Search Results: Authors starting with M from Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

New York: The Alcestis Press, 1935. Glassine chipped at corners, toned. 8vo. Original printed wrappers; glassine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, an unnumbered copy from the edition of 165 signed by Maas. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED in pencil on the front free endpaper to the playwright and poet Jane Dransfield: "To Jane Dransfield / belatedly but no less affectionately / Willard Maas."

New York: Townsend MacCoun, 1909. A fragile set with the maps printed on delicate, thin paper that, despite the condition issues outlined separately, has remained fresh and bright, with strong coloring and a lack of offsetting; the portfolio a bit faded and soiled and with some light wear at the extremities. Portfolio containing five loose folding color maps printed by L. L. Poates Engineering Co., NY: 1. 1609. The Island of Manhattan (Mannahtin) at the Time of Its Discovery. 410 x 132 cm. Based on the early colonial surveys of Ratzer, Montresor, Knypthausen, Bradford, Duyckinck and the 1867 survey by E. L. Viele. (A few small holes and separations along folds.) - 2. 1609 The Hudson River (Cahohatatea) at the Time of Its Discovery by Henry Hudson. 22 x 85 cm. (Upper and lower sections separated along folds.) - 3. 1653-1664 Amsterdam in New Netherland. The City of the Dutch West India Company. 61 x 43 cm. (A few small separations along folds). - 4. 1730 New York. The English Colonial City. 60.5 x… Read More

New York: Hastings House, 1958. First edition. Light wear to cloth at top of spine; dust jacket generally clean and fresh with only minor wear at extremities. Octavo. Large folding map of Dutchess County, New York in pocket on rear pastedown. Original blue cloth; original pictorial dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the half-title.

Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1960. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Original cloth. Paper a bit browned, board edges lightly toned. First edition. WITH: Another edition. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1961. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Abrasion on front free endpaper, but generally a very good copy. First UK edition. Two copies of this Gregory Quist Western mystery: each a dedication copy to the author's wife. The printed dedication in each reads "To Elain MacDonald." In the first, the author has inscribed on the dedication page: "Dear Elaine - We have shared good food and drink and conversation and tennis wallops. I hope you won't mind sharing this book with me. All the best! Allan (William Colt MacDonald) Pacific Grove, Calif. 2/18/60." The UK edition is inscribed on the dedication leaf: "In case you need a lending copy to satisfy the mad rush of borrowers. Allan." MacDonald was a prolific screenwriter of Westerns. His most famous characters were The Three… Read More

Montreal: Wm. Foster, Brown & Co, 1893. Binding stained, owner's embossed stamp on title, internally clean. 8vo (24.5 x 17 cm). 337 pages. Original red gilt-lettered cloth. First edition.

London: Brown, Langham, 1906. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Small chip at top of spine of jacket. 8vo. Original light gray pictorial cloth, untrimmed; in the rare printed orange dust jacket. First edition of this novel of mystery and intrigue (listed in Hubin's 'Bibliography of Crime Fiction'). If there were a dedication copy of 'Rouge,' this would be it, but unfortunately the book doesn't have a printed dedication (possibly because it's a collaboration). It does, however, have a wonderful inscription by Macfall to his wife Mabel: "To Mab who christened it, with all his love and in acknowledgment of all her help and enthusiasm at a time when the days were dark and the making of this book a grim jest... from her husband and friend Haldane Macfall... April 11, 1906. The first copy published." Frontispiece of Mrs. Macfall, pictorial representation of her (with a touch of rouge) on the front cover - the author often designed the covers for his books - and with her elaborate armorial bookplate. The… Read More

Philadelphia and Toronto: John C. Winston Company, 1950. Lower edges of first leaves a bit chewed, wrapper loose from staples, some light wear. 11 x 8 inches. Richly illustrated. Original wrappers.

Hammersmith, London: Printed at the Chiswick Press for the Hammersmith Publishing Society [i.e. Annie and Thomas Cobden-Sanderson], 1905. A fine copy with a few small stains on boards. 8vo. 39, [1] pages. Original vellum backed boards, black lettering on spines. Provenance: Richard D. Friedlander (bookplate). The trade edition, second impression, after the first trade impression of 1902. Laid-in: September 1903 list of publications by the Hammersmith Publishing Society, including three by Mackail and one by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1939. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Spine faded and a little soiled at bottom, sides slightly marked. 8vo. Original reddish-brown cloth. First edition. The book is dedicated to five people. This is the dedication copy to Walter Yoemans, inscribed by the author on the dedication page: "To Walter Yoemans without whom this book would never have been written, from his grateful friend Compton Mackenzie. October 17.39." 'A Musical Chair' comprises essays and reviews by Mackenzie collected from his 'The Gramaphone', a monthly periodical he started in 1923. (BA).

