Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Renaissance Books

Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1978). First Edition. Hardcover. 0340236671 . Some fading to boards. No dust-jacket.; This copy inscribed and signed by the author "Best Wishes / David A. Yallop". Reprint, in same year as first publication (1978). xii, 363 pages + plates. Light pink/orange papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 138mm. Endpapers illustrated with plan of the surrounds of the Crewe's home. ; Signed by Author .

Auckland: Arthur Yates & Co. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Staples rusted. Some creasing to wrappers. 1/4" tear at tail of wrappers and leaves. Rubbing to paper spine. ; 16 pages. Paper wrappers. Illustrated. No date. Page dimensions: 184mm x 113mm. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

St Albans: Paladin. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. (1972). Softcover. 0586082212 . Some creasing to spine. No signatures. Small price sticker on rear cover.; Paperback reprint. 315, [3] pages + plates. Page dimensions: 194 x 118mm. Yates was a Reader in the History of the Renaissance at the University of London. "Dr Frances Yates reveals that the ['Rosicrucian manifestos'] were connected with movements stirred up by John Deein Bohemia during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and with contemporary movements in South Germany which culminated in the short-lived reigh of Frederick, Elector Palatinate, and his wife, the daughter of James I, as 'Winter' King and Queen of Bohemia." - from dust-jacket blurb of the first edition (not this copy). Cover illustration by Justin Todd. Selected chapter titles: The Bohemian Tragedy; The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz; The Palatinate Publisher; Francis Bacon 'Under the Shadow of Jehova's Wings';… Read More

Dunedin: Blake House. Very Good. (1987). First Edition. Softcover. Number 457 of an editoin fo 500 copies. Signed by the photographer "N Yates". [48] pages. Mainly black and white portrait photography, including photographs of musicians Alastair Galbraith; Peter Jefferies; Shane Carter, Luke Hurley and other local personalities. .

Buenos Aires: Osi Gyoker. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Some creasing to wrappers. ; 31 pages. Card wrappers. Page dimensions: 197mm x 135mm. Text is in English and Hungarian. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: James Nisbet and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1864. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in 19th Century half-leather library binding. Paper library label on spine. Moderate foxing. Some creasing to a few leaves.; [vi], 277 pages + 4 plates + errata slip. Lacking the half-title page? Half-calf binding and marbled boards. Gilt rule to spine. Page dimensions: 159 x 107mm. Seems to be some kind of autobiographical memoir focused on the author's Christian faith and experiences. The four plates all feature railway scenes.; Ex-Library; 8vo .

London: Printed for A. Maxwell. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. 15mm chip to cloth at head of spine, secured with some Lineco acid free "transparent mending tissue" paper tape. Also some Lineco tape reinforcement over small tears at tail of cloth spine. Heavy rubbing to paper spine label. Early circular paper label on spine. Early owner's signature on front endpaper, "Thomas Jackson". Early bookseller's label on front endpaper "Sold by William Brown, 130. Old Street. London." Split to gutter at front hinge. Some minor crease lines to leaves at rear. Overall quite a nice, original copy of this title.; Uncommon. viii, 208 pages. Contemporary green cloth boards with printed paper title label on spine. Page dimensions: 222 x 138mm.Title continues: "Collected from the best authorities extant in the writings of the Oriental and European historians, with genuine and select translations of many original pieces." Contents:… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust-jacket foxed, with chips to spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; viii, 461, [2] pages + frontispiece + 7 plates. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Blind-stamped design on front board. Page dimensions: 192 x 127mm. Illustrations on free endpapers. Contents: The Irish Dramatic Movement; 'The Countess Cathleen'; Note on 'The Countess Cathleen'; Preface to 'The Land of Heart's Desire'; Note on 'The Land of Heart's Desire'; Four Plays for Dancers - 'At the Hawk's Well' - 'The Only Jealousy of Emer' - 'The Dreaming of the Bones' - 'Calvary' - Notes on the First Performance of 'At the Hawk's Well'; Music for 'At the Hawk's Well'; Note on 'The Only Jealousy of Emer'; Music for 'The Dreaming of the Bones'; Note on 'The Dreaming of the Bones';… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1927). Hardcover. Spine faded. Joints rubbed. Previous owner's name in ink on front board and several other pages. ; 1927 reprint of a title first published in 1923. viii, 461, [1 (blank)] pages + [2] pages advertisements + frontispiece + 7 plates. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Blind-stamped design on front board. Page dimensions: 194 x 126mm. Illustrations on pastedown endpapers. Contents: The Irish Dramatic Movement; 'The Countess Cathleen'; Note on 'The Countess Cathleen'; Preface to 'The Land of Heart's Desire'; Note on 'The Land of Heart's Desire'; Four Plays for Dancers - 'At the Hawk's Well' - 'The Only Jealousy of Emer' - 'The Dreaming of the Bones' - 'Calvary' - Notes on the First Performance of 'At the Hawk's Well'; Music for 'At the Hawk's Well'; Note on 'The Only Jealousy of Emer';… Read More

