Search Results: Authors starting with M from Hardy Books

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1980. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 274 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Frontis portrait. Illustrated from photographs. Index. Bibliography. Cloth Backed Boards. Octavo. Silver spine lettering. A well-researched biography of O'Hara, the hard-drinking author of Butterfield 8, Appontment In Samara, From The Terrace and Pal Joey. O'Hara was a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. Author MacShane also wrote The Life of Raymond Chandler. A Near Fine copy (minor edgewear) in a Near Fine dustjacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States address.

New York: Paul S. Eriksson, Inc, 1973. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. (xiii) 274 pages. SIGNED in ink by David Magee on the front free endpaper ("With best wishes David Magee"). Illustrated, including photgraphs of David Magee's San Francisco bookshop. Introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell. Illustrated dust jacket. Prior owner's neat bookplate at front pastedown. Cloth. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". The memoir of the great San Francisco antiquarian book dealer David Magee, written in a charming intimate style. This title should be in the collection of anyone with an interest in books. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket (bookplate; slight edgewear at spine-ends), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1863. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (viii) 371 (8 adverts.) pp. Illustrated "With Many Comic Illustrations By Mullen". Brown embossed cloth. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Repaired by Coriander Reisbord, including re-backing with original spine laid down (Reisbord's notes laid in). Cataloger's notes affixed to rear pastedown. Per Kurutz, The Californnia Gold Rush #431, "Massett has been called California's first Bohemian and San Francisco and Sacramento's first entertainer...Colonel J. D. Steveenson gave him a job as alcalde, notary, and mayor of New Yorl of the pacific (on Suisun Bay). He then went to Sacramento, where he started an auction house. In Sacramento, Massett gave the first dramatic perfomance. Later, this versitile man became a partner and editor of the Marysville Herald, and discovered "Dame Shirley" by publishing some of her sketches and poems in 1851...While in San Francisco, he contributed many articles to the local newspapers under his… Read More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xiv) (2) 68 (1) pp. One of 550 un-numbered copies of a limited edition. 32 illustrations, including 8 in color and 3 folding. Notes. Chronological checklist of Mexican lithographic works: 1826-1899. List of printers and lithographers of 19th Century Mexico. Bibliography. Linen-backed illustrated boards. 8 1/2" x 12". Designed and printed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press, Mountain View, California. BCC publiction #178. A beautifully produced monograph covering only lithographers who worked in Mexico during the stated period. Sans plain paper wrapper; now in a custom clear 4mil protective jacket. Trivial edgewear, else Fine. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Hollywood: United Artists, 1932. First Edition. Near Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is an ORIGINALstill photograph from the 1932 United Artists movie, "RAIN", starring Joan Crawford (as "Sadie Thompson"), Walter Huston, Guy Kibbee,William Gargan and Beulah Bondi. From a story by W. Somerset Maughm. William Gargan stars as a United States Marine and is shown in this photograph in tropical worsted unitform with sergeant stripes and a campaign cover. Movie text at bottom margin. Prior owners' stamp and name in ink on verso. A Near Fine copy, now in a 4mil clear mylar protective envelope. FREE SHIPPING.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 192 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown cloth. Gilt cover and spine titling. 6" x 9 1/4". Charles McCabe authored a very popular San Francisco Chronicle column, called The Fearless Spectator. It was said that he would finish his column early each morning and then stride over to Gino and Carlo, a North Beach saloon, for several bottles of "green death" (Rainier ale). This book is a collection of his best Chronicle columns concerning alcohol, a subject about which the author's knowledge was encyclopedic. Certainly a book for San Franciscans, wherever they may be. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket (price-clipped; spine-sunned as usual with this title; slight edgewear at spine-ends), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Hollywood: MGM, 1990. Fine. This is an ORIGINAL photograph of Actress Elizabeth McGovern. 8" x 10". Balck and White. Glossy print. Heavier photostock. The photograph is SIGNED in ink by Ms. McGovern. On the verso is a stamp with a brief biographical sketch of Ms. McGovern. Elizabeth McGovern is an American actress. She had her screen debut in "Ordinary People". She was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress, playing Evelyn Nesbit in "Ragtime". Other films include "Once Upon a Time in America" and "Shoot The Moon". Recently, she had a memorable role as the Countess of Grantham in the "Downton Abbey" series. In FINE condition, now in a clear 4-mil protective envelope. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of photographs via economy mail to any United States address.

Oakland: Biobooks, 1946. First Thus. Cloth-backed cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (ix) 205 (3) pp. SIGNED by Biobooks publisher. J. A. Sullivan in ink on the colophon. #430 of 675 limited copies. Number 7 of the California Centennial Editions.Printed at The Gillick Press, Berkeley. Facsimile copies of 1857 and 1858 newspapers in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. Facsimile of Pacific Mail List for November 6, 1856 (folding) facing page 116. Black cloth-backed red cloth. 7 1/4" x 10". A retelling of the "Narrative of Edward McGowan", originally published in 1857, concerning the author's difficulties with the San Francisco Viligence Committee of 1856, formed after the killing of James King of William by James P. Casey. Describes McGowan's trial for complicity in the killing of James King of William, for which he was acquitted. Zamorano 80, #54; Wheat 132; Howes M-103A. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United… Read More

Oakland: Biobooks, 1946. First Thus. Cloth-backed cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (ix) 205 (3) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Biobooks publisher. J. A. Sullivan in ink on the colophon: To Hugh C. Baker / My Best Wishes 1/6/47 / Thirty Seven / Joe Sullivan". #37 of 675 limited copies. Number 7 of the California Centennial Editions.Printed at The Gillick Press, Berkeley. Facsimile copies of 1857 and 1858 newspapers in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. Facsimile of Pacific Mail List for November 6, 1856 (folding) facing page 116. Black cloth-backed red cloth. 7 1/4" x 10". A retelling of the "Narrative of Edward McGowan", originally published in 1857, concerning the author's difficulties with the San Francisco Viligence Committee of 1856, formed after the killing of James King of William by James P. Casey. Describes McGowan's trial for complicity in the killing of James King of William, for which he was acquitted. Zamorano 80, #54; Wheat 132; Howes M-103A. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective… Read More

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1982. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. 144pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Produced at the Yolla Bolly Press, Covelo, California. Cloth-backed boards. 6 1/2" x 8 1/4". Anthropologist Joan McIntrye is the former president of Project Jonah and the author of "Mind in the Waters". Contrary to what the title suggests, this book is not about the technicalities of whale-watching. Instead, it is largely about the healing powers of the ocean. From the jacket flap: "This remarkable book is the log of a voyage of self-discovery, in the tradition of Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Loren Eisley, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh. Inspirational in the best and truest sense, it will speak eloquently to many people." A departure for the Yolla Bolly Press, which specializes in fine press limited editions. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States address.

Hollywood, 1926. Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is an ORIGINAL KEYBOOK photograph of actor VICTOR McLAGLEN in a Unitied States Marine Corps campaign cover (with USMC Emblem) and the point of chevrons on his right sleeve. Although otherwise unidentified, this photograph was probably made in connection with the film, "WHAT PRICE GLORY?", the 1926 silent film, directed by Raoul Walsh, based upon the play by Laurence Stallings and Maxwell Anderson. Victor McLaglen (1886-1959) was born in England and was a prize fighter early in his career. He fought Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson in 1906 in Victoria, B. C. (Six rounds; no decision exhibition). He played character roles, notably in films directed by John Ford. He won the 1935 Academy Award for Best Actor for "The Informer". He was nominated for the 1952 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Quiet Man. This is an 8" x 10" black and white Keybook ORIGINAL photograph, on glossy double-weight paper stock with two fastener holes at the top. A Fine… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. 444 pages. SIGNED / INSCRIBED by both authors in ink on a front free endpaper ("For Gwen / Larry & Diana on the outlaw Trail--- / Best, Larry / Dianna"). First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth Backed boards. Large octavo. In 1993, the authors wrote a screenplay about the American outlaw Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd. Thereafter, they decided to flesh out the material into a novel, and this book is the result of that collaberation. A FINE copy in a FINE dust jacket, now in a clear, mylar protective sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

Hollywood: The Eagle Pictures, 1933. First Edition. Near Fine. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for the 1933 film "THE BIG CHANCE" starring Mickey Rooney, John Darrow, Merna Kennedy, Natalie Moorhead and J. Carrol Naish. Linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. 27" x 41". Artwork by "Hap" Hadley, an important illustrator and one of the few who was allowed to sign his movie poster work. (Here, signed in the print). In this film, a boxer agrees with gangsters to throw an important fight, but is dissuaded by his girlfriend and a young fan (Rooney). Mickey Rooney was to go on to star in very successful MGM movies.This film can presently be seen on Amazon Prime. A scarce poster. Near Fine. Shipped rolled. FREE SHIPPING to any United States address.

