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  • BROKEN OFF BY THE MUSIC. by Yau, John.
    Yau, John.
    BROKEN OFF BY THE MUSIC.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with a small signed limited hardcover editi

    Providence, RI: Burning Deck Press, 1981. SIGNED first edition - Presentation copy INSCRIBED to another poet 'with admiration and respect', and dated in 12/8/1981. One of 950 copies in wrappers (total edition of 1,000). Brief typed, signed letter laid in.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 24409
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • YAZZ NAVAJO PAINTER. by Yazz, Beatien; Wagner, Sally R. and J. J. Brody.
    Yazz, Beatien; Wagner, Sally R. and J. J. Brody.
    YAZZ NAVAJO PAINTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1983. dj. A look at the life and work of Navajo artist, Jimmy Toddy who painted under the name of Beatien Yazz, told from three different perspectives: Sally Wagner, the trading post owner who first befriended the shy boy, J. J. Brody who looks at his paintings in the context of Navajo easel art and finally in comments from Jimmy Toddy himself. Illustrated wih many of his paintings ranging from the early 1940's when he was a young boy to the 1980's - most are in full color. A fascinating book, which is surprisingly hard to find in any format. 9 1/2 inches wide by 9 1/8 inches tall, printed on glossy stock. 75 pp…

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    Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1983. dj. A look at the life and work of Navajo artist, Jimmy Toddy who painted under the name of Beatien Yazz, told from three different perspectives: Sally Wagner, the trading post owner who first befriended the shy boy, J. J. Brody who looks at his paintings in the context of Navajo easel art and finally in comments from Jimmy Toddy himself. Illustrated wih many of his paintings ranging from the early 1940's when he was a young boy to the 1980's - most are in full color. A fascinating book, which is surprisingly hard to find in any format. 9 1/2 inches wide by 9 1/8 inches tall, printed on glossy stock. 75 pp including a brief bibliography and an index to the art included in the book. ISBN: 0-87358-3221.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 37307
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  • AH, SWEET DANCER: A Correspondence. by Yeats. W.B. and Margaret Ruddock; Roger McHugh, editor.
    Yeats. W.B. and Margaret Ruddock; Roger McHugh, editor.
    AH, SWEET DANCER: A Correspondence.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Macmillan, (1971) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first publication of these letters between Yeats and Ruddock - 31 from Yeats and 36 from Ruddick - which form a moving record of an intimate relationship between the ageing poet, who was 69 when they met and his 27 year old beautiful protegee. These reveal Yeats' views on poetry, mysticism, and life. Illustrated with a frontispiece of Ruddock and other photographs. Bibliography, index. 144 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, gift inscription)

    Book ID: 85685
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  • YEATS'S 'LAST POEMS' AGAIN: Being No.VIII of the Dolmen Press Centenary Papers MCMLXV. by ]Yeats, William Butler] Bradford, Curtis
    ]Yeats, William Butler] Bradford, Curtis
    YEATS'S 'LAST POEMS' AGAIN: Being No.VIII of the Dolmen Press Centenary Papers MCMLXV.

    Edition: First printing.

    Dublin: The Dolmen Press, (1966). First edition - First separate publication of this essay on rereading these poems, published as part of the Dolmen Press Centenary Papers; Liam Miller, general editor. Includes an appendix with the order of these "Last Poems." pp 259-288.

    Condition: Very good in plain brown wrappers with outer printed brown wrappers.

    Book ID: 72542
    Keywords: Poetry
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  • SILENT TRAVELER IN SAN FRANCISCO by Yee, Chiang
    Yee, Chiang
    SILENT TRAVELER IN SAN FRANCISCO

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, 1964. Hardcover first edition - Illustrated with 16 full-color paintings and over 50 drawings. 366 pp

    Condition: Ex-library but only a few markings - call letters on the spine and the remains of a pocket or bookplate on the front endpapers - overall a tight clean copy. No dust jacket.

    Book ID: 14312
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  • Yeh Sheng-tao
    SCHOOLMASTER - NI HUAN-CHIH.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Peking: Foreign Languages Press, (1978.) dj. Hardcover - Novel originally written in 1929, first translated into English by A.C. Barnes in 1958. 335 pp.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (chips to edge of dj, toning to spine and edges.)

