Search Results: Titles starting with Y from Champ & Mabel Collectibles

[London]: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. [168p.] Front endpaper removed, some foxing on endpapers and pages. Explains "the various types of yacht sails, their usage, care, and cut, in order that the veriest amateur sailorman my know more about this interesting subject." Includes glossary of sail and sailmaking terms. B&w illustrations and photo frontispiece. (8-3/4"x5-3/4")

New York: Greenberg, 1935. (1st Edition). Cloth. Good +. 288p. Signed by author on front endpaper. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, cover corners and top and bottom of spine worn with spine sunned. Errata leaf tipped in after title page. Eleven short stories by this Italian immigrant physician. (7-5/8"x5-1/4")

Santa Barbara, California: Wallace Hebbard, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/good. 177p. Endpapers toned, top front cover sunned, jacket has large chips to edges and 2" tear at top. Biography of the wealthy landowner and cattle rancher credited with establishing the Port of San Pedro. Includes bibliography. B&w frontispiece. (9-1/4"x6-1/4")

East Boston: Cynthia, [1935?]. Stapled wraps. Very good. 23p. Wrap edges chipped. Includes knitting patterns for women's dresses, suit, sweaters, and scarf and men's sweaters with crochet patterns for afghans. B&w illustrations and photographs. (9-3/4"x7-3/4")

Kearney, Nebraska: Cookbooks by Morris Press, 1996. Softcover. Very good. [viii], 180p., 22p. Signed by authors on title page. Recipes using buckwheat, corn, mixed grains, rye, and wheat. Plastic comb binding. B&w decorations. (8-1/2"x6")

New York: Vanguard Press, 1952. (1st Edition). Cloth. Very good/good. 414p. Cover edges lightly scraped, toned jacket has tears and large chips to edges. Final novel in the Bernard Carr trilogy. (8-3/8"x5-3/4")

New York: Youth International Party Information Service, 1978. Paper Wraps. Good+. [32p.] Includes articles on: Atlanta's Marijuana March and Smoke-In; firebombing abortion clinics in Ohio; anti-abortion federal legislation S-1457; San Diego, California; Dennis Peron; PCP; Edward J. Epstein; Kent State University memorial; Yipcon; Andy Bruce; Imani (Johnny Harris); and Black's Beach. B&w illustrations and photographs. (12"X8-1/2"; folded)

New York: Philosophical Library, 1959. Hardcover. Good +/No Jacket. 156p. Cover rubbed and lightly soiled with edges scraped. An international collection of recipes from many countries in Europe and Asia favored by those who follow a diet based on yoga practices. Included are recipes for soups, salads, appetizers, relishes, entrees, vegetables, breads, desserts, and beverages. Includes a glossary of spices. (7-1/2"x4-5/8")

New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First Edition, Stated (Thus). Cloth. Very good/very good. x, 246p. Jacket corners worn and edges chipped. First English translation published in 1933 under the title: The Sinner. A novel of Hasidic life in the Eastern European area of Galicia. Jacket design by Muriel Nasser. (8-5/8"x5-3/4")

New York: Random House, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. [342p.] 1st printing. Jacket spine sunned with tear to front and chips to edges. Author's first novel depicting the life of a war-hardened veteran during his recuperation and at fighting in the South Pacific Theater during World War II. Jacket design by Arthur Shilstone. (8-1/4"x5-3/4")

Gatlinburg, Tennessee: Tourist Bureau, Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce, [1950?]. Leaflet. Very good. Single sheet, double-sided, folded into 4 panels. Leaflet. Information on accommodations and other services for visitors to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Ink stamp on front "Compliments, Knoxville Tourist Bureau, 811 Henley Street, Knoxville, Tennessee." Blue text. (Folded - 9-1/4"x4"; unfolded - 9-1/4"x16")

New York: Ballantine Books, 1971. (First Edition). Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 154p. 1st printing. Cover edges lightly worn, front cover lightly creased on bottom corner and near spine, no creases on spine. Cover art by Carl Hantman.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1944. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. Good +/No Jacket. 104p. Brown spots on page edges and on some inside pages, cover corners bumped and spine sunned. B&w illustrations and 2 color plates by Florian. (8"x5-1/2")

New York: Friendship Press, 1937. Wraps. Fair+. x, 181p. Wraps edges chipping and edges brown toned with sunned spine and front cover torn at fold. A fictionalized account of the challenges facing a young Muslim in the early 20th century. Includes glossary and reading list. (7-1/2"x5-1/4")

New York: Lantern Press, 1953. (1st Edition). Hardcover. Good +/good +. Geer, Charles H.. 189p. Review slip on front endpaper with signature above that is offset on front flap, cover has fade spots, small chips to jacket edges. A boy's new life on his uncle's ranch in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. B&w illustrations. (8-1/8"x5-5/8")

New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1964. (First Edition). Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 96p. Signed by author on front endpaper. Endpapers have slight acid discoloration, jacket has small chips, closed tears and creases to edges. [Jones; 2709] B&w illustrations by Francis W. Davis. (8-1/2"x5-3/4")

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Good +/fair. 334p. Endpapers toned, cover spine sunned where jacket is chipped, jacket has large chips and tears to edges and along flap folds. Novel based on the life of Thomas Chatterton. Jacket illustration by Val Biro. (7-1/2"x5")

Janesville, Wisconsin: Drum Major Publishing Co., 1960. Stapled wraps. Very good. [50p.] Wraps thumb creased and spine fold creased with edges scraped and corners worn. Promotes the ideal of young, white female Americans including articles on: beauty pageants and contests, Young Misses at the University of Mississippi, Miss Majorettes of America, Miss America, Orange Bowl Queen, careers in beauty (ice skater, Silver Springs mermaid, Rockette, airline hostess and stewardess), Edith Head, date nite in Disneyland, and Ben Shaw models. Scarce. B&w and color photographs. (11-1/4"x8-1/2")

Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1927. Stapled wraps. Very good. 64p. Pages toned, grayish wrap edges sunned, wrap fold torn at staples. [Gibbs; 834b] (5"x3-1/2")

New York: Viking Press, 1962. Cloth. Very good/very good. 33p. Signed and hanko stamped by author with color illustration on verso of front endpaper. Small tear at front gutter with front and back pastedown wrinkled from a manufacturing error, jacket neatly covered with clear plastic covering (which probably explains the preservation of the jacket). Story of a young boy overcoming his shyness and making a friend by Caldecott Honors winner. Color watercolor illustrations. (8-1/4"x9-1/2")