John Mahlon Blaine Vandercook (35 results)

Cloth and Paper Covered Boards. Condition: G. No Jacket. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). 270 pp, b/w illustrations, the book and contents are clean and tight, endpapers are illusrated with warlike natives, the covers are solid and have some soil and also wear on edges, a nice solid copy of this book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). Yellowing pages, bumped corners, slight edgewear to boards. Black Majesty: The Life of Christophe King of Haiti.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). First Thus. Book has light edge wear to illustrated paper portion of boards, wear to paper label on spine, cloth spine and corner in very good condition, off setting to verso of half title and recto of frontis from laid in paper. Called for full page illustrations present. Biography of Henri Christophe, King of Haiti. x, [1], [ ], 207, [2] pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). 1st Edition. PUBLISHER: The Literary Guild of America DATE/EDITION: 1928, stated First Edition (A-C) BINDING: Hardbound in black cloth with paste down title label on the spine and illustrated pastedowns covering most of the front and rear covers, 207 pages DUST JACKET: No jacket BOOK CONDITION: Some rubbing to the extremities but covers are clean, the binding is tight and the interior, other than a name written on the first free end paper is unmarked. Tight binding, overall good plus condition. DESCRIPTION: This book describes the Haitian slave rebellion and the Haitian war against colonial France during the early 19th century.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover without Dust Jacket. First Edition stated. With full page illustrations and cover art by Mahlon Blaine. With illustrated boards and title information to spine as paper pastedown. 208 pages with bibliography. VERY GOOD. All corners fairly pointed. Binding firm and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. But for reader's name and date to first blank page, not marked in any way and very clean and bright. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. BLAINE, Mahlon (illustrator). Third Printing. Bound in black quarter buckram and decorated yellow boards, sans DW; illustrated end-papers; drawings by Mahlon Blaine; 207pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Blaine, Mahlon (illustrator). Cover is in good condition, save for minor corner bumping/wear. Text is largely tight in binding, though tender in some areas (worsening toward back of this copy); handle with care to maintain remaining binding integrity. Text is clean and free of blemishes throughout. No other markings or indications of note. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. BLAINE, Mahlon (illustrator). Reprint Edition, First Printing. Grey paper-wrapped binding with black print on spine. Light crushing at spine ends. Previous owner gift note on Inner front flyleaf. Blue head edge tint. Light tanning to page edges. Tight, sound and otherwise unmarked. 208 pages. Dust Jacket has wear at spine ends, tattering along top edges and small piece missing from rear panel upper edge near spine. In mylar and no price present.

Cloth. Condition: Fair. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). Later printing. Black cloth with illustrated paper pastedowns on front and back covers. On back cover, part of the pastedown is missing at the top left corner. Wear to extremities. Title page is untrimmed. Some water stains on cover and front endpaper. Drawings by Mahlon Blaine. 207 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). Obscure title. Illustrated by Blaine. DJ nicely in archival wraps with tears and chips taken; age toning; pages dusty with age toning. 11th printing (1929).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Scuffing to cover boards. Rear hinge is cracked. This book is in acceptable condition and is a reading copy. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). Hardcover in Near Fine Condition. Black Cloth with titles in yellow on spine. Corners slightly bumped. Edge wear to top and bottom edges of spine. Spine slightly rubbed. Pages and illustrations are very clean and bright. The Yellow and red paste downs have a beautiful vibrancy when one opens this copy.

Pictorial Board. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Mahlon, Blaine (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. The book is very good with some shelf wear, previous owner's name on ffep and some small pencil marks in margin.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair (in mylar). Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). First Edition (Thus). Former owner's inked initials/date and glue remnants on fep, usual age wear, else textblock is clean and tight, illustrated end papers. Cloth spine and corners, sunned spine, bumped head and foot, illustrated paper boards with rubbing to bottom edges. Very worn, heavily taped, dust jacket; Chips and cracks to all edges of unclipped dust jacket, fair condition. 207pp., including bibliography. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blaine, Mahlon (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo. x, 1-207[2]p. Color frontispiece plus 5 other full-page color illustrations and color decorated endpapers by Mahlon Blaine. Bibliography Yellow, black and red patterned paper half bound in black cloth with gilt letters on the spine. Some wear to extremities with a couple of corners just barely rubbed through, lower corner of front cover very lightly bumped, spine gilt mostly dulled, covers lightly soiled, previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown, all illustrations present and in fine condition, else very good to near fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. John W. Vandercook (1902-1963) was a British-born writer and radio commentator with special expertise on the West Indies. He authored 14 novels and several screenplays. While a young newspaperman out West, Vandercook witnessed the lynching of a Negro, and that awoke his interest in the whole Negro problem. He has been to every Negro republic on the fact of the globe. He spent many months in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, studying psychological and political conditions, and gathering materiaL for this biography of the Black Emperor--Henry Christophe--whose story he has told so vividly in BLACK MAJESTY. His first book was entitled TOM-TOM. Mahlon Blaine (d.1969) was a prolific illustrator of children's books and mainstream magazines and literature, especially during the late 1920s, and is also remembered today for his darkly erotic work.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). Reprint. Spine and edges have moderate wear/DJ edges have much wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. mahlon blaine (illustrator). 269 pages. 'colonial edition stamp on title page -some foxing.

