Search Results: Authors starting with V from McBlain Books

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. photos, index, xii, 419p. dj. 22cm.

New Haven: Published with the assistance of the Class Officers Bureau, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. illustration, 400p. Original blue cloth. 23cm. Backstrip slightly soiled. No Jacket.

Paris: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1953. Paperback. Good. vii, 743p. Original wrapper. 25cm. Backstrip has some wear. Moderately browned (especially on page edges). From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana (and Islam) with his bookplate inside front cover. French text.

Freeport, N.Y.: Books for Libraries, 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine. frontis, photos, x, 260p. Original cloth. 22cm. No Jacket. Reprint of the 1923 Boston edition.

Bogota, 1986. Paperback. Very Good. 1986. illustrations, 490p. Original wrapper. 23cm. Unopened. Spanish text. Publicaciones del Instituto Caro y Cuervo; 78.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1971. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. index, xii, 230p. dj. 24cm. Minor foxing.

Lima: Imprenta Torres Aguirre, 1922. 1st ed. Hardcover. Fair. 3 vols. (complete). xxxi, [2], [6]-475, iii, 529, c, 487, xxxviii(p.). plus [1]p. errata. Later quarterbindings (paper-covered boards backed in black leather). 24 cm. Title-page chipped and stained in Tomo I (as are, to a lesser extent, the next several pages in that volume). Light to moderate foxing and browning. Lacks both folding maps. No jackets. Spanish text. Tomos I and II subtitled: "Contribucion al Folk-lore Medico del Peru;" Tomo III subtitled: "Documentos Ilustrativos."

New York: Africana Publishing Company, 1977. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. index, xxix, 154p. dj. 22cm. Jacket has moderate soiling. Translated from the French by Kenneth J. Perkins.

Dundee, London, Montreal: Valentine & Sons, Ltd, n.d. [19--]. Hardcover. Good. illustrations, (24) unnumbered pages. Shaped book featuring a rocker edge along bottom above which is the title. Above that is a tomahawk-brandishing Indian brave in full headdress astride a galloping horse. The upper portion of the shaped book outlines the brave and horse. Approximately 24 x 20cm. Book worn around edges but not too badly. Text still bound in but the contents are separating from the cover at the staples. Former owner's name and address written on the back which is otherwise blank except for an inked line forming a border around most of the edge. Valentine's Rocker Books B224. Also identified as Valentine's Book Toys. This uncommon shaped book tells the story of a young Blackfoot Indian named Black Elk. His father is captured by the Sioux Indians and then bravely rescued by Black Elk.

NY: Edmund Jones & Co, 1866. Hardcover. Good. frontis, engraved 2nd title, 7 tinted illustrations, 254p. Later black cloth. 27 cm. A couple of signatures slightly pulled. INSCRIBED on blank leaf preceding half-title to Marcus Ward, Governor of NJ (1866-1869) by John Kennard of Hudson City, NJ.

Mansfield Centre: Martino Publishing, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. frontis, 3 plates, folding map, xvi, 552p. Original cloth. 23cm. No Jacket (as published). Reprint of the 1865 London edition.

New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. 108p. Original lightly blue cloth. 20 cm. Inscribed. Backstrip slightly faded. Poetry-related items paperclipped (rusty) inside back cover. Rusty paperclip marks on titleamd Contents leaves. No jacket. INSCRIBED by Valle to Faith [Van Valkenburgh] Vilas, a fellow poet.

New York: Burt Franklin, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. 404p. Light brown cloth. 22cm. Minor cover soil. No Jacket.

Ardmore: The Council, n.d.. Fine. Folded six-page brochure. Oblong (23 x 10.2cm.). The FHCDV was established in 1962 and merged with the Housing Association of Delaware Valley in 1968.

Paris: Nathan Image, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. photos, unnumbered pages. Original brown cloth. dj. 39cm. Jacket has some edge-wear and a short tear. French text.

Paris: Masson et Cie, 1964. Paperback. Very Good. photos and tables in text, pp. 65-94 and 317-362. Original wrapper. 24cm. "Rejected Tozzer Library" stamp on front cover. French text. Extrait de "L'Anthropologie," tome 68, No. 1-2 and 3-4 (both 1964).

Paris: Conquistador, 1951. Paperback. Very Good/Very Good. photos, 222p. Softcover in original wrapper (with dj). 19 cm. Text unopened and moderately browned. French text.

Paris and Leipzig: Henri Jonquieres, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. index, 125p. text plus 144 full page plates and a separate plate list numbered I-XV) which folds out from the rear free endpaper, Original cloth. 28 cm. Moderate foxing on cover which is also slightly warped. Contents sound and clean with modest browning. No jacket. German text.

Chicago: Department of Geography, University of Chicago, 1954. Paperback. Very Good. photos, maps (3 folding in pocket), x, 172p. Wrapper. 24cm. Very Good. "With the author's compliments" written on title-page. Dept. of Geography Research Paper No. 38.

New York: Pocket Book edition, 1966. 1st paper ed. Paperback. Very Good. 174p. Wrapper. 18cm. Reasonably light cover soil and wear. INSCRIBED (but not signed) in 2007. Van Dyke's first novel. Postcard deated 2007 from Van Dyke (signed by "H") laid in which Van Dyke compliments the recipient on some poetry and says that he thinks he can get hold of a paperback copy of this book. Presumably, this was the copy.