Search Results: Authors starting with M from Dividing Line Books

NY: Henry Waterson Company, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Attractive copy in dust jacket of this mystery novel involving science fiction elements, vis-a-vis an invisibility machine used as an aid in bank robbery. Presumed first edition (no statement of printing; we have observed several different binding variants among other copies currently listed in the trade). Small octavo (5.25 x 7.5 in.); 266pp.; dark blue cloth boards; red lettering to spine and front panel; in dust jacket. Very short closed tear to cloth at base of spine; else a fine copy, quite nicely preserved. In a very good jacket with a number of short closed tears and small chips.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Small 8vo. 144pp. First edition. G+/VG. Hardcover book bound in grey cloth, with faded lavender topstain and white lettering on spine and front panel. Fraying at head of spine, darkening at board extremities. Glue stains on free endpages and board bottoms. Offsetting to rear endpages where a NYT obituary of MacIver was laid in (included; now isolated in archival protector). Unclipped jacket displays original $3.00, with rubbing at spine ends, and general light soiling. Part of the World Perspectives series edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed and inscribed second printing (in first edition jacket) of Maclean's collection of semi-autobiographical short fiction, a now-classic of Western literature and fly fishing, whose title novella formed the basis for the 1992 Robert Redford-directed film of the same name. Maclean's inscription, on the front endpaper, reads: "University of Chicago, / April 15, 1979. / To Bobby: / With deep affection and best wishes. / Norman". Although we can only guess at the identity of the inscribee--perhaps a former colleague at the University of Chicago, or a friend at the Press--Maclean's warm inscription and use of first name only suggests that the two were quite close. Octavo (5.75 x 8.75 in.); xiv, 217pp.; blue cloth boards, silver spine lettering. Second printing, as designated by number line and corrected ISBN on copyright page (but with the uncorrected misprinting of "always" as… Read More

London/Oldcastle, Ireland: Viking/Gallery, in association with Oxford University Press, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Presentation copy of the first edition of this selection of verse by the celebrated 20th century Irish poet. First edition (full number line on copyright page). Octavo, 8-3/4 x 5-5/8 in. 194pp. Black textured-paper boards, white spine lettering; in dust jacket. Light bumping to board corners. Else near fine in a near fine jacket showing moderate toning, particularly to perimeters of rear panel and flaps. Jacket unpriced; presumably an export variant for sale abroad. Signed, dated, and inscribed by Mahon on the title page to the late New York philanthropist and arts patron Mary Kaplan.

NY: Pathfinder, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. NY: Pathfinder, 1989. Xi, 233pp.; index; 8 b&w plates at center. Octavo; gray vinyl boards; black spine titles; dust jacket. Very good or better in a very good jacket, unclipped, with moderate edge-wear & several closed tears. Reprint edition of this collection of fourteen speeches and statements by Malcolm X, first published in 1965. Edited with prefatory notes by George Breitman.

London: Oxford University Press, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 146pp. First thus. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles. VG+/VG. A few spots of minor bubbling to cloth of front board. Very light dust soiling top of textblock. Former owner's name inked on front pastedown. Unclipped "15s. net" light tanned along spine panel, with light wear and a few short nicks, primarily at spine ends and tips.

NY: The Guild of Tutors Press, 1978. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition of the sole book of poems by Zindzi Mandela (1960-2020), youngest daughter of anti-apartheid activist and former South African president Nelson Mandela, as paired with photographs by South African photographer Peter Magubane. With a foreword by American civil rights activist and politician Andrew Young, and rear cover praise from Kenneth Rexroth. Los Angeles: The Guild of Tutors Press, 1978. Perfect-bound in printed red wraps, 10-7/8 x 8-3/8 in. 120pp., with index of titles and first lines. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photo reproductions. Very good (+), with light wear to edges and ends of the very lightly faded spine. Light bump to top fore-corner of textblock. Uncommon in the trade.

London: The Favil Press, 1941. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. First edition. 7.5" x 5"; 15pp.; saddle-stapled in printed green wraps. Sunning to perimeters of wraps; light bumping to yapped corners; soft crease at top front corner. Contents fine. An early collection of nine poems by the Australian poet, critic, and musicologist. Manifold (1915-1985) studied at Cambridge in the late 1930s, then served as a British intelligence officer during WWII, before returning to Australia in 1949. There he divided his time between literary and leftist political organizations--Manifold had embraced communism in the 1930s--while collecting material for several books on Australian folksong. Much of the work in The Death of Ned Kelly exemplify Manifold's interest in the traditional bush ballad ("The Griesly Wife," "The Bunyip and the Whistling Kettle," etc.), though he also demonstrates his affinity for traditional forms ("Prefatory Sonnet") and poems with social… Read More

Cambridge, MA: Hovey Street Press / Red Prison Movement, 1973. Soft cover. Near Fine. Expanded second printing of this account of the life, political activity, and death of activist and author George Jackson (1941-1971) during an escape attempt at San Quentin State Prison in 1971. Cambridge, MA: Hovey Street Press / Red Prison Movement, [1973]. Second printing, which expands the first edition from 64 to 120 pages. Saddle-stapled in matte printed wraps, 10-1/2 x 6-7/8 in. 118pp. Black-and-white illustrations throughout, with a color print on yellow cardstock bound-in at center. Laid-in to this copy are two photostat advertisements for the book and a TLS on Hovey Street Press letterhead from one Barry Brown, in which he presents the book to the recipient, hopes he might follow through on an offer to review it and reproduce the included advertisement in Creem Magazine, and outlines the press's policy of supplying free copies of the book to prisoners: "we have already distributed over 2,750… Read More

