Search Results: Authors starting with M from Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA

Tonopah Mining District Nevada Wall Map--1907, Compiled and Published by MacDonald & Moran, Tonopah, Nye County Nevada, 1907, Britton & Rey, engraver, 30 x 41.75 inches. Large wall map from 1907 for the Tonopah Mining District. If you are looking for a pristine and complete wall map, this is not your map. But if you want a copy of the rare 1907 MacDonald & Moran map and have the money for some restoration, this may be for you. Please examine the photos provided. The majority of this map is bright and clean. It's just the corners and top edge where there are problems. Wooden hanger at top is almost completely detached. Bottom hanger intact. Three of the four corners missing small portions of the map, but no content is missing. Backed with linen which is missing or frayed in numerous locations. Fair Condition. We find only Yale and Huntington holding this map; very uncommon in commerce. Silver was discovered in the Nevada desert in the spring of 1900 setting off yet another rush to the arid… Read More

Japan, 1890. Very Good. Lot of 2 Suzuki Mannen Woodblock Prints, Suzuki Mannen, Japan, 1890s, 4.5 x 7 inches, 1 pp each. Two woodblock prints with black and red ink; paper is moderately toned but in excellent condition, with no apparent edge wear or creasing; each print mounted to white paper mat, but appear easy to remove with no or very little damage; very good condition. I was unable to find much information online about the artist, Suzuki Mannen (or Mannen Suzuki); they appear to have been a late 19th century Japanese artist, creating ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Ukiyo-e translates as "picture[s] of the floating world"; it was a Japanese art genre popular in the 17th through the 19th centuries, and oft-depicted subjects included kabuki theater actors, beautiful women, and sumo wrestlers.

1930. Very Good. Manship, Paul. Archive of Signed Photographs and Letters by Paul Manship, American Sculptor, Paul Manship, N.P., circa 1930s. Includes: Five typed letters signed by Manship to Max Safron regarding Manship's potential design and creation of an equestrian statue of General John Pershing. Eight typed retained copies of letters from Safron to Manship dated between April 28, 1938, and December 8, 1938, with the last asking Manship to sign a contract making Safron his agent for a 15 percent commission. Eleven large black and white photographs of sculptures by Manfield, including the Soldier's Monument at the American Cemetery in Thiancourt, France; this and two of the other photographs noted and signed by Manship on verso. Folder with two black and white double sided plate reprints from Architecture Magazine, September 1934 issue, of Manfield's Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gates sculpture at the New York Zoological Park. A very good copy of the book Sculpture by Paul Manship, published 1933… Read More

Clason's Guide to Colorado With Map--1911 Folding map (24 x 25 inches) tipped into staple bound booklet with green printed card stock wrappers measuring 4 x 6 3/8 inches. Booklet titled "Index To Map of Colorado" is unpaginated, but 32pp. Includes 4 full-page ads. Two small tears at folds within the map. Very Good Condition. A copy of the classic Clason Guide to Colorado from 1911. These pocket guides more often found in poor to fair condition.

Cass County, Minnesota Map, Hudson Map Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota. No Date. 22.75 x 26 inches. Map mounted on linen and likely excised from a much larger map; no neat line along bottom edge. Has been stored rolled. Light fraying to edges. Light soiling. Title and company name laid down. Very Good Condition. Large township and range map for Cass County, Minnesota. Some highways and roads in red. No legend. The Hudson Map Company, founded in 1892 remains in business today. Will ship rolled.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1916. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences, James Marchant, Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1916, viii, 507 pp., 8¾ x 6 inches. Maroon boards with gilt titling to spine only, top text edge soiled, sunning and scuffing to spine, shelf wear to head and foot of spine, spine bumped by top edge, former owner's name plate inside cover, pages toned. First American edition. Good condition. "Alfred Russel Wallace was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, biologist and illustrator. He independently conceived the theory of evolution through natural selection; his 1858 paper on the subject was published that year alongside extracts from Charles Darwin's earlier writings on the topic." Wikipedia.

