Search Results: Authors starting with M from Last Exit Books

C1c. Very Good. Leather. Leather. Folio. Printed for W Miller by W Bulmer, London, UK. 1804. 50 handcolored plates. Xxviii, list of plates, then plates alternating with text page, English one side, French the other, all of which is unpaginated. Bound in 3/4 leather and marble paper covered boards with titles and raised bands present to the spine. Front board detached. Boards have heavy shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are chipped and with some pieces missing from the spine ends). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. These plates depict many popular characters in costume: peasants and villagers from Upper Austria, Upper Carniola, Neutra County, the Moravian Plain, Tyrolean, Hungarian, Bohemians, etc. As well as three plates of Jewish types (Jewish and Polish Jews, Jew from Montgatz). EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 4to. Published by Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi Pour l'Artillerie & le Génie, à l'Image de Notre-Dame, Rue Dauphine, Paris. 1770. Xxxvii, 3, 412 pgs. Illustrated with 60 folding plates. Ex-library item with library number present to the front pastedown and the FFEP, with library stamp present to the title page. Bound in 3/4 leather boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have heavy shelf-wear present to the extremities (leather heavily chipped and worn with the hinges exposed; boards rubbed and worn, corners bumped and worn; this would be a nice candidate for a rebinding). Stain present to the bottom edge of the text block that goes through approximately 50% of the binding and discolors the bottom edge of the text block and some of the plates. Text is free of marks. Binding fragile. The finest and most complete 18th c. Publication in any language on the subject. (hydraulics, civil engineering, canals,… Read More

E-341: Schiffer Military. Very Good. 1997. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Schiffer Publishing Ltd, Atglen, PA. 1995. 288 pgs. Illustrated with Color / Black and White Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This new book is an in-depth study covering John K. ""Jack"" Northrop's quest for a clean flying machine. Covered are: Northrop's initial N-1M project, the N-9M, XP-56, through the B-35 project, B-49 project, and the huge bombers planned only on the drawing board. Included are over 300 black and white and color photographs, as well as drawings and statistical data on all of the Northrop flying wing and tailless aircraft. EB; 9 X 1 X 11.5 inches; 288 pages .

C5b. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Collins, London, UK. 1980. 304 pages. The New Naturalist: No. 62. Reprint. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

EB. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 1947. 259 pgs. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Third Printing. Bound in blue cloth with titles present to the spine and the front board. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (edges of the spine are lightly chipped and worn). Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Classic C. I. A. M. Publication on town planning, with very inventive graphics. Josep Lluís Sert I López (1 July 1902 – 15 March 1983) was a Spanish architect and city planner. Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Sert showed keen interest in the works of his uncle, the painter Josep Maria Sert, and of Gaudí. He studied architecture at the Escola Superior d'Arquitectura in Barcelona and set up his own studio in 1929. That same year Sert moved to Paris, in response to an invitation from Le Corbusier to work for him… Read More

A-21. Very Good. Paperback. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A-21; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-277: Allard Pierson Museum. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to Allard Pierson Series, Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2009. Xii, 100 pgs. Illustrated. Allard Pierson series, Vol. 17. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A Caeretan hydria is a type of ancient Greek painted vase, belonging to the black-figure style. The striking feature of the vases is their colourful decoration In this regard they differ from all other styles of black-figure vase painting. The style resembles Ionian vase painting and multicoloured wooden panels found in Egypt. Their figural decoration is on the belly. Men are depicted with red, black or white skin, women virtually always in white. Contours and interior detail were incised, as is common in black-figure… Read More

E-228. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Philosophical Library, New York 1956-1959. 117 pgs, 117 pgs. 2 Volumes. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (Ugglians at Large has a stained rear panel of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and Philosophical library device present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name stamped to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. L M Fallaw (1908-1990) is a US author of whom little is known beyond his receipt of a 1929 English BA from Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina) and 1931 MA from Stanford University, California. His two-book Ugglians sequence, comprising The Ugglians (1956 chap) and Second Book of Ugg: The Ugglians at Large (1959) , contains some fairly sharp sf Satire based on the arrival in America of Ugg the First from his African kingdom, intending to convert the… Read More

E-304. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Twin Bridge Press, Williamsville, N. Y. 1975-82. 3 Volumes. Illustrated. One of a limited Edition of 450 and 200 copies. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (spine label present to the spine). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Some English churches rest upon pagan foundations, and a study of these foundations may make it possible today to understand the mathematics and astronomy that were part of the ancient religion. Triangles, now called Pythagorean, predate Pythagoras by more than 2000 years, and combinations of these triangles in the same unit of length occur from England to Japan. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-253: Brooklands. Very Good. 1975. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Brooklands Books, Surrey, UK. 1975. 100 pgs. Illustrated with black and white plates. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Collection of articles reprinted from various magazines, 1961-1971. Complete details: Road tests, specifications, development, history, racing and new model reports. EB; 100 pages .

