Search Results: Authors starting with M from High Castle Books

NY, NY: Viking, 1979. (347) pp., 1/4 black cloth w/ red boards, silver & metallic-blue lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has some minor nicks to edges of page block; small mark in ink to rear pastedown; Jacket shows a little rumpling & light creasing to upper portions & top edges / First novel by author of "The Valachi Papers" and "Serpico." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 2001. xxv, 198 pp., red cloth w/ silver lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Jacket shows some light bends towards edges, else fine / "A companion to the current exhibition at Houston's Museum of Fine Arts, Texas Flags: 1836-1945, Texas Flags is a lushly illustrated record of the banners that have united and galvanized the citizens of the Lone Star State. From the Virgin of Guadalupe banner of the Mexican independence leader Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla to the Lone Star flags of the Republic years and the battle flags of Confederate units, the book documents the unusually rich history of the Texas pennants. The text by curator Robert Mayberry Jr., director of the Historical Flags of Texas Project, offers an engrossing overview of the state's history." - Publisher's Weekly Illustrated in color and B&W. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Baile Átha Cliath: An Clóchomhar Tta, 1991. 199 pp., dark blue boards w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows slight bumping to heel of spine & to top corners of boards; prev. owner has periodically made a number of small x's to margins in pencil, with the occasional underline or word written in (book would otherwise be very good+); jacket shows wear to top edges, esp. at head of spine & top of front flap fold, which show a bit of fraying / This is the story of the life of Seán Ó Ruadháin and a critique of his writing. Text in completely in Irish Gaelic. /. Hard Cover. Good +/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Kansas City, MO: Old Paths Book Club, 1948. 362 pp., brown cloth w/ gold lettering; Book shows wear to fore edges of boards w/ light to moderate bumping to top & bottom corners; slight wear to ends of spine; prev. owner's name-date to front endpapers; notations to rear endpapers; binding cracking at pp. 96 - 97, but still holding well; periodic underlining & marginalia throughout / . Facsimile Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Atheneum / Argo, 1981. 190 pp., brick-red cloth w/ white lettering, & embossed lettering to front board; Dust jacket in clear archival cover / Illustrated with a B&W map. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. 318 pp., 1/4 red textured paper-covered binding w/ dark gray boards & gold lettering; DJ in Mylar cover; book has two slightly roughened areas to top edge of rear board, light shelfwear to bottom edges w/ a bump to bottom corner of front board / Author's first novel recreates the world of fourteenth century England in a tale of love and intrigue. /. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Fine. Illus. by Jenny Tylden-Wright (jacket illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto, ON, Canada / London, UK: Dundurn Press, 1984. 205 pp., avocado-green binding w/ gold lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows some very light bumping to ends of spine w/ just a touch of sunning to edges of boards; DJ shows a little light creasing at edges / ". . . one of Canada's first internationally known performers . . . From her opera debut in April 1870 in Sicily to her farewell concert in October 1911 in London, England, she was loved for her voice as well as her kindness, which was rare in a prima donna." B&W illustrations. /. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Scribners, 1998. 508 pp., pictorial wraps; very minor soiling to page edges incl. tiny brown spot at top corner / Winner of 1997 Commonwealth Writer's Prize for Best First Book. Author of play "Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)." /. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Fine.

