Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Catron Grant Books

New York: Broadway Books, 2000 394 pp. with index. a bibliography., a two-page map of Japan and a Yamato family tree .With 24 B&W illustrations. The secret history of Japan's imperial family. Text is clean, tight, unmaked. DJ is bright and clean with the slightest of bumping near spine, price not clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. As New/Fine.

New York: G.p. Putnam's Sons, 1900 New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1900 Two volumes xiii, 406 pp and 365 pp with vii, 116 plates but lacking folding map. Volume l has a slight slant, and is missing final three pages.(but the missing pages have been printed out from an on-line text) I have copied the pages from an online version and included them with the book. Portrait of Isabella Bird frontis volume I. Isabella Bird Bishop was one of the most celebrated lady explorers of the late 19th century The books describe a lengthy trip through southern China to the tribal areas along eastern border of Tibet. A handsome set though possibly married. Texts for both are clean, tight and unmarked. Dark blue cloth boards with a design of a Chinese gate gold-stamped on cover, gilt top edge of pages. Both have some corner and spine end bumping. Volume ll has the bookplate and an inscription to Lawrence C. Phipps, (1862 - 1958) a well-known businessman turned U.S. senator from Colorado whose home still stands on… Read More

New York: G.p. Putnam's Sons, 1900 Two volumes xiii, 406 pp and 365 pp with vii, 116 plates but lacking folding map. Volume l was a slight slant Portrait of Isabella Bird frontis volume I. One of the most celebrated lady explorers of the late 19th century describes a lenghy trip her last trip, through southern China to the tribal areas along eastern border of Tibet. A handsome set though possibly married. Texts for both are clean, tight and unmarked. Dark blue cloth boards with a design of a Chinese gate gold-stamped on cover, gilt top edge of pages. Both have some corner and spine end bumping. Volume ll has the bookplate and an inscription to Lawrence C. Phipps, (1862 - 1958) a well-know businessman turned U.S. senator from Colorado Phipps Mansion was built as a retirement home for the late U.S. Sen. Lawrence C. Phipps who made his fortune with the Carnegie Steel Co. before retiring to Colorado. Phipps served in the United States Senate from 1918 to 1930. The home cost $280,000 to build in 1933… Read More

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Value Pub, 1984 262 pp with B&W photos, cartoons and drawings throughout. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Boards are clean with a little corner bumping. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Grossett & Dunlap, 1932 Seven titles of military flying pulp fiction: By Al Avery (a pseudonym of Rutherford George Montgomery} Pulse-quickening stories of the fearless young airman, Stan Wilson. "A Yankee Flyer in the Far East" 1942, "A Yankee Flyer in the South Pacific" 1943, "A Yankee Flyer in North Africa" 1943. By Frank W. Dixon, from the Ted Scott Flying Series: "Battling the Wind or Ted Scott Flying Around Cape Horn" 1933, "The Pursuit Patrol or Chasing the Platinum Pirates"1943,. By Thomson Burtis, "Flying Blackbirds" 1932 and "Four Aces" 1932. All of these titles are in fair to good condition with clean interiors and boards intact but rubbed. All have toned pages.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Texas A&M University Press, 2006 189 pp.Although the Confederacy had been cut in half by Union victories, states west of the Mississippi still caused grave concern for Lincoln., with Texas presenting the greatest problem.This book tells the story of the Rio Grande Expedition into Texas and New Mexico., which lasted from October 1863 until the withdrawal of Union troops from Texas in March of 1864. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Author's brief dedication on title page. DJ is bright and undamaged. Now in protective mylar.. By Author on Title Page. 1st Ed.. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Doubleday & Co., 1954 304 pps. with illustrated endpapers and b/w illustrations throughout. Text clean, tight, toned and unmarked. Grey cloth boards with red type and grey graphic treatments clean and undamaged although spine has slight discoloration. Beige DJ with red type and black spot illustrations clean, tight and bright with minor stain on front.. 2nd Edition, 4th Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Powers, R. M.. 5.75" x 8.5".

