Search Results: Authors starting with M from Bluebird Books

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Co. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. A collection of 9 stories by notable writers, separated into two parts. Includes works by Poe, Kipling, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Irving and Stevenson (among others). Edited and with and introduction by Hamilton W. Mabie. Includes a frontis portrait of Ivan Turgenev. Vol. XIX, Parts I and II of the publisher's Pocket University Series. --- In navy cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped decoration to cover, titling & decorations in blue on spine, top edge gilt. --- Spine is somewhat sunned but lettering is readable; interior has yellowed but lacks other markings and volume is sturdy & tight.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xvi, 186, 138 pages .

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1918. Hardcover. A selection of 11 stories for children by noted authors such as Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and others. Edited and with an introduction by Hamilton Wright Mabie. With black & white frontis illustration by Blanche Ostertag. (NOTE: 4 additional illustrations have apparently been removed from this copy.) --- In rust cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations gilt-stamped on spine. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- A prior owner has used his rubber stamp liberally, and with inkings, underlinings and the numeral 4 inked to spine; else a firm, sound copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); (18), 300 pages .

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. A likely second printing of Civil War historian Clarence Edward Macartney's account of Union naval operations under President Lincoln during that conflict. Focusing on the admirals who led these forces, the author describes the tactics and strategies employed. With black & white photographic portraits and several maps & drawings; foreword by George Fielding Eliot. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with spine titling and decorations in gilt. Volume wrapped in navy & gold dust jacket with montage of naval guns & flags to cover. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, another owner's signature to flyleaf dated Spring, 1984. Roughly price-clipped dust jacket with a little rubbing & light chafing to edges, else bright, complete, and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector (which also is lightly rubbed). ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; xiii,… Read More

Philadelphia: Henry Altemus. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [c.1890s]. Hardcover. A compact edition presenting six lays of ancient Rome. A "lay" is a historic poem, ballad or story; in this case, poems. With a handful of black & white drawings, and a frontis portrait of the compiler, Thomas Babington Macaulay. --- In red floral cloth backed in cream cloth with gilt dots to front cover & spine, gilt-stamped spine titling. Undated, possibly published c.1890s. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- With chafing to cover edges, prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down and a charming gift inscription to him by his sister on ffep, otherwise a tightly-bound, unmarked copy without significant additional damages.; 24mo - 5 to 6 in. tall; 191, [16, ads] pages .

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. Hardcover. A 1916 reprint of the 1907 issuance. Volume I only (of two) in Everyman's Library edition of a collection of essays by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), the English historian and essayist. In this volume, the author discusses English History. Newly arranged by A. J. Grieve, with appended explanatory index and prefatory note. An entry in Everyman's Library Essays and Belles Lettres series, edited by Ernest Rhys. EL no. 225. --- In flatback binding style 1, full burnt orange cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, dark topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Lacks a dust jacket. --- The cloth covering of the spine is somewhat crumpled, and with prior owner's signature to front endpaper;… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0395428572 . In this best-selling work, artist and author David Macaulay clearly and simply explains in pictures and words how hundreds of various machines in use in modern life actually work. Per the front cover, this work explains the workings "From levers to lasers, cars to computers-a visual guide to the world of machines." Originally published in the UK by Dorling Kindersley. --- In white pictorial covers with some of Macaulay's artwork to cover; coated in clear gloss outer skin. Dust jacket repeats the cover art. --- With an inked gift inscription to front free endpaper, otherwise a clean, tightly-bound, bright copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with minor chafing to edges, otherwise bright and intact.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 384 pages .