London: Charles Whittingham, 1906. First. Hardcover. Good/None. Fishing for Pleasure and Catching It: and Two Chapters on Angling in North Wales, E. Marston, Charles Whittingham, London, 1906, xiii, 152 pp., 7¾ x 5½ inches. Light green cloth with gilt titling to spine and dark green titling to cover, shelf wear and foxing to edges, top edge gilt with light soiling, shelf wear to foot of spine, former owner's information inside front cover in ink, 1913, pages toned, in protective mylar. First edition. Good condition. Stories of the author's fishing adventures, including chapters: May Fly Fishing in Herefordshire in 1903, On the Stour, Lolling and Loafing, More Big Chub, Among the Rainbows, Our Holiday in North Wales, Days on the Lledr and Conway, etc.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887. Large paper edition. Hardcover. Good/None. Fresh Woods and Pastures New, Edward Marston, Samson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, London, 1887, x, 136pp., 8¼ x 5½ inches. Vellum binding with title in black and red ink to cover and spine. Scuffed, faded and soiled cover - front and back, corners turned in, soiling to top text edge and deckle fore edge, former owner's nameplate inside front cover, pages toned, back board lightly separating at hinge. Now in protective mylar. Large paper edition. Good condition. Letters which were written for "The Fishing Gazette". They concern fishing and other county observations. Author of "Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale" and "Frank's Ranche.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884. First. Hardcover. Good. An Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale; or, How I Spent My Three Weeks' Holiday (July 24 - Aug. 14, 1884), Edward Marston, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1884, 88 pp., 32 pp. ads in back of book, 5½ x 3¾ inches. Illustrated printed boards, darkening to front, back and spine of book, foxing to endpapers, top edge soiled, pages toned particularly to outside edge. Now covered in archival mylar. First edition. Good condition. Please refer to pictures for condition. The author recounts his fishing adventures that he had when he spent three weeks around Dove Dale in the summer of 1884. The book is written in wonderous detail and written in a series of seven letters.

New York: The Century Company, 1883. First. Hardcover. Good/None. Sport with Gun and Rod, Edited by Alfred M. Mayer, The Century Company, New York, 1883, 888 pp., 11 x 8⅛ inches. Originally published in two volumes, this edition published in brown with gilt decorated cloth on cover, all edges gilt, covers lightly soiled, back cover has small stain in upper corner, rubbing to bottom edge, all corners show wear, top edge of pages lightly soiled, decorative endpapers, front board beginning to loosen at hinge, pages lightly toned. First edition. Good condition. Book about hunting. Includes chapters on large game, fish, feathered game and out of doors.This is a hefty book weighing over 6 pounds.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow, 1969. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of six copies specially bound and designated for presentation (5) and the binder (1), this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by McClure on the colophon. Octavo (24.5cm); coarse blue cloth, with title labels mounted to spine and front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-42,[6]pp. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, with moderate rubbing and cloudiness. A volume consisting of a collection of McClure's poems written in 1961, and his play, "The Raptors," from 1957.

Denver. Colorado. L.C. McClure. [Colorado] Two L.C. McClure Photos on Board Along the Moffat Road, Colorado. Circa 1908 Sepia toned photos measuring 7.5 x 9.5 inches on 11 x 12.75-inch mounts. Mounts have edge wear and light chipping. Verso is blank on both. "Ranch Scene on the Moffat Road" has soiling in the sky area. Each mount has a slight bow. Otherwise, photos are clean with remarkably clear and crisp images and toning. Very good condition. The Moffat Road refers to the railroad route of the Denver, Northwestern & Pacific Railway from Denver up over the continental divide and on to Salt Lake City, Utah. Construction began in 1904 and reached Sulphur Springs, Colorado in 1905; the line is seen in this McClure photo titled "Sulphur Springs, Colorado--Moffat Road." Exact location of the ranch scene is unknown. Both photos are remarkably clear images evocative of early 20th century Colorado. The Ranch Scene include a sod-roofed log cabin, two-story ranch house, clothes drying on the line with… Read More

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1974. `. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Frank Tenney Johnson Book: Master Painter of the Old West, Harold McCraken, Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1974207 pp., 13¼ x 10¾ inches. Light tan cover with color pictorial, printer designed speckle text edge, clean interior, tight binding. Very good condition. Slipcase shows slight shelf wear, soiling to edges. Good condition. Limited edition of 4000 copies, number is S349. "Frank Tenney Johnson was a painter of the Old American West, and he popularized a style of painting cowboys which became known as "The Johnson Moonlight Technique

Washington D.C., 1898. Very Good. President WIlliam McKinley Signed Military Commission, Washington D.C., 1898, 15.5 x 19.5 inches, 1 pp. Oversized document with two highly detailed engravings and seal of the United States War Office; corners lightly creased and worn; overall very good condition. Military commission document signed by 25th U.S. President William McKinley, appointing one John C. W. Brooks as Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers with the rank of Captain. In addition to President McKinley, this document is signed by the U.S. Secretary of War Russell A. Alger and Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, Henry C. Corbin. Unique 19th century military document bearing a presidential signature. Russell A. Alger (1836-1907) was an American businessman and politician, serving as the U.S. Secretary of War, a U.S. senator, and as the 20th governor of Michigan. He fought in the Union Army during the Civil War, ascending to the rank of colonel; in 1867, President Andrew Johnson nominated Alger… Read More

