Search Results: Authors starting with M from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

Philadelphia, PA: The Penn Publishing Company, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Hattie Longstreet Price. Philadelphia, PA: The Penn Publishing Company, 1920. First edition. 9 1/2 x 7 inches: pp. 277. Blue cloth boards with paste down illustration on front boards and dark blue type. Includes 8 color illustrations including frontispiece. Corners nudged and worn, with other minor wear to extremities. Some scratching, to front and rear boards. Previous owner's inked inscription and 1928 date to front free endpaper. A few pages have light discoloration, smudging. Text is unmarked. Binding solid, sound.

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1970. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches: pp. 199. White and blue lettering to red dustjacket. Gilt lettering to red, cloth-covered boards. With index, maps to endpapers. A bit musty. Rubbing, edge wear to extremities of dust jacket. Rear board has a slight curve, does not lay flat.Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A dramatic and incisive account by the first American to record his experiences as a guerrilla fighter during the Cuban Revolution and to analyze the Castro victory firsthand.

New York: Bantam Books, 1974. First edition thus. Mass market paperback. Good. New York: Bantam Books, 1974. First edition, first printing thus T8254. 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches: pp. (6), 250, (4). Black illustrated wraps with purple, orangeand gold type. With four pages of ads for other Bantam books and catalog. Edge and corner wear, creasing, scuffing to cover. Small tear at bottom spine join at front cover. Pages are age toned with some handling wear. Unmarked. Binding tight.

Edmonton, Canada: M. G. Hurtig LTD, 1971. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Edmonton, Canada: M. G. Hurtig LTD., 1971, First edition thus. 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches: pp. xx, cxxxii, 414, (2). Red cloth with black dyed spine label with gold gilt titles. Sage green endpapers. 3 large fold-out maps. Slight rubbing to bottom corners. Black spine label has a couple of tiny scratches showing the red cloth underneath. One rubbed spot on bottom edge of back cover. Previous owner's name and date to front free end paper. Light foxing on pages facing maps. Unmarked. Binding tight. An account of Scottish explorer Alexander MacKenzie's east to west travels across the North American continent. Consists of "A General History of the Fur Trade" and "The North West Continent of America." Includes constructed glossaries of several Native American tribes. MacKenzie's voyage predated that of Lewis and Clark by nearly a decade.

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE. Bellerose, Mark. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. [18], 449. This First Edition Society volume is bound in forest-green, full leather with gilt decorations on both front and rear boards. The classic hubbed spines of four raised bands have gilt text and decorations stamped in the five compartments. Emerald green silk moire end papers have a sewn-in silk ribbon bookmark. Pages are thread-sewn for strength and durability, have long-lasting, acid-neutral, archival quality paper, and a handsome, readable typeface. This book appears to never have been opened or read. Clean, tight, bright. A compassionate and wry commedia, a book praised by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt in The New York Times as Malamud's "best novel since The Assistant"

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good. Photograph of Dali and Lorca, and an interview of Salvador Dali by Gerard Malanga. Poems by Malanga include "First Poem for Isabel Garcia-Lorca de los Rios", "In Memory of Federico Garcia Lorca", "Cu*t", 15 pp. "SPARROW appears monthly. It prints poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, commentaries & reviews. Each issue presents the work of a single author. The poet is prophet." (from front cover).

Storrs, Connecticut (USA): Wormwood Review, 1966. Paperback. Very Good. Storrs, CT: Wormwood Review, 1966. Limited to 600 numbered copies, of which this is #0169. 9 x 5 3/4 inches: pp.36. Yellow illustrated card covers with black type. With fold out bibliography attached inside back cover. Just a wee bit of edge and corner-wear, creasing to covers. Unmarked, solid, sound. Includes interior art by Charles Bukowski, who, as art editor, uses the name "A. Sypher" as his nom de plume. Poems by Bukowski, Daevid Allen (co-founder of the psychedelic groups, Soft Machine and Gong) , Walter Lowenfels, Christopher Perret, William Heyen and others.

