Search Results: Authors starting with M from SmarterRat Books

Random House, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine ; Very Good jacket. 1986 Random House First edition, second printing. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper. Brick red hardcover with red cloth spine has gold spine lettering. Bottom spine end lightly bumped. Previous owner's name and year -1986, on second page. Glossy illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Original price is covered with very small blank label. Full title on jacket: 'Manhunt; the incredible pursuit of a CIA agent turned terrorist.'

Michael Joseph, 1994. Trade Paperback. Good. Good. 1994 Michael Joseph, London. Trade paperback. SIGNED by author on title page, with a personal inscription, dated May 20, 1994 in Sandycove, Dublin. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 281 pages.

Princeton Corridor Rotary Club, 1997. Softcover. Very Good. Very Good. 1997 Princeton Corridor Rotary Club, New Jersey. Softcover. Oblong, 11 x 8.5 inches. Black and white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. 115 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Covers lightly curled at corners. Spine NOT creased. The last page two pairs of staple holes. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Harper & Brothers, 1878. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. Circa 1878 Harper & Brothers. No date in book. NOT ex-library. Small hardcover,3.25 x 4.75 inches, is full bound in red leather, with gold spine lettering. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Gilt school emblem from St. Mark's School, Southborough, stamped on the front cover. "Prize for Declamation" bookplate from St. Mark's School with handwritten name on front endpaper, attached at top edge only. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked; leather along front spine edge is cracking and worn. Covers have moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Covers lightly soiled. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with some fraying at tips. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 130 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

A. C. Armstrong & Son. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. A. C. Armstrong & Son, 714 Broadway, New York. No date stated. Circa late 1880's.Two volumes in one. This volume matches others in the New Standard Edition of The Works of Lord Macaulay. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Coated brown endpapers. Binding cracked at title page; webbing visible, but pages not loose. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips, and a few small short tears at head of spine. Covers have light to moderate edge wear and surface rubbing. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Two volumes, paginated separately, 547 + 498 pages. No dust jacket. Spine title, in gold frame: "Macaulay's Speeches and Poems". Below frame is stated "New Standard Edition". Volume is 7.5 inches in height. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Chautauqua Press, 1885. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good+ ; No jacket. 1885 Chautauqua Press. Chautauqua Library Garnet Series. Small hardcover has decorative dark red cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Front cover has black stamped scrollwork and a gold medallion with an illustration of a Roman building. Monogram for series at center bottom of front cover: letters CLGS combined. Binding tight. Hinges undamaged. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Spine sunned; lettering faded. Covers have some small stains. Pages very lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 275 pages. No dust jacket. With an Introduction by Donald G. Mitchell. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1981 Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown textured paper-covered boards with black spine lettering; front cover has small balk illustration of a raccoon. Black and white illustrations by J. Sharkey Thomas. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers very have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 144 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling at corners and spine ends. The inside of the jacket had four roughened areas three inches by one-half inch where the surface of the paper is missing. This is only visible when viewing the jacket interior. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Psychology Press, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very Good ; No jacket. 1997 Psychology Press. A special issue of Language and Cognitive Processes, vol. 12, issues 2-3. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has glossy paper-covered boards with green and white spine and cover lettering. Black and white illustrations. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Paginated continuously with other issues of journal volume: pages 121-403. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Published By Author. Softcover. Good. Good. No date in book. Printed by Mission Press, Toronto, Canada. Published circa 1976 based on date at end of last chapter. Signed by author at end of last chapter, with inscription: "With best wishes for your success in the future, J MacDonald." Softcover, 5.4 x 8.5 inches. Blue textured covers with black lettering and cover illustration, 207 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine surface lightly wrinkled. Half-inch tear to the spine covering at the top. Covers have moderate edge and surface wear. Corners moderately curled. Spine and edges lightly sunned. Back cover and last few pages have a diagonal crease at the bottom corner. Covers lightly soiled. Name in ink on first page. Pages clean and unmarked.

J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good ; Good Jacket. 1975 J. B. Lippincott Company. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription, dated Feb. 2, 1975. Signed as "John D.". No edition stated. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black paper-covered boards with black cloth-covered spine and gold spine lettering. Bright yellow endpapers. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped and corners rubbed, with minor fraying at tips. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Top and bottom edges very lightly faded were the dust jacket did not completely protect the book from light. Pages clean and unmarked. A Travis McGee novel. 228 pages. Dust jacket has overall surface rubbing, chipped and nicked edges, and small tears, including a horizontal tear across the spine. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be shipped with signature confirmation required.

