Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Zephyr Used & Rare Books

[New York & Brooklyn, NY; Boston, MA, Wilmington, CA, San Pedro, CA, Los Angeles, CA: Curtis D. Mabry, Lambie & Mabry, William Gardner, John G. Alden, et al, [1907-1940]. 24 cyanotype blueprints, diazo blueprints, manuscript blueprints on linen oilskin paper, some on glassine, sized from 11.5 x 12.5 in. up to 27 x 94 in., w/ several sized primarily between 16 x 27.75 in. to 22 x 48 in., nearly all w/ draftsman specifications w/in the image, many w/ pencil or grease pencil annotations and/or markings at margins of blueprints, or on versos, several signed w/in image, and separately by Mabry (chipping & edgewear to most, the largest piece on glassine diazo paper is quite fragile and chipped, w/ minor losses, many w/ minor closed tears, a couple w/ slight fading), still VG- grouping. Eighteen “Specifications & Block Lists,” most folio. 11 x 13 in., some typescript, others mimeographed, and several blueprint, w/ nearly all clasped at upper margin: C, 14 leaves; 42 leaves; E, 38 leaves; 14, [1] leaves;… Read More

[Ramblers Park, Yakima, WA: n.p., ca. 1930]. One silver gelatin photo, sized 7.5 x 9.25 in., faint pencil annotations on verso (very minor rust mark at upper right corner of blank margin), still VG photo w/ bright contrast. Scarce photo of one of the typical roadside grocery store and filling stations in Ramblers Park, Yakima, Washington on the eve of the Great Depression. The image depicts the building sporting advertising signs for Rainier beer, Coca-Cola, Payne’s Cigars, and Texaco gasoline, with one visible gasoline pump to the side, and Rambo (1868-1942), leaning on the counter, with grandchildren, LaVern, Larry & Lois Ramb, and daughter-in-law Iona Rambo. Ramblers Park is perhaps best remembered for the striking photographs daken by Dorothea Lange while documenting migran labor for the Farm Security Administration in 1939.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. 8vo. x, 129, [1] pp. Green cloth, blue & red lettrng (mnr shlfwr), w/ d.j. (mnr chppng hd of spine, 1 sml clsd tear, price-clppd), VG/VG- copy. Early printing of this book on training to be a poker player, by the noted codebreaker and cryptographer.

New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1943. 8vo. xvi, [1], 199, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., plates, text illusts., diagrams. Blue cloth, black lettering & illust. on front cover (minor shelfwear, some rubbing to lower fore-edge), w/ d.j. (minor chipping head & foot of spine, edgewear, creasing), VG-/G copy, w/ former ownership signature on ffep. Third printing of this scarce early work on the hobby of making and operating electrical devices including a microphone, a radio set, an electric air-rifle target, treasure box with magnetic lock, speakers, magnetic boats, an electric buzzer, and even how to do electroplating.

New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., 1943. 8vo. xxi, [1], 315, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., plates, text illusts., diagrams. Brown boards, dark brown lettering (minor bumping head & foot of spine, rubbing to fore-edges), w/ d.j. cover art of model railroad layout (minor chipping & head of spine, some sunning to spine, minor creasing lower fore-edge), G/G- copy. Third printing of this excellent early work on the hobby of making and operating model railroads.

Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith-Company, 1942. 8vo. 304 pp. Orange cloth, brwn lettrng, w/ d.j. (slght chppng ft of spine, shlfwr), VG/VG-, w/ frmr ownrshp signature on ffep. First edition, 3rd printing of this historical analysis of India and the British Empire.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1937. Thick 8vo. 912 pp. Red cloth, black lettering (slight shelfwear, slight dustsoiling), w/ d.j. vivid Art Deco cover art illustration of escapee by Brien in red & black (minor chipping foot of spine, minor sunning to spine, slight shelfwear), NF/VG copy, w/ former ownership signature on ffep. Second printing of this rousing anthology of tales of escape, espionage, and more. These include: Sir Paul Dukes’ escape from Moscow; prisoner’s of war escaping from the Holzminden POW camp during World War I; escape by Captains Bott & White from an Ottoman POW camp during World War I on a Ukrainian ship; portions of John Grider’s “War Birds” diary, which was published surreptitiously by Springs; Kavanagh’s escape from Lucknow, which earned him the Victoria Cross, and many others. Dustjacket for this printing sports the Brien Art Deco cover art which was not present on the first.

[Washington, D.C.]: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1935. Thick 4to. 9 x 11.5 x 1.75 in. xviii, 525, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., 215 photos, illustrtions. Thick printed light gray softcovers, Carnegie Institution lozenge front cover, black lettering front cover, spine (some minor edgewear, scuffing, rubbing & creasing to spine, minor curling to corners, very slight spotting front cover, inner hinges reinforced w/ white linen hinges), still VG copy, w/ former ownership marking upper fore-edge front cover. First edition of this groundbreaking investigation into the geysers, hot springs, mud pots, fumaroles and steam vents of Yellowstone National Park containing more than 10,000 of these features. These original investigations were encouraged by Yellowstone Superintendent Horace Albright who believed such studies to be vital to monitoring all of Yellowstone’s geophysical systems. Fresh off their Volcanic Activity and Hot Springs of Lassen Peak monograph, the two geologists were able to produce this… Read More

New York: Seabury Press, [1969]. 4to. 80 pp. With numerous plates, illustrations. Illustrated green publisher’s cloth, cover art by Eitzen, w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Eitzen (slight shelfwear, very slight rubbing), NF/NF copy, inscribed by author on ffep., w/ skull & crossbones illust. First edition, inscribed, of the Caldecott-winning author’s first real mystery set against the backdrop of a series of pet thefts in Conway, MA, with some characters from the author’s life. Eitzen would later illustrated Yolen’s poetry anthology, “Alphabestiary.”

