Search Results: Authors starting with Y from B Street Books, ABAA

Hunan literature and Art Publishing House, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. Very good condition. Missing MP3DVD.

Oxford University Press, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. This text was commissioned by the Institute of Pacific Relations, in May of 1932, with the goal of studying and reporting on the conditions of the South Sea Islands under Japanese mandate; to determine the extent of economic and social development under Japanese administration compared to the prior German regime. Red cloth boards, gilt tiles to spine. 312 pp., including index, fold-out map before page 1, tables throughout. Condition: Gilt to spine intact but somewhat faded, corners are slightly bumped, minor scuffing to covers. Fold-out map is fine, text block is tight, "Bureau of International Relations" stamps to half-title and title pages. A very good copy of this pre-WWII text.

The Easton Press, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine. An edition Yeats' Mythologies in the distinctive style of the Easton Press. Green leather binding with elaborate gilt ornamentation, all edges gilt, silk endpapers and ribbon, illustrated frontispiece, and archival quality paper. Very slight wear to the corners. 369pp. 9 x 6 x 1.5

Scribner, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is one volume from a 14-volume series encompassing all of Yeats' published works. There is a remainder mark on the bottom edge of the book (see photo), otherwise pages are clean and unmarked.

The Easton Press, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine. Easton edition combining the texts of "Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry" and "Irish Fairy Tales". Bound in the distinctive style of the Easton Press, with green leather covers with gilt ornamentation, all edges gilt, silk endpapers and ribbon, illustrated frontispiece. Slightest wear to the corners. xix, 389pp. 9.25 x 6.25

Crestline Books / Eason Press, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good. An Easton Press edition, with their distinctive leather bindings, gilt edges, silk endpapers and ribbon place marker. Yenne's "Complete History" is thoroughly researched and illustrated. 191pp. 11 x 8.75

Books Nippan, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. A striking collaboration between the photographer Noriaki Yokosuka, the model Sayoko Yamaguchi, and the Butoh group Sankaijuku, directed and choreographed by Ushio Amagatsu. Softcovers with jacket comprised of clear plastic and a printed lower band. Split to bottom edge of rear panel of jacket, slight loss to plastic at the head of the spine, minor wear and bumping of the corners. Unnumbered pages are bright and unmarked. 10.25 x 8.5

2009. Paperback. Very Good. Clean and umarked. Almost like new.

Soft cover. Very Good. The catalog of the exhibition presented by the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, "the first exhibition outside Japan to focus on 19th and 20th century Japanese working class clothing made from recycled cotton materials. The unique textures of these recycled textiles and the simple, elegant design of the resultant work clothing make them one of the world's undiscovered treasures..." (from the Preface". Wonderfully illustrated, with a detailed analysis of the background, history, use of fibers, and chapters on Saki-Ori, Sashiko, and Jimpi, with a glossary and bibliography. 116 glossy pages, with slight darkening to the edges. 11.5 x 8.5

Japan Publications Trading, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. This book detail the designs of Japanese traditional bamboo fences with diagrams. There is some sunning to the spine, otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked.

Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. Hardcover. Like New. Clean and unmarked, including dust jacket.

Lockwood, 1950. Unknown Binding. Very Good. 1950, Hardcover.

Quanyan Press, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. Clean and unarked. A little shelf-wear. No CD.