Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Ariadne Books

London: Little, Brown & Co, 2002. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Little, Brown, London, 2002. First edition. Book condition: near fine and unread. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped and with minor edge wear only. In his award winning 'Almost Like a Whale', acclaimed science writer Steve Jones updated the book of the millennium: Darwin's The Origin of Species. Now taking his cue from Darwin's second great work, The Descent of Man, he turns his attention to one of nature's most neglected creatures: men. The Y chromosome, the most decayed, redundant and parasitic part of the human genome, is a microscopic metaphor of those who bear it. Man might not be from Mars, but a mixture of society, stupidity and testosterone has created the crisis of modern manhood. Steve Jones' brilliant analysis of the descent of men is absorbing and essential reading - for at least half the population.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1974. First edition. Hardback. 466pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. From the uniquely rich and varied collection of children's literature in the Library of Congress, here is a rich sampling of writings and illustrations created for young readers in America from colonial times to 1900. They are reproduced here - many in facsimile - from the originals, some of which are extremely rare. The authors have provided thoughtful introductions to each section of reading, and an informative caption accompanies each selection of prose or verse. The works also speak for themselves, as generous passages, and even complete books are included. Taken together, they provide a unique insight into what adults of that era felt most worthy of imparting to young minds, of passing on to the future, they are thus a sort of "time capsule", a fascinating segment of social history, as well as a vigourous and varied body of writing for children. This book demonstrates that… Read More

New York: Garden City Publishing, 1931. Hardback. Good/No dust jacket.. Frank E. Schoonover. Garden City Publishing Co, New York, 1931. Book condition: Good. A little shelf wear and some slight bumping of corners. Spine a little faded/soiled. Pictorial onlay to front board bright and clean with only very slight rubbing. Binding sound with the exception of the four pages containing the foreword and the contents which have become detached and are just loosely inserted. Previous owner's name to ffep. Small amount of tanning to endpapers. No dust jacket. Three full page colour illustrations by Frank E. Schoonover, decorated endpapers and various line drawings. There is a foundation of fact underlying most of these adventures; either the stories are based on actual happenings or are events that might well have taken place in those days when there were so many Salem pepper ships off the coast of Sumatra that the Malays thought Salem was a country by itself.

London: Constable, 2002. First edition. Hardback. As New/Fine. Constable, London, 2002. First edition. Book condition: near fine and unread. Dust jacket condition: near fine & unclipped. An international sports star is found murdered - her face mutilated in a bizarre, ritualistic manner. What is the significance of the poetic text the killer has left at the crime scene? Why did he surgically remove the victim's left eye? And can a Cambridge lecturer help the police reconstruct the killer's fantasy in time to save her own life? The key to understanding the killer's terrifying motive lies buried in the works of a poet who has been dead for nearly four hundred years...

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. Hardback. Fine/Original publisher's box. N. C. Wyeth. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1940. Scribner's Classic Edition together with publisher's original decorative box. Book condition: fine. A very clean and sound copy which has obviously benefited from being kept in its original box. Black cloth covered boards with pictorial on-lay to front and gilt titles to spine. Top edge of text block tinted pale orange. Original decorative box in good condition - it has lost one long edge of top but ia still robust. Pictorial on-lay to front and title with $2.50 price label to lower edge. Base of box very sound with some fade/discolouration to decorative paper and a little rubbing here and there. Top of box, as mentioned, has lost one long side but the remaining structure is sound. Some attrition to decorative background paper but front pictorial has only very minor rubbing to a few points around its black border. This edition has twelve colour… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1939. Collector's edition, Leather Bound 1992. Hardback. Very Good/No dust jacket.. N. C. Wyeth. The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1992. Collector's Edition bound in leather. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1939. Book condition: near fine and unread. Extremely faint diagonal mark to fore-edge and faint crease mark to very upper edge of some corners adjacent to this - this looks like a slight production fault during binding. All leather (dark green) with six raised bands to spine. Gilt decoration and titles to front and to spine. All edges gilt and a silk bound-in page marker. Silk moire to endpapers. No dust jacket. Contains 14 colour illustrations by N.C. Wyeth. This is a well known and well loved coming of age story with the delightful illustrations by N. C. Wyeth.

London: Folio Society. Hardcover with original slipcase. Still in publisher's shrink wrap. Illustrated by Danuta Mayer. New. Very slight pressure indentation to bottom corner of slipcase. Quite a heavy book but no additional shipping costs to UK post codes.

London: Collins, 1950. Collins, London, 1950. First edition/first state. Hardback. xiv, 178pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. This was the first New Naturalist Monograph on a species of bird. Dr Stuart Smith concentrated years of observation and research of the yellow wagtail in this study. The book includes chapters on territory, display and reproduction together with a statement of the complex systematics and distribution of the species. The book also contains beautiful and accurate paintings by Edward Bradbury. Illustrated with 8 colour and 4 black and white plates. Jacket design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. Book in very good condition. Some patchy colour fade to the green of the buckram. Some light spotting, mainly confined to the endpapers and text block edges. Dust jacket good and unclipped. A little wear to extremities of spine. Generally a little discoloured - especially spine - and some light spotting.

London: Collins, 1950. Collins, London, 1950. First edition/first state with a re-priced dust jacket. Hardback. xiv, 178pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. This was the first New Naturalist Monograph on a species of bird. Dr Stuart Smith concentrated years of observation and research of the yellow wagtail in this study. The book includes chapters on territory, display and reproduction together with a statement of the complex systematics and distribution of the species. The book also contains beautiful and accurate paintings by Edward Bradbury. Illustrated with 8 colour and 4 black and white plates. Jacket design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. Book in very good condition. Slight and patchy colour fade to green buckram. A couple of very small marks to rear pastedown and a small Foyles sticker to front pastedown. Dust jacket very good. Clipped for re-pricing with an 18/- sticker. A little discolouration to spine but the yellow ink is still bright.

