Authors starting with Y from John Michael Lang Fine Books

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1963. Hardback First American edition 11" x 8.75". 246 pp. Red and grey hardcover. Some edge wear else near fine condition. A detailed archaeological overview of the techniques, implements and strategy of warfare in Biblical times. Includes numerous illustrations. Translated from the Hebrew by M. Pearlman. ... more information

New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Hardback First edition 7.25" x 5.25". 202pp. Ivory paper covered boards, in dust wrapper. Fine condition. Near fine jacket. A novel about two Japanese picture brides who immigrate to America. ... more information

[No place]: Parco, 1978. Paperback 16.5" x 11.75". [94pp.] Glossy paperback, with the original dust wrapper. The book has just a bit of edge wear, but otherwise it is in nice, near fine condition. The jacket has heavier edge wear and some soiling, but is still in fairly decent condition. Harumi was one of the great practitioners of illustrator art in its Golden Age. She is known for travel posters and advertising designs, and especially for her sexy pinup style paintings of beautiful and ... more information

Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1982. Hardcover 9.75" x 7". 332pp. Blue cloth covered hardcover in dust wrapper. Spot stain on foredge, else fine condition. The dust jacket is faded on the spine and edges, else near fine condition. A collection of essays by American and Japanese scholars regarding the Japanese economy and the U. S. - Japan trade relationship. Illustrated with black and white graphs. ... more information

Seattle: Garfield High School, 1929. Hardcover First edition 9" x 6". 143pp. Brown flexible buckram. Mild edge wear, a few classmate signatures, else near fine condition. With the usual class portraits, sections on clubs, athletics, faculty, etc. Minoru Yamasaki, best known as the designer of the World Trade Center, was a senior at Garfield High in 1929. His class picture is on page 41. ... more information

New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, 1979. Hardcover First edition 12" x 12". 195pp. Gray cloth with silver lettering, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket has a small bit of wear to the spine tips but is otherwise near fine. One of the greatest American architects, Yamasaki is best known as the designer of the World Trade Center. This volume includes the architect's aesthetic philosophy and many color photographs showing his commercial and residential work. ... more information

Beijing: People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1996. Paperback 11" x 9.5". Appr. 100pp. Plain wrappers with a pictorial outer wrapper. Fine condition. This copy signed and inscribed by Li Yan on the first leaf. With a postcard from the Li Yan studio laid in; it is also signed by the painter. With many color illustrations from paintings by these two eminent Chinese artists. The text is in Chinese and English. ... more information

Wilmington, North Carolina: Broadfoot Publishing Company, 2000. Hardback 8.5" x 5". 132pp. Beige cloth, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; near fine jacket. A reissue of number eight in the Confederate Centennial Studies Series. Vance was governor of North Carolina during the Civil War. ... more information

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Hardcover First American edition 7.75" x 5". 101pp. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, in dust wrapper. Spine slightly ridged from being read, else fine condition. The jacket has a darkened spine with one tiny hole, a few small edge chips, and is price clipped. This collection of poetry includes several of Yeats' Crazy Jane poems and much more. ... more information

New York : The Studio Publications, Inc., 1943. Hardcover First edition 7.5" x 4.75". 88pp. Brown cloth. VG+. With illustrations after drawings by the author. Chiag Yee also wrote the widely admired "Silent Traveller..." series books. ... more information

New York: The Dial Press, 1955. Hardcover First edition Octavo. A near fine copy in a bright dust jacket with a mild bit of edge wear. Yerby is best known for his novel "The Foxes of Harrow." ... more information

New York: The Dial Press , 1954. Hardcover First edition 8" x 5.25". 346pp. Green & red cloth, gilt lettering, in dust wrapper. A very good+ copy with faint trace of external wear. Dust jacket has some light edge wear and light fading to the spine. Set in the South, here is Yerby's story of four brawling generations of the Delta family, specifically the illicit Cajun branch of the family that brings the saga of the Benton's to its violent climax. ... more information

New York: The Dial Press , 1948. Hardcover First edition 8" x 5.25". 346pp. Beige cloth hardback, in dust wrapper. Nice VG+ condition; the jacket is bright but has a small bit of edge wear. Anoter of Yerby's adventure novels, this one set in the West Indies of the 17th century. It was made into a film in 1952 by director Sidney Salkow, Sterling Hayden and Rhonda Fleming starred. ... more information

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1984. Hardcover 8" x 7". [58pp.] Beige cloth spine, color illustrated paper covered boards. Mild general use, overall a near fine copy. This story of a young Uygar fisherman boy features charming color illustrations by the author. ... more information

Seattle, Washington: Book Club of Washington, 2007. Paperback 6.5" x 9.75". Illustrated paperback. New condition. This book is a facsimile edition of a booklet published in 1916. Yoho was Seattle's self styled "Bungalow Craftsman." His various firms published magazines and booklets devoted to bungalows and domestic economy, and his legacy in the form of bungalow homes in the Seattle area is enormous. This booklet features many black & white photographs of bungalow style d... more information

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1976. 11.25" 8.75". 256pp. Pale green, covered hardback in dust wrapper. Spine tips are lightly bumped, small stain to bottom of front panel, else VG+ condition. The dust jacket has moderate edge wear, fading on spine and light soiling, else VG+ condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. ... more information

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1931. Hardback 7.5" x 5". 319pp. Beige cloth, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition. The jacket has some edge wear and rubbing; generally a decent VG example of an uncommon jacket. "A marvelous fusion of the mystery story and the western." The plot involves a texas Ranger who travels to a big city to fight racketeers. ... more information

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1972. Hardback 8.5" x 5.75". 256pp. Black cloth, in dust wrapper. Fading to the bottom edge on the front panel, else near fine condition. The dust jacket has light edge wear and light general soiling, else near fine condition. Inscribed and signed by the author opposite the title page. Third printing. The author was a Seattle born Japanese American who was trapped in Japan at the outbreak of WW II and forced to serve in the Japanese army. To ... more information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Hardback First American edition 8.5" x 5.5". 627pp. Red and beige cloth with gilt spine lettering, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jacket has some light edge wear and a couple short closed tears, and a slightly dull spine. Translated by Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu. A historical novel of the intrigues, scandals, and love affairs of the decadent Imperial Court in Kyoto in the twelfth century. ... more information

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1916. First edition 7.25" x 4.75". 290pp., plus ads. Blue cloth with a beautiful gilt sunset cover design; in dust wrapper. Spine a bit dull, small pencil initials and star drawing on the first leaf, else near fine condition; the jacket has some edge wear and soiling. ... more information