The Mysterious Parchment
by (Yellowback) [Wakeman, Joel]
London: James Blackwood & Co [Printed by Harrison and sons1, 1874. 269 pp. 1 vols. 12mo (16 cm.). Color-printed pictorial paper boards. Covers a little soiled, One inch chip from foot of spine, front inner hinge starting, corners bumped. Bookplate of Anne & F.G. Renier. 269 pp. 1 vols. 12mo (16 cm.). Early reprint of this Victorian temperance novel.
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A Short Account of the Malignant Fever, lately Prevalent in Philadelphia: With a Statement of the Proceedings that took place on the Subject in Different parts of the United States. To which are added Accounts of the Plague in London and Marseilles
by (Yellow Fever) Carey, Mathew
Philadelphia: Printed by the Author, 1794. Fourth edition, improved, being the first to contain the information about Marseilles and London. This edition has several issues, this being that of 164 pages, without the comma following "subject" on title, with page 112 complete and page 159 being part of the listing of these deceased. First published 14 November, 1793, then again the 23rd, the 30th and this edition the 16 January 1794. Pp. 162 [of 164, lacking final leaf listing... Read More
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Beschreibung von Arabien. Aus eigenen Beobachtungen und im Lande selbst gesammleten Nachrichten
by (Yemen) Niebuhr, Carsten
Copenhagen: Nicolaus Moeller, 1772. First edition. Engraved vignettes to title page and dedication. With 24 engraved plates (some folding, including two Kufic facsimiles with hand-colored diacritical marks and initials); and a large folding map of Yemen, colored in outline. Genealogical table (folding) at p. 194. xlvii, [3], 431, [1, errata] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary quarter vellum, spine titled in manuscript. Early owner signature of Andreas Narr, struck out by Henricus Walther, 1829. Spine soiled with old library label,... Read More
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The Great Apes. A Study of Anthropoids
by Yerkes, Robert M. and Ada W. Yerkes
New Haven: Yale, 1934. Second printing. 1 vols. to. Blue cloth. Second printing. 1 vols. to. With TLS from Yerkes to Ashley Montagu about his book Edward Tyson.
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![Stolen Apples. Poetry by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. With English Adaptations by James Dickey, Geoffrey Dutton, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Anthony Kahn, Stanley Kunitz, George Reavey, John Updike, [and] Richard Wilbur](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/739/630/1700630739.0.l.jpg)
Stolen Apples. Poetry by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. With English Adaptations by James Dickey, Geoffrey Dutton, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Anthony Kahn, Stanley Kunitz, George Reavey, John Updike, [and] Richard Wilbur
by Yevtushenko, Yevgeny
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., Inc, 1971. First edition, limited (signed) issue; limited to 250 numbered copies #180, signed by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. xxii,328pp. 8vo. A fine copy in a near fine publisher's slipcase box (slipcase has two slight bumps, else bright). First edition, limited (signed) issue; limited to 250 numbered copies #180, signed by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. xxii,328pp. 8vo. Contains the first book appearance of translations by John Updike [Roberts B32a]. Updke Bibliography, Roberts B32a
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![You Don't Have to be Vietnamese to Smell a Rat." Youth International Party anti-inauguration rally poster [January 20, 1973 in Washington D.C.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/687/055/1476055687.0.l.jpg)
You Don't Have to be Vietnamese to Smell a Rat." Youth International Party anti-inauguration rally poster [January 20, 1973 in Washington D.C.]
by (Yippies)
Washington, D.C., 1973. Offset print, 11" x 17. Small writing in green ink on recto and verso but not very obtrusive, light fold crease across center else near fine. Offset print, 11" x 17" Photo/NYC
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Boss Dog
by (Yolla Bolly Press) Fisher, M.F.K.
[Covelo, California]: Yolla Bolly Press, 1990. First edition, deluxe issue. One of sixty copies numbered in Roman (of 65), specially bound and signed by the author, from a total edition of 255 copies. 1 vols. Small 4to. Silk over boards, stamped in blind. Decorated endsheets. Bookplate on front pastedown, otherwise fine in slipcase. First edition, deluxe issue. One of sixty copies numbered in Roman (of 65), specially bound and signed by the author, from a total edition of... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. " To "Dear Mrs. Bacon." Declining an invitation, the letter states in full: "With many thanks I am afraid I do not see my way to being able to come to your garden party on the 6th. I am going from home the week after and there is a good deal on hand. Yours sincerely, C. M. Yonge.
by Yonge, Charlotte M.
