Search Results: Authors starting with M from BiblioStax

London: Seeley and Co., Limited, 1898. Rust colored brushed cloth cover w/gilt spine titles, moderate wear. Marbled endpapers. Fly leaves w/moderate fox. Coated pages very good, w/text and prints of Rubens. One of the Portfolio of Artistic Monographs with 34 illustrations, several in sepia. 100 p.. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: Avon Books, 1969. First Avon printing. Some cover, edge wear. Pages very good. Classic cover design. On a Quest through many dimensions, a man battles creatures of nightmare to reach the final confrontation - with himself! 222 pages.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, Ltd., 1949. First Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd. November, 1931; Reprinted 1949. Fine coated brown cloth boards, gilt spine titles, slightest wear. Pages fine, no writing. Scarce dj moderate wear; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Very attractive. Bind fine; hinges intact. Living portrayals of Writers, Statesmen and Strange People the Author Has Known including: Asquith, Arthur Balfour, Oscar Browning, Bunyan, Richard Burton, Conrad, Disraeli, Anatole France, Goethe, Horace, Henry James, Cecil Rhodes, Walter Raleigh, Voltaire, Ruskin, Strindberg, Tetrazzini, Father Ignatius, et al. Amazing and intriguing insights beyond the veil. 293 pages. Printed in Great Britain by Jarrold and Sons Limited, Norwich.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Boston, Mass.: The Four Seas Press, 1923. Stated copyriight 1923 by The Daylight Publishing Company. Fine navy cloth boards, gilt cover and spine design, titles moderate shelf wear, rub. Cover design of golden sun rising. Pages very good; paperclip residue at title page, small area discolored to exterior text block, few small spots inside back cover. Antiquarian signature, date at front pastedown: "Marguerite L. Reid, Fayette - Missouri, 1924". Interesting oval publisher's colophon of The Four Seas publishers at title page with F & S in design of Tau Cross with S as snake wrapping around. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Rare near very good original edition. Conor MacDari attempts to establish etymological and historical proof for the Irish being the foundations of Western Civilization before all others recorded. Presents belief of Roman subversion of historical fact and bastardizing events and names, places, to cover the basis of early civilization moving west to east -… Read More

Boston 17: The Daylight Publishing Company, 1923. 1923 at title page. Stated copyriight 1923 by The Daylight Publishing Company. All Rights Reserved, Foreign Language Rights and the Scandanavian. Fine navy cloth boards, gilt cover and spine design, moderate shelf wear, fleck, some spine rub. Cover design of golden sun rising. Pages very good, clean. Antiquarian signature, date at front pastedown: "Fleury Dale White, 11=2-46". Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Rare near very good true first edition. Conor MacDari attempts to establish etymological and historical proof for the Irish being the foundations of Western Civilization before all others recorded. Presents belief of Roman subversion of historical fact and bastardizing events and names, places, to cover the basis of early civilization moving west to east - opposing accepted beliefs. Printed in the United States of America. Norwood Press, J. S. Cushing Co. - Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass. USA. 235 pages. Insured… Read More

Pomeroy, Washington: Health Research, Publishers Classic reprint of rare original volume.. Spiral-bound. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

