Search Results: Authors starting with M from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1961. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. [11.75x9.25in]; xvi, 63 pp., 484 entries, index; Tan paper wrappers with borders black lettering and designs on front, sewn and glued binding, oversized wrappers; Small closed tears and chipping to edges of wrappers with age toning and darken edges, some rubbing of covers and darken spine, with tipped in announcement of a limited Special Edition hard bound with illustrations from photographs by Marjory Farquhar. This is the David Magee Catalogue No. 42 which, as Magee put it, is "This Omnium Gatherum of Grabhorn Press books, the largest ever assembled for sale." This collection of Grabhorn publications was from several sources. By 1961, Grabhorn Press was a well know and respected institution in fine press publications. Over the years, the Grabhorn brothers and Jane Grabhorn collaborated with well known and not so well known authors, illustrators and others to produce a breath and depth of work that is still very impressive as… Read More

London: The Hakluyt Society, 2001. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. [10x7.25in]; Vol. I - Cadiz to Panama, xcvii, 338 pp., 39 color and monochrome illustrations on plates and in text including frontispiece of Malaspina, 10 sketch maps; Vol. II - Panama to the Philippines, xx, 511 pp., 44 color and monochrome illustrations on plates and in text including frontispiece of Bustamante, 7 sketch maps; Vol. III - Manila to Cadiz, xxi, 487 pp. 30 color and monochrome illustrations on plates and in text including frontispiece of Malaspina, 6 sketch maps, all volumes include appendices and index in Vol. III; Dark blue cloth covers on boards with gilt lettering on spine and illustration of the ship 'Victoria' on front, all volumes include color world map with tracks of the corvettes 'Descubierta' and 'Atrevida' voyages; all edges trimmed; Negligible shelf wear to books or dust jackets, Vol. III dust jacket spine faded. [Howgego I M26]. Alejandro Malaspina (1754-1810) was from Tuscany and joined the Spanish navy… Read More

New York: U. S. Camera Publishing Corp, 1952. First Edition. Very Good/Good. [11.25x8.75in] 384 pp., over 300 color and black and white images with captions and narratives, articles and news chronology from August 1951 to August 1952; Maroon cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, All edges trimmed; Dust jacket of sepia-toned images with white and black shadowed lettering on front, spine and back; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and spine with light rubbing and dusty soiling, faint spots on front, some light stain spots along bottom edge; Dust jacket with closed tears, chips and creases along edges, top and bottom of spine and corners, some rubbing and light soiling. The U.S. Camera Publishing Corporation issued an annual book of significant news and fine art photography form 1935 to 1972. They also published a serial magazine on photography from 1938 and over the years has been renamed as as Travel + Leisure magazine. This book is the 18th U.S. Camera Annual. The editors select… Read More

Los Angeles: Warren F. Lewis, 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [9.25x6in]; xii, [1] 168 pp., 36 black/white illustrations, frontispiece image of author, fold out facsimile, in six colors, of Mitchell's 1846 map of the west attached to back free end paper; Desert tan cloth binding with dark brown lettering on spine and desert illustration on front, illustration of wagon descending from mountains to desert on front and back end papers; Pale yellow/cream dust jacket with dark brown lettering on cover and spine with illustration of pioneer family on front and book advertisement on back, Powell's, San Jose, bookseller stamp on back end paper; Slight darkening of dust jacket with small closed tears at top of spine. [Kurutz 428]. These are fifty selected sketches by by William Lewis Manly (1821-1903, also spelled Manley) and edited by Woodward of articles written by Manly for The Pioneer weekly paper in San Jose, CA, in the early 1890's. Manly is known for his 1894 book, Death Valley in ‘49,… Read More

