Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Blacket Books

London: Longmans Green & Co, 1913. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. J. Y. Dawbarn. Hardback. A good copy in green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. The upper board shows some marking/fading. No ownership inscription. Pp.xi,192. Chapter head-pieces. This is a historical romance prefixed by a factual statement of the historical setting and with a number of factual Appendices.

Oxford University Press, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.liv,781. 22 illustrations. "This book will be indispensable to anyone interested in the development of modern poetry, drama, and cultural history.

Churchtown, Dundrum: The Cuala Press, 1914. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback. No. 237 of 400 copies. A very good copy in grey paper-covered boards with linen spine. Lettered on the upper board in black. The boards are now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. Grey end-papers. A little spotting to boards and some discolouration of end-papers. Otherwise a clean copy internally with no ownership inscription or other marking. Photograph available on request.

London: Methuen & Co, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. The wrapper is price-clipped, has small edge chips, a couple of spots and a not too bad damp stain. The book is not foxed and has no ownership inscription. 20 plates. 68 line illustrations.

London: Methuen & Co, 1950. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardback. A copy that looks very good in a very good dustwrapper but the boards of the book are a bit spotted and the wrapper has some neat internal repairs. The wrapper is not price-clipped and is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. No ownership inscription and not foxed. Pp.xv,282. 17 colour plates and more than 120 black and white illustrations. Map end-papers.

London: Coubtry Life, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which shows some browning and minor edge chips/tears. The wrapper, which is not price-clipped, is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. The book is not foxed and has no ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.[ix],132. Colour frontispiece and 10 full-page black and white plates. Line drawings. The author describes life in London during the early days of the Second World War. This is a less common title in the "Silent Traveller" series.

London: Methuen & Co, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. Fifth edition. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which has some internal repairs. Some edge foxing. Pp.vii,88. Colour frontispiece and eight black and white plates by the author. A novel based on the true story of the building of a 700 mile long road from Rangoon in Burma to China to supply the Chinese forces of General Chiang Kai-Shek after China's ports had been captured by the Japanese.

London: Methuen & Co, 1960. 1st UK Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardback. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper. The wrapper has some neat internal repairs, is not price-clipped and is now protected in a clear, removable sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription or foxing. Pp.xii,275. Illustrations by the author in 16 colour plates and 50 line drawings.

London: Collins and Harvill Press, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper. Ownership inscription on front end-paper. 126pp. Frontispiece.

Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 219 pages.

Baron Birch, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed presentation copy from the author to John MacDonald "on the occasion of HRH the Princess Royal opening the RLC Museum 13.6.95." There is a second gift inscription to the same person on the same (title) page but the signature is illegible. Major-General MacDonald is mentioned in the book. 192 pages including a list of subscribers. Numerous black and white photographs. Epilogue by HRH The Princess Royal. Described as "perhaps the first and only book to chart major military change in peacetime, as it happened.