Search Results: Authors starting with M from Muir Books

Syd.: Angus & Robertson. 1942. 1st ed., octavo, pp. xii, 304, b/w plates, or. bds., v.g. in torn, repaired & protected d.j. 1st Edition. Boards in d.j..

London: Longmans, Green and Co.. 1897. Octavo, full leather binding, elaborate crest stamped in gilt upper board, gilt decoration and title spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, b&w illus, pp xxxix, 191. Spine faded and rubbed, fading top area of boards, front board starting. School prize plate front endpaper. Some foxing blank front endpapers and prelim pages, but text and illustrations clean. Good condition. Narrative poems recounting heroic episodes in early Roman history: the poems were immensely popular. This edition has 41 illustrations by John Reinhard Weguelin (1849 - 1927) the English painter, known for his neo-classical style and his dedpictions of ancient Greece and Rome. Leather.

London: Allen Lane. 2018. Large octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, pp xxiv, 728. Small closed tear to bottom edge of dustjacket. Near fine condition in near-fine d.j. [heavy book, please inquire regarding postage charges] The most complete and persuasive life ever written of this elusive figure, a masterclass in historical detective work. It draws together national and international events, and uncovers the channels of power in early Tudor England. Reveals Cromwell's true place in the making of modern England and Ireland. "This is the biography we have been awaiting for 400 years." (Hilary Mantel). 1st Edition. Boards in d.j..

London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer. 1869. 1st ed., pp.(viii), 87, two b&w plates with hand-coloured music scores & text illustrations throughout, upper half-title cut, prev. owner's pencil inscr to ffep, very light staining to top of title page, spine need of restoration, original publisher's blind tooled, gilt titled boards, very good clean condition This illustrated study explores the connections between sound and colour, making a case for the existence of a synesthetic phenomenon that links the two. Rare seldom seen first edition with original hand-coloured illustrations. 1st edition. Publisher's boards.

London: Book Club Associates. 1978. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, endpaper maps, pp xv, 253. Near fine in very good d.j.

London: T. Fisher Unwin. 1905. Octavo, original pictorial cloth boards stamped in gilt, b&w plates, frontis portrait, pp xviii, 29, viii. With the amorial bookplate of Matthew Fortescue Moresby and signed below plate by his son Kelso Anstruther Moresby with inscription in another hand "Introduction by Uncle John - (Admiral Moresby). Spine faded, light scattered foxing throughout, o/w very good condition. Travels, including the West Australian goldfields, Broome, and New Guinea. "Alexander Macdonald was an explorer, author and mining engineer. […]. He was one of the pioneers of the Klondike goldfields and among other adventures led various exploring and geological expeditions in the interior of Australia. He spent some time in Western Australia and Queensland and served with the Australian contingent in the Boer War. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society." (Austlit). The bookplate is that of Matthew Fortescue Moresby, the brother of Admiral John… Read More

Melbourne: George Robertson. 1911. Octavo, original cloth boards decorated in gilt, b&w plates, pp 148. N.D. (1911). Ex-library, one plate loose, good condn. Boards.

Warrnambool: Heatherleigh. 1981. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w illus, maps, family trees, pp ix, 286. Signed by the author. Previous owner's inscription ffep, o/w very goood in good d.j. (worn to edges and with closed tear top edge). Boards.

NSW: Reed. 1987. Roy. 8vo., pp. 207, col plates, b/w text ills., maps, orig bds,nr fine, in sl creased d.j Useful book which covers scientific and common names of most species, includes notes on historical background of common names where possible Boards.

Christchurch (NZ): Mystica Publications. 2006-2012. Ten volumes, octavo, all in stiff pictorial wraps, published between 2006 and 2012, revised editions. The titles are: 'The Higher Power You Can Use', 'I am the Life', 'Spiritual and Mental Healing', 'What is Mine is Thine', 'Divine Healing of Mine and Body', 'Your Life Renewed Every Day', 'The Yoga of the Christ', 'Beyond the Himalayas', 'The World of Creation', 'The Secrets of the Science of Life'. Two of the books, 'Beyond the Himalayas' and 'The Yoga of the Christ' have fairly extensive highlighting and the wraps are worn; of the other eight volumes most are clean and some have several sentences highlighted. Overall the collection is in very good condition. Teachings on spiritual power and wisdom by Dr Murdo MacDonald-Bayne (1887 - 1955), the founder of The College of Universal Science. Reprint.

Sydney: Reed. 1973. Roy. 8vo., pp. 552, Index, col plates, b/w ills., maps, bookplate, fore-edge sl marked, orig cl bds., in d.j sl creased top edge Comprehensive illustrated field guide, includes life history of each species and comments on conservation Cloth Boards.

London: Blackie & Son Limited. nd c(1910). 8vo, pp.284, b/w frontis, b/w plates, lacks f.f.ep., eps lightly browned, n.d. (later printing?), few minor marks text pages, orig cl bds., edges rubbed, top cnr bent, in d.j edges creased, top edge chipped at cnrs and spine, few small tears, repaired and protected. Novel of the goldfields. Cloth Boards.

Chicago: Physical Culture Corp.. 1922. 1st ed., Cr. 8vo, pp. xii, 200, b/w ills, sewing cracked at one gathering, or. cl., sl. worn. Signed by the author. Good condn. 1st Edition. Boards.

London: Herbert Jenkins. 1919. Octavo, original cloth boards, pp 121, vi. Boards stamped in gilt "Parliamentary Library W.A.", library stamp facing first page. Spine rubbed, good condition. The A.I.F. in WWI. Introduced by W.M. (Billy) Hughes, then Prime Minister. 1st edition. Boards.

London: Allen Lane. 2012. Original cloth boards, dustjacket, colour plates, pp xvi, 320. Fine condition in like d.j., protected. Exploration of Shakespeare's world through examination of objects of the time. Profusely illustrated. 1st edition. Boards.

Perth: Rawlhouse Publishing. 1989. 8vo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 90. Near-fine condn. "Schooldays at Dongara's Dominican Ladies College in the early 50s through a little boarder's eyes."

Griffith, Farran & Company. n.d. (c.1886). 1st ed., quarto, original pictorial paper-covered cloth boards, colour plates, sepia illus, dec endpapers. N.d. (1886). Illustrations lithographed and printed bt Ernest Nister of Nuremberg. Tissue guards (loose) over colour plates), some light foxing througout.. Corners gently rubbed. Very good condition. Poetry for children, profusely illustrated. 1st Edition. Cloth Backed Boards.

Dubbo: Review Publ.. 1976. 8vo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 140, iv. Near fine. First published in 1949. Limited reprint. Prieur was a French-Canadian transported to NSW after the Cnada Rebellion. Wraps.

Sydney: Historic Houses Trust. 2006. Oblong 4to, cloth boards, dustjacket, colour and b&w illus, endpaper maps, pp 288. Near-fine in like d.j. Lavishly illustrated history of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Boards.

London: George Routledge & Sons. n.d. (1880). Octavo, original decorated pictorial cloth boards, some loss to lower left front cover, new leather spine elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt with raised bands, colour frontis plate, colour plates, b&w plates, b&w text illus, pp xx, 478, plus publisher's catalogue. Leather school plate (Guildford Parsonage School) inlaid front front board. School prize inscription front free endpaper, dated 1885. Some flecking rear board, original decorative image to front, professionally restored and rebound by Cottage Bindery of Bath. Very good condition. Attractively bound collection of activities for nineteenth-century women including art, crafts, sports, and a wide variety of games. Copiously illustrated with 270 engravings. Quarter leather.