Search Results: Titles starting with M from Clearwater Books

Emanual Wax, Pendragon Press [London], 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 2,000 numbered copies (this being #1924). A presentation copy, fondly inscribed by the author on the title page to Trish [Montemuro] and dated 1983. Slim 8vo. 21pp. Quarter cloth. A very good copy of Pinter's celebration of Anew McMaster, the noted British Shakespearean actor-manager. No dust wrapper called for but supplied here with a fresh sheet of protective acetate. Pinter's holograph signature is printed to the base of page 19, which often appears to cause confusion, but this copy certainly does bear his penmanship, inscribed as it is to Trish Montemuro, who was assistant stage manager of the Pinter-helmed National Theatre production of Giraudoux's 'The Trojan War Will Not Take Place' which ran at the Lyttelton Theatre for 43 performances between May-October 1983 (Pinter's hand written date "May 10 83" was the press night for the… Read More

Gordon Wright Publishing, Edinburgh, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 4to. 176pp. Blue cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with a gold-stamped vignette to the upper board. Illustrated with over two hundred photographs and reproductions. A tiny sliver of discolouration to the head of the upper board, else in fine state with non-price-clipped dust wrapper, edgeworn with several short open tears..

William Heinemann, London, 1933. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 211pp. Decorated paper-covered cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A little shelf-wear to the board extremities and some light spotting to the margins to the half-title and title page. A very nice, bright copy, lacking the scarce dust wrapper. A historical novel about Alexander the Great by the noted British modernist writer, best friend of H.D. and Bryher (apparently Virginia Woolf hated her perfume), and one-time Aleister Crowley student..

Hutchinson, London, 1950. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 196pp. Blue boards with black lettering to the spine. With a frontispiece and thirty-nine reproductions and illustrations. Edges spotted. A bright copy in dust-marked and slightly frayed non-price-clipped dust wrapper. A biography of the celebrated British Shakespearian actor, known for his short stature, tumultuous personal life, and controversial divorce. With a brief handwritten letter from the author laid-in, dated 1955..

Peter Owen, London, 1953. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. Covers a little water-stained and rubbed at some edges. A good copy in frayed and marked, price-clipped dust wrapper. Name of former owner..

Constable, London, 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 522pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. With eighteen illustrations. A fine copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, fine but for a short jagged indentation to the rear panel. "In her lifetime it was widely said that there were three political powers in Europe - Britain, Russia and Madame de Staël. Byron described her as 'the first female writer of this, perhaps of any age', Stendhal as 'the chief talent of the age'. Germaine de Staël was certainly the most remarkable woman of her time and she remains unique - both for the scope of her artistic and intellectual achievements and the force of her political influence, which helped to bring down Napoleon" - blurb..

Calder & Boyars Ltd., London, 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing). 8vo. 142pp. Black boards lettered in gold at the spine. A little moisture marking to the edges and endpapers, and a former owner gift inscription inked to the title page. A good bright copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, with some further moisture marking to the upper and lower edges, and internally. A startlingly honest account of the author's breakdown and subsequent experiences as a patient in a public insane asylum on the island of Mallorca. Uncommon..

Jonathan Cape, London, 1985. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing. A presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page and dated the year of publication. 8vo. 460pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. A fine copy in fine dust wrapper, clipped and re-priced by the publisher. The author's sixth major novel, and also his last..

Jonathan Cape, London, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The deluxe issue of the first edition, issued under the London Limited Editions imprint and limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author (this being #347). 8vo. 460pp. Cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. Some light spotting to the top edge, else a fine copy. No dust wrapper called for, but with the original unprinted tissue protector, lightly toned and nicked..

Macdonald, London, 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. A new edition of Powys' celebrated novel, with a new four-page introduction by Malcolm Elwin specially written for this issue. 8vo. 496pp + [iv] publisher's advertisements at the rear. Green cloth lettered in gold at the spine and with the author's facsimile signature gold-stamped to the upper board. A virtually fine copy in slightly chafed and scraped non-price-clipped dust wrapper. Thomas A61..

