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Nedjma
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Nedjma

by Yacine, Kateb; translated by Richard Howard

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New York: George Braziller, 1961. "A novel of Algeria", the jacket notes, "at once realistic and symbolist, its quality often Faulknerian"; involving a search for the heart of Algeria and revolving around four men's obsession with Nedjma, a married woman with enigmatic & troubling origins. It further uses Arabic notions of time, circular as opposed to the European concept of linear time. The author, born into a scholarly family of Berber heritage in Algeria, became a notable activist for Algerian nationalism and the Berber people, opposing colonialism, and later noting he wrote in French to show the French he was NOT French. He later wrote in Berber Arabic as well as French, writing plays & novels critical of colonialism & some traditional ideas. Travelling frequently, he was influenced by Baudelaire, Brecht, & Sartre as well as Arabic culture. Nedjma is his first novel, here in its first edition in English, stated first printing, hardcover in jacket as… Read More
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Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tea Science
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Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tea Science

by Yamanashi, Tei, et al.

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Shizuoka, Japan: Organizing Committee of ISTS, 1991. 145 articles: all the oral and poster presentations from the symposium, covering physiological function, chemistry & biochemistry, pharmacology & nutrition, breeding & biotechnology, agronomy, manufacture & management, disease and pest control, soil & fertilizer. In English. Tan hardcover, black titling, green logo. Light general wear, corners a bit bumped, jacket rubbed and lightly edgeworn. Text clean; xiii, 785 pages, list of participants, author index, figures, references for each article. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto.
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Chernobyl: A Decade

Chernobyl: A Decade

by Yamashita, Shunichi & Yoshisada Shibata, editors

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Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers, 1997. Proceedings of the Fifth Chernobyl Sasakawa Medical Cooperation Symposium, Kiev, Ukraine, 14-15 October 1996; reporting on health staus in Ukraine after the accident, the Sasakawa project (over five years, Japanese doctors examined over 160,000 children and Ukrainian, Russian, & Japanese doctors cross-trained with each others' specialists), comments on thyroid research, statistical tables. Hardcover, no jacket as issued. Light wear, minor bumping, dent to spine. Text clean; xix, blank, 613 pages; index, MANY tables, a few figures, charts.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo.
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A Chinese Village: Taitou, Shantung Province
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A Chinese Village: Taitou, Shantung Province

by Yang, Martin C.

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New York: Columbia University Press, 1947. Scholarly study of life in a rural, agrarian Chinese village.The author, born in the village, was educated and became a teacher in China before the war, during which he obtained his MS and PhD at Cornell, later studying anthropology at Columbia before being instructed by the Chinese government to study the Extension system of the USDA to aid China's rural development. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; stated third printing two years after the first. Light wear & tiny stains to book; jacket shows some tanning & light chipping, short tear; small stain & hole (a manufacturing defect) to free endsheet. Text clean; xvii, blank, 275 pages; index, appendices, figures, maps.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Houseboy in India
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Houseboy in India

by Twan Yang

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New York: John Day Company, 1947. Memoir of a Chinese-Tibetan youth, orphaned early in life, who went from family to family in India as houseboy before becoming the servant of Dutch scholar & Theosophist Johan Van Manen, who taught him English and encouraged him to write this memoir. One of the publisher's ASIA books. First edition. Hardcover, full red cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book, minor stain to rear cover, corners bumped; jacket edgeworn with some chipping, interior tape 'repair' & associated stain, rear panel lightly waterstained. Text clean; [8], 213, line illustrations by the author.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 6" by 8½".
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Error Misuse Failure: Object Lessons from the English Renaissance

Error Misuse Failure: Object Lessons from the English Renaissance

by Yates, Julian

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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. "Drawing object lessons from failing technological devices, Error, Misuse, Failure plumbs the foundations of Renaissance culture in England, recovering a curious language of mistakes, dirt, and parasitism that associates the failures of these "things" with the figures of Rome, Catholicism, and Sodom." Grey hardcover, maroon titling. Light wear, corners bumped, ISBN sticker on rear cover; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean; xx, 250 pages; index, notes, b/w figures.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Revolutionary Road
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Revolutionary Road

by Yates, Richard

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New York: Bantam, 1962. First paperback edition (first printing thus) of this classic of post-war suburban loneliness & alienation, basis of the 2008 film. Bantam H2364, no additional printings listed. Paperback, color covers. Shows some wear, minor creasing, ink name, pages tanned.. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good. 4¼" by 7".
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Birds Haunt in Northern Britain

Birds Haunt in Northern Britain

by Yeates, G. K.

