Trad: An A to Z Who's Who of the British Traditional Jazz Scene
by Ivan Berg & Ian Yeomans
London: W. Foulsham & Co, 1962. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. A sharp copy of this 1962 "Who's Who of the Britsh Traditional Jazz Scene". Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of very light chipping at the spine ends. 12mo, crisp, first-rate black-and-white photos throughout.
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The Yersin Phono-Rhythmic Method of French Pronunciation, Accent and Diction
by M.And J. Yersin
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1897. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1897 1st edition. VG in its navy-blue cloth. Both nner hinges starting (but still holding sturdy), othwerwise very solid. 12mo, Also includes laid-in Yersin French School charts and ephemera.
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Interior Point Algorithms: Theory and Analysis
by Yinyu Ye
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 1997. Laminate boards. Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1997 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Octavo, part of the "Wiley-Interscience Series in Discrete Mathematics and Optinization
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The Wizard Islands
by Jane Yolen
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1973. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Robert Quackenbush. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR JANE YOLEN on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1973 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely inscribed throughout (in black-and-white) by Robertt Quackenbush.
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The Lances of Lynwood; Chivalry in England (In Its Original 1881 Dustjacket!!)
by Charlotte M. Yonge
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1881. Very Good/Very Good. The 1881 early printing of this children's/juvenile tale of "chivalry in England". Incredibly, including its pictorial, dark-red dustjacket (making this the oldest dustjacket this bookseler has handled). Solid and VG (very light staining along the lower-tips of the preliminaries) in a clean, remarkably well-preserved example of the sturdy dustjacket, especially considering its age. Light creasing along the spine ends, a 1 1/2" chip at the rear panel's upper corner.... Read More
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Hey, Al
by Arthur Yorinks
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Richard Egielski. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1986 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear at the lower-edge and very light wear along the panel edges. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout in rich color by Richard Egielski.
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Specifications for a Hospital: Erected at West Chester, Pennsylvania for Chester County
by York and Sawyer, Architects
The Pencil Points Press, Inc, 1927. 1st. Hardcover. A sharp, VG+ copy of the 1927 1st edition. Thick quarto, 488 pgs.
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Pleasure Island
by Alix York
New York: Tower Publications, 1964. A gorgeous copy of the 1963 1st American printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Pocketbook, Midwood 32-422. "It was a bachelor's paradise -- a sun-drenched utopia populated by beautiful, man-hungry girls
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Good Time Girl
by Alix York
New York: Tower Publications, 1964. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1964 1st printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Pocketbook, Midwood 32-399. "She set a high price on her talent for making out-of-town conventioneers feel right at home in the big city
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Japanese Sword and Its Fittings
by Japanese Sword Society of New York
Japanese Sword Society of New York, 1966. Soft Cover. The rare 1966 catalogue of the exhibition held at The Cooper Union Museum. A Near Fine, well-preserved copy in stapled wrappers. Thin quarto, 48 pgs.
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Electrooxidation in Organic Chemistry: The Role of Cation Radicals as Synthetic Intermediates (In Dustjacket)
by Kunihisa Yoshida
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1984. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1984 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels and 2 small pieces of tape neatly applied at the front panel's top-edge as reinforcement. Octavo, 323 pgs.
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Drugstore Cowboy
by Gus Van Sant & Dan Yost
Los Angeles: Avenue Entertainment, 1988. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The September 10th, 1988 Final Shooting Script of "Drugstore Cowboy", INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT COVER BY THE FILM'S DIRECTOR AND CO-WRITER, GUS VAN SANT. Complete in 97 unbound 8 1/2" x 11" typed pgs. Signed by Author.
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Chess Generalship (Volume I: Grand Reconnaissance)
by Frank K. Young
Boston: International Publishing Co, 1910. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon 1910 1st edition of this thoughtful look at chess strategy. Dispensing with the typical annotated games and diagrams, this book is all prose and reflects on essential ingredients of successful play such as "mobility", "position", "organization", "grand reconnaissance", etc. A very solid copy to boot. Tight and VG, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and lightly-faded lettering and insignia at the spine. Very light foxing and soiling... Read More
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Three Generals of Later Han
by Gregory Young
Canberra: Faculty of Asian Studies--Australian National University, 1984. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1984 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its orange wrappers. Octavo, 108 pgs.
