Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Alkahest Books

Paris: Musee du Louvre, (2009). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Yan Pei-Ming. Paris: Musee du Louvre, (2009). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Yan Pei-Ming. Beaux-arts de Paris les editions. Exposition au muse du Louvre 12 fevrier -- 18 mai 2009. "Peinture Morte" - Henri Loyreth. "Les fantomes de la peinture" Interview de Marie-Laure Bernadac; "L'execution, l'enterrement et les funerailles de Monna Lisa" - Bernard Marcade. Text in French. Illustrated in both black and white and color. 051705A

Newton Abbot, New York: David & Charles / Hippocrene Books Inc, (1977). First American Edition, 1st Printing. hardcover. Fine/near Fine. Preface by Noble Frankland of the Imperial War Museum. Octavo, 159 pages. Includes map. Small indenation on dust jacket, else Fine. "First hand account of an American volunteer bomber pilot in World War II...describing the sights and sounds, the fear and the exhilaration of thirty operational flights over Germany and Italy." --from the dust jacket . Raymond first joined the U.S. Ambulance Corps attached to the French Army, and next became a pilot with the Royal Airforce, and later with the United States Airforce. After the war he attended the London School of Economics and taught in universities in England, Spain, and the United States. Twenty-two of these years were spendt at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he became a Professor Emeritus. This copy of the book is inscribed by Raymond to his colleague at Ohio University, Prof. Kahandas Nandola. 092005A.… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1941. first edition, as stated.. hardcover. near fine. Large octavo (approx. 6 3/8" wide by 9 1/8" tall) patterned cloth covers, x + 393 pages. Map on endpapers of The South Pacific Islands, where Dr. S. M. Lambert worked for the health of the natives since 1918. Near fine condition. No dust jacket. 092715D

New York: Harper and Brothers, (1920). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper and Brothers, (1920). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Fully illustrated from Official Photography." Octavo, xvi, (4) 372 pages. Brown cloth covers wth orange, black pictorial design of men and tank, and titles in gilt. Two cover corners very lightly bumped, a little offsetting from dust jacket on endpapers, else Very Good. Dust jacket is bright and clean with only a few small chips at edges, and a bit of rubbing in spine title. Scarce in dust jacket. 021210E

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920. hardcover. near fine/very good. Octavo, dark blue cloth covers with gilt design and titles. xiii [1] 156 pages. Color frontis. Dust jacket has a couple of small closed tears, still very good. 061508A

New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. First American edition. hardcover. Very Good. New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. First American edition. hardcover. Very Good/very good. 113 pages. Date stamp on front free endpaper. 032509A

Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson and Co., 1919. hardcover. Good +. Printed for Private Circulation. Octavo, blue cloth covers with gilt titles. Black and white photo reproductions. Five color folding maps. Frontis.of Brigadier General A. B. Leggett. Inscribed and signed by the author. Covers worn at cover edges, Good plus. 52nd (Lowland) Division. Includes accounts of the Second Battle of Gaza, Through the Lands of the Philistines, Jerusalem and Bethlehem, and others. 092508A

London: The Friends of Spain, 1937. softcover. Very Good. London: The Friends of Spain, 1937. softcover. Very Good. Stapled pamphlet, 28 pages. "Speech made by His Excellency the President of the Spanish Republic...in the Hall of the University of Valencia, July 18th, 1937, first anniversary of the military rebellion in Spain.

Garden City, Doubleday and Co., Inc. 1969,, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Pages: viii [2] + 323, octavo. Some lightening on endpapers, stamp on front endpaper, else Very Good. Dust jacket has light wear at edges, Very Good. 061507A

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. later printing. hardcover. Very good. Wyeth, N.C.. 12 full color illustrtions by N. C. Wyeth. Illustrated endpapers. Small quarto, (approx. 7 1/4" wide by 9 1/2" tall) black cloth covers with pictorial onlay repeating one of the illustrations in the book. viii [2] 1-400 pages. Gift inscription of two former owners' names on preliminary blank. Also a book plate and small label on verso of front free endpaper.a bit of lightening on top edge of rear cover. A very nice copy. Studio Children's, Illustrated, Florida