Cambridge, UK: University Press, 1921. First Edition. Very Good. [10x7in]; xii, 539 pp., frontispiece image of Markham painting, foldout map, 50 maps (some folding) and illustrations from photographs; Original blue cloth covers with embossed silver lettering and colophon on spine, embossed illustration of early sailing ship in silver on front, untrimmed; Minor shelf wear to bottom edge and hinges, small black spot on spine, lacking title page tissue, offset from tipped in handmade bookmark on p. 91, some offset on end papers, prior owner ink inscription on front free end paper, tipped in London bookseller 1943 receipt. [Arctic Bibliography 10939, Rosove 1203, Conrad p 117, 182, Spence 755]. Sir Clements R. Markham [1830-1916] was a geographer, explorer, writer and secretary of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) for 25 years from 1863 to 1888. He entered the Navy at 14 and was a midshipman on the Assistance in his first Arctic voyage [1850-51] to search for Sir John Franklin' lost expedition. They… Read More

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1952. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. [Reprinted in facsimile from the first American edition of 1855] [5.25x7.5"]; Dark Beige cloth covers with black ink lettering ruled border and decorations on front and spine; Beige dust jacket with black and beige lettering on black filed on front and spine, illustration of burial overlooking San Francisco on front cover and barroom illustration with narrative on rear cover; i-xiv introduction, x, [2], 14-393, xv-xxxi editor's notes and index, frontispiece, 8 plates and 17 engravings; Minimal shelf wear to edges, dust jacket chips on corners, large chip along top of spine and triangle chip on bottom of spine, closed tear along front joint, price clipped, no loss of text. [Kurutz 429b]. Samuel Francis (Frank) Marryat (1826-1855) was a sailor, artist, and author. He was the son of Fredric Marryat, a British Naval Captain and English novelist that knew Charles Dickens and admired by Samuel Clemens. In 1850, Frank left… Read More

New York: Time Life Books, 1982. First Edition. Near Fine. New York: Time Life Books; 1982, First Edition [Classics of the Old West][facsimile reprint of London edition 1855] [6x8.5"]; Brown leather covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt rules on spine, darker brown embossed illustration of cow horn, tomahawk and six shooter entwined in rope on front and gold pan with pic ax on spine, marbled endpapers, bookmark gold ribbon, all edged trimmed and gilt, burnt orange/brown marbled endpapers; [1], x, [2], 443 pp., [1], facsimiles of eight colored lithograph plates by Hanhart and Marryat including frontispiece, eighteen woodcuts in text, index [same as 1855 London edition], tipped in two page note from editors, bookplate of Classics of the Old West on front endpaper. Overall condition is Near Fine [Kurutz 429a][Zamorano 80]. Samuel Francis (Frank) Marryat (1826-1855) was a sailor, artist, and author. He was the son of Fredric Marryat, a British Naval Captain and English novelist that knew… Read More

New York: Wm. H. Colyer, 1839. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo, [7.75x4.5in]; 263 pp.; Light brown paper covered boards with tan linen cloth backstrip, black lettering with rules on paper label on spine, all edges trimmed; Some shelf wear to covers, corners and edges, covers rubbed and soiled, corners bummed, edges worn, spine darken, hinges loose, label rubbed and soiled with small chips and a little loss, minor foxing spots throughout text. [Sabin 44696]. Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was a British Royal Navy officer and novelist. Marryat traveled in North America during 1837 and 1838. The first 145 pages is a diary of his travels and there are few dates in this diary that can help in placing Marryat and events. The remaining pages of "Remarks, &c. &c." are essays of Marryat's criticisms of American culture and society such as language, slavery, religion, lynch law, education and others. This book is a pirated copy from the Philadelphia multi-volume edition issued the in 1839, when foreign author… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1855. First Edition. Very Good. [9x6in]; x, [2], 443 pp., eight colored lithograph plates by Hanhart and Marryat including frontispiece, eighteen woodcuts in text, index; Red leather calf half bound with marbled paper covers, five raised bands, gilt rule and lettering with ornamentation in panels on spine, marbled end papers, top edge gilt with other edges trimmed; Some shelf wear to all edges, colored plates fresh and bright, corners worn and bumped, rubbing to top and bottom of spine with some general darkening, front hinge repaired, frontispiece, tissue guard and title page with some foxing and offset, age toning of paper along all edges, all plates without tissue guards and some offset to facing page, some chips and closed tears in tears in text block, repaired closed tear and chip to rear end paper; amorial bookplate of Robert Dudley Winthrop on front paste down, bound without advertisements. [Kurutz 429a, Howell 50 619, Wheat Gold Rush Books 137,… Read More

Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 1952. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. [Reprinted in facsimile from the first American edition of 1855] [7.5x5.25in]; i-xiv introduction, x, [2], 14-393, xv-xxxi editor's notes and index, frontispiece, 8 plates and 17 engravings; Dark Beige cloth covers with black ink lettering ruled border and decorations on front and spine; Beige dust jacket with black and beige lettering on black filed on front and spine, illustration of burial overlooking San Francisco on front cover and barroom illustration with narrative on rear cover; Hinges slightly loose, minimal shelf wear to edges, dust jacket chips and tears along all edges and spine edges, no loss of text, crude tape repair of spine edges. [Kurutz 429b]. Samuel Francis (Frank) Marryat (1826-1855) was a sailor, artist, and author. He was the son of Fredric Marryat, a British Naval Captain and English novelist that knew Charles Dickens and admired by Samuel Clemens. In 1850, Frank left England for California… Read More

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1848. First Edition. Very Good. [Sheet 10.5x8.25in, Neat line Upper 4.75x6.25in and Lower 4.125x6.25in]; The map shows the location of the Upper Mines Nos. 1 & 8 diggings along the South Fork of the American river, with roads buildings, including Shutter's Saw Mill and Marshall's house and distance to Sutters [Fort]. The Lower Mines No.3 or Mormon Diggings are also along the river and shows the Mormon Bar and labels the gold deposits, the store and road to Sutters. [Wheat Maps 52, Poore p. 567]. Richard Barnes Mason (1797-1850) was a United States Army officer and the fifth Military Governor of California (1847-1849). After gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in January 1848, General Mason toured the Gold diggings along the American River north east of Sacramento in June, 1848. The report was written in Monterey in August 17, 1848. The Mason reports and maps were part of a larger Federal report to Congress on a number of subjects that… Read More

Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press, 1989. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [6.25x9.25"]; xiv, 216 pp., notes, bibliography, index; Tan cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with gold lettering on front and spine, Borthwick's illustration of miner's camp in gold and black oval border, advertisements in gold and white lettering on back; Dust jacket has minor shelf wear and closed tears on top edge, creases and rubbing to edges. John David Borthwick (1824-1892) was a Scottish physician and journalist, with training as an artist. This book is a biography of his life and his adventures in the New World. After traveling to Canada, in 1850, he traveled to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama and arrived almost a year later in 1851. He spent the next three years traveling in the gold country observing and sketching. He returned to Scotland and in 1857, Three Years in California, was published. Borthwick illustrated his book with eight of his own… Read More

London: Royal Geographical Society, 1914. First Edition. Paper wraps. Very Good. [9.75x6in]; Vol.37, No.6, June 1911; 12 pp., 1 map of alternative configuration of Antarctica and 1 colored foldout (11.5x13.25in neatline, 15x15in sheet) at rear also showing proposed ship tracks, base locations and current information on Antarctica ice and land features; Excerpt bound in light blue paper wrappers with black ink lettering and seal on front; Some wear to covers and edges, age toning throughout, a few foxing spots, prior owner pencil writing on first page and on map margin, several closed tears and crease splits on foldout map. [Conrad p. 207]. This article was issued before Mawson's Aurora, under the command of Captain J. K. Davis, left Hobart, Tasmania on December 2,1911. The purpose of the article was to describe the Australasian Antarctic Expedition objectives and science programs in a little known area of Antarctica. Another purpose was to raise addition funding in England for the expedition. The… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd, 1964. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. [8.75x6in]; 240 pp., frontispiece image of 1933 portrait of Mawson, 40 images, 2 maps, appendices and index; Gray cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Gray toned pictorial dust jacket with white and red lettering on front and spine; Minimal shelf wear to dust jacket edges, prior owner name in ink on front end paper. [Rosove 220.A1; Spence 781]. From Rosove, "a biography of Sir Douglas by his wife, Lady Paquita, based on published and unpublished writings and personal recollections. Containing material concerning Mawson's relationship with T. W. Edgeworth David and Robert F. Scott, preparations for his 1911-14 expedition, and letters from Mawson to his wile written during the course of the expedition.