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Arabian Cow Horse
by John Richard Young
New York: Wilcox and Follett Company, 1953. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lorence F. Bjorklund. A lovely copy of the 1953 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine example of the uncommon pictorial dustjacket, with one minor crease running down part of the front flap. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout in line-drawing by Lorence Bjorklund.
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Erie Lackawanna in Color--Vol.3: The East End
by Larry De Young
Edison, NJ: Morning Sun Books, Inc, 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR LARRY DE YOUNG on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1994 stated 1st printing. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 128 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Greendale
by Neil Young
London: Sanctuary Publishing Limited, 2004. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY BOTH NEIL YOUNG AND THE ILLIUSTRATOR JAMES MAZZEO on the front free endpaper. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 2004 1st edition, in its less common hardback. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Square octavo, Neil Young's lyrical verse along the versos, James Mazzo's impressive illustrations along the facing rectos.
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Golfs Finest Hour: the Open at Bethpage Black
by Philip Young
Classic of Golf, 2004. Hardcover. The Special Limited Edition, #77/ 3000 copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. A Fine copy in green cloth and in a Fine slipcase. Octavo, 388 pgs., published in 2004. Signed by Author(s).
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Nutbrown Roger and I: A Romance of the Highway
by J.H. Yoxall
London: Blackie & Son, 1930. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very impressive copy of the 1st edition, circa 1930. Clean and Near Fine in an especially crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a bit of light soiling at the rear panel.
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La Calligraphie Chinois Depuis Les Han
by Yang Yu-Hsun
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1937. Original wraps. Very Good +. A sharp copy of the 1937 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its original wrappers, with very light spotting at the front panel. Octavo, 32 plates at th rear plus "bibliographie Chinois
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The NAACP Crusade Against Lynching, 1909-1950
by Robert L. Zangrando
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1980. Pebbled Boards. Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1980 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its dark pebbled boards. Octavo, 216 pgs. of text plus Notes, Bibliography and Index.
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The Torchum Never Stops (Vols. 2-4)
by Frank Zappa
Germany, 1991. Original wraps. Near Fine. The 1991 1st (and only) editions of Vols. 2-4 of this obscure collection (published out of Germany) of a Frank Zappa discography (live recordings and bootlegs included) . All 3 volumes clean, tight and Near Fine in their multi-colored wrappers. Quartos, essentially uncommon, sophisticated Zappa fanzines, in this case dedicated to pinning down as much of the recorded music as possible -- and doing so with the addition of hundeds of wonderful,... Read More
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The Torchum Never Stops (Vol. 2)
by Frank Zappa
Germany, 1991. Original wraps. Near Fine. The 1991 1st edition of Vol. 2 of this uncommon 4-volume compilation of Frank Zappa recordings (live recordings and bootlegs included). Clean and Near Fine in its printed blue wrappers. Quarto, heavily illustrated thruout with photos, wonderful doodlings in tribute to Zappa, etc.
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Un Paese + 3 Long Handwritten Letters Discussing the Book
by Paul Strand (Cesare Zavattini)
Milano/Torino: Giulio Einaudi Editore, 1955. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A lovely Paul Strand collection, including 3 long, warm letters to his good friend Cipe Pineles (pioneering graphic designer and art director -- Seventeen, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour). In the handwritten letters (which date from 1954, 1955 and 1962 and are 3, 4 and 3 pgs. long respectively), Strand among other things reflects on the 1955 1st edition of Un Paese, a very sharp copy of which we present... Read More
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A Man of Honour: Adam Czartoryski as a Statesman of Russia and Poland 1795-1831
by W.H. Zawadzki
Oxford University Press, 1993. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A bright, well-preserved copy of the 1993 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 374 pgs.
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