Search Results: Authors starting with M from poor mans books

Good+ with no dust jacket. c1900. Leather. Scrapbook; Small 8 vo; Pasted In Tour [post] Cards And Plant Specimens. Prominently featuring the Matterhorn, Geneva , Grand Hotel. Spine frayed. Contents G/VG. About 30 pages in total. .

Boston: Manning & Loring for David West,. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1799. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 154 pages; A Journal of occurrences in the tower of the temple during the confinement of Louis XVI King of France By M. Clery the King's valet de chambre. Translated from the original manuscript by R. C. Dallas Esq. In later calf leather. Owner's name on first blank otherwise clean and sound. Marginal waterstain to first couple of leaves. .

NY: Thomas Y Crowell & Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 0690580754 . COLLECTABLES; Hobbies; Art; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 401 pages; Small chip from bottom of back DJ panel. DJ in acrylic. Book unmarked. 365 b/w photos. .

Boston / New York: The Page Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1915. First Edition; Seventh Printing. Cloth. frontis; 8.25; 326 [14] pages; Corners bumpet particularly upper top left of back which is chewed by a diminutive dog. Others quite sharp. Front cover plate shows wear. Inside of front cover ownerships of Damon and Dot . Color frontis. A much loved author writes about her much loved heroin. .

Utica: Orren Hutchinson.. Good with no dust jacket. 1842. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; vi, 424 pages; Publisher's blind stamped cloth. Contents clean with scattered spotting, last few leave's corners waterstained. Spine crown wear. .

Harboro: Traditon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1965. Second Edition. Russet cloth. 8VO; 53.19 pages; Charles Francis Stein's neat signature inside front cover. He was a well known author in this field. Water stains along fore-edge and lower corner, ; Signed by Notable Personage, Unrelated .

Delacorte Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. 0440054591 . We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages; Victorian novel commencing in 1854, romance and family .

Very Good with no dust jacket. Canvas. Oil Painting; Color Illustrations; Date unknown but frame refurbished [receipt Included] in 2006. 12 x 16 inches oil on canvas, original. A known nature painter. .

Paris: Impr. De Daragnès. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Card Covers. Wash; An engraved wood and 6 original etchings by Jules Pascin. . [Illustrated Book] Mac Orlan, Pierre. Tombeau de Pascin. Paris, 1944. Folio 10"x13" . Number 55 of 150 copies on velin Pur Fil du Marais. Eight original engravings by Pascin, tissue guards, text in pink and black. Printed salmon wraps under glassine. Condition Very good to near fine. Glassine has a couple of tears to spine, the frontispiece has left an impression on the title page, and the binding is just separating. Bookplate of Henri Paricaud, [a well known collector who has published works on his library, ], on flyleaf. .

(vence, France): Arthaud. Fine with no dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Chemise. Color Illustrations; 4to ; Yves Brayer (18 November 1907 – 29 May 1990) was a French painter known for his paintings of everyday life. He was born in Versailles. He studied in Paris at the academies in Montparnasse starting in 1924, and then at the École des Beaux-Arts with Lucien Simon. Page 75 apppears to be a signed original watercolor. In blue paper covered slipcase withminor shelf wear- all corners sharp. The book is a chemise with 103 color paingins, drawins and watercolors. 45 are in color. The work is in fine condiition and the slipcase near NF, .

London: Longmans, Brown, Green and Longman. Fine with no dust jacket. 1849-1876. New edition. Calf leather. 8VO; Books released over time bound to match all bindings. 8vo. Tan leather with heavily gilt decorated spine and red and green accents. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. (1-5) The History of England. 2nd edition. 1849-1861. (6-8) Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh Review. 1848. Fifth edition. (9-10) Trevelyan, George Otto. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. 1876. (11-12) Miscellaneous Writings. 1860. (13) Speeches. 1854. (14) Lays of Ancient Rome. 1852. Provenance From the library of Jacob A. Stein. Condition Near fine. Interiors lightly aged. Very sIight wear to spine edges and corners. Book plate stating "Sata Wissa" on front pastedowns. Would stand out as a high point on any book shelf. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, FRS FRSE PC (25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian and Whig politician. ... He played… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Trevelyan Edition. Vol II only. Bound in full leather for Bristol Grammar School. .