Oakland, Ca: the Holmes Book Company, 1970. First Edition.

London: John Murray, 1859. First Edition. Very Good. London: John Murray; 1859; First Edition [6.25x9"]; Dark Blue cloth on covers with gilt lettering on spine and stamped gilt illustration of sailing ship on front, blind stamped double border on covers and blind stamped designs on spine, light-brown endpapers, untrimmed edges; xxvii, 403 pp., [3], frontispiece of ‘Fox', 14 illustrations, 3 maps with one folding, 1 map in back endpaper; Some shelf wear to edges, corners bumped with some fraying, rubbed hinges and covers, small chip on top rear edge, front hinge cracked, rear hinge loose, several leaves partially loose, bookseller stamp on front and binders stamp on rear endpaper, long inscription on front endpaper to prior owner dated 1860. Overall condition is Very Good. [Arctic Bibliography 10555, Hill 1121]. Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and discovering the fate of John… Read More

San Francisco: Scottwall Associates and California Historical Society, 1997. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Signed by Editor and McDaniel desendent [9.25x9in]; xi, 166 pp., many captioned black and white images; Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, blue ink maps of the North Pacific, Alaska on front end papers and Cape Nome mining region on back end papers, all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with gilt and white lettering on front and spine, black and white images on front and back with excerpt of forward;.

London: Methuen & Company Limited, 1934. First Edition. Very Good. [7.5x5.25in]; xi, 289 pp., 1-8 pp. advertisements, frontispiece image of McGuinness, 7 plates with 10 images, appendices and index; Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear to edges and corners with some rubbing and wear, pencil, ink marks and some spots on front and rear end paper, rear hinge loose, book plate of Steve Fossett on front end paper. Charles John ‘Nomad' McGuinness (1893-1947) was an Irish adventurer, author, and sailor supposed to have been involved with a myriad of acts of patriotism and nomadic impulses. His history is shrouded in myths and mystery, making many of its details authority questionable. (from Wikipedia). McGuinness was the 1st Mate of the 'Eleanor Bolling', the support ship for the first Byrd expedition, 'Little America' to the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf. A portion of the book includes his adventures on that expedition. Steve Fossett (1944-2007) was a… Read More

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1975. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [American Trails Series X, 1644 copies] [6.5x10"]; 401 pp. 38 sepia toned images and illustrations including frontispiece; Bright red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine top edge trimmed other edges untrimmed, white end papers; Cream dust jacket with red and dark brown lettering with red rule devices on front and spine, image of McKinstry and pioneer/miner illustrations on front; Minor shelf wear and age darkening of dust jacket. Overall in near fine condition. [Kurutz 422]. Byron McKinstry left Illinois in March, 1850 for the California Trail and crossed over the Sierra near Carson Pass. He settled in Hangtown ( now known as Placerville) and began mining there and Mokelumne Hill. He kept a detailed diary over the next two years of mining. He became homesick and tired of the mining life, so in June, 1852, he sold all of his tools and return home.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1943. First Edition. Slipcased. Very Good. Boardman Robinson. with book note [9.75x7in]; xxi, 615 pp., 29 illustrations by Robinson; Green cloth covers with gilt lettering in red field bordered with wave design on spine and front, top edge stained red, all edges trimmed; Mottled beige paper on stiff board slip case; Minor shelf wear to edges, corners and spine top and bottom; Some shelf wear and rubbing to slip case. Overall condition is Very Good.