Storrs, Connecticut (USA): Wormwood Review, 1965. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Storrs, CT: Wormwood Review, 1965. Limited to 600 copies, this one labeled "Exchage." 9 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. 36. Gray illustrated card covers with black type. With 3 page, fold out bibliography affixed inside back cover. Just a wee bit of edge and corner-wear, and sunnng to cover. Unmarked, solid, sound. Cover art by Ben Shahn. Includes interior art by Charles Bukowski, who, as art editor, uses the name "A. Sypher" as his nom de plume. Poetry by Bukowski, who, interestingly, was the most frequently published poet in Wormwood Review, appearing in 97 issues. Center section of poems by Judson Crews. Also poems by Simon Perchik, Gerald Malanga, Oliver Haddo, Joe Nickell and others.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855. 3/4 Leather Binding. Good. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855. 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches: pp. xliv, 427. 3/4 leather over marbled boards, leather corners. Four raised bands, black spine label with titles in gilt. Spine title bright, corners bumped, with some rubbing and light general wear. Bookplate, foxing to endpapers. Text clean, unmarked and bright in tight binding. With a memoir of the author written by Walter K. Kelly. Margaret [1492-1549 Along with her brother, King Francis I, was the major force in the cultural renaissance in France during his reign. The Heptameron loosely followed the model of Boccacio's in being a series of short stories. "Their conversations and debates are more meaningful than the stories on which they are based because they reflect Marguerite's preoccupation with ethics and her analytical interest in topics such as love and friendship, marriage, faithfulness, and the conflict between faith and religion." [Poetry Foundation].

Innsbruck: Kompass, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Innsbruck: Kompass, 2000. 11 1/4 x 10 inches: pp. 128. Text in German and English. Dark green and black lettering on white pictorial jacket. Black lettering on white, cloth-covered boards. Numerous color photographs. Dust jacket has light edge wear, creasing, some light scuffs and scratches. Text is unmarked. Clean, bright, tight. Summary by Monika Bartlweber. A beautiful photographic look at the second-smallest and also the westernmost federal state in Austria.

London, England: William Heinemann Ltd, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1941. First British edition. 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 153. Red and white paper dust jacket with gold and red gilt type, beehive motif in gold on front panel and repeated in red on spine. Blue cloth with Maugham's characteristic beehive symbol, in black, embossed to front board, still-bright gold gilt titling to front panel and spine, with publisher's windmill symbol in black on back panel. Dust jacket in Brodart wraps. Some darkening, smudging, edge wear, creasing and very light chipping to top of spine of dustjacket, and at top of front flap. Original 6s price to bottom of fold. Light rubbing to cloth edges. Endpapers quite browned; textblock just lightly age-tanned. Very faint, and not displeasing, pipe aroma. Binding tight.

London, England: William Heinemann Ltd, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1951. First edition. 8 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. viii, 528. Red and white dust jacket with white and black type, Maugham's characteristic beehive symbol in black on bottom edge of front panel. Red cloth with Maugham's characteristic beehive symbol embossed in blind to front board, which itself is titled in gold gilt. Black contrasting panels to spine, with gilt lettering within bearing author's last name and publisher, with title itself being simply gold gilt on the red cloth. Volume 1 only. Some smudging, rubbing edgewear and a 1/2" chip to bottom of dustjacket spine. chipping to top of spine of dustjacket, and at top of front flap.Original 12s 6d price to bottom of front flap. Light rubbing to extremities, spinecaps and corners of boards. Still-fairly-bright gilt titling to spine.Textblock just lightly age-tanned. Faint, and not displeasing, pipe aroma. Text is unmarked. Binding… Read More

London, England: William Heinemann Ltd, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1958. First edition. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. 255. Dustjacket design (by Michael Harvey) in black and red lettering on sage-green background. Original 21s price to bottom of fold. Green cloth with Maugham's characteristic beehive symbol embossed in blind to front board, and still-bright gilt titling to spine, within contrasting red cloth panel, as well as publisher's name to similar red panel at bottom of spine. Beehive motif repeated in beige to dustjacket. Faint, and not displeasing, pipe aroma. Some darkening, sunning, edgewear and very light shelf-rubbing and cracking to dustjacket spinecaps, and sunning around edges of interior front flaps. Light rubbing to edges and corners of boards. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. "Mr. Maugham has announced that this is the last book he will ever publish and since he seems to have a way of doing what he says he is going to do, we may… Read More

Boston, Mass: Little, Brown & Co, 1927. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Good. Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1927. First edition. 8 1/2 x 6 inches: pp. xxx, 287. Bound in blue boards, with gilt lettering to spine and front cover. With 20 pages of illustrations, 8 maps. Minor rubbing to board edges, minor ding to front board fore-edge. Corners very mildly nudged, and sunning to spine. Slight sunning to page edges, 2" closed tears to both ends of front free endpaper. Pages are age toned, but unmarked. Binding solid, sound First-hand information from a man who was by the side of General Robert E. Lee, and includes many details from the scene at Gettysburg.

