Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Sheila B. Amdur

Keynote Recordings, INC. Bright colorful cover of one of Columbus' ships and a man in stars and stripes shirt. Ink name top right corner fc. With two 78 RPM records in folder inside, pencil note on one holder and poem on inside front cover. Scarce album. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1942.

University of Florida. Dissertation of the author who later published other books about the Yanomami in the Amazon. 178 pp with maps, charts, printed on one side. Plastic spine, tan printed covers. . Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 1989.

New York: The International Committee. With bookplate of Int'l. Y.M.C.A. Training School, Springfield, Mass. , with initials J.T.B., July 1898. Also inserted is handwritten letter, with written heading from "School for Christian Workers, Springfield, Mass, Dec. 10, 1886": Invitation to speak at the NY Soc. for Suppression of Vice, and signed by J. T. Bowen (whose name is impressed in gold on front cover), T. H. Hawks, C. L. Rogers, David Allen Reed, W.H.P. Farmer, E. V. Armstrong, L.L. Merrell. Also inserted is a printed blue letter about J. T. Bowne's work to gather "rare" materials for the YMCA Historical Library. Tipped in rear is penciled long list of invitees to Conference in Harrisburg, PA in 1886. 194 pp plus ads. A few annotations. A scarce original historical document of the YMCA. Brown pebbled cloth. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 1886.

Guayaquil, Ecuador: Museo Antropoloico y Pinacoteca . xvi, 330 pp with map, drawings, color photos at end. Impressed stamp of renowned anthropologist Robert L. Carniero at the bottom of title page. Small piece clipped from bottom corner of flyleaf. Quechua language in title. . Fine. Soft cover. 1983.

Boston: Dayton and Wentworth. Scattered light foxing. Red elaborately gilt decorated cloth. Aeg. 264 pp plus publisher's ads. Frontis. . Near Very Good. Hardcover. 1855.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. Inscribed by author on flyleaf: "Julia Backus Jones with love from H. A. Guerber." Book "dealing frankly and explicitly with all matters pertaining to the physical, mental and moral well being of our children"...also of "Excretion, sex, reproduction." Inscription is to member of notable Norwich CT Backus family. xvi, 283 pp with b & w mythological plates, a favorite subject of this author. Green embossed cloth. . Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. 1902.

New Haven: Yale University. Black Cloth Spine, Color pictorial white printed covers. 105 pp. B & W illustrations. Slight soiling on back cover, but overall very nice condition. Personal inscription on front cover. . Very Good Plus. Soft cover. First and Original Edition. 1996.

New Haven. A double issue with an article by Rodman, his bibliography, and extensive articles on infectious diseases. Approx. 280 pp. A "Festschrift" to John Rodman Paul upon his retirement as Professor of Preventive Medicine at Yale. . Very Good. Blue Stiff Paper Wraps. First Edition. 1961.

Berkeley, California: University of California Press. Volume 24, No.3, pp.239-255 of the series "University of California Publications in American Archeology and Ethnology." Illustrated with annotated reproductions of b/w photographs, a full page map and text drawings. Unopened. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1929.

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. VIII, 193 pp. Map, 6 plates in rear. Inserted printed presentation card from author and U. Mich. Museum of Anthropology. Iran. Red printed covers. . Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 1975.

Chicago: The Univ. Of Chicago Alumni Assoc.. Blue covers. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1957.

Chicago: The American committee of Young Women. 92 pp. B & W plates. Maroon/red cloth. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Assumed. 1901.

Willowdale, Ontairo: Little Bible Ministry of Canada. Bright red black lettered pictorial covers. 2 1/2" x 3 3/4" 41 pp. . Fine. Soft cover. 1963.

Cleveland, Ohio: American Greetings Corporation. 67 pp. No Date. White faux leather cover with gilt lettering. 2" h x 1 /34" w. . Near Fine. Soft cover.

Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Company. Inscribed by author on fyleaf: "To my very good friend and colleague Bill Murphy with best regards Robt W Langley Oct 2, 1928." 59 pp. B & W plates. . Near Fine. Maroon Gilt Lettered Cloth. First Edition. 1928.

Portland, Oregon. From the Foreword: " The author of 'Yukon Lyrics' is an Alaskan Pioneer. He has made two score journeys to the land of the great wide open and is the recognized authority on Alaskan affairs. He conceived the idea many years ago of filming a motion picture, depicting the days of old when gold was the magnet up yonder; this dream was realized when he produced three famous dramas, " The Chechakos", "Hearts of Alaska," and "North of Nome". Much of our valuable information regarding the resources of the Northland have come from his pen and his tongue. The following poems are gleaned from a larger collection, written from time to time." Scarce collection from the author, also a publisher of poetry in Michigan at the turn of the century. "North of Nome" was released in 1925" Inscribed on half title page by author. Light water staining on edges of binding. 69 pp. with B & W drawings. Clean, tight internally. . Good Plus.… Read More

London: The Epworth Press. Maps endpprs. xxvi, 173 pp with many illustrations. Maps on endpprs. A few tiny marginal annotations. Sticker on bottom of front page under publisher's name "Published in the U.S.A. by Essential Books, Fair Lawn, New Jersey." . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1957.