Search Results: Titles starting with Y from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

Chicago, IL: Donohue Brothers. Very Good+. 1905. Reprint. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The illustrated covers and spine are in mostly clean condition. The lettering on the spine is gilt, but black on the front cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but there are spots of foxing occasionally. This copy has black and white illustrations throughout. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. "Henty once related in an interview how his storytelling skills grew out of tales told after dinner to his children. He wrote his first children's book, Out on the Pampas in 1868, naming the book's main characters after his children. The book was published by Griffith and Farran in November 1870 with a title page date of 1871. While most of the 122 books he wrote were for children, he also wrote adult novels,… Read More

Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company. Very Good. 1918. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine of the book has a bit of a slant. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The covers have generalized ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper and a ink stamped name on the front pastedown page. The rear cover has an inked date. The rear inner hinge has cracked and been repaired. "In 1916, Robert Derby Holmes, from Boston, Massachusetts, traveled to England on a horse boat, tending to a detachmen of stallions for the British Army. When Holmes reache England, he immediately went to the Trafalgar Square recruiting office and joined the army. He rose to the rank of Corporal and served in the 22nd London Battalion before… Read More

New York: Family Bookshelf. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is a light slant to the spine of the book, and there is some light rubbing and bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and number 2 on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks and tears, along with some rubbing, edge wear, and spots of rubbing. "Helen Elswyth Thane Ricker Beebe (May 16, 1900 – July 31, 1984) was an American romance novelist. Born in Burlington, Iowa, she was the daughter of a local teacher and high school principal. The family moved to New York City in 1918, and "Helen Ricker" changed her name to "Elswyth Thane". She began working as a freelance writer in the 1920s, and became a… Read More

New York: Ace Fantasy. Very Good+. 1986. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a mass market paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and bottom front edge of the book covers, There is one two inch long scratch to the front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. .

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company. Very Good. 1955. Spiral bound. This is a small trade sized book with a spiral binding. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. There is a beginning tear to the bottom punch on the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. This is a calendar which features Japanese flower arrangements as the photos. The calendar is completely unfilled. .

San Francisco, CA: Rip Off Press. Very Good-. 1973. 3rd Printing. Magazine. Cover Art; This magazine is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The magazine and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the covers have some wear, rubbing and light creasing. The text pages are generally clean and bright, though the pages have light toning. .

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1950. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. "George Rippey Stewart (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1959 book, Pickett's Charge, a detailed history of the final attack at Gettysburg, was called "essential for an understanding of the Battle of Gettysburg". [2] His 1949 post-apocalyptic novel Earth Abides won the first International Fantasy Award in 1951. " (from WIkipedia) .

Santa Clara, CA: University of Santa Clara. Very Good. 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W and Color Illustrations; This item is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This is a boxed set of thin square books with spiral bindings, and several different sized booklets. The booklets and spiral bound books are all in clean, bright condition. The box has edge wear, rubbing and tearing to the corners, along with some scratches and ground-in dirt. Each spiral bound volume covers a different sector of Campus life, from Drama & The Arts, to Football, to Administration, and more. The volumes show a very definite 1970's vibe in the layout and design. The artwork is very striking and stylish. .

San Jose, CA: State Normal School. Very Good-. 1911. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean condition. There is a long tear to the front spine joint of the book cover, starting at the bottom edge, and following up nearly two thirds of the cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "The school was created when the State of California took over a normal school that educated San Francisco teachers in association with that city's high school system. This school was founded in 1857 and was generally known as either the San Francisco Normal School or Minns Evening Normal School. Although the California legislative act founding the school referred to the institution as the "Normal School of the State of California," the institution was commonly referred to as the California State Normal School. The 1870 Act that moved the school to San Jose formalized the… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good+. 1944. Early trade edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W and Color Illustrations; This book is in Near Fine condition This is an early trade edition of a Scribner's Illustrated edition that came in an edition limited to 770 copies. The trade edition came with a paper box and a full size pictorial pastedown on the front cover. This copy is in Very Good++ condition and was apparently issued without a dust jacket. There is one small nick to the bottom spine end, otherwise the covers are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are crisp and clean. There is a previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown page. Included are 12 full color, full page illustrations by N. C. Wyeth. "Young Jody Baxter lives with his parents, Ora and Ezra "Penny" Baxter, on a small farm in the animal-filled central Florida backwoods in the 1870s. His parents had six other children before him, but they died in infancy, which makes it… Read More

New York, NY: Pocket Books. Very Good+. 1981. 1st Paperback Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0671416057 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. " (1944- ) US author whose Finnbranch Trilogy makes use of some sf devices, though it is primarily a Celtic fantasy about a hero – and underworld god – named Finn, told in a dense, difficult style which nevertheless has very considerable power. The first two volumes, Yearwood (1980) and Undersea (1982) , are moderately orthodox, though recounted with unconventional intensity, but the third, Winterking (1985) , is set in an Alternate-History version of a contemporary America riven by the numinous presence of gods and threatened by terminal transformation." (from iIkipedia) .