1800. 1 page. 12mo. letter is folded once for mailing, else fine. 1 page. 12mo. Novelist, children's author and educator (1823-1901), Charlotte Mary Yonge published over 200 works, "including domestic and historical novels, biographies, children's tales, history and language textbooks, and religious manuals... Despite holding hierarchical views on social status and sex roles, in Womankind, 1887, she demands better female education and calls for a revised image of singleness... her novels depict women playing positive roles in family... Read More
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The Miami Giant
by Yorinks, Arthur
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. First edition. 40 pp. 1 vols. 10 x 10 inches. Illustrated paper boards with paper dust jacket. Fine. First edition. 40 pp. 1 vols. 10 x 10 inches. Signed by Sendak. Hanrahan A143
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Album with 87 photographs depicting construction of the Ashokan reservoir, which supplies water to New York City, with multiple views of excavation machinery, compressors, special aqueduct and screen chamber, the spillway, tunnels, and picturesque scenes of local buildings
by (New York)
New York, 1915. 87 silver prints, the images measuring 3 x 4-1/2 to 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches, mounted recto and verso on black sheets, most of the prints with a caption in the negative. Oblong 4to. In a black "Snapshots" album. Some wear, photos fine. 87 silver prints, the images measuring 3 x 4-1/2 to 4-1/2 x 6-1/2 inches, mounted recto and verso on black sheets, most of the prints with a caption in the negative. Oblong 4to.... Read More
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AN ACT FOR THE BETTER AND MORE SPEEDY RECOVERY OF DEBTS, OF THE VALUE OF FIFTY DOLLARS. PASSED APRIL 12, 1824. PUBLISHED IN OBEDIENCE TO THE 44th SECTION OF THE SAID ACT
by (New York)
Albany, 1824. 32pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Tanned and foxed, contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Good, untrimmed. 32pp. One of a series of laws enacted in New York State, beginning in the 1780s, designed to expedite the recovery of debts through legal measures. This one was known as the "Fifty Dollar Act." Includes the text of required forms. Not in Shoemaker. OCLC locates only one copy, in the New York State Library. Rare. OCLC 26234135
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MEMORIAL OF THE AUCTIONEERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. JANUARY 3, 1821. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
by (New York)
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1821. 12pp. Dbd. Light offsetting on text. Very good. 12pp. Dbd. This memorial was part of an ongoing dispute between New York City auctioneers and merchants over the taxation of auction houses. Retailers claimed that auctions were inconsistent with regular trade and injurious to the interests of the city. The auctioneers respond by asserting that they help conduct the commerce of the city, and that they combat monopolies and speculation. Still true today? Shoemaker... Read More
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Switzerland as now divided into Nineteen Cantons; interspersed with historical anecdotes, local customs, and a description of the present state of the country. The cantons are severally described, and also the county of Neuchatel, the republic of Geneva, the boundaries, & new road over the Simplon, with picturesque representations of the dress and manners of the Swiss...to which is added a short guide to Travellers
by Yosy, A.[nn]
London: Printed for J. Booth, Duke Street ... and J. Murray, Albemarle Street, 1815. First edition. 50 hand-colored engravings of Swiss costume, 2 plates of music, printed recto and verso on one sheet, for Swiss air "Ranz de Vaches des Ormonts." viii, 236; [ii], 211, [1] pp. 8vo. Mid-nineteenth century full olive morocco, gilt, a.e.g., by J. Wright. Spine browned, jointes lightly rubbed, front hinge cracked. Bookplate of P.H. First edition. 50 hand-colored engravings of Swiss costume, 2... Read More
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Travels during the Years 1787, 1788, and 1789. Undertaken...with a View of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth...of the Kingdom of France
by Young, Arthur
Bury St. Edmund's: J. Rackham for W. Richardson, 1794. Second Edition. 3 folding engraved maps, one hand-colored. [i]-viii, [1]-629, [3]; ([ii], [1]-336, [4]pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in contemporary three quarters calf, red leather labels. Second Edition. 3 folding engraved maps, one hand-colored. [i]-viii, [1]-629, [3]; ([ii], [1]-336, [4]pp. 1 vols. 4to. This second edition of Young's Travels is widely considered the best contemporary account of France just before the Revolution. The second volume has almost completely new... Read More
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A Tour in Ireland; with General Observations on the Present State of that Kingdom: made in the Years 1776,1777 and 1778. And brought down to the end of 1779
by Young, Arthur (1741 1820)
London: T. Cadell anfd J. Dodsley, 1780. Engraved frontispece and another opposite p. 1.xi, [5], 384; 168, [4]pp. 4to. Half modern calf. Engraved frontispece and another opposite p. 1.xi, [5], 384; 168, [4]pp. 4to.
