Search Results: Authors starting with M from Great Expectations Rare Books

New York: Bramhall House, 1957. Book. Good+. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format hardcover in publisher's rose colored dust-jacket. 212 pages. Selected Bibliography, Index. Profusely illustrated with over 100 photographs and 75 drawings, paintings and engravings. A cavalcade of Victorian architectural style from the Gothic to the Gingerbread, from grand Tuscon villas and public structures to quaint domestic cottages. No edition stated. No previous ownership marks. A clean, sound, tight and unmarked copy. Dust-jacket shows light wear but is complete and not clipped. Good+ in a good dust-jacket. .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1900. No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green pictorial cloth stamped in red. Illustrated with drawings by George Wharton Edwards. Covers lightly rubbed and spine faded/darkened. Good.. Reprint. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 1991. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large trade paperback. 275 pages. Bibliography. Selected and introduced by Judy Mabro. First edition. An examination of European 'travel literature' specifically focused on Middle Eastern women. The biases and prejudices of the writers are manifest, but those attitudes also reflected as much upon the roles of women in European society as they did upon the romanticized image of the exotic and immoral Arab female. By 20th century standards a shocking exercise in jingoism and misogyny, but also a readable, if wryly amusing, narrative. Previous owner's name written inside front cover. Covers show cosmetic wear to extremities and spine creased from reading. A sound, tight. internally clean and unmarked copy. Good. .

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. Three volumes bound in contemporary full calf, with marbled endpapers and edges. Raised gilt spines with double leather spine labels. Moderate rubbing to covers. No name, no book-plate, etc. Prelims show light foxing, else a solid, clean set in a handsome binding, very good+.. Seventh Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1860. Hardcover, original brown embossed cloth, lettered in gold on spine. 620pp., Index. First published in 1849, Macaulay's History had been reprinted numerous times through the 1850's, this is volume III of the 5 volume set published in 1860. Cloth covers show mild staining and light wear Top edge of bulked sheets show some foxing. Gold spine lettering is worn, and just readable. Interior text is very clean, as are endpapers. Hinges are strong and book is square and tight. Scans on request.. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 1992. Trade paperback. 360 pages. New edition of the title originally published in 1976. First thus. A wonderful anthology about cats, featuring the work of 150 writers and artists. Over 100 illustrations, 16 in full color. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine. . New Edition. Softcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: Little Brown Uk, 1993. Large oblong quarto, hardcover in dust-jacket. 160pp., Illustrated with monochrome and full color photographs by Alain Le Garsmeur. First edition, second impression. No prevoius ownership marks. Glossy dust-jacket shows very mild shelf-wear, else as new. A visual and literary feast of the Irish landscape. "Alain Le Garsmeur's camera has captured Joyce's world in all its living variety. The original and evocative images reflect extracts chosen by Bernard McCabe, extracts that display Joyce's quick-shifting ventriloquist's skills in slipping from voice to voice, the better to render a complex love-hate relationship with his chosen world." A very fine copy in a fine dust-jacket.. Second Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Richard Rosen Press , 1970. Hardcover, publisher's pictorial library binding, in dust-jacket. 191pp., Illustrated with several photographs. Stated first edition. The Military research series. Dust-jacket protected by reinfoirced mylar covers. Not an ex-libris copy, from a private collection. No previous ownershiop marks. Mild rubbing to dust-jacket. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good in a good dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Bantam Books, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Trade paperback/ 298. Later printing. A memoir of love, adversity, self discovery and travel on the sub-continent of India. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Near fine. .

London: Papermac, 1990. Trade paperback. 239 pages. Primary Sources and Select Bibliography, Notes, Index. Illustrated with photographs. Fourth printing. No previous ownership marks. Faded retail sticker from the Strand Bookstore on cover. A clean, square, unmarked and lightly read copy. Very good. . Fourth Printing. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, gray cloth lettered in silver on spine, in publisher's dust-jacket. 304 pages. Foreword by Janet Blumberg Knedlik. First edition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, and unmarked copy. Light shelf-wear to jacket. Fine in a very good dust-jacket. .

Great Britain: Headline, 1993. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 625pp., Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs and maps. First edition, first printing. More than a chronicle of the second year of the, to date, the costliest war in human history, "the story of 1915 is stark, brutal, frank, sometimes painfully funny, always human." No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. As new in a fine dust-jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Philip Lee Warner, 1911 No Jacket. First Edition. Russet cloth stamped in blind. Gilt spine lettering somewhat dulled. mild puckering to cloth and corners lightly worn. Illustrated with 12 full page color plates. Endpapers show toning and several inscriptions on front fly dated 1927. A nice copy, in very good condition, of an extremely scarce illustrated edition of Burns' poetry.. First Thus. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Free Press, 1989. Hardcover in dust-jacket. 239pp., Primary Sources and Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with photographs. No name, no book-plate, etc. The story of the sole successful assassination of a leading Nazi during the Second World War, the political intrigues which surrounded its planning and execution, and the ferocious reprisals exacted upon the Czechs and Jews after its success. No price on dust-jacket flap, stated first American edition, book club issue. An unread, as new copy in like jacket.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishes, 1981. Cloth Spine Over Boards. Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth spine over red boards, in original dustjacket. Incidental shelf-wear to jacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Basic Books, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 324 pages. Bibliographical References, Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Dust-jacket has old Border's retail price sticker on lower rear panel. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .

Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1936. Green cloth sans dustjacket. Extensively illustrated with drawings, charts and graphs. Signed presentation copy on title from author to Prof. G.E. Daird, dated Dec. 1936. An ambitious scientific work, Very good.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1947. Greenish blue cloth sans dustjacket. Extensively illustated with drawings, graphs and photographs. Small booksellers label lower corner inside fron t cover. Good+.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 195pp., Select Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 8 pages of half-tones on coated stock. First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, appears new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1985. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two volume set, complete. Hardcovers, bound in genuine deep blue leather with real 22 kt gold stamped titles on spines. 553 and 722 pages respectively. All edges gilt, silk ribbon markers sewn-in, raised spines. General Bibliography, Chapter Bibliographies and Index in each volume. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Two-page broad-side, folded horizontally, Collector's Notes from The Library of the Presidents and blank Easton Press book-plate, laid-in loose in each volume. First editions thus. An important comprehensive biography of America's 32nd president, the only man to ever be elected to four terms. Volume two "The Soldier of Freedom" won the Pulitzer Prize for History. No previous ownership marks. A pristine, clean, fresh and unread set, like new As new set. Priority and International orders will require… Read More