yapp
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yapp
1880–85; named after William Yapp, 19th-century English bookseller
Example Sentences
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Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 2s. nett; also in leather, 3s. nett; and in special leather yapp, full gilt in box, 5s. nett.
From To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story by Mark Wicks
Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt edge, 2s. nett; also in leather, 3s. nett; and yapp leather in box at 5s.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
Also a Miniature Edition in velvet calf yapp, 2s. net.; and the Edition de Luxe, Illum. by A. Sangorski in gold and colours, fcap. 4to.
From A History of the United States by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
A Special Presentation Edition, bound in extra velvet calf, yapp, with picture end papers.
From Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies
Crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 2s. nett; also in leather, 3s. nett; and leather yapp, full gilt in box, 5s. nett.
From Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language by Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
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