Search Results: Titles starting with Y from About Books

New York: The Yale Club, 1962. 5" wide by 7" tall. Small spot on cover. no date (but 1962?). Annual and directory of this Yale University alumni organization. Includes a history of the Yale Club; the club's constitution; by-laws; rules; lists of officers and members for 1961-1962, etc. Class Index of Members (names arranged by year of graduation, 1887- 1960). Original blue wraps. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good condition. 189pp.

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1924. 5" wide by 7.75" tall. Front inner hinge starting to crack, but still holding firm. Clean, square, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. 4 appendices. Index. Original black cloth, decorated in gilt. First Printing of the First Yale Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/No jacket. 182pp.

ABridge Publisher Inc., 1996. NOT a library discard. Near Fine condition. Condition would be FINE but for a little light rubbing/wear to the cover. Flat, uncreased spine. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked, apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Slam bidding for intermediate and advanced bridge players. Bound in the original blue wraps. 5.5" wide by 8.5" tall.. 1st ed (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Near Fine condition. (iv), 188pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Carlton Press, 1993. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (13.95). No chips or tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Author's first novel, the inside story of a baseball team in the midst of a drive to the World Series. Focuses on the struggles, on and off the mound, of Yankee pitchers Ralph Dawson and Reggie Duquesne. From the Dust Jacket: "It seemed Ralph Dawson's wife just couldn't keep away from Reggie, creating all kinds of rumors throughout the team as well as in the newspapers. The rift between the two pitchers grew... But the good news was, the Yankees kept winning... all the way to the playoffs." Original cream-colored cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/VG DJ (one tiny edge chip). 8vo. 240pp.

Raymond, Mississippi: Privately Published, 1984. Appears unread. Fine condition. The spine is square and flat. NO creases. NOT a library discard. Bright, clean and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp -- apparently never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1984. First Edition. Illustrated with drawings by Steve Cornett and vintage photographic portraits. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bound in the original pictorial gray wraps, stamped in red and black.. First Edition. Softcover. Fine condition. Illus. by Cornett, Steve. 76pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Privately Printed, 1901. A clean, square, tight copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Inner hinges are perfect. Pages are clean and crisp. Illustrated with several photos, a document facsimile, and 3 sketches by Charles K. Wood. Tissue-guarded, frontispiece portrait of the author. Bound in the original green cloth, lettered in gold on the spine. Subtitle: "A 'Wee Bit' of Wit and Fun and Some Sober Facts Gathered During My Fourteen Months' Sojourn in the British Isles and Some Parts of the Continent." The book concludes with 15 epitaphs copied from graves in old English churchyards.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hard Cover. Very Good condition/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Wood, Charles K. . 8vo. 367pp.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Washburn & Thomas , 1930. 6.75" wide by 8.75" tall. Near Fine condition. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. A collection of 18th century ballads, based on historical fact. From the publisher: "Pointed with Yankee shrewdness, embodied in neat and lilting verses, these ballads suggest a truth which few historians have bothered to point out: that our Puritan ancestors, stern though they might have been, had their merrier moments." White printed paper label on spine. Source Notes.. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth spine / red boards/No dust jacket. Illus. by Kappel, Philip (silouettes). 47pp. + 12 full-page plates..

New York: Leisure Press, 1982. This is the relatively uncommon First Printing. Fine condition in bright, shiny Very Good Dust Jacket (a few tiny chips at edge). Protected by a removable Brodart sleeve. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. Sharp corners. Photo illustrations throughout. Bibliography. Index. . First Printing of the First Edition. Oversize Hardcover (heavy). Publisher's blue boards/Unclipped, with 39.95 sticker. 640pp..

Chicago, Illinois: Henry Regnery Company, 1961. Fine condition in bright Very Good Dust Jacket. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece photo of Strong in his Union uniform. Also illustrated with 20 other vintage photographs, 10 engravings, and a map of Sherman's march. Many captivating footnotes. Civil War memoir based on the first-hand diaries of a soldier in the 105th Illinois, under corps commander Major General Joe Hooker and brigade commander BG William T. Ward. From the Dust Jacket: "After a century of silence a Union Infantryman speaks from the yellowed, dusty pages of notes hastily scrawled under fire or written by the light of campfires, to give us a vivid, firsthand account of our country's Civil War.". Second printing. Hardcover. Publisher's blue cloth/DJ Not Price Clipped (3.95). 8vo. (xiv), 218pp..

