Authors starting with Y from Peter L. Stern & Company, Inc.

Chicago: Way & Wiliams, 1895. First Edition. A little cloth spotting and some foxing; some pages roughly opened; very good or better. ... more information

New York: Henry Holt, 1943. First Edition. A very good copy; inscribed in 1948 by the author, whose real name was Jun Atsushi Iwamatsu. This book documents in drawings and text the oppression he suffered in pre-W.W. II Japan. He adopted a pseudonym to protect family still in Japan during the war. ... more information

New York: Norman W. Henley, 1929. First Edition. About a fine copy. ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown, 1961. First Edition. Owner’s signature on the front free endpaper; fine in a dust jacket with a tiny chip at the top of the spine. ... more information

New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. The Broadway musical was based on the film of the same title. ... more information

Dublin: Cuala Press, n.d. [ca. 1950]. Signed and titled in the plate along the bottom edge; some residue on the verso from previous mounting; blank margins trimmed, not affecting the images; only minor blemishes. The first measures approximately 12 x 8”, the second nearly 11 x 8”. The pair: ... more information

London: Elkin Mathews, n.d. [c. 1904-1905]. First Edition. Publisher’s boards; some edge fading; front hinge cracking; very good to fine. This book was available at one shilling, “or, Coloured by the Author, with an Original Sketch in Colours, price 5s, net.” This is one of the latter, and there is an original watercolor of a seaman smoking a pipe on the front free endpaper; the eleven illustrations, including the front cover, are hand-colored. Given the high published price, especially for a book i... more information

London: Elkin Mathews, n.d. [c. 1901]. First Edition. Presented in the style of juvenile drama (meant for the toy, miniature, theatre), but written for adults; printed wrappers with a hand-colored cover illustration and two black and white illustrations in the text; unopened; minor browning; about fine. ... more information

Dublin: The Talbot Press, 1918. First Edition. A little foxing; very good plus. ... more information

Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1904 [sic - actually 1894]. First American Edition. With a Beardsley frontispiece; 450 copies were printed; publisher’s boards with a paper spine label; bookplate; a few page stains; near fine. ... more information

New York: Macmillan, 1921. First American Edition. A fine copy in a dust jacket with a few tiny chips. ... more information

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1900. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; very minor wear; very good to fine. ... more information

New York: privately printed, 1904. First Edition. One hundred numbered copies were printed for John Quinn. This is number 5 and is signed by the author. A fine copy in the publisher’s slipcase and torn (original?) glassine dust jacket. Very uncommon in this condition. ... more information

New York: Macmillan, 1928. First American Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with slight wear and tear. ... more information

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1893. First Edition; two copies; both near fine; in variant (sometimes referred to as the first or the second) bindings, the primary difference in the two appearing to be the publisher’s imprint at the foot of the spine. One has the bookplate of Michael Sadleir, and both have short pencil bibliographical notes in his hand. ... more information

London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1893. First Edition; large paper issue; one of 200 numbered copies. Publisher’s vellum spine and cloth; very good. Wade 220. ... more information

New York: Macmillan, 1908. “New Edition” is included in the copyright notice with the publication date of April, 1908, although the book was not issued until May. This example differs from Wade’s description only in the addition of this term and four pages of inserted advertisements; a reprint is not mentioned until 1915. Publisher’s cloth; very good. ... more information

Dublin: Cuala Press, 1929. First Edition. Publisher’s boards; paper spine label a little worn; some spotting and fraying; very good copy. 425 copies were printed. ... more information

New York: Macmillan, 1940. First American Edition. Very good in dust jacket. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First American Edition. Small label on front flyleaf; near fine in dust jacket. ... more information