Search Results: Titles starting with M from Craftsbury Antiquarian Books

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. Book. Illus. by 16 pages of reproduced portraits and landscapes. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth with silver title on the spine. Very clean and tight inside. Dustjacket has a one inch tear at the bottom of the front crease edge. Repaired on the verso with archival clear tape. A brilliant book on the young Germans whose thought was so important to the founding of our country. This copy includes an excellent review of the book by Kwame Anthony Appiah in the Oct 2022 New York Review of Books..

London: John Murray, 1857. Book. Illus. by 2 Folding Maps, Folding Elevation Chart of South Central Africa. 25 Full Page Illustrations and 18 Text Illustrations All Present.. Very Good. 3/4 Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SCARCE second issue with lithotint plates that are missing in later printings. Rest of the title is, "Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence Across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean". This is a landmark Africa travel book that made the author's reputation as an explorer as well as missionary. And it remains a very good read. Pages x, 687 plus 8 pages publisher adverts. Abbey Travel 347. Hess-Coger 3068. Mendelsohn I,908. Three quarter green morocco binding, with green cloth boards and marbled endpapers. On the spine, raised bands, gilt decoration in the panels and bright gilt… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A splendid collection of Millay poetry in the original black cloth spine and corners, with blue boards and a paper spine label. The Harper code on the copyright page is K-P , which means this printing was produced in October 1940. Clean and tight inside, with a prior owner signature on the front endpaper. Only a hint of edge wear and the paper label is nicked at the top corner. .

London & New York: MacMillan, 1892. Book. Illus. by Some Text Illustrations. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Mrs. Oliphant was well travelled, and also wrote a similar book on Jerusalem. Dark green cloth with gilt chevron and gilt trim at top and bottom of front vover, gilt title on the spine, some edgewear, and top edge gilt. Pages 422 plus 2 pages publisher ads. Inside, clean and tight..

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Book. Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8 Vo. An excellent novel of the Arab-Israeli tensions and fears, by the Jerusalem correspondent for the New Yorker, 1995-97. An unblemished copy, NOT a remainder, no edgewear, as new inside and out, no prior owner signatures. .

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First U.S.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A fantasy novel , Judy & Nicky & their dog stranded with the Master on a small uninhabvited island in the North Atlantic. Moral questions of war, peace and response to evil are posed. Original green cloth, a hint of edge wear at the corners and a bright silver title on the unfaded spine. Dust jacket has edge wear but is NOT price clipped. Inside, as new with no prior owner marks, no stains or browning. .

Hull, Quebec, Canada: Canadian Museum of Civilizatioon , 1989. Book. Illus. by Color and black/white of the artists and theirfine craft work. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 'A fine record of the recipients of the Saidye Bronfinan award for excellence in the Crafts between 1977 and 1986. lFine, full page color illustrations of paintings, quilts, fine bindings, sculpture and stoneware. As new copy with no prior owner marks. .

New York: Macmillan, 1931. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited first edition, signed and numbered, only 500 copies of which this is #1502. Original green cloth with a fine paper label on the spine and no wear. Pristine inside, very clean and tight with no prior owner marks. Has the original glassine dust jacket. Protected in publisher's slipcase in fine condition. Printed by the esteemed D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press..

Philadelphia: Edward C & John Biddle, 1850. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The 13th annual edition "Containing the names of the Inhabitants, Their Occupations, Places of Business, and Dwelling Houses, also a List of the Streets, Lanes Alleys and City Offices, public Institutions, Banks, etc." Bound in black cloth with original rare paper covers pasted on the front and back boards, protected by a mylar, clear dustjacket. Bright gilt title on the rebacked spine. Inside, very clean and tight, antique paper is aged, but no foxing and no prior owner names. Advertisements at the rear..

New York: George H. Doran, 1927. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First U.S Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Original blue cloth with bright gilt title on the unfaded spine and only a hint of edge wear. Inside, very clean and tight with no prior owner marks. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped ($2.50) , has a bit of edgewear, and 3 closed tears of less than a half inch. "A Story of mental and Physical Romance" says the back flap of the dj. .

