Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Renaissance Books

U. K.: Royal Mail / The Royal Mint. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Ephemera. First day cover. Postmarked 21.4.2011. Envelope is numbered with a rubber stamp "No 04432". Five pound coin of "William and Catherine - 29 April 2011" held in a card with text bi-lingual in Welsh and English. The coin visible through a circular hole in the envelope. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. A nice copy of this title. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; This copy signed by Edmund Hillary and Peter Hillary on the title page (the author's husband and son). "Ed Hillary" signature in black ink and "Peter Hillary" signature in blue ink. 208 pages + 25 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Maps on endpapers. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216 x 138mm. "After Sir Edmund Hillary and his expedition had completed a new hospital in the Sherpa village of Khunde near Mount Everest, his wife, Louise, and their three hildren (Peter, 11, Sarah, 10, and Belinda, 7) came to meet him in a high Himalayan valley." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

London: Chatto & Windus. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1897. Hardcover. Some fading to spine. 20mm tear to cloth along top of spine. A couple of cup marks on front board. Ex libris bookplate, Paul Aubin.; "A New Edition / With Two Hundred And Twenty Illustrations". [2 (blank)], [4], (xi)-xvi, 525, [2], [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 32 pages advertisements dated May 1897. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine, gilt lettering on front board. Page dimensions: 192 x 125mm. .

Selkirk: George Lewis & Son. Poor with no dust jacket. 1888. Softcover. Loss to inner upper corner of last two leaves and the rear cover, with loss of some printed matter. Losses to margins of front cover. Abrasion to front cover. Covers rubbed and stained. Lacking paper spine. Three pieces of adhesive tape over spine and covers. Later owner's signature on title page. Lower corners of title leaf and first leaves brittle with some creasing and losses. ; Stated "New Edition". Scarce. WorldCat locates 3 copies. 43, [1 (blank)] pages. Printed paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 165 x 102mm. Full imprint on title page is: Selkirk: George Lewis & Son. / Edinburgh: J. Menzies & Co. / 1888." .

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards and spine rubbed, worn, and heavily foxed. A 1" x 3/8" chip to paper at head of spine, and other smaller chips and abrasions to ends of spine and margins of boards. Heavy shelf rubbing to lower edges of boards. Paper split along lengths of joints. 1" split to gutter at front hinge. Some foxing to margins of leaves.; xv, [1], 349, [1] pages. Contemporary pastepaper boards with printed paper title label on spine. Page dimensions: 174 x 102mm. Collation: A6 a2 B-P12 Q7. "Errata and Emendations" printed on verso of leaf a2. No advertisements at rear. No errata slip. Upper edges of leaves uncut. The last collection of Wordsworth's poems to be published in his lifetime. Includes many sonnets. Selected poem titles: "Composed in Roslin Chapel, during a Storm"; "The Trosachs"; "Highland Hut"; "The Egyptian… Read More

Auckland: Arthur Yates & Co.. Good with No dust jacket as issued. (1934). Softcover. Covers rubbed and faded. Chips and tears to spine. Staples rusted. Previous owner's name in pencil. Rubber stamp "Temuka Courthouse Museum". ; Twentieth New Zealand edition. 128 pages + frontispiece. Printed green card covers. Page dimensions: 217 x 139mm. "20th Revised Edition" label on title page. .

[Sydney]: Shaw Savill Line / Hogbin, Poole (Printers) Pty.. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. [c1970s]. Softcover. Some rubbing to covers.; No date [c1970s]. 16 pages. Yellow printed covers. Page dimensions: 203 x 216mm. Song lyrics to 62 songs. Songs include Pack Up Your Troubles; It's A Long Way To Tipperary; Four Leaf Clover; Tea For Two; Give My Regards To Broadway; Abadaba Honeymoon; California, Here I Come; Waltzing Matilda. .

London: Cassell. Fair in Fair dust jacket. (1964). First Edition. Hardcover. An ex-library copy. Library stamps and markings. Lacking the front free endpaper and half-title page. Hinges taped. Edges of boards rubbed and worn. Adhesive tape stains to boards and endpapers. Dust-jacket flaps cropped, without loss of text but very close to the text. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; (iii)-xiii, [1], 257 pages + 26 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. 5 small maps (within the pagination). Blue papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 210 x 139mm. An account of the Cambridge Trans-American Expedition, the first expedition to drive the length of the Americas. 40,000 miles over 17 countries. "A hot, wet, 200-mile walk through the roadless Darien isthmus took the party as far as dinner at the Panama Hilton [. . .]" - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Christchurch: Nag's Head Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. Volume two only of two volumes. An edition of 300 copies. 76, [3], [1 (blank)] pages. Brown boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 176 x 107mm. .

