Search Results: Authors starting with M from Bytown Bookery

Gallimard. Very Good+. 1965. 2070238229 . A Very Good Paperback, tightly bound, clean & an unmarked text. One name stamp to the front end paper. Creasing to the front cover with cover edge wear and rubbing. "Ces neuf histoires de petite folie sont des fictions ; et pourtant, elles n'ont pas été inventées. Leur matière est puisée dans une expérience familière. Tous les jours, nous perdons la tête à cause d'un peu de température, d'une rage de dents, d'un vertige passager. Nous nous mettons en colère. Nous jouissons. Nous sommes ivres. Cela ne dure pas longtemps, mais cela suffit. Nos peaux, nos yeux, nos oreilles, nos nez, nos langues emmagasinent tous les jours des millions de sensations dont pas une n'est oubliée. Voilà le danger. Nous sommes de vrais volcans.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages .

Paris France: P. Lethielleux. Very Good. Hardcover. Marbled hardcovers with a pink spine, a tightly bound book with a clean, unmarked text. Illustrated end papers / paste downs with age tanning to the pages. Overall in Very Good condition. Undated, circa early 1920's. ; Femmes De France # 7; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 128 pages; Box 12 B .

Spire Books. Very Good. 1976. Mass Market Paperback. A Mass Market in Very Good condition. A sound binding, pages are clean & unmarked, moderate cover edgewear and rubbing. Free Enterprise, Human Dignity, God and His Church, the American Way. ; 6.8 X 4.2 X 0.9 inches; 173 pages .

Les Éditions Hatier. Fine. 1999. Hardcover. 2218717654 . A Fine blue Hardcover. The previous owner's name written on the inside of the front cover, otherwise a bright & unmarked book. "Grammaire de référence, la Grammaire anglaise Bescherelle présente l'ensemble du fonctionnement de la langue anglaise contemporaine. Rédigée dans un style clair et simple, elle permet à l'utilisateur de découvrir la logique qui gouverne la langue anglaise et de produire lui même une langue correcte. Elle ne vise pas à faire apprendre des règles, mais bien à donner les moyens de comprendre le pourquoi et le comment de la grammaire anglaise. En réconciliant description et explication, la Grammaire anglaise Bescherelle fournit à l'utilisateur les moyens d'une réelle maîtrise de l'anglais. Description écriture: - Une grammaire de référence claire et… Read More

Fitzhenry & Whiteside. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889029377 . Burgundy Hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. In wonderful condition, the pages are clean, unmarked, a sound binding. Black & white photo sections through the book. The DJ is clipped, in Fine condition. ""The Evelyn Waugh who emerges from this fascinating and masterful account is a far different, and a far more complex, figure than the one most readers know."; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 537 pages .

Fontana Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1988. Trade paperback. 0006860362 . Trade paperback with light creasing to the front cover, a clean interior and a solid binding. " One of England's grand masters of history provides a clear and persuasive interpretation of the creation of "respectable society" in Victorian Britain. Integrating a vast amount of research previously hidden in obscure or academic journals, he covers not only the economy, social structure, and patterns of authority, but also marriage and the family, childhood, homes and houses, work and play." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 382 pages .

London, England: Edninburgh House Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1932. Hardcover. Purple hardboards with titles on a pink label affixed to the spine. There is heavy wear to the spine end and corners with fading along the bottom edges. The interior is unmarked, has a frontispiece of children pounding cassava, their staple food. The interior text is clean. "Tale of an educational venture in Northern Rhodesia, a missionary school for girls at Mbereshi, where the author taught the pupils the rudiments of Christian faith and succeeded in incorporating it into African values and customs." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 194 pages .

Pinnacle. Near Fine. 2006. Mass Market Paperback. 0786018151 . Mass Market Paperback in Near Fine condition, tightly bound, a bright, unmarked interior with an uncreased spine. Small sticker scar to the front cover. "The cosy little town of Pine Deep buried the horrors of its past a long time ago. Thirty years have gone by since the darkness descended and the Black Harvest began, a time when a serial killer sheared a bloody swath through the quiet Pennsylvania village." ; 6.80 X 3.90 X 1.40 inches; 480 pages .