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico, 1934. Very Good Condition/None as issued. History of the Albuquerque Indian School--A Thesis for the Degree of Master of Arts in History, Lillie G. McKinney, University of New Mexico, 1934. 10 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches. 164pp. Carbon copy of master's thesis bound in black pebbled cloth with gilt title on spine. Light wear and rubbing. Toning to pages. Tight binding. Blind embossed stamp for University of New Mexico on title page. Very Good Condition. Thesis for the Degree of Master of Arts in History by Lillie G. McKinney (1898-1991). From the introduction: "The civilization of the American Indian has been slow, difficult and expensive for our government. Different administrations have tried to different policies. Usually, some method of force was used down to 1876. Force meant the final extinction of the race. About the only education that filtered in among the savages was the result of the labors of the heroic missionaries who established schools… Read More

Seattle, Washington: James B. Meikle, 1905. Very Good. Where To Go In Seattle and the Puget Sound Country, James B. Meikle, Seattle, Washington, 1905, 5.25 x 7.75 inches, 31 pp. Staple-bound color pictorial wrappers; creasing to two corners; a few chips to fore-edge and back wrapper corner; else clean, colors bright; interior pages clean, unmarked, very slightly toned. Very good condition. Scarce booklet written by then-secretary of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, James B. Meikle. Booklet is filled with crisp black and white photographs of scenic destinations in and around Seattle, as well as information about the area - from parks, lakes, and islands to visit, to hotels and ferries, nearby towns including Ballard and Renton, and much more. A delightful look at what Seattle had to offer tourists and prospective residents in the early 20th century. Scarce; one copy found in OCLC and none in commerce or past auctions as of January 2024.

Fine/Very Good. Towboat Pilot, Typed Manuscript and Book, Elston Joseph Melton, Caxton Press, Caldwell, Idaho, 1948, 279pp., 8vo. Manuscript bound in three separate string tied sheaves with printed covers for a total of 396 pages total. Wrappers have manuscript note identifying: Section 1 of Part I (The River and the Boy), Section 1 of Part II (The Man and the River) and Section 2 of Part II (The Man and the River). Section 2 of Part I Missing. Wrappers are very soiled and chipped. Interior pages are toned near front of two volumes. Part I is heavily annotated and corrected; both volumes of Part II with fewer annotations and corrections. Good Condition. Limited edition from Caxton Press this is #92 in a limited edition of 1000 signed by Melton. Fine Condition in very good dust jacket. Elston Joseph E.J. Melton (1891-1981) was a journalist and historian from Boonville, Missouri. He was active on the Missouri State Board of Education plus served on several Missouri Press Associations and Guilds.… Read More

[Utah] Salt Flat News--Wendover's Picture Paper--The Only Paper in the World That Gives a Damn About What Happens on the Salt Flats 20 issues of the Salt Flat News. Light toning. Remarkably clean set. Most issues measure 11.5 x 16.5 inches although trim size varied throughout the life of the publication, 1970-1975. All issues have previous horizontal fold. No address labels. Very good to fine condition. Three bound sets in very good condition; bottom corners of the first set have light damage to the first 4 pages, not affecting any text. Last page of the third bound set is moderately torn and wrinkled--no content loss. 21 issues of the Salt Flat News, an offbeat, semi-serious avant-garde publication were produced between 1970 and 1975 on an irregular basis. The project was the brainchild of Richard Goldberger and Richard Menzies, and offered news and photographs of the people and happenings of the Bonneville Salt Flats and West Desert. Not much happens in the West Desert but they describe their… Read More

Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1892. Good. [Newspaper] Northwestern Live Stock Journal - Second to Last Issue, Asa Shinn Mercer, Cheyenne, Wyoming, October 7, 1892, 15 x 21.75 inches, 2 pp. Single page of newsprint with text on both sides; thin and fragile but not brittle; text bright and legible; some separation at creases; moderate chipping and edge wear; some pencil marks highlighting various sections of articles; orange sticker affixed over title bearing the words "Warren Livestock Co 71". Good condition overall. Uncommon; three "Northwest Live Stock Journal" collections listed in OCLC as of December 5, 2023, though none specify if they include the Oct. 7 1892 issue; certainly this copy is unique, having been owned and marked up by the Warren Livestock Company. Published by Asa Shinn Mercer, this is the second to last issue of this newspaper which had all of its advertising pulled after Mercer wrote his book "Banditti of the Plains", which was critical of the cattle owners' actions during the… Read More

Jamaica, New York: ARRA Printers, 1932. Very good condition./None.. Thru the Dragon Glass, A. Merritt, ARRA Printers, Jamaica, New York, (Copyright 1917 by Frank A. Munsey Company), 1932. 6.5 x 5 inches. 24pp. Orange wrappers, staple bound. Wraps have light soiling on verso and a vertical crease on the front. Text block is clean. Very good condition. An inexpensively printed science fiction pamphlet by Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame author Abraham Grace Merritt.