Authors starting with Y from Garrett Scott, Bookseller (ABAA)

London:: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1867. First edition.. Cloth somewhat rubbed and bumped, with a little light fraying along the joints; a bit dust-soiled and a few spots of foxing; a very good copy. Not found on OCLC; RLIN notes copies at MH & NIC.. Small 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt lettering, [vi], 103, [1] pages. Likely a publisher's presentation copy, with the ink inscription at the head of the title, "With Author's Compts." A collection largely made up of verse accounts of r... more information

(Tucson:: The Match!,, 1984).. First edition.. A fine copy.. 24mo, original wrappers printed in red, green and black, 24 pages. Illus. An attractive anti-rent anarchist pamphlet published under the imprint of Fred Wordworth's long running Tucson anarchist zine The Match! ... more information

Albany:: Printed by Weed, Parsons & Co.,, 1850. First edition.. Damp-stain across the lower inner corner of the pamphlet, affecting about a third of each leaf; otherwise, a very good copy. OCLC notes four locations.. 8vo, original printed green wrappers, 15 pages. A government pamphlet regarding a state-wide ballot measure on free schools, and whether such schools should exist and taxes for them be levied. ... more information

[New York?]:: (Prison Association of New York,, 1885).. First edition.. A trifle foxed and soiled; a very good copy.. 8vo, unbound, 15 pages. An attack on the contract system as a form of slavery that does not lead to reform of the prisoner; calls instead for wider adoption of the piece-price plan to produce goods for public institutions. Published as Document Five in the Second Series of publications from the Association. ... more information

New-York:: Published and Sold Wholesale and Retail by Isaac Snell,, [1845].. The Snell issue of this popular New York almanac.. Somewhat foxed and worn; a good, sound copy.. 12mo, unbound and stitched, [36] pages. Illus. Drake 8312. ... more information

New York [etc.]:: Fleming Revell,, (1904).. First edition.. Binding a bit bumped and rubbed; occasional browning and offset from laid-in newspaper clippings; a very good copy.. 8vo, original blind-stamped pictorial cloth, gilt lettering, [viii], 11-282 pages. Frontis, fifteen plates. A historical adventure-romance novel from the popular Canadian Methodist missionary best remembered for his campfire tales and anecdotes of his work with the Cree and Salteaux; characterized by the Oxford Companion to Canadia... more information

New York:: J. S. Ogilvie & Company,, (1884).. First edition.. Cheap paper browned; cloth rubbed; a good, sound copy. Uncommon.. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering. Another thrilling tale from this prolific author of cheap detective fiction. Ink signature dated 1888 on the front free endpaper. Hubin, Crime Fiction, page 342; Wright III, 6155. ... more information

Pittsburgh:: Printed at the Spirit of the Age Office,, 1844. First edition.. A few light stains; a little loose along the spine; a very good copy.. 8vo, removed, 8 pages, printed in double columns. An eschatological address of some fervor, the Presbyterian minister in part plays up the glories of martyrdom (and the necessary financial support for same): "Already are the footsteps of our brethren imprinted on the soil of India, of China, of Africa, and of our Western wilderness. One of them has laid h... more information