London: Godfery Cave Associates, 1979. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. W. Russell Flint and Charles E. Brock. Godfrey Cave Assocites in association with Macmillan, London, 1979. Originally published by Macmillan & Co in 1929. Book condition: very good. Two small indentation marks to front board and a little light shelf wear. Previous owner's name to end paper. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped.Light edge wear only and two matching indentations to front. Facsimile edition of the text with eight color illustrations by W. Russell Flint and drawings in pen and ink by Charles E. Brock. A really rather nice edition.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1982. Second impression Nov 1982. Hardback. Fine/Fine. The Hogarth Press, London, 1982. Second impression. Book condition: near fine. Dust jacket condition: near fine - unclipped and with little evidence of shelf wear, very slight tanning of internal surfaces. This is one of the most revealing books Laurens van der Post has written about his extraordinary life. The story starts with his childhood in southern Africa, and his passionate interest in ships and the sea that led him to take part, as a young man, in two voyages of special significance: first on a whaling ship and second on a long voyage to Japan.

London: Macmillan, 1973. First edition, 1973. Hardback. 192pp. Dust jacket. This fine detective story follows the success of "They Love Not Poison". Book in very good condition. A little light toning to the page edges and a very slight lean to the spine. Minor pressure mark to top edge of upper board. Dust jacket very good. Unclipped. Just a little edge wear. Some discolouration to spine.

London: Collins, 2015. First edition, 2015. Hardback. xv, 366pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. The Yorkshire Dales National Park is a special place: its outstanding scenery and the diversity of habitats is perhaps unrivalled in any other National Park in Britain. This rich biodiversity has been a great attraction to naturalists for over two centuries. To fully appreciate the present-day plant and animal communities, their status and the constraints upon them, it is important to understand the geology and landscape history of the National Park, including the role that human populations have played in modifying the environment. John Lee covers the earliest settlement times to the modern day and focuses in particular on the most iconic plant of the Dales - the Lady's Slipper Orchid, arguably the rarest of native British plant. Lee takes a historical approach, describing its near eradication and early conservation efforts - including the establishment of a secret society - concluding with… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 2009. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Hutchinson, London, 2009. First edition. Book condition: near fine and unread. Dust jacket: very good. Unclipped and with only the slightest wear. You Are Here is a dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it. With wit and erudition, Christopher Potter takes us on a voyage beyond even time and space, to present the state of scientific knowledge at its most exhilerating.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Jonathan Cape, London, 2007. First edition. Book condition: near fine and unread. Dust jacket condition: near fine and unclipped. In this intricate and satisfying debut novel. Julie Maxwell writes with dry, dark humour, wit and intelligence about sex and the sect and the heart of darkness.

London: Hutchinson, 1994. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. The book is in near fine condition with little sign of use. The dust jacket is in very good condition. There is some very light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine and along the top edges, Some slight discolouration to the rear down the spine edge and a very small stain (about 2mm) on rear. Front of dust jacket has a tiny spot of what could be paint on the 'K' of Kingsley and a small mark above the 'y'. Many have seen this novel as the precursor to Lucky Jim. You Can't Do Both is Amis as you know him - brilliantly funny, outrageous and exact to every social nuance; but also as you've never known him before, writing with tenderness and compelling insight in a story which is strongly autobiographical. The book also contains a newspaper clipping of an obituary to Kingsley Amis.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 2004. First edition paperback, 2004. 437pp. Signed by the author to the title page. Jeremiah is booked tomorrow on the first leg of a journey that will eventually take him back to Scotland. He's been living in America for twelve years now and he just fancies seeing the family again. But is that all it is? What about the endless towns and the hopeless jobs, broken relationships and the blunted ambition? And the gambling. Ah yes, the gambling... Book in near fine condition and unread.

London: The Gogmagog Press, 1976. Limited edition of 25 copies (1976), all of which were given to friends by Morris Cox. Hardback. Unpaginated. 4 double page reverse/direct linocut plates. Three page introduction. Contains eleven poems. Printed on Japanese hand-made paper. Original blue and gold striped silk binding. Book in a protective clear wrapper. Book in fine condition.

London: Picador, 2022. First edition. This is a Waterstones Exclusive Edition with some additional content at rear. Hardback. 402pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. From Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart comes a powerful second novel, a vivid portrayal of working class life and the deeply moving story of the first love of two young men: Mungo and James. A gripping and revealing story about the meaning of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much. As new and unread. Dust jacket as new and unclipped. Waterstones 'Exclusive Edition' sticker to front.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1976. Uncorrected proof copy. Grey card covers with illustrated dust jacket. It's well over a century now since girls began to have fiction written specifically for them: stories which, whatever their pieties and limitations, were about recognisable children. Charlotte M. Young might claim pride of place; then came 'Little Women' and 'What Katy Did', and of course the immortal 'Alice'. Soon the floodgates began to open: the launching of the 'Girl's Own Paper', L. T. Meade's mawkish tales, and those impossibly sunny children in the US ('Pollyanna', 'Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'): and by 1906 Angela Brazil was upon us, and that spate of spiffing girls. Book in good condition. Some creasing to spine and soiling/spotting to text block edges. Dust jacket good and in a protective sleeve. Unclipped. Some discolouration. A little edge wear with an occasional small nick and some creasing.