The university of New Mexico Press, 1993 The university of New Mexico Press, 1993 xii, 494 pp with 48 B&W plates. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are clean and bright with slight shelfwear. Trade Paperback. Very Good.. Paperback. Very Good.

UK: Pluto Press, 1992 456 pp.Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged.. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

2001 2001 80 pp with B&W pencil drawings of the Sheikh. In English and Arabic. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Boards are clean and bright. Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912 to October 1990) ) was the vice-president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Dubai. He ruled for 32 years from 1958 until his death in 1990. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum was responsible for the transformation of Dubai from a small cluster of settlements near the Dubai Creek to a modern port city and commercial hub. His famous line, "My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel," reflected his concern that Dubai's oil, which was discovered in 1966 and which began production in 1971, would run out within a few generations. He therefore worked to develop the economy of Dubai so that it could survive after the end of oil production, and was a driving force behind a… Read More

Los Angeles: Times Mirror Press, 1922 296 pp.Text is clean, tight and unmarked, edged dust-dulled. Yellow pictorial boards are rubbed at extremities with a discolored spot on back board.. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Frederick Brown, 1900 60 pp. Text is clean, tight, unmarked, yellowed. A chip is missing from the upper corner of the FFP. Black cloth boards with yellow stamped circle and titles are VG with slight fading and bumping to extremities. A translation letters concerning the Boxer Rebellion from a court official named Li Hung Chang III, styed "son of Li Hung Chang,, Firt Secretary to the Chief of Boxers at Tsi-Nan." Exceptionally rare in original edition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 3.5" x 6.75".

NYC: McCliure, Phillips & Co., 1905 NYC: McCliure, Phillips & Co., 1905 302 pp with 8 B&W plates. Text is tight, unmarked, yellowed. Library markings - ('Young Men's institute, New Haven , CT,") and cardpocket Yellow cloth boards are bumped and soiled. A British war correspondent's dispatches frrom Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, originally published inr Blackwood's Magazine. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.. First American Edition.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Hill and Wang, 2005 341 pp with three maps. A talented anthropologist's account of trying to unravel meanings in society where the rules are not only diferent from our own but also fluid. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged.. First Edition.. Trade Paperback. Fine.

Doubleday, 1982 202 pp with 24 color plates and B&W illustrations throughout text. The story of how Lloyd Nolen and a group of fellow airmen created the Confederate Air Force, also known as the Ghost Squadron, with the purpose of preserving and restoring to flying condition the historic aircraft of World War II. text is clean, tight and unmarked. Yellow paper boards with darker cloth spine are clean and undamaged. DJ has rubbing to spine ends and one short closed tear. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Guravich, Dan.

1971 49 pp. The first self-published work of writer, Guitta Karubia. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Red paper covers have light shelfwear.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Privately Printed.

London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1954 London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1954 189 pp with a portrait of the author frontis and one map in text and one fold-out map. Captured at the fall of Singapore in 1942 this is an account of the author's escape from a Japanese prison camp on Singapore Island.thru Sumatra to Darwin, Australia. Text is clean, tight, unmarked, lightly foxed along page edges. Fold-out map is clean and intact. Half-title and frontis illustration have slight damage to bottom corner. Black cloth boards are intact with gold-stamping on spine faded. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.

Edward W. Sweetman, 1963 A photo facsimile of the original edition published in 1819. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Tan cloth boards are bright and undamaged. The DJ is brown craft paper, intact and undamaged, with a neat cursive handwritten sticker with the tile on the spine, I cannot say if this was the original dust jacket but it appears to have been present since the book was last purchesed.. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hastings House, 1974 Covers all aspects of film from negative development, through coding, dailies, ordering opticals to the release print with many illustrations and diagrams. Text is clean, tight, unmarked. Covers are "as new".. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

1941 Unpaginated. Self-published (?) Text is clean, tight, unmarked. Page edges frayed. Covers intact with picture of Jardine McCree, considerable edgewear. Contents pretty factual.. Stapled Soft Cover. Fair. 9" x 12". Self-published.