Titles starting with Y from The Bookpress, Ltd.

1893. Paperback. (MASSACHUSETTS) Y.M.C.A. FESTIVAL LANTERNS...HOLYOKE. Holyoke: YMCA, 1893. Oblong 8vo. Publisher's partially die-cut wrappers. (32 pages. First edition. An aesthetic movement promotional piece printed by Griffith, Axtell and Cady with many half-tone photographs and drawings of Holyoke buildings. The promotional piece is embossed and printed in gold and black throughout. Very good, a nice copy of a well-printed period piece. ... more information

1914. HENSLOW, T. Geoffrey W. YE SUNDIALS BOOKE. London: 1914. Small 4to. Printed boards. (iv), 422, (4) pages. First edition An arts and crafts book on English sundials, nicely illustrated with text on history and location of the sundials.ndial," and "Names and Places where Sundials exist." A scarce volume, only one copy of this edition listed on OC Many leaves uncut. Spine darkened else very good. ... more information

1911. THE PLIMPTON PRESS YEAR BOOK; AN EXHIBIT OF VERSATILITY. Norwood, Massachusetts: 1911. 8vo. Cloth. 254, 83 pages, including samples o bookbindings and other illustrations. First edition. Samples of the press's work include 9 tipped-in cloth book bindings, sample pages from works printed by the press, examples of color printing, specimens type and ornaments, as well as a detailed history of the firm. Bound-in is th firm's style manual. A very good copy. ... more information

1972. Paperback. (AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BOOKPLATE COLLECTORS AND DESIGNERS) YEARBOOK 1969/1970. N.P.: The Society, 1972. 4to. Wrappers. (iv), 26, (4) pages. First edition. of 250 copies. Articles by Dan Burne Jones, Lorraine W. Throp, and Philip C. Beddingham. Partly uncut. Fine. ... more information

1950. Paperback. (AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BOOKPLATE COLLECTORS AND DESIGNERS) YEARBOOK 1947- 1948 Sewanee: The Author, 1950. 8vo. Wrappers. 39, (1) pages. One of 250 copies. With "Checklist of Bookplates of Philadelphia Physicians" by Samuel X. Radbil and another checklist of bookplates by Jaroslav Vodrazka, with four tipped-in bookplates and illustrations. Partly uncut. Very good. ... more information

1977. PROOF. THE YEARBOOK OF AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND TEXTUAL STUDIES. Volume 1-5. Columbia: The University of South Carolina, 1971-1977. 8vo. Cloth. First editions. Articles and bibliographies on Fitzgerald, Frost, William Carlos Williams, Faulkner, and others. Many letters and typescripts printed here for the firs time. Fine. Complete. ... more information

1881. JOHNSTON, Henry P. THE YORKTOWN CAMPAIGN AND THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS 178 New York: Harper and Brothers, 1881. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Frontispiece, 2 (1) pages. First edition. A comprehensive account of the battle of Yorktown with many illustrations throughout. Light chipping to extremities of the spine else a bright copy. ... more information

1886. Paperback. ROCHAMBEAU, Eugene Achille Lacroix de Vimeur. YORKTOWN. CENTENAIRE DE L'INDEPENDANCE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE, 1781-1881. Paris: Honore Champion, 1886. Contemporary half-leather, original wrappers bound-in. 340, (1) pages, 1 plate. First edition. This is a Presentation Copy from the author to Theodore F. Dwight, Librarian the Department of State, signed on the original wrapper--which is bound-in, a with a two page note from the author in its original stamped mailing envelope The ... more information

1824. BIDDLE, Owen. THE YOUNG CARPENTER'S ASSISTANT. Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, 1815. 4to. Contemporary full-sheep. 62 pag 44 plates, of which 2 are folding. Third edition. [Hitchcock, 178]. With a nice American provinance written by an early owner: "Peter Lutz, bough of Matthias Myers, Circleville (Ohio) January 28th 1824." The publisher, Johnson and Warner, was also a bookseller, listing shops in Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia. This the first copy we have seen in thirty years ... more information

1806. BIDDLE, Owen. THE YOUNG CARPENTER'S ASSISTANT. Philadelphia: Benjamin Johnson, 1805. 4to. Later quarter-leather. 61 pages, plates, 2 of which are folding. First edition. [Hitchcock, 176]. Biddle's work is the second architecture book both written and published in America and the first published outside New England. Concentrating on smalle single-family homes, Biddle detailed construction methods used in the United States. Asher Benjamin copied several plans from Biddle in his 1806 edition Am... more information

1865. BRIDGEMAN, Thomas. THE YOUNG GARDENER'S ASSISTANT. New York: Booth & Smith, 1833. 12mo. Publisher's quarter-calf. vi, 290 pages Fourth edition. Comprehensive manual for vegetables, flowers, fruit trees and grape vines wit list of plants for American gardens. This is Bridgeman's first book. It wen through thirteen editions from 1829 through 1865. Name in ink on title page; some minor foxing; covers rubbed. ... more information

1959. Paperback. (WRIGHT) HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. YOUR HERITAGE FROM FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. New York: House Beautiful, 1959. Small folio. Printed wrappers. 336 pages. October, 1959 issue of the magazine dedicated to Frank Lloyd Wright and his architecture. Wear to spine, else very good. ... more information

1894. Paperback. (TOULOUSE-LAUTREC) TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de. YVETTE GUILBERT. Paris: Le Rire, December 22, 1894. 4to. Self-wrappers, in later quarter morocco, cloth covered slip case. 12 pages. The December 22, 1894 issue of the Parisian periodical Le Rire, Journal Humoristique le Samedi," which features a chromolithographic print of "Yvette Guilbert" by Toulouse- Lautrec on the last page. Other features in the issue include a color print by Schlaigh and other illustrated articles insid... more information