8041. Wyndham, John.

The Seeds of Time.

Middlesex, Penguin Books / Michael Joseph, 1959. 11 cm x 18 cm. 222 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Pages slightly tanned around margins mostly. Some foxing to endpapers. Previous owners name in ink pen inside cover.

8042. Wynne, May / Cecily M. Rutley / Nancy Howard / Pauline Dunstan / Ethel Talbot / Jessie Pope / Agnes Grozier Herbertson etc. etc.

The Story Wonder Book for Boys and Girls. With Seven Colour Plates and Hundreds of Two-Colour and Other Pictures [by Margaret Tarrant, Mary Brooks, Anne Anderson, May Smith and others].

London / Melbourne, Ward, Lock & Co., No year [c.1930]. 18.5 cm x 25.5 cm. 224 pages. Original Illustrated Hardcover with coloured illustrations. The often damaged and worn book was recently restored and professionally rebound and is now a tight and firm version for generations to come. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of pre-owner on endpaper in pen and pencil. A few marks on endpaper and content page. Otherwise in very good condition. [The Wonder Book Series].

8043. Xenophon / Hutchinson, Thomas.

Xenophontis de Cyri Institutione – Libri Octo.

Edition Decima [Bilingual in Greek and Latin]. London, Impensis W.&W.Ginger, ad insignia Collegii Westmonasteriensis juxta Scholam Regiam, 1797. Octavo. Frontispiece-Map, [2], 548 pages. Hardcover / Original full leather with gilt lettering on spine and boards. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

8044. Xenophon / Schneider, Johann Gottlieb.

Xenophontis Historiae Graecae – Libri Septem – Notas Io. Car. Zeunii in Librum Primum et Indices Adiecit Io. Gottl. Schneider, Saxo.

[Bilingual in Greek and Latin]. Leipzig, Caspar Fritsch, 1791. Octavo. XX, 474 pages plus 28 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Binding expertly restored by using the original full leather with gilt lettering on spine and boards. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some pages unopened. From the library of Daniel Conner (Connerville / Manch House), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to pastedown.

8045. Xingjian, Gao.

L’Encre et la Lumière. [Ink and Light]

Limited Edition [One of only 222 copies, signed and numbered]. Voix, Jeanne Hyvrard, 1998. Duodecimo. 40 unnumbered pages with illustrations and poetry. Includes also the very fragile, folded illustration on fine, extra-thin paper. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely rare publication of the exiled nobel laureate from China.

8046. Yadin, Yigaël.

Massada et les grottes de Bar-Kochba. Les fouillesdu professeur Yigaël Yadin.

Paris, Musée des arts décoratifs, 1970. 23.8 cm x 26 cm. 52 pages. Original Softcover. Binding in poor condition with strong signs of external wear. Page 1-40 are loose. Interior is clean.

8047. [Yama-to-Keikoku]

Yama-to-Keikoku.

12 issues (bound in two Volumes) Tokyo, Yama-to-Keikokusha, no year. Octavo. 245 pages (Vol. 38-39) and 792 pages (Vol.169-178). Numerous monochrome illustrations. Hardcover [blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine-labels]. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Clean interior lightly tanned throughout. Former Library copy. Alpine Club Library stamps on preliminary pages.

8048. Yarwood, Doreen.

The Architecture of Europe.

London, Chancellor Press, 1974. 18.8 cm x 25.3 cm. 598 pages. With 993 line drawings and over 100 black and white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to first and last few pages and edges. Corners and spine rubbed very slightly. Otherwise, interior very bright and clean.

8049. Yarwood, Doreen.

The Encyclopaedia of World Costume.

London, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1978. 27,5 cm x 22,5 cm. 471 pages. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout book. Original Hardcover. From the library of dutch fashion designer Frans Molenaar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Dedication inscribed in front.

8050. Yassine, Khair.

Archaeology of Jordan: Essays and Reports. [Archaeological Features and Historical Identification of People in Palestine and Jordan]

Jordan, University of Jordan, 1988. 21.5cm x 29cm. 273 pages with photographs and illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.