Search Results: Authors starting with M from JWMah

Chicago: M.M. Cole, 1925. (USA) Edition not stated. No markings streaa creasing to covers, Good used copy, Orange and black paper covers, side-stapled, 24pp. B&W chord diagrams. Illustrations "Just follow a few easy directions and you will be playing the Ukulele within Five Minures". (1.3 JM 0112. Staple Bound. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

USA, 1904. (USA) No markings, some wear to the corner tips and rubbing to portion sof the cover edges, small tear to bottom edge of the title page, hinges fine, tight copy, Good; no Dj. 26 x 19 cm, maroon cloth with American Eagle, patterned endpapers, 736pp. B&W plates and photos. This is a compendium of writings on American history, literature and biography by various contributors. No edition stated. (5.2 LHQ HOZ 403/b1. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Old Saybrook CT: Konecky & Konecky, 2002. (USA) No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Red boards, 1180pp. Frontis portrait; 8pp B&W illus. These translations of Da Vinci's notebooks were first published in 1906. (3.0 JM HOJ 300/b1. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Ottawa: Dominion Drama Festival, 1960. (CAD) There is a crease down length of the back cover on another, pages clean about Very Good used copy. 23 x 15 cm, card covers with geometric design, side-stapled, 16pp, B&W photos. Winners at DDT Finals, 1960Robert Prevost, Montreal set designer. Text in English and French. (1.0 JM ITF2 docket 61 . Staple Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Periodical.

Canada: Invisible Hand Legacy Books, 2015. (CAD) This is a special edition which is limited to 150 numbered and lettered copies signed by W.B. MacDonlad. This is copy No. 61 and is INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To E--/ Very best! Bruce MacDonald", no other markings, Fine in about Fine dust jacket with a couple of small creases to the front flap. Cloth, 94pp, B&W photos. 22 shoort stories. W.B. (Bruce) MacDonald was born in New Westminster, B.C. He has been published in the Malahat Review, Quarry, and the Antigonish Review.His poem "i like your parents' liquor store, baby" won first prize in This Magazine's "Great Canadian Literary Hunt." He is the author of eight books including Heroes and The Mornin' The Psychedelic '60s Came Splashin' Through Tidal Pools. (1.5 JM LVR 202/b4. Inscribed By Author. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Canada: Robert McLaughlin Gallery / Kenderdine Art Gallery, 2011. (CAD) No markings, small crease to lower corner of back cover, about Fine. Includes copies of emails from the artist to Ann MacDonald about the details of the exhibition and the booklet. Red card covers, through stapled, 48pp, B&W and colour illus. Peter Smith (1959-2009) was born in Toronto and his paintings incorporate bits of objects in them and are crowded with information. (1.3 JM HOJ 301/1. 1st. Staple Bound. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Exhibition Catalogue.

Ottawa: Dominion Drama Festival, 1960. (CAD) No markings, Near Fine. 23 x 15 cm, card covers with geometric design, side-stapled, 16pp, B&W photos. Eighth season at the S|tratford festival with photos of Julie Hariis and Bruno Gerussi in Romeo and Juliet; Jale Dengel as Puck and Deborah cass as Titania; Helen Burns and Christopher Plummer in King John; ERic House and Harry Mossfield in Tyrone Guthrie's production of HMS Pinafore. Text in English and French. (1.0 JM ITF2 docket 61. Staple Bound. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Periodical.

