The two versions of Waerferth's translation of Gregory's Dialogues: an Old English thesaurus
by Yerkes, David
Toronto [et al.]: Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, 1979. 8vo, pp. xxvi, 100; fine copy in original orange cloth stamped in gilt and black. "At King Alfred's command, Bishop Waerferth of Worcester translated Gregory's Dialogues into English during the last quarter of the ninth century. About a century, or a century and a half later, between 950 and 1050, someone, probably again at Worcester, went through the translation with painstaking care, making thousands of changes in vocabulary... Read More
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Memoirs of Keutsang Lama (life in Tibet after the Chinese 'liberation')
by Keutsang Trulku Jampel Yeshe
[New Delhi]: Paljor Publications, 2001. 8vo, pp. 258, [6]; text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers; fine. Keutsang Rinpoche was recognized as the reincarnation of Keutsang Lama at the age of two in 1946, but spent his entire young adulthood imprisoned as a class enemy of the Chinese state, beginning with his arrest at the age of 16. This memoir is an account of his time within the Chinese prison system and his life after.
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![韓國 寺刹 寶鑑 = Han'guk sach'al pogam = [Complete list of Korean Buddhist temples]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/908/424/1552424908.0.l.jpg)
韓國 寺刹 寶鑑 = Han'guk sach'al pogam = [Complete list of Korean Buddhist temples]
by Ye, Tong-sul
Sŏul: Uri Ch'ulp'ansa, 1997. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 538, [2]; text in double column; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Text in Korean. Includes locations, brief histories, administrative districts, etc.
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![白話譯解老子道德經 / Bai hua yi jie Laozi dao de jing [= A vernacular interpretation of Laozi's dao de jing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/148/031/1622031148.0.l.jpg)
白話譯解老子道德經 / Bai hua yi jie Laozi dao de jing [= A vernacular interpretation of Laozi's dao de jing]
by Ye, Yulin, Laozi, & Bi Wang
Shanghai: Xin Min Shu Ju [Guangyi Bookstore], 1935. 7¼" x 5¼", pp. [76]; original pictorial tan printed wrappers; text toned, else very good. "Laozi, also romanized as Lao Tzu and various other ways, was a semi-legendary ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Tao Te Ching, the foundational text of Taoism along with the Zhuangzi" (Wikipedia).
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From the novel Family feeling..
by Yglesias, Helen
[Iowa City]: Toothpaste Press, 1982. Edition limited to 70 signed and numbered copies, 10½" x 14" prose broadside printed for Bookslinger Editions on the occasion of the author's reading at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
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표준한국어발음사전 / Korean pronouncing dictionary
by Yi Chu-haeng, Yi Kyu-hang and Kim Sang-jun
[Seoul: Ji-Gu Publishing Co, 1998. First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], 816; text in double column, hangul, followed by hanja, and IPA pronunciation; limp red cloth gilt; fine, with book band and fine slip case.
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The adjustment problems of Chinese graduate students in American universities
by Yieh, Tsung-Kao
Chicago: The University of Chicago Libraries, 1934. 8vo, pp. [6], 127, [3]; blue printed wrappers; wrappers a little soiled with a call number on upper wrapper and inventory stamp on verso of title page, text clean and sound, good, inscribed by the author to Rev. S? Harrison on flyleaf.
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![우리 가 정말 알아야 할 우리 전통 예인 백 사람 = Uri ka chŏngmal araya hal uri chŏnt'ong yein paek saram = [Baeksaram, our traditional art that we really need to know]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/542/363/1562363542.0.l.jpg)
우리 가 정말 알아야 할 우리 전통 예인 백 사람 = Uri ka chŏngmal araya hal uri chŏnt'ong yein paek saram = [Baeksaram, our traditional art that we really need to know]
by Yi, Kyu-wŏn, & Pŏm-t'ae Chŏng
Sŏul Tʻŭkpyŏlsi: Hyonamsa, 1995. 8vo, pp. 655, [1]; many color illustrations showing Korean performers in theatre, puppetry, dance, and music, often in traditional costumes; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
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精品翡翠珠宝 / Jing pin fei cui zhu bao
by Yang xiu ying
Hohhot: Nei meng gu ren min chu ban she, 2005. First edition, small 8vo, pp. [4], 188; text in Chinese; color illustrations of jade objects throughout, each with approximate values affixed in RMB (yuan); fine in original pictorial wrappers. Part of a 4-volume series on Chinese art, this particular volume devoted entirely to jade.