Kent The Kent State Univ. Press, (c. 1979), 1979. Hardcover. Kent The Kent State Univ. Press, (c. 1979), 1979. Hardcover. 8vo Hardcover, red cloth, A bibliography of articles about science fiction, with index. Bump at head of spine, light wear at cover edges, VG. No dust jacket. #101499A

Baton Rouge, Louisiana State Univ. Press. (c. 1975),, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. fine/very good. x + 172 pp., 8vo, hardcover, green cloth. Book is in fine condition; dust jacket price clipped, else very good. 060302A "Yeats ... shared the Romantic conviction that the apparent disorder and fragmentation of the world is merely an illusion and that there is a universal pattern of unity that can be apprehended only through the poetic imagination. This thematic study traces Yeats's various attempts to discover such a pattern..."--from the dust jacket.

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. hardcover. Good. Octavo, yellow cloth covers with black bands and red titles. Black and white illustrations. viii [3] 2-302 pages. Covers are soiled, with wear at edges. "The following sketches have been published with the object of giving the layman some glimpses of the true significance of war when two first-class Powers come together on sea and land in the clash of battle... Although for the purpose of concealing identity the nomenclature is fictitious, yet every character in the book represents some living actor in the terrible drama with which I have been intimate during the last year." --from the Foreword. Russo-Japanese War. 092508C

Yellowstone Park, Wyoming: Haymes, Inc., (c. 1947). Revised Edition. hardcover. Very good/Fair. Illustrated by Jack Ellis Haynes. Quarto (approx. 6 1/4" wide by 9 3/8" tall) green cloth covers, 125 pages + 2 pages of ads. Illustrated with a color frontis. and black and white photo reproductions. Former owner name and date on front free endpaper. Dust jacket heavily chipped and split at folds. 032509A

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1983). first edition thus. hardcover. near fine/fine. Frasconi, Antonio. Woodcuts in terra cotta and black by Antonio Frasconi. Small quarto (approx. 6 3/4" wide by 10" tall) terra cotta colored cloth with black spine titles. 58 [5] pages. Top cover slightly sprung, else book and dust jacket are in fine condition. This story was originally published in Yiddish in 1962. Studio

New York: Mayflower Books. facsimile edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. W. Russell Flint. Charles E. Brock. Large octavo (approx. 6 1/4" wide by 9 1/2" tall), Red cloth covers with gilt spine titles, vi + 102 pages. With color illustrations by W. Russell Flint; pen and ink drawings by Charles E. Brock. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket has some sunning on spine and long top edge of rear panel, very goof. 070898A Lyrics to the opera. Light opera. Comic opera. Savoy opera. Musical theatre

Miami, Florida: E.A. Seemann Publishing Inc., (1973). hardcover. Fine/very good. Small quarto, maroon cloth covers with gilt spine titles, 160 pages. Includes many black and white photo reproductions.Book is in Fine condition; dust jacket has a bit of rubbing at edges, still Very Good. 021210B

NY, P. J. Kenedy and Sons Publishers. (c. 1930),, 1930. Hardcover. NY, P. J. Kenedy and Sons Publishers. (c. 1930),, 1930. Hardcover. 8vo, hardcover. Translated from the original German by John L. Stoddard. Patterned cloth covers, paper spine label (chipped and yellowed), light wear at cover edges, Good +.

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, (c. 1965). First Edition. hardcover. Near fine/very good. Octavo, black cloth covers, 659 pages. Includes black and white illustrations, selected bibliography, and index. Dust jacket has some rubbing, and a couple of small closed tears. 021904A

New York: The Macmillan Co., 1929. Hardcover. Good +. xiv + 364 pages, 8vo, black cloth covers with titles in yellow. With a preface by Edward Hale Bierstadt. Includes bibliography. Light dampstaining on front cover, internally Very Good. Without a dust jacket. 012502A "Selection of modern cases [of escape] patiently gathered from Wardens and from escapees themselves." Includes a section on women escapees, and one on The Wild Bunch