Search Results: Authors starting with M from Carpe Diem Fine Books

Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1999. 1st. Hardbound. Fine & Unused copy. Octavo, xiv, 338 pages. Illustrated boards without dust jacket as issues.

Costa Mesa CA: Mazda Publishers, Inc, 2013. First Edition(?). Octavo; xiv, 310 pp. Brand new copy in original shrinkwrap; color illustrated paperback.

Hagen: LiLoLe Publishing, 2005. 1st. Softcover. Fine copy. Octavo, 128 pages.

Los Angeles, CA: Printed by G. Rice and Sons, 1925. 1st. Original wrappers. Minor wear to extremities else near fine. First Edition. 8vo. Full-page photo-illustrations. Green wrappers with embossed gilt lettering to front cover; yapp edges. Originally formed in 1893 as the 'Southern California Fruit Exchange' by P.J. Dreher and his son Edward L. Dreher the 'father' of the California citrus industry, this influential organization re-named itself 'California Fruit Growers Exchange' in 1905. Represents an important chapter in California history. (Rocq 6773).

Denver, CO: Green Mountain Press, 1970. 1st. Hardcover. Book is fine in about fine dustjacket (short closed tear to rear cover); a very nice copy of the uncommon first edition.. Octavo. xviii, 247pp. Bibligraphy; Index. Photo-illustrations. Mustard-colored cloth in map-illustrated dustjacket. SIGNED by both authors. A thoroughly researched history of the Four Corners region (Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico).

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1950. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 127, [1] pp. Bibliography; Index. Photo-illustrations. Three-quarter red morocco over red cloth boards; gilt lettering & decoration to spine. Owner name else a fine copy. The biography of the wife of the South African World War II prime minister, Field Marshal Jan Smuts. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

London: Blackie and Son, nd. Early printing. Hardcover. 12mo. [23] pp. 24 color plates by the author. Color plate affixed to decorated boards, illustrated endpapers in uncommon color illustrated dustjacket. Very good (small loss to spine end) in good dustjacket (light, general soiling; large piece missing lower front; wear to extremities & spine ends). One of the Tiny Tots Series, DaintyLlittle Books for Dainty Little Folk.

Prague: Orbis, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition thus. Limited Edition of 2,300 copies. 8vo. 178pp. Frontispiece portrait of Macha. Rendered in English verse by Hugh Hamilton McGoverne, M.A (oxon). Green quarter leather over green cloth boards; top edge stained brown; 5 raised bands, gilt lettering & decoration to spine; housed in clamshell box with handmade paper covers. Book is fine (owner gift inscription); light sunning & wear to box. A tragic and romantic epic poem now regarded as the classic work of Czech Romanticism was first published in 1836 shortly before the poet's early death. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Fine copy.. Octavo; 262 pages.

Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Co, 1936. First Edition, Limited to 250 copies, this being #138. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author at the colophon. Large 8vo. 495pp. Illustrated with photographs, facsimiles and maps. Original tan buckram with gilt-stamped maroon leather spine label; top edge gilt; printed on Covenant rag paper. A fine copy housed in custom tan slipcase. "Not only is this book one of the best and most accurate histories of Nevada ever published, it is a valuable contribution to the history of the entire Far West ... Here is a landmark study stressing the formative years. Indispensable to any Nevada collection." (Paher) Much on John Fremont, Kit Carson, trails, Mountain Men, Mormons, political organization, Civil War, Indians, transportation, gold and silver mining. (Clark 155; Howes M115; Paher 1200).

Leigh-on-Sea, England: F. Lewis, Publishers, 1951. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine bright copy.. Quarto; xvi, 105 pages plus 78 b/w plates.

Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 286 pp. Index; Illustrations. Ex-libris else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, n.d.. ca. 1850. Hardcover. 12mo. 144pp. Introduction by Rev. W.M. Hetherington, LL.D. Frontispiece. Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. A very good copy (some wear to extremities with corners starting; cloth starting to separate along joints; contemporary gift inscription; front hinge cracked but holding). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Indio, CA: Published by Mrs. James Henry MacLafferty, 1956. 1st. Paperback. Limited to 200 copies. Set in Intertype Cornell and forms destroyed. 8vo. 72pp. Brown flexible heavy cardstock, spiral bound, cream pages. A ner fine copy (light wear). Parts One & Two include poetry written during an ocean voyage on the S.S. Excalibur from New York to the Mediterranean and then during a stay in Paris. Parts Three, Four & Five include poetry on various topics. "To know and enjoy these verses is to better know the man within. His poetic soul lives on without destination. 'Sailing on and on." - Preface. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xli, 675pp, including index. Grey cloth covered boards; gilt titles to the spine. A fine copy. 5 November 1811-9 July 1812 with a Supplement 5 March 1809-19 October 1811.

Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. List of plates; 47 full-page black & white photo-reproductions by the sheet-fed gravure method on uncoated paper stock. Rust cloth in rust-gold dustjacket. A near fine copy in like dustjacket; a nice copy of the artist's first monograph. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.

Ditchling Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1924. 4th. Original wrappers. Fourth Edition, Revised. 12mo. 96pp. Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Original light brown stiff wrappers with black lettering and sunflower in relief; untrimmed edges; Eric Gill's press device on title page. Printed on hand-made paper. Bending to bottom cover edges where they overhang the internal pages; slight scrape at upper spine; owner name otherwise near fine.

Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1998. First Edition. 4to. 231 pp. Index. Color illustrations throughout. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. A comprehensive overview of the architectural careers of Charles and Henry Greene by the foremost authority on their works.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. First Edition. Folio. 37pp. Duo-tone and black & white illustrations. Foreword by Ian Malcolm, M.P. Cream illustrated wrappers. Light wear to extreminites, more so to spine; corners creased; faint foldline down center of pamphlet. Very good. Reproductions of a series of inhuman documents published during World War I dictating rules for day to day existence.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 368 pp. Index. Photo Illustrations. Signed by Karl and Carla Malden. Fine in Fine dust jacket. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request.