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., [1971]. 4to. [32 pp (unpaginated)]. Colour-illust. throughout. Blue cloth, illust. in silver on frnt cvr (vry slght sctch tpe ghosting in couple spts), w/ d.j. VG/F copy, from the library Ardyth & Ann Shapiro, w/ frmr ownrshp signature at guttr margn. First edition of this wonderful folk story by the Caldecott-winning author, with the superb tempera paintings of Mercer Mayer.

New York: Harper & Row, [1987]. 8vo. 182 pp. Half-blue cloth over blue boards, turquoise foil lettering, w/ d.j. cover art by Deborah Healy, F/F copy, signed by Yolen on title. First edition, signed, of this anthology including such authors as Asimov, Benford, Robert Lawson, Jane Yolen, and others.

London: John Noble, 1835. 8vo. viii, 480 pp. Steel-engravd frntsp.,1 engravd plate. Contemporary brown embssd polished calf, spine & cvrs decorated in blind stamp, raised bands, red & gilt morocco spine labls., marbled fore-edges & endpapers (mnr rubbng & scuffng, rear hnge startng), still a VG copy. First edition of this anthology of famed Yorkshire personalities, including Lord Thomas Fairfax (1612-1671), general and parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War; James Stanley, Earl of Derby (1607-1651), Royalist supporter during the English Civil War; Andrew Marvell (1621-1678), Poet & Parliamentarian; Dr. Richard Bentley (1662-1742), noted Classicist and theologian; Lady Anne Clifford (1590-1676), famed patron of authors & literature, and important diarist of the period, and many others.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. 8vo. xii, 626, [2] pp. Frontisp., maps, illustrations. Half-orange cloth over cream, w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Fumi Komatsu, NF/NF copy. First American edition of this sprawling historical novel set in Medieval Japan, illustrated by Kenkichi Sugimoto.

[Secaucus, NJ]: Chartwell Books, [1990]. Folio. 80 pp. Double-page colour-illust. title, over 100 colour and blk & wht photos. Colour-illust. boards, w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr), NF/VG. First edition of this installment in the Great Battles of WWII series.

New York: Cupples & Leon, [c. 1912 (ca. 1920)]. 12mo. [6], 243 pp., plus 5 pp. publ. ads. Glossy frontisp. Brown cloth, lozenge illusts. & lettering in black (minor shelfwear, rubbing), w/ d.j. (minor dustsoiling, minor creasing, Christmas sticker on upper fore-edge back cover), VG/VG-. Early printing of this 12th title on verso of title, with 3rd variant binding.

New York: Henry Holt and Co., [1926]. 8vo. 340 pp. Quarter-black cloth over blue cloth, yellow lettering on spine, very nice Jazz Age ex libris printed on front pastedown w/ illustration by M.F. (slight shelfwear, very faint tide mark to lower right corner first couple flyleaves), w/ d.j. very nice Jazz Age cover art signed R.M. (minor chipping head of spine, faint tidemark to lower fore-edge back cover, corners, couple closed tears), still VG-/G- copy. First edition of this scarce Jazz Age novel of the perils of money and divorce. Very scarce with the original dustjacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. 8vo. [10], 292, [2] pp. Blue decorated publisher’s cloth, borders in purple & yellow, gilt lettering (minor shelfwear, rubbing), w/ d.j. striking sinister Art Deco cover art by Nick (minor dustsoiling, edgewear, slight chipping foot of spine), VG/VG- copy, from library of M.J. Miller w/ bookplate on front pastedown. Second printing of this sinister horror suspense set against the backdrop of an evening on the Island of Capri, relating the dark and suspenseful events of the Humphrey Furnival and his Cold Harbour mansion. Exceedingly scarce in original jacket.

[Dodge City, KS]: Boot Hill Museum, Inc., [1985]. 4to. [4], 202 pp. 100s of photo illusts., text illusts., maps, maps on endpapers. Brown cloth, gilt lettrng on frnt cvr & spine, NF copy, inscribed by the author on 2nd flyleaf. Second Printing, signed, of this well-illustrated history of the famous town of outlaws and gunfighters, including Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Big Nose Kate, and many others.

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1927. Thick 8vo. 466 pp. Over 100 photos, maps, diagrams, illusts. Burgundy cloth, gilt lettrng (wear, clsd tear at bk hnge, rubbng), still G- copy from the library of the former Oregon State Geologist, Paul Lawson. First edition of this massive reference work on mining.

New York: Triangle Books, [1942]. 8vo. 300 pp. Red cloth, blue lettrng (uniform interior toning as usual), w/ d.j. cover art of skeletal hand by Galdone (mnr chppng hd & ft of spine, old tape repairs, edgewear), VG-/VG-. First Triangle edition of this adventure mystery featuring Don Everhard tracking down a criminal conspiracy in Paris.