Search Results: Authors starting with M from Old Algonquin Books

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in fine unclipped dust jacket.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. First printing of first hardback edition. A Travis McGee novel. Light tan speckling on top edges, else fine.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. First hardback edition. A Travis McGee novel. A few small rubbed spots on rear panel of dust jacket. Price of $7.95 is intact on jacket flap.

New York: Knopf, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Novel features private detective Lew Archer. Blue boards are faded at top and bottom both front and rear. Light erasure on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is fine with $7.95 price intact on flap. Signed by Macdonald on front free endpaper.

NY: Knopf, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Lew Archer, a group of troubled people, and an old murder. Tiny wear at bottom board corner and light fading at top of rear board. Bright dust jacket with price intact was folded slightly off center and has tiny tear at bottom of spine, otherwise fine.

NY: Warner, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Family's peaceful existence is torn when adopted daughter starts acting strangely. Review copy with PR sheet. First printing.

New York: Knopf, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Lew Archer on case of offshore oil spill & three generations of a family. Dust jacket has slight edgewear at top of spine.

New York: Lippincott & Crowell, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First printing of first hardback edition. A Travis McGee novel. Tiny bump on board corner. Dust jacket has a few tiny creases at top.

NY: Atheneum, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Novel of a remarkable woman in the New Hampshire hills. Dust jacket has small crease bottom of spine.

New York: Salem Press, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Essay-Reviews of 100 Outstanding Books published in the U.S. during 1955." Arranged by title with index of authors at end of book. Clean, straight and unmarked. Slightly faded and rubbed blue cloth boards.

NY: Hyperion, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Mystery with Quin St. James and Mike McCleary. Review copy with PR sheet laid in. First printing.

NY: Norton, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Coming-of-age novel of a concert violinist. First printing.

London: Gollancz, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Mystery set in North Carolina tobacco growing country. First British edition.

Page, 1960. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. Eleventh impression of 1932 reprint. Book was originally published in 1841. 724 pages, index. Book has light wear on bottom board edges. Dust jacket, with $7 price on flap, has three 1/2" tears. Book is straight and unmarked.

New York: Wiley, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Biography of Pinkerton (1819-1884) who was Lincoln's spymaster during the Civil War and developed the techniques of surveillance and detection used in his Pinkerton Detective Agency. Small erasure on front free endpaper.

Philadelphia: Peterson, 1870. Hardcover. Good +. Previous owner's penciled name and date 1870 on the first white page. Facsimile autograph of Dickens on 2nd white page. Frontis portrait with tissue. Numbered pages 17 to 484, then 6 pages on the "Dickens controversy", then several pages of ads for other Peterson publications. Book includes Mudfrog Association papers which had not yet appeared in England. Green cloth boards with gold titles stamped on front and spine and gold illustrations on spine; brown endpapers. Cloth is worn through at bottom corners, and has wear at edges and folds. Couple of 1/8" tears and wear at top of spine. Book is clean and straight.

London: Macmillan, 1986. First UK edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. John Raven in middle of killing arranged by US & UK intelligence services.

Decatur: MacLean, 987. Soft Cover. Third printing, revised. 28 pages, photos. Couple of light creases on rear panel of wraps.

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1989. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. First printing of this edition with wood engravings by Barry Moser. 161 pages. Novella is based on author's own life in Montana and was the basis for Robert Redford movie of the same name. Copyright page number line includes 1 for printing and 89 for year of this first printing. Dust jacket, with price intact on flap, has some dustiness on the rear panel.

Decatur, 1987. First edition. Soft Cover. Near fine. 32 pages, stapled booklet in tan wraps. Light crease on front wrap.