Secker & Warburg, London, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) - this copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 345pp. Brown boards lettered in gold at the spine. A little tanning to the lesser quality paperstock, else a fine copy in fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. The author's fourth novel..

Little Brown, Boston, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 207pp. Paper-covered boards, gilt lettered at the spine. In fine state with fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper..

Precision Records & Tapes Ltd. [no date]. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). A 33 RPM record (code: N147). With a splendid colour sleeve design, 'George Melly at the Circus', by Cleverland Brown. This copy fondly inscribed by George Melly at the head of the sleeve. Very good. Twelve tracks. Very good..

Macmillan, London, 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of the author's fifth crime novel. 8vo. 192pp. Brown boards lettered and ruled in black at the spine. A little light creasing to the tip of the front free endpaper, else in virtually fine state with very lightly tanned non-price-clipped dust wrapper. The fifth and final of Wilson's crime novels, published long before her Children's Laureate days..

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), issued on the occasion of a 1996-97 Whitney Museum exhibition. 4to. 304pp. Purple cloth lettered in gold at the spine and upper board. A series of scholarly essays by various contributors, lavishly illustrated with photographs and reproductions, including forty in colour. A fine copy in virtually fine dust wrapper, with just a tiny hint of dust soiling to the rear panel..

Pisces Press, Oxford, 1983. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 200 numbered and signed copies printed at the Rampant Lions Press. A single sheet, folded to form four pages which comprise the title page, colophon, the twenty-two line poem and an accompanying drawing by Paul Strangroom, housed in a paper protector featuring a design by Edward Bawden. In fine state. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..

Frederick Muller Ltd., London, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 182pp. Red cloth lettered in gold at the spine. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. A hint of marking to the boards, and the binding just a fraction sprung. A nice bright copy in non-price-clipped dust wrapper, a little nicked and chafed at several extremities and with an inch of loss to the base of the rear panel. Contemporary former owner gift inscription inked to the front free endpaper and a tiny miscellaneous inkstamp to the rear endpaper. An informed account of the design and launch of the first artificial satellites..

Alfred A.Knopf, London and New York, 1930. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The first UK edition (first printing), issued five months after the US edition. 8vo. 280pp. Blue smooth-weave cloth lettered in red at the spine with a small black-stamped falcon design to the backstrip and to the upper corner of the front board. Publisher's blue top edge stain, very slightly patchy. Just a trace of light bruising to the spine ends and a touch of very light spotting to the fore edge, with a little further spotting to the half-title, title page, and one or two further preliminary and concluding leaves. Free endpapers lightly browned and a tiny bump to the tips of the two lower corners. A touch of very light soiling to occasional leaf margins and, once or twice, to the text block. A very good copy. No dust wrapper. The first and only full-length novel featuring Hammett's celebrated gumshoe Sam Spade. The print runs of the first US and first UK editions are unknown, but considering the relative… Read More

Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1953. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. The First UK edition, issued three years after the US edition. 8vo. 256pp. Time-line illustrated endpapers. A small crease to the base of the backstrip, and a tiny dent to the upper and lower edges of the front board. A very good copy in nearly very good dust wrapper, chipped with a little loss at the spine ends and at several corner tips, with a little dust soiling to the rear panel, and a small area of surface abrasion to the spine panel. The wrapper is not price-clipped, but a small Australian dealer plate has been pasted over the original printed price. A two-page preface by the author and a four-page introduction by John W.Campbell Jr. precede six short stories (the same content as the US edition, but the order of the stories rearranged for this UK edition)..

Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, London, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing) of this pseudonymous novel. 8vo. 283pp. Original publisher's green cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A virtually fine copy in virtually fine non-price-clipped dust wrapper. A humorous novel set in a fictional Donegal village. The true identify of the author appears forever shrouded in mystery..