Search Results: Titles starting with M from Evening Star Books

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. [1974], 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [8], 1-278, [2] pp. Brown cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $6.95 on the front flap of the jacket. Winner of the 1975 Newbery Award. Hamilton's novel is a coming-of-age story, exploring the relationship that the Higgins family has to their land, to each other, and to the cultural traditions that have persisted in their community for generations. One of Hamilton's most beloved publications. A faint abrasion on the front flyleaf, a tiny push to the top textblock; jacket is exceptional.

Norfolk, VA: The Donning Company/Publishers [1990], 1990. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. [7], 8-236, [2] pp. Pictorial covers. Illustrated with a few in-text and full-page drawings by Phil Foglio. Edited by Beverley Hainer. First printing of the Starblaze trade paperback edition. The ninth book in the Myth series.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo. [6], 7-190, [2] pp. Quarter white cloth over grey paper boards with black, red, and blue lettering on the spine. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $5.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Hooker's second novel in his MASH series. A few spots of foxing to the textblock; jacket with minor toning and edge wear.

New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc. [1949], 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [8], ix-xii, [2], 3-276 pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering blocked in black on the spine; brown topstain. Illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. An illustration in brown on the title page, with several full-page and in-text illustrations throughout by Thoreau MacDonald. Edited by Hervey Allen and Carl Carmer. Planned and started by Constance Lindsay Skinner. Fitzgerald M1. A lovely history of Canada's longest river. The spine panel slightly toned, the rear panel with minor rubbing.

New York: Random House (1973), 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo. [8], vii, [7], 3-421, [13] pp. Bound in light blue cloth with author's inittials stamped in dark blue on the front board, gold lettering on the spine, light blue endpapers and pastedowns, light blue topstain. Price of $7.95 on front flap of jacket. Plimpton returns to the world of professional football collaborating with John Gordy and Alex Karras and documenting their experiences playing in the NFL. Very good with areas of mild discoloration to the boards, some areas of discoloration and an "H" stamped on the free front endpaper in a Good or better dust jacket with a long tear to the bottom of the front panel and a couple of dampstains (mainly affecting the reverse).

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press [1978], 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. [4], i-viii, [2], 348 pp. Bound in navy leather with gilt flowers decorating the boards and the spine; all edges gilt. Light brown decorative silk pastedowns and endpapers. Illustrations by Pierre Brissaud, with full-page wood engravings by Theo Schmied.Translated by J. Lewis May, with an introduction by Jacques de Lacretelle. A small sticker ghost on the verso of the free front endpaper, else Fine.

London: William Heinemann, 1906. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 vol. 8vo. [7], x-xii, [4], x-xviii, [1], 2-326, [2]; [5], vi-ix[4], 2-447, [3] pp. Half contemporary calf over marbled boards with the spines in six compartments, gilt decorations on the spines with a black morocco label lettered in gilt on each spine; top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Title pages printed in red and black. Illustrated with a frontispiece and eight plates in the first volume; a frontispiece and plates in the second volume. Madame Récamier was a famous socialite from France and lived during the French Revolution. She sat for a number of famous artists and was beloved for her salons and her great beauty. Sticker ghost on the first blank leaf of each volume, bookplate in each volume, volume two's joints are professionally renewed.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company (1977), 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [8], 3-221, [1] pp. Orange cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $8.95 on jacket flap. Comic novel about a man who believes he is Groucho Marx.

New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Large 4to. [6], 7-56 pp. Red cloth with decorations in dark red on the front board, dark red lettering on the spine. Colorful illustrated endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. A Caldecott Medal sticker applied to the dust jacket's front panel by a collector (this title won the 1954 Caldecott Award). Several full-page and in-text color illustrations. Baumgarten 19. Signed without personalization by the author on the half-title page. The thrilling story of the small but mighty Madeline, and how a dog saves her from drowning. A small dampspot on the rear board's corner; jacket with a large piece missing from its rear panel, a few archival tape repairs to its reverse.