Short Hills, NJ: Burford Books, 1999. ix, 278 pp., pictorial wraps; book shows just a little light edgewear w/ a light stress line to spine; yellow highlighting to first 3 lines of preface; small crease to top corners of last 2 leaves / "The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II - from the Battle of the Bulge to the crossing of the Rhine." /. 5th Printing. Trade Paperback. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Near East Foundation, 1942. 109 pp., white cloth w/ light green lettering & illustration to front cover; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows a little cock to spine w/ some light wear to ends of spine & corners of boards; top corner rear board bumped; prev. owner's address label to front endpaper; browned areas to endpapers & occasionally to gutters; Jacket shows edgewear w/ chipping to ends of spine & flap folds; short tears to ends of rear flap folds; some browning & soil overall / Author of "The Gourmet's Almanac." / . Hard Cover. Very Good -/Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada: Western Producer Book Service, 1975. (ix), 258 pp., + appendix I & II, + index, green cloth w/ black lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows very minor soil to fore edge of page block; Jacket shows wear, small creases & short tears to edges w/ some chipping to ends of spine & flap folds; 1/2" teaar w/ crease to top edge of rear panel; light to moderate rubbing overall / Illustrated with B&W photos and maps, with mps also printed to endpapers. / . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Ballantine, 1985. 255 pp., pictorial wraps; Book has foxing to edges of page block & interior of covers w/ additional faint foxing to covers overall; light edgewear; crease to bottom corner of front cover / "If you like to eat, the farm problem is *your* problem." /. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good +.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 140 pp., off-white cloth w/ blue lettering; Dust jacket in Mylar cover; Book has erasure to top corner of front endpaper; Jacket shows a few small abrasions to front panel near spine w/ 2 smaller abrasions near right edge; some wear to ends of flap folds; a very short closed tear & small crease to bottom edge of rear panel / Entry in the "Developing Child" series edited by Bruner, Cole, and Lloyd. Illustrated with B&W photos. /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Dell, 1994. 311 pp., pictorial wraps; Book shows light to moderate wear to corners & spine ends; front cover has crease & color flaking along spine, small nick to right edge; edge wear to back cover; 2 small light stains & some minor soil to page edges; a few formerly dog-eared pages / "On the foggy streets of London an invisible woman emerges . . . desperate to escape her own world . . . and embrace ours." /. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good to Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, UK: Philatelic Publishers Ltd. / A Collecta Handbook, 1970. 192 pp., brown boards w/ gold lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows very slight bumping to corners of rear board; prev. owner's bookplate to front endpaper; last signature of book set off just slightly from others, but not loose; DJ shows some light wear & slight soiling to top & bottom edges w/ slightly more wear to ends of spine & folds; 3/8" tear to top edge of front panel; small rub to rear panel w/ lamination lifting slightly along spine / Covers stamps from Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. Illustrated w/ B&W illustrations. /. Hard Cover. Very Good to Fine/Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Irving, TX: Le Voyageur Publishing Co., 1972. (x), 112 pp., pictorial wraps; Book shows light edgewear w/ a couple of small nicks; a little rubbing to edges of spine; slight fading to spine / Illustrated with B&W photos. / . Trade Paperback. Very Good -. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal, Canada: McGill University, 1981. viii, 201 pp., pictorial wraps; book has reading creases w/ wear to ends of spine, corners & edges; old price in marker to half-title page / Color photo frontispiece. Illustrated with diagrams and musical notation. /. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1992. xiii, 216 pp., black boards w/ gold lettering DJ in clear archival cover; DJ shows a few small, light circular indentations (about 1/4" in diameter) to rear panel / "The successive phases of the extraordinary life of Elsa Triolet (1896 - 1970) make her biography read like a vivid cross-section of this century's cultural and political movements." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Henri Mattise (jacket Illustration. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1981. 188 pp., 1/4 aqua-blue cloth w/ olive-green boards & gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows wear to ends of spine; small dents to bottom edges of boards w/ bottom corners lightly bumped; Jacket shows light creasing & a very short closed tear to bottom edges; small dent to front panel near spine; front panel has a few small scratches & blemishes; light creasing to rear flap / SIGNED and dated with a brief inscription. /. Signed by Author on Half-Title Page. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good -/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1981. 188 pp., 1/4 aqua blue cloth w/ avocado green boards; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows light to moderate wear to ends of spine; prev. owner's name-address embossed to ffep; two (formerly) dog-eared pages; slight waviness to ffep & 2 following leaves; Jacket shows edgewear, very small chips & short tears to top & bottom edges, & esp. to ends of spine & folds; crease to bottom corner of front flap / INSCRIBED by author to previous owner. /. Signed by Author on Half-Title Page. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.