Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Old Algonquin Books

Urbana: University of Illinois, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Letters for the Weekly Anglo-African from black civil war soldier of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment covering the years 1859 to 1964. Photos, index, and biographical intro of Stephens' life and times..

New York: Knopf, 1993. Second printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Biography of the homespun sage, radio entertainer, movie star.

NY: Kodansha, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Novel of Japanese woman in New York City. Review copy with promo sheets laid in. First American edition.

NY: HarperCollins, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Author's first novel. Two Japanese women in California in early 1900's. First printing.

New York: Bonanza, 1986. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 471 pages, index, over 2000 line drawings. Detail from technicalities of moder fabric manufacture to symbolism of Chinese dragon robes of the CH'ing dynasty. Bump on bottom board corner.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. 207 pages, glossary, photos. History of destroyers from Civil War days through both world wars. Blue cloth boards have light rubbing on bottom edges. Small light stain on bottom corner of rear free endpaper. Dust jacket, with $3.00 price on flap, has light edgewear, tiny corner chips and rubbing of finish.

NY: Norton, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Small corner bump on board. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear at corner & crease. The quiet country lanes not on the packaged holidays. Index, maps, and attractive drawings. Sketches by author. First American edition.

NY: St. Martins, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket has 2 short closed tears under 1". Second case for actress-sleuth Victoria Bowering. Review copy with publicity sheet laid in. First printing.

NY: St. Martins, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Victoria Bowering, NY actress, mystery. Author's first novel. Small binding flaw on bottom board corner. First printing.

Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Analysis of William Butler Yeats' efforts to restore poetry to the theater, his dramatic technique and the meaning of his plays. 361 pages, index. A one inch tear and rubs at folds of dust jacket.

New York: Modern Library, 1940. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. ML 44.1. Reprint ca. 1962 with $1.95 price on dust jacket and titles listed up to 1962 at end of book and inside the jacket. Green boards. Beige and navy dust jacket has a 1/4" tear.

NY: St. Martins, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Antiques dealer has another life. First American edition.

NY: Viking, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Dust jacket has a 1/4" tear on rear panel. English woman's daughter brings home boyfriend and trouble. First American edition.

NY: Viking, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. British mystery of a chance encounter in a country town. First American edition.

NY: Viking, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. British mystery. Review copy with slip & PR sheet. First American edition.

NY: Mysterious Press, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. British suspense novel. Review promo sheet laid in. First American edition.

New York: Harper & Row, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 248-page bibliography with Essay in Appriciation by Harold Lewis Cook and Introduction and Three Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Previous owner name on front free endpaper and toning at endpaper gutters. Dust jacket, with price intact on flap, has chips up to one inch and a one-inch tear at corners of jacket.

Lincoln: University Of Nebraska Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 317 pages, index, Record of about 3500 items, 42 illustrations including 18 plates in full color. Brown boards with beige cloth spine. Dust jacket with $25 price on flap has a 1/2" tear, a few creases and rubs.

Lincoln: Univ. of Nebraska, 1971. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Bibliography of 3500 items, includes 42 plates, 18 in color. 8-1/2 x 11". Second printing. Beige cloth spine of book has tan foxing. Light foxing on page edges

New York: Modern Library. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. ML 179.1. 1950s printing Green boards have light rubbing on the finish. Beige and brown dust jacket has $1.45 price on flap. Small chips, couple of 1" tears and rubs on jacket with spine partly faded.