London: T. Fisher Unwin. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary owner's signature dated January 1886. Some speckled dark staining to front board, mainly at lower margin. Tissue guard to the title page present. No tears to cloth at ends of spine. Tiny 1mm chip to cloth at tip of lower corner of front board. Dust stains to top page edges. Overall a nice copy of this title. ; xi, [1], 285, [2], [1 (blank)] pages. Cloth boards with elaborate gilt illustration on spine and both boards. Page dimensions: 193 x 126mm. [Reference: Wade, "A Bibliography of the Writings of W. B. Yeats," (1968 third edition) 15] .

London: Putnam. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library (Dunedin Public Library). Library labels and markings, including card pocket and date due slip, rubber stamps on title page. Black ink panel with library call number at tail of spine. Moderate rubbing and dust stains to boards. Lacking the dust-jacket. The blurb only from front flap of dust-jacket has been pasted down to the rear end-paper.; [8 (first leaf blank)], (170), [2 (blank)] pages. Original yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 121mm. A novel. Illustrated by the author. "A third-class railway carriage rumbling across England some time in the late 'sixties of the last century had, to give it human companionship, two stout broad-shouldered, open-air-looking men." - the opening sentence. Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957) was an Irish artist and writer. .

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. An ex-library copy. Library labels and markings, including black ink panel and library call number at tail of spine.; xiii, [3], 222, [2 (blank)] pages. Green cloth boards with dark green pattern on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 190 x 127mm. Essays and reviews by W. B. Yeats, reprinted from The Boston Pilot and The Providence Journal. Contents includes "Ireland's Heroic Age"; "A Sicilian Idyll"; "The Irish National Literary Society"; "The Children of Lir" (review of "The Banshee and Other Poems" by John Todhunter); "Irish Wonders" (review of "Irish Wonders" by D. R. McAnally Jr) "A Scholar Poet" (review of "Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems" by William Watson). .

London: A. H. Bullen. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1909. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper dated 1913 "W. Morrell". Chip to printed paper spine label, with loss of the letter "s" from "YEATS". Gutter split at front hinge with spine mull visible. Offsetting to endpapers. Overall still quite a nice presentable copy. ; Early issue. vii, [1], 162, [1] pages + photogravure portrait frontispiece (with tissue guard). Quarter cloth and grey papered boards. Printed paper label on spine. Page dimensions: 192 x 129mm. Printed on laid paper. Contents: The Wind Among the Reeds; The Old Age of Queen Maeve; Baille and Aillinn; In the Seven Woods; Songs from Deirdre; The Shadowy Waters. ; 8vo .

