Search Results: Authors starting with M from Andrew James Books

The New Age Press, 1908. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Cloth covered card covers in very good condition with minimal rubbing, reading crease to spine. Some foxing to edges of text block which has affected the first couple or so pages with occasional bleed onto margin edges of pages. The vast majority of the pages are unaffected and remain clean. 18cm x 12cm approx

Putnam, 2004. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears and very clean throughout. A ground-breaking study of US and global security in the 21st century

Jonathan Cape, 1976. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket very lightly rubbed to top and lower edges but free from nicks and tears. Embossed stamp to ffep and half title otherwise clean and free from marks. The story of the succession to the leadership of the Bimbo gypsy clan following the death of King Tene Bimbo who on his deathbed appointed his successor, his grandson, Stev Tene. A move which caused hostility as the younger Tene had become 'Americanised' and urged the rest the rest of the clan to do the same and enter the modern world. Above all this a fascinating account of American Gypsy life, about a group of people who go largely unnoticed throughout America, unseen by the authorities.

Headline, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex library copy with usual stamps. Unclipped dust jacket now in protective sleeve. From the aftermath of the Great War to the early days of Hollywood and the Wall Street Crash, 'Traders' traverses three continents and spans a decade of violent change.

Martin Secker, 1929. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. New Adelphi Library Edition without dust jacket, spine slightly sunned with gilt decoration to front board. Owners name to ffep. End papers partially tanned, small bumps to top edge of rear board. Binding is tight and the text is very clean. Described by Betjeman as 'A Work of Genius' this is the account of the author's childhood which was largely spent in Eton and London before the First World War. MacCarthy was member of the 'Bloomsbury' set and married Desmond MacCarthy to whom the book is dedicated. Reduced postal rates apply.

MacGibbon & Kee, 1970. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, one small closed tear to top rear edge otherwise near fine. Boards bright and clean, no ownership details etc and internally clean throughout.

Sage Publications, 1998. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Virtually as new other than previous owners name neatly to ffep. Covers and spine crease free and otherwise very clean throughout. The book provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of moral and ethical behaviour in and of organisations, adding an original, developmental perspective.

John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, 1993. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In very good condition with very good unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Clean throughout other than a small amount of soiling to lower edge of text block and otherwise near fine. At the time of listing this is the most recent edition of this important ornithological work. Please note this is a heavy book and additional postal charges will apply.

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1970. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing 1970 hardback. In very good condition with very good unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Owners name to inside front paste down otherwise clean, though slightly musty which should clear with time. 141pp 20cm x 13cm approx. Snow White lies in her glass coffin, paralyzed by a poisoned apple, communicating with her attendant dwarves -- Adonis, Buttons, Cato, Discipulus, Eglantine, and Feste -- by blinking her eyes (once for yes, twice for no). She is part of a traveling freak show managed by Doc (who drives a black Mercedes). "[A] spooky little novel...It reads as if Kafka, Beckett, and Ingmar Bergman collaborated on it." ("Life" August 1970)

Milne & Hutchinson, 1927. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed with dedication by the author to the blank front end paper. In very good condition with dulled gilt titles to spine and family crest to front. Very clean throughout. Rough cut pages. The letters of Lord Elchies, An eighteenth century Scottish Judge (1690 - 1757), The letters may be of special interest to people interested in the history of the north east of Scotland in particular as they afford some light on the persons, events and customs of the early part of the eighteenth century prior to the "forty five". They deal mainly with the management of Elchie's Estate.

American University in Cairo Press, 1988. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A good reading copy, lightly rubbed to edges and some label marks to covers with general handling wear. Owners name to half title otherwise clean throughout. Please note postal rates will be reduced.

Penguin, 1976. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. rease to lower front corner otherwise crease free, slightly faded to page edges but remains a very good reading copy

The Crowood Press UK, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing Book itself as new in very good unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. Reverse of jacket has some surface indentations not affecting the boards, clean throughout

Simon and Schuster, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket, no inscription clean throughout. Top edge of inside flaps of jacket age tanned but free from nicks and tears. Volume V of Manceron's epic history of the French Revolution which covers the period from Calonne's dismissal to the Uprising of Paris. Please note additional postal charges apply (UK £1.65)

1st UK edition, without dust jacket. Slight reading crease and fading to spine with small bump to lower front fore edge corner, internally clean.The novel is set in Moscow at the time of the Battle for Moscow in 1941/2. It is not a war "Action" novel but is set behind the front lines in Moscow and is told through the eyes of a Polish Jew who has enlisted in the Russian Army. It highlights the antisemitism in both the German and Soviet troops and the Russian population at the time. A highly moving account based very largely on the author's experience. Mann himself was a Polish Jew who fled to the Soviet Union from Nazi occupied Poland and became a teacher prior to enlisting in the Soviet Red Army.

G Putnam's Sons, 1906. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In very good condition, burgundy buckram boards with gilt decoration and titles to spine, slight fade to spine and lightly rubbed to corners. Owners stamp to front pastedown otherwise clean and free from foxing. Fold out map to rear. Illustration showing the 'Ascension of Mohammed' to the frontispiece and numerous further full page illustrations. The Life of Mohammed and the rise of Islam.

Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With unclipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears. No inscription veyr clean throughout. The joint efforts of the US and Soviet Union to combat terrorism in the World pre 9/11

Washington Square Press, 1970. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A good reading copy only. Some handling wear to covers and creasing to spine, small chips to head and foot of spine. No inscription or markings and internally clean. All pages intact

London: George G Harrap, 1924. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Minimal shelf wear to edges, no inscription clean throughout. A collection of seventeen short stories including contributions from; H G Wells, Stacy Aumonier, W W Jacobs, Edwin Pugh, Dora Sigerson Shorter, C E Montague, E V Lucas, Harold Brighouse, Barry Pain, W J Locke, W Pett Ridge, Leonard Merrick, Dion Clayton Calthrop, Conan Doyle, Kenneth Graham, G K Chesterton. For contents list see photos

Paul Elek, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. With price clipped dust jacket free from nicks and tears, slight fade to spine and now in protective sleeve. No inscription or markings clean throughout, slightly 'musty'. A biographical literary study of Edward Thomas and his work. When asked during the First World War, what he was fighting for Edward Thomas picked up a pinch of English earth and said 'literally for this'. This book sets out to explore what lay behind that reply.