Search Results: Authors starting with M from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

New York: F. M. Lupton, 1897. "A Large Collection of Rebuses, Charades, Enigmas, Conundrums and Puzzles." Lots of visual & verbal puns, including answers. No. 50 in the series. Paperback, tan wraps, black titling. Tanned, tattered & stained, missing a few small chunks from page edges & covers; appears complete. 64 pages, many illustrations & figures. Scarce & fragile.. First Edition. Paperback. Fair. 6" by 8¼".

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1931. Color hardcover. Missing the spine, edges worn, a few crayon scribbles on text pages, a couple of short tears, still holding together, but.... Every other page is a full-page illustration in a very flat, poster style, nicely printed and bright. The book is two books, back-to-back, one the standard Chicken Little Henny-Penny schtick; the other is one or two page visitations of classic Mother Goose, Alice, gingham dog/calico cat, etc. - doesn't hold together as a story, but the art is really nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. Illus. by Peter Mabie. 9¼" by 10¼".

Cambridge: MIT Press, 1970. Excerpts from works on vision, optics & color, from Plato to the modern era. First edition. Hardcover, full ochre cloth, red titling. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor edgewear, light creasing; ink name on flyleaf. Text clean; x, [2], 282 pages, indices, bibliographic notes; figures, equations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

Washington D.C.: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1966. Complete set (two volumes in four books) reproducing these reports on MacArthur's operations in the Pacific in World War Two, first prepared by General MacArthur's Tokyo headquarters in 1950, but never approved for publication during MacArthur's lifetime. Volume One covers MacArthur's command from the Japanese attack on Luzon to their surrender in 1945; its supplement includes military operations through December 1948. Volume Two and its supplement cover Japanese operations during the war, as compiled from captured documents. Important accounts from primary sources, prepared by persons involved in the decision-making and fighting. Four big volumes, full red buckram, gilt titling & ornament, as pictured. General wear, covers lightly stained, corners rubbed. Text clean; xv, 490; xii, 312; xiii, 363; xii, 365-803 pages; indices, maps, plates, charts, b/w photos. Most of the maps & plates are full color. Big & heavy,… Read More

Glasgow & London: Blackie & Son, 1975. Study of this architectural movement, "not the product of a few freakish architects but...a style which was accepted by the great aristocracy..."; includes studies of Alnwick Castle, Auckland Castle, work of Augustus Welby Pugin, Burn of Edinburgh, Dobson of Newcastle, etcetera. Large green hardcover, gilt titling. Shows some edgewear, corners bumped, minor stains to endsheets; jacket edgeworn & chipped, creased, price-clipped. Text clean; xx, 451 pages; index, appendices listing buildings germane to the style; bibliography, notes, b/w figures.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 9" by 11¼".

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. The authors posit that management has operated in ways contrary to investor interests, causing losses in the 1980s and late 1990s; they propose a solution: that Boards of Directors be fully in charge of management and responsible for it, rather than just overseeing managers who may have divergent agendas. INSCRIBED by MacAvoy on the fee endsheet. Light wear to book & jacket. Text clean; xiii, blank, 149 pages; index, bibliography, tables.. Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

New York: Barnes & Noble, 1998. The author argues that Paul created 'Christianity' by weaving elements of Judaism, Gnosticism, pagan mystery cults and the Crucifixion together. Hardcover, light wear to book & jacket.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. Hardcover, second printing. Light wear to book, jacket shows minor chipping.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Loke Wan Tho. 7" by 9½".

London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1924. Second printing of MacDonald's well-received first book, introducing amateur detective ex-secret service agent Anthony Gethryn, published in the same month (October 1924) as the first printing. Scarce in any early edition. Filmed by Michael Powell in 1932, but now believed lost. Shows some edgewear, nick/tear to rear hinge, pencil name inside front cover, ink name & date on free endsheet, page edges foxed/spotted, minor foxing to pages; no jacket. Text clean; vii, blank, 306 pages + 5 pages publisher's ads.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

Chicago: Bruce-Roberts, Inc., 1931. Scarce pocket golf manual offering practical, not theoretical, advice, in an unusual self-page-finding index format: the right thumb is held on the tab of the section of interest, which is revealed by opening the loose pages with the left hand. Stated first printing. The images are based on films of MacDonald demonstrating proper form. Hardcover, full green cloth, gilt titling. Shows general wear, name inside front cover; no jacket, likely as issued. Text clean; 40 pages of varying size; line drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frederic Tellander. 3¾" by 5¾ ".

