Search Results: Authors starting with M from EGR books

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Stated First Edition. First Printing with number line starting at "2" as called for by Random House at the time. Fine+ dust jacket not price-clipped. SIGNED with no inscription by Norman Mailer on the half title page. 1310pp. Some concavity to the text block at the top, but not to the cloth. A novel about the intelligence community.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Slipcase Condition: Fine. Charles W. Stewart (illustrator). Printed by W. S. Cowell, Ltd. Designed by John Lewis. Introduction by Robert Cantwell. Full-page color illustrations by Charles Stewart. One of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly letter laid in. Fine in a Fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Complete in 22 volumes. Beautiful full calf binding with gilt trim. Marbled text block edges. Five raised bands. Some rubbing and edge wear, including tips and spine. Two of the volumes have small chips at the crown of the spine. A beautiful collector's set. Extra shipping required due to size and weight.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, first issue with 'actresses' for 'ancestresses' on page 207, line 33, and chapters 47 & 48 misnumbered as 48 & 49. Two volumes bound as one. Volume I dated 1858 on title page and Volume II dated 1859 on title page. Illustrations by the author. Rebound in 3/4s brown morocco with marbled boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Five raised bands. New pastedowns and flyleaves added when rebound. Browning to the plates. Text is clean with some tanning. Binding is tight and square.

First Edition. First Issue. Rare. This edition was suppressed, as it contained copyright matter, and was reissued with alterations in the the text, and the third line of the title changed to "Illustrated by Hundreds of Sketches." The reissue contained 494 pp., (instead of 492). Grolier No. 68, pp. 86-87. Rebound in 3/4 morocco. Lacking 24 page catalogue of ads. 8 vo.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Trade Edition. Signed by author on FFEP. 12mo, Bound in black cloth spine over decorative boards; Paper label on spine has faded some. DJ is VG-. DJ has some repairs with some loss at crown and foot of spine. DJ also has some edge wear. Protected in glassine wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1936 reprint, Original copyright 1922. Illustrated cover and decoration on back cover, Illustrations by Frances Beem, Some light shelf wear/rubbing to the boards, Offsetting to rear pastedown. Tanning to copyright page and the contents page. Paper clip indentation from half title through copyright page. Text and illustrations are bright and vibrant.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine. No Dust Jacket. Two volumes in Very Good slipcase. 1955 on title page. Catholic Digest Book Club Edition. Square, solid bindings with blue top stain. Light wear to the spine. Owner's inscription on FFEP. The original publisher's slipcase is still strong and solidly constructed. There are a few small stains to the slipcase and some wear to the edges and tips. A spot of the finish is missing from the front cover, due to the removal of a sticker. May require additional shipping within the United States. International shipments will require additional shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition with Scribner's seal on copyright page. Fading to spine. Light edge wear to extremities. Tanning to endpapers. Clean interior.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Presumed first edition. No additional dates, editions or printings indicated. Folding frontispiece map. Covers have spotting; Light edge wear. Square and solid binding. Internally clean. Clear, protective jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/Fine. Signed and limited to 200 copies for sale. This is copy 117. Rebound in full crimson leather. Five raised bands. Gilt tooling to spine. Custom rebind inserting multiple handwritten letters and notes, as well as numerous loose handwritten letters and notes (some a few pages long) laid in, from Henry Taylor Parker (HTP) to Robert Sisk. Henry Taylor Parker (29 April 1867 – 30 March 1934), "known for many years largely by his initials H. T. P." was an American theater and music critic. Time said Parker's "reviews were famed" and for "29 years he had been Boston's oracle on theatre and music. The magazine also said Parker was a "great critic." Parker was "one of the most distinguished critics of his era, respected for his long, thoughtful, and open‐minded reviews." His biographer said "This remarkable little man of fine perceptions, with his dark eyes burning quizzically in a head bent forward with a sleuthing thrust and emphatic in its nods, was a giant among… Read More

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Complete number line. Hardcover in Fine condition with a owner's bookplate on front pastedown and tanning to pages. Unclipped dust jacket has a small tear at lower front hinge and a couple of smaller tears near the other hinge corners. Dustjacket is otherwise is in excellent condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket is Near Fine/Fine. First Edition, Hardcover in dark blue cloth. DJ has very light wear at crown of spine, not price-clipped. Rose color portion faded from spine panel. A seemingly unread copy. Brodart cover.

Hardcover Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Original blue cloth with gilt, Octavo. Interior clean and bright. Unclipped dust jacket has light wear to extremities and small, closed tear front panel at top near hinge. Acetate cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Evelyn Paul (illustrator). No date: c. 1913. Not paginated. Imprinted at ye:- Camperfield Presse in ye abbye toun of Saynt Albans, England. Tan cloth boards with black and brown decoration. Beautifully decorated color title pages with silver decoration. Decorative endpapers. A wonderful collection of medieval lyric tales and poetry, beautifully illustrated with color plates and music. A beautiful book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine/Fine. 1st Edition. Special Edition. Signed by author on Title page. First edition: September 2006 stated with numberline starting at "11." Hardcover text block tanning. Unclipped dust jacket with slight protrusion/crease at center of the spine (as pictured).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First printing. Large 8vo. 818 pp. Yellow cloth with gold lettering and decoration on the front board and spine, orange/peach topstain. Clean interior. Price of $10.00 on front flap of dust jacket. Dust jacket has chip to spine at top and some tanning along top edge of front panel.. Illustrated with numerous black and white photographs throughout, (Robert Vavra, photographer). Acetate cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+. 1st Edition. Hardcover is square and solid with faint spotting to lower corner of front board. Unclipped DJ in archival cover, Price $3.50. Light edgewear to crown of spine and corner tips of DJ. Collector's copy.

First Edition. Near fine in the 'first' state oatmeal cloth binding. DJ is VG- and 'first' issue with $2.50 printed on rear flap. . DJ is has been repaired and a has a chip along bottom front and 1/2 inch tear at top with edgewear. Appearance of smudge on rear of DJ over "American Grain" is not actually present. Tanning to inside pastedowns and owner inscription to inside cover. 2000 copies printed. Author's FIRST American book publication.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Short 8vo, beautifully bound in full polished calf with ornate gilt-decorated spine and covers; inner & outer dentelles; marbled end papers, A few very light scratches to boards. A Fine copy in a lovely binding. Page numbering meets points. Alciphron rare.