Titles starting with S from McBlain Books

1968. 2. *Washington, Bob. S.N.C.C."ERS" They Probe Down to the C.O.R.E. Newark: Power Press, (c. 1968). 1st ed. ills, 43p. Wrapper (minor soiling). 21cm. Very Good. Poetry. African American author. ... more information

1940. Paperback. 3. Lapierre, Suzanne. La S. N. C. F. et la Politique Francaise de Coordination du Rail et du Route. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1940. 175p. Softcover. 25cm. Moderate cover soil and wear. Text browned and rather brittle. Good. Almost entirely unopened. French text. These pour le Doctorat en Droit. ... more information

1923. 2. Osborne, Sidney. The Saar Question: A Disease Spot in Europe. London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1923. 1st ed. index, 384p. Cloth. dj (browned & somewhat edgeworn). 22cm. Very Good/Very Good. ... more information

1956. 3. Krauze, Andrzej, editor. The Sacral Art in Poland; Architecture. [Warsaw]: Ars Christiana, 1956. ills (some partly mounted color), 366p. Cloth. Moderately worn dj. 34cm. Covers faded at ends. A few snags in cloth along edges. Very Good/Good. ... more information

1770. 3. Hornyold, John Joseph, 1706-1778. The Sacraments Explain'd: in Twenty Discourses. By J-- H-- C. A-D. S.. London: Printed for J. P. Coghlan, 1770. 2nd ed. [2], v, [1], 236, [6]p. Hardcover in old tree calf, rebacked newer looking leather. 18cm. Rubbing. Minor soiling and wear. Good. The last three text leaves contain Contents list and publisher's advertisements. ... more information

1856. 3. Headley, J. H. The Sacred Plains. Buffalo: Wanzer, McKim, 1856. frontis, ills, 239p. 1/2 leather (lightly scuffed). 19cm. Light foxing on first few leaves and intermittently in text. Very Good. ... more information

1881. 3. Weld, Agnes Grace. Sacred Palmlands or the Journal of a Spring Tour. London: Longmans, Green, 1881. xv, 307p. plus 12p. publisher's advertisements dated October, 1880. Hardcover (decorated gray cloth). 20cm. Joints frayed (splitting at top of front joint). Bookplate. Hinge- papers cracked. Good. Weld was accompanied by her mother on this trip to Egypt and the Holy Land. They were accompanied through the Holy Land by William Henry Assad Kayat. We assume that the author is the Agnes Grace Wel... more information

1951. 2. Meyerowitz, Eva L. R. The Sacred State of the Akan. London: Faber and Faber, (1951). 1st ed. index, 222p. plus large section of photos at end. Hardcover. dj. 25cm. Jacket chipped along edges and price-clipped. Very Good/Good. ... more information

1865. Moscow. Sinodal'naia (byvhaia patriarshaia) riznitsa. Sacristie Patriarcale Dite Synodale, de Moscou. Moscou: Saba, eveque de Mojaisk, 1865. 2nd ed., revised, corrected, and augmented. 32, 2, ii, plus 15 plates. Original worn, torn, and chipped thin-paper green wrapper. 34cm. Light foxing throughout, heavier on margins of plates. Binding broken. Fair. Unopened. French text. Russian Orthodox Church. ... more information

1955. 1. [Inscribed by Author] Clarke, Mary. The Sadler's Wells Ballet: A History and an Appreciation. London: A & C Black, (1955). 1st ed. frontis, photos, index, xv, 336p. Hardcover in original cloth. dj. 23cm. Jacket presentable but has some chips and tears. Near Fine/Good. INSCRIBED on endpaper by Clarke (as "Mary"). ... more information

1976. 2. Carr, Rachel. Safari to Ngorongoro. NY: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (c. 1976). frontis, photos (by Jan Thiede and Edward N. Kimball), maps (on endpapers), index, 48p. Hardcover. dj. Oblong 21cm. Jacket has a couple of short tears. Very Good/Very Good. A children's book about the animals in the Ngorongoro Crater in northern Tanzania. ... more information

1991. Paperback. 3. Dembele, Nagognime Urbain. La Saga des Fous. Bamako: Jamana, (1991). 133p. Softcover. 23cm. Cover rather scuffed. Good. French text. ... more information

1910. 3. Mills, Lawrence Heyworth. Saggi di letture tenute all'universita di Oxford sulla religione dell' Avesta. Also Yasna I in Its Avesta, Pahlavi, and Persian Texts, with Its Closer Sanskrit Equivalent, and Introduction. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1910. 6 plates, x, 67, xxxiii, x, 30, x, xxi(p.). plus a few oddly-paginated pages of extracts from other works by Mills. Hardcover in original thin dark green cloth. 32cm. Lacks front free endpaper. Moderate soiling. Library stamp on top and bottom e... more information

1960. Paperback. 2. Bonzi, Mario. Saggi sul Magnasco. Genova: Editrice Liguria, (1960). Nuova edizione riveduta. illustrations, 64p. Softcover. 25cm. Light cover soil. Very Good. Italian text. Alessandro Magnasco was an early 18th century Italian painter. ... more information

1983. 2. Markham, Elizabeth. Saibara: Japanese Court Songs of the Heian Period. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1983). 2 vols. index, xx, 411, viii, 388p. Hardcover in original binding. djs. 25cm. Very Good/Very Good. Vol. One, Text; Vol. Two, Music. ... more information

Paperback. 2. Saida. n.p.: n.d. folding color map (58cm. x 40cm. Scale: 1:5000). photos, 8p. Softcover in original wrapper. 21cm. Lebanese institutional stamp on front. Very Good. French text. Sidon in Lebanon. ... more information

1963. Saigon Round Up: The Weekly Digest & Advertising Magazine, No. 81 (June 28, 1963). Saigon: International Publicity Agency, 1963. ills, photos, 52p. Wrapper (address label). 19cm. Former owner's name. ... more information

1963. Saigon Round Up: The Weekly Digest & Advertising Magazine, No. LXXXIII (July 12, 1963). Saigon: International Publicity Agency, 1963. ills, photos, 52p. Wrapper (address label). 19cm. Lower corner slightly dog- eared. ... more information

1854. 2. Folkard, Henry Coleman, 1827-1914. The Sailing Boat: A Description of English and Foreign Boats, Their Varieties of Rig and Practical Directions for Sailing. With Notices of the Causes of Capsizing, and Other Nautical Information. London: Hunt and Son, 1854. Second edition. frontis, ills (including 14 plates, with frontis), xxii, 293p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 19cm. Minor cover staining. Extremities heavily rubbed. Bookplate. New leather title-label on backstrip. Very Good. ... more information

1880. [Photograph] Sailor from British Isles Photographed by Hong Kong Photographer. Carte-de-Visite photo. Undated but probably circa 1870-1880. Mounted on stiff card. Photographer (printed information of back) was Cheong-Heng & Wing-Chong, located at No. 66, Queen's Road, upstairs. The photo is a bit grubby but still a clear image of a seated young man with a goatee who is resting one arm on a small oval draped table. The man appears to be from Great Britain or Ireland and is wearing a sailor... more information