Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Johnson Rare Books & Archives

Kinderhook, Illinois: The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is one of about 100 copies bound in light blue cloth, with the original pictorial paper wrappers bound in as a frontispiece. The author's twentieth Oz title, relating the adventures of Thomas P. "Tompy" Terry, star drummer in his marching band, who is swept away by a hurricane, landing on the shore of Winkie Lake, where he meets Yankee, the first American dog in space. Illustrations by Dick Martin, with maps by James E. Haff. Quarto: 94 p. Original light blue cloth binding, with a pictorial title label inset on the front panel. Issued without a dust jacket. A fine copy.

Toronto: Power Chord Press, 2008. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. Numerous textual illustrations. Toronto: Power Chord Press, 2008. First edition, #245 of 1,000 copies signed by Popoff. The third installment in Popoff's series of "love letters to ancient metal," examining the Scorpion's Virgin Killer, Angel's Helluva Band, Starz' self-titled debut, Foghat's Nightshift, Kansas' Leftoverture, and eight other influential proto-metal albums, with original interviews with many of the musicians involved. Original glossy paper wrappers. A fine copy.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. First edition, signed by Nebula Award winner Gene Wolfe. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity from The Easton Press. Additionally signed by Gardner Dozois and illustrator Bob Eggleton on the title page, and by 20 writers opposite their contributions: Paolo Bacigalpi, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, David Gerrold, Daryl Gregory, Joe Haldeman, James Patrick Kelly, Jay Lake, Ian McDonald, Deryl Murphy, Ruth Nesvold, Steven Popkes, Robert Reed, Alstair Reynolds, Chris Roberson, Mary Rosenblum, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, and Peter Watts. Octavo. Full blue leather binding, with elaborate gilt stamping, five raised bands, moire silk endpapers, and a ribbon marker. Near fine.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The first novel by an American woman about a female journalist. Octavo: 315 p. with 4 plates and 4 p. publisher's ads. Original black cloth binding, with yellow stamping. The top edge is dust stained. The boards are moderately edgeworn, with a faint coaster ring to the rear panel and some general fading; else about very good. Miriam Michelson (1870-1942) was the youngest of seven children of Polish immigrants who left New York for California in the 1850s and eventually settled in Virginia City, Nevada. Her oldest brother, physicist Albert A. Michelson, became the first American citizen to win a Nobel Prize for science; the youngest, Charles Michelson, a journalist for Hearst in San Francisco and New York, became a close assistant to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dissatisfied with her teaching career, Michelson began contributing special features and dramatic criticism to San Francisco newspapers around 1895, eventually… Read More

New York: Japan Society and Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2000. Soft cover. Very Good. 352 p. Profusely illustrated in both color and black-and-white. First edition, issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback. The first major museum retrospective of the work of this pioneering avant-garde artist. Original pictorial paper wrappers, with the CD housed in the rear pocket. Mild edgewear; else very good.

New York: Harper Entertainment, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Presentation copy, inscribed by Kevin Nealon to Eric Idle on the title page. Nealon appeared in Idle's mockumentary The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003). Octavo. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some light edgewear. From the library of revered English actor, comedian, musician, and writer Eric Idle, accompanied by a letter of provenance. Idle (b.1943) is a founding member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python, as well as the parody rock group The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot.

Boston: Gold Wake Press, 2014. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. Inscribed by McCord to acclaimed poet B.H. ("Pete") Fairchild on the title page. Octavo. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A fine copy.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Regarded as the finest example of Bontemps's independent work, this children's novel follows a boy and his pet dog living in a rural part of Alabama. It immediately preceded the novel Black Thunder (1936), which recounts the slave rebellion led by Gabriel Prosser that took place near Richmond, Virginia in 1800. Bontemps (1902-73), an American poet, novelist, and librarian, was a noted member of the Harlem Renaissance. Octavo: 120 p. with 4 color plates and numerous textual illustrations by Ilse Bischoff. Original red cloth binding, with black stamping. Previous owner's ink signature is inked out on the front flyleaf. A bit of soiling along the edges. The dust jacket is edgeworn and soiled, with a bit of chipping and some general soiling. Scarce in any condition.

Alhambra, California: C.F. Braun, 1952. Hardcover. Fine. A reprint of the 1890 Harper & Brothers first edition, second printing thus. A story of the outbreak of the 1848 Negro insurrection in Martinique. Original pictorial paper-covered boards. A fine copy in the publisher's slipcase.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. With forty-two illustrations of prize-winners, as well as pen-and-ink sketches by Edwin Megargee. Original mint green cloth binding, with dark green stamping. The dust jacket is price-clipped and a trifle edgeworn, with some light fading along the spine and a small chip to the spine head; otherwise a crisp and clean, very good copy.

Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. This is copy 494 of 1000 copies signed by John Scalzi. Additionally signed by Wil Wheaton, who wrote the introduction. Collects some of the best and most popular Whatever entries over the history of the blog, from some of the very first postings up into 2008. Octavo. Full rust cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Laguna Beach, California: Laguna Wilderness Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A photographer's ten-year journey to the hidden wonders of the Yucatan Peninsula including ruin sites, haciendas, and early Franciscan Churches. Hansen takes the fine artist's approach, using a large format view camera and printing in the classic platinum/palladium medium. Signed and dated by Hansen on the title page. Oblong quarto. Original gray cloth binding, with silver titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Under the general theme of Homer and early Greek hexameter poetry, the contents of this volume range from the problems of Homeric authorship and transmission (Adam Parry), through stylistic and interpretive questions in the Odyssey (Anne Amory) to the detailed mechanics of style, particularly oral style, in Homer (G.S. Kirk and J.A. Russo) and the effect of oral style on Hesiod's conceptual developments (Eric Havelock). Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very light fading and wear.