E-315: Naval Institute Press. Very Good. 1990. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. US Naval Institute Press. 1990. 192 pgs. Illustrated. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards lightly rubbed and worn. This volume on German Warships is the English translation of the standard work on German vessels. These were first published in West Germany under the title of Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945. Erich Gröner's highly regarded books are the most detailed and authoritative reference works published on the German vessels. They provide data on the design, construction, dimensions, machinery and armament, and comments on the performance, seakeeping, and service history for around 10,000 ships and craft. There are many illustrations and line drawings of the vessels and tables. Volume One contains information on armored vessels, battleships, frigates and corvettes, battlecruisers,… Read More

E-311: Universal Giant #9. Very Good. 1953. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Universal, New York. 1953. 287 pgs. Universal Giant #G-9. Cover art by Rafael de Soto (an inspired by Bettie Page). Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "What was the secret of this poignant spell, that moved Lydian maidens and Egyptian queens to ecstasy?" EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-257: HMH Books for Young Readers. Very Good. 2000. Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. 2000. 192 pgs. Illustrated. Second Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Why this shape and not that? Why steel instead of concrete or stone? Why put it here and not over there? These are the kinds of questions that David Macaulay asks himself when he observes an architectural wonder. These questions take him back to the basic process of design from which all structures begin, from the realization of a need for the structure to the struggles of the engineers and designers to map out and create the final construction. As only he can, David Macaulay engages readers’ imaginations and gets them thinking about structures they see… Read More

E-376: E. P. Dutton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by E. P. Dutton, New York. 1989. 338 pgs. Illustrated with 129 black and white plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Remainder mark present to the top edge. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Eric Gill was the greatest English artist-craftsman of the twentieth century: a typographer and lettercutter of genius and a master in the art of sculpture and wood-engraving. He was a devoted family man and key figure in three Catholic art and craft communities: yet he also believed in complete sexual freedom. In her controversial, landmark biography, originally published in 1989, celebrated biographer Fiona MacCarthy delves into the complex, dark, and contradictory sides of the man… Read More

EB: Yale University Press. Very Good. 1998. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. 1998. 704 pgs. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Thomas Cranmer, the architect of the Anglican Book of Common Prayer, was the archbishop of Canterbury who guided England through the early Reformation? And Henry VIII through the minefields of divorce. This is the first major biography of him for more than three decades, and the first for a century to exploit rich new manuscript sources in Britain and elsewhere. Diarmaid MacCulloch, one of the foremost scholars of the English Reformation, traces Cranmer from his east-Midland roots through his twenty-year career as a conventionally conservative Cambridge don. He shows how Cranmer was recruited to the coterie around Henry VIII that was trying to annul the royal marriage to Catherine, and how… Read More

E-154: David McKay. Very Good. 1919. First, thus. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. David McKay, Philadelphia, PA. 1919. 342 pgs. Decorated endpapers. Illustrated with Color Plates. Signed by Jessie Wilcox Smith on the title page. First, thus. Bound in cloth boards with color pastedown present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's gift inscription present to the half-title page. Light foxing present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A Victorian fairy tale that has enchanted readers for more than a hundred years: the magical story of Diamond, the son of a poor coachman, who is swept away by the North Wind-a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair-and whose life is transformed by a brief glimpse of the beautiful country "at the back of the north wind." It combines a Dickensian regard for the working class of mid-19th-century England with the invention of an ethereal landscape, and is published here… Read More

E-027: Putnam. Very Good. 1975. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Putnam and Company, London, UK. 1975. Xvi, 323 pgs. Illustrated with B&W Plates. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth with titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An account of one of the world's biggest carrier of air passengers and cargo. E-027; 8.5 X 5.6 X 1.3 inches; 323 pages .

E-301: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good. 1973. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1973. 286 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Flashman is ordered to protect and mentor William of Celle—a (fictional) cousin of Queen Victoria—during the Crimean War; William is killed. Flashman is subsequently involved in The Thin Red Line, the charge of the Heavy Brigade and the charge of the Light Brigade, where he surrenders. He is taken into Russia and placed in the custody of Count Pencherjevsky; he also meets his old school friend Scud East, and Count Nicholas Pavlovich Ignatiev, a vicious Russian army captain. After overhearing plans for the Russian invasion of British India, Flashman and East escape, but Flashman is recaptured. He is… Read More

E-018: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Alfred A. Knopf. 1958. 251 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present (very light chipping present to the crown & heel of the DJ spine). Bound in paper-covered boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Hired by Carl Hallman, the desperate-eyed junkie scion of an obscenely wealthy political dynasty, detective Lew Archer investigates the suspicious deaths of his parents, Senator Hallman and his wife Alicia. Arriving in the sleepy town of Purissima, Archer discovers that orange groves may be where the Hallmans made their mint, but they’ve has been investing heavily in political intimidation and police brutality to shore up their rancid wealth. E-018; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-281: Barrie & Jenkins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Barrie & Jenkins Ltd. 1973. 286 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present. Bound in cloth boards. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Stain present to top edge of text. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Flashman is ordered to protect and mentor William of Celle—a (fictional) cousin of Queen Victoria—during the Crimean War; William is killed. Flashman is subsequently involved in The Thin Red Line, the charge of the Heavy Brigade and the charge of the Light Brigade, where he surrenders. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages .