Search Results: Titles starting with M from Goldring Books

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1999. A Near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small indentation to spine head). 356 pages. Illustrations of the artists' works. Introduction by Glenn D. Lowry. The book features the work of nearly 300 artists held in their collection. It describes each work in detail together with details of each artist, photographer, designer. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 51. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Leo Cooper, 1979. A Fine unmarked copy with Very Good dustjacket. A collection of 13 ghost stories, each with a military setting featuring stories by :- Washington Irving, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Barbara Softly, John Galt, B.W. Savile, James Grant, Capt. George Eliot, Arthur Machen, C.E. Montague, Robert Bloch, Seabury Quinn, Robert Sheckley. 23. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1989. COMPLETE TWO VOLUME SET. Volume I 1894-1956 - ISBN 0333276914 - A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. xix + 537 pages. 51 illustrations. Volume II - 1957-1986 - ISBN 0333496213 - A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small indentation to rear) with near Fine dustjacket. xvii + 741 pages. 60 illustrations. The crofter's grandson and the duke's son-in-law, the soldier and the scholar, the publisher and the MP, the bon viveur and the devout high churchman, Harold Macmillan is perhaps the most complex and fascinating political figure of the 20th century. The distinguished historian Alistair Horne had the unique advantage of extensive interviews with Macmillan himself, together with exclusive access to his copious and unpublished diaries, letters and private papers, revealing the real Macmillan behind the showman. Remembered today as 'Supermac', Britain's most urbane and unflappable statesman, responsible for the Tory revival after the Second… Read More

London: Harper Collins, 1995. Gold title on black boards which has one dent to lower front else clean, uninscribed and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete. The extraordinary and inspiring life of the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons, from humble beginnings as the only child of an impoverished textile working couple in the Pennine town of Dewsbury, an adventurous career as a dancer and a 'Tiller' girl, secretary to Barbara Castle and her progression through politics in the Labour party. 26 photographs. B2D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Harper Collins, 1995. A near Fine unmarked copy with price clipped dustjacket. The extraordinary and inspiring life of the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons, from humble beginnings as the only child of an impoverished textile working couple in the Pennine town of Dewsbury, an adventurous career as a dancer and a 'Tiller' girl, secretary to Barbara Castle and her progression through politics in the Labour party. 26 photographs. B2D. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Peter Owen, 1953. Gold title on blue cloth boards which have fading to spine and just a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. 222 pages. Photograph of Colette to frontispiece and 6 other illustrations. An excellent later biography of Colette which includes a useful bibliography. A1B. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1978. Black title on mustard cloth boards which have a few minor marks. Internally very clean and unmarked. Reprinted from the 1963 John Hopkins Press. xv + 219 pages. Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Madame Sevigne (1626-1696) . Famous for her correspondence over twenty five years . **** NOT EX LIB **** 1. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. Gilt title with light blue decoration on embossed dark blue cloth boards which have some small marks to front board and one corner a little bumped. Internally very clean and tight with dust marking to top edge. A Good+ copy. ix and 262 pages An excellent early biography of the noted De Stael which shows her influence in politics, history and literature. Preface by Jusserand. Photogravure engraving of De Stael by Laugier after Gerard to frontispiece tissue protected. C3B. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Laugier. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: G.P. Puttnam's Sons Translated by Ethel Colburn Mayne. Not dated but circa 1920's. Photogravure portrait of Madame De Pompadour from a plumbago drawing by Greuze to frontispiece tissue protected. Gilt crest to front with gilt title to spine on blue/grey cloth boards. A light mark to front, light fading to spine and a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Fore and lower edges uncut. Inscription dated June 1928 to front pastedown and partial darkening of endpapers else clean and unmarked. 185 pages. In the author's words 'I am not an Historian.... I am a portraitist fondly interested in my subject.' C3C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Greuze. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Constable, 1970. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 310 pages. Portrait of Francoise de Maintenon and her niece Francoise d'Aubigne to frontispiece and 14 other portraits and illustrations together with 2 geneaological charts. The first biography in English for forty years. Madame de Maintenon became governess to the six bastard children of King Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, who were being reared in the greatest secrecy. At first Louis disliked the prim, intellectual governess, but when Madame de Montespan's obstreperous temper wearied him, and after her downfall following the notorious Poisons Affair, he became more and more attracted to her. Louis wished to make her his mistress, but Francoise politely declined. Then, when his queen, Marie-Therese, died, he made the sensational decision to marry Francoise morganatically. She was then 48, he 45. And except for one serious quarrel over Quietism, their marriage lasted with complete success… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 1936. Portrait of Madame Roland to frontispiece and 18 other illustrations. Gilt title on light blue cloth boards which have some fading to edges and a slightly faded spine. Internally there is a book plate to front pastedown and neat name and date to front endpaper else clean, tight and unmarked. 