Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Cornell Books Limited

London: Charles Griffin & Company, 1939. First edition (hardback). 8vo (23cm by 16cm), ix, 274pp. Frontispiece, 13 plates, 290 text illustrations. Original red cloth, gilt titling to the spine. There is some foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the text block; overall, the book is in good to very good condition.

London: Passmore and Alabaster, No Date [c.1889] No edition stated, but presumed first edition (hardback). 12mo (18cm by 12cm), 125pp, 2pp adverts. Text illustrations. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine, silvered titling to the front board. Lacks the front free endpaper, foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the text block; overall this book is in good condition. There is no mention of a frontispiece; if a frontispiece is called for, it is not present. Undated; COPAC estimates a date of 1889.

London: Leonard Hill, 1957. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 19cm), xix, 167pp. 110 plates (mainly in b&w but including a few in colour). Original red cloth. Light spotting of the front free endpaper, else the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is present, but is in tatty condition (torn with significant loss). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

London: Michael Joseph, 1947. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 8vo (21cm by 14cm), 237pp. Original green cloth, dustwrapper. There is some foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the text block; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good plus condition (some rubbing, some chafing of the edges). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

New Haven [CT] & London: Yale University Press, 1997. Softcover edition. 4to (30cm by 23cm), 402pp. Illustrated throughout, mainly in colour. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. ISBN 0300094477

London: Ernest Benn, 1948. First edition (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 147pp. Original grey cloth, dustwrapper. Light foxing to the endpapers and the edges of the text block, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good plus condition (a little dusty, light chafing of the edges).

London: Chapman and Hall, 1967. Fourth edition (completely revised). 8vo, x, 274pp. 111 text figures. Original grey cloth. Leading blank page bruised else a very good copy.

London : The Medici Society, 1929. Revised edition, complete in one hardback volume. 8vo (25cm by 19cm), xlvii, 261pp. 16 colour plates, 170 b&w plates. Original brown cloth, dustwrapper. there is some minor spotting to the endpapers and the edges of the text block, else the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good condition (some rubbing and scuffing, some chafing of the edges). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

London & Boston: The Medici Society, 1925. First edition, volumes 2 and 3 (of 3) only. 4to (35cm by 26cm), 291 plates, all protected by tissues. Original white cloth, black morocco title labels to the spines, top edges gilt, others uncut. Bindings a little rubbed and dusty, endpapers foxed, light staining of the last couple of pages in volume 2. Overall, these two books are in good to very good condition. Limited to 630 sets.

London: Ward Lock, 1929. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 12mo (19cm by 13cm), 319pp. Original grey cloth. There is some foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. The true first edition, dated 1929 on the title page.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1930. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 8vo (22cm by 14cm), 288pp. Original black cloth, gilt titling to the spine. There is a bookplate to the front pastedown, and foxing to the preliminary pages and the edges of the text block; overall, this book is in good plus condition.

London: Country Life, 1946. Fifth impression (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xii, 67pp. 13 sepia plates by the author. Original grey cloth, dustwrapper. The endpapers are browned, and there is a gift inscription to the front free endpaper; otherwise, the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good minus condition (chipped and torn with some loss). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

Prague: National Gallery, 1995. First edition (softcover). 8vo (24cm by 20cm), 120pp. Illustrated in colour and black & white. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Convent of St Agnes in Bohemia in 1995. 1000 copies printed.

Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1997. First edition (softcover). 4to (30cm by 21cm), xvi, 251pp. 157 illustrations (two of which are folding), plus two microfiche in the rear pocket. Original laminated card wrappers. This copy is in very good condition. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland monograph series number 12. ISBN 0903903121

Reading: Garnet Publishing, 1999. First edition (hardback). 4to (32cm by 24cm), xii, 240pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (some chafing of the top edge). ISBN 1859641083

Edmonton: Quon Editions, 1991. First edition (hardback). 4to, 223pp. llustrated throughout, mainly in colour. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0969443242

New York: ORO Editions, 2012. First edition (softcover). 8vo (23cm by 18cm), 400pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Original laminated card wrappers. This copy is in excellent condition. ISBN 9781935935582

Amsterdam: Artimo, 2002. First edition (softcover). 8vo, 104pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original laminated wrappers. The book is in very good condition.

London: New Cavendish Books, 1991. First edition (hardback). Oblong 8vo (21cm by 24cm), 128pp. Text illustrations throughout. Original brown cloth, dustwrapper. Gift inscription to the title page, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 1872727115

Boston [MA]: G K Hall & co, 1985. First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xxvii, 294pp. Original burgundy cloth. Slight bumping to the corners, else this book is in very good condition. ISBN 0816182361