Search Results: Authors starting with M from Renaissance Books

Paris: Auguste Marc et Cie / E. Martinet. Good with no dust jacket. [1872?]. No signatures. 1/2" chips to cloth at head and tail of spine and corners of boards. Some rubbing and staining to boards. Some foxing.; No date [1872?]. [2], 240, [1] pages. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustrations on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 369 x 263mm. Published by the editors of "L'Illustration". Printed by E. Martinet. Numerous steel engravings. Text in French. Contents: Prologue; Le Comite Central; Domination de la Commune; L'Armee dans Paris; Les Ruines; Epilogue. .

London: Walter Scott. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Split to gutter at front hinge. No signatures. ; Scarce. 290 pages + frontispiece + 11 plates + [18] pages advertisements. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spine and boards. Page dimensions: 185 x 124mm. Top page edges gilt. Fiction. Short stories, most with a Japanese setting. Contents: Felix Holt Secundus; The Wooing of Webster; A Yoshiwara Episode; The Bear Hunt on Fuji-San; A Tosa Monogatari of Modern Times; Faustus Junior, Ph. D.; Fred Wilson's Fate. .

London: T. Nelson and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1884. Hardcover. Foxing to endpapers. Extensive pencil scribbles on rear free endpaepr. Boards rubbed and worn. ; 94 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Frontispiece and several full page illustrations. Ornithology. 14 separate chapters on individual species, including The Willow-Warbler; The Flycatcher; The Hedge-Sparrow; The Magpie; The Rook; The Wood-Pigeon; The Water-Ousel. "It is not easy to tempt them to take up their abode in your trees, but the rookery once there, it will never depart: you saw it in your childhood, you will see it still in your old age." - from the chapter on the rook. ; 16mo .

Glasgow: William Maclellan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 93 pages. French flaps. Page dimensions: 184 x 121mm. "Who at present owns, and who ought to own, all money and credit, asks the author - the Banks, the Government or the Consuming Public?" Selected chapter titles: The Defect of Bank Interest; Our Bogus Debts; The Bankers' Bottomless Vaults; Rich and Poor; Under Which King? ; 8vo .

The Author. Good with no dust jacket. (1991). First Edition. Softcover. 0959798307 . A couple of adhesive stickers to wrappers. 1/4" tear in rear wrapper. ; Number 1587 of an edition of 2000 copies. Signed by the author. The memoirs of a taxi-driver (cab driver). 121 pages. Ex-libris bookplate of Paul Aubin.; 8vo .

Melbourne: Mason and Firth. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Some horizontal tears across the spine cloth near the ends of the spine, otherwise near fine. Spine faded. Moderate fading to boards. Endpapers very clean. No signatures. Detmold bookbinder's ticket on front endpaper. Some spots of foxing to page edges. No splitting to joints or hinges. A nice copy.; viii, 210, lxxxvi, [2], iv, 79, [1], 14, 13 pages + plates (including folding). Original blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. Pale yellow endpapers. Proceedings and Appendices etc. bound in at the rear. Of particular note in this volume is the article "Notes of a recent personal visit to the unoccupied Northern District of Queensland" by William Lockhart Morton. This article is on pages 188-199, and includes 1 folding map. "The blacks do not seem numerous. We sometimes saw their fresh footprints, but themselves only once. Every night we… Read More

Dunedin: Mills, Dick and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Unbound. Some foxing. A couple of small paper stickers in blank corner of title page.; 15, [1] pages. A single tract, disbound from a larger volume. Page dimensions: 204 x 135mm. Complete. "I am deeply impressed with the conviction that we have reached a crisis in the political history of New Zealand, upon our right action with regard to which now, depends the future of the Colony for good or for evil." - page 3. Macandrew favoured Otago becoming an independent colony, - "I cannot disguise from myself the fact that, could we divest ourselves of the idea of the unity of New Zealand, the true remedy for the existing evils, in as far as Otago is concerned, would be that the Province should be erected into an independent Colony."- page 14. James Macandrew (1820-1887) succeeded William Cargill as Superintendent of the Province of Otago. [References: Bagnall 3233 - "Strongly opposed to the… Read More