    Book ID: 35827
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  • FIVE SEASONS. by Yehoshua, A. B.
    Yehoshua, A. B.
    FIVE SEASONS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sixth book, third novel by this award-winning writer. "In the autumn, Molkho's wife dies. His years of loving care have ended and his newfound freedom proves unlike the one he had imagined. It is uneasy, filled with the erotic fantasies of a man who must fall in love, but whose longing for meaningful relationships is held hostage by the spirit of his wife.Winter sees him in Berlin in a comic encounter with a legal adviser from his office in Haifa. Spring takes him to the Galilee and an impossible infatuation. Jerusalem in the summer brings another man's wife and an extraordinary request. And the following autumn there is Nina whose…

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    New York: Doubleday, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sixth book, third novel by this award-winning writer. "In the autumn, Molkho's wife dies. His years of loving care have ended and his newfound freedom proves unlike the one he had imagined. It is uneasy, filled with the erotic fantasies of a man who must fall in love, but whose longing for meaningful relationships is held hostage by the spirit of his wife.Winter sees him in Berlin in a comic encounter with a legal adviser from his office in Haifa. Spring takes him to the Galilee and an impossible infatuation. Jerusalem in the summer brings another man's wife and an extraordinary request. And the following autumn there is Nina whose yearning for her Russian home brings Molkho back to life." Translated from the Hebrew by Hillel Halkin. National Jewish Book Award winner. 359 pp. ISBN: 0-38523130X.

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (rubbing and light edgewear to dj)

    Book ID: 72221
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  • ARCADY'S GOAL. by Yelchin, Eugene.
    Yelchin, Eugene.
    ARCADY'S GOAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - Story for older children based on his father's experiences in the Soviet Union in the 1940s. " For twelve-year-old Arcady, soccer is more than just a game. Sent to live in a children's home after his parents are declared enemies of the state, it is a means of survival, securing extra rations, respect, and protection." Illustrated with drawings by the author. Yelchin's earlier children's book on life in Stalinist Russia 'Breaking Stalin's Nose" was a Newbery Honor Book. Author's note. Small square format. 234 pp. ISBN: 978-0805098440.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 68466
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  • THE HAUNTING OF FALCON HOUSE. by Yelchin, Eugene.
    Yelchin, Eugene.
    THE HAUNTING OF FALCON HOUSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2016). Hardcover first edition - "Written by Prince Lev Lvov, translated from the Russian by Eugene Yelchin. "A long undisturbed bedroom. A startling likeness. A mysterious friend.
    When twelve-year-old Prince Lev Lvov goes to live with his aunt at Falcon House, he takes his rightful place as heir to the Lvov family estate. Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero of Russia like his great ancestors. But he'll discover that dark secrets haunt this house." llustrated with drawings by the author. Yelchin's earlier children's book on life in Stalinist Russia 'Breaking Stalin's Nose" was a Newbery Honor Book. Note on the translation and historical notes. vii, 310 pp. ISBN: 978-0805098457.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards (new).

    Book ID: 68472
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  • ARCADY'S GOAL. by Yelchin, Eugene.
    Yelchin, Eugene.
    ARCADY'S GOAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Henry Holt, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Story for older children based on his father's experiences in the Soviet Union in the 1940s. " For twelve-year-old Arcady, soccer is more than just a game. Sent to live in a children's home after his parents are declared enemies of the state, it is a means of survival, securing extra rations, respect, and protection." Illustrated with drawings by the author. SIGNED on the half title page, and dated in the year of publication and uncommon thus. Yelchin's earlier children's book on life in Stalinist Russia 'Breaking Stalin's Nose" was a Newbery Honor Book. Author's note. Small square format. 234 pp. ISBN: 978-0805098440.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 64322
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  • KAFKA IN BRONTELAND and Other Stories. by Yellin, Tamar.
    Yellin, Tamar.
    KAFKA IN BRONTELAND and Other Stories.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New Milford, CT: The Toby Press, (2006). First edition - A collection of thirteen short stories, issued as a trade paperback original. 163 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 85909
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  • FALLING LEAVES: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter. by Yen Mah, Adeline.
    Yen Mah, Adeline.
    FALLING LEAVES: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Broadway Books, (1999). The story of a girl growing up in 1940s China and 1950s Hong Kong. Index. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-7679-03579.

