Search Results: Authors starting with M from Boojum and Snark Books

Macmillan, London, 1971. First paperback edition (hardcover and paperback editions published concurrently). SIGNED by George Macbeth on the front free endpaper. Drawing by Ralph Steadman on covers and repeated at the beginning of each chapter. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 103 pp. Good minus (moderate edgewear, rubbing, creasing to covers and spine; mild spine slant; focal mild soiling externally; two pages with creasing near fore-edge; otherwise, pages clean and binding tight). "The Orlando Poems have been called: (a) the first disposable epic; (b) a parody of Crow. But are they really poetry? This hightly entertaining sequence about the birth, life, and eventually mysterious disappearance of Orlando has intrigued and delighted audiences wherever and whenever George MacBeth has read from it." (3214016). Signed by Author(s). F. Soft cover.

Excudebat Jacobus Walker, Edinburgi, 1833. A rare medical thesis, published in Edinburgh in 1833. No OCLC library holdings. Book block only (no covers), beginning with half-title page, signatures still sewn together at spine. 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 inches, 18 pp. Paper in very good condition; a little foxing to half-title page; otherwise no foxing. In Latin. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. (3214002). F. Soft cover.

Southernwood Press, Amsterdam, 1988. First edition thus. Scarce. "This is the first English translation of Fenny Skaller and three other sections of Die Buecher der namenlosen Liebe von Sagitta, first published in Paris in 1913. This edition is a paperback original published by Southernwood Press." Glossy wraps, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 166 pp., two b/w photo illustrations. Very good (modest wear externally; pages clean and binding tight). Contents: Fenny Skaller: A Life of the Nameless Love; The Nameless Love: A Creed; Listen! Only a Moment! A Cry; The History of a Fight for the Nameless Love. (3214048). F. Soft cover.

Navy Blue Company; Greenlawn, New York, 1910 First edition. Copyright page: "The Registered Number of this copy is No. 155". Very good (moderate edgewear; moderate darkening/sunning, spine; few stains, rear cover, largest 3/4 inch in greatest dimension; moderate dulling of gilt, top edge; previous owner's signatures, endpapers, one dated October 13, 1910; modest browning of pages). Still attractive, despite these defects. Off-white cloth-covered boards, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches, 214 pp. (including advertisements at rear), index, 16 b/w illustrations. No dustcover. "From the diary of an English lad (a protege of the duchess of the fifth Duke of Marlborough) who served in the British frigate Macedonian during her memorable action with the American frigate United States; who afterward deserted and entered the American Navy, was recaptured by the British and confined in a South African prison and, on being released, again enlisted in the United States Navy." (K053). 1st Edition.… Read More

Julius Springer; Berlin; 1927. First German edition. Scarce. Yellow cloth-covered boards, 8 5/16 x 5 5/8 inches, 381 pp., index, tables, 33 figures. About good (soiling, spine and boards; short split in cloth, 1/2 inch, lower front hinge; a little soiling and foxing, edges of book block; previous owner's name in pencil, front free endpaper; preface to the German edition laid-in in front of the bound-in preface to the English edition --- no interruption to pagination to indicate that the preface to the German edition was originally bound in; pages clean and binding intact). The twelfth volume in Monographien aus dem Gesamtgebiet der Physiologie der Pflanzen und der Tiere. Key words: Medicine, Endocrinology, Physiology, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Insulin, Pancreas, Islets Langerhans, Glycogen, Glucose, Hyperglycemia, Glycosuria, Blood Sugar, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypoglycemia, Pharmacology. (3214024). F. Hardcover.

Paul B. Hoeber, New York, 1915 First edition thus. Paper-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, gilt front board decoration (the cane), top edge gilt, 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 261 pp., index. Very good (a little foxing and slight soiling, spine and boards; spine lettering moderately faded; attractive bookplate, front pastedown; binding tight and pages clean). Introduction by Sir William Osler. (3214002). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

General Mills, Minneapolis, 1945 One of the 'Wheaties Library of Sports'. 'Print your name and address clearly and list the books you want. Enclose the star from the top of a Wheaties package and 10c for each set of two books.' Scarce. Illustrated, stapled wraps (coach directing the practice of two boys on the front cover; list of other books in the 'Wheaties Library of Sports' on the rear cover). 7 x 5 inches, 29 pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Good plus (tear at bottom spine, 3/4 inch; small crase and 3/16 inch tear, bottom edge of front cover; crease, upper corner of rear cover, about 4 inches; modest browning and focal foxing, pages). Photo of Dave MacMillan, Basketball Coach, University of Minnesota, inside front cover: 'If you want to be a champion basketball player, you must learn to pass, shoot, dribble, and feint.' And this book contains detailed instructions, illustrations and diagrams about how to do so. The last page, of course, mentions a breakfast… Read More

Texas Medical Center, Houston, 1994 An exceptional copy, new condition. Blue paper-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 258 pp., b/w photo illustrations. (1722RO122). 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/No Jacket.

