Search Results: Authors starting with M from Aardvark Rare Books

Amsterdam, 1763. Second Edition. Leather_bound. Very Good. Stated Second Edition. xxxvi, 248 pages. Full brown calf with label and gilt spine decorations. Small octavo. Boards of catspaw marbling. Marbled endpapers Spine shows general wear , chafing along hinge and corners. Binding tight. Marbled endpapers. Two bookplates. Text clean. In French. With the bookplate of Viscount Palmerston showing his heraldic shield. Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston [1739-1802] was Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty [1766-77] and Lord of the Treasury [1777-82].

Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good Plus. Large quarto, 12.1 in x 8 in. Unpaginated. Gray paper boards with cow embobssd in blind over black cloth spine. White title to spine. Unmarked interior. Light age-toning on dustjacket edges near spine. Original sales sticker to bottom of rear dustjacket cover. Black and White is a 1990 postmodern children's picture book. It received mixed reviews upon its release, but it was the recipient of the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1991. The book tells four overlapping stories, each drawn with a distinct visual style. The four stories are "Seeing Things", about a boy on a train trip by himself, "Problem Parents", about siblings whose parents behave differently one night, "A Waiting Game", about people waiting for a train, and "Udder Chaos", about cows who escape and then return to their field.

Glasgow, Scotland: D. Gilfillan & Co, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Only. Octavo. Red cloth. Stamped cover with raised furrows to both boards.At some point the boards were seriously "tweaked" and bent, resulting in a 3 in. x 2 1/2 in. crease to the upper right corners of many of the pages. So much has been written about Masonic history and the particulars of ritual, but it seems there is so little which delves into the deeper aspects of Masonic philosophy. This is the thinking man's Masonic guide -- a book which appears unafraid to ask "Why", and to delve. 268 pp. Exceedingly rare in the original first edition, though a number of latter-day reprints are out there. Only two copies can be located at this time in libraries worldwide. "...Operative Masons were the builders of old who worked with stone. They were architect, builder, craftsman, designer, and engineer all in one, armed only with a set of compasses, a set square, a staff, or a rope, and an understanding of geometry. With these… Read More

Belfast, Ireland: Maunsel and Co. Ltd. (Printed by, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Seosamh MacCathmhaoil (Joseph Campbell). Octavo. 8 1/2 in. x 7 in. Cream cartridge paper between blue paper covers. Title labels pasted on to front boards and spine. Boards rubbed and darkened. Pale blue endpapers. Sixteen pencil drawings (approximately 5 1/2 in. x 4 1/2 in.) by the author. Some called the illustrations "somber"; MacCathmhaoil speaks to that (see below). Joseph Campbell (1879-1944), who wrote under the Gaelic form of his name Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil, was a poet, playwright, folklorist and political activist "...With regard to the pictures illustrating the book, several people who have seen them in the original have criticised their darkness, as if they were all drawn 'in twilight and eclipse'. But the darkness of Donegal was the first thing that struck me when I crossed the frontier at Lifford, and the forty miles' journey through the hills to Ardara bit the impression still more deeply… Read More

Dublin, Ireland: Maunsel & Company Limited, 1909. First Edition. Softcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 8.7 kn. x 6.7 in., p. 72. Original publisher's gray-green paper wraps, with black title and publisher's name and price (One Shilling) to front. Advertising to rear cover. Untrimmed edges, leaving wide internal margins. Rubbing with small closed tears and creases to wrap's edges; 1.5 in. x .75 in. chip to bottom rear cover corner. Front wrap beginning to peal away at front hinge, but holding. Occasional spotting. Protected in mylar. Joseph Campbell (July 15, 1879 - June 1944) was an Irish poet and lyricist. He wrote under the Gaelicised version of his name Seosamh Mac Cathmhaoil (also Seosamh MacCathmhaoil). His literary activities began with songs, as a collector in Antrim and working with the composer Herbert Hughes. He was then a founder of the Ulster Literary Theatre in 1904.... He emigrated to the United States in 1925. There he lived in New York, lecturing at Fordham University, and worked in academic… Read More

Belfast, Ireland: Maunsel and Co. Ltd, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Ceann Maor- aka Seaghan MacCahmhaoil - (John Campbell). Clothbound chapbook 7 1/4 in. x 6 in. Ex-Library copy, with usual markings (Crook Memorial Library, Wesley College, Dublin.) Campbell was a nationalist poet. Many lovely little drawings by the author's brother, who illustrates under his own Irish pseudonym Ceann Maor (Big-Head). Published on the Feast of Brigid of the Candles.