    Condition: Very good (usual light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 55649
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  • Yen Mah, Adeline.
    FALLING LEAVES: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Originally published in London as FALLING LEAVES RETURN TO THEIR ROOTS, the story of a girl growing up in 1940s China and 1950s Hong Kong. ISBN: 0-471-24742-1.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 23794
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  • CHILD OF THE OWL. by Yep, Lawrence.
    Yep, Lawrence.
    CHILD OF THE OWL.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1977.). SIGNED hardcover - His third novel (the second won a Newbery Honor Award): "A 12 year old girl who knows little of her Chinese heritage is sent to San Francisco's Chinatown to live with her grandmother." In his afterword, Yep comments that this is set in the small, quieter Chinatown in which he grew up. Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, and dated in 1978. 217 pp. Cover art by Allen Say. ISBN: 0-06-0267437.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated boards (one corner dog-eared, some wear to edges of boards)

    Book ID: 85887
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  • CITY OF FIRE: City Trilogy I. by Yep, Lawrence.
    Yep, Lawrence.
    CITY OF FIRE: City Trilogy I.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new fantasy trilogy for older children by this award-winning writer. Set in an alternate 1941, in which twelve-year-old Scirye and her companions travel to Houlani, a new Hawaiian island created by magic, to enlist the aid of the volcano goddess Pele in an attempt to stop the evil threatening the world. Includes an author's afterword, a brief bibliography, a brief excerpt from the next book and a reader's guide. 320 pp. ISBN: 9780765319241.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear to upper edge of front cover of dj)

    Book ID: 61674
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  • CHILD OF THE OWL. by Yep, Lawrence.
    Yep, Lawrence.
    CHILD OF THE OWL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1977.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His third novel (the second won a Newbery Honor Award): "A 12 year old girl who knows little of her Chinese heritage is sent to San Francisco's Chinatown to live with her grandmother." In his afterword, Yep comments that this is set in the small, quieter Chinatown in which he grew up. Winner of the Jane Addams Peace Award and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. 217 pp. Dust jacket art by Allen Say. ISBN: 0-06-0267437.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some wear to the ends of the spine of the dj.)

    Book ID: 56601
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  • Yerby, Frank.
    FLOODTIDE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Dial Press, 1950. dj. Hardcover - Romantic and historical novel set in antebellum Natchez - a picture of slavery, of racial conflict, and of love that crosses these boundaries, by this prolific writer who was initially not known as African American.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 20324
    Keywords: Historical Fiction
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  • GRIFFIN'S WAY. by Yerby, Frank.
    Yerby, Frank.
    GRIFFIN'S WAY.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Dial Press, 1962. dj. Hardcover - Historical novel set on a plantation in Mississippi in the years right after the Civil War. Although Yerby was an African American writer, his historical novels focused on the ruling white class. 220 pp. Dust jacket design by Julian Paul.

    Condition: Ex-library with markings, in a good dust jacket (spine label, some wear to top of dj spine)

    Book ID: 79239
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  • BENTON'S ROW. by Yerby, Frank.
    Yerby, Frank.
    BENTON'S ROW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, 1954. dj. Hardcover first edition - 'A four-generation novel of the South' by this African American writer, set in Louisiana between 1842 and 1920. 346 pp. The dust jacket flap notes that more than 12 million copies of Yerby's books have been sold and he was apparently feeling comfortable enough to have a full page photograph on the back cover of the dj.

    Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (prev owner's name lined out on front endpaper, offsetting to endpapers and usual toning to the pages, chipping to top edge of dj, tear along side of spine. Original price of $3.50 still present)

    Book ID: 77443
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  • Yerby, Frank.
    THE DEVIL'S LAUGHTER.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Dial Press, (1953.) dj. Hardcover - Early printing of this romantic novel set during the French Revolution. 318 pp

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 38328
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  • Yerby, Frank.
    THE SARACEN BLADE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, 1952. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in the worlds of heretic and fanatic, Christian and Sarecen, Jew and Catholic, Sicilian and German, in early 13th century Europe - a time of the excitement of the Crusades and of the poverty of the serfs. Map endpapers. Historical notes, 405 pp. Dust jacket by Julian Paul.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some crinkling from dampness to the rear cover of the dj, tear along rear fold, now protected by an archival cover.)