London: Ernest Benn. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (1931). First Edition. Hardcover. A nice copy of this title. Some foxing to top page edges. Tidy previous owner's inscription dated "Xmas 1942" on front endpaper. Supplied with a facsimile dust-jacket in mylar cover. ; Uncommon. [viii], 236 pages + frontispiece + 3 plates. 1 full page map. Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 135mm. Contents: From London to Kashgar; My First Impressions of Chin-Bagh; My Early Days in Kashgar; An Outlook on Chinese Turkestan as a Whole; The Mohammedan, or Old City of Kashgar; The Chinese, or New City, and a Chinese Dinner; Housekeeping Difficulties; Our First Leave, and Return to Kashgar with an Increased Family; Kashgari Women; A Summer Holiday among the Kirghiz; A Journey Home via Naryn and Chimkent; The Chinese Revolution; Changes in Kashgar; Good-Bye to Kashgar, and Our Journey Home through Europe in War Time; Index. "Lady Macartney… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Good with no dust jacket. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in 19th Century half-leather library binding. Chipped paper library label on spine. Some rubbing and fading to boards and spine. Joints rubbed. Edges of boards rubbed. Some chips to marbled paper along edges of boards.; 47, [1] pages. Brown half-calf binding and marbled boards. Page dimensions: 170 x 115mm. Bound with three other titles by the same author: (2) "Gladstone on Church and State", London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. 70 pages. (3) "Speeches on Parliamentary Reform, in 1831 and 1832", London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. 128 pages. (4) "Frederic the Great", London: Longman, Brown, Greem, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. 129 pages. Spine title:… Read More

London: The Statesmen Publishing Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. 1/4" missing at head of paper spine on both issues. Heavy rubbing with some surface chipping to paper spines. Some wear to corners of wrappers. Moderate browning to wrappers. ; No.39: pp [2], (79) -156. Contents: "Laughing at Netta" by Richard Hughes; "Italianate" by Clive Bell; "The Lesson in Acting" by Mrs. Clement Parsons; "The Prophet" by Maurice Baring; "The Albatross" by Hector Bolitho; "The Antique" by Alan Clutton-Brock; "Bulwer Lytton"; Readers' Reports; Correspondence. No. 40: pp. [2], 157-234. Contents: "Voltaire's Laboratory" by E. M. Forster; "The Bubble Reputation" by Desmond MAcCarthy; "Elle et Lui" by Richard Jennings; "The Unknown Johnson" by A. S. F. Gow; "Readers' Reports". ; 8vo .

London: The Statesmen Publishing Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Some wear to corners of wrappers. Moderate browning to wrappers. ; Pp. (243) -322. (Total of 80 pages). Contents: "Madame de Lieven" by Lytton Strachey; "The Poet" by V. Sackville-West; "The Sight of Blood" by John Hampson; "The Daughter of the Archdeacon" by E. H. Lacon Watson; "The Example" by H. Belloc; "Readers' Reports"; "Notes on New and Forthcoming Books" by the Editor. ; 8vo .

London: Collins / The Crime Club. Good with no dust jacket. (1937). Hardcover. No signatures. Moderate foxing. Dust stains to page edges. Bruising and slight dampstains to corners of front board.; 1937 reprint. 251, [1] pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 178 x 110mm. Crime fiction. .

Christchurch: [Printed By Whitcombe & Tombs]. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Staining to dust-jacket. Short tears to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; (x), 81 pages + 20 illustrations on 8 leaves. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. No signatures. Dust-jacket title: " A History of the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company Limited 1882-1957". Contents: Contents: Canterbury in the 'Seventies; Getting Under Way; Killing and Loading; Damage from Fire; The Problem of Costs; Notes of General Interest; Special Aspects; Fairfield; Changes on the Board: Sir George Clifford Takes Control; The Pareora Works; Review of Progress; Years of Fluctuation; Appendices. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall M140]. .

London: Collins / The Crime Club. Good with no dust jacket. (1948). First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Fading and foxing to spine cloth. Moderate foxing. Creasing to corners of some leaves. ; 192 pages. Red cloth boards with black lettering and Crime Club logo on spine. Page dimensions: 183 x 121mm. Crime fiction. A novel. "It was nine-fifteen, and the whole front of the Burnside was empty and brightly lighted" - the opening sentence. .

