Alastair Macbain (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No dust jacket. very good. No dust jacket. 25th anniversary National Dog week stamp on the title page. Previous owner name in felt tip pen on verso of half title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, First Thus. Text/Bright, clean, As New. Blue linen boards/NF w/light edge rubs. DJ/Poor; intact w/edge losses; under mylar. PO stamp to fEP. Monograph on trout fishing in these United States by sportsman, fisherman and Fishing Editor for Field & Stream magazine, Dan Holland. Core Ford, who has fished with Holland, wrote of this book: it tells "everything about trout fishing that anybody ever needs to know." Fine copy despite flaws. Dan Holland (Author-Photographer); William J. Schaldach (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Condition: Good. History of the US Army Air Forces in WWII written thru the perspectives of individual's stories. Chapters range from Alaska, England, Greenland, India, Burma, China, the US, the Philippines and the Marianas. Good hardcover copy of the book. 244p.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Clarles Scribner's Sons January 1946 Binding: Hardcover. William Von Riegen (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1946 Charles Scribner hardback with x+244pp. Hardback without wrapper with boards showing shelf wear a little rubbing and signs of use. Pages showing a little reading use, no folds or creases. Solid copy showing its natural age. G2. William Von Riegen (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. private library liquidation fades red cloth /black lettering faded 1946 edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed and dated by the author on initial page. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Condition. Has some wear. Five star seller - Buy with confidence.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. TRUE FIRST EDITION THUS. INVENTORY OS >>> COLLIER'S Magazine 1945: FEBRUARY 17 ** ABRAHAM LINCOLN painted cover by C.C. (Cecil Calvert) BEALL (1892-1970) BACK COVER AD = Coke; SERIAL = "The Story of Jenny Wingate" part 1 by Zenith Brown; SHORT STORY = "The Answer" by Zachary Gold - "Love in his Pocket" by Ware Torrey Budlong - "Easy Street" by Eileen Davis - "The Barrier" by Francis Malm - "Home Town Decision" by Robert Griffith; ARTICLES = "You too can Capture a Jap" by Quentin Reynolds; "Russia VS Britain in the Mediterranean" by Frank Gervasi; "Journey into France" by Archbishop Francis J. Spellman; "Somewhere We'll Find You - Downed Pilots in the Himalayas" by Corey Ford and Alastair MacBain; ** 240 Grams; >>> Scar from partly removed Mailing Label at lower right cover, shelf wear to covers; creasing to staple edge; Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. ABRAHAM LINCOLN painted cover by C.C. (Cecil Calvert) BEALL (1892-1970) (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. New York: Random House, 1946, 216p. First Printing Stated, not illustrated. The Secret Story of the OSS. Dark Blue cloth with gilt spine title on red background, gilt dagger in red oval on front cover, brick colored endpapers, top edge dyed red, page edges untrimmed, dust jacket. A Very Good+ copy with some light edgewear at head & foot of spine. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with some edgewear at edges and head of spine, spine lightly sunned, not price clipped. A Clean Tight Copy See Photos.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First printing. Black cloth with burgundy and gilt on front and spine. Name and date in ink inside front cover. Mild yellowing to edges of text block. Unclipped dust jacket has some color loss on spine. Faint foxing along right edge on front of jacket. Minimal shelf wear to jacket, which is in mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition So Stated. This old book with dust jacket is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a First Edition hardcover book with 216 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The prior owner wrote their name on the first end paper. The pages are otherwise clean with no soiling or tears. The copyright page states 1946 First Printing. There is a price of $2.50 on the DJ flap. The dust jacket is over 99% intact with light edgewear and tiny chips at the corners. I have placed the DJ in a fresh mylar jacket and this old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition/First Printing. Quite nice and scarce in jacket. Jacket has a couple of small chips and the spine is toned. Owner info. to pastedown.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 90 pages. Fiction: The Balance of Nature; His Brother-In-Law's Keeper; Episode; Hold fast, My Love; Marriage '48 (part 3 of 5); Man-Eater from Snohomish. Articles: Death in the Classroom - schools are dangerous places (part 1 of 2); Billie Burke - Her Story (part 2 of 3); A Hunter's Map of the U.S.A. - Sportsman's Paradise; Godmother to Little Yanks - Mary Rizzoto and her World Children's Foundation; Hawkshaws in Skirts; The Campaign Trains Roll Again; Bedlam on Sunday; Smithson's House of Wonders - The Smithsonian Institution; Try Building Your Own Dream House - The Spelman family of Babylon, Long Island, Henry Wallace is the voice of Russia - opinion piece inside back cover. Ads include: The Frazer Manhattan automobile - inside front cover, B.V.D. sports shirts, Jeep Trucks - very nice, International Trucks, Schlitz Beer, Firestone Tires, Kodak film, MGM's The Three Musketeers, Harley Davidson - their 125 single cyllinder, Bicycle playing cards, Arrow ties, Jantzen sweaters, Smartair leisure wear, City Club shoes, Inco, Wilson Brothers men's wear, Botany brand shirts and slacks, Pendleton shirts, Gruen watches, and a lovely Coke ad on back cover which shows Coke dispenser inside a snowy window. Covers holding by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's - The National Weekly Magazine, February 19, 1949 Balance of Nature; His Brother-In-Law's Keeper; Episode; Hold fast, My Love; Marriage '48 (part 3 of 5); Man-Eater from Snohomish. Articles: Death in the Classroom - schools are dangerous place. Illustrated by Snyder, Wesley; Skor, Walter; Milroy, Karl; Oehman, Len;Mochi, Ugo; Fredman, Harry; Varady, Frederick (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7'' x 4¼''. Contains 251 pages of text with wonderful monochrome strip cartoon illustrations to every page. Crease lines to the covers, 'Souvenir of The Army Air Forces Claiborne Flight Academy, Wickenburg, Arizona' sticker to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. AVIATION & AERONAUTICS. …

216pp. 8vo. dj. First Printing. First Printing. 216pp. 8vo. Black cloth in unclippoed almost fine dj by George Giusti.

Original two-page contract agreement from the 1946 film noir, amending and supplementing an agreement between starring actress Lilli Palmer and then-president of United States Pictures Joseph Bernhard, and signed by both in manuscript ink on the second leaf. Dated "April 8th" in manuscript ink on the first leaf, and a date of 5/10/46 typed on the second leaf. Small notary blindstamp on the first leaf. The first film released by short-lived studio United States Pictures, and the first of the studio's two films noir, the other being "The Enforcer" (1951, with Humphrey Bogart). Director Fritz Lang was already an established noir authority, having previously directed "M" (1931), "Fury" (1936), and "The Big Heat" (1953). Two leaves, stapled and hole-punched at the top, 8.5 x 11 inches, ribbon copy typescript, rectos only. Very Good plus overall, with light toning, diagonal creases, and faint 'I.M.P." blindstamps to both leaves. Grant Worldwide. Olive Films. Selby Classic Noir. Signed.…