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![朝鮮 時代 御眞 關係 都監 儀軌 研究 / Choson sidae ojin kwange togam uigwe yongu [= An analysis of the records of the superintendency for painting and copying royal portraits of the Choson Dynasty]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/159/417/1556417159.0.m.jpg)
朝鮮 時代 御眞 關係 都監 儀軌 研究 / Choson sidae ojin kwange togam uigwe yongu [= An analysis of the records of the superintendency for painting and copying royal portraits of the Choson Dynasty]
by Yi, Seong-mi, and Yu Song-ok and Kang Sin-hang
Seongnam: Academy of Korean Studies, 1997. Large 8vo, pp. [2], viii, 438, [2]; text in Korean with English abstract; 56 pages of color illustration; fine copy in original green cloth stamped in black on upper cover and spine. "The study consists of three parts ... an in-depht analysis, from an art historical point of view, of the nine existing manuscripts prepared by the Superintendency for Painting or Copying Royal Portraits of the Choson dynasty, which range from 1688-1903; a... Read More
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De fire evangelier i synoptisk fremstilling med forklaringer
by Ylvisaker, Joh[annes]
Decorah: Den Norske Synodes, 1905. 8vo, 2 vols; quarter leather over black cloth, gilt title on spine; spine and corners rubbed, spine head of vol. 2 chipped, marginalia and underlining in pencil in vol. 1 with some manuscript notes laid in, text otherwise sound and clean, very good.
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The science of religion ... Fifth edition
by Yogananda, Paramahansa, Swami
Los Angeles: Yogoda and Sat Sanga Headquarters, 1926. Small 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 107, [5]; portrait frontispiece; original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; slight stain along the gutter-edge of the upper cover; all else very good, sound, and clean. "Paramahansa Yogananda (1893-1952) was an Indian-American Hindu monk, yogi, and guru who founded the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF)/Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS), a religious meditation and Kriya Yoga organization, to disseminate his teachings ... He... Read More
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Japonisme in Fin De Siècle Art in Belgium
by Yoko, Takagi
Antwerp: Pandora, 2002. First edition, 8vo, pp. 320; 180 full color and black & white illustrations; plain white card wrappers and dust jacket; fine. Issued as no. 9 in the publisher's Cahiers series.
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The Blackwell companion to the Enlightenment
by YOLTON, JOHN W., ED
[Cambridge, Mass.]: Blackwell Publishers, 1992. First American edition; 8vo; pp. ix, [1], 581; illustrations throughout; fine copy in original pictorial jacket featuring the painting, "Une soirée chez Mme Geoffrin.
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![手話言語の記述的研究 / Shuwa gengo no kijutsuteki kenkyuu [= Descriptive research on sign language]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/132/363/1544363132.0.l.jpg)
手話言語の記述的研究 / Shuwa gengo no kijutsuteki kenkyuu [= Descriptive research on sign language]
by Yonekawa, Akihiko
Tokyo: Meiji Shoin, 1984. First edition, 8vo, pp. 356, [4]; text in Japanese; full blue cloth, gilt title on spine; glassine jacket adhered to spine, text clean and sound, very good in very good slipcase. Research on Japanese Sign Language.
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History of Christian names. By the author of 'The Heir of Redclyffe,' 'Landmarks of History,' etc.
by [Yonge, Charlotte.]
London: Parker, Son, and Bourn, 1863. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. cxliv, 446, [1] ads; viii, 504, 8 (ads); original green cloth, spines faded to brown, hinges cracked, spine ends cracked, vertical tear in spine of vol. 2 but without loss; a fair copy of an interesting book.
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Quinti Horati Flacci opera. The complete works of Horace, edited by the Rev. J. E. Yonge
by Yonge, John Eyre, Rev
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1867. 2 parts in 1, 8vo, pp. [8], xviii, [2], 260; 256; frontispiece, folding map; original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine; hinges cracked and the binding a bit shaken, bookplate removed; otherwise good and clean. Mills College Check List 1590; Riedel-Horatiana A-408.
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Diary of Walter Yonge, Esq. Justice of the Peace, and M.P. for Honiton, written at Colyton and Axminster, Co. Devon, from 1604 to 1628. Edited by George Roberts
by [YONGE, WALTER.]
