Search Results: Authors starting with M from Alkahest Books

Paris: L'Apprenti P.O., Revue Mensuelle Illustree, Chemins De Fer, Sciences, Arts, Tourism, Sports., no date, probably circa 1930. softcover. Fair. Pamphlet, approx. 38 pages. Paper covers soiled, detached, but present; covers chipped. Eight black and white photo reproductions; including: the Southern Railway,Gare de Saint-Pancras (Reseau du London Midland and Scottish Railway)Passerelle de signalisation et voies a l'entree de la gare de Newcastle South; Locomotive pour rapides voyageurs du type Sandringham (London and North Eastern Ry. Stamp on front cover, mostly unreadable, but Aug. 1933 is discernable; on inside rear cover another stamp : May 5, 1934. Also on front cover a stamp: Library of Railway Economics, Washington D.C. Some text in English, most in French. Phrase book of ideas and terms used about railways and railway stations. There is a pencilled note on the inside of the front cover: "from Sherrington / received Sept. 9, 1933.

New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. 2nd printing. hardcover. near fine. Large octavo, maroon cloth covers with elaborate gilt titles and design on top cover and spine. Second printing (one month after first printing). xi [1] 302 pages. Liberally illustrated in black and white halftone. Former owner inscription on front free endpaper. No dust jacket. Sections include: The Lake Country and Wordsworth; Emerson and Concord; The Washington Irving Country; Weimar and Goethe; The Land of Lorna Doone; America in Whitman's Poetry; The Land of Scott. Studio

Bratttleboro: The Stephen Greene Press, (c. 1969). first edition. hardcover. Very good/very good. Black and white illustrations, from period photos, and a map. Octavo (approx. 6 1/8" wide by 8 3/8" tall), 94 + 1 pages (the last page of the book is printed on the rear paste-down endpaper) Tan cloth covers, red titles on spine, brown titles and picture of a hot-air balloon on the top cover. Colorful dust jacket has minor rubbing, and price on the front flap is intact--in very nice condition. Former owner bookplate (formerly owned by a balloonist) is on front paste-down endpaper. "How six men and a cat flew [some of] the Atlantic in 1910 for a record performance by a manned and powered aircraft." 073018A

New York: White and Allen, "The Chiswick Edition., (1887). Hardcover. Very Good. New York: White and Allen, "The Chiswick Edition., (1887). Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition, #87 of 350 copies. Octavo, vellum covers with pictorial design of gold and silver coins. 167 pages. Former owner inscription on a preliminary page, light soil on covers. 021210E or CRBC

New York, Atheneum, 1980,, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New York, Atheneum, 1980,, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. first paperback edition. Pages 57,trade paperback, softcover, first paperback edition. Light crease on front cover corner, near Very Good. 012306A ISBN: 0-689-11064-2

New York: A. L, Burt Co.,, (1930). reprint. Hardcover. Fine. New York: A. L, Burt Co.,, (1930). reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Poor. Octavo, 302 pages. Book is in Fine condition. Dust jacket flaps are detached but present. Dust jacket chipped and creased at edges. 061508B

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. first softcover ed.. softcover. Very Good. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1917. first softcover ed.. softcover. Very Good. Being the Second Series of "The Irish at the Front." With a preface by John Redmond, M.P. Wrappers; 197 pages + 3 pagesof ads. Approx. 12 cm wide by 18.5 cm tall. Pictorial cover with a soldier holding a green flag with a harp on it on a background of black patterned with green shamrocks. Small erasure on front cover; spine has some creasing; rear cover has some slight soil. Endpapers are browned. Laid in is a sheet that has printed: with the compliments of Professor W. MacNeile Dixon (University of Glasgow), 8 Buckingham Gate, London. 061508A

London: Blackie and Son Limited, no date. hardcover. Very good. Parkinson, W.. With 12 full page black and white illustrations by W. Parkinson. Cover design by Laurence Housman. No date on title or copyright page. London County Council prize bookplate attached to front paste-down endpaper, dated 10 Nov. 1908. Octavo, teal cloth covers with gilt spine titles and decorations. Gilt medallion on rear cover also states: Prize awarded by the London County Council.Top cover illustration in dark reddish brown. All edges tinted green. 384 pages plus 16 pages of publisher's ads in the rear. Light wear at cover corners; small spot on rear cover. Studio

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1947,, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 144 pages, octavo. With a color frontispiece by Leslie P. Thompson and black and white photographs by the author and his friends. Light soil on cloth covers, else Very Good. 041407A

