Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)

Tokyo. Hakusuisha. 1984. 4to., 26cm, 2nd edition, 759p., indexes, dark green cloth, gilt spine titles, fine as new copy in printed slipcase (Ho7).

Offprinted, American Journal of Science. 1913. Soft cover. 8vo., 29p., illustrations, stiff printed grey wraps, cover slightly dust soiled else fine condition (Pol).

New York. Telephone Pioneers of America. 1961, 1961. Hardcover. 24cm, 363p., frontispiece, illustrations, appendices, grey over blue cloth, a very good copy (b28).

London. John Van Voorst. 1843. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 21cm, first edition, in 3 volumes,xxxii,525 & 669 & 528pp., with 520 engraved text illustrat-ions, incontemporary full decorated diced calf, raised gilt-ruled bands, gilttitles on morocco labels, gilt decorated in the panel, gilt ruled borderson the diced calf boards, marbled endpapers & edges, spine edges rubbed,light foxing primarily to endpapers, some wear on the board edges andsome occasion worming on the boards, sound, a very good set. (sgc) Freeman 4176. The first book edition of an important 19th centuryornithological study, first appearing in parts from 1837 to 1843, byBritish naturalist, William Yarrell (1784-1856). It remained a standardreference for birds for the rest of the century and was known to havebeen used by Yarrell's colleague, Audubon. The illustrations were drawnby Alexander Fussell and engraved by John Thompson and sons.

Albany. State University of New York Press. 1987, 1987. Hardcover. 23cm, xii,207p., index, wine cloth, a fine copy (ds5).

Albany. State University of New York Press. 1989, 1989. Hardcover. 23cm, xiv,233p., index, wine cloth, a fine copy (ds5).

London. Country Life Limited. 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. 22 cm, first edition, 156p., o30 illustrations including colour frontis, map, appendices, index, gren cloth, fine slightly chipped jacket - A.E. Porslid's copy. (Gar). Ornthological studies in North and South-West Iceland.

Dublin, Ireland. The Cuala Press. Hardcover. 1931. 8vo. 21.5cm, 45,[1]p., limited to 450 copies, printed by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats, on paper made in Ireland, at the Cuala Press, with 2 plate illustrations by Dulac and with his woodcut illustration unicorn & star' on the title page, quarter linen backed printed blue paper over boards, paper spine label, spine tanned, label chipped along the edges, former owner's signature on the free fly dated 1935, a very good copy (Ho.1).

Published Monthly by E.C. Yeats at the Cuala Press, Churchtown, Dundrum, County Dublin. Subscription Twelve Shillings A Year Post Free. [Containing]. THE YOUNG LADY'S LAMENTATION FOR THE LOSS OF HER TRUE LOVE. By James. Guthrie. Limited to 300 copies, folio, 28cm, 1 sheet printed on 3 pages (each part was printed on 3 page only, page 4 being blank), with hand colour woodcut illustration on pages one and two and a full page black and white illustration on page three by Jack B. Yeats, slight dust worn, a very good copy (ids) See Millar pp49-54 & 120-121.

[Dublin]. The Dolmen Press. 1965. 8vo, 22.5cm, pp111-124, red and black printed brown wraps, near fine (hids). ~ No. V of the Dolmen Press Yeats Centenary Papers.

Churchtown, Dundrum. The Cuala Press. 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 21cm, the first edition, limited edition of 400 copies, [4](1)60,[1]p., title-page vignette, errata sheet laid in, limited page & colophon printed in red, quarter linen back blue-grey printed boards and blue-grey end-papers, lacking paper spine label, former owner's name on front endpaper, some foxing on the boards and some dust soiling on the linen, a very good copy (ids) ~ Miller 25. Passages taken from letters written between 1911 and 1916 to W.B. Yeats, with editor's note by Ezra Pound. "Published and printed by Elizabeth Corbet Yeats on paper made in Ireland.

[Dublin]. The Dolmen Press. 1965. Soft cover. 22.5cm, pp87-108, red and black type, printed wraps, near fine (hids). No. IV of the Dolmen Press Yeats Centenary Papers.

Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 1982. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. tall8vo, 24cm, x,182p., photographic facsimiles, original blue cloth, near fine in very good to fine jacket (hmds) ~ From "The Cornell Yeats" series. This volume makes available for the first time all extant manuscript materials relating to Yeats's play "The Death of Cuchulain". The play, based on a Irish folktale and begun in 1938, was one of Yeats's last works.

Dublin. Dolmen Press. 1966. 12mo, 20cm, reprint of second revised edition of 1963, sketch illustrations, double-page map, indexes, illustrated wraps, very good. ~ Includes the place names related to Yeats' poems and plays (with list) in County Sligo (known as "Yeats Country" ). The drawings and maps were made by Ruth Brandt during visits to places mentioned in the text. A Dolmen Press Book edited by Patrick Gallagher.

London. A.H. Bullen. 1902. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, Second Edition, x,234,[1]p., frontis portrait plate with tissue guard, in the original dark blue cloth, gilt titles and elaborately decorated on the spine, block title and one design in gilt on the upper cover, some slight wear on the spine edges and corners, a fine bright copy, unopened. (cgc) First published in 1893, the second edition has several added chapters and a new preface.

Troy, New York. The Whithail ston Publishing Company. 1971. 8vo. 22cm, 100p., full tan cloth, gilt titles on front & spine, as new (Ilc). ~ A useful Yeats reference. In 5 parts: Easily Accessible Primary Sources: General Critical Background; Esoteric and Historical Background; Criticism and Biography: Books; Articles.

Dublin. The Dolmen Press. 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 20.5cm, first edition, 72p., index, green mottled cloth, gilt spine titles, fine in near fine complete jacket ~ Millar, #158. With a foreword by Roger McHugh. Published in conjunction with the Anglo Irish Department, University College, Dublin.

Detroit. Wayne State University Press. 1969, 1969. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 8vo. 23cm, first thus, 137p., frontis portrait, notes, blue cloth, a fine copy in fine complete jacket (Hds). - This novella and one story are among the earliest of Yeats' writings; as such they are implacably autobiographical.

London. A.H. Bullen. 1907. 12mo, 19cm, first London edition, 35p., string bound, original printed grey wraps, covers detached, wrapper edges chipped, text lightly toned, a good copy. (Ilc). ~ A play based on the Irish folk-hero Cuchulain. First performed at the grand opening of the Abbey Theatre, 27 December 1904. First published in Dublin, 1905.

San Diego. Academic Press. 1990. Hardcover. 28cm, xv,382p., tables, graphs, illustrated boards, initials marked on top and bottom edges, otherwise a very good to fine copy (scs).