Authors starting with Y from McBlain Books

1981. 2. Yabes, Leopoldo Y., editor. Philippine Short Stories, 1941-1955. Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1981. 2 vols. frontis, xxxiii, 576, xiii, [577]-1383p. Hardcover in original bindings. dj. 23cm. Very Good/Very Good. ISBN: 0824807677. ... more information

Paperback. 3. [Japanese cookery] Yabuki, Isao. The Special Foods of Japan. Tokyo: Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, n.d. [19--]. photos & ills, 23p. [on double-leaves]. Softcover pamphlet. Tied. 25cm. Moderate general wear. Good. Yabuki identified as the long-time owner of tempura shops in Tokyo. ... more information

1979. 3. Yabuki, Katsuji, and Shozo Kurokawa. English Romanized Japanese Dictionary for Practical Conversation. Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, (1979). 1st ed. 419p. Cloth. dj. 19cm. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

Paperback. 3. Yabuta, Shinji. Nurimono. Tokyo: Foreign Affairs Association of Japan, n.d. [194-?]. ills (1 color), 19p. Softcover pamphlet. Tied. 25cm. Very Good. ... more information

1973. 1. Yahalom, Dan. File on Arab Terrorism. Jerusalem: Carta, (c. 1973). ills, color maps, 48p. Wrapper. 23cm. Near Fine. ... more information

1964. 2. Yahya, Jalal. Usul Thawrat Yuliyu 1952. Cairo: al-Dar al-Qawmiyah lil- Tibaah wa-al-Nashr, 1964. 265p. Hardcover in later cloth. 24cm. Very Good/No Jacket. Arabic text. ... more information

1971. [Two Portfolios] Yakin, Hannah and Abraham. Two Untitled Portfolios. [the title may be in Hebrew]. First portfolio: Jerusalem: Ezry Art Gallery, n.d. [ca. 1971]. 29 unbound sheets (22cm. x 15cm. to 24cm. x 17cm.). Each sheet reproduces an etching (15 by Hannah, 13 by Abraham, 1 duplicate). Many are partly colored. Printed on one side. Includes 1p. price-list and 4p. informational leaflet. Folding portfolio wrapper. Includes 2 works not on price-list and lacks 2 works that are on price- list. Secon... more information

1928. 3. Yakovlev, N. Le Developpement d'une langue ecrite nationale chez les peuples orientaux de l'Union Sovietique et la naissance de leurs alphabets nationaux. Paris: Geuthner, 1928. 46p. Wrapper (spotted). 24cm. Text browned. Good. Offprint from Revue des Etudes Islamiques, annee 1928, cahier I. French text. ... more information

1950. 2. [Yamaguchi, Shozo, 1882-1944]. We Japanese; being Descriptions of Many of the Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Festivals, Arts and Crafts of the Japanese besides Numerous Other Subjects. Miyanoshita: Fujiya Hotel, n.d. (1950). Combined edition (3 volumes in 1). ills, 591p. Hardcover. Decorative cloth. dj. 21cm. Jacket chipped at head of backstrip & browned. Very Good/Good. SIGNED (on halftitle) by Atsuharu Sakai, the actual author of Books II and III. ... more information

1974. Paperback. 2. Yamamori, Tetsunao. Church Growth in Japan: A Study in the Development of Eight Denominations 1859-1939. South Pasadena: William Carey Library, (c. 1974). 185p. Softcover. 23cm. Very Good. INSCRIBED by Yamamori. ... more information

1964. Paperback. 3. [1964 New York World's Fair] Yamamoto, Shiro, (author of Introduction). Sakura Odori: Cherry Blossom Dances. [cover title]. n.p.: n.d. [1964?]. illustrations, (20)p. Softcover in original pictorial wrapper. 31cm. Edge- wear on rice paper interleaving before first page and after last page. Some cover rubbing and wear. Very Good. Booklet/program for a 15 scene Japanese stage entertainment titled Sakura Odori which was produced by Mr. Yamamoto and presented at the House of Japan at t... more information

1982. Yamasaki, Toyoko. Bonchi. Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, (c. 1982). 1st Amer. ed. Translated from the Japanese by Harue and Travis Summersgill. frontis, vi, 404p. Plum-colored boards. dj. 22cm. Japanese novel. ... more information

1958. 3. Yanagita, Tomonobu, editor. Japan Christian Literature Review: A Comprehensive Subject Listing of Protestant and Catholic Books with Over 600 Analytical Reviews. Sendai: Seisho Tosho Kankokai, (c. 1958). Paginated by section. Hardcover (post & screw binding of contents). dj. 19cm. Jacket chipped & worn. Former owner's name stamps. Scattered ink markings. Good/Poor. Bound in at the end is a separately-paginated 1960 Supplement. ... more information

1985. Paperback. 2. Saudi Arabia. Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu. Directorate General for Jubail Project. Fact Sheet: Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu. n.p.: (1985). 30p. Softcover. Stapled in upper left corner. 28cm. No separate wrapper. Very Good. ... more information

1962. 3. Yanez, Agustin. Las tierras flacas. Mexico: Editorial Joaquin Mortiz, (1962). First edition. 359p. Hardcover. dj. 20cm. Jacket chipped along top edge. Leaf following text damaged. Good/Good. Spanish text. ... more information

1961. 2. Yang, Lien-sheng, 1914-. Studies in Chinese Institutional History. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. 229p. Wrapper (darkened). 26cm. Very Good. Nine articles which originally appeared in the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 1946-1957. ... more information

1939. Paperback. 3. Yang, Ling-fu. Translations of My Art: Volume One. The Dragon Fights. Peking: (c. 1939). 24p. Softcover pamphlet. Stapled. 15cm. Cover slightly faded. Title-page unevenly browned (from a newspaper clipping?). Good. ... more information

1990. Paperback. 2. Yankson, Kofi E. Chinua Achebe's Novels: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. Uruowulu-Obosi: Pacific Publishers, (1990). viii, 152p. Softcover. 21cm. Cover spotted. Very Good. ... more information

1931. 3. Yardley, John. Parergon or Eddies in Equatoria. London: Dent, (1931). 1st ed. frontis, photos, folding map, index, xi, 288p. Hardcover. 22cm. Cover unevenly faded. Lacks free endpaper. Good. ... more information

1967. Paperback. 2. Yassin, Mohammed (retold by). Tales from Sierra Leone. London & Ibadan: Oxford, 1967. 55p. Softcover. 19cm. Very Good. ... more information