Devereaux & Company, Houston, 1990 Stapled wraps, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, unpaginated. Very good. (1722RO122). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Ober Park Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1973. First edition. Sewn wraps, illustrated covers, 7 7/8 x 11 inches, 191 pp., numerous b/w photo illustrations, bibliography, index. VG+ (modest sunning, spine; sticker removal shadow, rear cover; a few, short, linear blue marks, rear cover; quite attractive overall). Forward by Arthur Cotton Moore, A.I.A. A selection from the records of the Historic American Buildings Survey.. F. Soft cover.

(Madrid, Iowa); 1983. Gold-colored cloth-covered boards, blue spine lettering, blue front board lettering and decoration, 11 1/4 x 9 inches, 547 pp., map-illustrated endpapers, extensively illustrated with b/w photos. Near fine. Extensive history and genealogy. (3214011). F. Hardcover.

Slovo-Word, New York, 1995 First edition. Signed by author on page 112 (contents page). Printed wraps, 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches, 112 pp. In English and Russian. Fine. Scarce. (1722RO081). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Space Technology Laboratories, Inc.; Redondo Beach, California; October, 1961., 1961 Two volumes in one. Stiff, printed wraps, spiral binding, 11 x 8 ½ inches, 269 pp. (Vol. I), 35 pp. (Vol. II). Volume I is composed of mostly annotated references arranged alphabetically by main entry. Volume II contains the following indices: author; source; and fields of interest. The STL Technical Library Advanced Research Group, Research Bibliography No. 40. In Vol. I, almost all entries are accompanied by an abstract. For example, entry 219 (out of a total of 1030) is: deFries, P.J. Guidance Concepts for Lunar Landings. Paper presented at AAS Seventh Annual Meeting, 16-18 Jan 61, Dallas. Preprint no. 61-39. 32 p. 13 figs. 4 refs. Abstract: An overall analysis of an interrupted-braking lunar landing guidance system proposed for use in the initial soft landings of exploratory equipment and in subsequent manned landings is presented. Discussed are the basic guidance requirements, the attractive and important… Read More

Chas. T. Main, Engineer; Caustic-Claflin Company; Boston; 1923. Scarce (4 OCLC library holdings). Brown paper-covered boards, brown cloth-covered spine, gilt spine and front board lettering, 8 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches, 87 pp., index, numerous b/w photo illustrations. Good (modest edgewear, with focal erosion of paper at tips; modest damp damage, fore-edge of book block, mostly confined to fore-edge margin of pages; previous owner's name/date in pencil, half-title page; otherwise, pages clean and binding tight). Chas. T. Main was a "Designing, Consulting and Supervising Engineer" in Boston, Massachusetts. From the Introduction: "The photographs here presented illustrate a few of the industrial plants for which we have been engineers, and indicate the wide variety of our work." Includes photos of Gillette Safety Razor Co., South Boston, Mass.; and Lever Brothers Company, Cambridge, Mass. (3214030). F. Hardcover.

Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University; Brookings, South Dakota, 1968 Softcover, stapled wraps, 9 x 6 inches, 111 pp., 55 figures. Very good. (K086). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.

Houston, 1972. First edition. Inscribed and SIGNED by the author on the front pastedown. Blue cloth-covered boards, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 230 pp. Book near fine, dustcover good+.. Signed by Author(s). F. Soft cover.

Robert Royce, London, 1984 An excellent copy of the first edition, first printing: book and dustcover fine. Dark grey cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering (bright), 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches, 222 pp., illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Pages clean and crisp, binding tight and square, appears unread. Fine dustcover with removable mylar cover. "Without the Devil, he asked with sudden Socratic calm, how the hell would God get His message over?" (1722RO122x2,1722RO089x2). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

North Point Press, Berkeley, 1989. Advance uncorrected proof copy. White, printed wraps, 8 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches, 223 pp. Very good (mild browning/sunning, spine; slight rubbing). (3214020). F. Soft cover.

Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, 1957 First edition. Grey cloth-covered boards, red spine and front board lettering (moderately faded on spine), 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches, 175 pp., glossary, numerous b/w illustrations. Very good plus. A true first edition. Not ex-library. No dustcover. Describes many of the hopes for nuclear energy (most of which have not panned out). "Homes in the future may have their own built-in atomic power which would run electric equipment for years on end."(3214043). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1976 Reprint of 1976 (first edition was in 1973). Light red boards, 10 x 7 inches, 282 pp., index. Very good plus. Previous owner's embossed stamp, front free endpaper. Not ex-library. No dustcover. "The purpose of the bibliography is to supply relief agencies with information on the published and unpublished literature available concerning technical aspects of disaster relief and prevention with special emphasis on developing countries." (K071). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.