San Francisco: Pacific Publication Company, 1914. First Edition. Very Good/4-mil clear mylar envelope. 93 (2) pp. Illustrated from City drawing; photograph of author. Biographical sketch of the Author. Brown stapled wrappers. 7" x 9 1/4". A dramatized version of an unpublished novel by Ella Sterling Mighels, the author of "The Story of the Files". A unique view of period San Francisco. A Very Good copy (well-rubbed from handling;1"closed tears at lower spine, front free endpaper), now in a clear 4mil mylar protective envelope. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Photoplay Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 251 pp. Illustrated with photographic stills from the motion picture. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue cloth. Octavo. The photoplay edition for the 1927 Warner Brothers film starring John Barrymore, Dolores Costello and Warner Oland. (Dolores Costello and John Barrymore were married in 1928). A Very Good Plus or better copy ("Withdrawn" stamp from the Wisconsin Center for Film, and Theater Research on front and rear pastedowns; slight edgewear) in a Very Good Plus dust jacket (toned; edgewear and chipping), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Hollywood: Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, 1950. Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is a SIGNED color movie still photograph of ANN MILLER in a bathing suit with an American flag in the background. Borderless. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4". Glossy finish. Ann Miller's autograph in ink at the lower right corner. Ann Miller (1923-1940) was an American actress, singer and dancer. After dancing in San Francisco clubs as a teenager, she was signed by RKO in 1937 and appeared in small parts. She then moved to Columbia where she remained until 1946. She then signed with MGM and her career blossomed. She appeared in major MGM musicals, including Easter Parade, On The Town and Kiss Me Kate. In 1979 she came out of retirement to play with Mickey Rooney for nine years in Sugar Babies. She left us in 2004 at age 80. A Fine copy, now in a clear 4mil mylar protective envelope. FREE SHIPPING.

New York: Harper & & Row, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 412 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Notes. Bibliography. Index. White cloth with gilt spine titling. The story of the celebrity foreign correspondent reporters (Harry Scovel, Stephen Crane, Cora Taylor, Richard Harding Davis, James Creelman and others) covering the Spanish-American War in Cuba. They fueled the battle between Joseph Pulitzer's WORLD and William Randolph Hearst's JOURNAL newspapers in the "Yellow Journalism" days of the late-nineteenth century. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket (soiling to back cover; slight edgewear), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

San Luis Obispo, California: H. M. Moreno (Self-published), 1916. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. 95 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author H. M. Moreno in ink on the front free endpaper ("Presented to Wm Burge with the Author's every best wish. Henry M. Moreno / S. P. Tunnel No. 10, San Luis Obispo, Cal., Aug. 12th, 1917."). Gray cloth with front cover black titling. 5" x 7 1/2". Self-published dictionary by newspaperman Moreno and originally on sale at just 4 local stores in San Luis Obispo. Southern Pacific Tunnel No. 10, mentioned in the inscription, collapsed in 1910, and was not rebuilt but was bypassed by the railroad. Scarce signed and in this hardcover edition. A Very Good Plus copy (soiled, spine-ends slightly crimped; small abrasion at center spine) now in a custom clear protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States address.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. First Edition. Boards. As New/Near Fine. (xii) 431 pp. SIGNED in ink by John Mortimer on the title page ("With best wishes / John Mortimer"). Price-clipped illustrated dust jacket. Introduction by John Mortimer. Index of Villains. Index of Authors. Black boards with gilt titling. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Anthology of villany curated and edited by the inimitable John Mortimer, Q.C., the father of Rumpole of the Bailey. Chapters include "Master Crooks", "Murderers", "Seducers and Cads". Con Men" and others. But for the price-clipping of the jacket, an As New copy in a Fine jacket.

London: Werner Shaw Ltd. / Elkin Mathews, 1986. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. (ix) 224 pp. SIGNED in ink by Barbara Kaye on the title page. Illustrated, including from personal photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth. 6" x 9 1/4". A memoir by the wife of legendary English bookseller and bibliophile Percy Muir, including literary life during World War Two. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.