Search Results: Titles starting with M from The Book Shed

Los Angeles: Chrysalis Records. lp_record. Very Good/good. Shiny vinyl. Blue Chrysalis label not as shown. All lp's cleaned and played. Any sticks and skips will be noted; a few minor pops, nothing significant. Vinyl shows light wear and scratches. Cover is worn with ring wear. A nice copy. The best of the best English folk rock band of the 1970's. Aqualung, Thick As A Brick and more. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!  JB Records

University Of Nebraska Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good-/very good-. light wear to the book and price-clipped jacket, gift inscritpion to the half-title page, else clean and unmarked. Nineteenth century hikers, climbers and skiers. First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1965. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book, tape removal marks to the endpapers where the jacket was taped down; intact jacket now in a protector is edge worn with several closed tears and small chips, old price label on the rear panel. Clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. "The esteemed French chef provides a collection of recipes for a wide range of simple yet elegant meals with the average housewife in mind."--WorldCat. Referred to by the French press as "roi des cuisiniers et cuisinier des rois" ("king of chefs and chef of kings"—though this had also been previously said of Carême), Escoffier was France's preeminent chef in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Alongside the recipes he recorded and invented, another of Escoffier's contributions to cooking was to elevate it to the status of a respected profession by introducing organized discipline to his kitchens. Every effort is made… Read More

New York: E P Dutton & Co, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/Good. wear to tips, corners and edges of book and jacket, one page roughly opened; dj spine sunned, front panel soiled. Sequel to The Little Madeleine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Hard Cover.

New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. About Fine in a fine jacket. Clean and unmarked. First printing, full number line. "Enchanted by Narnia's fantastic world as a child, prominent critic Laura Miller returns to the series as an adult to uncover the source of these small books' mysterious power by looking at their creator, Clive Staples Lewis. What she discovers is not the familiar, idealized image of the author, but a more interesting and ambiguous truth: Lewis's tragic and troubled childhood, his unconventional love life, and his intense but ultimately doomed friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien. Finally reclaiming Narnia "for the rest of us," Miller casts the Chronicles as a profoundly literary creation, and the portal to a lifelong adventure in books, art, and the imagination." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; more to the jacket which is chipped at spine tip, rubbed with a short closed tear. A part of the Big League baseball Library. Written in Mickey Mantle's rookie year. One of the greatest teams in baseball history. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: A. and C. B. Edwards , 1841. Hardcover. Very Good. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book. Blind stamped gilt decorated cloth, previous owner's inscription to the front endpaper. The editor, Henry W. Herbert, was a British expatriate literary figure of ante-bellum New York City. He is most famous for his sporting works published under the name Frank Forester. "..a man of varied accomplishments" Edgar Allan Poe felt that he was "not unapt to fall into pompous grandiloquence" and sometimes was "woefully turgid", while others saw his novels as "prolix, lacking in imagination and humor." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! 

Mumbai: Amar Chitra Katha, 2019. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/none as issued. Dilip Kadam. Lightest shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; no jacket; clean and unmarked. First published in 1998. Book one of Amar Chitra Katha's Mahabharata for young people. This story from the Mahabhrata is told in the form of a graphic novel. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Shelf wear to tips, corners and edges of book and priced jacket, spine slightly darkened; previous owner's notation, "Copy No. 2," to front endpaper, bookseller' small labels to rear endpaper. Not a Forsyte Saga novel but one of then "present-day England in which oine of the characters is an American." First printing, no others noted. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Concord NH: Concord Press , 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. NF/G+. offsetting to ep's from jacket, plain paper jacket is chipped, worn. The flood of 1927 was one of the most devestating in New England history, especially in Vermont. This is an account of the effects and response of the Postal Service and it's Railway Mail Service as a result of the flood. Pease was the Chief Clerk of the Railway Mail Service. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover.

