Search Results: Titles starting with M from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Pittsburgh: Know, Inc, no date [ca 1970] First separate printing, "revised from an article in the Newsletter of the New University Conference" A Fine uncirculated copy 4to (11" x 85"), broadsheet, 2 pages printed recto & verso on white paper.
A fine uncirculated copy. Author Nancy Henley, a feminist psychologist who demanded that the American Psychological Association "acknowledge its sexist practices and the androcentric and misogynistic theories about women that psychology had produced," writes in part: "Mixed groups that wish to discuss women's liberation often begin with a discussion of the ways in which WL will liberate men too, with a focus on the bitchiness rather than the oppression of women: under the present system women are taught to be bitches, manipulating men, etc; if we off the system, women will be tolerable, and men will therefore be liberated." Quite uncommon, OCLC locates a single copy at the University of Michigan.

New York, 34th & Broadway: Macy's Furniture Department, ninth floor/ (R. H. Macy & Co.), no date, ca. 1920. Original die-cut brochure in the shape of a make-up box. Single sheet measuring approximately 16.75 inches by 8 inches folded twice to 8 inches by 6 inches, printed on medium card stock. The brochure opens to reveal 4 fabric samples behind die-cut windows & brief promotional text. Not found in OCLC as 7/22/2023.
Moderately soiled, slightly rubbed, brief evidence of erasure & a bit of foxing at the back panel, otherwise very good.
A very clever promotional piece which asks the eternal questions & provides solutions:
"What's wrong with your living room? Are the fabrics wrong? Is there too much of the same color? That won't happen when you buy sofas, and chairs at Macy's! Let our experienced salesmen help you buy pleasing and correct furniture now. Below is one of the many arrangements they will make for you. Take this home. Keep it as a guide."

Middlesboro, Kentucky: Bell County Historical Society, (2003). First edition, This copy inscribed, signed, & dated by the author on the half-title page. 8vo, xxx & 442 pages, illustrated. Publisher's gilt-lettered brown cloth in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with a crease at the rear flap.
Includes a chapter on the "Father of Ragtime." The book is described by Kentucky Historian Laureate Dr. Thomas D. Clark as a "generous cut above most local histories. The ample documentation reflects the fact that the author has done her homework well."

Seattle: Johnstone & Durham, (1994). First edition, number 190 of 450 copies (of 1100 in total), this a "Release Party Copy" rubber-stamped on the copyright page, Inscribed & Signed by Milo Johnstone in red marker on the title page & in ink by John Mochring 8 times (at each of his posters). 4to, 248 pages, printed on various colors & weights of paper & profusely illustrated throughout, in original pictorial card covers.
Edges & joints moderately rubbed, otherwise Very Good or better. Milo Johnstone spent years researching & compiling this unique history of Seattle's 1960's subculture. The result befits the spirit of the time: a gathering of politics, party, The Helix, The Daily Flash, Tom Robbins, Timothy Leary, music, The Grateful Dead & more. Quite uncommon, OCLC locates 4 copies only as of 10/9/2019.

London & New York: Phaidon Press, (2004). First edition. Square quarto (11.25" x 11.25"), 511 pages, profusely illustrated throughout from photographs, many in color. Publisher's glossy paper over boards in pictorial dust jacket.
Slight wear at edges & spine extremities, front corners bruised, small nick in the front edge of the first blank leaf, otherwise very good or better in like dust jacket, with minor edge wear including a couple of nicks at the front fold which correspond to the corner bruising & some tiny spots on the verso which are also briefly evident on the rear flap.
"Magnum Stories explores how some of the world's greatest photographers take, edit and lay out pictures. Using the 'photo story' as a vehicle to explain their approach, the book features work by 61 members of the prestigious Magnum photo agency. A vast range of photographers are included, from Magnum's founders - Robert Capa, George Rodger, David 'Chim' Seymour and Henri Cartier-Bresson - to the second and third generations… Read More

New York: Harper & Row, (1974). First edition. 8vo, ix, 144 pp. Publisher's light purple paper over boards backed in gilt-lettered dark purple cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in very good price-clipped dust jacket, lightly soiled, with a 3 inch closed tear at the lower panelThe author "developed and tested the recipes in this book in his own kitchen, over a ten-year period."

