Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press

Mie: Mie University Press, 2002. cloth, dust jacket. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 265+(1) pages. First edition. Peter Short's printing house produced, among other notable works, the first two quartos of Shakespeare's Henry VI Part One (1598), and editions of The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis. Also from his house came the first editions of Thomas Morley's Canzonets or Little Short Songs to Four Voices (1597) and the first three editions of John Dowland's The First Book of Songs or Airs of Four Parts (1597). This book aims to examine all the books he printed, to make an accurate assessment of his house's productivity and to give the master printer his due place in the history of printing. A brief but fully documented biography of Short is followed by a list of all the books he printed, including several new ascriptions. For each book, the STC number is given, together with date and collation, and the location of all copies consulted in the preparation of the study. On the basis of this list,… Read More

Tokyo: Yushodo Press Co., Ltd, 1998. cloth. Shakespeare, William. large 8vo. cloth. 357 pages. First edition. This book presents a faithful transcription of marginal annotations by an early seventeenth-century Scottish reader of Shakespeare's First Folio (1623), which is now in possession of the Meisei University Library. As primary source material for research, this "diplomatic" transcription, accompanied by more than 40 photographic reproductions of the Folio pages, offers the most reliable information as well as the most definite proof of the rising readership of the day, not only of Shakespeare's plays, but also of books in general. A long Introduction precedes the transcription, which is equiped with textual and explanatory footnotes. Also prepared at the end of the book is a glossarial index that records a large number of words that are not found in the Oxford English Dictionary and many Scottish words as well.

London, England: Kodansha International in conjunction with Ward Lock & Company, 1964. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, slipcase. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, slipcase. 262 pages. A historical survey of decorative arts in Japan, including ceramics, metal work, laquer ware, and textiles, Table of contents, preface, introduction, chronology, list of plates. Tipped in color plates. Slipcase rubbed at corners and sunned. Dust jacket torn near edges.

Washington, DC: Potomac Corral, The Westerners, 1967. cloth. Dobie, Frank. 8vo. cloth. ii, 16 pages. Presentation by the author, then a U.S. Senator from Texas. Second printing. Foreword by Jeff Dykes. Black and white frontispiece, portrait of the author and Dobie.

(Wichita, KS: Oak Park Press, 1974. cloth, paper cover label. Miniature Books. miniature book (9.0 x 6.5 cm). cloth, paper cover label. (ii), 9, (3) pages. Limited to 50 copies (Bradbury, Oak Park 1). Illustrated by Bill Jackson. Produced as a keepsake for the first Festival of the Book in Kansas City. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown. Gilding on front cover lightly worn.

Wichita, KS: Oak Park Press, 1988. cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, decorated endpapers. Miniature Books. miniature book (7.5 x 6.0 cm). cloth, title gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, decorated endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon (Bradbury, Oak Park 7). An alphabetical overview of type faces, with illustrations. Introductory comments by the author.

New York: New York Public Library, 1929. paper wrappers. Tolstoi, Leo. large 8vo. paper wrappers. 37 pages. Introduction by Avrahm Yarmolinsky. Front wrapper soiled. Corners bumped. Rear wrapper and pp.21-37 torn and creased. P.19 soiled.

(Washington, DC): The Folger Shakespeare Library, 1991. stiff paper wrappers. Autographs. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. Chronological list of monarchs, foreword by Doggett, introduction by Yeandle, genealogical chart, lists of documents, books, and portraits.

(Pasadena, CA): Clinker Press, The, 2019. broadside. Clinker Press. small 4to. broadside. Broadside with a quotation by W.B. Yeats. Designed and printed by Andre Chaves of the Clinker Press in two colors in memory of his son, Eric.

San Francisco, CA: Windsor Press, The, 1926. boards, dust jacket. Windsor Press, The. 12mo. boards, dust jacket. 27 pages. Foreword by James S. Johnson. Limited to 750 copies, printed on Rye Mill handmade paper. A near fine copy. Printed for C. F. Benoit. Contains a brief play written by Yeats.

Newark: University of Delaware, Morris Library, 1991. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 49 pages. Acknowledgements from Susan Brynteson, introduction by Alice Schreyer and comments from the collectors including Frank Tober, Gordon Pfeiffer, Thomas Doherty, Thomas Beckman and Robert D. Fleck. Signed by the author.

Newark: University of Delaware Library, 1991. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vi, 49 pages. Acknowledgements by Susan Brynteson, introduction by Alice Schreyer and individual essays by 24 collectors. A fine copy. Illustrated. Interests include Delaware history, miniature books, literary forgery (especially T.J. Wise), A. Edward Newton by Robert Fleck, etc.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1971. cloth, dust jacket. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (xii), 115 pages. First edition. Price-clipped dust jacket lightly chipped at the head of the spine and rubbed along the top edge.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1964. cloth-backed decorated paper covered boards, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth-backed decorated paper covered boards, dust jacket. 88 pages. First edition. Mark on the top edge, lower front corner bumped, rubbed, chipped, creased dust jacket missing a small piece at the head of the spine and larger pieces at the top of the flap folds.

(Syracuse, NY): Syracuse University Press, 1959. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 46 pages. "Frontiers of Librarianship-Number Two" issued by the School of Library Science as Syracuse. Three essays, providing criteria for the evaluation of libraries, from the perspectives of collections and personnel. Foreword by the editor.

London: Yendall & Company Ltd Typefounders, n.d.. paper wrappers. Type Specimens. 8vo. paper wrappers. 198, (8) pages, foldout plate at rear. The Lightweight Postal Edition. Minor cover soiling, else a near fine copy. Some color printing.

London: Yendall & Company Ltd Typefounders, n.d.. cloth. Type Specimens. 8vo. cloth. 256, (2) pages. Very good copy.

West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2003. decorated cloth, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. Aralia Press. 8vo. decorated cloth, paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 140 copies. Spectrum type on Zerkall paper. Frontispiece etching by Fulvio Testa. A collection of poetry.

(West Chester, PA: Aralia Press), 2002. bottom edge uncut. Aralia Press. broadside (9 by 6 1/2 inches). bottom edge uncut. Keepsake printed by Michael and Dianne Peich, to celebrate the birth of Susannah Spencer Yezzi, January 22, 2002. A work of poetry.

(West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 2002. bottom edge uncut. Aralia Press. broadside (9 by 6 1/2 inches). bottom edge uncut. Signed by the author. Keepsake printed by Michael and Dianne Peich to celebrate the birth of Susannah Spencer Yezzi, January 22, 2002. A work of poetry.