Invisible Hand Legacy Books, 2015. (CAD) This is a special edition which is limited to 150 numbered and lettered copies signed by W.B. MacDonlad. This is copy No. 15 and is INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "To B---& P------/ Very best! Bruce MacDonald", no other markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Cloth, 94pp, B&W photos. 22 short stories. W.B. (Bruce) MacDonald was born in New Westminster, B.C. He has been published in the Malahat Review, Quarry, and the Antigonish Review.His poem "i like your parents' liquor store, baby" won first prize in This Magazine's "Great Canadian Literary Hunt." He is the author of eight books including Heroes and The Mornin' The Psychedelic '60s Came Splashin' Through Tidal Pools. (1.5 JM LVR 201/b1. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Victoria: King's Printer, 1937. (CAD) No markings, pages clean, some sunning to the spine, spine cloth wrinkled, some toning to page edges, Good (-) only copy; no dust jacket possibly as published. Tan cloth, 422pp. The fold-out charts and plates are in perfect order. (3.2 JM HOQ 103/b1. Hardcover. Good (-)/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Toronto: Alfred A Knopf, 2014. (CAD) 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page: "For Sam, Ann-Marie MacDonald", no othe rmarkings, Fine in unclipped Fine (-) dust jacket with a pin prink sized faint gray mark to the white part of the front of the jacket.(Unobtrusive). Dj is in mylar sleeve. Grey hardback with yellow spine, patterned endpapers, 384pp. From the jacket: As a child, Mary Rose suffered from an illness, long since cured and "filed separately" in her mind. But as her frustrations mount, she experiences a flare-up of forgotten symptoms which compel her to rethink her memories of her own childhood and her relationship with her parents. With her world threatening to unravel, the spectre of domestic violence raises its head with dangerous implications for her life and that of her own children. (2.1 JM 0322. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine (-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Marcus, Ward & Co., 1900. (UK) Edition Not Stated No markings, front hinge cracked but holding, sewn signatures a bit loose, Fair copy, no dust jacket perhaps as published. 7 x 7 cm, embossed blue cloth floral endpapers, [60]pp. This is a colection of Bible quotstions organized one per mornibg and one per evening for 32 days. A tiny book. (0.8 JM docket 01 ITF. Flexibound. Fair/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall.

North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1982. (CAD) Stated first edition, No markings, slight toning of page edges, otherwsie Fine in price-clipped Fine dust jacket. Dark blue leatherette hardcover, 151pp, colour photos. Galpin has photographed 82 works from 8 major Arctic artistic centres as well as Greenland and several smaller communities. A lovely book on Inuit stone sculpture. A heavy book (4.0 JM PLX 501/3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Paris: Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation, J. Hetzel,, 1915. (FR) 35th Printing Black bds, 1/4 leather, gold titles and stamping to spine, 348pp. Marbled endpapers. In French. No date a guess at 1910s. Cover edges rubbed, covers scuffed, head and foot of spine is worn, with tear to foot of spine, owner's signature to front fly, remnants of dried flowers to rfep. Solid book, worn but still attractive, Good(-) only, no Dj. (1.55 JM HOQ 100/1. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Toromto: Random House Canada, 2014. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO TITLE PAGE, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 421pp. A corrections officer goes back to the village where he grew up only to get invivlved with vigilante actions. (2.2 Jm HOQ 102/5. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2012. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, there is an area to the backs of the covers where the pastedown is lifting a bit ( a manufacturing fault), otherwise about Fine in unclipped about Fine dust jacket with tiny crease to front flap corner and back panel lightly rubbed. Boards, 368pp. "Winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize". (1.8 JM HOJ 304/0. Signed by Author. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Signal, 2022. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 342pp, index, B&W and monochrome photos and illus. This is the definitive and tue story of the escape of POWs from Colditz prison. (2.0 JM 012a4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Signal, 2020. (CAD) 1st printing of the First Canadian edition, No markings, Near Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with touch of rubbing to panel gloss, a faint scuff mark to back panel, and a soft crease to edge of back panel. Hardcover, 377pp, index, B&W photos. This is thetrue story of the most important female spy in history, an agent named "Sonya" who set the stage for the Cold War. Colonel Ursula Kuczynsi took the undercover name of Ursula Burton and operated out of England for years. (1.9 JM 0732. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Regina SK: Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1998. (CAD) No markings, Fine. 21 x 13.5 cm, cover made from brown paper grocery bag, yarn bound, [1] 2-38pp. List of volunteers and committee members. This was the second in a planned series of small cookbooks of favourite recipes. (1.0 JM LVR 205/4. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Nanaimo: Nanaimo Historical Society, 1983. (CAD) Presumed first edition. No markings, Fine. Wraps, 86pp, index. One fold-out map in perfect order; B&W photos. This is a look ttheactivities of the Hudson'sBay Company on the BC coast especially at Fort Langley and Fort Rupert. (1.3 JM HOQ 102/0. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1981. (CAD) 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the end paper: "For Larry C-----/ on a memorable / evening in Toronto/ Roy MacLaren/ 1983", no other markings, tiny mark to top edge of page, thus Near Fine in Near Fine Dj with crease to frant flap. Charcoal cloth, 330pp, index. Maps; B&W photos. This is a collection of personal narratives of Canadians who found themselves behind enemy lines during World War II. These included agents operating in disguise in France, Italym Yugoslavia, Hungary, Burma, Malaya and Sarawak. There is an appendix of frogmen in Burma. (2.2 JM LVR 202/b1. Inscribed By Author.. 1st. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".