Dublin: James M'Glashan, 1849. Hardcover. Good. Dublin: James M'Glashan, 1849. 6 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches: pp. xvi, 334 plus two page publisher list. Embossed brown cloth with new cloth spine with original decorated gilt label laid on. Spine label rubbed, corners bumped, covers a bit rubbed, clean. Contemporary bookstore label (H. L. Hutchinson, Dealer in Stationary, Periodicals, Books, Novels, Etc.) pasted to inside board, small rubber name stamp to front endpaper and upper corner of preface. Text lightly rippled, with age toning, and some light foxing. Unmarked. Binding tight. The author's account of a journey through Norway and Russia and ends with the arrival in Vienna. "Our arrival safe and sound, in the beautiful capital, after a long and fatiguing journey of more than a thousand miles, in a cold and dreary season, was acompaied with many agreeable sensations."

New York: Dial Press, 1976. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York: Dial Press,1976. Third printing. 6 x 4 3/4 inches: Non paginated [26 pages]. All pages illustrated. Illustrated paper dust jacket with black type. Boards duplicate the dust jacket illustrations and type. Inscribed and signed by the author on the front endpaper. Previous owner's name on bottom of inside pastedown. Dust jacket has some wear at top and bottom of spine, tiny chip to bottom front. Jacket is in a mylar protector. Small fray at bottom edge of spine near front cover. Unmarked, clean, tight.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1919. 7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches: pp. 149. Green cloth boards with oval photograph of author pasted down on front board and titles in black type. Cover is spotted (loss of green overlay, biopredation to edges), especially on rear cover. Upper and lower edges of spine are worn and torn. Personal owner stamp inside front cover, name and date written on free facing end page. Scattered foxing. Text is unmarked. Binding solid. Mayo was a actress, playwright and screenwriter and with her husband helped co-found Goldwyn Pictures and her play Polly of the Circus became the first film produced by the Goldwyn Company in 1917. This is her account of entertaining the troops in World War 1. Despite enormous success early on, she became interested in spiritualism and distanced herself from the entertainment industry. An unusual addition to a WW1 collection.

New York: Maclen Music Inc, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. Good. New York: Maclen Music Inc., 1971. 12 x 9 inches: pp. 48. Photo color illustrated wraps with yellow type. Staplebound. Edge wear, binding tight, with rear wrap showing some wear and light soiling. Rubbing at spine. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Songbook with numerous black and white illustrations.

New York: Viking Press, 1957. Hardcover. VERY GOOD in Good Dustjacket. Author. New York: Viking Press, 1957. FOURTH PRINTING.12 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches: unpaginated. Red, black and white illustrated paper dust jacket with white type. Red lettering on spine of light blue cloth-covered boards. Red debossed oval with boy's face to upper right front cover. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Original price on front and rear flaps. Dust jacket has edge wear, two large tears, the one on back flap repaired by clear, plastic tape, and 1.5 x 1" chip. Light, miniscule nudge to front upper corner. Previous owner's name to front paste-down endpaper. Text is clean, unmarked, tight. The author reflects with complete unself-consciousness a way of living thoroughly our own. In its scenes, its characters, its story, and its entire conception this book is as American as any small boy you'd meet on the street.

Universal City, Texas: Barnes Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Universal City, TX: Barnes Press, 1975. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. [2], 256. Black and white illustrated paper dust jacket with black, white and red type. Black cloth with titles in red gilt. Index, 24 photos, map. In bright, color illustrated dust jacket with some light white chafing on front and along fold, edge wear, creasing, a couple of small closed tears.. Jacket is in a mylar protector. Interior bright and clean with some spotting to top edge. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Forward by Milton Caniff. Casey Vincent's story of three years in the China-Burma-India Theater, including the fighting withdrawal of the Flying Tigers from Eastern China. [jacket blurb] Vincent became "Colonel Vince Casey" in Milton Caniff's"Terry and the Pirates"