Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1959 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Light blue cloth with silver titles, 3 volumes in one: xxiv, 345 pp; xviii, 319 pp; xiv, 286 pp; numerous illustrations in all three volumes. Lacks rear free end paper, otherwise good with moderate rubbing of extremities, soiling to bottom edge near fore-edge, and a small tear to tail of spine. Learning to Sail is aimed at the "landlubber," according to the foreword. "It begins at the beginning, and gives just enough information to enable anyone to take out a small boat and bring her back in safety." Contents: selection of a boat; mooring; vocabulary; preliminary warnings; useful knots; bending and hoisting sail; reefing; theory of sailing; before the wind; sailing to windward; reaching; making and clearing a dock or mooring; helmsmanship; ballast and trim; seventeen ways to get into trouble; seventeen or more ways to get out of trouble; capsizing; what to do in a… Read More

Pleasantville, NY: Redgrave Publishing Company, 1977 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Beige wraps with black titles, [iii], 335-426 pp, index to vol 1. Cover was originally somewhat darker and is unevenly sunned, else fine. Articles on Italian literature are in English with frequent quotations in Italian. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Magazine. Near Fine/No dj. 22 X 19 cm.

New York: Out of London Press, 1980 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. White wraps with black titles & dec., about 350 pp in all. Creases near spines and a few small spots to covers of Nos. 1 & 2, No. 3 is about fine. Articles on Italian literature are in English with frequent quotations in Italian, plus a reprint of an Italian-language document of about 30 pp in each issue. The editors express their intentions: "While retaining many of the instigations of the original Editorial and Advisory Boards, the present Editors find it necessary to explore new critical paths and modes of inquiry: tradition must be seen as transcendence rather than the norm. The most varied contributions are analogically related so as to generate the interanimation of philology and philosophy (rhetorics and hermeneutics). This tactic is not one of antithesis, but of oxymoron. From the non-place of our activity, the quest for definition is no more no less urgent than its… Read More

Pleasantville, NY: Redgrave Publishing Company, 1977 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Beige wraps with black titles, about 500 pp in all. Covers were originally somewhat darker and are unevenly sunned. Vol. 1, No. 1 has small tears to spine ends, a few spots on front cover, some underlining & notes in ink, loose page reglued. Other issues are VG or better, with a few pencil notes. Articles on Italian literature are in English with frequent quotations in Italian. First issue contains "The Code: Metaphor or Interdisciplinary Category?" by Umberto Eco. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). Magazine. Varying/No dj. 22 X 19 cm.

St. Paul: Pelham Books, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Number 64 of 2000. Yellow cloth, blue titles on spine, blue endpapers, [x], 51, [1] pp, illustrations, footnotes, index. Slight wear to spine ends, else fine. DJ has 4 closed tears from 1 to 6 cm long, and a bit of rubbing at corners and fore-edges; in Brodart archival cover. Rufus Porter, the founder of Scientific American, was one of many 19th-century inventors of failed airships. This book contains a sketch of Porter's career, plus annotated reproductions of the text and illustrations of two pamphlets that Porter produced to promote his scheme for a passenger-carrying airship that anticipated many design features of the later successful Zeppelins. Additional illustrations show other inventors' airship designs. As did many other inventors, Porter vastly underestimated the difficulty and cost of building his airship; the Panic of 1857 also dried up financing at a critical time.… Read More

St. Louis et al.: Mosby Year Book, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. ISSN 0513-5117. Red cloth-textured boards, foil & gilt titles on front board & spine, xxiii, 410 pp, subject & author indices. Some scuffing to rear board, else fine. Annual review of the literature through March 1997 contains brief summaries of journal articles reporting both cases and research, often with a figure or two from the article and comments by the editor. Publisher's invoice laid in. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

Geneva: International Labour Office, 1956 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, [4], xv, 503, [1] pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, cloth fraying at corners & spine ends, otherwise very good. All text, table headings, and footnotes are given in English, French, and Spanish. Annual statistics are updated through 1955, monthly & quarterly through June 1956. Contains statistics on total & economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages & labor income, consumer price indices & retail prices; family income & expenses; social security; industrial injuries & disputes; and migration for 69 countries (statistics available vary by country). Data for the USSR are presented separately in an appendix. Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. 16th Ed. . G/No dj. 31 X 22½ cm.

Geneva: International Labour Office, 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, [4], xvi, 627, [1] pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, cloth beginning to fray at corners & spine ends, otherwise very good. All text, table headings, and footnotes are given in English, French, and Spanish. Annual statistics are updated through 1957, monthly & quarterly through June 1958. Contains statistics on total & economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages & labor income, consumer price indices & retail prices; family income & expenses; social security; industrial injuries & disputes; and migration for 79 countries (statistics available vary by country). Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. . G+/No dj. 31 X 22½ cm.

St. Louis et al.: Mosby Year Book, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth-textured boards, gilt & white titles on front board & spine, xviii, 528 pp, subject & author indices. Boards have a few small scuffed spots, head of spine slightly rumpled, else fine. Annual review of the literature through March 1991 contains brief summaries of journal articles reporting both cases and research, often with a figure or two from the article.. . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Society of Engineers, 1898 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Stiff avacado paper wraps, side-stapled, [viii], 99, [9] pp. Covers browning, especially at edges, and lightly rubbed. Title on covers is abbreviated to "Engineers' Year Book." Contents: some notes on dynamite, by Arthur Edwin Haynes; narcoteine and narceine, by G. B. Frankforter and Frank H. Keller; the motion of a base-ball, by C. H. Hinton; a few queries (brain teasers), by Geo. D. Shepardson; reclamation of wet land, by W. R. Hoag; geology of the Mesabi iron range, by U. S. Grant; shop work for engineering students, by J. H. Gill; bridge erection, by Frank H. Constant; a high or low tension alternator, by H. F. M. Dahl; electric lighting, by W. I. Gray; direct current generators in parallel, by Frank W. Springer. Ships in a padded flat-rate envelope. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Magazine. VG/No dj. 25½ X 17 cm.

