Search Results: Titles starting with Y from GN Books and Prints

Yeomen and Bureaucrats: The Victorian Crown Lands Commission 1878-79, edited by J. M. Powell

Hardback, 1973, first edition, published by Oxford University Press, Melbourne, xxxvii + 464 pages.
Measures 9 1/4" by 6" by 1 3/8". In very good condition. Ex-library book with typical markings, stamps, etc. Paper on card boards, pictorial front board, plastic coating. Some scuffing and a little marking but quite clean and binding firm, small signs of shelf-wear. A little marking to page edges but quite clean. Page surfaces generally clean, no inscriptions, marginalia, underlining, etc. aside from library markings. See pictures for more information.

Yorksher Puddin': A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories, from the Pen of John Hartley.
Hardback, 1876, first edition/first edition thus, published by William Nicholson and Sons, London, 379 pages and 5-page publisher catalogue at rear.
Octavo/8vo. Measures around 7 3/8" by 5 1/8" by 1 1/8". Brown cloth binding, Pictorial boards and spine, black detail and gilt lettering to front board and spine. Scuffing, rubbing, and a little marking. Signs of shelf-wear, slightly bumped and torn corners. Tears to upper and lower spine and to outer hinges. Book has a minor forward tilt. Some slackness to binding. Inner hinges cracked, two crude tape repairs to front inner hinge. Page edges browned and a little foxed, marked and tanned. A little foxing throughout and the odd bit of marking to page surfaces. Previous owner bookplate and inscription to front pastedown. Otherwise page contain no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

Young and Old by R. S. Thomas [Chatto Poets for the Young]

















Hardback, 1972, first edition, published by Chatto & Windus, London, 32 pages.











Octavo/8vo, measures around 8 3/4" by 5 1/8" by 3/8". No dust jacket. Paper on card boards, pictorial front board. Some discolouration, marking and staining. Binding firm. Page edges a little marked but reasonably clean. Page surfaces very clean, apart from some signs of staining towards upper edges of early pages, but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.

The Youngest Brother of Li-Tuan-Dinh by Noele Edmond-About

Hardback, 1940, first English language edition, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., London, 187 pages.

Duodecimo/12mo size (5" x 7.375") with grey cloth boards and spine, also with pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket shows some wear with some small tears and chips and some marking. Small signs of shelf-wear but boards and spine very clean. Binding quite firm. A little browning to page edges. Previous owner name to FFEP but otherwise page surfaces quite clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.

Yvette in Venice and Titania's Palace by Nevile Wilkinson

Hardback, 1923, first edition, vintage children's book published by Oxford University Press, 111 pages plus plates containing 28 illustrations.

Cloth boards and spine, front board patterned. A little discolouration to spine. Boards are a little marked with the odd dent. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. A bit grubby on upper edges. Corners a little bumped . Binding quite firm. Page edges browned and a little foxed. Foxing and marking to endpapers and a gift inscription to recto side of second page but otherwise page surfaces are quite clean, no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.