New York: Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies, 2000. Scholarly commentary, notes, and transcription of the one extant medieval version of this manuscript of a law establishing a new class of secular officials, with comparisons to 18th century copies and a version published in 1836. The transcription is only three pages; the bulk of the book discusses its context, vocabulary, and style. Commentary, critical apparatus and most text are in English, the transcription is of course in Spanish, untranslated. Publisher's Legal Series No. 25, hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Light wear to book, which appears unread. Text clean; vi, [2], 180 pages + colophon; b/w facsimile manuscript page, bibliography. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Quarto.

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1974. In his fourth adventure, McGee takes on a blackmailer with telephoto pictures of a movie star at an orgy. Stated second printing of the first hardcover edition, 1974; originally published in paperback ten years earlier. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, spine a bit dished; jacket shows some edgewear, short tears & small chips, scratch to rear panel, light cockling to spine; $5.95 price intact. Text clean, no names or marks. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott, 1970. In his seventh adventure, McGee rescues a young woman thrown, weighted, off a bridge, and takes on her attackers. Stated second printing, but a book club edition, 1970; originally published in paperback four years earlier, filmed in 1970. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, spine ends slightly rumpled; jacket shows some rubbing, light edgewear, short crease to head of spine, light waterstains to jacket flap creases & edges of the free endsheets, flaps lightly foxed. Text clean, no names or marks. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.

London: The George MacDonald Society, 1984. Literary journal studying the life and work of the author; this issue featuring several letters, including one to Tennyson requesting the return of some books borrowed two years ago. Stapled pamphlet, pale green cover, black titling. Light wear, minor creases; spines slightly tanned. 44 pages, three poorly reproduced photos.. First Edition. Staple Bound Pamphlet. Good. 5¾" by 8¼".

Garden City: Crime Club/Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931. The Holmdale Butcher terrorizes a model village. Stated first [American] edition (first printing). Hardcover, full black cloth, red titling. General wear, light stains, corners & edges bumped; stains, ink name & date & penciled notes on the purchase of the book & its difference from the British edition on flyleaf; stains on a few other pages; pages lightly tanned; no jacket. Text clean; [vi], 305 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Octavo.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900 160 pgs. Bound in red cloth, with gilt and black titles and decoration. Cover shows light wear, with corners slightly frayed, light soil/soot stains around edges and on top of text block. Binding tight and hinges sound. Acid staining to both front and rear flyleaves. Text is clean and unmarked. A study of Ebenezer and Ralph Erskine, 18th century Scottish ministers involved in the establishment of the Secession Church.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. The author argues that close analysis of historical material, in this case diaries left by this Puritan clergyman including information about his economic activities and family connections, can help the historian answer demographic & sociological questions. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, edges faded; price-clipped jacket shows some edgewear, short tears, small stains; ink name & minor ink marginalia (a few check-marks & brackets), lower page corners bumped/creased, with the corner of page 103/4 torn off, no loss of text; xiii, blank, 241 pages; index, folding family chart, bibliography, tables, figures, maps, 3 b/w plates. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Octavo.

New York: Whittlesey House / Mcgraw-Hill, 1956 32 pages. Red cloth with black lettering; black illustration on front board; illustrated end sheets. Wear to tail of spine; lower corners of boards bumped. Jacket has chips and tears, espeicially at ends of hinges; scratches on front jacket; previous owner's penciled name on front flap. Text is clean and binding is tight. Shipping this oversized book will cost more than the standard rate: please inquire before ordering.. Edition Not Stated. Cloth. Good/Fair. Illus. by Galdone, Paul. Quarto.

Bradford, Yorkshire: MCB University Press, 1988. Pretty much the entire issue of this journal is dedicated to the title subject, a pro-bourgeois capitalist analysis of Marx's thought; with a 25 page appendix by the author & Sidney Hook entitled: 'A Dialogue on Marxism'. Paperback, grey & purple covers, black titling. Light general wear, minor scuffing. Text clean; 130 pages, bibliography.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7¼" by 9½".

London: Strange Attractor Press, 2019. Anthology of articles from a journal about the life & work of Arthur Machen, now best-remembered for his association with H. P. Lovecraft, but also a translator & essayist on divers subjects. Paperback, as pictured. Light wear, minor smudges. Text clean; xx, 251 pages; index, notes on contributors, frontispiece drawing by Sime. . First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Sidney Sime. 5¼" by 8".