Geneva: International Labour Office, 1959 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Full brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, [4], xxiii, 533, [3] pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamp, cloth fraying at corners & spine ends, otherwise very good. All text, table headings, and footnotes are given in English, French, and Spanish. Annual statistics are updated through 1958, monthly & quarterly through June 1959. Contains statistics on total & economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages & labor income, consumer price indices & retail prices; family income & expenses; social security; industrial injuries & disputes; and migration for 86 countries (statistics available vary by country). Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 5 lbs.. . G/No dj. 31 X 22½ cm.

St. Louis et al.: Mosby Year Book, 1997 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. ISSN 0513-5117. Red cloth-textured boards, foil & gilt titles on front board & spine, li, 486 pp, subject & author indices. Annual review of the literature through March 1996 contains brief summaries of journal articles reporting both cases and research, often with a figure or two from the article and comments by the editor. Publisher's promotional material laid in. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 12 oz.). . Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

St. Louis et al.: Mosby Year Book, 1992 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. ISSN 0513-5117. Red cloth-textured boards, white & gilt titles on front board & spine, xi, 421 pp, subject & author indices. Annual review of the literature through March 1991 contains brief summaries of journal articles reporting both cases and research, often with a figure or two from the article. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). . Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Society of Engineers, 1900 Extra shipping charge may apply for this item to some destinations. Stiff pale blue paper wraps, side-stapled, [iv], 55, [9] pp, a few figures, 3 photo plates, 2 fold-out diagrams. Title on covers is abbreviated to "Engineers' Year Book." Covers browning, especially at edges, and lightly rubbed with some surface chipping. Contents: the plant of the Faribault Consolidated Gas and Electric Company, by Oliver Field Allen; survey and construction of the Cascade Tunnel by the Great Northern Railway through the Cascade Range, State of Washington (with fold-outs showing the tunnel's profile, cross-section, and tunneling techniques), by M. E. Reed, Assistant Engineer, G. N. Ry.; wind power for electrical purposes, by Roy E. Thompson; the resident engineer, by Frank H. Constant; secondary stresses in framed structures, by Thomas A. Clark; photography, by W. R. Hoag; the new mechanical engineering shops of the University of… Read More

St. Louis et al.: Mosby Year Book, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. ISSN 0513-5117. Red cloth-textured boards, white & gilt titles on front board & spine, xi, 407 pp, subject & author indices. Annual review of the literature through March 1990 contains brief summaries of journal articles reporting both cases and research, often with a figure or two from the article and comments by the editor. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). . Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

St. Louis et al.: Mosby Year Book, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. ISSN 0513-5117. Red cloth-textured boards, foil & gilt titles on front board & spine, li, 486 pp, subject & author indices. Annual review of the literature through March 1993 contains brief summaries of journal articles reporting both cases and research, often with a figure or two from the article and comments by the editor. Publisher's form letter and promotional flyers laid in. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 8 oz.). . Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1903 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Part of a matched set; search our inventory by author to view the others. Blue cloth, gilt title on burnt orange panel & fairly elaborate gilt decorations on spine, x, 309 pp, 32 ff b & w plates contain photos, paintings, and drawings including one by Charles Dana Gibson. Spine ends just beginning to fray, else very good, gilt titles bright and attractive, fake gilt tops corroded to the color of an old penny. First-hand reports on six major events of 1896-7: the coronation of Czar Nicholas II; the millenial celebration at Budapest; the revolution in Cuba; President McKinley's first inauguration; the Greco-Turkish war; Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Reprint. . G+/No dj. Illus. by Frederic Remington & R. C. Woodville et al.. 20 X 13½ cm.

Cleveland, OH & New York: Collins, 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter white cloth, mauve paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine, ix, 220 pp, index. DJ browning slightly along top edge; in Brodart archival cover. Hebblethwaite, a free-lance writer trained as a Jesuit priest, reports on Popes Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II, as well as on the two conclaves in 1978 that chose the latter two popes. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . Fine/Near Fine. 21½ X 14 cm.

Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2007 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dark brown boards, grey spine with black titles, grey endpapers, xvii, 204 pp. DJ in Brodart archival cover. The photographs are all in the chapter headpieces. It's hard to decide where to shelve this book -- is it travel? food? agriculture? -- but we have decided on travel as the author recounts her journey around the USA to see goat farms, dairies, and cheese makers in 43 states. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Combined Edition. . Fine/Fine. Illus. by Photographs by Karl Schatz. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Washington, D. C: Government Printing Office, 1932 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, black titles on front board & spine, iv, 975 pp, 217 figures, 526 tables, index. Tear to cloth on top edge of front board, top edge foxed & with rubber-stamped name of Congressman Ernest Lund (MN, 3rd District). Summarizes research performed or sponsored by the Department of Agriculture in the preceeding year, the depressed economic situation, mechanization, land use, and agricultural statistics. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . G-/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.