Search Results: Authors starting with M from Alba's Books

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Octavo. Photographs. Signed. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, with no other inscription present. Has the '1' in a full number line. Arguably the best biography of Solzhenitsyn, by an important author in his own right. Excellent bibliography for the scholar and collector. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.

New York: (GRACE) Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. A story of Emily of New Moon by the author of the Anne of Green Gables books. Book is fine and unmarked. The rare dust jacket is clean and bright, with a thin red stain to rear panel edge, and protected by a plastic cover.

New York: D. Appleton, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Front free endpaper has previous owner's name.

London: Constable and Company, Ltd., 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Dust jacket shows light soiling and edgewear.

The Macmillan Company, 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A superb work of scholarship, engaging and well researched. Excellent bibliography. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

The Macmillan Co., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Superb historical narrative of the Abolitionist Era with a substantial bibliography. A fine, unmarked copy in a fine unclipped jacket with a gently closed tear at the bottom corner of front panel, protected by the archival Mylar plastic cover.

London: Century, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

Dodd, Mead & Co., 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. The noted children's folklorist's personal essays on such related topics as ""Nature and Childhood,"" ""Christmas Eve,"" ""Dream Worlds,"" ""Books and Things,"" and ""A Day Out of Doors,"" in Mabie's engaging, idyllic style. Original beige papercovers with title label; shows minor signs of age, yet remains clean, tight and unmarked.

New York: Contemporary Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A collection of Mabley's best columns from the Chicago daily News and Chicago Tribune, celebrated by the likes of Studs Terkel. Foreword by Gov. James R. Thompson. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy.

London: Blackie & Son Ltd., 1912. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Color Plates By A.Y.W.. Original indigo gilt embossed cloth with embossing of a woman leaning on a tree picking leaves. All color plates present. A clean, bright, unmarked copy, extremely scarce in this or any condition.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Photographs. With the '1' in a full number line. The definitive biography of the legendary journalist, film writer and author of THE FRONT PAGE. Includes an excellent Hecht bibliography. A clean, unclipped and unmarked copy in a Mylar plastic jacket cover.

Washington: Veterans' Historical Book Services, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Photographs. A major historical memoir by MacArthur completes the rear section of this profusely illustrated history of the Korean conflict. A clean, unmarked copy.

The McBride Compny, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Photographs and Map Endpapers. Second impression, same format as first. Small chip to top corner of jacket, else a near fine unclipped and unmarked copy. In a Brodart jacket cover.

The McBride Company, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photographs. Out of print. Small closed tear on dj.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo.

Oxford University Pres, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Forewords by Raymond Mortimer and Cyril Connolly. A clean, unmarked copy.

Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Photo Frontispiece. Signed. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and warmly inscribed. Boards are not edgeworn, as is common with this book. Title label is brightly legible. A tight, clean copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photographs. By a participant in the conflict. Excellent firsthand narrative. Small closed tear to rear of jacket, else near fine and unclipped, in a Mylar DJ cover.

London: Hutchinson of London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Photo Frontispiece. A superb, unclipped copy in a Mylar jacket cover.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. One of the best literary studies of MacDonald's work. Price clipped dust jacket shows very light edgewear and rubbing, but is still bright, clean and attractive. A clean, unmarked copy ina Brodart cover.