Search Results: Authors starting with M from Nooks Of Books

New York: Knopf, 1973. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Red topstain. Octavo. 271pps. Stated First Edition. There is slight fading along the top edge of the cloth and a small, unobtrusive pen-line atop the textblock. Also, several pages have been dog-eared. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is rubbed and has a couple of touches of dampstaining to its interior (slightly visible to the exterior); the original price is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "'In <i>Sleeping Beauty,'</i> Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands -- including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of Nembutal, a six-figure ransom, and a stranger afloat, face down, off a private beach. Here is Ross Macdonald's masterful tale of buried memories, the… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1948. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Bound in full crimson cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt (slightly faded). Red topstain. Octavo. xxiii + 427pps, with a frontispiece of the author. The textblock is slightly yellowed and the original owner's bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown, otherwise Fine: clean, square and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. The dust jacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has touches of wear at the folds and shallow chipping at the spine-ends; the original price (3.95) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. Includes an Introduction by Philip Van Doren Stern and a Note on Machen by Robert Hillyer.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Arthur Machen has long been recognized as one of the great masters of the horror story and the tale involving the supernatural. No conventional ghost story ever came from his pen. Here is one of the richest and most unusual imaginations in all of… Read More

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1917. In Very Good condition, bound in the publisher's gray boards. Paper labels affixed to both the front and the spine panels. 71pps. First printing: November, 1917. There is rubbing wear to the tips and the spine-ends and the spine-label is sun-darkened and has touches of wear (still legible). Internally, there is minor foxing and browning; most of this is in the area of the endpapers. Also, there is some slight revelation of the webbing at the front hinge; the hinge is, nonetheless, strong with the endpapers over the hinge still three-quarters closed. The text is, overall, quite clean and the binding is tight. No previous ownership markings. Having gone into some detail with the mentioned flaws, this is -- be assured -- a nice copy. After 'Songs For A Summer Day', the author's first regularly published book -- and one of only 750 copies printed. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a… Read More

New York: New York University Press, 1968. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Octavo. [xii] + 211pps. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends and a brief gift inscription is penned on the ffep. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of rubbing and crinkling at the extremities; the original price is intact. Includes thirteen short stories by Gor, Rosokhvatsky, Podolny, Dnieprov, Voisunsky & Lukodyanov, Bulichev, Yarov, Emtsov & Parnov, Zhuravleva, Varshavsky, Safronov, and Bakhnov. Translated into English by Helen Jacobson. Also includes an Introduction by the editor. "...Here is a new collection of Soviet science fiction that is calculated to delight and entertain the reader as much as to reflect the current temper of Soviet society. These are the livliest and best written of Soviet output, and they show that the science fiction genre has finally come of age in… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 1966. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt and white. Octavo. [xvi] + 400pps., with a full-color frontispiece. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends and one page has a neatly-penned comment in the margin, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has modest general edgewear; the original price (5.95) is intact. "...Collected here are Mailer's now famous interpretation of the Goldwater Convention in San Francisco; his devastating analysis of the United States' policy ni Vietnam; his views on sexual attitudes in America; the classic interview he gave to 'The Paris Review'; a sheaf of new poems; a new and startling philosophical dialogue; and two brilliant short stories, including 'The Last Night,' the first work he has ever written in the mode of science fiction..." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine… Read More

New York: Random House, 2007. As New in an As New dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. 477pps. First Printing. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the half-title page.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "In 'The Castle in the Forest,' his first major work of fiction in more than a decade, Norman Mailer offers what may be his consummate literary endeavor: He has set out to explore the evil of Adolf Hitler. The narrator, a mysterious SS man who is later revealed to be an exceptional presence, gives us young Adolf from birth, as well as Hitler's father and mother, his sisters and brothers, and the intimate details of his childhood and adolescence. A tapestry of unforgettable characters, 'The Castle in the Forest'… Read More

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1958. (1958). Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Gray cloth over lilac-colored boards. The spine is stamped in purple and yellow; the decorative front panel in the same. Octavo. 214pps. Stated First Printing. A previous owner's name is neatly penned on the ffep., otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is sunned at the spine and the folds and has faint touches of crinkling at the top of each flap; no chips, no tears. The original price (3.75) is intact. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of Malamud's first book of short stories.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories, 'The Magic Barrel,' has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggleing New York… Read More

Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.: Night Shade Book, 2004. [2004]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front panel are stamped in silver. Octavo. 185pps. An excellent collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve is also as new; the original price (25.00) is intact. The author's first novel in hardcover. ".The year is nineteen-sixty-something, and after endless millennia of watery sleep, the stars are finally right. Old R'lyeh rises out of the Pacific, ready to cast its damned shadow over the primitive human world. The first to see its peaks: an alcoholic, paranoid, and frightened Jack Kerouac, who had been drinking off a nervous breakdown up in Big Sur. Now Jack must get back on the road to find Neal Cassady, the holy fool whose rambling letters hint of a world brought to its knees in worship of the Elder God Cthulhu. Together with pistol-packin'… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: The New Press, 1997. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 284pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original price (23.00) is intact. Translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...<big>I</big>t was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didn’t present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have -- and in the process, the match that could inflame… Read More

