John w. blaine (11 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 8th Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 8. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

First Edition. Fine copy in the original paper-labelled cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 270 pages; Description: 270 p. Ill. Subjects: Africa - fiction. Form / genre: Short stories. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. x, 1-207[2]p. Color frontispiece plus 5 other full-page color illustrations and color decorated endpapers by Mahlon Blaine. Bibliography Yellow, black and red patterned paper half bound in black cloth with gilt letters on the spine. Some wear to extremities with a couple of corners just barely rubbed through, lower corner of front cover very lightly bumped, spine gilt mostly dulled, covers lightly soiled, previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown, all illustrations present and in fine condition, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. John W. Vandercook (1902-1963) was a British-born writer and radio commentator with special expertise on the West Indies. He authored 14 novels and several screenplays. While a young newspaperman out West, Vandercook witnessed the lynching of a Negro, and that awoke his interest in the whole Negro problem. He has been to every Negro republic on the fact of the globe. He spent many months in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, studying psychological and political conditions, and gathering materiaL for this biography of the Black Emperor--Henry Christophe--whose story he has told so vividly in BLACK MAJESTY. His first book was entitled TOM-TOM. Mahlon Blaine (d.1969) was a prolific illustrator of children's books and mainstream magazines and literature, especially during the late 1920s, and is also remembered today for his darkly erotic work. Blaine, Mahlon (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any markings. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 269 pages. 'colonial edition stamp on title page -some foxing. mahlon blaine (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. brown cloth, black lettering, no dust jacket, 207 pp covers are dampstained spine slightly discolored Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hardcover. Early Reprint. Octavo; x, 207 pages; G; three-quarters black cloth binding over printed paper boards with a brown paper label to spine; mild shelfwear to covers, including bumped edges, scuffing, exposed boards, wear to tail of spine and small missing section at the head of spine, and tears/missing pieces to spine label; textblock clean with black top edge dye and deckled fore edge; illustrated endpapers printed in yellow and blue, small rectangular yellow sticker reading "7/92 STRAND PRICE $5.00 EA" on front pastedown, mild split to expose webbing at gutter of front endpaper, almost complete split to expose webbing at gutter of rear endpaper; black and white illustrations throughout, with select illustrations printed in yellow and blue as well; mild textblock splits at signature boundaries; shelved below front counter. 1363853. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Thick 4to hardcover volume in blue pictorial embossed binding. Spine not faded boards and spine have minor wear. Pictorial end papers are not split one small book plate and a ink owners name. 4 books in one with 832 pages and tons of illustrations including a folding chromo plate of the fair and many other color plates. No foxing or stains to the tight contents.…

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; x, 207 pages; G; three-quarters black cloth binding over printed paper boards; mild shelfwear to covers, including bumped edges, light fraying to the head of the spine, and two small worm holes in the spine; textblock clean with red top edge dye and deckled fore edge; illustrated endpapers printed in yellow and blue, ink name to ffep, worming at gutter from front endpaper reaching in to pinprick at page preceding page 1 and at rear endpaper with no pinpricks visible within; black and white illustrations throughout, with select illustrations printed in yellow and blue as well; pencil underlining on pages 2, 4, 8, and 9; mild textblock splits at signature boundaries; shelved below front counter. The covers depict a graphic interpretation of the central piece of King Christophe's coat of arms, a crowned bird on a bed of flames. This crest went on to be a part of the Haitian flag. 1362666. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

hardcover. Zustand: very good(-). Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine. 207 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed pictorial boards with paper spine label; light shelf-wear, corners rubbed. New York: Literary Guild of America, (1928). A very good(-) copy. Reprint edition (despite First Edition statement on copyright), with a presentation by Vandercook on the title page. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). …