Search Results: Authors starting with M from DuBois Rare Books

[London]: Thames and Hudson, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 286 pages, Includes index of plates and plans. 73 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 36 cm. Large 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original illustrated leatherette over boards, silver lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: some frazzling at the spine ends, a few nicks and salt & pepper ticks to edges. A lavish production. With 160 gorgeous photogravure images printed on heavyweight matte stock, 12 colour plates including a frontispiece, and 29 maps and plans. Photographer Roloff Beny interprets the work of English novelist, Rose Macaulay. The photographer captures the classical world, including sites in Mesopotamia, Iran, India, Cambodia, the China coast, Central and South America, Europe and the Mediterranean.

London: Stateman and Nation Pub. Co., 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good. pages [1]-124 ; 21 cm. Perfectbound wraps. Book condition: toning and signs of mild wear at edges and spine else fine. A nicely preserved copy. Contents include a new poem by D. H. Lawrence ("Mediterranean in January") , Desmond MacCarthy on Lytton Strachey, and A Chronicle of Recent Books. A "Regent Institute" postcard (to write for free booklet) laid in: Headings: "Wanted-New Writers! ...The Great Demand for Articles and Short Stories...Earn While Learning" etc.

Kilkenny, Ireland: Pillar, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Perfectbound wraps. Near Fine/About Fine. xviii, 106 p. ; 20 cm. Softcover (flexible cardstock) with jacket. Book condition: corners at top edge bonked a little, superficial surface wear to jacket panels in a spot or two. The author's first book; containing 8 short stories. Worldcat shows only a single holding, at the University of Pisa - Anglicist Library. Signed by author. Elizabeth MacDonald was born in Dublin, Ireland. She graduated with Distinction from the Oscar Wilde Centre for Irish Writing, Trinity College, Dublin. Her collection of short stories, A House of Cards (Pillar Press), was published in 2006. She lives in Pisa, Tuscany, where she teaches English at the university. Her translations of poetry, both from and into Italian, have been widely published in Italy, Ireland and Britain.

New York: Knopf, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Lacking. xiv, 437, xxiv pages, 48 pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original rose colored cloth over boards, spine and upper cover stamped in gilt, wine colored top stain. Book Condition: light wear to spine ends, salt and pepper size bit of wear to corners & the usual extremities, but overall wear is very limited ; endpapers show some offsetting yet interior is bright and unmared, pristine even; with a solid binding. A nice copy. Dust jacket largely missing; front flap only piece still extant, laid in. Flap is price clipped and yapped at the edges, else fine.

Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 1946. Later printing. Near Fine/Very Good. xiv, 157 pp. illus. 27cm. 4to. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, gold lettering to spine. Book Condition: faint signs of handling, else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very light wear to the extremities with grain of rice chippings at the spine ends and tips. A very sound copy.

London: Hamlyn, 1981. First Softback Edition. Wraps. Very Good+. 96 pages : illustrations (some color). 29 cm. Stiff wraps. Book Condition: superficial shelf wear to covers, front cover has a creased corner; text block bright and unmarred. 48 color and 12 b&w plates and they look great. An excellent short survey of the artist.

New York: Charles Magnus, 1853. First Edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. Lithographed bird's eye view of Milwaukee, Wisconsin circa 1853. Image Measurements: 4 1/2" x 7 1/2". Printed on single sheet folded once lengthwise to create 4 page lettersheet measuring 9" x 11 1/4". Condition: very small nics and tears to extreme edges, light toning, else fine. These Magnus views of various cities of the United States on lettersheets are increasingly rare. Executed with extraordinary care and detail they reward careful examination with a good glass, so you can find the tiny horses with riders, the barges on the canal, and all the teeny tiny ladies strolling with their long skirts and parasols. Really lovely stuff. Charles Magnus, [1826-1900], was a print publisher, map dealer, bookseller and stationer working in New York City from 1850 to 1899 who issued over a thousand different letter sheets, maps, song sheets, envelopes, and separate prints. Lithography executed by G. G. Lange of Darmstadt, Germany.… Read More