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Co., (1947). first edition, as stated.. hardcover. Very good. Bennett, Richard. Illustrated by Richard Bennett. Octavo, 119 pages. Blue cloth covers with titles and portrait of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle in a darker blue. A couple of small spots on top cover, spine slightly tanned, one corner rolled, still a very good copy. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. (no inscription) No dust jacket. A lovely copy of this first book in the series. Studio

New York, Marzani & Munsell, (c. 1965),, 1965. first edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. 305 pp. + 24 pages of black and white photo repros. Octavo (approx. 6" x 8 5/8"), hardcover, first edition. Introduction by H.H. Wilson. Former owner name stamp and book plate on front endpapers, else Very Good. Dust jacket a bit rubbed, spine sunned, Good plus. "Here is meticulously detailed, and invaluable, historical record of the Progressive party campaign of 1948 behind the candidacy of Henry A Wallace." Frederick L. Schuman, from the dust jacket. 022904A Government, Presidential elections

New York: MacFadden Publications, Inc., 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: MacFadden Publications, Inc., 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Blue cloth covers with light spotting. Octavo, approx. 5 3/8" by 7 3/8", xvi + 205 pages. Dust jacket price clipped, browned on spine and edges, Good plus. 061508B

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1925. hardcover. Very good. Octavo, green cloth covers, 248 pages. Lacks rear free endpaper, and possibly the front one as well. No dust jacket. 120803A

New York: St. Martin's Press, (1985). First U.S. edition, first printing. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Octavo, black cloth covers, xii +195 pages. Includes black and white illustrations, including maps. Book and dust jacket are in near fine condition. 010608A "In January 1885, Charles George Gordon, Governor General of the Sudan, was brutally murdered. His decapitated head was stuck on a spear in the camp of his conqueror, the Mahdi of the Sudan."

Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1923. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Smith, Wallace. Large octavp (6 1/2" wide by 9 1/2" tall) black cloth covers with gilt titles [xii] 241 pages. Edited, with an introduction by Vincent Starrett. Drawing by Wallace Smith. #378 of 875 copies. Former owner name on front free endpaper. 020922B

Yamagata, Japan: privately printed,, 1993,. softcover. Very Good. Yamagata, Japan: privately printed,, 1993,. softcover. Very Good. Quarto ( approx. 8 1/4 in. x 11 5/8 in.). 280 pages, 114 color photo repros. An account of a 1991 cross-USA trip (and back) on a 1990 Kawasaki EX250 by a Japanese student at Princeton University. Light soil on rear cover. 092108D

Detroit, Wayne State Univ. Press, 1968,, 1968. Hardcover. Detroit, Wayne State Univ. Press, 1968,, 1968. Hardcover. Pages 473,octavo, hardcover. With a Foreword by Prof. William J. Rose. Book is Very Good condition dust jacket is chipped and faded. 100304A

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1849. First American edition( from the Second London Edition). hardcover. Good. Octavos, xi, 312 pp + 32 pages of publisher's ads; iv, [13] -316 pp. Original brown blindstamped cloth with gilt spine titles. Loss at head and foot of spines, and worn through to boards on some parts of cover edges. Small library number on each title page with a tiny "withdrawn" stamp over it. Light foxing on endpapers. One signature partially loose in vol. 2. Sabin 43351, Howes M117 "Judicious commentary based on extensive travels." Buck W 426 "Tells of a trip up the Mississippi to St. Louis, back down the Mississippi and up the Ohio. Mentions Cairo and gives glimpses of western life." (Illinois Travel & Description 1765-1865). 011506A

London, Longsman, Green and Co., 1929,, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. London, Longsman, Green and Co., 1929,, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. first edition. Pages xiv + 189,octavo, hardcover, first edition. Illustrations by Arvia MacKaye. Eight full page black and white illustrations. Book is in near Fine condition. American folk-tales, Kentucky, Dialect. 101206A

New York, Rizzoli, (c. 1991),, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Pages 176,quarto, approx. 8 1/2" x 12", hardcover, first edition. Includes 200 illustrations, 184 of which are in color. Book and dust jacket are in Very Good condition. 012204A. " addresses the problems designers may encounter in architecture and interior design, product design, packaging, print and graphics, and textiles . Case studies taken from the work of practicing designers in the U.K., U.S., Europe and Japan." ISBN: 0-8478-1390-8