Authors starting with Y from Quill & Brush

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons (1970). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED on half-title page, "To . . . Best regards, James Yaffe." Near fine in dustwrapper with light soiling to rear panel and minor edge rubbing. ... more information

(New York): Viking (1995). First edition. Advance uncorrected proof. Wraps. Fine. Translated from the Chinese by Howard Goldblatt. ... more information

Candia, New Hampshire: John LeBow, 2000. First edition. One of 150 SIGNED numbered copies handsewn in fabiano wrappers. Introduction by John Dufresne. As new. ... more information

Candia, New Hampshire: John LeBow, 2000. First edition. One of 26 SIGNED lettered copies hand-bound in boards. Introduction by John Dufresne. Signed by both the author and Dufresne. Fine, as issued, without dustwrapper. There were also 150 numbered copies in paperwraps, signed by Yarbrough alone (not by Dufresne). ... more information

New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1931. First edition. Endpapers show some foxing and the blue cloth is a little rubbed on corners and spine ends.The dust jacket has edge wear, few closed tear and old tape backing on verso. Faded on spine, but the lettering is still readable. ... more information

(New York): Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence (1975). First edition. Review copy with slip and author photograph laid in. Touch of rubbing to gilt lettering on spine, otherwise fine in dustwrapper with a few tiny closed tears and the spine faded but still readable. ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown (1961). First edition. His second book and first short story collection. Fine and bright in dust jacket with very minor wear to edges and folds. ... more information

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc. (1971). First edition. Introduction by Robin Skelton. Very good with back hinge starting to crack and page edges lightly soiled; in a price-clipped dustwrapper with rubbing, light soiling and minor edge wear. ... more information

(London): MacMillan (1970). First U.K. edition. The correspondence between Yeats and Margot Ruddock, edited by Roger McHugh. Spine ends slightly rubbed, otherwise near fine in dustwrapper with light edge wear. ... more information

London: Faber & Faber, 1929. First edition. One of 500 SIGNED, numbered copies (large paper copies). Number 18 of The Ariel Poems. Yeats's single poem is illustrated with two drawings, one in color, by Gilbert Spencer. Thin blue paper boards with gold stamped lettering. Fragile paper cover is cracked at spine but hardly any paper missing, cover edges a little darkened and tips lightly nicked, otherwise very good or better. ... more information

New York: Fountain Press, 1929. First edition. One of 642 SIGNED, numbered copies. This volume was published just after his masterpiece The Tower (1928). The title refers to the staircase in the Thoor Ballylee castle which Yeats had purchased and lived in with his family for some time. Yeats saw the castle as a vital connection to the aristocratic Irish past which he admired. The phrase "winding stair" is used in the book's third poem, "A Dialogue of Self and Soul," which de... more information

London: The Macmillan Co., 1949. First edition. [Wade 209-10]. Number 264 of 375 SIGNED numbered copies, of which 350 copies were for sale. The definitive edition, with prospectus laid in with Yeats facsimile signature. Two volumes, both with light foxing to endpapers and page edges, and light offset and discoloration spots to rear endpapers, which doesn't appear to be foxing. Otherwise fine in lightly scuffed and slightly shelf-worn original slipcase. ... more information

New York: Scribner (1995). First edition. Uncorrected proof with publisher's informational stickers on front. Fine in red, printed paperwraps. Promo laid in. ... more information

Churchtown, Dundrum [Ireland]: The Cuala Press, 1911. First edition. One of 350 copies. This copy SIGNED by Yeats on title page where he has crossed out his printed name in ink and signed beneath it, "W B Yeats." John Millington Synge (1871- 1909) was an Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, collector of folklore, and one of the co-founders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for his play "The Playboy of the Western World," which caused riots during its opening run at the Abbe... more information

New York: Atheneum, 1998. First edition. Children's book. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Fine in dustwrapper. ... more information

New York: The Dial Press, 1955. First edition. Near fine in a very good or better dustwrapper with rubbing, light soiling, creasing on edges and shallow chips and nicks. ... more information

New York: Dial Press, 1964. First edition. Fine in dustwrapper with a small sticker shadow on front flap, light rubbing and minor soiling. ... more information

New York: Dial Press, 1961. First edition. Very good with light offset to endpapers and page edges slightly dusty; in dustwrapper with rubbing and creasing along edges and a few small nicks. ... more information

New York: Dial Press, 1961. First edition. Very good with light offset to endpapers; in dustwrapper with rubbing and creasing along edges, a few small closed tears and one chip on the lower edge of front cover near spine. ... more information

New York: The Dial Press, 1960. First edition. Very good with light offset on endpapers and page edges foxed and slightly soiled; in a price-clipped dustwrapper with front cover bright, a few closed tears, rubbing, shallow chipping and soiling. ... more information