Doubleday & Company Inc., 1968. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1968 Doubleday & Company Inc. SIGNED by author on half-title page, with a personal inscription to the previous owner, "Who better da** well make some comment. John D. MacDonald". Inscription is dated September 1968. First Edition, stated. First printing. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. The blurb from the dust jacket has been cut out and pasted onto the front endpapers of the book; paste has caused some waviness to free endpaper. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering and red spine decorations. Deckle fore edges. Red endpapers. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped and frayed. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Small smudge on bottom page edges at corner. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 656 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item… Read More

Librarie Plon; E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie., 1892. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1892 Librarie Plon; E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie. Introduction by Camille Rousset. Late 19th-century contemporary binding. NOT ex-library. Binding marked "Birdsall & Son, Northampton" on verso of front free endpaper, along bottom edge. Half-bound in maroon leather with gold ruled borders over brown and black mottle-patterned cloth-covered boards. Blue-gray coated endpapers. Top edges gilt. Gilt spine decorations, with gilt title on a green panel. Tissued frontispiece and one additional tissued illustration. Text in French. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Corners bumped and worn. Light rubbing to spine. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers have light staining in a few places. First and last few pages lightly foxed. Text pages clean and unmarked. A few stains on gilt top edges. Some pages uncut (unopened) along fore edge. 423 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. This item will be… Read More

Fawcett Books, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. 1995 Fawcett Books. Copyright 1964. Travis McGee, No. 4. Paperback. Introduction by Carl Hiaasen. 308 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Spine has a single light crease. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked.

Macmillan, 1988. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1988 Macmillan, London. First Edition. First printing. "First published 1988 by Macmillan London Limited" on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. The blurb from the dust jacket has been cut out and pasted onto the front free endpaper of the book. Paste has caused slight waviness to first few pages. Hardcover has blue paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Binding tight. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 192 pages. No dust jacket. An Inspector John Raven novel. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Hodder and Stoughton, 1968. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1968 Hodder and Stoughton, London. First Edition. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown textured paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. The blurb from the dust jacket has been cut out and pasted onto the front free endpaper of the book. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Small clear stain on back cover. Pages clean and unmarked. 215 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Macmillan, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Near Fine ; Very Good Jacket. 1989 Macmillan, London. First Edition. "First published in Great Britain 1989 by Macmillan" on verso. A Raven Novel. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown textured paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear at the spine ends. Pages very lightly tanned at periphery. 206 pages. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear and one eighth-inch tear at the top of the front panel. An "M Crime Case" book. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

Random House, 1937. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good ; No jacket. 1937 Random House. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has black cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering on red panels. Top page edges red. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Covers have a few light smudges. Endpapers lightly tanned. Pages lightly tanned, more so at periphery, but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. 115 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

MIRA, 2010. Paperback. Fine. Fine. 2010 MIRA. A Blossom Street Novel. Paperback. 397 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality.

Henry Holt and Company, 1911. Softcover. Good. Good. 1911 Henry Holt and Company. NOT ex-library. Small softcover, 4.75 x 5.75 inches, has blank stiff cardstock covers with paper jacket attached at spine. Jacket has black & white illustrated front cover and fold-in flaps; blank spine. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Contents "The Inner Beauty", "Silence", "The Invisible Goodness". Small, pasted-in sepia-tone illustrations at head of each section (three + one on last page). 71 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Cover is tanned, discolored in areas and has light soiling. Top page edges lightly foxed. Front endpaper has a small dark stain. Intermittent pages have light foxing.

SNDK, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Very Good ; Poor Jacket. 1966 SNDK. Oblong hardcover has cream cloth-covered boards with gray and blue spine lettering and cover decorations. White index ribbon with a reproduction silver-tone coin attached at the end. Illustrated endpapers. Black and white photographs and illustrations. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped and rounded. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 234 pages. Illustrated by Jan Cerny. Graphic presentation and cover by Ildrich Hlavsa. Photographs selected by Bojka and Milos Benes. Translated from Czech by Karel and Leonora Stradal. Jacket has tattered edges, with several pieces missing from edges, as well as several large tears; almost separated at spine. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.