Search Results: Authors starting with Y from Catron Grant Books

John Wiley & Sons, 1995 242 pps. Text clean, tight, bright and unmarked. Black paper boards with gold-stamping as new. Interior as new. DJ clean and bright with 2 minor closed tears. "A Japanese Officer's Eyewitness Account of the Last Great Campaign of World War II.". Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. 5.5" x 8.5".

U.S.A.: David & Charles, 1975 247 pp with 14 B&W plates and BW illustrations in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Black cloth boards are undamaged. DJ is bright, intact with light edgewear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Japan: Bunka Pub Bureau, 1998 Japan: Bunka Pub Bureau, 1998 Consists of 78 full-page color plates of decorated porcelain. Foreward is in Japanese and English, captions in Japanese. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. DJ is bright and undamaged. Presumed First. Hardcover. As New/As New. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.. Presumed First.. Hardcover. As New/As New.

NYC: Zensho Communications, 1987 NYC: Zensho Communications, 1987 1144 pp with 66 B&W plates. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Illustrated paper covers are clean and undamaged. Some puzzling questions in Japanese history relating to Miyamoto Musashi, also known as Shinmen Takezo, Miyamoto Bennosuke or, by his Buddhist name, Niten Doraku, was an expert Japanese swordsman and ronin. Courtesy Wikipedia. Large Format Soft Cover. Very Good. 9" x 11.5".. Paperback. Very Good.

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1982 599 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Green cloth boards with gold stamped title on spine are a little rubbed.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harcourt Brace, 1996 305 pp with a map and black and white and color drawings and watercolors by author in text. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Dust jacket is clean, bright, undamaged, not price-clipped. By the author of "Baba: A Return to China on My Father's Shoulders.". First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Yang, Belle.

Singapore: John C. Wiley, 2003 Singapore: John C. Wiley, 2003 310 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged. Trade Paperback. As New.. Paperback. As New.

Moscow: , Geologic'eskogoI nstituta (VSEGEI, 1957 168 pp plus 43 pp of B&W plateas after text. Text in Russian. Interior clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's stamp to end papers.Beige cloth boards are rubbed at extremities with some loss of material.. 1st Ed.. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ankara, Turkey: Mineral Research and Exploration Institute of Turkey, 1965 21 pp with large fold-out map in back pocket. Woldcat lists only two copies held in United States collections.. First Edition. Stapled Softcover. Very Good.

Albert & Charles Boni, 1931 260 pp with B&W illustrations in text. text is clean, tight and unmarked. Black cloth boards with silver-stamped titles are clean, lightly bumped. A biography of Miguel de Cervantes drawn from contemporary sources. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Gramercy Books, 1992 223 pps. Text is clean, tight,, unmarked. Grey paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine with metallic gold title. Pale grey DJ with phtograph of Yeats on the cover and black title is clean and tight with a slightly sunned top edge. In protective mylar.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. 5 7/8" X 8 1/2".

W.w. norton & Co., 1959 W.w. norton & Co., 1959 275 pp with 16 color plates and line drawings by the author. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Gift inscription on the first free page. Beige cloth boards are undamaged. Dust jacket intact with a little yellowing to spine. Now in protective mylar. Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.. Fifth Printing.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Moscow: Nauka Publishing House, 1964 135 pp. 194 illustrations in B&W of maps, many of which fold out. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Upper and lower page corners are slightly rumpled. Taupe cloth boards with brown and white titles and an orb are clean, rubbed and bumped at extremities. A history through cartography of the exploration of the eastern coast of the Orient and the Siberian-Aleutian- Alaskan arc. Text largely in Russian with a summary in English.Very large book, please contact seller before ordering from outside U.S.. 1st Ed.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

New Yoprk: W.W. Norton, 1955 285 pp with one map. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name on first free page. Orange cloth boards are rubbed at extremities. DJ is missing a chip at head of spine. Now in protective mylar.The autobiography of a young Mongol woman who moved away fromt he tradition-bound life of her family to forge a new life in the modern world of WWII China. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1961 61 pp with B&W illustrations throughout. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Textured brown leatherette covers are bright and undamaged.. Stapled Booklet. Fine. 6" x 9".

Viking Studio Books 224 pp with color illustrations on every page. In 1966 Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko visited Alaska as part of a series of poetry readings. Flying over Alaska's vast and beautiful land and was intrigued by the similarities to his native Siberia. This book is an extension of these thoughts, written and visual, with his own images of Siberia and Alaska photographs by the American photographer, Boyd Norton. Text is clean, tight and unmarked with a remainder mark on bottom page edges. Bookplate on front endpapers. Dust jacket is bright and intact. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Norton, Boyd.

China Intercontinental Press, 2004 China Intercontinental Press, 2004 167 pp. An edition of the China Basics. China's publically stated diplomatic goals as of 2004. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Trade Paperback. As New.. Paperback. As New.

Ancient Wu Xuan Publishing House,, 2010 Ancient Wu Xuan Publishing House, 2010 98 (3) pp with color illustrations on all pages. Text is in Chinese.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are clean and bright with slight bumping to corners. Examples of fine calligraphy in color. ( Wang Xianzhi i; Wade Gile)s: Wang Hsien-chih, 344-386 AD was a famous Chinese calligrapher of the Eastern Jin dynasty. Amongst his innovations is the one-stroke cursive script, which blends all characters in the writing in a single stroke (Wikipedia). Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8.5" x11".. Paperback. Near Fine.

Lawrence, KS: Allen Press, 1970 Lawrence, KS: Allen Press, 1970 703 pp with B&W illustrations in text. Text is clean and unmarked, hinges tender but holding. Yellow cloth boards are rubbed at extremities, lightly soiled. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Bangalore, India: The Director of Printing, Stationary and Publications at the Government Press, 1952 Bangalore, India: The Director of Printing, Stationary and Publications at the Government Press, 1952 iv, 119 pp with 11 B&W plates. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Pale green stiff paper boards with darker green cloth quarter binding show a little fading but no damage. Scarce. Size: 5" x 8". Stiff Paper. Very Good.. Hardcover. Very Good.