Search Results: Authors starting with M from TBCL The Book Collection Library

Richmond: The Hogarth Press, 1920. First Edition. Original Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Rare First Edition - State 1 -THE STORY OF THE SIREN. 500 copies handprinted by Virginia and Leonard Woolf at Hogarth Press July 20th, 1920. 14 pp. 9 1/2" x 5 3/4". Original paper wrappers printed in a blue marbled design with a white label printed in black with a triple gold frame. There were three variations to the label and this is the "State 1" label as indicated by the Gold Bars and by the spacing of the title: THE STORY - OF THE SIREN - E.M.Forster. It is written that Virginia set the type for the book herself. Woolmer (9) No previous owners bookplates or markings. Edges toned and worn but still a rare and beautiful edition for any collector.

London: Century Group, (1990), 1990. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Hardcover. A fine copy in the publisher's olive cloth covered boards, gilt to the spine in a lovely pictorial dustwrapper adapted from a John Nash painting. 8vo. 186 pp. Mabey's unsentimental explorations of his natural world echoes the writings of Annie Dil lard and Edward Abbey.

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Firt Edition. 8vo., pp. 277. Decorated light chocolate coloured cloth with illustration of little girl seated & reading from her favourite book. ECSK series - A selection of the writings for children from English & American essayists including: Hawt horne, lamb, De Quincey, Joseph Addison, Washington Irving, Oliver Wendell Holmes and others. A near fine copy.

USA: Burning Deck, 1985. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Rare First Edition. A fine copy in blue cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a blue and white dustwrapper. There were 1000 copies printed of which 100 are cloth bound. This is No. 96 out of 100 signed by Jackson A beautiful book of poetry. Size: 8vo - over 6 3/8" - 9 1/2" tall protected in mylar.

Eugene, Oregon: Hypatia Press, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Number 127 of 750 copies Signed by R. A. MacAvoy, Anne McCaffrey and illustrator, Leslie Newcomer on the limitation page. A fine copy of the author's first book and the first title in her Dragon series, a compelling fantasy about a philosophical 2,000 year-old dragon, in simulated black leather, gilt titles and decorations, in a fine simulated black leather dustwrapper, housed in the publisher's black slipcase. 8vo. 215 pp. Recognized by the Locus Magazine Award, 1983, Nebula Award Nomination, 1983, Philip K. Dick Memorial Award Nomination Special Citation 1984, Hugo Award Nomination 1984, Compton Crook Memorial Award, First Novel Nomination 1984, Locus Reader's Poll, Best Fantasy Novel, 1984, Locus Reader's Poll Best First Novel, 1984, World Fantasy Award Nomination 1984, Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 1984, John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, 1984.

Glasgow, Maclellan, (1944), 1944. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Hardcover. 8vo. Plain wrappers in printed dustwrapper. Number six in the Poetry Scotland Series. Edited by R. Crombie Saunders. A handsome & important volume.

Toronto: Ryerson, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, Review Copy with Ryerson's publisher's slip laid-in. Just about fine in beige paper covered boards, printed in red. Small 8vo. 12 pp.

n.p. n.d. [Univ. Of Michigan]: K.M., 1951. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. His doctoral thesis "COLERIDGE AND THE INWARD EYE" was submitted in 1951 at the University of Michigan. [PHD 1951]. This piece [Macdonald/Miller at his scholarly best] is from the same period submitted and graded by Dr. Thorpe and signed as Kenneth Miller & Ross Macdonald in blue ink at the top of the first page. In very good condition. 31 Xerox pages in very good condition. Rare.

New York: [Published by Knopf in 1973], 1973. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Ross Macdonald's carbon typescript for the novel marked as "Copy 3 - My Master Copy" on the tile page in his hand. 332 pages housed mostly in individual plastic sheets as was Macdonald's custom. Holograph notes, corrections, emendations throughout. ".the finest series of detective novels ever written by an American." - NY Times. "In 'Sleeping Beauty', Lew Archer finds himself the confidant of a wealthy, violent family with a load of trouble on their hands--including an oil spill, a missing girl, a lethal dose of Nembutal, a six-figure ransom, and a stranger afloat, face down, off a private beach. Here is Ross Macdonald's masterful tale of buried memories, the consequences of arrogance, and the anguished relations between parents and their children. Riveting, gritty, tautly written, 'Sleeping Beauty' is crime fiction at its best." "Ross Macdonald remains the grandmaster, taking the crime novel to new heights by… Read More

New York: [Published by Knopf in 1965], 1965. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Ross Macdonald's carbon typescript for the novel - 315 pages, rectos only. Signed as Kenneth Millar with his full address on the title page - a clean copy with several corrections in the author's hand. With appx: 116 additional pages - with major corrections, primarily deletions on about 30% of the material. Pages 1-15, 20-21, 58-75, 81, 94-109, 126-129, 135-136, 138-144, 153-155. 158, 162-169, 171-184, 200-201, 210-212, 216-217, 234-238, 240-241, 245, 253-257, 259, 286-287, 295, 300-302. An interesting archive. "the finest series of detective novels ever written by an American." - NY Times. "Has Tom Hillman run away from his exclusive reform school, or has he been kidnapped? Are his wealthy parents protecting him or their own guilty secrets? And why does every clue lead Lew Archer to an abandoned Hollywood hotel, where starlets and sailors once rubbed shoulders with grifters--and where the present clientele includes a brand-new… Read More

London: Colins & Sons, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. MacDonald, William Colt. THE SINGING SCORPION. London: William Colins & Sons, 1935. First UK Edition. 8vo., 252 + 4 p ads. Gold coloured cloth stamped black to the spine & upper cover. A fine copy of one of the 'three mesquiteers' novels, in a very good or better dustwrapper showing modest use. Very uncommon.