324 pages. 32 page publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. An excellent biography of the queen of a coterie of young and elegant enthusiasts including the leaders of the Gironde, who was guillotined in November 1793, havng spent five month's in prison. On hearing of his wife's death, her husband, a former minister of the interior, two days later committed suicide by falling on his sword. *** NOT EX LIBRARY *** A1C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cassell, 1971. Gold title on brown boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has wear to edges and is price clipped. xx + 329 pages. More usually spelt Lenclos. Among her lovers were the Great Conde and the Duc de Larochefoucauld. A1E. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Lorenz Books, 1996. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards with Fine price clipped dustjacket. The Virgin Mary has been adored and worshipped by Christians for nearly two thousand years as an icon of purity and innocence. Much has been written about her role in the life of Jesus, and even more has been painted. This book holds some of the most beautiful images of Mary, and the momentous events of her life: the Annunciation; the journey to Bethlehem; the humble stable birth of her baby boy; the homage of kings; a terrified flight into Egypt; and, thirty years later, the grief of watching her son die for his people. 12. First. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1984. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First printing (printed in the United States). Sam Giancana was once the most powerful Mafia boss west of the Mississippi, the Chicago mafia's successor to Al Capone. Now 9 years after his gangland slaying, his daughter has made public the details of her father's life and the trauma of growing up under his iron rule - all the power, corruption, luxury, and violence that came with being a mafia princess. 23. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books, 1991. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The author is Professor of journalism at Indiana University, consultant for magazines, a specialist in media training, freelance arts critic and freelance writer as well as a music and arts commentator on several papers. This book will motivate and inspire the reader to become a better writer, to write with style and flair and verbal excitement and to captivate your audience. Beginning by exploring eight writing techniques and practicing these, then to learn by example by analysing award winning articles, also to find new ways to turn everday subjects into compelling article ideas. There are thirteen blueprints to use as a master plan for outlining an article and helpful suggestions for using storytelling techniques to humanise your article. B2A. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1992. A VG+ copy which has a gift inscription to front endpaper with dustjacket which has a water stain to the reverse and is not price clipped. 286 pages. 36 illustrations. Here is the first-ever biography of one of Britain's finest and best-loved actresses. Elusive, mercurial and resolutelt private, Maggie Smith is one of the few performers to have achieved indisputable stardom on both stage and screen, with a career that spans the West-End, Olivier's National Theatre, Broadway and Hollywood. In seeking Maggie Smith's enigmatic essence, Michael Coveney considers in detail each phase of her career and her turbulent first marriage to Robert Stephens and her enduring second marriage to her first love, screenwriter Beverley Cross. 13. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Pavilion, 1994. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which has a little wear to bottom. Lady Muck is in fact Jane Down, who runs her own compost company and is a popular lecturer on horticultural matters and has even named her cat compost. Here she guides us with warmth and humour through the history of composting and reveals her secrets on how to create and maintain a compost heap to suit every garden. Delightful illustrations by Tim Coath. A1C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Tim Coath. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Caxton, 1899. Caxton Edition with illustrations. Gilt title and motif on green cloth boards. Boards are clean with some small white spots to rear. Internally there is age darkening to endpapers, the occasional spots of light foxing else clean, tight and unmarked. Top edge gilt. Fore and lower edges uncut. 393 pages. Philosophic and Analytical Studies. Balzac's magnum opus of novels, short stories and plays which present French life after the fall of Napoleon I in 1815. A founding work of 'Realism' in literature which influenced many writers including Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James. La Comédie Humaine remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1850 as Balzac had planned to include more works. A1B. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Caxton, 1899. Caxton Edition with illustrations. Gilt title and motif on green cloth boards. Boards are clean with some small white spots to rear. Internally there is age darkening to endpapers, the occasional spots of light foxing else clean, tight and unmarked. Top edge gilt. Fore and lower edges uncut. 393 pages. Philosophic and Analytical Studies. Balzac's magnum opus of novels, short stories and plays which present French life after the fall of Napoleon I in 1815. A founding work of 'Realism' in literature which influenced many writers including Émile Zola, Charles Dickens, Gustave Flaubert, Henry James. La Comédie Humaine remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1850 as Balzac had planned to include more works. A1B. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Aquarian Press, 1970. Gold title on brown boards which have a small light mark to front but no wear. Internally very clean, tight and unmarked. 225 pages. Interesting book with case studies analysing how to use psychic power. C3C. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.