Search Results: Titles starting with M from Great Expectations Rare Books

Philadelphia: Running Press , 2015. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in red cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 272 pages. Illustrated throughout by Jack Davis, Mort Drucker and the other members of "The Usual Gang of Idiots", in black and white, with a few pages in color. Foreword by "Weird AL" Yankovic. First edition, first printing with full number line. No previous ownership marks. No remainder mark. Book is clean, fresh and unmarked. Dust-jacket clean with no chips or tears, just shy of new. Fine in a near fine dust-jacket. .

New York: Modern Language Association, 2001. Trade paperback. 332 pages. Index. Fifth edition. No previous ownership marks. An explanatory handbook, fully illustrated with examples, of everything necessary for choosing, writing and completing aa academic research paper. A very clean, square, fresh and unused copy, as new. Fine. . Later Printing. Softcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 2004. Trade paperback. 292 pages. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 8 pages of photographs on coated stock and 7 maps. First edition, first printing. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. No writing, marking or marginalia. A clean, square, fresh copy. Near fine. . First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dublin, Ireland: The Irish Archaeological Society, 1850. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, wine red elaborately blind-stamped publisher's cloth. Original pale yellow end-papers. {5}, xix, 546 pages, with 29 page addendum at rear entitled Irish Archaeological Society. Index, facsimile of original title-page (1692), and a genealogy of O'Kelly on p. 505 of the Appendix. First edition. Edited from four English copies and a Latin MS., with notes and a memoir of the author and his descendants, by John Cornelius O'Callaghan. Text in English with quotations and references in French and Latin. Published by subscription for members of the Irish Archaeological Society, this copy being printed for the Rev. Edward Cupples. No previous ownership marks. Staining to rear cover, bleeding onto spine, which has faded to light brown. not affecting gilt lettering. A tight, sound and otherwise unmarked copy. Hinges strong, wide margined pages… Read More

New York: Free Press, 2000. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 385pp., Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with photographs. First edition, first printing. Dust-jacket protected by reinforced mylar covers that have been pasted to inside of front and rear boards. Not an ex-library copy, from a private collection. No previous ownership marks. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Near fine in a fine dust-jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, black cloth lettered in gold on spine, in publisher's black non price-clipped dust-jacket. 308 pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs. Stated first American edition, first printing with full number line. From Colt to Gatling to Maxim, the people and technological innovations that changed the face of war. No previous ownership marks. No remainder marks, A pristine, unread and like new copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in price-clipped dust-jacket. 532 pages. Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with 32 pages of half-tones. Ststed first edition, no additional printings listed. Small private gift inscription on second blank prelim, vertical damp-stain visible of dust-jacket spine as well as age soiling to rear panel. A sound, clean, tight and unmarked copy in a soiled but intact dust-jacket. Very good in a fair dust-jacket. .

Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H Revell Company, 1990. Trade paperback, small quarto. 204pp., Glossary, Bibliography, Index. Illustrated with drawings. First edition. A fascinating reference of biblical engineering and design. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very good+.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Weinstein Books, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 244 pages. Selected Bibliography. Illustrated with 8 pages of black and white photographs. Second printing. Chronicles the rise and fall of the Gallo brothers. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Very slight nick to dust-jacket at fore-edge fold, hardly noticeable. A fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket. .

London: T Fisher Unwin, 1890. Hardcover, original red cloth stamped in black with mounted horseman, sailing ship, etc. 398pp., First [of 2] fronticpiece lacking, illustrated with 10 plates and two folding maps. Facsimile title of 1729 edition present, as is 1890 title-page. Originally published in 1729 this edition is actually the second edition, published as a title in the Unwin Adventure Series. First printing thus. Purported to be a primary source for Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe', there has been continuing debate about whether this popular tale describing survival in eighteenth-century Madagascar was truth or fiction. Capt. Oliver, in his introduction is one who looks askance at the full veracity of Drury's tale, though admits that the man existed. Emile Blanchard in 1872 and Captain Pasfield Oliver in 1890 both argued that Robert Drury’s Journal was probably written by Defoe. Included in this edition is an essay further describing Madagascar, by the Abbe Alexis Rochon.… Read More

New York: Fred Rullman, Inc., 1954. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large octavo stapled pamphlet. 40 pages. New English version by Ruth and Thomas Martin [based on the Italian libretto by L. Illica and G. Giacosa]. Music by Puccini. (1954). Small date written in pen on upper front cover [April 16] and performance schedule written in pencil inside rear cover. Else a clean, sound, tight copy with clean interior, and no tear of chips to wrappers. Very good+..

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1978. Hardcover, quarto volume bound in full dark navy blue decorative leather. Illustrated by Pierre Brissaud; with wood-engravings by Theo Schmied Introduction by Jacques De Lacretelle. Translated by J. Lewis May. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: silk moir endpapers and bound in ribbon marker; all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth sewn binding and full genuine leather. A title in the Collector's Series, the 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. No previous ownership marks. Unread. A flawless copy, as new. Scans sent on request.. Hardcover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1881. Hardcover, brown cloth lettered and decorated in gold on spines. 2 vols, complete. 367 & 373 pages respectively. Brown coated endpapers. Each volume contains engraved frontispiece. Former owner's name written on blank prelim and private ownership stamp on title on both volumes. Several small spots to front cover on vol. I. A clean, square, attractive set with only minor cosmetic wear. Very good. Scans sent on request. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Madame Tussaud's, 1992. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Large format staple bound pamphlet in stiff boldly colored card covers. 32 pages. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. A souvenir guide to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, Baker Street London. No previous ownership marks. A well preserved copy with no creases or marks. Fine. .

Armonk, NY: An East Gate Book, 1990. Trade paperback. 202pp., Seven short stories which offer a fascinating glimpse of Japanese corporate culture. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tightly bound copy. Very good.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 350 pages. Sources and Chapter Notes. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. Private gift inscription (Christmas 1993) on front free end-paper, else a clean, sound, tight and unmarked copy. Near fine in a fine dust-jacket. .

Concord, NH: Mercury Press Inc., 1964. Paperback, digest size periodical. 130 pages. Includes stories by Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Avram Davidson, Harry Harrison, et alia. Pictorial covers lacking small pieces at front fore-edge corners and text block browned as per usual. No spine crease. No previous ownership marks or writing. A solid, tightly bound, used copy. Good. . First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. Hardcover in non price-clipped dust-jacket. 339 pages. First edition, first printing with no other printings listed on copyright page. The fourth and final volume in the epic saga of Riverworld, begun some twenty years earlier. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Dust-jacket clean, with no tears or chips. A very good+ copy in a very good or better jacket. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Aquarian Press, 1964. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, publisher's white cloth in price-clipped dust-jacket. 107 pages. Stated first edition. The author's fourth book concerning the practice and attainment of that portion of Occultism deemed the Magical Arts. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy in original dust-jacket. Used condition but overall a superior copy of an exceedingly scarce copy of the first printing of this title in hardcover, with dust-jacket. Near very good in a near very good dust-jacket. .

New York: Philosophical Library, 1958. Hardcover, gray clorg spine over paper covered boards, no dust-jacket. 555pp., Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with 8 plates. First edition, first printing. A psychological analysis of the reasons for, and the vitakity of, magico-religious belief. No previous ownership marks. A clean, square, unmarked copy. Very light general wear from age. Near very good.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.