Search Results: Authors starting with M from Lamplighter Library

Harper. New York. 2018. White paper boards with silver lettering to spine. Signed First Edition (stated), first printing with requisite number line ending in 1. Fine jacket shows minimal shelf wear and while not clipped shows no price as this copy is the Special Edition as noted by the ISBN number. The story is about Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who is tired of being serotyped and the devastating impact of prejudice. Given current events, a must read. 5.5x8.5 in. 310 pg. with four pages of ads at end.

Thomas Nelson. Nashville. 1991. Heirloom Limited Edition boxed set (number 1820 of 6000). Books quarter-bound in burgundy with gray cloth embedded with gold highlights. Title on front board, spine and all edges are gilt. Each book contains a Signed and numbered bookplate from the author. Also included is the COA that accompanies the limited edition. The burgundy faux leather box shows minor shelf wear. Books are very tight, seemingly only opened to take the photographs seen on this listing.
Augustine "Og" Mandino (1923 - 1996) is best known for his book "The Greatest Salesman in the World" (1968) but in total his books have sold over 50 million copies and been translated into over 25 languages. He was a bombardier in a B-24 during WW II and flew with fellow pilot and movie star James Stewart. After the war he went to work for Clement Stone, author of "Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude". He advanced through the Stone organization to eventually become the Executive Editor of the magazine… Read More

How best to describe the late John McCain - naval aviator, Vietnam POW, congressman, senator, presidential candidate or as he states "A rebel without a cause is just a punk. Whatever you're called - rebel, unorthodox, nonconformist, radical - it's all self-indulgence without a good cause to give your life meaning." This book is the story of McCain's causes. Inscribed on the half title page this near fine book and jacket is the First Trade Edition showing the customary number line ending in 2 for Random House. 8vo. 396 pg.

Scribner, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Copyright page has full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2". Boards are plum colored with burgundy cloth spine. Dust jacket price $23.00. The back of the dust jacket has the number "09962250" on the bottom right corner, and "52300" over the smaller bar code on the bottom left corner confirms First Edition status.Small 1/8 in. scuff mark on front board and DJ.364pp. Born in depression-era Brooklyn and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland the memoir is a story that accounts for Frank's survival. Frank's mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children

New York. Harper & Row. 1977. Brown paper boards with thorn tree imprint on front and gilt lettering to spine. First Edition (stated), first printing with requisite number line ending in 1. Printers code 0577 on front flap. Pages age-toned but not foxed, faint PO name on flyleaf. Unclipped ($9.95) jacket shows shelf wear with several creases and small chips to edges. Jacket protected with removable mylar cover. The Thorn Birds was an American TV miniseries on ABC from March 27 - 30, 1983. It starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Piper Laurie, Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Bryan Brown, Mare Winningham and Philip Anglim. If you know the story, you know that the Thornbird signs but once in it's life while the whole world listens. 6.5x9.25 in. 530 pg.

Simon & Schuster. New York. 1990. Quarter-bound in red with grey paper boards and gilt lettering to spine. Near fine First Edition, First printing with requisite number line ending in 1. Mid lower front and back board has a single bump to the edge. One of the better signatures I've seen is on the flyleaf. Fine unclipped ($19.95) jacket is protected with removable mylar cover. The life and times of the protagonist, Calamity Jane, is packed with the story of her life. A life that helped define "the west". You'll read about gun fights, Wild Bill Hickok (perhaps the love of her life), native anmericans, soldiers, Sitting Bull, Buffalo Bill, Little Big Horn... "the west". 6.25x9.5 in. 350 pg.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. Book of the Month Club. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Slight shelf wear to DJ. Three minor tears to DJ edges. Full number line ending in "1". 8vo. 542 pp. Sequel to The Last Picture Show, McMurtry's classic novel about growing up in a decaying Texas town.

Random House. New York. 1953. "Michener's best"- in scarce dust jacket. Bridges at Toko-ri, an important early novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, won high praise on publication as "Michener's powerful work about the Korean War, "Michener's prose is fluid and rich, beautifully descriptive, precise and clear" (Vinson, 947). Basis for the Oscar-winning 1955 film starring William Holden and Grace Kelly. First edition with no "First Edition" on copyright page, owner's signature, faint blue top-stain and blue endpapers. Book is fine, light edge-wear, faint soiling to near-fine price-clipped dust jacket protected with removal mylar cover. 5.25x8.25 in. 147 pg.

Orlando: Harcourt , 2006. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Good +/very good +. Slight shelf wear to back of DJ (dated 07/06)First U.S. Edition(stated). Cloth-backed blue boards blocked in gilt on the spine. Small reminder x on front paste-down. 8vo. 486pp. All the elements of the cold war come together in 1954. Written by a band of five authors who choose to remain anonymous.

Barnes & Noble. New York. 2003. Near fine reprint of the 1972 novel with number line ending in 1 on copyright page. Inscribed by author in year of publication (2003) on title page. Canvas-colored boards with blue lettering to spine shows some wear on lettering to spine. Near fine unclipped ($19.95) jacket shows minor shelf wear and 0.25 in. white spot on upper right of spine. Written and published by Bobbs-Merill in 1972, the novel soon went out of print for thirty years; in part due to Bobbs-Merill filing for bankruptcy & thus lack of marketing and in part the author was hospitalized following completion of the novel. Following a 2002 documentary (Stone Reader) about the book by Mark Moskowitz the book resurfaced to resurgance in popularity and was re-published by Barnes & Noble. The novel chronicles the life and times of a young boy (Dawes Oldham Williams... D.O.W.) through three decades of life in the midwest and behyond. Promotional brochure included. 9.25x6.5 in. 586 pg.