London, England: Methuen & Co. Ltd.. Very Good+. 1924. 11th Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. Both endpapers have toning. There is one tear to page 2-3 at the bottom edge. "The first three Fu Manchu books were published in the four years between 1913–1917; but it was not until 1931 (some 14 years after the third book in the series) that Rohmer returned to the series with Daughter of Fu Manchu. The reason for the long interval was that Rohmer wanted to be well and truly done with the series after The Si-Fan Mysteries, much as Arthur Conan Doyle did with Sherlock Holmes. The first three books had been successfully filmed by Stoll in the twenties as a pair of serials. In 1928, Rohmer bowed to pressure and agreed to write a fourth novel as a serial for… Read More

New York: Vantage Press. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. This copy has been signed by the author, with a short inscription on the front endpaper. The dust jacket has several edge tears and nicks , along with a couple of smallish edge chips. ; Signed by Author .

Washington, DC: Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Very Good+. 1974. 1st Edition Thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This is a First Edition thus, a bound collection of articles from Yesterday's Wings. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was most likely issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book cover. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's address plate on the front pastedown page. "Just fifteen years ago Pete Bowers wrote the first Yesterday's Wings article for the AOPA Pilot, the official publication of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Today the popular series continues, and so do the requests for a bound collection of Yesterday's Wings articles." .

Yosemite National Park, CA: Flying Spur Press. Very Good. 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light rubbing and wear. There are a couple of light creases to the covers. The text pages are generally clean and bright. There are a couple of spots of discoloration on pages 10, 11, 12. "Sargent was born in Pasadena, California. Her father was a surveyor who helped rebuild the Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park, starting in 1936. So she had the good fortune of spending her childhood as a self-described "tomboy" in Yosemite. She had dystonia musculorum deformans, which made her reliant on a wheelchair from age 14. After writing Wawona's Yesterdays, she went on to write several other Yosemite History books, focusing on stories about people—making them come alive. Her most… Read More

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. Fine. 2006. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0520249224 . Color Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. This book has French flaps. The text pages are clean and bright. Included are essays by Brian Bibby, William Deverell, Gary F. Kurutz, Kate Nearpass Ogden, Amy Scott, Jonathan Spaulding, and Jennifer A. Watts. "Yosemite National Park is an American national park located in the western Sierra Nevada of Central California, bounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park, which is managed by the National Park Service, covers an area of 747,956 acres (1,168.681 sq mi; 302,687 ha; 3,026.87 km2) and sits in four counties: centered in Tuolumne and Mariposa, extending north and east to Mono and south to Madera County. Designated a World Heritage site in 1984, Yosemite is… Read More

Washington D. C.: National Park Service / Yosemite National Park. Very Good+. 1978. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; Folio sized paperback. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "The purpose of a general management plan (GMP) is to direct how the National Park Service manages a park's resources, how we will provide for visitor use, what developments there will be, and provide for the visitor use, what developments there will be, and where they will be located. A GMP tells what a park will be like during a specific period of time in the future. In Yosemite's case the approved GMP will provide a guide to the park's future for the next 15 years." .

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1911. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and beginning fraying. The book covers have several tiny spots of white discoloration. The text pages are generally clean and bright. The last thirty pages or so have noticeable tidemarking /possible water spotting. The full page illustration at page 314 has an inch sized semi-circular chip missing where the pages adhered along the bottom edge of the page (does not affect the illustration). All 17 black and white photographs are present. "J. Smeaton Chase (8 April 1864 – 29 March 1923) was an English-born American author, traveler and photographer. Joseph Smeaton Chase has become an integral part of California literature: revered for his poignant… Read More

New York, NY: St. Martin's Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2009. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0312341911 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping to the to spine end. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. .

London, England: Andre Deutsch Ltd. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. True 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0233980229 . B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author on the title page. This copy is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book is in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The top edge of the text block has noticeable toning / darkening and foxing. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. This is the author's first novel. 2500 copies of this book were published. "Vollmann worked odd jobs, including a post as a secretary at an insurance company, and saved up enough money to go to Afghanistan in 1982. During this trip, he sought to gather information and images that could determine the most deserving candidates for American aid. He eventually foisted himself upon a group of mujahideen heading for the front lines. He saw battle with the soldiers, who were engaged in warfare with the… Read More