Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Wykeham Books

Ian Hodgkins and Co. Ltd, London, first edition, 1978. Cloth, top edge gilt, large 8vo,. xii, 152 pp. 646 entries. Passel: "An important resource for collectors, librarians and students. A beautifully designed and carefully researched listing presents more than 600 books on the Brontes, including many hard-to-find early works. An ex-library copy with label and docket on the front free endpapers, stamp on the verso of the title-page, callnumber label on the spine, otherwise Very Good.

Ian Hodgkins and Co. Ltd, London, first edition, 1978. Cloth, top edge gilt, large 8vo,. xii, 152 pp. 646 entries. Passel: "An important resource for collectors, librarians and students. A beautifully designed and carefully researched listing presents more than 600 books on the Brontes, including many hard-to-find early works. Very Good.

Augustus M. Kelley New York, 1966 reprint of 1951 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. ix, 126 pp, ills, facs. A catalogue of 141 books or sets (308 volumes) held by the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo which formerly belonged to the library of Adam Smith, including 62 (98 volumes) in English, 34 (43 volumes) in Latin, 28 (92 volumes) in French, 15 (73 volumes) in Italian, and 2 in German. The subjects of these books cover the wide range of philosophy, literature and poetry, politics, history and biography, geography and topography of various countries, travels, natural history, religion, arts, art of war, language, mathematics, etc., but no book on economics save the chief work of Adam Smith himself and its German translation. Covers duststained, otherwise Good.

Augustus M. Kelley New York, 1966 reprint of 1951 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. ix, 126 pp, ills, facs. A catalogue of 141 books or sets (308 volumes) held by the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo which formerly belonged to the library of Adam Smith, including 62 (98 volumes) in English, 34 (43 volumes) in Latin, 28 (92 volumes) in French, 15 (73 volumes) in Italian, and 2 in German. The subjects of these books cover the wide range of philosophy, literature and poetry, politics, history and biography, geography and topography of various countries, travels, natural history, religion, arts, art of war, language, mathematics, etc., but no book on economics save the chief work of Adam Smith himself and its German translation. Very Good.

Wong Kai, China, [1990]. Illustrated wrappers, French flaps, 210 x 286 mm,. 56 pp, plates. The first illustrated catalogue of the traditional Chinese landscapes and poems of this artist. Very Good.

Book Club Associates, London, first edition, 1975. Cloth, 4to, 26 cm,. 256 pp, ills. This book seeks to introduce the reader to one of the most fascinating periods of world history - more than two millennia of outstanding human achievement. Tracing the origins and development of the early civilization of China up to the Mongol invasion which effectively ended it, the book ranges over all aspects of cultural development - archaeology, philosophy, religion, politics, administration, society, economy, the arts, science and technology. Since Marco Polo first related his experiences in the magnificent and sophisticated empire of the Great Khan, Chinese civilization, and in particular Chinese art, has held a mysterious attraction for the western imagination. In the light of the exciting new archaeological discoveries of the last decades, a reappraisal of the full spectrum of early Chinese society, such as this book offers, is a timely contribution to cultural studies. Lucid and informative, the book… Read More

Thoemmes Press, Bristol, first edition, 1998. Cloth, 8vo, 235 x 160 mm,. xxix, 514 pp + [26] pp facs, errata sheet laid in. This hugely detailed analytic and descriptive bibliography documents John Locke's works published from 1654 through 1800. It includes the publishing history of all known editions and translations, as well as material published in journals, and posthumous materials whenever published. Separate sections are devoted to a chronology of Locke's life, with special emphasis on dates of composition and publication; doubtful and false attributions of his authorship; a brief listing of criticism through 1800; and numerous indexes. Research for the book included the study of copies in some seventy-five libraries in the British Isles, Europe and North America; exemplars on record at other libraries, chiefly in the former East Germany, are also recorded. Very Good in dustwrapper.

G.K. Hall, Boston, first edition, 1985. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. xxvii, 294 pp. Corners slightly bumped, otherwise Near Fine.