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bright, clean, tight, unmarked copy. No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Well illustrated with 46 pages of maps and historic prints. Among the chapters are: Pioneer Explorers, The Yankee Advent, The Maritime Fur Frontier, Pacific Basin Whalers as Frontiersmen, The Military Frontier, etc. From the rear cover: "Yankees in Paradise reinterprets America's imperial expansion by introducing the maritime frontier and comparing it to continental settlement. In the 1780s, as the newly independent United States began to settle lands west of the thirteen colonies, it also began to explore another frontier - the Pacific Ocean. The new republic desperately needed markets to offset loss of trade with Europe and the Caribbean. In 1784 the Boston-based Empress of China sailed into Canton, signaling the opening of a route that eventually… Read More

[New York]:: Yankees Magazine, 1990. 8.25" wide by 10.75" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, square copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with photographs throughout, most in full-color. Includes feature articles on Billy Martin (by Phil Pepe) and Phil Rizzuto (by Bill Schulman); profiles of manager Bucky Dent, the coaching staff, each of the 1990 Yankees, broadcasters, statistics, etc. . First Edition? (No Additional Printings). Soft Cover. Fine condition.. 114pp..

[New York]:: Yankees Magazine, 1992. 8.25" wide by 10.75" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. No owner's name or bookplate. Flat, uncreased spine. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with photographs throughout, most in full-color. Includes a feature article on the 1977 World Champion Yankees (by Phil Pepe) and profiles of manager Buck Showalter, the coaching staff, each of the 1992 Yankee players, broadcasters, the farm system, statistics, etc. . First Edition? (No Additional Printings). Soft Cover. Fine condition.. 138pp..

New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1963. Book would be Very Good but for small tape stains on the front endpaper which have also migrated onto a few outer pages. The Dust Jacket is lightly rubbed, but still bright, clean, and complete. Not price clipped (4.95). No chips. No tears. A solid reading copy. Bound in the original black cloth, with gold lettering on the spine. The author was a US Marine captured on Guam when the Japanese overran the island in December 1941. This is his firsthand account of the 44 months he endured as a POW in Japan. From the Dust Jacket: "This story of the conflict between captives and captors, culminating in a wild triumphal scene on V-J Day, reads like a novel. But instead, it is sheer gutsy reality...". First Printing (so stated). Hard Cover. Good condition./Very Good Dust Jacket.. 8vo. 250pp. .

Las Vegas, Nevada: YAO Man Publishing, 2016. BRAND NEW in perfect condition. First Edition (so stated). . First Edition (so stated). Softcover. New. Illus. by Blackwell, G. Marcus (cover art). (vi), 314pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1922. Very Good condition. A bright, clean, square, reasonably tight copy. Inner hinges are sound. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes (but for a few words of clarification on one page only). This is the eleventh volume of the series containing the proceedings of the General Meetings of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Included are remarks by General John Pershing on pages 252-257. Illustrated with figures, diagrams and photographs. Tables. Graphs. Fold-out chart. Bound in the original maroon cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. 598pp.

New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1921. Very Good condition. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is the tenth year book of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Illustrated with figures, diagrams, portraits and photographs. Map. Tables. Graphs. Fold-out chart. Bound in the original maroon cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. 536pp.

New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1928. Very Good condition. A clean, square, tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is the seventeenth volume of the series containing the proceedings of the General Meetings of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Illustrated with figures, diagrams and photographs. Tables. Bound in the original maroon cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. 530pp.

New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1923. Very Good condition. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is the twelfth volume of the series containing the proceedings of the General Meetings of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Included on pages 263-269 are remarks by Field Marshall French. Illustrated with figures, diagrams and photographs. Tables. Graphs. Several fold-out charts and maps. Bound in the original maroon cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. 566pp.

New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1917. Very Good condition. Light rubbing to spine ends. Corners mildly bumped (but with NO affect on any text or illustration). Clean, square, and reasonably tight. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Text is crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is the sixth year book of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Illustrated with figures, diagrams, and photographs. Tables. Graphs. Fold-out charts. Bound in the original maroon cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. 449pp.

New York: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1915. Very Good condition. Light rubbing/wear to corners and spine ends. Clean, square, and tight. Inner hinges are perfect. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Text is crisp and unmarked. NO foxing. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. This is the fourth year book of the American Iron and Steel Institute. Illustrated with figures, diagrams, and photographs. Tables. Graphs. Fold-out charts. Bound in the original maroon cloth, stamped in shiny gold on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket, probably as issued. 8vo. 524pp.