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![[Printed "Valley Note" Currency in Denomination of $2.00, with Printed Heading: "G.S.L. City, Jan, 20, 1849"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/374/556/1189556374.0.l.jpg)
[Printed "Valley Note" Currency in Denomination of $2.00, with Printed Heading: "G.S.L. City, Jan, 20, 1849"]
by Young, Brigham
[Salt Lake City], 1849. Small printed paper slip. 1 vols. 2 x 3-3/4 inches. Overall condition is excellent. Blindstamped with the official seal of the Twelve Apostles, and signed in manuscript by Brigham Young, Thomas Bullock, and Heber C. Kimball. N.K. Whitney is named as payee in manuscript. No serial number. Small printed paper slip. 1 vols. 2 x 3-3/4 inches. This small piece of paper money printed by the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City is an... Read More
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![The Search for Doctor Livingstone [ a Diary Kept during the Investigation of his Reported Murder]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/188/686/1390686188.0.l.jpg)
The Search for Doctor Livingstone [ a Diary Kept during the Investigation of his Reported Murder]
by Young, E.D.
London: Letts and Son, 1868. Illius., with folding map at end. 262, 12, ads pp. 8vo. Original green cloth. With inscription for Mapping Prize in 1869. Illius., with folding map at end. 262, 12, ads pp. 8vo. "In 1867, Royal Navy lieutenant E. D. Young trekked to Africa to find the great missionary-explorer David Livingstone who was reported to be lost while searching for the origins of the Nile. Henry Faulkner joined the expedition primarily to hunt. His... Read More
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![Autograph letter, signed ("E. Young"), to [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu], regarding her patronage of Richard Savage](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/197/845/1247845197.0.l.jpg)
Autograph letter, signed ("E. Young"), to [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu], regarding her patronage of Richard Savage
by Young, Edward
N.p., 1725. 1 p. 4to. Old folds, repaired tear at left, left edge reinforced at verso with blank margin slightly trimmed; matted with portrait and framed. 1 p. 4to. Edward Young (1683-1765) writes to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu to acknowledge the monetary gift she'd sent, on Young's appeal, to the infamous poet Richard Savage (1697/8-1743). In part: "I have seen Mr. Savage, who is extremely sensible of the honor your ladyship did him by me. You was, I... Read More
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Les Nuits d'Young, traduites de l'Anglois par M. le Tourneur
by Young, Edward
Paris: Chez Lejay, 1769. First edition in French of Young's Night Thoughts. Engaved frontispieces by Mercier after drawings by Marillier. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines, brown morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. Samll stain to frontispiece of first volume, minor marginal staining to first few leaves of second volume, otherwise a beautiful set. First edition in French of Young's Night Thoughts. Engaved frontispieces by Mercier after drawings by Marillier. 2 vols. 8vo.
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The Centaur Not Fabulous. In Six Letters to a Friend, on The Life in Vogue
by [Young, Edward]
London: A. Millar; R. and J. Dodsley, 1755. Second Edition, Corrected. Engraved frontispiece. 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full contemporary calf. Lightly rubbed, upper joint cracked, else a bright copy. Small top corner of title page cut out, removing owner's signature. Second Edition, Corrected. Engraved frontispiece. 384 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Unicorn with Silver Shoes
by Young, Ella
New York: Longmans, Green & Co, 1942. Early reprint. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue cloth. Near Fine, in Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket, with some faint spotting to spine panel. Early reprint. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. 1 vols. 8vo.
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C. Plini Caecili Secundi Panegyricus, quem Imp. Nervae Trajano optimo principi dixit, sive scripsit: & ad eum Justi Lipsii commentarius P.P., cum ejusdem Dissertatiuncula apud Principes Albertum & Isabellam
by Pliny the Younger
Trajecti ad Rhenum Typis Gisberti à Zijll, & Theodori ab Akersdijck, 1652. 263pp. 16mo ( 5 x 2-3/4 inches). Bound in near contemporary speckled calf. Fine. 263pp. 16mo ( 5 x 2-3/4 inches).
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C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi epistolae et panegyricus
by Pliny the younger
Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1659. [24], 404, [28] pp. 12mo. Contemporary vellum. Very good. [24], 404, [28] pp. 12mo. Provenance: royal stamp on title; various early ownership signatures; Siebold (ownership signature dated 1825, stamp on verso of title); Kirby Flower Smith (bookplate)
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Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt, Van Homesville, NY, October 1949
by Young, Owen D.
Pen and ink on paper. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Fine. Pen and ink on paper. 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches. Owen D. Young (1874-1962), trained as a lawyer, was a man of many parts. He was an industrialist, chairman of General Electric and founder of RCA; a public servant, serving as member of various international conferences and later on heading several NY State commissions; and a prominent collector of rare books, whose collection reposes in the New York Public... Read More
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A Treatise on Internal Navigation ... To Which Is Annexed The Report of Albert Gallatin on Roads and Canals
by [Young, Samuel]
Ballston Spa: Printed by U.F. Doubleday, 1817. xi, 152, 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full evergreen morocco, boards edges tooled in gilt rule, turn-ins elaborately gilt, t.e.g., others untrimmed, by The French Bindery. "By Samuel Young" in ink across title page. Head of title excised, repaired, with loss of one line of copyright statement. Bookplate of Nelson Doubleday. xi, 152, 115 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 42989
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