Search Results: Authors starting with M from Warwick Books

New York: Pocket Books, 1945. First paperback edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Vintage mass market paperback. Pocket Book #328. Two tiny chips on back, otherwise fine--straignt, clean, unread, and uncreased. Pictorial wrappers. 12mo. 278 pp. plus a list of other paperback titles from the publisher.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Second edition, with new reproductions of the pictures. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Navy blue boards with all-over gilt decoration. Dust jacket is fresh and bright, 12mo. 110 pp. In protective Mylar.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original pictorial cloth in decorative pictorial binding. Very good, bright condition. Name scribbled in pencil on back free endpage. First edition of this classic of time travel, whimsically documenting its provincial protagonist's journey from New England to the 16th century in a time machine left by a traveler from the 26th century. 8vo. 350 pp.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover in original off-white boards with stamped decorative borders and gilt to title. No. 85 of deluxe edition limited to 500 copies and signed by one of the publishers, A.C. Black. Rag paper, gilt edges, many tipped-in color plates (all plates present). The book is solid and clean, free of any foxing, creasing, or water stains. The binding is straight and solid, the plates are secure and bright. A history of the infantry, cavalry, and artillery units in India that served with Great Britain. With a foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Roberts. 4to. 224 pp. including index. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped priority or outside the U.S. From the estate of Donald G. Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.

Bellingham, WA: SPIE Optical Engineering Press, 1991. First edition, second printing. Paperback. Fine. Softcover in glossy wraps. Second printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, without any notations in text. Former owner's name is on corner of front free endpage. 4to. 166 pp. including index.

Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Boldly SIGNED on front free endpage by Lee Bell, William's wife and collaborator. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Illustrated with photos from some of the soaps including The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. 8vo. 272 pp.

Calgary, Alberta: 50/14 Veterans' Association, 1990. Second printing. Paperback. Fine. Softcover with comb binding and illustrated white cover covered by acetate sheet. Copied by Copy-Time in Vancouver, B.C. Crisp and clean condition. All about the 50/14 Calgary Tank Unit of Canada and its participation in the Dieppe Raid, among other operations. Photocopied typescript, with photocopied photos. 4to. Unpaginated.

Paris: Bibliotheque de l'image, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover in glossy illustrated wraps. Manet's letters (in French) were gloriously adorned with watercolor pictures of fruit and flowers. Lucky recipients! Tiny spot of soiling to bottom corner, else fine condition. Designed by Alessandra Scarpa. Large 8vo. 79 pp.

n/a: n/a, n/a. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bound typescript. No identifying information as to who, when, where, or why. Charming document bound in dark green cloth-covered boards. Paper is medium-weight parchment. Narrow folio. From the estate of Donald Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.

New York: Macmillan, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Smerican edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Illustrated. 8vo. 214 pp. including index.

Rome: Herder, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover in brown matte wraps with black text and a decorative red border. Near fine condition--the first two pages have short closed tears where they snagged each other on the uncut pages. Otherwise clean, fresh, and solidly bound. Text in Italian. Black-and-white plates. 8vo. 279 pp.

Carmel, CA: The Friends of Photography, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Softcover. First printing. Book is in fine condition in brown wraps imprinted with Mark's name. Title in black. Black and white photos. Introduction by David Featherstone. Large 8vo. 48 pp.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition, with addendum slip bound in. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Price-clipped dust jacket is fresh and bright, with a number of small closed tears and chips. Name of former owner, a noted academic, on front free endpage. 8vo. 187 pp. including index. In protective Mylar.

Kessinger Reprint, no date. Reprint. Softcover. Fine. Softcover reprint of 1921 Princeton Monograph in Art and Archaeology IX. Fine, unused condition. Illustrated. 4to. 224 pp. including index.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Fine condition, fresh and unused. Illustrated with color plates and pictures of instruments. Small 4to. 359 pp. including notes, bibliography, and index.

New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover in illustrated matte wraps. First edition. Very good condition: tight binding, clean pages, some rubbing along spine edge. Price sticker on reverse of front wrap along with an elegant bookplate (Geoffrey Ashton's) with an ink drawing of two men. Published to accompany a 1981 exhibition that showed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven. Includes many full-page black-and-white plates and some that are smaller. 4to. 282 pp.

Mexico: Comex, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright with a whisper of wear at top of spine. Illustrated throughout with floor plans, elevations and color photos. 4to. 203 pp. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes. Full calf binding with gilt along edges and on spine. Five raised bands. Front board of Volume 1 is detached and top of spine has short tears. Binding is firm. Front board of Volume 2 is loosening but the binding is tight. Both volumes are clean and unfoxed, with marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. Frontispiece engraving of Combermere in Volume I and Stapleton Cotton (Viscount Combermere) as a young man in Volume 2. Tissue guards intact. Title page in each volume has small engraving. Heraldic bookplate affixed to front pastedown page of both volumes (Deo Adjuvante, with the name James Jones). Laid in is a new color postcard of Combermere. A handsome set, with problem front boards. 8vo. 403 pp. Vol. 1; 434 pp. Vol. 2. From the estate of Donald Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.

Paris: Etude Loudmer, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in acetate dust jacket with title imprinted on it. Book itself has a corrugated panel covering the front board. Near fine condition. Auction catalogue of a renowned Dada-Surrealist collection. Reading ribbon sewn in. Text is in French only. Plates in color and black and white. 4to. Unpaginated. Scarce. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.

Los Angeles: The Artemisia Bindery, 1906. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Hardcover in original brown boards with red lettering on front. Limited autograph edition of 1000 of which this is #822. SIGNED by the author under this limitation note. Book's untrimmed pages are lightly browned but not brittle. Boards have normal wear especially at corners; binding is solid but spine is shot--very little of it is left. Mathews was a noted writer of the day. Her story, The Emigration of Mary Anne, appeared in the Jan. 1914 issue of the Atlantic. 8vo. 113 pp.