San Francisco: Chthon Press, 1969. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. In a universe where everything is holy nothing is sacred." The first and as far as we can determine only issue of this "factual satirical centenial [sic] periodical," which more to the point might have billed itself with such epithets as blasphemous, salacious, and scurrilous. Contents feature provocatively humorous takes on everything from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, to the Vietnam War, to national and ethnic stereotypes (in rather poor taste). With a more straight-faced piece on the classical erotic art of Japan (with a graphic center spread in pink) and a section of pot-related queries answered by "Mary Jane Superweed," author of The Marijuana Consumer's and Dealer's Guide (1968). We suspect that editor and main contributor John Mann may be the same who in 1971 founded The Church of the Tree of Life, which was apparently little more than a front for a mail-order business supplying… Read More

NY: Covici Friede, 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Signed, limited edition of this quintessential Jazz Age narrative poem by an early New Yorker editor and author of another of the era's signature poems, The Wild Party (1926). Written in terse rhyming couplets, The Set-Up concerns an aging Black boxer, Pansy Jones, who is coerced into throwing a fight against a lesser opponent. Double-crossed by his manager, Jones revolts and wins the fight, only to be chased to his presumed death on the New York subway tracks. March was reportedly inspired to write the poem after a viewing of Negro Boxer, a 1927 painting by James Chapin. The Set-Up became a best- seller on publication, going through numerous early printings, and was later adapted into the 1949 Robert Wise film noir of the same name, although Wise chose to eliminate the poem's racial commentary by making the main character white. This limited first edition, handsomely illustrated by Alexander King, is signed and hand-numbered by… Read More

London: Harvill, 1995. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 279pp. First edition, first impression. Translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa. Fine in fine, unclipped jacket, which shows just a touch of crumpling at the spine and tips.

London: Harvill, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 278pp. Second impression. VG/VG. Hardcover book sturdily bound in dark grey paper boards, with lightly bumped corners. Spotting to top of lightly age-toned textblock. Faint cigarette odor. Unclipped jacket shows crumpling at the tips. Laminate curling up a touch at top and bottom of spine.

NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing of this pioneering work, based on fifteen years of research into various aspects of the psychedelic experience by this husband-and- wife duo, also noted for their involvement with the countercultural Human Potential Movement of the late 1960s.NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Second printing, in same year as first. 8vo; white cloth with orange and purple rectangular motif on front board; orange, purple, and black spine titles; dust jacket. 326pp. Soiling and light foxing to board edges. Moderate soiling to textblock fore-edge. Very good in a very good jacket, unclipped ("$7.95"), showing toning and moderate edge wear, a few tiny chips.

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 317pp. Translated by George Reavey and Max Hayward, with introduction by Patricia Blake. First thus of a collection issued by World/Meridian Press as a softcover in 1960, a British hardcover by Weidenfeld and Nicolson in 1961, and finally as an American hardcover from World in 1970. This 1975 Indiana Press version in full green cloth with gilt spine titles and green and yellow headbands was perhaps intended as a library issue, although this particular copy bears no library markings. Light dust soiling to top of textblock and a touch of shelfwear. Otherwise sharp, sturdy, and unmarked. A unique and well-bound copy.

Lenox, MA: Bernadette Mayer and Lewis Warsh, 1978. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Lenox, MA: Bernadette Mayer and Lewis Warsh, 1978. [64]pp. 4to. Side-stapled wraps. Moderate soiling and toning to covers, crease to top front cover (and vellum endpaper). Else very good. Second issue (of 18 total) of Mayer and Warsh's little magazine, with contributions from Alice Notley, Bill Berkson & Barrett Watten, Lewis Warsh, Clark Coolidge, Ted Berrigan, and Bernadette Mayer. Though unstated, this copy from the library of poet, librettist, and publisher Kenward Elmslie (1929-2022).

NY: Harper & Row, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. 63pp. First U.S. Edition. VG/VG. Grey clothbound book shows an area of light damp soiling on the front panel, as well as a few whitish discolorations along the tops of the boards. Unclipped jacket bearing original price of $4.95 also in very good condition, with sun fading on the spine, a small closed tear at base of rear panel, and light edgewear.

Gillian McCain and James Marshall, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. 111pp, indexed. First edition. Gluebound in plain black cloth boards. Fine in a fine jacket with a couple of short closed tears at top rear tip. Collects fifty found photos from the collection of McCain, a poet and co-author of "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored History of Punk." Presented with accompanying text by the WFMU DJ James Marshall and, on the verso leaves, original comments from The Hound Blog, where the photos were first published.

NY: Signet/New American Library, 1951. Soft cover. Near Fine. First Signet printing of this Hollywood novel by the American hard-boiled writer, author of They Shoot Horses Don't They? and others. First edition thus (stated first printing). Perfect-bound in pictorial color wraps, 7-1/8 x 4-1/4 in. Textblock edges stained pink. 144pp. Light rubbing and some spots of surface loss to front cover. Else about near fine. Spine uncreased. Signet 884. Cover art by Raymond Pease.

NY: Praeger, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo, xvii, 156pp. First edition. Black textured paper boards and gilt titles. Light bumping to spine ends, a touch of dust soiling to top of textblock, else near fine. Very good jacket has three 3/4" closed tears, light weat at spine ends, and very light of fading to spine panel. A critical study of women film critics.