Search Results: Titles starting with Y from All Booked

London: The Zodiac Press, 1957. Green and white decorative cloth, crimson insert to spine with gilt text. 342pp. Lightly foxed endpapers. DJ is priceclipped, edgeworn and chipped with 1 tear and small paper loss to spine head and tail. This story was first published in 1889 and is still a classic.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Reprint Society, 1954. A year of adventurous and arduous travel, during which the author went to observe the war in Korea and journeyed to Australia and New Zealand. Green cloth, leatherette insert to spine with gilt text. 319pp. Fore edge of text block is lightly foxed. Pages clean, binding firm. Unclipped DJ has light wear to spine extremities.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Tandem Press, 1993. Card Covers. Trade Size. pp.233. Covers edgeworn with light creasing to corners. Contents clean and tight. When Scottish actor John Cairney decided to emigrate from Glasgow to Oxford, a country town in North Canterbury, New Zealand, he kept a daily diary in which he recorded his experiences. This is his highly entertaining account of his first year in a strange land. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Green cloth, silver lettering to spine. 170pp. B/w illustrations. Shelfwear to top and bottom edges of covers. Small remainder mark to lower edge of text block. Priceclipped DJ is moderately chipped and worn on edges. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Gareth Floyd. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Reprint Society, 1955. Red cloth, black insert to spine with gilt text. 256pp. Sunned spine. Small black felt mark on one corner of both covers. P/o stamp on feps. Tape marks and small surface paper loss to both pastedowns. Pages clean, binding firm.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1943. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine, illustration on centre front of a boy holding a small deer. 410pp. Cloth slightly worn on spine ends and corner tips. Gift inscription on Ffep. Gutter crack between title page and front flyleaf. Pages clean. A story about a Florida boy and his pet deer, which he is forced to shoot when the deer grows up and eats the family's crop, and the break he makes with his father as a result of it. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Heinemann, 1988. Author's First Book. Grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 263 pp. No inscriptions. Tight and clean. Unclipped DJ has very light shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1956. The Authentic Biography. Black cloth, gilt text to spine. 286 pp. includes List of Recordings & Index. B/w illus. Name on Ffep. Several tiny specks to rear eps. Pages clean, binding firm. DJ has price intact, chipped and worn. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton Blue cloth, black text on spine and front with black stamped illustration on front. 319pp. Cloth has light wear to surface and edges. P/o details and bookstore stamp to front pastedown. Slight foxing to endpapers. 1 leaf has the tip of lower corner torn off. Binding is square and firm. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1945. Subtitle: Being Some Account of a Journey to the United States of America in the Winter and Spring of 1943-44 and of meetings there and of what was said to me. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 302pp. Small chip to cloth mid-spine. Original pencil price to Ffep. Small mark to fore edge of 4 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ventura, California : Regal Books, 1980. Card Covers. 178pp. plus Notes. Inscribed & Signed By Author. Very light wear with tiny surface abrasion to front cover. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1963. Cerise cloth lettered in gilt on spine. 253pp. Faint trace of foxing, small mark to fore edge of closed page edges. Priceclipped DJ has wear to spine tips and corners, spine slightly sunned.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto and Windus , 1939. Edited by J. B. S. Haldane. Publisher's Original Red Cloth, gilt lettering to spine. pp. xix + 434 includes Appendix & Index. Colour Frontispiece. Colour & B/w Plates, b/w illustrations. Gilt slightly worn, cloth frayed on bottom corner tip of front cover. Previous owner's details on Ffep, small name on front pastedown. One leaf has repair to gutter margin. Occasional fox spot. Heavy book, may require extra shipping.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Random House New Zealand Ltd, 1997. Signed by Elizabeth Harding and her partner, Diane Bush on Half-title page. Also Inscribed on the inside cover, "To .., Tashi Delek, Liz Harding." Card Covers. Trade size. xv, 288pp. includes Glossary & References. B/w Photo illustrations. Elizabeth Harding and her partner Diane Bush spent two years working at Sir Edmund Hllary's Khunde Hospital in the shadow of the Himalayas. Her account of that time provides a unique insight into another world. Mild wear, tiny spot on half-title pg. Spine reading creased. . Inscribed and Signed By Author . Reprint. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann, 1983. Card Covers. 127 pp. Corner tips rubbed. Small areas of sunning to rear cover. Clean and tightly bound. Combines practical skills with the psychology of relating and communicating.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

270 pages. Foreword by Stephen R. Covey. Light dust marking to top edge otherwise Fine. Includes Dust Jacket (price unclipped).

London: Collins, 1943. Yellow cloth, green lettering to spine, green stamped insignia to front panel. 192pp. Spine tips lightly rubbed. Trace of foxing to text block edges. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1959. Green cloth, yellow lettering with blue illustration to spine. 224pp. B/w Frontispiece & illustrations. One page has light fore edge crease. DJ has not been priceclipped, slightly sunned spine with small chip to rear lower corner. The story of three children arriving in Kenya at the beginning of the Mau Mau uprising. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. Illus. by William Randell. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd , 1982. Laminated Pictorial boards. 128 pp. B/w illustrations. A clean, firmly bound copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ed McLachlan . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: A. H. & A. W. Reed , 1962. Foreword by Peter McIntyre. Red cloth, green metallic text to spine. 143 pp. B/w illus. Front pastedown has p/o details and small area where surface has been rubbed heavily. Pages clean, binding firm. Unclipped DJ has wear to spine tips and corners. A humorous look at trout fishing.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Nevile Lodge . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.