Search Results: Titles starting with U from McBlain Books

Diliman, 1969. Paperback. Very Good. [iv], 397 leaves. Wrapper. 28cm. Text printed on one side. Research Guide No. 6.

Marine who served in Korea, discharge lists his service which include Inchon. Sokcho-ri, and also Kobe and later Puerto Rico when his overseas tour was finished.  Includes PH in case & other medals including NY Humanitarian Service, Misc. papers including his original discharge, family papers, etc.  One relative was active politically and there are a few letters & telegrams, and photos.  A stack of letters, mostly from him to girl friends, relatives, etc.  USMC letterheads, etc.  Letters are fairly easy to read.  Original envelopes for many letters present separately.  Last are about 75 photos, a few of family, the rest service related including ones taken on convoy to Japan or Korea. Captions or information on back of some (far less than half) photos.

New York: Acme Newspictures, Inc, n.d. [. Very Good. 18 x 23 cm. Wire Service photo. Stamped April 21, 1942 on back along with an Acme stamp. Frame in a simple black wooden frame.

1954. Hardcover. Good. 150+ snapshots in corner mounts. Most 7cm. x 10cm. Amateur photos. Extensive white ink captions in margins on two-thirds of the photos. Photos clear with good detail. About 60 photos have been removed. Tied album with lacquered wooden covers (chipped in one place at edge). Picture of Mt. Fuji on front cover. Oblong 26cm. Probably the album of a U.S. serviceman stationed at or near Itazuke A.F.B. on the large island of Kyushu. Most photos show views of Itazuke, the City of Fukuoka, and nearby Hakata Island. About two-thirds are photos of soldiers, mostly off duty. About 30 photos are of Japanese scenes and Japanese people. About 20 photos (some in color) appear to be from back home in the U.S.

Washington, 1849. Hardcover. Good. 8 folding leaves, 995p. Contemporary 1/4 leather (tiny corners). 23 cm. Backstrip faded. Covers scuffed. Corners and ends of backstrip chipped and rubbed. Internally sound with mostly light to moderate foxing. 31st Congressm 1st Session, Ex. Doc. No. 2.

n.p.: Kenya National Steering Committee for the UN Decade for Women Conference 1985, 1984. Kenya National Steering Committee for the UN Decade for Women Conference 1985. Good. Wall Calendar 60 x 42 cm. Large color photo, apparently from Kenya, on each monthly calndar page by Charles Butler, P.C.V. Original front cover sheet has some chipping along edges. Later, slightly off center horizontal fold.

Lisboa: Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar, 1980. Paperback. Very Good. folding map, 35p., plus (22) photos & illustrations. Softcover in original wrapper. 25cm. "Rejected Tozzer Library" stamp on cover. Portuguese text. Junta de Investigacoes Cientificas do Ultramar, Centro de Estudos de Antropologia Cultural, Estudos de Antropologia Cultural, No. 13.

Moscow: State Statistical Publishing House, 1957. Paperback. Good. text unnumbered. Wrapper. Photocopy. Stapled. 27cm. Browned around edges.

Neuruppin: F. W. Bergemann, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. photos, map, 91p. plus (4)p. publisher's advertisements. Thin plain red cloth-backed boards (probably not original). 19cm. Former owner's name. German text.

Moskva, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good. 378p. Blue cloth. 22cm. Text browned. No Jacket. Russian text. This volume contains a number of articles on Oriental manuscripts and documents located in Leningrad (St. Petersburg).

Moskva, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good. 566p. Original blue cloth. 22 cm. No Jacket. Russian text. Contains articles on Central Asia, China and the Middle East.

Moskva, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. 250p. Blue cloth. 23cm. A few leaves dog-eared. No jacket. Russian text. Nine articles on a variety of subjects. 1200 copies printed. Nine articles on a variety of subjects.

Roma, 1844. Hardcover. Very Good. 768p. Contemporary blindstamped leather lettered and decorated with gilt. 16 cm. All edges gilt. Covers lightly warped. Modest browning and foxing on some leaves. Italian text.

Directorate of Overseas Surveys, 1958. Paperback. Good. 46 x 47cm. (folded to 12 x 23cm.). Browned and somewhat worn along edges.

London: Phaidon Press, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. color illustrations, index, 520p. Original black boards. dj. 29 cm.

Tokyo: Privately published, 1933. Paperback. Very Good. folding color frontis, illustrations (some color), xiii, 122p. plus 93 leaves of plates. Original tied wrapper, bound oriental-style (double-leaved). 31cm. Pages lightly browned. Top edge gilt. Dark blue chitsu box (corners and ends of somewhat faded backstrip are chipped and worn. Copy #890 of an edition of 1000 numbered copies. Japanese prints and paintings, 1650-1765, including works by Moronobu, the Kiyonobus (First and Second), Masanobu, Toyonobu, and others.

[New York], 1956. Paperback. Very Good. 6 black & white illustrations, [16]p. Original wrapper. 23cm. This 1956 exhibition/program included two concerts and an exhibition of 17 contemporary painting and sculpture.

Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. illustrations (including 8 color plates), 219p. Original cloth. 27cm. Ukrainian text. Ukrainian folk art.

Kyiv: Derxh. vyd-vo obrazotvorchoho mystetstva i muzychnoi lit-ry, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. photos & illustrations (some color), xxxv, 325p. 29cm. No jacket. Ukrainian text. A book about Ukrainian costume.

Tashkent: Izd-vo "Nauka,", 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. 182p. 22cm. No Jacket. Russian text. Edited by G. A. Voloshina.