Auckland: HarperCollins. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. (2005). Softcover. 1877427489 . 335, [1 (blank)] pages + plates. Page dimensions: 233 x 152mm. Military history, World War On. "Combining a refreshingly lucid style with clarity of explanation, Macdonald examines the entire New Zealand effort from highest commander to soldier in the field. [. . .] Macdonald combines an immensely readable journalistic style with a narrative packed with information, insights and anecdotes where the diaries, letters and memories of those present are permitted to add their own perspectives." - from review by Major General (R) Piers Reid, CBE, quoted on rear cover. .

London: Seeley, Service & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Cloth. 273 pages + frontis + 44 illustrations (some of the illustrations are full page plates, some are smaller in-text illustrations) + folding map at rear. Lacking the index leaves (pp. 275-283) , the half-title page and the publisher's advertisements. Subtitled: "A Description of a Country of Contrasts & of its Cheerful, Happy-Go-Lucky Peoply of Hardy Nature & Curious Customs; their Religion, Ways of Living, Trade & Social Life. " Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. 1" and smaller tears to margins of folding map at rear. Adhesive tape repairs to folding map at rear. Short adhesive tape repair to gutter at pp. 14-15. Recently rebound in library cloth covers. Binding tight. A good reading copy. The author was a British trade agent in Tibet for 16 years. Contents: Preface; Foreword; Position & Frontier; Brief History; Government; Religion; Lamaist Pantheon; The… Read More

Wellington: Camp Association, Dunedin. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Rubbing and staining to spine and boards. Internally very good. No signatures. ; New Zealand local cook book. 109 pages. Illustrated papered boards with cloth spine. Page dimensions: 211 x 140mm. Includes advertisements. Cover title.; 8vo .

Dunedin: Coulls Somerville Wilkie. Good with no dust jacket. 1928. Softcover. Covers rubbed with some foxing. A dampstain to lower 40mm of rear cover and corner of front cover. Spots of foxing to page edges. Inscription on front endpaper: "Presented to Hon. James Craigie M.L.C. by Waipu Caledonian Society 14/3/29". ; Second edition, substantially enlarged from the first edition of 1925, which was only 19 pages. 192 pages + 2 plate leaves. Softcover (There was also a hardcover in cloth.) Printed light green card covers, with Scottish Thistle illustration on front cover. Page dimensions: 183 x 120mm. The two plate leaves have 12 small illustrations (11 portraits) and 1 full page "Plan of Waipu Block". Chapter titles: Early History of British Isles; The '45; Feudalism Abolished; Norman McLeod; Off to America; First Settlement in Nova Scotia; Call to Ohio; St. Ann's: A New Settlement; Norman Returns to St. Ann's; A Startling Letter from Adelaide; The Sailing of… Read More

Christchurch: Bookroom. Good in Fair dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscription. Fading to spine. Some fading to boards. Rubbing and wear to dust wrapper. 1" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. A couple of 1/4" tears along head of dust wrapper spine. 3/8" tear along head of rear panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 163 pages + plates. Blue cloth boards. No date [1945]. Page dimensions: 181mm x 118mm. "This is a book to appeal to every New Zealander, whether soldier or civilian, who feels proud of the record of the service of the men and women overseas. It will be of particular interest to the 2nd N. Z. E. F. members who at one time or another were patients in an Army hospital." - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Oxford University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1945). First Edition. Softcover. Rubber bookseller's stamp on title page, The Presidency Book Supplies, Madras. Later owner's pencil signature on title page. Minor ripples to leaves. Some rubbing to covers. ; 32 pages. Printed orange paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 186 x 124mm. Advertisements on rear wrapper. Map of Tibet on inside of front wrapper. An excellent short account of the history and people of Tibet. "David MacDonald's father was a Scot and his mother a Sikkimese woman of good family. He received his first schooling in the language and script of Sikkim (which is closely allied to Tibetan), lived for twenty years in the Chumbi valley in Tibet itself, as British trade agent, and lives today at Kampilong. He accompanied the British Mission led by Colonel Francis Younghusband to Lhasa in 1904, and is the author of 'The Land of The Lama (1929) and 'Twenty Years in Tibet' (1932)." -… Read More