Thoemmes Press, Bristol, first edition, 1998. Cloth, 8vo, 235 x 160 mm,. xxix, 514 pp + [26] pp facs, errata sheet laid in. This hugely detailed analytic and descriptive bibliography documents John Locke's works published from 1654 through 1800. It includes the publishing history of all known editions and translations, as well as material published in journals, and posthumous materials whenever published. Separate sections are devoted to a chronology of Locke's life, with special emphasis on dates of composition and publication; doubtful and false attributions of his authorship; a brief listing of criticism through 1800; and numerous indexes. Research for the book included the study of copies in some seventy-five libraries in the British Isles, Europe and North America; exemplars on record at other libraries, chiefly in the former East Germany, are also recorded. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.

North Light Books, Cincinnati, first edition, 1993. Cloth, large 4to, 29 cm,. viii, 136 pp. The lavishly illustrated catalogue of an Exhibition held from October 21 to November 25, 1992 in the galleries of the Society of Illustrators, New York City. Includes indexes. Includes recently-published works from more than 160 illustrators, with each piece captioned to indicate as aminimum the author, title, publisher, nature of the story and medium in which the artist worked. As new in dustwrapper.

The White Owl Press, Kensington, first edition, 1932. Limited edition of 250 copies, signed by the author. Cloth over bevelled boards, gilt spine-title, 8vo, 23 cm,. 40, [1] pp, ills. Copy no 103, signed by the author. Elegant bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, boards slightly darkened at top edge, otherwise Very Good.

Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1964 reprint of 1956 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxiii, 1017 pp, maps. From the blurb: "The Victorian period witnessed a profound transformation of English society. It saw the decisive shift from agriculture to industry and trade as the bases of the national livelihood, the growth of a predominantly urban society of a sort, and on a scale, new in the experience of mankind, while in the political sphere it saw the engrafting first of middle-class and then of large popular elements on to a predominantly aristocratic constitution that had just recently, in the Napoleonic Wars, given the world a singular demonstration of its ability and strength. Thus the central theme of Victorian history might be described as that of the response of the institutions and traditions of an old, vigorous and highly integrated society to the twin impacts of industrialism and democracy. To illustrate this theme by contemporary evidence, between the years of 1833 and 1874, to… Read More

Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1964 reprint of 1956 first edition. Cloth, 8vo, 24 cm,. xxiii, 1017 pp, maps. From the blurb: "The Victorian period witnessed a profound transformation of English society. It saw the decisive shift from agriculture to industry and trade as the bases of the national livelihood, the growth of a predominantly urban society of a sort, and on a scale, new in the experience of mankind, while in the political sphere it saw the engrafting first of middle-class and then of large popular elements on to a predominantly aristocratic constitution that had just recently, in the Napoleonic Wars, given the world a singular demonstration of its ability and strength. Thus the central theme of Victorian history might be described as that of the response of the institutions and traditions of an old, vigorous and highly integrated society to the twin impacts of industrialism and democracy. To illustrate this theme by contemporary evidence, between the years of 1833 and 1874, to… Read More

Chilton Company, New York, first edition, 1961. Cloth, 8vo,. ix, 436 pp. Approximately 5,000 entries. A major bibliography which includes books, pamphlets, articles in periodicals, manuscripts, prints, circulars, games and advertising devices. Arranged alphabetically by author and irritatingly lacking any subject index. Covers works of all periods and includes materials in numerous languages. Very Good in slightly chipped and used dustwrapper.

Bookplate Society and the Apsley House Press, Edgbaston, first edition, 1991. Limited edition of 300 ordinary copies from a total edition of 400. Illustrated printed wrappers, 8vo,. ix, 43 pp, facs. 170 items. Elegant bookplate on front inside wrapper, Near Fine. Bookplate Society's printed 'Member's copy' slip tipped-in at end.

Arts Council of Great Britain, London, first edition, 1984. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 144 pp, ills. 114 entries. From the introduction: ".. this commemorative exhibition aims to show something of Johnson's versatility as a thinker and writer, and his profound humanity, which have attracted followers and admirers here and abroad. The story of the bookseller's son from Lichfield, awkward looking, half blind, without a degree, who, without any support, started his career in London as a Grub Street hack and became a 'literary colossus', is still more captivating if told in its proper sequence. The exhibition therefore follows roughly a chronological pattern, and is divided in eight sections of which the first seven concern his life, and the last some biographies by his contemporaries. It focuses on two main features: (i) his method and career as a writer, and (2) the principal portraits of him from life." Contents include: 1 Lichfield, Oxford, and the Midlands; 2… Read More