New York: The New Press, 1998. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. 500pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original price (25.00) is intact. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...<big>I</big>t was a senselessly violent crime: on a cold night in a remote Swedish farmhouse an elderly farmer is bludgeoned to death, and his wife is left to die with a noose around her neck. And as if this didn’t present enough problems for the Ystad police Inspector Kurt Wallander, the dying woman’s last word is foreign, leaving the police the one tangible clue they have -- and in the process, the match that could inflame Sweden’s already smoldering anti-immigrant… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Harvill Press, 2000. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Tall octavo. Black endpapers. 421pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is also as new; the original price (16.99) is intact. Translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...<big>K</big>urt Wallander is called to a nearby rapeseed field where a teenage girl has been loitering all day long. He arrives just in time to watch her douse herself in gasoline and set herself aflame. The next day he is called to a beach where Sweden’s former Minister of Justice has been axed to death and scalped. The murder has the obvious markings of a demented serial killer, and Wallander is frantic to find him before he strikes again. But his investigation is beset… Read More

Stamford, CT: Longmeadow Press, 1992. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Gold boards quarterbound in green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Square octavo. xvi + 220pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a touch of crinkling at the head of the spine; the original price (19.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author with 'Best Wishes' (to no one in particular) on the ffep. The author is a member of the LPGA Hall of Fame, having won 38 LPGA victories, including a U. S. Open Championship.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "When it comes to the 19th hole, everyone has a favorite story. Here the friends and associates of Carol Mann contribute their tales of successes and woes, seeking the humor or finding the inspiration in their golf experiences. All stories are original in this… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 1945. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Fully-bound in beige cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in red. 811pp. There is bumping to the tips and the spine-ends. A previous owner's signature is on the ffep. The pages are a bit yellowed. Otherwise, clean with a tight binding. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has some rubbing, age-toning, and edgewear but is, overall, in nice shape. Buy with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Thus. Hard Cover.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1956. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 315pps., with 22 maps. There is a faint bit of dustspotting to the top edge and bumping to the spine-ends. Also, a previous owner's name is neatly penned on the ffep. Otherwise overall clean, bright, and soundly bound. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest rubbing wear at the extremities and a small crease in the rear flap; the original price is intact. A nice copy of this classic of military history. ".S. L. A. Marshall went to Korea as Infantry Operations Analyst with the Eighth Army. A first brilliant report, 'The River and the Gauntlet,' dealt with dealt with the defeat of the Eighth Army by the Chinese Communists in 1950. Now General Marshall pinpoints the 1953 action on Pork Chop Hill in a stunning account of men in action. The battle began April 16, 1953, and lasted 48 hours. It was an impressive artillery duel, but… Read More

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1993. Near Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 232pps. There is a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock, otherwise absolutely flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. A highly presentable copy of the author's first book, a trade paper original. ".The appearance of a young storyteller with a unique fictional voice is cause for celebration. Yann Martel's title story (described as 'unforgettable.a truly stunning piece of fiction'), won the 1991 Journey Prize to universal acclaim. The intensely human tragedy that lies at its heart is told with a spare, careful elegance that resonates long after it has ended -- and is matched through all the stories by an immediacy and a dazzling freshness." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for… Read More

Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1993. Near Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 232pps. There is a remainder mark on the bottom of the textblock, otherwise absolutely flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A highly presentable copy of the author's first book, a trade paper original. ".The appearance of a young storyteller with a unique fictional voice is cause for celebration. Yann Martel's title story (described as 'unforgettable.a truly stunning piece of fiction'), won the 1991 Journey Prize to universal acclaim. The intensely human tragedy that lies at its heart is told with a spare, careful elegance that resonates long after it has ended -- and is matched through all the stories by an immediacy and a dazzling freshness." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed… Read More

New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2010. As New in an As New dustjacket. Tan and orange boards. The spine is stamped in metallic copper. Octavo. 197pps. + unpaginated. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page.<br><br><font color=#003366><b> "When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey -- named Beatrice and Virgil -- and the epic journey they undertake together. With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions… Read More

New York: Putnam's, 1905. Very Good in the publisher's light green cloth. Both the spine and the front board are decoratively stamped in gilt; the front board is stamped, also, in blind. 443pps., with 88 tissue-guarded plates of works in ivory -- from prehistoric times to the nineteenth century. There is modest rubbing wear to the board-edges, with the head of the spine having two small nicks in the cloth. Internally, there is a split in the binding (with much of the webbing disclosed) between the third fep and the half-title page; the hinge is, nonetheless, sound with the webbing all intact. A strip of book-repair cloth has reattached the frontispiece: all other pages are tightly bound. All text and each of the plates are exceptionally clean and bright -- many pages are, in fact, unopened (uncut): it seems that the original owner was primarily concerned with the illustrations, many of which are quite striking. In all, a very nice copy of this intriguing title. "...The use of ivory as a… Read More

Kentucky: Larkspur Press, 1994. One of a 50-copy special edition (the regular edition being of 500) printed on dampened Johannot and hand-bound by Carolyn Whitsel. SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator, LaNelle Mason. In As New condition, without dustjacket -- as issued. Beautiful decorative boards quarterbound in a spine of silky gray cloth. On the spine the paper title-label is stamped in black. Accompanying this slim 30pps. handcrafted book is a pamphlet from The Larkspur Press publicizing this, as well as other titles.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. 41-A.. SIGNED. Limited First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Mason, LaNelle.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1966. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Fully-bound in blue cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in silver. Map-endpapers. Faded blue topstain. 390pp. There is mild bumping to the tips and the spine-ends, otherwise clean, tight, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in mylar, has a touch of rubbing to the lower spine as well as edgewear -- including a 1/2" closed tear -- at the head of the spine. The original price of $6.95 is on the front flap. Drawings by Samuel H. Bryant. Buy with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee.. First Edition, First Printing. Catalogs: Literature, U.S.A..