Search Results: Authors starting with M from Paul Johnson Fine Books

Collins, 1967. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First UK edition of Maas' first book. the story of "the greatest submarine rescue of our time." Fine book in a fine jacket.

Appleton Century Crofts, 1953. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Tape "ghosts" on the front and rear endpapers, else near fine. Jacket is near fine, bright and clean, with just a tiny chip to the rear panel at the flap fold. Neat owner's name under the front flap. Not price-clipped. Very nice looking copy.

J. B. Lippincott and Company, 1978. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First printing with the complete number line on the copyright page. Fine book in about a fine, unclipped jacket.

Fawcett Gold Medal, 1958. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 1958, NY. First printing. Fine in wraps. Paperback original.

Knopf, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Stated first edition. Millar's third mystery and last to be published under his real name. Fine book in a very good, price-intact jacket. Jacket has light wear to the spine ends and there is a long, vertical stain on the spine. Signed "Kenneth Millar" on the front free endpaper.

Knopf, 1960. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition of this novel featuring Bill Gunnarson, a California attorney. Very good or better in a very good or better jacket. Minimal wear. Only some uniform soiling to the rear panel keeps this from being near fine. No other defects.

Harper & Row, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First edition, first printing. MacDonald's 19th Travis McGee novel. A fine book in a fine jacket. No flaws.

Random House Inc, 1984. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. This book came from the author's personal library at Piseco Lake Camp where he spent summers writing. Inscribed by MacDonald to family members who over the years accompanied him at his summer home in the Adirondacks. "For Sam and Evie / March 5, 1984 / With Love / John D." Not price-clipped.

Knopf, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. 8 vo. 427 pp. Stated first edition. Red cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Near fine with faint evidence of an expert bookplate removal from the front free endpaper. Faint offsetting to the endpapers. Black and yellow jacket retains the price of $3.95 and is near fine with only very minor wear. Includes 14 weird tales by Machen. A nicely-preserved copy.

Steerforth Press, 2003. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Steerforth Press: Vermont, 2003. First edition, second printing. Sm 4to. 241 pp. Inscribed by Mackenzie on the title page: "To Jodi, live large. Eddie Mac." Photocopies of the book by the The New York Times and The Boston Herald are laid in (8 1/2" by 11" each).

New York: Putnam, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition of this collection of short stories, articles, essays, and short novels. A very clean copy in a near fine or better jacket with 3 tiny nicks to the front panel. Price of $5.00 on the front flap.

Viking, 2018. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition, 13th printing. Signed by the author on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Very good book (a few pages have top corners bent) and a bump to the bottom edge near the spine. In a near fine jacket.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stated first printing of Malamud's second book of stories. Fine in a fine, unclipped jacket.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1966. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York, 1966. Stated first printing. Fine book in a fine jacket, which is not price-clipped. A very clean, well-preserved copy.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1971. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First printing stated. Fine book in a fine jacket except for one flaw: the previous owner's initial are stamped on the first two free endpapers. Signed by Malamud on a tipped-in page.

Delacorte Press, 1974. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing. 8vo. 256 pp. Black cloth with gold title on the spine. Near fine book in a near fine jacket which retains the $6.95 price. Light dust soiling to the top of the text block. Toning to the edges of the white jacket.

Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. Sm 4to. 294 pp. Date of 1942 on the copyright page, but not on the title page - second or early printing. Green cloth with black lettering - very good with fading to the extremities. Price-intact jacket ($3.00) has benefited from some professional restoration and presents as fine. An attractive copy.

Harper & Row, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Harper & Row: New York, 1968. First edition, first issue jacket with the exclamation point at the end of the first paragraph. Near fine book with some light spotting to the top edge. The jacket is price-clipped and has a little wear to the extremities, a couple of closed tears and a small scrape to the rear panel. No fading to the jacket's spine; the gilt lettering on spine is bright and unfaded; no inscriptions or writing or other defects. Although not perfect, a very good or better copy of the first issue.

Hogarth, 2015. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. New York: Hogarth, 2015. 8vo 332 pp. First edition, first printing. Fine book in a fine jacket. Signed by the author on a bookplate attached to the front free endpaper.

Little, Brown & Co., 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1947. Sm 8vo. 314 pp. Grey cloth. First edition. "Published April 1947." Very good in a very good, price-intact ($2.50) jacket. Spine faded. Triangular piece missing at the bottom of the spine, affecting the lettering in the publisher's name.