Search Results: Authors starting with M from Balcony Books and Records

Martinez, California, U.S.A.: Devi Mandir Publications. Fine. 1995. Trade Paperback. 187779516X 274 pages, a fine trade paperback, bright, solid and clean.The combined texts of the Kashyapa Sutras, the Srigurugita and the Lalita Trisati, including Sanskrit and transliteration by Vittalanda Saraswati. Translated from the Sanskrit to English by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. 12464 .

N. Y.: Atheneum. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 1974. First US Edition, Thus. Hard Cover. 0689106386 143 pages, poetry by George MacBeth; includes SHRAPNEL and A POET'S YEAR in one volume, published by Atheneum in 1974 - the two books were originally published separately in the United Kingdom. A solid and clean hardcover; in dust jacket, which is now protected by a mylar wrapper. .

Los Angeles: Tradition Records 2059. Near Fine Vinyl Record/Near Fine Record Sleeve. 331/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. Ewan MacColl interprets the traditional songs of the English Countryside, joined by Peggy Seeger on guitar, dulcimer and concertina. Tradition Records 2059 Stereo LP. .

London: Argo Record Company. Near Fine Vinyl Record/Near Fine Record Sleeve. 1967. 331/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. This is an Audio Book A Near Fine Vinyl Record in Near Fine Record Sleeve, with 12 page booklet included. Argo Record Company of London: (Z)DA75, Stereo, released in 1967. This is record ten, the final one of the groundbreaking LONG HARVEST series released by EWAN MACCOLL & PEGGY SEEGER in the 1960s, presenting Traditional Ballads in Their English, Scots and North American Variants. This album includes variants of 5 ballads: THE TROOPER AND THE MAID (Child 299) / BETSY / THE KEACH IN THE CREEL (Child 291) / LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNETT (Child 73) with FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM (Child 74) / THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND (Child 92). The enclosed booklet contains stories of the ballads, and complete lyrics for each variant. The ballads are sung by EWAN MACCOLL & PEGGY SEEGER, accompanied by PEGGY SEEGER on guitar, autoharp, 5 string banjo, Appalachian dulcimer and English… Read More

London and New York: Cassell Illustrated / Hachette Bok Group. Fine/ . 2014. . Large Paperback. 9781844037773 256 pages, with index. ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT, MOSTLY IN COLOR, including works by many important artists and graphic designers imagining album covers for these unreleased records. A Fine, like new large flexibound paperback. .

N.Y.: MacFadden Publications . Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 1924. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Very good condition Hard Cover in blue cloth, in a Very Good Dust Jacket, which has some chipping to top corner. and is Now Protected By a Mylar Wrapper. Former owner's name is written on front endpaper, and both half-title and title page, and inside of front cover, bear a small owner's name stamp. 276 pages, with frontis. portrait of the author. BERNARR MacFADDEN: EATING FOR HEALTH AND STRENGTH, original 1924 printing, hardcover, blue cloth with gilt decor, in Rare original dust jacket. .

N. Y.: George H. Doran Company. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1927. First US Edition. Hard Cover. 298 pages, first US edition, hardcover in original binding, orange boards with black lettering (no jacket). Shows some darkening to edges and endpapers form age, but entirely clean and solid. ROGUES AND VAGABONDS by Compton Mackenzie, published by George H. Doran Company, 1927. .

N Y: RCA Victor Red Seal Records / Soria Series. Near Fine Record Set/Near Fine Original Box. 33 1/3 RPM LP Record Box Set. A lovely box set, with 2 vinyl LP records and a 16 page illustrated booklet. The two vinyl records are beautiful RCA Victor Red Seal records with "shaded dog" labels, and in near fine condition, both in their original inner sleeve; they play well and sound great in monaural "New Orthophonic" High Fidelity. The Booklet, designed by Leo Lionni is 12" x 12", illustrated throughout, 16 pages with 5 half-page inserts, and in Fine, like new condition... ALFRED de LIAGRE, JR. presents RAYMOND MASSEY, CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER, JAMES DALY, with NAN MARTIN in ELIA KAZAN'S production of "J. B.", Pulitzer Prize Play in Verse by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH, music composed and conducted by DAVIDS AMRAM. Note: This is the complete box set as originally issued including 2 LP records in original inner sleeves and original booklet, and features an… Read More

London: RIBA Publications Limited. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. 144 pages, with index, and 40 pages of illustrations. Fine hardcover, bright, solid and clean in lightly edgeworn dust jacket. .

N.Y.: International Collectors Library. Fine. Hard Cover. 382 pages, index, frontis photograph, fine hardcover in red boards with gilt decor. .

Vol 72, N0 2. Jan. 21, 1972. Very Good. 1972. Large Magazine 12"x9". VG rare original LIFE magazine, Cover story features the famous story of Jerry N. Duffy: " A Week's Dead In Vietnam - The One Boy Who Died" Also features article on Ralph Nader. 70 pages, With the usual great LIFE photos. Vol 72, N0 2. Jan. 21, 1972 .

