Search Results: Authors starting with M from Squid Ink Books

First UK trade paperback edition, Very Good book that has light corner creases, touch of rubbing both panels, mild spine slant, and light page toning. This Macdonald mystery was published in hardback in UK in 1931.

Good to Very Good book with light wear to boards, sun fade along top edges of boards, soft at spine ends, cloth backing bit frayed at bottom of spine, small spot on front paste-down hidden beneath front flap, small ink spot along bottom edge of first three pages, ballpoint "S" to back paste-down; in a Very Good jacket with light edge and corner wear, fraying at top of spine, slight sun fade spine, age yellowing along edges, vertical crease to front flap. Quite decent reading copy.

A Novel of Intrigue & Suspense, The first U.S. edition. Very Good book that is very slightly bumped at corners, soft at spine ends with bit of wear there to quarter cloth; In a Very Good, PRICE-CLIPPED, jacket that edge and corner, two 1 inch closed tears top of front panel, wear and slight chipping to spine ends, and moderate soiling to back panel and spine. The U.K. author was quite popular following WWII and was well-known in English literary circles. Very scarce in any edition, but especially in this U.S. 1st printing.

Near Fine unread book with slight shelf wear, pushed at spine top, couple tiny spots bottom page edges; in a Fine minus jacket with slight sun fade on spine. This copy has been signed by MacLeod on the title page. A Peter Shandy mystery.

Fine minus book and jacket with touch of wear at spine ends and typical St. Martin's light edge and corner wear on jacket, an unread copy with generic inscription - Best wishes - and signed by author on title page. Author's first book, a genealogical mystery.

Two copies. A first impression 1st state with a dedication, which was removed in second state and later printings. This is a Near Fine, unread book with slight age toning around edges of boards and spine ends, which are soft; in a Good to Very Good jacket that has edge wear, some loss of color edges and folds and spine with rubbing both panels. A second impression that is a Near Fine book with slight age toning around edges of boards and spine ends, which are soft and with touch of rubbing to lettering on spine; in a Good jacket with edge wear, some chipping, and color loss edges, folds, spine and back panel, rubbing both panels. This copy has been signed by Mailer on the half-title page and dated Oct. 31, 1998. Both copies have price of $4.95 on front flap. Second copy also has 99 in ballpoint lower corner front flap. This a novel, quite crude, about an Alaskan hunting outing and has nothing to do with Vietnam.

Very Good to Near Fine book that has rubbing, slight bumping and wear to spine ends and bottom edges of boards, tiny closed tear at top of spine, touch of color loss within back gutter, light age toning to page edges; in a Very Good jacket that has edge wear, several small closed tears and very small chips, some color loss at corners, along folds and along jacket edges, mild rubbing and touch of age toning along top of back panel and edges of flaps. The jacket is not the 1st state and does not have the blurb for readers by Stanley Rinehart. The Rinehart colophon is present on the copyright page and front flap shows price of $4.00. This copy of Mailer's acclaimed first novel has a 3 by 5 card laid-in with an inscription: "To Orville W. Jafke with my best wishes," signed by Mailer.

Very Good book with light edge wear, pushed at spines, with light dusting and soiling to page edges, very mild page edge yellowing, in a Very Good jacket that has sun yellowing on spine, flap creases along top edge, with edge wear and several small closed tears, with chipping and some color loss at spine ends and corners. Mailer's second novel, following on the heels of huge best-seller, The Naked and the Dead.

First UK edition 1st printing, Fine minus, unread book with very slight page edge yellowing; in a Fine minus dust jacket with slight wear top front corner. This copy has been signed by Malcolm on title page. The Ninth Tim Simpson mystery; very hard to find in UK 1st.

First UK edition, Near Fine to Fine, unread book has touch of dusting top page edges, a very small spot near bottom of front paste-down that is covered by jacket flap, slight bump at bottom corner at spine, and with slight rub front end page top corner from a price erasure. Very Good to Near Fine dust jacket has bit of corner wear, slight wrinkle bottom of spine and sun fade on spine. This is Malcolm's very scarce first Tim Simpson mystery.

First UK edition 1st printing, Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. A beautiful unread copy of the fourth Tim Simpson mystery, signed by Malcolm on title page.

First edition 1st printing, Fine unread book in a Fine dust jacket. This copy has been signed by Malone on the half-title page and dated 02. Malone, who works mostly as an artist, has published two books of short stories and this novel, which is set in Texas.

Near Fine book with bumps at spine ends, and very slight bump bottom corner front board; in a Very Good to Near Fine jacket with edge and corner wear, some soiling to front panel, and with two small dings back panel at gutter. Signed, with personal inscription, on the dedication page.

First edition 1st printing, Very Good book with light wear bottom edges of boards, page edges lightly rubbed bottom and top with top stain rubbed and faded, soft at top of spine, very slight bumps top edges of boards; Jacket is Very Good with light rubbing and soiling, couple of small coffee stains, edge and corner wear.

First US edition 1st printing, Fine minus book with light pushing at spine ends, in a Near Fine jacket with light edge wear and mild rubbing on black portions of the jacket. Wallander ends up after an assassin in South Africa who is stalking Nelson Mandela. A nice copy that has been signed by Mankell on the title page.

First edition 1st printing, Near Fine oversize book (~8 ½ by 11 inches) in glossy wraps, with light wear and slight rubbing. Contains 11 technical papers regarding field studies on the Alaskan glacier. Contour map of the glacier present in holder on interior of back cover. Laid-in is a presentation letter and request for comments from the Head of the Dept. of Geography and Computer Science at the U. S. Military Academy (a Col. Gerald B. Galloway). This report was Research Paper No. 1 for the Military Academy Geography Department and Publication Series No. 4 at the ASU Dept. of Geography.

First UK edition 1st printing, Near Fine book with mild page yellowing, touch of shelf wear and very slight spine slant, in a Near Fine jacket that has small wrinkle top front panel and very light rubbing, a nice copy of author's second book.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

First UK edition, Very Good book with soft spine ends, light soiling and rubbing to edges of page block, starting at spine first several pages, previous owner name at top corner front end page; in a Very Good jacket that has ligt edge and corner wear, some soiling, light overwrite impressions, and a touch of age yellowing edges. A Roderick Alleyn mystery.

First UK edition, Good to Very Good book that has wear and black soiling along portion of bottom edges, slight slant, page block has slight soiling and some mild foxing, spine has soft ends and is bowed along its middle, previous owner name at top corner of front end page. In a Very Good jacket that has light edge and corner wear, light overwrite impressions, vertical crease to back flap, and age yellowing to edges of white portions. This is a Roderick Alleyn mystery.

First UK edition 1st printing, a Fine unread book in a Fine dust jacket, signed by Marshall on title page.