Edinburgh: David Douglas. Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Rubbing to papered boards. Paper lifting at margins of front board, with small 1/4" chip at lower corner. ; viii, 118 pages + [2] pages advertisement. Printed papered boards with blue cloth spine. Page dimensions: 163 x 104mm. Reflections and observations on natural history in Scotland, arranged by the 12 months. "The pretty white-breasted dipper was busy at the foot of the waterfall, and ever and anon, upon emergin from among the pebbles, it sang a song that was loud, trilling, and wren-like" - page 100. ; 16mo .

London: John Murray. Good with no dust jacket. 1831. Hardcover. Amateur binding is sturdy but quirky and definitely not to a professional standard. Later endpapers. Some foxing. Pencil doodle on verso of title page of Volume Two. ; First UK edition. Two volumes (complete). Volume One: ix, [1], 413 pages + [3] pages advertisements. Volume Two: vii, [1], 377 pages + [3] pages advertisements. Rebound by amateur binder in half-leather. Original cloth titles laid down on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 122mm. Some small in-text illustrations. ; 8vo .

London: Harrison And Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Fading to top half of spine. "Philosophical Institute Of Canterbury," ink stamp to front free endpaper. Corners of several leaves creased. Some rubbing to ends of spine. ; [iv], 257 pages. Maroon cloth wrappers with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213mm x 135mm. ; 8vo .

London: Collins. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Bumping to bottom corner of front board. Fading to boards. ; xiv, 178 + plates. Green cloth boards. ; 8vo .

London: Collins. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Moderate foxing to page edges. Some adhesive tape stains to endpapers. Fading to boards. Moderate foxing to dust wrapper. No tears to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price clipped. Dust wrapper protected in mylar cover. ; xiv, 178 pages + plates. Green cloth boards. "[. . .] will appeal to ornithologists and amateurs alike by the lively and pleasant quality of the writing, the interesting and extremely informative presentation of the subject, and the learned bibliography." - from dust wrapper blurb. A volume in the celebrated New Naturalist Library. "[. . .] we have now come to look forward to new volumes in this series - well written, beautifully produced, and awakening interest in some fresh feature of Britain's countryside" - quoted from a Guardian review of the series. This volume is one of the "Special Volumes" of the New Naturalist Monographs series.; Series… Read More

Auckland: David Bateman. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1998). First Edition. Softcover. 1869533844 . 164 pages. Page dimensions: 210 x 137mm. "Retail selling is coming under threat from direct mail, telesales and the Internet. To survive in this new selling environment, retail salespeople have to offer something more. Written specifically for New Zealand retailers, this book is a guide to the sales process with a new way of selling." .

Wellington: Steele Roberts. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (2001). First Edition. Hardcover. 1877228516 . No signatures. Some rubbing to margins of dust wrapper.; 207, [1] pages. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 231 x 151mm. Military history, World War II. "Through the 1930s Tony Vercoe's carefree college days in Nelson had seemed remote from the rise of Nazism on the other side of the world. Then as a response to looming war, territorial service in Wellington led to a journey across diverse wartimes landscapes, through actions graphically described, and among people faithfully recalled." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .

Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. Softcover. 1972 reprint of 1955 revised edition of a title first published in 1954. [4], 29, [2], [1 (blank)] pages. Light blue card covers with blue lettering and silver star illustration on front cover. Page dimensions: 137 x 107mm. Printed in blue ink. "At the heart of the Cosmos there is ONE. That One has Its sanctuary and shrine in the heart of every human being." - from the Introduction. .

London: Methuen and Co.. Fair with No dust jacket as issued. 1890. Hardcover. Rebound in grey leather by amateur binder. Titles from original cloth binding laid down as portions on the new binding. Later endpapers. Pink dampstains to lower margins of preliminary leaves.; "New and Revised Edition". vi, 424 pages. Rebound. Page dimensions: 191 x 126mm. Chapters include: The Ghost of Trinity Church, York; Blind Jack of Knaresborough; A Yorkshire Butcher; The One-Pound Note; Job Senior, the Hermit of Rumbold's Moor; The Wooden Bell of Ripon; Mary Bateman, Witch and Murderess. ; 8vo .

Wellington: Victoria University Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0864730101 . No signatures. Some foxing to top page edges. Some fading to dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. A nice copy of this title.; First printing. [viii], 203, [1 (blank)] pages. Light green boards with red lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 131mm. A collection of short stories.This hardcover first edition of the collection of stories "You Are Now Entering the Human Heart" is one of Janet Frame's less common titles. .

Wellington: Victoria University Press. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0864730101 . Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front endpaper. Some minor bruising to corners of boards. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. A nice copy of this title.; First printing. [viii], 203, [1 (blank)] pages. Light green boards with red lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 131mm. A collection of short stories.This hardcover first edition of the collection of stories "You Are Now Entering the Human Heart" is one of Janet Frame's less common titles. .