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Philo Records. Fine Vinyl Record/Fine Record Sleeve. 1986. 331/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. Eclectic contemporary folk LP recorded in 1986 in Fairfax, Virginia. FINE VINYL RECORD IN FINE SLLEEVE (which has clipped top corner). Philo PH-1112, .

Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A.: Oregon State University Press. Fine Large/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0870715461 310 pages, with index, bibliography, source notes, and photo illustrations. A Fine hardcover, in near fine dust jacket, which is lightly shelfworn at edges (and now protected by a mylar wrapper). Ralph Waldo Barnes was an eyewitness to history. From Mussolini's Italy, Stalin's Russia, and Hitler's Germany, he reported first hand on the events of the 1930s for the readers of the New York Herald Tribune. In "Dispatches and Dictators," historian Barbara Mahoney chronicles the short life and brilliant career of Ralph Barnes. Her biography of this extraordinary reporter provides new insights into the tumultuous decade leading up to World War II. .

New York: The Dial Press. Very Good Plus/Very Good Dust Jacket. 1966. Third Printing. Hard Cover. A collection of Mailer's writings from 1960 through 1966, including essays, interviews, poetry, and two short stories. 400 pages, solid and clean hardcover with tipped-in color plate to front (showing Mailer's vertical city model). In original, edgeworn dust jacket, which is protected by a mylar wrapper. .

N Y: Caedmon Records. Fine, as New Record /STILL SEALED LP. 1983. 33 1/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. STILL SEALED ORIGINAL NEW VINYL LP RECORD, Caedmon TC 1619, stereo, released in 1983. Norman Mailer reads excepts from THE NAKED AND THE DEAD: "Wave" from chapter one and "Argil and Mold" from chapter seven. The first great World War II novel comes alive in Mailer's own voice, a hard to find Caedmon original. .

Inglewood, California: Sandpiper Records. Near Fine Vinyl Record/Near Fine Record Sleeve. 33 1/3 RPM LP Record. . This is a recording of the rehearsal performance for a 1946 radio show. It features WALLACE BEERY a BARNACLE BILL, with MARJORIE MAIN, CAROL ANN BEERY and NOAH BEERY SR. Released by Sandpiper Records, Inglewood, California, probably in the 1970s, though no release date is listed. SANDPIPER LP-4, original monaural recording. Rare. .

Newport News, Virginia and New Haven, CT : Yale University Press. Very Good Plus Set/Very Good Dust Jackets. 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover Set, Blue Cloth. These two volumes contain a narrative and pictorial account of Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation in Newport News, Virginia during WWII. The history is illustrated by nearly 400 photographs, 6 full-color paintings and 2 maps, with 316 p. of text with appendices. The text and illustrations give vivid, authentic and first-hand accounts of historic movements of troops, of vital logistical supplies, of prisoners of war, and of the debarkation of wounded. both volumes are in VG+ condition, solid and clena in blue cloth binding, both in original lightly edgeworn dustjackets Vol. 1: 146 p. text, 3 color plates, 2 maps, plus 211 p. black & white photo plates to rear. Vol. 2: 170 p. text with appendices, 3 color plates, plus 168 p. black & white photo plates to rear. .

N.Y.: National Travel Club. Good Plus/No Jacket. 1933. Hard Cover. 327 pages, several wonderful photo illustrations, includes photo and map endpapers. Hardcover, no jacket, in heavily rubbed black cloth, hinge beginning to loosen at rear. A mostly clean volume, with one small date stamp to rear. This 1930s Middle Eastern travel narrative includes chapters on Harem Exiles, Grave Robbers, Red Sea Nights and Hashish Smokers. .

Roulette Records. Very Good Plus Vinyl Record/Very Good Record Sleeve. 1971. 33 1/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. The original soundtrack LP from 1971, a Near Fine Vinyl Record, plays well, sounds great; in avery good record sleeve (sleeve is marred by cutout notch at bottom corner). Roulette Records, SR-3006, Stereo, 1971. Excerpts from the Original Soundtrack LOUIS MALLE'S Murmur Of The Heart (Le Souffle Au Coeur). Original Music By SIDNEY BECHET, DIZZY GILLESPIE, HENRI RENAUD, CHARLIE PARKER. .

N.Y.: United Artists Records. Very Good Vinyl Record/Very Good Record Sleeve. 1958. 331/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. Johnny Mandel's great jazz score I WANT TO LIVE. Original Music from the Motion Picture Sound Track. Conducted by the Composer and played by Top West Coast Jazz Musicians, including SHELLY MANNE, JACK SHELDON, BILL HOLMAN, FRANK ROSOLINO, many others. LP RECORD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK to the film which starred SUSAN HAYWARD. MONO HIGH FIDELITY RECORDING. .