Search Results: Authors starting with M from The Bookworm

New York:: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1976.. 1st U.S. Ed.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Very Good+ (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: 8vo, 150 pp, illustrated with photographs, including two double sided color plates The authors write of a lifetime's experience roaming the highlands of Scotland and studying the wildlife

Corning, New York:: Self Published, 1982.. 2nd Edition.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound, center-stapled format; this is strictly a working copy; Poor condition; large number written in felt pen on the inside cover; something not quite glue-like was spilled in a spot at the upper spine edge of the text, all pages are affected; they are not stuck together (much), and no text is affected;, a small piece is torn from the title page, otherwise in good condition; no markings; binding is sound.. 8vo (9 inches tall) . Appendices. Description: Figure illustrations. This was originally published in 1970 as Flight Characteristics and Stain Patterns of Human Blood. It was felt that this second edition represented a significant improvement over the original report and that a new title was justified. At the time of this writing the author was Director of the Laboratory of Forensic Science in Corning, New York, as well as Associate Professor of Criminalistics at two colleges.

New York:: Pocket Books, October, 1996.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paper covered boards; a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; the dj is not price clipped.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Description: This is the author's first novel.

San Francisco:: HarperSan Francisco, 1993.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark plum boards with dark blue cloth at the spine; a Fine book, with a Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 8vo (about 9.5 inches tall) . Description: Panoramic dust jacket art by Tim Jessell. An pre-history novel set in ancient Europe. This brings to life a time when marauding nomads brought horses, male gods, and war to a Europe that had known peace for thousands of years. A tale of love and passion in the midst of intrigue and war.

New York:: William Morrow, 1976.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Very Good- book w/Very Good+ dj (dj is price clipped).. Description: 8vo, 383 pp, index, bibliography, list of French editions of books by Malraux, illustrated with photographs.

New York:: Modern Library, 1948.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: gray cloth with dark green and gilt; the top edge tint is green; owner's gift note on the verso of the front free endpaper, a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: This is book number 321 in the Modern Library series. The only printed date is a 1948 copyright. Using the ML dating key, this shows to be from Fall, 1961; the list of 403 titles on the verso of the jacket includes Mailer, Naked and the Dead; does not include Hersey, Hiroshima; the dust jacket rear panel style is j1, binding style 8.

Garden City, New York:: Doubleday & Company, 1983.. 1st Edition, so stated.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: brown cloth with gilt text (this same cloth covers the slipcase); both volumes are Near Fine, with Very Good dust jackets, and a Very Good slipcase. The jacket have some 'dimpling' at the spine, and Volume One has a few short edge tears at the top spine.. 4to (12.5 inches tall) . Notes, bibliography, index (separate for each volume, plus glossary contained in Volume Two). Description: Two volumes in slipcase (a hefty set -- these two large format books plus slipcase weigh nearly fourteen pounds). The first volume is devoted to the history, customs, and accomplishments of the Anasazi and their neighbors. The story of these ancestors of today's Pueblo Indians has long been veiled by time, and only within the last century have archeologists, searching and sifting through the ruins that dot the landscape of the Southwest, begun to piece together the fascinating details of their origins,… Read More

London:: Phaidon Press, 1996.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: plain white wraps printed only with publisher name, a large format paperback with a dust wrapper; the book and jacket are both Fine.. about 11.5 inches tall by 10 inches wide . Bibliography, index. Description: This copy is Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. Profusely illustrated in black and white and color. From the jacket blurb: ''The art of visionaries, folk creators, spiritualists, recluses, the mad and the socially marginalized is no longer scorned and cannot be ignored. Among the first to value and collect such work as the French artist Jean Dubuffet. For those he judged to represent the purest form of creation he coined the term Art Brut, literally 'raw art' -- raw because it was uncooked by culture, raw because it came directly from the psyche, art touched by a raw nerve. John Maizels traces the history of the recognition and study of this art and examines the different theories and definitions that have… Read More

Albuquerque, New Mexico:: University of New Mexico Press, 1938.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: turquoise cloth with white text and decoration; a Very Good book, with a Fair dust jacket.. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) . Index. Description: The frontis is a reproduction of Indian portrait ''Dieguito'' by Robert Henri. Topical organization, with three chronological divisions: Part One: Literature Before the Coming of the Anglo-American, to 1800; Part Two: Literature of Anglo-American Adventurers and Settlers, 1800 -1918; and Part Three: Literature of the Contemporary Scene, 1918 -- (up to the publication date of 1939).

