Search Results: Authors starting with M from The Mortuary Korps

243 p. Spine cocked, creased, and general wear to covers, with small pencil marks to rear, but internally clear, bright, and tightly bound. Pink foredge.See listing images for synopsis on rear.

First Edition.
120 p.; ill. Scarce book with minor scrapes/shelfwear to dust jacket. Heel and tip of spine slightly bumped, otherwise Fine. From dust jacket:
In Dangerous Luck, David Makow brings into focus the profound questions as to whether a person's life unfolds by his own volition, circumstances, fate, or luck.
A teenager when the Nazi war machine rolled into his native Poland, he survived on his wits and his ability to make quick decisions that turned out to be the correct ones.
His first fortunate decision was made as the German army approached the city of Lodz, where he lived. While many were leaving by foot or horse cart, he decided to remain with his parents and wait for the Germans to arrive. Those who left were strafed mercilessly by German aircraft on the road to Warsaw. Another lucky decision was to move to the interior of Poland just before the Lodz ghetto was established.
In 1942, when the Holocaust began, he made his most amazing choice. Instead of trying to get as far as he… Read More

Covers show some minor wear to extremities and slight spine crease, otherwise Very Good+ to Near Fine with gilt embossed title (hence it did not scan well, thus the third image is to show the cover title better but it is a stock image and does not represent the condition of this copy). 727 p. [THICK VOLUME may require extra shipping charges]From MacMillan publisher: Kellen Tavadon, son of the Arch-Mage Lycaelon, thought he knew the way the world worked. His father, leading the wise and benevolent Council of Mages, protected and guided the citizens of the Golden City of the Bells. Young Mages in training--all men, for women were unfit to practice magic--memorized the intricate details of High Magic and aspired to seats on the council.Then he found the forbidden Books of Wild Magic--or did they find him? The three slim volumes woke Kellen to the wide world outside the City's isolating walls. Their Magic was not dead, strangled by rules and regulations. It felt like a living thing, guided by the hearts… Read More

Macmillan Pub Co, 1977 1976. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (jimdisc)

281 p. Tan hardcover with black lettering to spine and cover, with a lasso around title, has some wear and bumping, very slightly shaken, paper is predictably aged, and an oil stain from sweets [mentioning for those with allergies, may contain nuts] has bled through a number of pages. From Kirkus Reviews:Bearing a dead man's name, Lary Day, accused of murder, outwits cattle and land thieves in their efforts to ruin lovely Star's fortunes. May require small amount of extra shipping due to size of book.

320 p. Includes Appendices, Recommended Reading, and Index. Externally shows some wear, but internally Near Fine. See images for Table of Contents excerpt. May require small amount of extra shipping due to size of book.

356 p. Mild page curl and minor shelfwear, otherwise Near Fine. Winner of the Man Booker Prize. From the back: After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, one solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The crew of the surviving vessel consists of a hyena, an orang-utan, a zebra with a broken leg, a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger and Pi Patel, a 16-year-old Indian boy. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary pieces of literary fiction of recent years, a novel of such rare and wondrous storytelling that it may, as one character claims, make you believe in God. Can a reader reasonably ask for anything more? May require small amount of extra shipping due to thickness of book.

Presumably first edition. 152 p. Mild shelfwear, otherwise Fine.From the rear: "The rapidly unreeling dream (or nightmare) of each of these stories—stories of drifters, hookers, highway victims, corporate spies and con-men, dead-- beat dads and the heartbroken—comes at us from off-kilter angles that are wholly the author's own. His imagination is bold and unbreaking, his instinct for the aptest detail is sure-fire. Here is an unignorable debut." - Steven Heighton, author of the bestselling novel The Shadow Boxer "Rife with the blackest humour, quirky, unadorned, Oscar Martens' stories are full of characters on a collision course with each other and with the world. In the resulting aftermath, we gain this original new voice, this dark, edgy satirist of the human condition." - Nadine McInnis, author of the acclaimed Quicksilver Tapping into the voyeuristic human compulsion that attracts us to the dirty little secrets of people's lives, Oscar Martens' stories peel back layers of contemporary… Read More

HarperCollins UK, 2001. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (bus)

Collier Books, 1913 1886. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon."

32 p.; ill. (colour). Includes discussion material. From classification data: Katie disobeys a family rule in going to the pond without adult supervision, not realizing that grownups' rules are like God's rules in that they represent love and protection. Includes discussion questions at the end of the story.

First printing stated, First Edition.157 p.; ill. Very minimal signs of external wear, but no creasing to spine and otherwise Fine. Perfect gift for a die-hard D&D fan.From the introduction: In this story, you are Sparrow, a young juggler who, together with his brother, Jay, travels from town to town performing your act at inns and fairs in order to scratch out a meager existence. It's a hard life, and nothing exciting ever seems to happen to you – until today, that is . . . .Pick a Path to Adventure™ in this vintage Dungeons & Dragons™ Endless Quest® with a map given to you by a mysterious stranger who lay dying beneath a rowan tree. You must set free the spirit of a tormented king in order to gain a hoard of treasure!For those unfamiliar "Choose Your Own Adventure" types of books, they are great for rereading: the story presents the reader with choices in key situations, each choice leading to a different page and, ultimately, a different ending.

