Search Results: Titles starting with M from Scott Emerson Books, ABAA

MacMillan Publishing Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0027424804 . Brown cloth, lettered in silver. First printing with the complete number line. Quite a clean, tight copy but for a tiny bump to the lower page edge corner. There is also a stain partially along the lower, rear cloth edge that does not show anywhere else on the book or dust jacket. It is easy to miss. The dust jacket has light overall wear. The spine is somewhat faded. Shows some wear to the corners and spine ends. A 1/2" tear to the lower, front edge. Price of $6.95 to the front flap. Without the Newbery Medal seal. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

New York: Minton, Balch and Co. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth. No additional printings. Signed, inscribed by the O'Hara to the artist, Standish Backus. The spine is quite faded. To the upper 1" of the fore edge of the first pages there is a stain. There is also a similar stain to the last few blank leaves. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 90 pages; Signed by Author .

Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Orange cloth spine and illustrated boards. Some edge wear. Appears to be a bookplate removed from the blank page opposite the title. The interior is very tight and otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket has a number of chips along the upper and lower edges, corners, and spine ends. There are two tears to the upper, front edge of 1 3/4" and 1 1/4". Original price of $2.50 to the front flap. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Barnet: Quills Publishing.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 0907054013 . Boards. An excellent copy. Very clean and tight. Unmarked. The dust jacket has minor edge wear. A 1/4" tear to the upper spine corner. Spine a bit faded. Not price clipped. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Barnet: Quills Publishing.. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 0907054013 . Boards. Light bumps to the corners. Missing the front free endpaper. Small tape mark to the lower title page. The dust jacket has some edge wear. There are a few tears of 1" or less. Tiny chips to the corners. Spine and front have some fading. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

East Aurora: Roycrofters. Near Fine. 1937. First Edition. Flexible faux leather cloth. Gilt title and author to the front. Bound-in ribbon marker. Beautifully printed on fine handmade paper. Illustrated with ten photographic plates and a map frontispiece. There is a letterpress Christmas card from the Carpenters laid in loose. An excellent copy of this rare hunting book. A bit of rubbing to the spine ends and some old binder's glue stains about the perimeter of the endpapers. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 34 pages .

Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. States "First Edition". An excellent, clean copy. A bit of rubbing along the lower edges. No names or bookplates. The dust jacket is clipped at the upper and lower corners of the front flap. The upper spine end is chipped 1/4", minor chipping to the lower spine and corners. A few tiny tears. Some fading to the spine. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall .

Pasadena: Weatherbird Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Cream fine paper wraps. Lettered paper label to the front. Limited to 125 copies, this copy is unnumbered. Signed on the colophon page by Powell. Light bumps to the spine ends and corners. Some creasing along the upper and lower cover edges. All else is very clean and quite tight. No dust jacket. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 33 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Viking Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth. With matching dates. Book with some bumps and/or wear to the corners and spine ends. The board is showing at the lower, front corner tip. Without names or bookplate. The dust jacket has several edge tears. Also a 1 3/8" tear to the upper spine end and another of 1 1/4" to the lower, rear edge. There is a 3/4" chip to the lower spine end. Chipping to the upper and lower corners of the front panel. Original price of $3.00 to the front flap. Caldecott Medal winner. There is no award sticker to the front. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374346992 . Pictorial boards. Signed by Sis with a sketch. Bump to the lower spine end. It is otherwise nearly fine. The dust jacket has a matching bump to the lower spine and some crimping to the upper spine. Not price clipped. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Signed by Author .

Seoul, Korea: The Museum of Photography, Seoul. As New. (2007). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto black cloth. Metallic printed labels to the front and rear. Divided into two sections, back to back. One half is devoted to the works of Uelsmann and the other half is devoted to Taylor. Black & white and color. Produced in a limited edition for an exhibition in Seoul. Signed by Uelsmann on his title and by Taylor on hers. An excellent collection of two of the premier artists in photography today. Scarce. Like new in a matching folding box with magnetic closure. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author .

Holiday House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1949). First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated green cloth. An excellent copy with a slight spine lean. Completely unmarked and tight. The dust jacket has some light soiling, some darkening to the spine. There are no chips or tears. Original price of $1.50 to the front flap. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

New York: Frederick A. Stokes. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Orange cloth, lettered in blue. There is a color plate mounted to the front. Illustrated in color by the Petersham's. The front and rear hinges are cracked. There is a small stain to the rear cover. There is a name stamped twice to the front endpapers and also a written name to the front free endpaper. The text block has shifted down about a quarter of an inch. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: MacMillan Company. Very Good. 1903. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth, stamped in gilt and dark green. Top edge gilt. Illustrated. Signed, personalized by White on the front free endpaper. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Light edge wear. Front hinge is just starting at the upper third but it is a very tight copy. No other markings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. 0394821637 . Oblong red boards. States "First Edition". A bump to the upper spine, otherwise quite clean and tight. A former owner name to the upper front free endpaper. The dust jacket has a chip and short tear to the lower spine. A 1/2" tear to the upper, rear corner. Crimping to the upper spine end. Price of $3.95 to the front flap. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .

London: Odhams Press Limited. Fair. [1923]. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth, lettered in gilt. Quite a worn copy. The spine is faded. The corners and spine ends are bumped with a hard bump to the lower, rear. Some small tears to the spine ends. Foxing to the endpapers and upper page edges. There is a glued, repaired area along about 3" of the front edge of the mid-spine cloth. The rear hinge is cracking. Uneven fading to the covers. A fair copy only of a scarce Egyptian fantasy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages .

New York: Clarion Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0395621550 . SIGNED by Downing with sketch of a bird on a branch. Book and jacket like new. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; In the springtime of the world, all the birds are wondering where to lay their eggs. Mother and Father Magpie carefully explain every step of nest-building, but one by one their impatient listeners decide they've heard enough and fly away . . . to build the amazing variety of nests we know today. This simple, deftly humorous retelling of a classic English folktale is illustrated with glorious watercolor paintings that accurately depict bird species, nests, and eggs.; Signed by Illustrator .

Blanding, Utah: The Dinosaur Museum. Very Good+. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. 1932075003 . Glossy illustrated boards. States "First Edition". Includes the DVD in a pocket at the rear pastedown. A publisher's postcard is bound in at the front endpapers. With hundreds of illustrations. Bumps to the spine ends and upper fore corners. There is another bump to the upper, front cover edge. Very tight and completely unmarked interior. This hardcover edition is very scarce and supposedly published in an exceedingly small number. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 348 pages .

Franklin Watts Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated blue boards. Signed and personalized by the author, Hoke, on a front blank. She has also dated this in 1947. Illustrated by Diana Thorne. There is some toning about the cover edges, a small bump to the lower fore edges. All else is quite tight and unmarked. The dust jacket has a few edge tears and is price clipped. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author .

New York: The Viking Press. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto tan cloth, lettered in green to the spine and with a small illustration in green to the upper front. "First Published August 1941" stated on copyright page. No other printings noted. The lower fore corners are chewed, a 2 3/4" scrape along the lower, front cover edge. The lower, rear cover edge is also scraped although it only affects about 3/4". The lower spine end is chipped, the upper spine end is bumped with some wear. Cloth with overall, light soiling. The endpapers are quite toned. The first issue dust jacket has no Caldecott Medal to the front and is without mention of the award to the flaps. $2.00 to the upper, front flap. There is wear about all edges. A 1 1/4" piece missing to the upper front/spine area. A 3/4" chip to the lower spine. There is some insect surface damage affecting various areas of the front panel. Several tears, the longest of… Read More