Authors starting with Y from Bauman Rare Books

1674. YELVERTON, Sir Henry. Reports de Sr. Henry Yelverton. London: William Godbid, 1674. Folio, modern black morocco. $450. Second "corrected" edition of this collection of 17th century British law. The Solicitor General for the Great Lord Bacon between 1617 and 1621, "Yelverton himself was eminent in that assemblage of lawyers which has given to the reigns to Elizabeth and James of England their title to be called 'the Augustan age of our old jurisprudence'" (Wallace, 212). ... more information

1855. YONGE, Charlotte. Works. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1855-91. Twenty-four volumes. Early three-quarter brown morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt. $1800. Lovely set of the works of Charlotte Yonge, from the Tauchnitz Collection of British Authors. Yonge published over 160 titles, and this set includes many of her most significant works, including Heartsease, The Daisy Chain and The Clever Woman of the Family. Particularly popular were her novels of contemporary ... more information

1764. FIRST EDITION. (NEW YORK). Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Colony of New-York. Began the 9th Day of April, 1691; and Ended the 27th of September, 1743. WITH: Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Colony of New-York. Began the 8th Day of November, 1743; and Ended the 23rd of December, 1765. New York: Hugh Gaine, 1764, 1766. Two volumes. Thick folio, period-style full brown calf, raised bands, red and black morocco spine labels. $5600. ... more information

1792. YOUNG, Arthur. Travels During the Years 1787, 1788, & 1789. Undertaken More Particularly with a View of Ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, and National Prosperity of the Kingdom of France. Bury St. Edmund's: J. Rackham for W. Richardson, 1792. Thick quarto, contemporary vellum-tipped marbled boards rebacked in brown speckled calf, original red morocco spine label. $1800. First edition of Young's account of the volatile period leading up to the French Revolution, "the c... more information

1852. FIRST EDITION. YOUNG, Brigham. Governor's Message to the Legislative Assembly of Utah Territory. Great Salt Lake City, January 5, 1852. Octavo, single folded sheet as issued, uncut and unopened; pp. 8. $2200. First edition, one of 1000 copies ordered printed, of Young's second annual message to the Utah territorial legislature. Extremely rare. Although the Latter-day Saints who, under Brigham Young's leadership, settled in Utah petitioned Congress for statehood in 1849, the land was ins... more information