London: for the Camden Society by J.B. Nichols and Son, 1848. Small 4to, pp. xxxii,124; very good copy in orig. blue-green cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Part of the diary details the Gunpowder Plot. Extensively indexed.
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聖なるものの形と場 / Figures and places of the sacred
by Yoritomi, Motohiro, ed
[Kyoto]: International Research Center for Japanese Studies, 2003. Large 8vo, pp. [1], 363, [1]; a little under half the papers in English, two in Chinese, and the rest in Japanese, with abstracts in English or Japanese for each paper; text illustrations; printed paper wrappers; a touch of rubbing to wrappers, pencil note on title page, else fine. Papers from the Center's 18th International Symposium.
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Memorial bulletin of the American Geographical Society, April 23, 1874. The life and services of Dr. David Livingstone ... Remarks of Chief-Justice Daly, Major H. C. Dane. Address of Rev. Wm. Adams, D.D., Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Dr. I. I. Hayes, Rev. Noah Hunt Schenck, D.D.
by American Geographical Society of New York
New York: printed for the Society, 1874. 8vo, pp. 47, [1]; original glazed white wrappers printed in black; small pressure stamp of the N.E. Genealogical Society on front wrapper, wrappers soiled; all else very good. "Session 1873-4. no. vii." Inscribed on the front wrapper, "Presented by C. C. Coffin" - i.e. Charles Carleton Coffin (1823-1896), the famed Civil War correspondent and author. AAS, Boston Athenaeum, Columbia, Duke, Wheaton, and one copy in Germany only in OCLC.
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The reliques of Father Prout, late P.P. of Watergrasshill, in the county of Cork, Ireland. Collected and arranged by Oliver Yorke (Rev. Francis Mahony) with illustrations by Alfred Croquis (Daniel Maclise). Copyright edition, with the Author's latest corrections
by YORKE, OLIVER
London: George Bell and Sons, 1881. Bohn's Illustrated Library edition, 8vo, 2-[16]pp. ads (including front pastedown), xiv, [i-ii], [xiii]-xiv, [iii]-xi, [2], 580pp., [17]- 31pp. ads (including back pastedown, folding frontispiece, engraved title-page, and 19 plates; in the original green blindstamped cloth, gilt spine, overall fading, spine ends chipped and fraying, back hinge cracking.
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Systematic catalogue of books in the collection of the Mercantile Library Association of the city of New York; with a general index, and one of dramatic pieces; together with an appendix; containing The Constitution, and the rules and regulations of the association
by [Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1837. First edition, 2 vols in one (including supplement), pp. xi, 385, [1]; ex-Circulating Library of Rhinebeck, No. 310; occasional light foxing, extremities lightly rubbed, else very good in original black calf-backed boards, gilt lettering on spine.
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The Psalms of David, with spiritual songs. Also, the Catechism, Confession of Faith, and Liturgy, of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands
by Reformed Dutch Church of New York
New York: Williams & Whiting, 1810. 12mo, pp. xvi, 344, 120; nice copy in contemporary full tree calf, black morocco label on spine, sprinkled edges. The catechism (120 pages at end) has half-title: The Heidelbergh Catechism, or Method of instruction in the Christian Religion. Shaw & Shoemaker 21183 (but with a different pagination).
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Fringe area of highlands in Papua New Guinea
by Yoshida, Shuji, & Yukio Toyoda, editors
Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, 1998. 8vo, pp. [2], 182, [4]; tables (1 folding), graphs, maps; near fine in original printed wrappers. Traditional cultures in Papua New Guinea.
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![大日本讀史地圖 / Dai Nihon dokushi chizu [= Japanese historical atlas]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/666/507/1572507666.0.l.jpg)
大日本讀史地圖 / Dai Nihon dokushi chizu [= Japanese historical atlas]
by Yoshida, Togo, and Korehito Ashida
Tokyo: Fuzanbou, 1939. Eighth printing, large 8vo, pp. [2], 4, 4, 27, [3]; 1 folding plate, 82 color maps, 23 of which are single-page and the rest are double; original black buckram, gilt title on cover and spine; covers lightly soiled, occasional light foxing, 4 maps with unobtrusive edits in red pencil, very good. Maps included range in subject, illustrating political boundaries, colonial territories, historic city plans, the route of Date Masamune's world tour, military campaigns, and so on.... Read More
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