Search Results: Titles starting with M from Conover Books

Philippines: Solidaridad Publishing House , 1983. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is faded and lightly creased; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice SIGNED COPY! Flat-signed by the author on the title page! Red wrapper with black lettering and a black and white illustration on the front. Very very rare and hard-to-find signed copy! 232 historical and magical pages! "MASS is the story of the illegitimate son of Antonio Samson, the major protagonist in Sionil Jose's novel, THE PRETENDERS. Now grown-up, Pepe Samson escapes from his village of Cabugawan to live in Manila's sprawling slum ---- Tondo. MASS is the story of his journey from one swampland to another; it is also the story of thousands of young Filipinos who have finally found meaning in their lives........." (SIGNED COPY). Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Germany: Goldmann , 2002. A very crisp and clean used copy; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Color illustrated wrapper with yellow and white lettering. Text is in German. 503 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "Spanien 1492: Im ganzen Land wutet die Inquisition. Jona, der dreizehnjahrige Sohn eines judischen Silberschmieds, steht nach der Ermordung seines Bruders und dem Tod seines Vaters vollig allein da. Er beschlieft, der Inquisition zu trotzen, und schlagt sich auf eigene Faust durch. Nach einer Odyssee durch ganz Spanien gelangt er Jahre spater zu einem alten Medicus nach Saragossa. Dort spurt er, daf die Heilkunst seine wahre Berufung ist...........". Second Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

North Charleston, South Carolina: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014. A very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page! Full-color pictorial wrapper with gray and black lettering. 52 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages! "When DeRay Cole was a small boy, hed follow his grandmothers into the Arkansas cotton fields every day. While most women filled a seven-foot sack, Ma, Mas sack held nine feet of cotton. She worked harder than anyone else in the field. Little DeRay would get tired in the hot sun, and hed say to his grandmother, Ma, Ma, um sweatin. She would pause to wipe his face. Sometimes he wasnt really sweating; he just wanted her touch. She was always there, whether he was sweatin from heat, or just from his own nervous energy. So began a lifetime of love and affection between a woman born a generation past slavery and her… Read More

Lima, Peru: Nuevas Imagenes S. A., 2009. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brand new and unread copy; very fresh and bright condition; gift quality! Full-color pictorial wrapper with black lettering. 64 new and unused historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by full-color photographs and illustrations! Mapped endpapers. "Breath-taking images and great insight about Peru on the text by a man that has backpacked through it to the point he seems to know it like the back of his hand. Jim Bartle's journey around Cusco shines in this book. A must have book if you're planning on traveling to the most colorful and mysterious country of South America......"

New York, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1915. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; pages are toning; writing in pencil and ink throughout the book; overall still a nice used copy! Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the front board and black lettering on the spine. 207 historical and poetic pages! "Shakespeare occupies so unique a place in the minds and hearts of the English-speaking peoples that we are apt to think of him as a solitary genius, whose appearance in the world of letters was sudden and astonishing, and whose extraordinary work owes nothing either to earlier or to contemporary influences. Such a view is, of course, erroneous........" ----- from the Introduction (The English Drama).. Reprint (1905). Brown Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover.

London: Corgi Books, 1992. A very crisp and clean first edition, almost new and unread condition, gift quality! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! 253 very clean, unmarked and uncreased, suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! Very very scarce! "There was trouble within the company of Lord Westfield's Men. Two of the actors were at such loggerheads with one another that their on-stage fights took on an added intensity. Owen Elias, the surly envious Welshman, and Sebastian Carrick, a penniless, cheating charmer, hated one another to the point of violence.....". First Edition / First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Scribner, 1998. Hint of edge and corner wear to the dj, gently scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Gift Quality! Inscribed by the author on the second page! 223 unmarked and uncreased pages. "When former cattle rancher Howard Lyman appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996 to share his insider view of the danger of Mad Cow Disease spreading to this country, his revelations about the beef industry prompted a group of Texas cattlemen to file a lawsuit charging Lyman and the talk show host with "food disparagement." That wasn't enough to silence Howard Lyman, and in this stirring account of his journey from meat-loving cowboy to vegetarian environmental activist, he tells the whole truth about the catastrophic consequences of an animal-based diet.". Inscribed By the Author. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over… Read More

