Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Island Books

Oxford University Press,, 1935. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text; terra cotta cloth, gilt back, red top, covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION

Folio Society,, 2018. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontspiece and over 100 photographs in duotone, illustrations in the text, large folding map in pocket at end and red endpapers; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt and black, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case blocked in gilt.

Midas, [Tunbridge Wells],, [1983]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, pp.224, 239.

Tempus, [Stroud],, [2006-2007]. 2 vols., 8vo., with numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine set.

[Graham Cumming, Ramsgate],, [1983]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition; original photographic wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.

Education, HQ LFG [Land Forces Greece],, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text; pictorial wrappers, covers lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Collects wartime articles previously published in the Athens edition of 'Union Jack' magazine. IN THIS CONDITION, A RARE SURVIVAL.

Michael Joseph,, [1995]. 8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Allan Wingate,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with decorative title and several illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper, the latter just a little chipped at head and tail of backstrip. With a relevant cutting affixed to front paste-down and book token illustraion affixed to front free endpaper.

Collins,, 1951. 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and very numerous illustrations (many full-page) in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter age-soiled and browned on (predominantly white) rear panel Dustwrapper artwork by Lynton Lamb.

Harcourt Brace & World, New York NY,, [1964]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, backstrip lettered in red, red endpapers, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter rubbed at edges and sunned at backstrip. An Allied Intelligence agent masquerades as a German general in order to plant false plans for the Normandy invasion on German High Command in Paris.

Bantam,, [1993]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Times Books International [for] Raffles Hotel,, [1986]. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece toned in sepia, and numerous photographs toned in sepia in the text; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, ochre endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published to commemorate the hotel's centenary. With the Manager's presentation letter and two guest certificates completed by the hotel.

Gryphon,, [1957]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page illustrations throughout; yellow cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.

Collins,, 1965. 8vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. An Allied Intelligence agent masquerades as a German general in order to plant false plans for the Normandy invasion on German High Command in Paris. Published a year after the US edition.

Hogarth Press,, 1937. 8vo., First Edition; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Kirkpatrick A22a; Woolmer 423.

Chivers Audio Books, [Bath,, 2005]. 12 cassettes in one case, 8vo., a fine set. Publisher's code CAB 2940; total playing time 13 hours 31 minutes. Chivers Audio Books are arguably the finest audio books available. The author's original text is unabridged, the readers (usually professional actors or broadcasters) are selected for the quality of their characterisations, the recordings are produced to high standards in Dolby stereo and the cassettes or discs are housed in robust 'diamond' packs. Not surprisingly, used sets are scarce and almost invariably ex-institutional copies. Sets in the present state and condition are very uncommon.

Gower,, [1986]. 8vo., First Edition; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Collins,, 1966. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly frayed at extremities. Sequel to 'Years of Combat'. Enser, p.265.

Collins,, [1942-44-50]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition (save one volume), with numerous maps in the text and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature on half-title of first volume; purple cloth, gilt backs, a bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper, the wrappers mildly rubbed at extremities. THIS SET WAS PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE EMINENT NAVAL AND MILITARY HISTORIAN J. H. OWEN. THE SECOND VOLUME BEARS THE FORMER'S LONG AND WARM ENCOMIUM TO OWEN ON COLLINS STATIONERY MOUNTED ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER VERSO, AND SEPARATE HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE ON TITLE. The trilogy comprises The Years of Endurance 1793-1802 (second impression, 1942); Years of Victory 1802-1812 (first impression, 1944); The Age of Elegance 1812-1822 (first impression, 1950). 'A well-written narrative of the years of war with France and of return to peace' (Brown & Christie). With a small quantity of relevant cuttings loosely inserted. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Brown & Christie 98; Sadler 525.

Hamish Hamilton,, [1959]. 8vo., First UK Edition, with portrait frontispiece, and illustrations by the author in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper.