Authors starting with A from McBlain Books

1971. Paperback. 2. [Exhibition Catalog] Gropper, William. William Gropper: Fifty Years of Drawing, 1921-1971. NY: A. C. A. Galleries, 1971. Illustrated. 48p. Softcover in original wrapper. 28cm. Very Good. Laid in is a folded broadside announcement of an exhibition of the works of Anton Refregier SIGNED on the back by Gropper. Held A.C.A. Galleries, Nov. 7 - 27, 1971; Canton Art Institute, Ohio, Feb. 23 - Mar. 26, 1972; and later at two other locations. ... more information

1945. Paperback. 3. A. D. Higgins Junior High School, Thompsonville, Connecticut. The Tatler Graduation Number Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Five. [cover title]. [52] unnumbered pages, including many advertisement. Softcover. 26cm. Staple mark on front cover. Staining along fore-edge throughout text. Good. The one and one-half page Class Valedictory delivered by Robert Jackson, a white eight-grader, was titled "The Negro in Medicine." ... more information

1969. 3. A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund. Negro Pioneers in the Chicago Labor Movement. Chicago: A. Philip Randolph Institute, n.d. [1969?]. ills, 37p. Wrapper. 23cm. Ex lib. Good. Extra sheet with title and contents laid in. ... more information

1928. Paperback. 3. Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. Minutes of the Conference of the West Africa Mission with the Commission Elat, September 1928. n.p.: 1928. (2), 17, A1-A54p. Typed carbon copy. Minutes and accompanying documents and reports secured with two brass fasteners along top. Softcover in lettered gray wrapper. 29cm. Front cover torn and partially detached. Two or three text leaves detached; contents otherwise sound. A few pencil notes in margins. Good. It is unlikely that there were more t... more information

1954. 3. *Smythwick, Jr., Charles A. False Measure; A Satirical Novel of the Lives and Objectives of Upper Middle-Class Negroes. NY: William-Frederick Press, 1954. 1st ed. 285p. Hardcover. dj. 22cm. Jacket darkened and has a closed tear on front panel. Wrinkle across top of backstrip. Very Good/Good. Only book by this African American author from New York City ... more information

Paperback. 2. AAFAFS Ground School. Dept. of Tactics. General Combat Intelligence Procedure Applicable to Air Support Aviation and Ground Forces Units (Higher and Lower Echelons). Brooks Field, Texas: n.d. [WWII-era]. 16p. Softcover. Stapled. Name on cover. Very Good. Appears to be a text for use in a course on Combat Intelligence. ... more information

1962. 2. ACF Industries. Marketing Services Department. Opportunities for Shippers' Car Lines in Transportation of LPG. n.p.: June 1962. 47, 7, (1)p. Unbound (held together with a fastener in the top of three holes punched along left side). Very Good. Report No. 22. Focused mainly on the rail transportation segment of the market. ... more information

1943. Paperback. 3. African Methodist Episcopal Church. Woman's Parent Missionary Society. Quadrennial Report of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Connectional Contingent Fund of the Woman's Parent Missionary Society African Methodist Episcopal Church to the Thirteenth Quadrennial Session at Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church Louisville, KY. October 13-17, 1943. 7p. pamphlet. High acid paper now browned & chipped. Good. ... more information

1900. 2. Aasgaard, J. A., editor and compiler. Souvenir of St. Olaf College. Northfield, Minn.: Northfield News Printery, 1900. photos, unpaged. Hardcover in original binding. Silver decoration and lettering on front cover. 20cm. Very Good/No Jacket. At head of title: Quarter Centennial 1874-1899. ... more information

1962. Paperback. 2. Abako. A.B.A.K.O. 1950-1960: Documents. Bruxelles: Centre de Recherche et d'Information Socio-Politiques, (1962). 367p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24cm. Very Good. French text. ... more information

1981. Paperback. 1. Abalogu, Uchegbulam N., [and others], editors. Oral Poetry in Nigeria: Selections from the Papers Presented at the Seminar on Traditional Oral Poetry in Some Nigerian Communities. Lagos: Nigeria Magazine, (c. 1981). 326p. Softcover. 22cm. Near Fine. ... more information

1934. 2. Abbe, James E. I Photograph Russia. NY: Robert M. McBride, (c. 1934). 1st ed. frontis, illustrations, ix, 324p. Hardcover. dj. 24cm. Jacket moderately worn and has some tears, wrinkling and cellophane tape repairs. Browning on endpapers. Former owner's name. Very Good/Good. ... more information

1923. Paperback. 2. Abbot, Francis Harris, 1877-1933, collected by. Eight Negro Songs [From Bedford Co. Virginia]. NY: Enoch & Sons, n.d. [Editor's note dated July 1923]. 47p. Softcover. 31cm. Cover splitting at bottom of fold. Very Good. Edited by Alfred J. Swan. ... more information

1907. 2. [3/4 leather] Abbott, G. F. Israel in Europe. London: Macmillan and Co., 1907. folding map, index, xix, 533p. Hardcover in contemporary 3/4 leather (Green cloth with darker green leather backstrip and corners). 22cm. Backstrip darkened to brown. Minor rubbing of extremities. Very Good. ... more information

1835. 2. [Abbott, Jacob]. New England and Her Institutions. Boston: John Allen, 1835. xi, [13]-271p. Embossed dark green cloth. 19cm. Bookplate and number on front endpaper. Various minor defects and some foxing but over all an attractive copy in original cloth. Very Good. American Popular Library series. Includes two chapters on slavery and on Nat Turner's insurrection. ... more information

1973. 2. Abdallah, Yohanna B., compiler. The Yaos: Chiikala cha Wayao. London: Frank Cass, 1973. (Second edition]. xvi, 60, 60p. Hardcover. 22cm. Backstrip slightly faded. Very Good/No Jacket. Reprint of the 1919 edition (which was published in Zomba and differently titled) with a new Introduction by Edward A. Alpers. ... more information

1946. 2. Abdul Baha, 1844-1921. On Industrial Justice, by 'Abdu'l-Baha: A Basis of World Economy. Wilmette, Ill.: Bahai Public Relations, 1946. Folded four- page leaflet with text printed on the two interior pages. Later vertical and horizontal folds. Very Good. Reprints statements made in 1907 and 1912. ... more information

1976. Paperback. 3. Abdul-Hai, Muhammad. Conflict and Identity: The Cultural Poetics of Contemporary Sudanese Poetry. Khartoum: (1976). 73p. Softcover. 22cm. Cover scuffing & light soil. Title-page thinned where a name stamp has been removed. Good. University of Khartoum. Institute of African & Asian Studies. African Seminar Series No. 26. ... more information

1971. Abdullah, Taufik. Schools and Politics: The Kaum Muda Movement in West Sumatra (1927-1933). Ithaca: Modern Indonesia Project, Southeast Asia Program, Dept. of Asian Studies, Cornell University, 1971. 257p. Lightly worn wrapper (rust-spots from staples). 28cm. Small waterstain in lower corner throughout. Monograph Series. ... more information

1968. Paperback. 2. Abdullah, Sheikh Mohammed. Interviews & Speeches by Sheri-i-Kashmir, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, after His Release on 2nd January, 1968. Delhi: G. M. Shah, n.d. viii, 79p. Softcover. 22cm. Wrapper has light soil & wear. Very Good. ... more information