel, light shelf wear, unclipped. A signed copy of the late radical historian's memoir. He's best known for A People's History of the United States.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. First Edition. Good. First edition, first printing. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine lettering; lacking the dust jacket. Good+, with reading creases to spine, light rubbing at spine ends and corners, small spots of discoloration to cloth. Boards dinged along the edges. Previous owner name and price to front endsheet; front and rear endsheets offset. Pages lightly wavy throughout. An early 20th Century professional burglar and hobo's vividly-written autobiography, which was hailed by Naked Lunch author William S. Burroughs as an important literary influence.

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. Signed Limited First Edition. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Deluxe issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by Charles Bukowski, this being letter "U", and with a signed silkscreen print bound in. Publisher's original patterened cloth spine with paper title label over paper-covered boards, hand-bound by Earl Gray; in original clear acetate jacket. Fine in a Fine jacket. Krumhansl 100e.

New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1940. Second Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. Second edition. Publisher's grey cloth stamped in red. Very Good+ with foxing to cloth and textblock top edge, light fraying at bottom of spine. Previous owner bookplate to front pastedown, light tape ghosts to endsheets, light blue stain to recto and verso of half-title page. In a Near Fine dust jacket with light edge wear, foxing to edge of front flap and publisher's price penciled-through, toning to blank verso. A lovely example, scarce in the dust jacket. A husband and wife collaboration documenting the depression-era South.