New York: Charles Magnus, 1853. First Edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. Lithographed bird's eye view of Rochester, New York circa 1853. Image Measurements: 4 1/2" x 7 1/2". Printed on single sheet folded once lengthwise to create 4 page lettersheet measuring 9" x 10 3/4". Condition: very small nics and tears to extreme edges, light toning, else fine. These Magnus views of various cities of the United States on lettersheets are increasingly rare. Executed with extraordinary care and detail they reward careful examination with a good glass, so you can find the tiny horses with riders, the barges on the canal, and all the teeny tiny ladies strolling with their long skirts and parasols. Really lovely stuff. Charles Magnus, [1826-1900], was a print publisher, map dealer, bookseller and stationer working in New York City from 1850 to 1899 who issued over a thousand different letter sheets, maps, song sheets, envelopes, and separate prints. Lithography executed by G. G. Lange of Darmstadt, Germany.… Read More

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 283pp. Taupe cloth and beige paper over boards with gilt spine lettering. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Two or three very small crinkles to the DJ at the spine ends and superficial rubbing along the usual lines. Signed by author.

New York: Kamin Publishers, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Lacking. 47 p. incl. front., plates, ports. 24 cm. Illustrated lining-papers. Inscribed by author. Scarce.

Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2010. First Printing of First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 145 pages ; 21 cm. Translated by Raymond T Stock.

Hong Kong: Self Published by Chinese Porcelain Co, 2000. First Edition, presumed. About Fine/Very Good +. 256 pages, Folio size hardcover. Black cloth over boards with red lettering. Book Condition: About Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Wear to the tips, 1" closed tear to foot of front panel. Otherwise the jacket is bright and fresh with virtually no rubbing. An illustrated record of all the objects that passed through The Chinese Porcelain Company's hands during their first 15 years in business. Profusely illustrated with color photographs.

New York: Random House, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine price clipped dust jacket.

New York: Tudor Publishing, 1961. Leather_bound. About Fine/None Issued. 343 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. Full leather binding, padded leather, gilt spine lettering and decoration to front panel. All edges gilt. Book Condition: About Fine. Nice mellow darkening of around spine where the book has been handled (a plus, not a flaw). This is one of the American Mineral Spirits productions that were given to clients mostly, it seems, in the 1960's into early 1970's when AMSCO was bought and became the new chemical division of Unocal. The content of each production was unchanged from the trade edition. This translation of Histoire ilustree de la peinture features thumbnail reproductions which run along the outer edge of the pages that contain descriptions and discusions of them in turn, an efficient and pleasant method for avoiding flipping back and forth to find the art in question.

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Wraps. Very Good +. 140 pages : illustrations ; 22 x 28 cm. Oblong quarto. Softcover. Slight wear and soil to covers; internally clean, tight, and unmarked.

New York: Farrar, Straus, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 212 pages 21 cm. 8vo. Hardcover. Publisher's original quarter-cloth over boards, white lettering to spine, white, black and red lettering to front cover. Book Condition: Spine ends pushed with some toning to edge of boards. Dust Jacket Condition: Price clipped, wear to the edges, spine ends chipped, three small closed tears to rear panel. Bright, if a bit knocked about.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. xxiv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ with a creased front flap and v. superficial shelf wear.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 230 pages ; 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original [first state] orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Gently pushed spine ends, very slight slant to spine. Charcoal top stain fresh and unmarred, text block appears unread. Dust Jacket Condition: A few v. small salt and pepper bits of wear to the extremities, crease to unclipped front flap, two small striations to rear panel. A sharp copy with bright and fresh dust jacket.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 230 pages ; 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original [first state] orange cloth over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Gently pushed spine ends, very slight slant to spine. Original E.J. Corvettes price tag on front flap has offset to paste-down and ffep. Charcoal top stain fresh and unmarred, text block appears unread. Dust Jacket Condition: Small nicks running along top edge and spine ends, small crease to rear flap, faint toning to edges of rear panel. The Muriel Nasser jacket still looks great.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 223 pages ; 22 cm. Hardcover. Publisher's original black quarter cloth over dusty lime colored boards, gilt lettering to spine. Book Condition: Top edge a little dusty else fine and apparently unread. Dust Jacket Condition: Bright and lemony without flaw except for trio of small spots to the spine. Though many readers go through much of their adult life under the impression that "The Natural" was Malamud's first and last book, in fact he enjoyed a rather long career during which he published three books of short stories (winning the National Book Award for one of them) and seven more novels(!) (winning the National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize for one of those). God's Grace is Malamuds final novel, the story of Calvin Cohn, the last man on earth. A sharp copy.