Search Results: Authors starting with A from MLC Books

Philadelphia, PA: Carey & Lea, 1833. First U.S. edition. Marbled end papers and edges of the text block. Rubbed with wear at the edges and flaking to the spine. Binding square and solid. Previous owner's bookplate on the front end paper. Number on the title page and a small sticker to the rear pastedown, possible ex-library but more likely a personal library indication. Foxing throughout.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Rock Island, Illinois: Augustana Book Concern, 1927. Lightly bumped and rubbed with a touch of wear at the edges. Pages tanned with the previous owner's name on the front free end paper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1927. Bumped and rubbed, spine sunned with a damp stain to the lower edge of the boards, leaving a small patch of jacket residue on the rear board. Hinges cracked, title page and following page detached but present. Residue on the rear pastedown as if from a pocket, but no library indication. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.A.: St. Olaf College Press Undated. Each volume is lightly bumped, rubbed and tanned with a few short tears at the edges and corner creases. Sidsel Sidserk, in Norwegian, has underlining. Both have the previous owner's name inside. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback. Good/No Jacket.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Milkweed Editions, 2006. Collected postcards and letters from Edward Abbey. First printing. Spine heel gently bumped. Jacket very lightly rubbed and crimped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

County Louth, Ireland: Mellifont Abbey Press, 1980. A comprehensive guide book, 48 pages. Lightly bumped, upper spine sunned.. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Early reprint. Two bodies are discoverd in a dinghy, a clergyman and an attractive young lady. Reportedly based on the widely publicized Hall-Mills murder case in 1922. Rubbed at the edges with a small bit of loss to the spine ends. Binding square and solid. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. Thatcher Colt investigates murder, reportedly based on the true crime William Desmond Taylor case. Bumped and rubbed with loss to the corners and spine ends. Spine darkened, front hinge loose, rear cracked. Previous owner's name, dated 5/19/37, on the front pastedown.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. The final Thatcher Colt mystery. Oursler wrote the series using the Abbot pseudonym, and reportedly this was ghost written by Oscar Schisgall (Hubin.) Ex-rental library with a stamp on the title page. Bumped, hinges cracked. Jacket has been trimmed and attached to a stiff paper backing with white trim, flaps glued to the pastedowns, and clear laminate on the spine. Price intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/Fair. Ex-Library.

New York: Popular Library, 1948. Popular Library 159. The fall from the high rings is the latest accident to plague the circus, and now Thatcher Colt is investigating murder. First paperback printing. Basis for the 1933 movie "The Circus Queen Murder" starring Adolphe Menjou as Colt. Light wear at the edges with the laminate beginning to peel.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Dell, 1945. Dell 88, mapback, with cover art by George A. Frederiksen. Reportedly ghost written by Oscar Schisgall (Hubin.) Thatcher Colt investigates murder at a country house. Rubbed with creases at the corners, spine sunned. Binding appears to have been reglued.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Harpercollins, 2004. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Seattle, WA: Lazy Jane Productions, 2010. Gently bumped and rubbed. Signed "Be Safe, Robin Abel." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

Pepperell, Massachusetts: Self Published, 1982. The scarce self published first edition of this political and economic commentary by the long time educator and municipal official, 59 pages. Gently rubbed. Signed by Abele inside the front cover.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Viking Press, 1931. 102 Pages of humorous excerpts from class papers, with black and white illustrations by Dr. Seuss. Fourth printing, March 1931. Bumped and rubbed with a damp stain to the upper corner and rear board. Hinges cracked, a few pencil scribbles.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel).

New York: Viking Press, 1931. 99 Pages of humorous excerpts, plus 7 pages of ads in the back. Yellow boards bumped and rubbed with light wear at the edges. Front hinge cracking, upper 1" of the front end paper cut off. Previous owner's name in pencil on the rear pastedown.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Huget, Virginia.

Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing, 1976. Part of the Association of American Geographers Comparative Metropolitan Analysis Project. Lightly bumped and rubbed, small drip mark on the front wrap, rear wrap creased. Former owner's name stamped on the front wrap and the half title page. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket.

Oslo: Lunde Forlag, 1995. Very light shelfwear. DJ shows moderate edgewear, with small 1/4" tears and chips, small scuff on spine. DJ in mylar. The story of the author: an administrator, ambassador and the only evangelical Christian in the cabinet of Emperor Haile Selassie I. Scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good.

Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1995. Perspectives on magazine research, publishing and journalism. Very gently handled. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.

CreateSpace, 2008. Nothing is as it seems when Chance Dugan stumbles in between government agencies, dead bodies, and a fake policewoman joining him on the run. Very gently bumped. Inscribed to the previous owners and signed by Abresch on the title page.. Inscribed By the Author. Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket.