Search Results: Authors starting with M from leaves

new york: harcourt, brace & company, 1951. first american edition. hardcover. near fine, mild foxing to head, small stain to paste down end paper in rear/near fine; mild shelf wear; price unclipped ($4.00).

new york: norton, 1971. 1st US edition. hardcover.

new york: the modern library, 1948. first edition thus, 1948. mailer's debut novel, published in 1948 by rinehart & company when the author was just twenty-five years of age. divided into four parts and loosely based on mailer's time working as cook during the philippines campaign, the novel chronicles the experiences of a platoon of foot soldiers stationed on a fictional island in asia during world war ii. "the naked and the dead" recieved unprecedented critical acclaim and is touted as the first war novel. it was adapted for film in 1958. new york: the modern library. 5x7.25". 721 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards with gold and green stamping. book condition: fine. jacket condition: mild shelfwear, loss to foot of spine, unclipped($1.95).

boston: little brown & company, 1979. 1st. hardcover.

william morrow: new york, 1971. presumed 1st. hardcover. very good. rubbing to head and tail of spine. foxing to head of block./near fine. clipped. very slight shelfwear to head and tail of spine.. out of print.

new york: alfred a knopf, 1934. first u.s.. hardcover. near fine; library stamp to pastedown;/near fine: small chip to spine; mild discoloration to spine; mild soiling; else fine. price unclipped ($2.50).

milano: Idea Bks Edizoni, 1983. 1st edition. paperback. very good plus. slight sheflwear. small crease on lower front cover.. text in italian. Fotografie presents an interview by Germano Cealnt with American artist & photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. OOP.

boston: little brown and company, 1929. 1st edition 1st printing. hardcover. Very good. very mild soiling to spine. very mild toning./fine. facsimile dj.. facsimile dj. former owner inscription on fly leaf.

new york: routledge, 2003. 1st edition. paperback. fine./fine. mild shelfwear..

new york: bantam, 1997. 1st bantam paperback. mass market paperback.

new york: monk books, 2011. first edition thus, 2011. introduction by dorothea lasky. collection by the beloved poet bernadette mayer, of both the new york school and the language poets. includes translations of ancient greek and roman poems, as well as mayer's own responses. originally published by catchword papers in 1990. the initial printing consisted of 500 plus 26 lettered/signed copies. the 2011 reprint consisted of 200 copies. new york: monk books. 7x8". 30 pages. softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: near fine.

alabama: summa publications, 1993. softcover.

New York: random house, 2009. signed first edition. hardcover. Near fine. very mild sheflwear./very mild shelfware otherwise near fine. unclipped ($25.00).. author signature "for gary and Jaime, Sláinte Colum McCann" Stamped "this book was signed to Mary cotton and jaime clarke, owners of newtonville books, and subsequently donated to the center of fiction.

Alfred Knopf, New York, 2006. 1st Edition/ 1st Printing, Hardcover. Book: Fine. DJ: Fine, unclipped ($24.00) ..

london: readers union, 1954. 1st thus, 1954. mccullers's debut achieved instant acclaim. the heart is a lonely hunter delves into loneliness in a 1930s milltown. london: readers union. 8 x 5". 283 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: gentle foxing to block. mild staining around the edges. very good. jacket condition: mild shelf wear and foxing throughout. chips to head and foot of spine. very good-.

new york: simon & schuster, 1972. hardcover. first edition, 1972. tells a brief history of the engineering and explores the experiences of john a. roebling and his son washington as they struggled to build the great brooklyn bridge. mccullough recieved several nyc awards for his well-researched book. new york: simon & schuster. hardcover. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: some toning, minor shelfwear along head, small tear at foot of back cover. very good +.

new york: farrar, straus and giroux, 1978. signed first edition, 1978. after gaining notoriety with his first few novels, mcguane published the loosely autobiographical panama to largely negative reception. despite the overwhelmingly unfavorable response, mcguane believes panama to be his best work of fiction. new york: farrar, straus and giroux. 8.5"x 5.5". hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: sunning to head of front cover else fine. jacket condition: bumping to edge and foot of spine. unclipped(7.95). fine.

Colorado: Earth-love publishing house, 1993. 5th printing. softcover. very good, reading creases. Julianne guibault.

Chicago: Packard and Company, 1940. Fine. Slight foxing./clipped. mild-shelfwear..

new york: the feminist press, 1986. inscribed by author, 1986 first novel by the american author and activist louise merriweather (1923-2023). "daddy was a number runner" was first published in 1970 with a foreward by james baldwin. this book, which was her most successful work, contains some autobiographical elements drawn from merriweather's experience growing up in harlem during the depression and following the harlem renaissance. selling more than 400,000 copies, it was celebrated by writer paule marshall who said: "the novel's greatest achievement lies in the sense of black life that it conveys: vitality and force behind the despair. It celebrates the positive values behind the black experience: the tenderness and love that often lie underneath the abrasive surfaces of relationships...the humor that has long been an important part of the black survival kit, and the heroism of ordinary folk...a most important novel." inscribed as follows: "to bill, thank you for a marvelous intrdouction,… Read More