Paris: L. Conquet / G. Charpentier, 1883. Later edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine. 2 vol. 8vo. [7], viii-xvi, 1-347, [2]; [4], 1-373, [3] pp. Later three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, beautiful red, green, white, and yellow decorations on the spines (a coat of arms, crossed swords, and roses), spines lettered in gilt that is blocked in red morocco; top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Original wrappers and spines bound in. Bound by H. Blanchetière. Number 180 of 350 copies done on vellum. Volume one illustrated with a frontispiece, an engraved title page, and an illustration on the title page, also with eight plates. Volume two illustrated with nine plates and an image on the title page. All That's Interesting, Genevieve Carlton, "The Wild Life Of Julie D'Aubigny, The Bisexual, Sword-Fighting 17th-Century Opera Star". Duncan & De Bartha 36. Henri Blanchetière worked in the early twentieth century designing luxurious bindings. This binding was likely done after the First… Read More

Madison, Wis: WM. J. Park & Co, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [7], 6-664, [8] (pages of publisher's advertisements) pp. Green cloth with black decorations on the boards, a gold outline of the Capitol embossed on the front board, gold lettering and decorations on the spine. Navy coated endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with thirty full-page illustrations, one plate, and with wood engravings in the advertisements. The advertisements included in this book are as an excellent survey of local businesses extant in Madison and southern Wisconsin during the latter half of the nineteenth century. They also reveal the prominent industries operating in southern Wisconsin during this time. The illustrations depict landmarks like the Stoughton Opera House, the four lakes, a steamship on Lake Kegonsa, the Capitol building, King Street, and one image of a Native American settlement. A guide to places of scenic beauty and historical note found in Dane County, with a note on the organization of… Read More

Madison / Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Telephone Company, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [6], 7-246, [2] pp. Light green wraps printed in blue. With a hole punched through for a cord to attach the phonebook to a telephone booth. Illustrated with a few black and white drawings and photographs: illustrations are advertisements from local businesses in Madison, Wisconsin. Restaurants, supper clubs, ice cream parlors, dry cleaners, hair stylists, beer companies, cab companies, insurance agents, and numerous other local entrepeneurs are captured in this phone book. A window into what daily life was like in Madison, Wisconsin during the middle of the twentieth century, and at the end of the Second World War. A small spot of soil on the front wrapper, minor toning to the pageblock.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company [1985], 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [8], 3-455, [3] pp. Brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on front flap of jacket.

New York: Random House [1960], 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [12], 3-148, [2] pp. Black cloth with a pink decoration on the front board and gold lettering on the spine; pink topstain. Price of $3.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Orange endpapers and pastedowns. Burke and Howe 600. Southern's second novel, a humorous tale of a billionaire and his quest to find "everyone's price". The basis for the film starring Ringo Starr and Peter Sellers. Topstain rather faded; jacket shows sunning and notable soiling to its spine panel.

New York: Harper & Row [1966], 1966. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Slim 4to. [6], 40, [2] pp. Quarter black cloth over green paper boards with silver lettering on the front board and spine. Price of $3.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with several full-page and in-text drawings by William Pene Du Bois. A handsome copy of an earlier printing (circa 1970) of Dahl's third book for children. Jacket shows a touch of edge wear, else Fine.

New York: The Viking Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. [6], 7-192 pp. Yellow cloth with blue decorations on the front board and spine, blue lettering on the spine. Endpapers and pastedowns illustrated in blue. Price of $2.50 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with in-text and full-page decorations by Kurt Wiese. Light rubbing to the boards; jacket with rubbing to its rear panel and light edge wear.

New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation [1980], 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [9], 14-339, [1] pp. Bound in black cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $11.95 on the front jacket flap. A sharp copy of the fourth book in Farmer's classic Riverworld series. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with a few mild creases to the rear panel.

Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press (2009), 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [9], 4-201, [1] pp. Grey paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Light green endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $16.99 on rear panel. Illustrated with full-page drawings by Yoko Tanaka. A tiny scratch to the bottom textblock.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company [1965], 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. [6], 1-217, [1] pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $4.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a few full-page maps by James MacDonald. Rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards and some foxing to the top textblock; jacket with a few spots of foxing to its reverse.

London: Hamish Hamilton (1976), 1976. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/very near Fine. Small 8vo. [6], 7-156, [4] pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £2.95 net on front flap of jacket. Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogen. An attractive copy. A small name and date written on the free front endpaper and a tiny fracture to the gutter between pages 98 and 99; jacket is very near Fine.