Search Results: Titles starting with M from Lost Paddle Books, IOBA

New York : Broadaxe Press. First US Edition/First Printing. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Staplebound chapbook with some creasing to bottom corners and tanning close to spine. Illustrated. 60 Pages.

New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2002. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Unread and unclipped. Bottom corners bumped, else Near Fine/Fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First US Edition Thus/1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. The second one-volume edition following the earlier edition on bible paper. Stated One-Volume Edition, October 1939. The red cloth variant with fading to spine and board ends - especially at top. Several stray spots to cloth of boards and spine. About 2/3 of front hinge split with mull showing, but still solid. Interior clean. Jacket is price-clipped with some chipping at spine ends, front flap crease and corners and 3/4 inch tear to top of spine. A handful of smaller tears/nicks to edges. Some scuffing/marks and a tiny puncture to rear panel.

Middlesex: Penguin, 1962. First UK Edition Thus/Second Printing. Paperback. Very Good/N/A. Early paperback edition with wonderful cover design. Previous owner's name & address to inside front cover. No crease to spine from reading, but some wear to ends and faint stain at top. Some vertical creasing to front cover and at bottom corner. Tanning to paper.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First US Edition Thus/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The second one-volume edition following the earlier edition on bible paper. Stated One-Volume Edition, October 1939. The orange cloth variant with gilt to spine. Corners dinged/bumped and scratch across bottom of spine. Top page ends tinted yellow. Nice, square and clean with solid binding. Jacket is price-clipped with chipping at spine ends and top rear corner. Some short tears to rear corners and tops of panels with gouge across bottom of spine which is faded.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. First Printing stated. In green cloth with gilt to spine. Top page ends tinted red. Tiny ding to bottom front corner and light rubbing at corners/spine ends. Clean interior and solid binding. Small spot to bottom page ends and bottom of one page. Jacket is unclipped ($7.95) with 1 inch jagged tear to middle of front cover, tape repair to top inside of rear panel andlarge paper affixed to inside of jacket to bottom half of spine and over onto panels and photo copy of another jacket spine glued onto outer surface where damaged. Spots of rubbing to edges inked in and some other small stains, amrks and scuffs.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., 1978. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. First American Edition stated. In black cloth with faded gilt to type on spine which is concave with front page ends convex and sticking out of boards. Paper residue to both pastedowns, sticker and pocket to ffep and stamp to top page ends. Soiling to a few pages. Jacket is unclipped ($8.95) with edgewear, nicks and rubbing. Residue to library call sticker to bottom of spine with some pigment loss from cleaning. Library sticker across bottom of rear panel. Book smells slightly musty.

New York: Macmillan, 1988. Third US Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The third US Edition with cover art by Daniel san Souci. Full number line 10-1. In blue boards and spine cloth with silver type. Some tanning to endpapers. Jacket is unclipped. A lovely copy.

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1948. First UK Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. In black cloth with dulled gilt to spine. Bump to top corner with some faint spotting to top of rear board and light tilt to spine. Top page ends darkened. Jacket is unclipped (9s. 6d. Net) with small chips and short tears at corners and spine ends. Tape repair to top of spine on inside.

New York: Harper Collins, 2017. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Inscribed by author.. First US Edition stated with full number line 10-1. Signed by author on publisher's tipped in page following ffep and previous owner's inscription below. In black boards and spine tape with red to type and illustration. Small scuff to top rear corner and a couple 'bracket' stamps to ffep and bottom of signature page, otherwise sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding. Unclipped jacket has publisher's 'Signed First Edition' sticker to front panel and is beautiful.

Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1969. First US Edition/3rd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. In olive cloth with purple foil type to spine. Top page ends tinted olive as well. Jacket is unclipped with price in ink through orig. retail. Some chipping and tears mostly at corners and spine ends, edgewear and small tape repairs on verso of jacket at spine ends, bottom of front flap crease and top of rear flap crease.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First UK Edition/1st Printing. Paperback. Good/N/A. Advanced reader copy in wraps. Creasing to bottom front corner and top rear. Previous owner covered book in clear plastic book protector which is stuck to inside covers and top of spine with adhesive strip - otherwise, Very Good.

Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1970. N/A. Paperback. Good/N/A. All are dated 1970-1971. Two appear to be First Editions thus, the other a reprint. All show wear: Creasing to spines and covers, edgewear, scars, etc. Two have large bookplates to inside front covers and one of these has some moisture staining to top page ends going a little into text block. Great reading copies. Cover Designs by Paul May.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1942. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. First American Edition stated. In red cloth with white type to spine and silhouette on front board. Previous owner's name and address to top of ffep. A few spots of moisture staining/color transfer to bottom of endpapers, top page ends at spine and top of rear inside hinge. Light wear overall. Previous owner covered book in clear plastic book protector which is taped to pastedowns and bottom of spine with adhesive strip, othwerwise clean with tight binding - Good. No jacket.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1940. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fair/N/A. First American Edition stated. In green cloth with white type to spine and silhouette on front board. Rubbing/wear primarily at corners and spine ends with some light fraying. Cigar store circulating library stamps to all endpapers with bookplate removal stain to front pastedown and a few scars to pastedowns. Previous owner covered book in clear plastic book protector which is affixed to pastedowns with adhesive strips, othwerwise clean with tight binding - Good. No jacket.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1940. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good/N/A. First American Edition stated. In blue cloth with white type to spine and silhouette on front board. Rubbing at spine ends and corners with ding to bottom front corner. A few marks to page ends and to text block, otherwise clean. Two small bookstore stickers to rear pastedown. Previous owner covered book in clear plastic book protector which is affixed to pastedowns with adhesive strips, othwerwise - Very Good. No jacket.

San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1985. Second US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Good +/Good +. Second Edition stated with correct letter sequence ABCDE. Grey boards with blue spine cloth and silver type. Jacket is unclipped with some edgewear and 1/2 inch tear to top of front panel. Some staining to top edges of boards and spine as well as jacket panels & spine, top & front page ends and ffep front edge.

Roslyn: Walter J. Black, 1977. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good +/N/A. Published for the Ellery Queen Mystery Club. In red cloth and gilt with rubbing at corners and spine ends and small stain to front board. Light foxing to top page ends and some light scratches to rear board. Large silver bookplate to ffep, otherwise clean with tight binding.

Garden City: Crime Club/Doubleday, 1964. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Poor/Good. First Edition stated. An ex-library with all attendant marks, stampe, pocket to ffep, stains, wear and tape marks. Book is wrapped in plastic by former owner which is stuck to pastedowns. Spine a little cocked. Two pages corners torn off just cutting into text and writing on one page. Jacket is unclipped ($3.50) with wear and call number sticker to bottom of spine with associated tear and abrasion from removal attempt.

San Francisco: Viz Media, 2020. First US Edition/First Printing. Paperback. Fine/Fine. First Printings stated with full number lines 10-1. A beautiful set - clean with sharp corners and no wear in beautiful linen textured jackets.