Metropolitan Magazine. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1915. Of all those who have called the White House home, there was perhaps no one tougher, both mentally and physically, than Teddy Roosevelt. Roosevelt served as a New York City police commissioner in the 1890s, scaled the Matterhorn, and was blinded in one eye during a boxing match, according to History.com. From photo by Ian Pirie MacDonald (January 27, 1867 – April 22, 1942) was an American portrait photographer, New York City civic leader, and peace advocate. He photographed over 70,000 men in the span of his career, including international heads of state, religious leaders, and artists [Wikipedia]. This was most likely done about the time that Theodore had an exclusive contract with Metropolitan Magazine. Photo itself was taken in 1915. Contemporary wooden screen. 7 lines with bold signature. "Ours must be the democracy of service; in it no man is entitled to enjoy rights unless he performs the corresponding duties; and… Read More

Greenberg Publishing. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. His first hardcover book. DJwith some fraying and a nick at the top edge, small losses at top and bottom of DJ spine. Bok vg with 1/16" split at crown. Contents clean. .

New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 291 pages; Author-signed first printing of this novel, with the called-for " (1) " on the last page of text. Inscription on front flyleaf reads "10. Sept. 54 / Higgins Bay / For Sam and Evvie / This was writ at / Pisico in '53. / (so what? ) / John (D. * MacDonald) / *without this it isn't an / autographed copy." Volume is bound in green cloth with yellow lettering to spine. Book shows light external wear. Binding is firm. Pages are clean and without markings. Intact dust jacket shows external wear, with loss at top and bottom of spine panel and small tear at edges. Price of $3.50 appears at top edge of front flap. A non-crime novel set in Mohawk Valley. NOTES: from a group of books inscribed by the author to family members who over the years accompanied him at his summer home in the Adirondacks. John D. MacDonald was an award-winning mystery… Read More

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1962. Second Printing. Paperback. 160 pages; Width: 4.5" Height: 7.25"author-signed Second Crest printing of a work originally published as "The Executioners." Inscription, addressed to "Dear Ol' Guth," is interspersed with blurb on first page, with words from text crossed out and replaced with author's. Printed text reads as follows "What do you do when an insane criminal threatens to destroy your family and the police are powerless to protect you?" "Criminal" has been replaced with "artist" and the words "police are" with "Dean is." The word "Duck!" appears under text and over signature "Ol' John." Volume is bound in wrappers. Book is in excellent condition. Text on front cover advertises the 1962 American psychological thriller film starring Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck. This book is from a… Read More

N Y & Chicago: Dell Publishing Company, Inc.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1955. First Edition. Paperback. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Signed EditionBinding Style: Perfect BindingPagination: 191 pagesWidth: 4.5" Height: 6.5". MacDonald was a prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many of them set in his adopted home of Florida. His best-known works include the popular and critically acclaimed Travis McGee series, and his novel "The Executioners," which was adapted into the film "Cape Fear." In 1972, MacDonald was named a grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America, and he won a 1980 U. S. National Book Award in the one-year category Mystery. Stephen King praised MacDonald as "the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." Kingsley Amis said, MacDonald "is by any standards a better writer than Saul Bellow, only MacDonald writes thrillers and Bellow is a human-heart chap, so guess who wears the top-grade… Read More

Garden City: Doubleday. Fine in Good+ dust jacket. 1968. 1st. Cloth. Examines every aspect, psychological, procedural, social and so on of our adversarial system of justice. The New Jersey murder trial of Dr. Carl Coppolino from preliminary hearing to final verdict. A chance to see F Lee Bailey at his finest. DJ is near pristine. Book shows light rubbing and fading to cloth and beginning hinge crack to front cover. Signed and inscribed, "Gest regards to John Graham. ; Signed by Author .

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Publications, Inc.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Paperback. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; John Dann MacDonald was an American writer of novels and short stories, known for his thrillers. A prolific author of crime and suspense novels, many of them set in his adopted home of Florida. His best-known works include the popular and critically acclaimed Travis McGee series, and his novel "The Executioners," which was adapted into the film "Cape Fear." In 1972, MacDonald was named a grandmaster of the Mystery Writers of America, and he won a 1980 U. S. National Book Award in the one-year category Mystery. Stephen King praised MacDonald as "the great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller." Kingsley Amis said, MacDonald "is by any standards a better writer than Saul Bellow, only MacDonald writes thrillers and Bellow is a human-heart chap, so guess who wears the top-grade laurels?"… Read More

Montreal, Canada: Wm. Foster, Brown & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1893. Hardcover. Canada; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 337 pages; Sketches illustrating the Early Settlement and History of Glengarry in Canada, relating principally to the Revolutionary War of 1775-83, The War of 1812-14 and The Rebellion of 1837-8, and The Services of the King's Royal Regiment of New York, The 84th or Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment, The Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment of Foot, The Glengarry Light Infantry Regiment, and the Glengarry Militia. Publisher's brown cloth , cloth frayed, front cover loose, contents clean and Good+. .