Milford, Delaware: Milford Historical Society, 1990. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good Minus Dust Jacket. Quarto. Turquoise cloth-covered boards . with bright gilt lettering and design to front. Map endpapers. One tiny stain to front free endpapers. SIGNED by author on title page. A complete history of the famous sailing vessels built in Delaware on the banks of the Mispillion River, the yards and their builders, provenance, crews, etc. " Shipbuilding was an important part of Milford's growth at the turn of the century. Many ships were built at several different shipyards throughout the town. In the preface to the book "Mispillion Built Sailing Vessels 1761-1917," author Betty Harrington Macdonald wrote that William Penn himself wrote of the Mispillion Creek as a convenient method for transferring goods from one place to another. When ships were completed, their launching was a holiday throughout the town. Schools were closed and the entire town turned out to send the ship off. September 27, 1904 was no… Read More

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1944. Hardcover. Good Plus. Small Octavo. Green, cloth-covered boards, quite scuffed with edgewear, and some tearing to cloth at very top of spine, but solidly bound. Previous owner's name, U.S.N.R. numbers, record of purchase, and notes from book to front endpapers. Illustrations. 90 pp. Fits in back pocket.

New York: D. and J. Sadlier & Co, 1868. Revised Edition. Leather-bound. VERY GOOD PLUS. Massively heavy tome (11 pounds) measuring 10 1/2" x 11" in width and height, respectively; Handsomely rebound in black pebbled leather, ruled in bright gilt with compartments containing short title, and authors' names. Easily readable text, in double-column format. Beige endpapers. Molded boards, a masterwork of floral, Irish Catholic-themed artistry: 5 ¼ in. oval cameo centerpiece featuring Irish heroine and hero with cherub, wolfhound, Irish harp, three-leaf clover-strewn laurels, gravestone marker, all behind a banner announcing "Catholic Emancipation." Light rubbing to extremities. All edges gilt. Two heavy-duty polished button clasps featuring clover cut-outs, Previous owner's dated inscription to original light-green endpaper (tipped in, post rebacking). Half-title with ornate Irish history-themed border in black-and-white, featuring castles and knights, Christian crosses and four-leaf clovers,… Read More

Dublin, Ireland: Victor Waddington Publications Limited, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good Plus. 12mo, 5 x 7.6 in., p. 39 + 58 (Twenty-nine black and white plates of Jack B. Yeats' paintings). Planned, printed and bound in Ireland by Colin O Lochlainn at the Sign of the Three Candles, Dublin. Beige paper boards with maroon title and decorative monogam ("JBW") to cover. Designer gray endpapers. Publisher's red topstain. Very light rubbing to extremities; very light spotting to fore-edge and tail. Light fading to price-clipped dustjacket with gentle rubbing and age-toning to top edge. Dustjacket is price clipped. Protected in mylar. Original hand-drawn picture in blue ink of sailboat, horse, and ducks signed by Jack. B. Yeats to title page. Yeats was one of the foremost Irish painters of the 20th Century, and brother of poet W.B. Yeats. Presentation copy signed by author with inscription: "Richard Hayward's book" to publisher's page. Richard Hayward (1892-1964) was an Irish… Read More

Philadelphia, PA: J.J. Woodward, 1829. Leather-bound. Good Only. Full leather, missing sizeable leather segments at head and foot of spine, front and rear cover. Black leather title/author label. 546 p. 23 cm. Many pages browned but none to obscure reading of them. Foxing and staining throughout, but not to obscure reading. Recipes in the arts of domestic and social life. Includes artists oil colors, medicine, husbandry, dyeing, confectionary, chocolate, coffee, acorn coffee (from Germany, used also in the 2nd world war). If you want to know how it was done in 1829, here It is. Indispensible to historians, authors, movie producers etc.

New York: The Masonic HIstory Company, 1920. New and Revised. Hardcover. Good Plus. Quartos. Black, faux leather (pebbled, stamped) with gilt medalion to front board, and gilt lettering with Masonic symbols to spine. Rubbing to extremities -- corners and spine caps. Staining to back board. All edges gilt. Decorative wallpaper-style endpapers. Volume I features Frontis lithograph of Albert Mackey (some offset staining to page opposite). Beautiful, brilliantly-colored second frontis - a tryptich of three women, the last one with children. NOTE: Tobacco aroma, faint and fading, but still detectable. Volume II frontis of a Masonic luminary whose autopenned signature cannot easily be read. Second frontis shows four panels with women, as well in brightly-colored gowns. Hinges are just starting to separate, but book still bound fairly strongly. Solid reading copy of this 100-year old set.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1957. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus / Good Plus. Octavo, 8.5 in. x 5.75 in., pp. 320. Green-gray boards with blue title to spine. Untrimmed fore-edge. Light rubbing to extremities. Previous author's name to front free endpaper. Light staining to endpapers and age-toning to leaves. Light rippling to dustjacket. Rubbing, light creasing and darkening to edges of dustjacket. Protected in mylar.

