Titles starting with Y from Bauman Rare Books

1777. FIRST EDITION. (JUDAICA) ISRAELI, Isaac ben Joseph. Yesod Olam [The Foundation of the World]. Berlin: Baruch Szyk of Shklov, 1777. Octavo, 20th-century half black cloth. $1600. First edition of this important astronomical text originally written in 1310. "Israeli (first half of the 14th century), was a Spanish astronomer who worked in Toledo. [He] is best known for his book Yesod Olam written in 1310, which was considered the most important contribution to Hebrew literature in this field. It d... more information

1987. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. VOLLMANN, William T. You Bright and Risen Angels. (London): Andre Deutsch, (1987). Octavo, original blue cloth, original dust jacket. $500. First edition of the author's first book, signed by him on the title page. "The story is an epic brew of technology, magic, politics, history and entomology, by turns fiercely satiric and good-naturedly humorous, a ferociously talented first novel" (Publishers Weekly). This English first edition precedes the American. Fine ... more information

1937. SIGNED. BOURKE-WHITE, Margaret and CALDWELL, Erskine. You Have Seen Their Faces. New York: Modern Age Books, (1937). Quarto, original photographic stiff paper covers. $4200. Scarce soft-bound Modern Age edition (published same year as cloth-bound first), inscribed on the half title, "For Mr. Jack Meike, Cordially Margaret Bourke-White," a pioneering classic with 75 deep photogravures of the Dust Bowl by Bourke-White and text by novelist Erskine Caldwell. "This 'word-and-picture p... more information