    Book ID: 38329
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  • Yerby, Frank.
    THE DEVIL'S LAUGHTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, 1953. dj. Hardcover first edition - Romantic novel set during the French Revolution. 376 pp. Dust jacket by Harry Barton. Back cover of the dj has a small photograph of Yerby, and a description of him as the 'modern Dumas.'

    Condition: Very near fine in a very good dust jacket (just light edgewear to dj.) Surprisingly uncommon in the first edition.

    Book ID: 38331
    Keywords: Historical Fiction
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  • Yerby, Frank.
    AN ODOR OF SANCTITY: A Novel of Medieval Moorish Spain.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: Dial Press, (1965.) dj. Hardcover - Massive historical novel set in Spain when the Iberian peninsula was full of warring peoples and religions. African American novelist Yerby lived in Spain at the time he wrote this. 563 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (light edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 38332
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  • Yerby, Frank.
    BENTON'S ROW.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Dial Press, (1954.) dj. Hardcover - 'A four-generation novel of the South' set in Louisiana between 1842 and 1920. 280 pp. Full page photograph of Yerby on the back cover of the dj.

    Condition: Very good in a fair dust jacket. (large chip. other edgewear)

    Book ID: 38417
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  • Yerby, Frank.
    TREASURE OF PLEASANT VALLEY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, 1955. dj. Hardcover - A novel of the California gold rush in 1849. Cover art by Jules Gotlieb. The back flap of the dust jacket contains the information that Yerby's nine previous novels had sold a total of more than 13 million copies - a very respectable figure for any writer of the 1950's but probably unique for an African American novelist of the era. 348 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket. (gift inscription, hint of spine slant, unusually bright and attractive dj, original price of 3.50 on dj flap.)

    Book ID: 38419
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  • THE GARFIELD HONOR. by Yerby, Frank.
    Yerby, Frank.
    THE GARFIELD HONOR.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, 1961. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Texas in the days following the Civil War. 347 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a fair only dust jacket (significant rubbing and wear to the dj, small peeled spot on front cover, chipping to ends of spine, etc, Original price of 3.95 still present).

    Book ID: 72658
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  • TREASURE OF PLEASANT VALLEY. by Yerby, Frank.
    Yerby, Frank.
    TREASURE OF PLEASANT VALLEY.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Dial Press, (1955.) dj. Hardcover - A novel of the California gold rush in 1849. Cover art by Jules Gotlieb. The back flap of the dust jacket contains the information that Yerby's nine previous novels had sold a total of more than 13 million copies - a very respectable figure for any writer of the 1950's but probably unique for an African American novelist of the era. 219 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket. (lower corner of front flap clipped, some overall rubbing and edgewear)

    Book ID: 69454
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  • LENIN ON THE PARTY AND THE PEOPLE by Yermolovich, N.
    Yermolovich, N.
    LENIN ON THE PARTY AND THE PEOPLE

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, nd (ca 1962). In addition to a discussion of Lenin's role as the founder of the party this includes a brief commentary on friends in other countries - specifically Cuba and Uruguay. 53 pp Uncommon.

    Condition: Good condition in green stapled wrappers with red and black lettering (crinkling to lower corner).

    Book ID: 88265
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  • THE FACE BEHIND THE FACE. by Yevtushenko, Yevgeny.
    Yevtushenko, Yevgeny.
    THE FACE BEHIND THE FACE.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York & London: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd. (1993). A collection of poems originally published in 1979. translated from the Russian by Arthur Boyars and Simon Franklin. Introduction by Yevushenko. xiv, 193 pp. ISBN: 0-714526177.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72343
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  • Yezierska, Anzia.
    BREAD GIVERS: A Struggle Between a Father of the Old World and a Daughter of the New.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Persea Books, 1975. Novel originally published in 1975, with a new introduction by Alice Kessler Harris. Somewhat autobiographical, this is a story of the struggle of Jewish immigrants - especially Jewish women - to find a new way of living in the new world. ISBN: 0-89255-0147.

    Condition: Very good condition.

    Book ID: 27732
    Keywords: Women Authors
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