New York: The Broadway Press, (1954), 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Great Presentation copy. First Edition, early printing with a 3/4 page author's holographic presentation in his famous personal stylized hand on the front free endpaper including his poem: "Said a crow to a crow / "Your outfit looks cute" / And her friend said: "It should; / It's a crow shade suit." which appears on the dustwrapper cover of the Author's Limited Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's black cloth, paper label printed in black on the front board in a lovely pictorial dustwrapper . Small 8vo. 47 pp. A book of satirical poems that may very well be lost on our sense of humour today.

Toronto: Wilson MacDonald, 1930. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Hardcover. Limited Edition Signed and numbered by the author. A fine copy in the publisher's 1/4 green cloth over decorated yellow paper covered boards. His homage to the venerable Crow. (Previous owner's discreet signature on the ffe.) gilt titles to the spin e in a better than very good pictorial dustwrapper with one small chip at the top edge. Small 8vo. 44 pp. A book of satirical poems - that may very well be lost on our sense of humour today.

n.p. n.d. [Univ. Of Michigan]: K.M., 1951. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. His doctoral thesis "COLERIDGE AND THE INWARD EYE" was submitted in 1951 at the University of Michigan. [PHD 1951]. This piece [All about Frank Norris graded an A+] is from the same period submitted and graded by Dr. Thorpe and signed as Kenneth Miller & Ross Macdonald in blue ink at the top of the first page. In very good condition. 31 Xerox pages in very good condition. Rare.

Toronto: Contact Press, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Macewan, Gwendolyn. THE RISING FIRE. Toronto: The Contact Press, 1963. First Edition. 1 of 50 hardcover copies issued in dustwrapper of a total edition of 250 with 200 in wrappers. Very uncommon issue in gilt lettered brown boards. Save for the rather foolish removal of a name from the front free endpaper leaving a bit of staining, this would be an excellent copy; the white dustwrapper in near fine or better condition. $750.00.

New York: E. P. Dutton And Company. n.d. [Circa 1880], 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Harriett, M. Bennett.. Harriett, M. Bennett. 1st Edition. Hardcover. From TBCL's Children's Bookshelf. First Edition. Squarish 8vo., 9-1/2 Inches. Publishers pictorial paper-covered boards with plain green cloth spine. A lovely production printed by Ernest Nister, Nuremberg. Original decorated endpapers. 48 pages of verse, 16 full-page chromolithographs, 8 in-text chromolithographs plus over 20 sepia toned chromos, in-text by Harriett Bennett portraying Victorian childhood scenes with accompanying poetry from the author. Printed on quality heavy paper stock. A very good or better example showing minimal use; contents fresh & free of blemish. The Victorian Childhood Bennett illustrations are wonderful. Very Uncommon.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1926, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in the publisher's green cloth, black titles to the spine in a lovely pictorial dustwrapper. 8vo. 307 pp.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1959. First Edition. Clarke Hutton. Clarke Hutton. First Edition. Travel to the Moon with the comedic sci-fi classic. First Edition. Hardcover. Jacket design by Clarke Hutton. 223 pp. "A novel which ranks with BRAVE NEW WORLD and NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR as outstanding political satire but with perhaps more humour is THE LUNATIC REPUBLIC (1959). For the version of English spoken by the inhabitants of Lunamania on the far side of the moon, Mackenzie invented over 150 new words." Wikipedia. Clean blue cloth hardcover boards with gilt title lettering on spine. The dust jacket is clipped, with several small tears. Spotting on the back of the dust jacket.

First Edition. Clarke Hutton. Clarke Hutton. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. Jacket design by Clarke Hutton. 256 pp. "BEN NEVIS GOES EAST is a 1954 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It features characters introduced in Mackenzie's The Monarch of the Glen." Wikipedia Clean patterned cloth hardcover boards with gilt lettering on spine. Unclipped dust jacket has several small tears. Some foxing and scuffing on the edges.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1949. First Edition. Clarke Hutton. Clarke Hutton. First Edition. HUNTING THE FAIRIES the gentle humour of an older time and an upper class. "HUNTING THE FAIRIES is a 1949 comedy novel by the British writer Compton Mackenzie. It features some of the characters who had previously appeared in The Monarch of the Glen." Wikipedia First edition. Hardcover. Jacket design by Clarke Hutton. 281 pp. Clean green cloth hardcover boards with gilt lettering on spine. Edges of boards rubbed. Clipped dust jacket has several tears and chipping. Some foxing and scuffing on the edges.