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light gray cloth with the Signature series device on the front cover and the laurel leaf devices on the spine; the top edge tint is red; there are stains on the reverse side of the front endpaper from a small bookplate, a slight spine slant, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good+ dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Endpapers show 'Great Events in the Life'. Description: Dust jacket art and interior Illustrations by Herman B Vestal. This is volume number 40 in the Signature Books series for young readers. This series, under the general editorship of Enid Lamonte Meadowcroft, provides easy to read, exciting stories based upon the lives of historical figures. We follow Winston Churchill from his unpromising schoolboy years at Harrow -- bottom of his class and often up to mischief -- then on to Sandhurst and membership in the cadet cavalry. Then we follow him in action -- first in Cuba, and on to the hills of northern India, and the… Read More

New York:: Modern Library, 1963.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark olive green cloth with 'ml' and border blind stamped on the front cover; gilt spine text; owner's name on the half-title page, otherwise a Very Good book with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Endpaper design (ml) by Sadamitsu Neil Fujita. Description: Dust jacket design by (Bill) Meek. This is book number 33 in the Modern Library series. The latest printed date is a 1961 copyright renewal; dating with the ML guide places this copy from late 1960s or early 1970. The dust jacket rear panel is style l3; binding style: 13.

New York:: Modern Library, 1961.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green cloth with gilt on the spine; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: Dust jacket design by (Bill) Meek. The latest printed date is the 1961 copyright renewal; dating with the ML guide places this copy from Fall, 1964; the list of titles includes Dewey, John Dewey on Education; does not include Capote, Selected Writings. The dust jacket rear panel is style i; binding style: 11. Modern Library number 33.

New York:: Bantam Books, 1990 - October.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Near Fine (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: 8vo, 392 pp, two sections of photo plates.

New York:: Broadway Books, 1999.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: Book & dust jacket are both Near Fine (dj is NOT price clipped).. Description: 8vo, 289 pp, a few photo illustrations.

New York:: Quadrangle / New York Times, 1973.. 2nd Printing.. Hardbound . Description: 8vo, 239 pp, index, illustrated endpapers. BINDING/CONDITION: bright red cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dj is NOT price clipped

Self Published, November, 2008.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; Very Good condition.. 10 inches tall by 7 inches wide . Description: Charts, tables, color photographs. Sections are Wildlife Values of North American Ricelands; Agronomic Impacts of Winter Wetland and Waterfowl Managements in Ricelands; Conserving Water Quality and Quantity in North American Ricelands; Wildlife, Rice and Water: Building Common Ground.

Alexandria, Virginia:: Time-Life Books, 1982.. Reprint Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: from a uniformly bound series: dark brown bonded leather with gilt text, stamped decoration on the front cover, all edges gilt, ribbon place marker; Very Good+ condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Marbled endpapers. Description: A few black and white illustrations, including a frontis portrait, three full-page illustrations, with a few smaller decorations. Originally published in 1894, this reprint edition is part of the Time-Life Classics of the Old West series. Each volume in the series has been photographically reproduced from the original edition. The subtitle continues: ''The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the Green Mountains to the gold mines of California; and particularly reciting the sufferings of the band of men, women and children who gave Death Valley its name.'' One of the most important books on Death Valley, and a memorable volume of reminiscences.… Read More

Cambridge, Massachusetts:: Rudra Press, 1987.. Paperbound . BINDING/CONDITION: paperbound; Good condition.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index. Description: A few black and white photo illustrations. The publisher's blurb reads: ''John Mann didn't realize it when he crossed the threshold of Rudi's Oriental Art store on New York's lower West Side, but he was about to meet a true spiritual master. That event was the beginning of the extraordinary relationship chronicled in this book. Rudi was an authentic spiritual genius who mined treasures from the depths of his own being, catalyzed them with the energies he obtained from eastern teachers and refined the product into a powerful practice for modern western students. Although he was totally dedicated to his own inner development, he was simultaneously able to maintain a complex eastern art business while nourishing a deep personal contact with each of his hundreds of students. His teaching was direct and intense.''

New York:: Modern Library, February, 1966.. First Modern Library Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: light burgundy cloth with gilt on the spine; a Good book, with a Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. 12mo (7.25 inches tall) . Rockwell Kent endpapers. Description: ''First Modern Library Edition, February, 1966'' found on the copyright page. The dust jacket rear panel is style l2; binding style: 11. Modern Library number 365. Translator's note.

Tokyo:: Tuttle Publishing, 2009.. 1st Printing.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: green binding with black text; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. about 8.5 inches square . Glossary, bibliography, index. Photo endpapers. Description: Profusely illustrated with color ;photographs. Provides insight into the powerful mystique and dynamism of Japanese stone gardens from their earliest use as props in animistic rituals to their appropriation by Zen monks and priests to create settings conducive to meditation and contemplation and, finally, to their contemporary use and meaning. The text, complemented by abundant imagery, reveals the hidden order of stone gardens, heightening the enthusiast's awareness and appreciation of how they were constructed, and why. Fifteen gardens are featured, some well known, others less so.''