Lambrecht Publications, 1984. Hardcover. Hardcover Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon." (jimdisc)

First edition, first printing.
216 p.; ill. Very minor shelf wear, and a small initial in pen to upper corner of half-title, otherwise Fine.
From the back:
Norman "Red" Ryan was a notorious bank robber, safecracker, and killer. He escaped from Kingston Penitentiary twice—first by force, and then years later by gulling the credulous into believing that he was "reformed." Ryan's second emancipation included the prison's Roman Catholic chaplain, several nationally prominent citizens, the country's largest newspaper, and, ultimately, R. B. Bennett, the prime minister of Canada, who made the mistake of arranging a "political parole" for Ryan.
Six people—three of them innocent victims—died as a result of Red Ryan's freedom. Dubbed "the Jesse James of Canada" and "Canada's most notorious criminal," Ryan had compiled a record of nineteen convictions for crimes of theft and violence, and had been in nine shooting affrays with police and citizens. He was a "lifer" in an arrow when "life" meant just… Read More

NEW RELEASE Special Order: The author has agreed to sign/inscribe books for a $5 fee. If you should like to add this to your order, please send a note whether you would like a simple autograph or a custom inscription—perfect for gifts! First Edition, First Printing. Unpaged [189 p.] From the back: Abhorrent: A Collection travels down dark, twisted pathways. The collection of thirteen stories does not tread lightly and clutches at the depths of the macabre. Readers be warned, these are not for the faint of heart. These stories tend to make the heart race and the mind question the strangers that walk beside us. [NOTE: Book is shipping from USA, so orders in the USA will have the shipping discounted to $8.50 and orders in Canada will require an extra shipping charge of $4.00.]

RARE. Approx 50 p. (unnumbered); ill. Ex-library (the now-defunct Junto Local 91 Radical Library of Winnipeg) with stamps and a few light stains, general wear and tear to covers and edges, and the staples are rusting, otherwise internally Very Good+ with price in pen to cover. A punk zine with adventurous tales of travel, including hitch-hiking, as well as poetry, photography, illustrations, political viewpoints with an anarchist bent, and an interview with the queer band The Mukilteo Fairies.

Scholastic Incorporated, 1977. Paperback. Paperback Listing in progress, complete details and photos coming soon."

4 leaves [unnumbered]; ill. (colour). Mild shelfwear and some erased pencil numbers inside, but all stickers are in Fine condition. 16 stickers of sixteen different paintings by Modigliani, including Paul Guillaume, The Swedish Girl, The Little Milkmaid, Reclining Nude, and others. From inside/back: Perhaps the greatest Italian artist of the twentieth century, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) created a number of memorable paintings during the last five years of his life that revealed an intriguing distortion of form and a sensitive use of color. Modigliani was an individualist whose paintings couldn't be categorized into any art movement. He was, however, influenced by Fauvism, Cubism, and African art. His artwork consists of portraits and nudes with simple forms and lines—many of them with elongated faces. To use the stickers, simple peel and apply.

The Jewel in the Skull [ISBN 0-88677-175-7]223 p. Very minor shelfwear, but otherwise Fine, being a copy which has obviously never been read.From back cover: "Those who dare swear by the Runestaff must then benefit or suffer from the consequences of the fixed pattern of destiny that they set in motion. Several such oaths have been sworn in the history of the Runestaff's existence..."—The High History of the RunestaffDorian Hawkmoon, late the Duke of Koln, fell under the power of the Runestaff, a mysterious artifact more ancient than Time itself. His destiny, shaped by a vengeful oath sworn by the maddened Baron Meliadus of the Dark Empire, pitted Hawkmoon in battle against his own allies and forced him, by the Black Jewel embedded in his skull, to betray his very heritage. Michael Moorcock's Runestaff novels are among the great modern classics of fantastic adventure. DAW Books is proud to bring them back to print, in these editions, authorized and revised by the author.The Mad God's Amulet [ISBN… Read More

First Edition. xxxi, 216 p.; ill., 60 plates; 24 cm. Includes Index (pp. 209-216).Blue cloth hardcover shows moderate wear, including but not limited to sunning to both covers and spine, and is slightly shaken. The top foredge is coloured blue, and he other edges are deckled. Apart from the aforementioned and the expected aging of paper, the book is in Near Fine condition, bright, clear, clean, and illustrated profusely with artwork, diagrams, and portraits. This book hails from the library of Dr. James Wellington Crane (1877-1959), bearing an illustrated book plate to that effect, and his signature on the title page. The book also sports a stamp from the Department of Public Welfare, Geriatric Centre in Toronto, where it was donated as part of the Dr. James W. Crane Collection, and a few library markings in pen and pencil. The rear free endpaper contains a handwritten note and a pasted clipping of what appears to be the 1941 ad from a used book salesman in 1941 from whom Crane purchased this copy.… Read More