A Signet Book, S1285 / New American Library. Very Good+. 1956. 1st Edition. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. Stated First Edition. Squared, tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages, age tanning. Some cover edgewear and rubbing. "When the man from the draft board arrives to take country bumpkin Will Stockdale to Callville for induction into the army, Will's father chases him off. But even hastily erected barbed wire cannot prevent Uncle Sam from claiming this draftee, and soon Will is on a bus to Fort Thompson, Georgia. In the barracks, our hapless hero meets little Ben Whitledge, a fellow trainee who thinks he deserves a medal simply because his grandfather fought under Stonewall Jackson. This odd duo is assigned to the elite air force, though they would rather serve in that most glorious and revered branch of the army - the infantry. Sergeant King, Will's nemesis, is determined to dampen the young soldier's enthusiasm, but Will - even in his long… Read More

Thames and Hudson. As New. 1998. Paperback. 0500260222 . An As New Trade Paperback with a sound binding and bright, unmarked pages. "An illustrated biography of the Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist generally considered to be the most important poet in English of his time." ; 181 X 0 X 232 millimeters; 144 pages .

Arléa. Fine+. 1989. Paperback. 2869590520 . French. A Fine Trade Paperback with french flaps, tightly bound, bright & unmarked pages. "Avec Rues secrètes, Pierre Mac Orlan nous entraîne dans les quartiers chauds du pourtour méditerranéen, notamment en Afrique du Nord à la fin des années 1920. Le grand écrivain sait rendre extrêmement vivant ce milieu qu’il a fréquenté et qu’il connaît bien, et son regard, à la fois tendre et lucide sur la population des prostituées et des souteneurs, relayé par un style inimitable, fait de cette quasi-enquête une œuvre dont les accents de vérité retentissent longtemps après qu’on a refermé le livre." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages .

London, England: Blackie & Son Limited. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. Hardcover. Dark Blue hardboards/ gilt illustration on cover/ script on spine. Spine ends bumped, previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Corners bumped, interior has 2 or 3 pages with underlining. "Macaulay was a popular English essayist and historian of the nineteenth century. This volume includes his essay on Lord Clive, who, at the peak of his military fame, had been the stunning victor at the Battle of Plassey, which succeeded in driving the French out of Bengal and placing the jewel of India atop the British crown. "; A Library of Golden Prose; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; 104 pages .

Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+. 1975. Paperback. An oversize Trade Paperback in Very Good++ condition, A tightly bound copy with a bright, unmarked interior. "David Macaulay's brilliant Pyramid shows, detail by detail, how the great pharaohs' burial places were conceived and constructed. . . . His draftsmanship is unexcelled, and his book is pharaonic in opulence and design. "; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 80 pages .

Henry Holt & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0030704871 . Blue hard boards / black cloth spine / silver lettering on the spine. An ex-library book with pocket in the back and library stamps. The interior text is clean and the book has a solid binding. The DJ is unclipped, protected by a clear plastic covering. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 278 pages .

London, England: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd.. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 004745007X . Black hardcovers with silver titles to the spine. A Fine copy with a tight binding and a bright, unmarked text, very light spine end bumping. The DJ is Very Good, intact with no markings, and sunning to the spine. ; B&W Photographs; 8.60 X 5.60 X 0.70 inches; 136 pages; Box 16 .

Wiley Heyden. Fine. 1987. Magazine. Magazines / periodicals. January to December. All in Fine condition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 817 pages .

John Wiley & Sons. Very Good. 1986. Magazine. Magazines / periodicals. January to December. All in Fine condition. Volume 1 has a small line across the front cover. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 817 pages .

Wiley Heyden. Fine. 1985. Magazine. Magazines / periodicals. January to December. All in Fine condition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 817 pages .

J. M. Dent & Company. Very Good. 1945. Hardcover. Blue Hardcovers with gilt titles to the cover and spine. Notes written on the front end paper and the back paste down, the interior text is clean & unmarked. Offsetting to the title page, sunning to the spine. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Hardcovers pages; Box 5 .

Knopf Canada. Fine in Fine+ dust jacket. 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0345808274 . First Edition, First Printing ( Number Line) A grey / yellow spined Hardcover. A sound binding, bright & unmarked pages. Sharp corners with light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. "Mary-Rose MacKinnon--nicknamed MR or "Mister"--is a successful YA author who has made enough from her writing to semi-retire in her early 40s. She lives in a comfortable Toronto neighbourhood with her partner, Hilary, a busy theatre director, and their 2 young children, Matthew and Maggie, trying valiantly and often hilariously to balance her creative pursuits with domestic demands, and the various challenges that (mostly) solo parenting presents. 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… Read More