London: Cassell & Company. Fair with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. Heavy dampstains and fading to spine. Some staining to boards. Gutters split at hinges. Internally good. ; "New and Cheaper Edition. With an Appendix." xiv, 674 pages + [16] pages advertisements. Red cloth boards with gilt and black lettering on spine, black lettering on front board. Page dimensions: 194 x 127mm. "The second edition of this book was so thoroughly revised and so largely augmented, that it has not been found necessary in this issue to alter any part of the body of the work. An Appendix has however been added, in which the subjects of Sea Voyages and the Winter Resorts of the Canara Islands are fully considered. The Author is glad also to have this opportunity of calling attention to the great development that has recently taken place in some of our Home Health Resorts, especially to the introduction of the Aix sytem of douching and massage at Bath, together with other improvements,… Read More

London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. 388 pages + plates + advertisements. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt anchor illustration on front board. Spine very faded. 3/8" tears and splits to cloth at head and tail of spine. Gutters cracked at hinges. Owner's signature. Rubber stamp on title page: "Otago Boys' High School". Cloth covers rubbed and worn. Some foxing. ; 8vo .

Wellington: GP Publications. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1991). First Edition. Softcover. 0477000320 . Some rubbing to edges of covers.; 42 pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 210 x 147mm. "'Goat Farming' is an excellent, clearly written introduction to all the essential aspects of goat husbandry. Chapters cover the breeds, goats and weed control, buying of stock, animal handling, feed management, breeding and mating, goat products and marketing and goat health." - from blurb on rear cover. .

Masterton: Fraser Books. Near Fine with no dust jacket. (2007). First Edition. Softcover. 0958264562 . No signatures.; 204 pages + plates. "Word Imperfect is as readable and absorbing a memoir as might be expected from someone who has earned his living from word-spinning since graduating from famous US university Notre Dame [. . .] A reporter on Wellington's Evening Post, syndicated agricultural writer in Britain [. . .] he also fronted TV's 'Country Calendar' and other programmes, headed his own PR company, and has written 20 books." - from blurb on rear wrapper. ; 8vo .

New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1953). Hardcover. Some creasing to spine. Previous owner's name. Small loss at head and tail of dust-jacket spine and corners of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 1953 fourth printing of a title first published in 1929. Uncommon in dust-jacket. xix, [1], 652, [4 (blank)] pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 259 x 180mm. Illustrated. Text in double columns. "It will stand for a long time as the basic work of reference for anyone interested in the biology of the primates." - Quarterly Review of Biology, quoted on front flap of dust-jacket. "The work is based on prolonged study of the animals themselves and on intimate acquaintance with the entire relevant literature. Gorilla, chimpanzee, and orangoutan, and also the less well-known and smaller gibbon and simang, are considered from the point of view of the history of human knowledge and… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. Sixth Edition. Half-Leather. Volume 2 only of 2 volumes. vi, 411 pages + frontis. 1 plate missing. Ex-library. Half-calf with 5 raised bands on spine and gilt lettered leather spine label. 3/8" chips to leather at head and tail of spine. Gilt library stamp on front board "Public Library Otago New Zealand". Some splitting to endpapers. Contents: Voyage of the 'Sea-Breeze'; The Episcopate at Kohimarama, 1866; St. Barnabas College, Norfolk Island, 1867-1869; The LAst Eighteen Months, 1870-71.; Ex-Library; 12mo .

Thimphu: National Library and Archives of Bhutan. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. (2008). First Edition. Softcover. 9993617067 . xv, [1] 294, [2 (blank)] pages. Illustrated covers. Page dimensions: 227 x 148mm. Colour illustrations. "Bhutan can take pride in the numerous religious masters who have appeared throughout its recorded history. One such master is Jamgön Ngawang Gyaltsen (1647-1732), whoese legacy has proved enduring in numerous fields relating to religious arts, crafts and ritual practices, and also institutionally through his family-based incarnation line and his monastery, the Chökhor Dorjeden (Seula) in Punakha district." - from blurb on rear cover. .