Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Bartlebys Books

North Yakima, WA: Yakima Commercial Club, 1912. Color illustrated paperwraps (some rust marks from staples; short closed tear at spine edge of front wrap). Tall 8vo.; 63, (1) pp. Illustrated with numerous photos of agricultural pursuits in the valley (two photos inside front and rear wrapper have been color tinted). "...issued under the co-operative publicity plan of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co." A very good copy.

New York: Printed and published by Isaac Riley, 1809. First edition, Volume 1 [all published]. 12mo. ix, (3, blanks), 180 pp. Early use of the term "Yankey" (i.e., "New Englander") in fiction. The work is comprised of 14 letters of an imaginary tourist, an epistolary account of an American in London who writes to his friends in New England, commenting on national traits, fashions, literature, and language; famous literary forgers and booksellers are among the people described. Tyler (1757-1826; jurist and playwright) was dissolute, running through his money and womanizing; he succeeded in maintaining his anonymous authorship for this book, apparently even from his publishers (cf. Thomas Tanselle's "Royal Tyler," Harvard U. Press, 1967, pp. 189-205). Sabin 97621 (quoting Gilman): "It is proper to state that Judge Tyler never crossed the Atlantic, his description of scenes in London being entirely imaginary." BAL 20735; WRIGHT I, 2630; AMERICAN IMPRINTS 18799. Some foxing and soiling to text, one… Read More

Tucson, AZ: Archeological Society, 1925. 12mo.; 69pp. Frontis. photo; photo illustrations in text. An account of the ceremonial dances of the Yaqui Indians at Pascua. Brown fabrikoid; embossed illustration & title on front board; some rubbing to spine. Discoloration from staples at front gutter. Prev. owner's signature on front endpaper. Very good.

Chicago, [IL]: Poole Bros, 1907. Original illustrated paper wrappers, printed in black and red. 23 cm., folded vertically, 62pp., photo illustrations and maps. Uncommon promotional. OCLC: AZ Hist. Soc., AZ State Lib., Univ. of AZ, Azusa Pacific Univ., Denver Pub. Lib.

Washington, DC: Published by the author, 1884. First edition. 8vo. 512 pp. Errata slip tipped in. From the preface: "Narrative of the principal incidents and events in the public and private life of the author during his residence in Yazoo County, Mississippi, together with occasional pictures illustrative of the social condition of the people of that state." Reconstruction-era saga, with much of the narrative dealing with the plight of the freedmen. Howes A-795. LCP/HSP Afro-Americana 6820. Not in Work or Blockson catalogue. Owner's name, else very good. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth (rubbed and flecked), old staining on front endpapers, front hinge cracked. Accompanied by a 28 x 12 cm. promotional sheet sent out by the author, with quotes from eight enthusiastic readers, plus a prospectus, 20.5 x 12.5 cm., printed on both sides, shallow chipping around edges, with reviews and testimonials, both items laid in to the front of the book.

Philadelphia, (PA): Frederick Leypoldt, 1863. First edition. Oblong 8vo (13 1/2 x 23 cm.). (2), 24, (6) pp. 25 full-page, single-panel satirical cartoons lampooning northerners who opposed the Civil War (though occasional hints of racism creep in), captioned in verse. Howes L-245. BAL 11537: "If DeKay says or said that he contributed one line of writing or drawing to the 'Book of Copperheads,' he is a liar ... this is a true account of the book: [Charles G. Leland] drew all of the pictures, except No. 24, which was drawn by my brother ... [Leland] wrote all of the verses, except four by Frank Wells, and four by G.H. Boker, and three by E.S. Rand," taken from a letter written by Leland to Edward McPherson. Spine with old tape repair (partly removed), closed tear across center of rear wrapper, but a fine copy internally. Original pictorial wrappers (showing a snaked coiled around the trunk of a tree, an apple in his mouth, printed "Disunion"). (#7471).

(Charleston, SC: Lucas & Richardson Co, 1899. First edition of this annual. 8vo. xlvi, (2), 385 pp. Plate, facsimile, folding tables, title-page vignette from a wood engraving. With a tipped-in complimentary slip from Mayor J. Adger Smith at the front endpaper. Reports from the various city operating departments, with historical material added in the appendix, including a 28-page extract from a "private manuscript" of Gov. Paul Hamilton, written 1776-1780, a 23-page historical sketch of the Second Presbyterian Church, and 10 letters written by Moultrie and Marion, 1781-1788. Very good. Original gilt-stamped decorated cloth (flecked, a little soiled, head of spine a little frayed). (10469).

Cleveland, (OH): The club, 1905. First edition, 1/109 copies, this one unnumbered. 12mo. 84 pp. Long address by the president, W.H. Gaylord, business and publications reports, and lists of members in various categories. Good solid untrimmed copy. Orig. two-tone gilt-stamped cloth (soiled, especially the spine, corners bumped). (10568).

(Charleston, SC: Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co, 1887. First edition of this annual. 8vo. xii, 441 pp. Facsimile of a letter from Queen Victoria concerning the recent damaging earthquake in Charleston, two folding maps of colonial South Carolina, a folding map showing the epicenter of the earthquake, and 11 plates from photographs showing damage from the earthquake, title-page vignette from a wood engraving. Reports from the various city operating departments, with historical material added in the appendix, including a 40-page relation of a 1669 voyage of colonists from England to South Carolina and an illustrated descriptive narrative of the 1886 earthquake that devastated parts of Charleston, written by Carl McKinley; the illustrations, prepared by Julius Bien of New York, are from photographs taken by George L. Cook. Very good. Original gilt-stamped decorated cloth (rubbed, flecked). (10470).