Germany: self published, 1934. Book. Illus. by 207 mounted photos, about 1/3 postcards, plus a route map in color . Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A thick photo album 32 cm (12 1/2 inches) tall in brown cloth with a gilt title on the spine. Solid hinges, only a hint of edge wear. The ship was the Monte Rosa, departing Genoa - to Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Baalbek, Rhodes, Corfu and ending in Venice. This German tourist records what he saw, delays and inconveniences, and what he liked in 67 pages of typed German manuscript, interspersed with the black/white photos. This voyage would undoubtedly have been part of Hitler's Traumschiffe, "Die Kraft durch Freude KDF (Strength Through Joy. It was the world's largest tourist operation from 1934 to 193, part of the German Labor Front..The ship was only two years old, one class, and 700 passengers. .

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1952. Book. Illus. by 15 Pages of Photos. Near Fine. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original yellow cloth with a hint of edgewear.Title in black on the unfaded spine. A red dust jacket that is NOT price clipped and has only one small closed tear along the bottom edge. With endpaper maps. The photos taken circa 1950 illustrate life in the deserts of North Africa, Sinai and Iran. A fine travel book of its time and a bench mark, as these deserts have changed. Pages 186, index..

New York, boston, London: Little Brown, 2020. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in England, by a British poet and author. She writes of a dark island where men hunt witches and women fight back. Finnmark, Norway in 1617. Recommended. Beautifully written. This is the American edition, published a year after the U.K..

New York: W.W. Norton, 2014. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. An unread copy with no blemishes, and the dust jacket is not clipped. Ataturk comes to power amidst Istanbul's intrigue, violence and espionage. .

New York : A.S. Barnes, 1932. Book. Illus. by photos and drawings by the author. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. "A Texxtbook on the Art of Shooting for Accuracy with the Bow and Arrow". Original pebbled green cloth with a red target on the front and dark green title on the front and the unfaded spine. Part of the title on the front is faded. No edge wear or bumps. Inside, very clean and tight, with no stains or browning, and no prior owner marks. .

London: Luzac & Co, 1983. Book. Illus. by Maps and Photos. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. As new inside and out, with no prior owner marks. The dustjacket has the slightest wear at the corners. Pages xii, 226, with index, and a nice bibliography. Seven interesting appendices, and five maps at the end..

New York, New haven, Princeton: Edmond Byrne Hackett, 1929. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Limited first edition, signed and numbered, only 250 copies of which this is # 82. Original black spine with gilt tiny title, and blue boards. Pristine inside, very clean and tight with no prior owner marks. Has the original glassine dust jacket. Protected in publisher's slipcase in very good plus condition. .

London and New York: I.B. Tauris, 2002. Book. Illus. by Map and Six Tables. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An historical "view from the inside into the economic realities of the region" (from the dustjacket). Five essays on land, four on crafts and trades, and four on money, most by Arab scholars. The editor has taught at American University in Cairo for many years. Pages (viii), 295 with index and notes on each article. A paragraph about each author and his/her credentials would have been nice. An as new copy with no prior owner marks. Scarce, only 2 on the internet as of this writing..

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1919. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Beige cloth spine with a title in blue, b;ue hard cover paper boards that are scuffed and worn along the edges. Inside, very clean and tight with no foxing or stains. A selection of Chinese poetry that the author complains he found difficult to render into English. Half the selections are poems by Po Chu-i.(9th Century AD). First issue denoted by 1919 at the base of the spine. .

Worthington Co. , 1887. Book. Illus. by Walter, Crane, Balziel, Gilbert, Tenniel, Harrison Weir & others. Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. Scarce, with no other copies on the interbnet at this writing. Paper covers in color illustrations, a flying goose with a mother riding on the front. solid but rubbed green cloth spine. No copyright page, but at the bottom of the front cover it says "Patented Nov 22, 1887". Inside, hinges a little loose. pages clean with no stains or age toning. One or more black & white illustrations on every page. No editor or compiler is listed. .