(1930), 14th printing. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 207pp. Owner name, bibliography, decorated end papers. Biography of Christophe. Illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. Locale: Haiti. (History--Central America, Biography, Royalty).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. MAHLON BLAINE (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover published by Harper & Brothers New York 1st edition 1928, illustrated by Mahlon Blaine, rebound by 'The General Assembly New Zealand Library, label on picture paste down, no others noted VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good in striking illustrated cover with repeated eagle design. Dramatic illustrations throughout. Black spine and corner edges. No inscriptions. Deckle edged pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). First Edition. New York: The Literary Guild of America/Harper & Brothers, 1928. The author's second book, a biography of the revolutionary former slave Henri Christophe (1767-1820) who became Emperor of Haiti. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition (stated). Paper-covered boards illustrated in yellow, blue, and black; black cloth spine with a paper title label. Clean text; x, 207 pages; bibliography; with an author bio and an ad for his previous book in the rear. Frontis illustration, with five others within; also cover and endpapers by Mahlone Blaine (1894-1969). Mild bumps; edgewear at the margins. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Mahlon Blaine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by Vandercook -- Fair to Good (a little worn & hinges have been reglued). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition, so stated with printing code A-C. Color frontispiece and 5 other illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. Color pictorial boards with black cloth spine ( paper title label). This copy is VG. Exterior a trifle rubbed at edges, but rich and colorful. Inside is unmarked, crisp, and tight with medium/even toning to text. Decorative color EPS.

Hardcover. Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). First edition. First Edition, A-C, stated. Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine. This copy wrapped in a Garden City reprint dust jacket (1950). Three quarter black cloth, over patterned papered boards. No Slipcase.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). First. Black cloth with illustrated pastedown on front and rear. Tan label with black lettering on spine. First edition, A-C. Illustrated endpapers. Deckled pages. Black and white illustrations throughout plus 6 full page color illustrations by Mahlon Blaine. 209 pp. including bibliography.

Hardcover. Early Reprint. Octavo; x, 207 pages; G; three-quarters black cloth binding over printed paper boards with a brown paper label to spine; mild shelfwear to covers, including bumped edges, scuffing, exposed boards, wear to tail of spine and small missing section at the head of spine, and tears/missing pieces to spine label; textblock clean with black top edge dye and deckled fore edge; illustrated endpapers printed in yellow and blue, small rectangular yellow sticker reading "7/92 STRAND PRICE $5.00 EA" on front pastedown, mild split to expose webbing at gutter of front endpaper, almost complete split to expose webbing at gutter of rear endpaper; black and white illustrations throughout, with select illustrations printed in yellow and blue as well; mild textblock splits at signature boundaries; shelved below front counter. 1363853. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stated First Edition. First Edition A-C. First edition hardcover 1/4 black cloth with paper illustrations on front and back covers. Original publishers pictorial boards. Prior owner signature on ffep.

Cloth. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. first edition A-C first state plastic jacket no dj as issued, superbly illustrated 209 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Mahlon Blaine (illustrator). 1st Edition. Decorated end papers. Ex Library book with sticker on inner front boards. Illustrated. Bound in 3/4 black cloth over yellow paper covered boards decorated in red and black. Book in very good condition. Bottom edge of front board is nicked. No stray marks.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; x, 207 pages; G; three-quarters black cloth binding over printed paper boards; mild shelfwear to covers, including bumped edges, light fraying to the head of the spine, and two small worm holes in the spine; textblock clean with red top edge dye and deckled fore edge; illustrated endpapers printed in yellow and blue, ink name to ffep, worming at gutter from front endpaper reaching in to pinprick at page preceding page 1 and at rear endpaper with no pinpricks visible within; black and white illustrations throughout, with select illustrations printed in yellow and blue as well; pencil underlining on pages 2, 4, 8, and 9; mild textblock splits at signature boundaries; shelved below front counter. The covers depict a graphic interpretation of the central piece of King Christophe's coat of arms, a crowned bird on a bed of flames. This crest went on to be a part of the Haitian flag. 1362666. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.