[Troy, NY], 1916. Some chips and small losses to wrappers, tables in fine condition. 8vo. 29 pages. Three folding tables at end. Original printed wrappers. An impassioned address on the importance of New York Harbor, with remarks on its essential role in naval defense, the Harlem ship canal, and the water link between the Great Lakes and the New England seaboard. MacLean, educated at Yale and the first person to be awarded a PhD in Philosophy from an American institution, went on to be a war correspondent, a distinguished lawyer in the firm of Samuel J. Tilden and later a judge on the New York Supreme Court.

From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Together 2 pages, 4to, on MacLeish's letterheads. The dictated Jan. 8 letter concerns a three-meeting course on the teaching of poetry that MacLeish would be giving at the College. The TLS is a thank-you letter for his enjoyable experience at the College: "It was a great pleasure to be there and I appreciate your part in it more than I can easily tell you." (BA).

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1852. 8vo. 176 pages.; 12, [2] pages. advertisements at end. Wood-engraved title, illustrations in text, large folding map of the New York and Erie Rail Road by J. M. Atwood after J. Disturnell, 10 1/4 x 15 3/4 inches. Original printed wrappers. Spine worn, wrappers a bit soiled, front wrapper and first few leaves with lower corners chipped; one short marginal tear to map. Provenance: Orren J. Green (1874 pencil inscription in ads at end). Seventh edition, enlarged. Very scarce with the map, which was not included in the first edition of 1851. Sabin 43545 (under MacLeod) and 30449 (under title).

London: Faber and Faber, 1954. 8vo. [4] pp. Full-page color illustration by Michael Ayrton. Sewn in original printed wrappers, most of original mailing envelope preseved. Near-fine. FIRST EDITION. From the Ariel Poems new series.

[London]: [Adam Hilger, Rank Precision Industries Ltd], 1973. First edition, offprint issue. Fine. 8vo. pp.191-251. Illustrated. Stapled sheets, as issued. PRESENTATION COPY OF THE OFFPRINT ISSUE, inscribed by Feinberg at top of the first leaf. Offprint from: Colour 73 Proceedings for the Second Congress of the International Colour Association.

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1876. 4to. ii, [1], 152 pp. 11 fine chromolithographic and 11 lithographic plates. Large folding map. Original black cloth. Spine perished, light intermittent spotting. FIRST EDITION. Macomb's expedition "showed conclusively that no feasible supply route existed leading into the Great Basin from that direction. However, in the realm of geography and geology its implications were considerable. The whole drainage of the San Juan had been traced and the relationship of that river with the Colorado clearly established. More important, they had also established that the Green River united with the Grand to form the Colorado. The entire maze of intricate canyon country had been threaded, and its geography revealed for the first time. In addition, Newberry was able to establish numerous stratigraphic columns, and to trace the Triassic, Jurassic, and Carboniferous strata far out across the Colorado River. Newberry introduced a new level of… Read More

Rotterdam: Veenman, 2008. As-new, in original shrinkwrap. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. 248 pages. With pamphlet at end. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition of this catalogue of the exhibition held at A Foundation, Liverpool, 15 December to 26 November 2006. "Published on the occasion of Goshka Macuga's exhibition at A Foundation, Liverpool this deluxe, oversized volume combines newly commissioned texts and images of the completed installation with research images, found poetry and writings that inspired the piece. Tipped-on images and a supplemental booklet are bonus materials.

New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998. A near fine copy with some light wear to extremities.. 11 x 8.5 inches. 160 pages. profusely illustrated. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition.

New York: Byron Gallery, 1968. Softcover. Some light toning and wear to wrappers. 8.25 x 6 inches. 95 pages. Wrappers. Catalog for the exhibition from November - December 1968.

London: Pan/Ballantine, 1972. Wrappers and sheet edges somewhat toned, some light discoloration to covers. 11.75 x 8.75 inches. Pictorial wrappers.

Blain|Di Donna, 2011. As new in shrinkwrap. 4to. 79 pages. Pictorial boards. Catalog of an exhibition held at Blain Di Donna, New York, Oct. 27-Dec. 1, 2011.; Catalog essay by Timothy Baum.; Includes bibliographical references.