New York: Universe Publishing, (2003). First edition. Quarto (11" x 8.5"), 160 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs. Publisher's pictorial card covers.
Lightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise Very Good.
"Decades before Bruce Weber or Herb Ritts picked up a camera, one photographer created a body of work that defined the masculine ideal for a generation. Alonzo Hanagan, better known as Lon of New York, was a groundbreaking, and daring, artist of his time. At the height of his career in the 1940s and 1950s, his images of the male nude were not just taboo but illegal ..." ~From the back cover.

Koln, Germany: Taschen Bibliotheca Universalis, (2015). Octavo (8" x 6"), 573 pages, profusely illustrated from photographs (some in color). Publisher's white paper over boards lettered in maroon & black, in pictorial dust jacket. Ribbon marker sewn in, text in English, German, & French.
Covers slightly soiled, trace edge wear, otherwise Near Fine in Fine dust jacket.
"While the female nude has long played a conspicuous role in western iconography, the male nude has not always enjoyed such attention, or acceptance. This ode to the male physique celebrates the evolving, at one time illicit, art form from anonymous 19th century erotica through to contemporary work from David Hockney and Duane Michaels."
 ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.

Paris, France: De-Orsay Press, no date (ca. 1930's). First edition. Octavo (8" x 5.5"), 32 pages including illustrations from photographs & art work, full page & in text. Printed, stapled card covers.
Lightly soiled, staples rusted, slight edge wear, otherwise very good.
Almost certainly a spurious imprint actually published in New York & designed to escape the obscenity laws of the day. This begins with "part five," suggesting earlier adventures for Diamond, Fanny, Emma &, of course, the insatiable Flavio.

Detroit: Johnson Smith & Co., no date [ca 1925]. Small 8vo, unpaginated [36 pp.], including illustrated front wrapper. Publisher's pictorial, stapled stiff paper wraps.
Trace edge wear, moderately toned, otherwise very good.
The story of John "Babbacombe" Lee relayed in the first person who survived execution by hanging on three different occasions in February of 1885. After the final attempt the attending medical officer declined to proceed. Released from prison in 1907, Lee emigrated to the United States where he died in 1945. The story inspired the 1971 album "Babbacombe Lee" by the English folk rock group Fairport Convention, making it the first "folk rock opera" in music history.

Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., (1907). Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, (1907) "Revised and enlarged edition" Duodecimo (725" x 525"), xviii & 300 pages plus 5 leaves of plates providing 135 mounted color paint chips, with numerous illustrations in text Publisher's white cloth, elaborately lettered & decorated in blueCovers lightly soiled, slight wear at spine extremities & corners, text a bit toned, easily Very Good or betterAs noted in the preface, Mrs Monachesi bases her instructional treatise on "many years of observation and experience" & further describes the book as "especially designed for those who have had but little, if any, previous knowledge of the subject, but who desire practical information and reliable instruction; and in pointing out the common errors of the past, I have but made an effort to indicate how they may be avoided in the future"

Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, (1986). Second printing, revised edition. 4to, 444 pp, profusely illustrated (line drawings & color illustrations from photographs). Publisher's dark brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.Bottom edges slightly rubbed, small chip in the paper at the front pastedown, otherwise Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with a tiny loss at the top of the front fold. "an authoritative handbook for professional and amateur orchid growers and botanists. Its comprehensive text and over 700 full color photographs reflect years of painstaking research and development." (excerpted from the dust jacket).
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, (1981) 4to, 444 pp, illustrated, including many in color from photographs. Publisher's maroon cloth-patterned paper over boards in printed dust jacket & plain card slipcase. Publisher's 4 page announcement laid in A fine copy in very good dust jacket with brief edge wear, in good slipcase, soiled, rubbed, & worn along the edges "An authoritative and definitive handbook of cultivation, puts detailed information on over 200 genera and 1,200 species at your fingertips Having this book in your library is almost like having a specialist from the Oakes Ames Herbaria or Kew Gardens on call." ~ Excerpted from the publisher's announcement