New York: Pocket Books, 1945. First printing, November 1945. Moderate corner, edge wear. Pages good. Classic cover art of detective w/lit match over dead man's body. MacDonald's classic mystery-suspense novel of a missing nursemaid and a kidnapping about to happen in spite of Colonel Gethryn's best efforts to stop it. 278 pages plus author bio.. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Pleasantville, New York: The Akadine Press, 2000. First printing; full numberline at copyright. Some cover, corner roll. Pages very good. Bind good. Documents Machlin's search and adventure in seeking answer to disappearance of Michael Rockefeller, son of Nelson. Rockefeller had been studying tribes in New Guinea and went missing in 1961. Seven years later a story came to Machlin that Rockefeller was still alive and had been captured by headhunters. The resulting quest is mysterious and a late-night campfire brio. 256 pages. Few bookstore marks.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Winona Lake, Indiana: The Rodeheaver Hall-Mack Co., Publisher, 1940. Moderate cover, edge wear. Pages good, some page roll. No marks. Saddle-stitch bind good. No date, circa 1940. Thirty-one carols w/music. Apprx. 50 pages.. Soft Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. Second printing. Original British edition. Slight shelf wear. Pages fine. Several photo plate sections. One December night in 1942, a NAZI parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the British war effort. His name was Eddie Chapman but he would shortly become MI5's Agent Zigzag. Dashing and louche, courageous and unpredictable, inside the traitor was a hero, inside the villain, a man of conscience: the problem for Chapman, his many lovers and his spymasters, was knowing where one ended and the other began. Charming criminal, con man, and philanderer. And one of the most remarkable double agents Britain has ever produced. "Agent Zigzag" offers a unique glimpse into the psychology of espionage, with its thin and shifting line between fidelity and betrayal. Ben Macintyre weaves together diaries, letters, photographs, memories and top-secret MI5 files to create the exhilarating account of Britain's most… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Atheneum Books, 1982. Stated First Edition. Red boards, black cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, lt. wear. Wear at top edge of boards. Dj fine; unclipped 12.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Pages fine. Candid, disarming, anecdotal memoir by the man who made Pepsi-Cola a household name. If one is a student of Pepsi-Cola, or building an international brand, it is a must read. 211 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited , 1927. 1927 at title page; no other dates, indications. Sharp navy linen boards, glossy blind-stamped cover titles, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Thick heavy stock pages, near fine, clean; moderate fox, toning at endpapers. Antiquarian signature inside cover: "Peggy Beal, Essay Prize (1st), Australia, Nov. 1928". Sixteen dramatic photo plates and illustrations throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Rare original beige pictorial wrapper, moderate edge wear, some spine toning; unclipped 5-/net, protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel depicts photo of large runic stone w/classic cover titles. Very good first edition in good intact dust wrapper. Front flap features "Books for Presentation" and back flap "Authoritative and Interesting Books" available from Blackie and Son. Features detailed bibliography and contents at front and comprehensive ten-page index at back. Wonderfully entertaining, clearly… Read More

U.S.A.: Grammercy Books, 1998. Dk. blue boards, silver spine titles, as new. Pages fine, clean. Dj slight edge wear. A delightfully entertaining guide to the most famous and quotable expressions from the Bard. From "salad days" to "strange bedfellows", the remarkable legacy of William Shakespeare lives on in our everyday vocabulary. Each entry includes the original meaning of the word or expression, the play or poem in which it appears, which character spoke it, and how it is used today. Cross-referenced for easy use; black-and-white line drawings by Tom Lulevitch. 235 pages.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Lulevitch, Tom. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Rodale Press, 1998. As new. Panoply of information and sage, practical advice for mindsets,, energy, anti-aging, cool menopause control, etc. 64 pages. Advert free.. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Rodale Press, 1998. Slight shelf wear. Pages very good. Sage, practical common sense advice. Advert free. 32 pages.. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Rodale Press, 1994. Slight shelf wear. Pages very good. Saddle-stitch design. 64 pages.. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Signal Design, Inc., 1999. Purple pictorial wraps, lt. shelf wear. Pages fine. Regardless of the event, a fine preparedness guide. 47 pages.. Soft cover. Fine. Illus. by Cloutier, James. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Spencer Books, 1995. Stated first edition. Lt. shelf wear. Pages fine. Dj moderate edge wear; unclipped 14.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Offers 52 concise leadership lessons, each illustrated by an anecdote drawn from the author's family life. The engaging, folksy writing, and the easy-to-relate to family stories, add charm and a personal touch to the leadership lessons, resulting in a very readable, engaging, inspirational self-improvement book. 116 pages. Bookstore marks.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Eugene, Oregon, 2006. Black spiral-bound, white pictorial cover, slight shelf wear. Pages fine. Architectural photography throughout. Sections include: Esthetic; Construction; Plan; Life. Apprx. 80 pages.. Spiral-bound. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Allyn and Bacon, 1939. New edition. Rare 1939 edition. Navy cloth pictorial boards moderate corner, edge wear. Pages very good. Very interesting, comprehensive volume of countries and regions around world. Many photos, illustrations. Published immediately before major conflicts began in Europe. Intriguing contemporaneous perspective on the regions of the world and divided into sections. Interestingly, cover and title page adorned w/Statue of Liberty atop planet w/Italian fasces, swastika, Japanese sun, Russian sickle, fleur-de-lis, Chinese dragon, British Lion. 634 pages plus glossary, index, etc.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Book.