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c.1906]. First Edition. Hardcover. An undated likely first edition (1906) of Volume One only (of three) of Thomas Babington Macaulay's influential History of England. Written from a Whig point of view, this provides a detailed look at the history of England from 1685 to 1702. With an unattributed introduction. First issued by Everyman's Library in 1906 in three volumes, this work was later issued in four volumes. Everyman's Library #34, an entry in EL's History series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full scarlet cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to both front… Read More

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [c.1906]. First Edition. Hardcover. An undated likely first edition (1906) of Volume Three only (of three) of Thomas Babington Macaulay's influential History of England. Written from a Whig point of view, this provides a detailed look at the history of England from 1685 to 1702. First issued by Everyman's Library in 1906 in three volumes, this work was later issued in four volumes. Everyman's Library #36, an entry in EL's History series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full scarlet cloth-covered boards with elaborate Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page, endpapers & frontis. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With prior owner's signature to both front free endpaper and title page, some… Read More

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1983. Soft Cover. Thin geological publication with chart back pocket. Monor stains to cover, else sharp and intact. 13 pgs. W/charts & maps. ; 60697; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394404254 . Stated first edition of Ross Macdonald's mystery, featuring his private investigator character Lew Archer. In this story, Archer investigates the theft of a valuable painting and the disappearance of a famous artist. --- In blue paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with author initials and decorations in blind to cover; titling and decorations in gilt to spine; yellow topstain. Dust jacket with Jill Krementz photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- With light sunning along top edges of covers, otherwise a bright, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Unclipped jacket with tear to back along with light creasing, minor crumpling to edges and with faint strip of soiling to front panel; but overall bright and intact.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 270 pages .

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. A 1944 reprint edition of the 1908 issuance. The infamous statesman's essays on power and governance in an Everyman's Library edition. Translated from the Italian and with an introduction by W. K. Marriott. Entry 280 in Everyman's Library Essays & Belles-Lettres series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In Everyman's Library binding style 3 with full orange cloth and gilt-stamped spine titling, blindstamped Eric Ravilious-designed 'shell' to cover and dark topstain. Dust jacket in blue, with Ravilious 'knot' to cover. --- A well-preserved copy: bright, unmarked and tightly-bound, though with faint sunning to edges of cloth and a hint of soiling to blindstamped cover shell. Jacket with orange bleed off from cover cloth to lower area, a couple of small tears to upper edge and slightly darkened spine; protected… Read More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. An early US edition of Helen MacInnes's first novel. Based in part on her experiences while honeymooning with husband Gilbert Highet, this thriller tells of espionage activity against the Nazi regime in Austria during World War II. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling; blue topstain. Dust jacket with shadowy color image of a couple and a dog on hilly terrain. --- With light wear to extremities of cloth and binder's glue bleed-through to endpapers, else a sound, unmarked copy. Unpriced dust jacket with chafing to edges but overall bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 333 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1982. BCE. Hardcover. 0151181713 . A full-sized book club edition of the suspenseful twentieth novel by Helen MacInnes. This is the story of Bob Renwick, an American whose travels take him all over Europe and to Africa as he becomes entangled in ". . .an intricate web of intrigue. . .[in the world of] modern intelligence. . .hidden and hideous force that threatens freedom everywhere." --- In pale lavender paper-covered boards backed in black cloth, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, unmarked and tightly-bound. Dust jacket with minor rubbing to extremities but overall bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (8), 342 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. 0151831807 . Stated first edition of the sixteenth novel by Helen MacInnes. The thrilling story is set in Czechoslovakia and Austria, and is centered around the author's Irina Kusak character as she attempts to elude shadowy figures who are out to kill her. --- In full blue cloth-covered boards, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Dust jacket with a black & white Gilbert Highet photographic portrait of the author to back panel. --- With penciled notation to front free endpaper and slight wear to cover edges, else a clean, tightly-bound, unmarked copy. Price-clipped dust jacket with a little creasing and minor soiling but overall intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (12), 306 pages .