(Charleston, SC: Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co, 1898. First edition of this annual. 8vo. xxxiv, (2), 512 pp. Plates, facsimiles, folding tables, title-page vignette from a wood engraving. With a tipped-in complimentary slip from Mayor J. Adger Smith at the front endpaper. Reports from the various city operating departments, with historical material added in the appendix, including 85 pages of "Original Papers Relating to the Siege of Charleston in 1780," and a 75-page 1695 diary related to the founding of the Congregational Church at Dorchester, S.C. Very good. Original gilt-stamped decorated cloth. (10468).

(Charleston, SC: Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co, 1890. First edition of this annual. 8vo. vii, (1), 262 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Francis W. Dawson (1840-1989, thrice-wounded officer in the Confederate Army and post-war Charleston newspaper editor), folding tables title-page vignette from a wood engraving. Inscribed on the front endpaper by Charleston Mayor G.D. Bryan (1845-1919; Confederate naval veteran, mayor of Charleston, 1887-1891). Reports from the various city operating departments, with historical material added in the appendix, in this case the 1775 111-page diary of Capt. Barnard Elliott, an officer under William Moultrie in the 2nd S.C. Regiment, commanding Fort Johnson in Charleston Harbor in 1777. Very good. Original gilt-stamped decorated cloth (rubbed, flecked). (10467).

Cleveland, (OH): The club, 1920. First edition, 1/125 copies, this one unnumbered, printed at the Torch Press on Old Stratford paper. 12mo. 78 pp. Frontispiece portrait of the club's president, Andrew Squire. Address by the president, W.H. Gaylord, business reports from several committees, and lists of members in various categories. Very good, partly unopened copy. Original cloth-backed boards, paper labels on spine and upper board. (10569).

(Charleston, SC: News and Courier Book Press, 1882. First edition of this annual. 8vo. xvi, 380 pp. Folding plan of harbor improvements (with a long tear), title-page vignette of the Colonial Exchange (Post Office in 1881) from a wood engraving. Reports from the various city operating departments, with colonial and revolutionary historical material, including early material on the First Baptist Church, added in the appendix. Owners' name on endpaper, persistent foxing, but a good solid copy. Original gilt-stamped decorated cloth (rubbed, flecked, spine ends frayed). (10465).

New Orleans [LA]: T.H. Thomason, Printer, 26 and 28 Bank Place, 1879. Black lettered green paperwraps, stitched (stitching broken, signatures separating). 22 cm. 16 pp. Some shallow chipping to wrappers, wear to spine edge. One manuscript correction in ink on the first page [changing "devastates" to "desolates"]. Lightly creased vertically from folding, else a very good copy. Hayes arrived in New Orleans in 1844, after studying medicine in Paris. He observed both the devastating yellow fever outbreaks of 1853 and 1878 in the city, and developed theories as to causes and cures. His experiences with the disease led him to believe that lack of oxygen was a main cause, and treatment could be best effected by air circulation, rest and restriction of food intake. Both his original treatise of 1858, and this one advocated such a cure. Ten listings on OCLC: Samford Univ., Univ. of Alabama, Hist. New Orleans, New Orleans Pub. Lib., Tulane, Harvard Med., Ohiolink Depository, Rutherford B. Hayes Pres. Ctr.,… Read More

Chicago, (IL): (Chicago and North-Western System), 1905. First edition. 8vo. (2), 124 pp. Folding map of the railway system that covers Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Iowa, to Omaha, Nebraska. Original gilt-stamped gray wrappers (chipped at spine ends and lower corner of front wrapper). Still a good solid copy.

San Francisco, CA: Sunset Magazine Homeseekers' Bureau for the Yolo County Exposition Commission, 1915. 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrated, map. Original color illustrated glossy wrappers, stapled. Very good. Promotional for Yolo County, lying between Napa and Sacramento, published for distribution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Rocq 2022.

Beaverton, OR: Touchstone Press, 1974. First edition, 1/1200 copies. 8vo. 195pp. Illustrated, color plates. Signed by the author on the dedication leaf. Green imitation leather-backed tan cloth. Gift inscription, else fine.

Washington, DC: Institute for the Preservation and Study of African-American Writing: D.C. Community Humanities Council, 1990. Paperwraps, front cover illustrated with photographs. 28cm. iv, 75pp. illus., portraits. Of the twelve oral histories recorded here all but one are done by women. OCLC: Am. Univ., DC Pub. Lib., George Washington Univ.

Hudson, NY: Printed by Ashbel Stoddard. No. 137, Corner of Warren and Third Streets, 1809. 12mo. 17 cm. 367pp., (4). Four illustrations. Contemporary brown calf with leather label. Boards bowed, front flyleaf lacking, persistent browning to text, an amateurish attempt to color illustrations at some point has left slightly darkened stain on images. ROSENBACH 398: "a section on the Elements of Gesture, illus." AMERICAN IMPRINTS 18113.

[Bourbon & Leesburg, Indiana, 1942. Seven manuscript journals kept in small top bound notebooks, each about 6 1/2 x 4 in., a total of approx. 1000 pages and 65,000 words. Bixler writes near daily entries between March 29, 1937 and April 15, 1942, a few paragraphs for each day describing his attempts at raising chickens and hogs, plowing, harvesting, cultivating a truck farm, etc., and faithfully recording the weather. He keeps an accurate record of his work life, but also notes local events, theorizes about where his life is headed, and how the impending war is affecting him. He writes in both pencil and ink, and all entries are legible and well written. Accompanying the notebooks are three of Bixler's drivers licenses, issued for 1937, 1938, and 1939. The first has a small photo of him, smiling and wearing a jaunty hat, attached to it. Also laid in is a business card from his later career as a Vice-President of H.D. Tousley Co., Inc. General Contractors, of Indianapolis, Indiana. Bixler is 19 years… Read More