London, England: J. Dodsley, 1781. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. VOLUME I ONLY. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 5.1 in., pp. xxxii, 404. Quarter calf over marbled boards. Five gilt decorative bars and the number "1" to spine. Rubbing to extremities; edges of boards a bit ragged. Corners rounded and exposed. Headband and footband worn off. Scuffing and pencil and ink marks to front and rear pastedowns. Front free endpaper and half title missing. One inch open tear on top corner and foxing to title page. Age-toning to pages. Joints and hinges tight; leaves in good plus condition. Published anonymously. Chapters include: 1) Of Marriage as a Divine Institution; 2) Of Whoredom and Fornication; 3) Of Adultery; 4) Of Polygamy; 5) Christ Not the Giver of a New Law; and 6) Concubinage. Martin Madan (1726 - 1790) was an English barrister, clergyman, and writer, known for his contribution to Methodist music, 'The Lock Hospital Collection,' and later controversial views on marriage expressed in his book Thelyphthora.… Read More

London, England: J. Madden & Co, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Octavo, 8.2 in. x 5 in. Volume I: pp. xvi, [3], 452, 1-4 (advertising). Volume II: 451, [1], 1-4 (advertising). Printed by E. Brewster. Modern three-quarter dark brown calf ruled in blind over marbled boards. Gilt title with gilt horizontal bars, and four raised bands, to spine. New cream endpapers. Light spotting to half title pages. Unmarked interiors. Madden, Richard Robert (1798-1886) was a medical man, traveller, anti-slavery campaigner, government official, and historian of the United Irishmen... It is for his writings on the United Irishmen that he is best known in Ireland. His interest began when he visited and befriended in New York, after leaving Jamaica in 1835, the elderly William James MacNeven, by then the sole survivor of the original leadership of the Irish revolutionary movement, who persuaded him to become its historian. For the next six or seven years Madden collected information, oral as well as… Read More

Dunellen, NJ: Complete Photo Story Corporation, 1941. First Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good. Stapled magazine, 13.4 in. x 10.5 in., pp. 30. Cover presents showgirl wearing gas mask. Thumbing and bent bottom corners to pp. 19-30. Light age-toning to pages. Clean interior. Stories include: Will an Ex-Dope Fiend Rule the World, One Hundred Dollar Divorces, Selling Human Milk, From Bustles to Muscles, Cold Remedies Can't Cure You, The Ghoul Takes a Wife, and 80 Million Suckers.

Chicago, IL: J.S. Hyland & Company, 1907. Hardcover. Good Plus. Matching Set of Two: Quarto, 10.4 in. x 7.5 in. Volume I: pp. 536; Volume II: pp. 537-1046. Illustrated with numerous engravings. Contemporary three quarter calf ruled in gilt over green cloth. Gilt title, four blind-stamped raised bands and two fleurons to spine. Marbled edges. Rubbing to extremities. Chips to tops of spines, most notably on Vol. I. Sunning lines to green cloth. Marbled endpapers. Unmarked interior. Preface by M.F. Egan. Imprimatur of Patrick A. Feehan, Archbishop of Chicago.

Dublin, Ireland: Hodges and Smith, 1834. First Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good Plus. Massive brown leather bound Folio. (26 1/2 in. x 20 1/2 in.). Elaborate diamond-shaped design to both boards, stamped in blind, bordered with a handful of repeating motifs, this as well echoed as blind-stamped border around the outer edges of the boards, then double-ruled in gilt. Rubbing to extremities of leather boards. Rebacked with lovely diced (checked) russia, with gilt lettering on two contrasting spine labels (black and maroon), and decorated with floriated motifs, set off with gilt roll. Professionally reinforced at hinges. Some light tidelines to blank preliminary pages, and then to margins and lower corners of the first 20 or so sheets. Containing an Index To The Townland Survey of The County of Antrim and The County of The Town of Carrickfergus, PLUS all of the 67 Ordnance Survey/Valuation maps for County Antrim and Town of Carrickfergus (68 maps in all). Written and Engraved at the Ordnance Survey… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. NEAR FINE IN NEAR FINE DUSTJACKET. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"), red cloth with gilt titles. Review slip from FSG & G. dated Sept. 27, 1971, laid in. Beautiful tangerine endpapers. Publisher's black topstain. Binding is clean, bright and solid. Dustjacket undamaged and intact with orignal $6.95 price. SIGNED by the author on front free endpaper. The sixth novel by the American novelist and short story writer, one of the best known American Jewish authors of the 20th century. From Wikipedia: "Malamud was well aware of the social problems of his day: rootlessness, infidelity, abuse, divorce, and more"

Cambridge, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Virginia Lee Burton. Quarto, 11.3 in. x 9.2 in., pp. 123. Silver chain-mail design over black cloth boards and spine with red-framed silver title to front. Red title to spine. Front corners nudged. Illustrated endpapers. Tidy university library de-ascension stamp to front free endpaper. Rubbing to dustjacket edges, with larger chips to top/bottom of spine and corners. Light sunning to top edge of dustjacket. Protected in mylar. A Caldecott Honor Book (1948). By the author of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.