London: Collins. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. A 1955 UK edition of Helen MacInnes's ninth novel. Set in Bern, Switzerland, this is the story of Bill Denning who, posing as an American tourist, becomes involved in a possible large diamond heist. Per the jacket flap, characters in the story are exposed to danger, when "Into this brooding atmosphere of fear, suspicion and mounting danger comes sudden death." --- In full blue cloth-covered boards with gilt-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in jacket with color image of an apparent assault in old town Bern to front panel. --- With some foxing to textblock edges, and with acidic stains to endpapers, else a clean, unmarked, tightly-bound copy. Price-clipped dust jacket is chipped at spine ends and with some tape-repaired tears; wrapped in old-style clear protector.; Small Octavo - 7-1/2 to 8 in. tall; 256 pages .

New York: Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. Stated First American Edition, copyright page. A history of the four centuries of wind-powered ships by Captain Donald Macintyre, accompanied by a selection of period writings from 1520 to 1914 by the likes of Sir Francis Drake, Captain James Cook, Joseph Conrad and many others. With an introduction by Uffa Fox . With 44 color and 305 black and white illustrations which depict the fascinating array of various sailing ships. --- This oversize work (measuring 12.5 in. wide x 10 in tall) in full blue cloth-covered boards with spine titling in lighter blue, blindstamped compass image to cover. Unclipped jacket with wrap-around Adam Willaerts color painting. --- The covers are a little loose, otherwise a clean, firm copy. Jacket with a 1.5-inch tear to lower edge, with additional small creases and curling to edge, else bright, intact and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; Oblong Small Quarto (9… Read More

London: Studio Editions, Ltd.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 1858910048 . A compact overview of the famed Irish manuscript thought to have been produced in the late 8th to early 9th century. Though its origins are murky, the Book of Kells is probably the finest surviving illuminated manuscript from the medieval period. With several color plates which give the reader an idea of the magnificence of the original book. --- In full maroon cloth-covered boards with representative image from the book pasted to cover, and surrounded by gilt frame. Volume lacks a dust jacket. --- A bright, tightly-bound, unmarked copy lacking apparent damages.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; c. 40 pp. pages .

New York: Random House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 140006127X . A first edition of author's study of the historic visit made by U.S. President Richard Nixon to the China of Chairman Mao in 1972. The visit triggered a major shift in U.S.-Chinese relations. With a section of black & white plates. --- In black paper-covered boards with spine titling in gilt. Dust jacket with photo of Nixon and Mao greeting one another. --- A very nice copy, clean, bright and newish. Unclipped jacket with slight rubbing, is otherwise undamaged.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); xxii, 406 pages .

New York: The Modern Library / Boni and Liveright. Good with no dust jacket. [c.1923]. Flexible Leatherette. A Modern Library edition presenting John Macy's analysis of American literature, in which he focuses on 16 authors, including the likes of Poe, Thoreau, Twain and others. With a preface by the author, and an opening chapter entitled "General Characteristics." Extensively indexed. --- In Toledano spine #3 / brown leatherette ("Croftleather") limp boards / gilt spine titling & horizontal bars / gilt Modern Library-B&L device to cover / Brodzky illustrated M-L endpapers / brown topstain / lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1918, though 1913 date appears in book. ML #56.1. --- A Good-only copy, with ragged cover edges, prior owner's inked name to front free endpaper, and mild age-toning to otherwise unmarked leaves, else a sound copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; vii, (2), 347, (11, ads) pages .

Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870042890 . A first edition of Brigham D. Madsen's examination of the history of the Northern Shoshoni Indian tribe. They are comprised of four distinct groups of Shoshoni, as well as a related band of Northern Paiute, the Bannock. Encroaching white settlers forced the Northern Shoshone onto the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in Idaho. With numerous black & white photos showing people and scenes described in the book, and a handful of maps. --- In full burnt orange cloth-covered boards with cover & spine titling in black. Volume wrapped in jacket with group photo of numerous Shoshoni tribespeople, and another of a cluster of their tipis. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy though with very slight wear to cover extremities. Unclipped dust jacket ($17.95) with a two-inch tear to back panel & a little rubbing, else remaining bright and intact; wrapped in… Read More