Adamsville, Ohio, Manuscript Diary for 1856 comprising entries by Evan J Crane as recorded in publisher Sheldon, Lamport & Blakeman's Daily Pocket Diary For 1856: For The Use Of Private Families And Persons Of Business. 24mo (6" x 4"), 122 unnumbered pages of entries in ink followed by 2 pages of "memoranda," 13 pages of "cash accounts," & 4 pages of brief sporadic account entries thereafter. Original limp black roan with fold-over flap Binding rubbed, partially split & torn along the fold, entries often light without compromising legibility, otherwise Very Good Evan Crane (1827 - 1894) taught school in the winters & farmed in the summers. In 1857, with wife Cassandra (nee Geyer), he moved to Sonora near Zanesville & operated a general merchandise business. As noted in Perrin's History of Morrow County and Ohio, Crane took a prominent part "in the slavery and temperance reforms … and his influence has always been on the side of right, the question with him being the way of duty, and when it is… Read More

[Orangeburg, South Carolina]: unpublished, September, 1950 - June, 1956. Quarto (10.5" x 8.25"), 154 pages recorded in different hands & inks in "Standard Blank Book No. 21."
Binding a bit rubbed & soiled, otherwise very good & internally about fine.
A voluminous account of this auspicious group providing minutes, membership rolls, summaries of educational presentations, and often descriptions of performances & events. In addition to Ms. Shuler, contributors include: Elise Watson, Arnette Culler, Margaret G. Yongue, Mrs. Otto Warren, Jr., & Ellen Putnam.
"March, 1953.The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. J.C. Godowns, chairman of the folk dance festival. She introduced Mrs. T.F. Reid who gave an interesting study of folk music. Mrs W.O. Whitsell assisted her by the folk melodies at the piano … Following the program the hostesses served delicious punch, sandwiches and cookies, and a social hour was enjoyed."

[Alexandria, Virginia]: not published, 1878 -1879. Marbled paper over card stock measuring 8 inches by 6.5 inches with the partial printed label of Episcopal High School on the front cover containing 92 pages recorded in ink on ruled paper. With small booksellers' label of J. & W.J. Entwisle of Alexandria at the verso of the front cover.
Very worn: Covers half perished (affecting printed label), soiled, foxed, edge wear, still quite useful.
William Edward Craighill (1863 - 1916) was the son of Union General William Price Craighill who himself rose to the rank of general. Young Craighill was a student at Episcopal High School which was the first high school in Virginia.

London: Map Collectors' Circle, 1963 - 1965, numbers 1 through 20. First editions. Octavos (9.75" x 7.25"), variously paginated, profusely illustrated. Publisher's printed & decorated light card covers house in a pair of gilt-lettered maroon folding cloth cases. Prospectus & facsimile catalog laid-in.
Modest occasional edge wear, couple of creased corners, otherwise very good or better in rubbed cases with edge wear & some splitting at the folds.
The first 20 monographs of an eventual 110 relating to the field of historical cartography. The circle's mission was to "stimulate interest in and publish material on early printed maps, atlases, cartographers, etc."

Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, engraved by Young & Delleker, no date (circa 1824). Original copper-plate engraved map on thick paper with contemporary hand-coloring measuring approximately 8.5 inches by 11.25 inches on a 10.25 inch by 13.5 inch sheet. Removed from the Finley's New General Atlas. Upper margin trimmed close to neatline, light foxing & toning, offsetting on verso from adjacent map, otherwise Very Good or better. A lovely map with strong visual impact map showing 28 South Carolina counties which reflects the configuration prior to 1826. The state now has 46 counties. Finley's New General Atlas was issued seven times between 1824 & 1834.

Washington, D.C.: American Automobile Association, no date (circa 1940s). Original brochure, single sheet measuring 18 inches by 23.75 inches folding as issued to 9 inches by 4 inches, featuring map in color on the recto, which includes insets of Nashville, Tennessee & Asheville, North Carolina, with illustrated advertisements & descriptive text on the verso. Lightly soiled, couple of small splits at folds & nicks at fold intersects, easily Very Good or better. An attractive & uncommon map. The text covers "Principal Attractions," "The Environs," "Where to Stop," etc.

No place [Keyser, West Virginia ?], no date (circa 1940s). Typed manuscript, probably a carbon or similar produced at the time of creation, 12 quarto leaves (11" x 8.5") printed recto only, with occasional typed corrections. Apparently unpublished.
Indentation from paper clip, lightly age toned, slight edge wear, otherwise Very Good.
Leonora Whitaker Wood was the mother of author Catherine Marshall whose novel "Christy" was based on her mother's time teaching the impoverished children of Appalachia. Additionally, Leonora Wood wrote several books including "Belle Boyd, Famous Spy of the Confederate States Army."