New York: Viking, 1986. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, a bit more to the jacket, clean and unmarked. First printing, no others noted. The author was vice-president of the European Comission, the executive body of the European Union at the time this book was written. Now a Conservative Life Peer, these are his thoughts on the European community of thirty years ago. Perhaps worthy of renewed consideration. Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/no jacket. Shelf wear to tips and corners, spotting to covers. No jacket. The third part of Ford's great novel of WWI and the degrading of English society, Parades End. The title refers to an imagined time when a man could literally stand up, instead of living in a trench. Or figuratively stand for a strict set of values and conduct which society no longer recognizes. Featuring Christopher Tietjens, the Last English Tory. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/good. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket; remainder marked; gift inscription to the front endpaper. First printing, full number line. Publishers Weekly: "Man Ray was a bundle of enigmas, a Dadaist who revered the Old Masters, an anarchist coddled by wealthy patrons, an obsessive documenter of his own works who was relentlessly determined to erase his personal history....Baldwin, biographer of William Carlos Williams, unmasks his quirks in a model biography judicious, compulsively readable, rooting its subject in his cultural milieu. The first full-length life of the artist, it is a remarkable feat of sleuthing." Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Charlestown, SC: The History Press, 2013. First edition. Paperback. New. Brand new, review copy, no slip. Taggart "was also an innovator in the entertainment industry, recording his music and humor, as well as appearing in one of the first "talkie" films. Discover the remarkable story of "The Man from Vermont" who helped Americans forget their troubles when they needed it most with his mimicry, stories and fiddling." First printing, full number line. no others noted. First printing, no others noted. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

Springfield IL: Lincoln Publishing, 1909. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Light wear to tips, corners and edges of the book, no jacket, some scattered spotting, else clean and unmarked. Green, silver and black stamped cloth. 71 pages, a lengthy poetic narrative of Lincoln's life. First published in 1902 this printing was issued for the Lincoln Centennial Year. The ad for such is laid in as well as a Lincoln's birthday notice "to the women of America in the Civil War." Most items ship with tracking numbers and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Manchester, VT: Town of Manchester, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book; glass ring to front cover, scattered foxing; no jacket. First printing, no others noted. Parts of Manchester Vermont retain their charm from when this book was written. Its most famous resident was Robert Todd Lincoln, the President's son. His estate, Hildene, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. Aside from the Northshire Bookstore, one of New England's best, the rest of the shopping district is a standard factory outlet experience. Books and other items ship promptly with a tracking number and (generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility!

London: Heinemann, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Light shelf wear to tips, corners, and edges of the book and jacket, top edge dusty. First printing / published stated. We specialize in the works of and about Anthony Powell. Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the Vermont Antiquarian Bookseller's Association since 1997. An online bookseller with a bookshop sensibility! .

New York: P. F. Collier and Son, 1925. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/no jackets. in two volumes; light wear to tips, corners and edges, rubbing, Top edge gilt. Twain first stab at a published autobiography and the only extant one prior to the publication of the official autobiography 100 years after his death. First published by Harper's in 1924. First reprint, letter code A-Z (January, 1925) Not in McBride. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

Hartford, CT: McBride Publisher, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. very light wear to the book and jacket. "The first fully illustrated bibliography of Mark Twain, which includes descriptions of 761 books by Twain, 169 works about him, and 327 items of his correspondence." First printing of the Deluxe Edition. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.

New York: Clarkson Potter, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Lightest shelf wear to the book and priced jacket; address label ghost to the front endpaper, page 523 dog-eared else fine. First printing, full number line.1,200 collected recipes. Published upon the 10th anniversary of the Martha Stewart Living magazine."In the past ten years so much has happened in the world of food, and nothing tells the story of those changes better than a look back through the first decade of Martha Stewart Living magazine. From its premier in 1990, we have tried to reflect the changing awareness of fine cooking, excellent ingredients, exotic flavors, and healthy cooking, always with an emphasis on technique not only for advanced recipes, but for the 101 recipes essential to every cook's repertoire."-- from the introduction.Every effort is made to ship all books and other items within 24 hours. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible. The Book Shed has a been a member of the… Read More