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London: Faber and Faber, 1948. Fantastic birds and where to find them, companion to the author's review of southern British birds. Hardcover, full brown cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book, handsome bookplate (of scholar, publisher & bookseller Herbert Faulkner West) inside front cover, light foxing; jacket chipped with a short tear along the spine. Text clean; 175 pages; index, b/w & four color plates.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Collected Poems [The Folio Poets: W. B. Yeats]

by Yeats, W. B.; introduction by Roy Foster

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London: Folio Society, 2007. Attractive reprint of Yeats's poetry, following the Picador edition of 1990, with numerous small engravings by Brockway. Large hardcover in slipcase, as pictured. Light wear to book, odd but minor 'pucker' to outer front hinge; slipcase shows minor scuffs, one corner bumped. First Folio printing, listing no later printings. Text clean, no names or marks. A surcharge for expedited or international shipping of this oversize book may be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harry Brockway. Quarto.
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The Silent Traveller in San Francisco

by Yee, Chiang

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New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1964. Hardcover, stated first edition. Light wear to book; jacket lightly rubbed, price clipped, front flap creased.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Chiang Yee. 6½" by 9½".
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Chin-Pao and the Giant Pandas
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Chin-Pao and the Giant Pandas

by Chiang Yee

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New York / London: Studio Publications/Transatlantic Arts, 1943. Lost boy is adopted by a troop of pandas; some discussion of Chinese culture ensues. An early work by the 'Silent Traveller', best known for his nicely-illustrated explorations as a stanger in strange lands. Hardcover, missing jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, ink name & chipmunk sticker on free endsheet. Text clean; [83] pages; line drawings & 4 color plates by the author, as called for.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Chiang Yee. Octavo.
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The Art of Chinese Brush Painting Ning Yeh's First Album: An Introduction to Fundamental...
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The Art of Chinese Brush Painting Ning Yeh's First Album: An Introduction to Fundamental Philosophy and Basic Subjects

by Ning Yeh

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Huntington Beach, CA: Ning and Lingchi Yeh, 1981. Collection of the artist's work, with some historical background on Taoist & Confucian philosophy, traditional subjects and their meanings, brief discussion of seals, with examples from the artist's collection. INSCRIBED by the artist/author on page 11, "For Gail", dated 1984. Hardcover, full red cloth, gilt titling. Light wear to book, minor foxing; jacket shows some dents & nicks, light rubbing, minor edgewear, minor waterstain to lower edge. Text clean; 123 pages; mostly color but a few b/w reproductions of paintings. A surcharge for international shipping of this oversize book will be required; please inquire for an accurate quote. . Inscribed By the Artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Quarto.
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Circle to Circle: The Poetry of Robert Lowell
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Circle to Circle: The Poetry of Robert Lowell

by Yenser, Stephan

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975. Study of the American poet's work. First printing. Hardcover, light wear to book & jacket, corners bumped, jacket lightly creased.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Elfabet: An ABC of Elves
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Elfabet: An ABC of Elves

by Yolen, Jane

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Boston/Toronto/London: Little, Brown and Company, 1990. ABC with each page an illustration of an Elf, bordered by flowers, animals, birds and other objects pertaining to the letter of the page. Stated first edition (first printing) with full number string; hardcover in jacket as pictured. Light wear to book & jacket; book shows some foxing/tanning around the spine. No names, no marks, text clean; 32 pages, most illustrated in full color; a key at the rear lists the objects shown.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lauren Mills. 8¾" by 11¼".
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Here There Be Unicorns
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Here There Be Unicorns

by Yolen, Jane

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Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1994 First printing. Plate SIGNED by the author pasted to front free endsheet (with "Touch Magic!" written above). Light general wear to book & jacket; near fine. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by David Wilgus.
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John Locke: Problems and Perspectives: A Collection of New Essays
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John Locke: Problems and Perspectives: A Collection of New Essays

by Yolton, John W.; editor

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. Collection of a dozen essays plus an overview of then-current Locke scholarship; authors are Raymond Polin, M. Seliger, Esmond S. de Beer, John Dunn, Gordon J. Schochet, Hans Aarsleff, Peter Laslett, James L. Axtell, John W. Yolton, Richard Ashcraft, W. Von Leyden, Rosalie Colie. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. First edition, with review slip laid in. Light wear to book; minor rubbing, edgewear, a few scratches & light discoloration to the jacket; lower jacket flap corner (British price?) clipped off, $9.50 US price remains. Text clean; vii, blank, 278 pages; index.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.
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Let's Kill Uncle Lionel
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Let's Kill Uncle Lionel

by York, Jeremy [John Creasey]

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London: Andrew Melrose, 1947. Three nephews & a niece deal with their difficult uncle; Inspector Folly resolves. First British edition (first printing). Hardcover, full black cloth, gilt titling. Some wear to book; price-clipped (but with 6/- sticker added) jacket rubbed and creased, chipped; spine spotted with chipped ends. Text clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Duodecimo.
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Find the Body
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Find the Body

by York, Jeremy [John Creasey]

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London: Andrew Melrose, 1945. Inspector Folly is disinclined to investigate a murder - until the body appears. First British edition (first printing). Hardcover, full orange cloth, black titling. Light wear to book; jacket rubbed and chipped; spine spotted with chipped ends. Text clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Duodecimo.
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The Swords of November
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The Swords of November

by York, Robert

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. Hardcover, first printing. Endsheets tanned, page edges foxed faded marker stripe to top edge; jacket shows light general wear.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 5¾" by 8½".
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Major Themes in Japanese Art

Major Themes in Japanese Art

by Yoshikawa, Itsuji

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New York / Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1976. Overview of Japanese art and its history; number 1 in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art. Hardcover, full aqua/lilac cloth in a sky pattern, gilt titling. Light wear to book & jacket; jacket spine lightly tanned, minor edge chipping; minor foxing/spotting to top edge. Text clean; [168] pages, color & b/w photos, 2 folding plates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 7½" by 9½".
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