Search Results: Authors starting with M from E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA

New York: Greenwillow (1983). Pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light dust soil. The story of an oak tree and its environment from when it was just an acorn to being a mature, 200 yr. old tree. Beautiful and detailed color artwork throughout. . First American Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Clare Roberts. Square 4to.

New York: James H. Heineman (1965). Glossy wraparound pictorial boards, lamination beginning to lift near spine else fine. Bright and cheeful color and b&w artwork. . First Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. Oblong 4to.

New York: Hastings House, 1967 Reinforced pictorial cloth boards, with light shelf wear, some foxing to first and last few pages, marginal damp stain along bottom edge. Meant to show children how a young boy of Ireland might live. Illustrated with b&w photographs throughout. Text is in Gaelic / English hybrid?. First American Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Wolfgang Suschitzky (Photographs). 8vo.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1967 Grey cloth titled in blue ink, top of spine bumped, dent and small tear to top edge; plain lettered dust jacket with light wear, soil and darkening, original price intact ($3.50) Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos. A nice vintage copy.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Wm S Orr & Co, 1843 60 pgs. Engraved & Printed by Bradbury & Evans. Card covers printed in black ink, rubbed and soiled with small losses to spine, internally clean. In the early days of Punch Magazine, when it was struggling to keep afloat, the editors had the idea to issue a special Almanack for Christmas of 1841. It was a shocking success, selling 90,000 copies when regular issues of the magazine barely sold 6000 copies. The following year they issued, not only the annual Almanack, but also another Christmas publication, A Shilling's Worth of Nonsense, which would be reprinted every year until about 1850 when the magazine went through major changes in ownership and content. At the time that A Shilling's Worth of Nonsense was published the editors were Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon and Joseph Stirling Coyne--one or all of them are likely responsible for the text. The cover is signed PHIZ (pseud. of Hablot Knight Brown). Many of the engravings are signed Evans, most… Read More

New York: FSG (1981). Hard cover in illustrated dust jacket slghtly darkened at edges. A fantasy about a boy who thinks a feather and strange nighttime lights hold the key to saving an ailing poet. . First Edition. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

London/Philadelphia: Augener Ltd/David McKay, 1912 Wheat color cloth with gilt titles and full color oval pastedown, mild wear to pastedown, eps darkened, gift inscription dated 1935, faintly musty. A collection of nursery songs, harmonized by Alfred Moffat and illustrated with beautiful full-color plates by Le Mair. . Early Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by H Willebeek Le Mair. Oblong 4to.

Krakow, Poland: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1957 Pictorial wraps with wear along edges, cover soil, gift inscription. The third volume in a 1950s reissue of this enduring Polish comic which has been in print, in one form or another since it first appeared in the 1930s. . Later Printing. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Marian Walentynowicz. Oblong 4to.

Krakow, Poland: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1957 Pictorial wraps with wear along edges, cover soil, faint crease through book. The fourth volume in a 1950s reissue of this enduring Polish comic which has been in print, in one form or another since it first appeared in the 1930s. . Later Printing. Pictorial Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Marian Walentynowicz. Oblong 4to.

New York: Charles Scribners Sons (1942). Aqua cloth pictorially stamped in red; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear. The story of a train and a young Indian boy. Illustrated with beautiful lithographs in color and in b&w.. First Edition (A). Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Lois Maloy. Small 4to.

Boston: Boston Book Merchants, 1932 Color printed, illustrated wraps, previous owner's name to upper cover, light wear. A cooperative catalog assembled by ten Boston book merchants highlighting the books they felt were the best of the fall and holiday season. . Pictorial Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1949 Pictorial boards with spiral binding, mild shelf wear, pages that have come into contact with the "fireman's pole" have browned where they touched (as usual); matching dust jacket with a hint of wear, original price intact ($1.00). Brief text about what goes on at a fire house with everything a child would need to build their own model fire house! This copy is unpunched and unused.. Stated First Printing. Pictorial Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Leo Manso. Square 4to.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1950 (1950). Illustrated boards with spiral binding; in matching dust jacket with light wear and a few edge tears. Throughout the book there are different fold-down stages that the child was meant to use with the punch-out figures at the back of the book, which include a covered wagon, a coach, horses, tee-pees and of course cowboys and indians. Unpunched and unused. Leo Manso is probably best known as a pioneering abstract collage artist whose work is in the collections of fine art museums worldwide.. Stated First Edition. Illustrated Boards. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Leo Manso. Square 4to.

New York: Michael Di Capua Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990 Brown hard cover, offsetting to endpapers, as usual; color illustrated dust jacket with tiny abrasions (pinhead sized) at top of front panel, original price intact ($14.95). The familiar fairy tale with remarkable color artwork on every page. . Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Fred Marcellino. 4to.

New York: Michael Di Capua Books , 1999 Crocodile skin patterned boards in color illustrated dust jacket with small edge tears at top of spine and top corner. The first book both written and illustrated by Fred Marcellino, a Caldecott honoree and winner of other notable illustration awards.. Stated First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

New York: Knopf, 1994 Black cloth, small remainder mark, else fine; illustrated dust jacket, original price intact ($30.00). . First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Various. Oblong 4to.

Warsaw: Biuro Wydawnicze "Ruch", 1958 Pictorial card covers, age-toned, gift inscription to title page. A Polish tale illustrated in color and line on alternating pages. . Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Maria Uszacka. Oblong 12mo.

Paris: Flammarion, 1929 [1929] per BNdeF. Color printed stiff card covers, slightly age-toned, cloth spine frayed at ends, chipping and bumping to corners, thing goudges to rear cover, small remnants of glassine jacket stuck to inside covers. An old, rather sad, French song about the dangers of using make-up. Color cover and 8 color plates.. First And Only Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Marisol & Renee Maze. 4to.

Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio (1988). Illustrated boards in matching dust jacket with slight darkening at top edge, price-clipped. The story of a child who wanders away from his mother and accidentally discovers Nowhere, a place where he can find nothing he is looking for. Illustrated in color throughout.. First American Edition. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Alan Marks. Small Oblong 4to.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988 Blue cloth pictorially stamped in blue; color illustrated dust jacket with light wear and a 1/2" tear at top of spine, price-clipped. The seventh George & Martha book, illustrated in color throughout. These hippos are always a delight.. First Printing. Pictorial Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by James Marshall. Small Square 4to.