New York: Scribner, 1998. Hint of edge and corner wear to the dj, gently scuffed, corners are gently rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Gift Quality! Inscribed by the author on the second page! 223 unmarked and uncreased historical pages. "When former cattle rancher Howard Lyman appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996 to share his insider view of the danger of Mad Cow Disease spreading to this country, his revelations about the beef industry prompted a group of Texas cattlemen to file a lawsuit charging Lyman and the talk show host with "food disparagement." That wasn't enough to silence Howard Lyman, and in this stirring account of his journey from meat-loving cowboy to vegetarian environmental activist, he tells the whole truth about the catastrophic consequences of an animal-based diet.". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition / Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo -… Read More

New York: Scribner, 1998. Hint of edge and corner wear to the dj, gently scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean first edition! Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Gift Quality! Inscribed by the author on the second page! 223 unmarked and uncreased pages. "When former cattle rancher Howard Lyman appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996 to share his insider view of the danger of Mad Cow Disease spreading to this country, his revelations about the beef industry prompted a group of Texas cattlemen to file a lawsuit charging Lyman and the talk show host with "food disparagement." That wasn't enough to silence Howard Lyman, and in this stirring account of his journey from meat-loving cowboy to vegetarian environmental activist, he tells the whole truth about the catastrophic consequences of an animal-based diet.". Inscribed By the Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over… Read More

U.S.A.: Elounda Press, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Inscribed and dated by the author on the ffep! Blue cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine. 204 very clean unmarked and uncreased informative and imaginative pages! "In Mad Dogs, Dreamers and Sages, the authors speak to the urgent need for genuine, sustainable growth in todays businesses and organizations. This book shares insights gained from their Odyssey Project on Imaginative Intelligence, a two-year experiential research project in search of primary sources of innovation from architecture, art, business, design, filmmaking journalism, literature, psychology, religion, social science and theatre......." (SIGNED FIRST EDITION).

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd Mead & Company, 1985. HINT OF EDGE AND CORNER WEAR TO THE DJ, LIGHTLY SCUFFED AND SCRATCHED, A VERY CRISP AND CLEAN COLLECTIBLE COPY! ALMOST NEW AND UNREAD CONDITION! DJ IS NICELY PRESERVED IN A BRAND NEW PROTECTIVE MYLAR PLASTIC COVER! 361 WONDERFULLY CLASSIC PAGES!. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Albert Fourie. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc. , 1953. Edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed, spine is creased and slightly rolled, lightly crease in the rear cover, pages are toning, m in ink on the last page, overall a crisp, collectible first edition! Extremely rare and hard-to-find! 192 suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! Very very scarce! "Madball is a novel of one traveling show, and of the lives of its carnys, who live too close to the edge of frenzy.". First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Pasadena, California: Charles S. Price Publishing Company, 1945. MINOR EDGE AND CORNER WEAR, BOOK IS UNMARKED AND HAS NO CREASED OR TORN PAGES, SPINE IS SLIGHTLY BLEACHED OUT AND DISCOLORED WITH AGE, VERY RARE AND COLLECTIBLE OUT-OF-PRINT FIRST EDITION IN WONDERFULLY PRESERVED CONDITION!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Onyx Books, 1995. Edge and corner worn, lightly scuffed and scratched, spine is gently creased as well as the corners of the front cover, pages are toning, overall a very clean signed first Onyx Books edition! Inscribed by the author on the title page! 233 unmarked and uncreased, suspense-filled and mystery-riddled pages! "No doubt about it, local gossips had finally gotten something right: a maniac was loose in Maggody, Arkansas (pop. 755). So Chief of Police Ariel 'Arly' Hanks, a.k.a. the local girl who did not make good in New York City and came home to lick her wounds, is back in action.". Inscribed By the Author. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York: Warner Books, 1973. Minor edge and corner wear; scuffed and scratched; spine is creased as well as the upper corner of the front of the wrapper; light liquid stain on the front and rear of the wrapper (does not affect interior pages); some shelf wear; small tear in the upper portion of the rear of the wrapper; overall a nice used copy! Full-color illustrated wrapper with purple and red lettering. Unpaginated, wonderfully illustrated in black and white. . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: E P Dutton, 1985. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, some light shelf wear, overall a clean used copy! Black boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Dj is nicely preserved in a brand new protective mylar plastic cover! Deckle page edges. 317 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and magical pages! "John Irving said that Stanley Elkin's genius 'lies in his ability to make the unlikely seem not only true but commonplace.' And in The Magic Kingdom Elkin practices his unique alchemy on some of themost unusual characters in contemporary fiction. You will never meet more memorable ---- or endearing ---- children than the seven terminally ill kids who have been chosen to go to Disney World for a last hurrah. Disney World becomes for Elkin's heroic children a kind of Lourdes. Bearing their painful afflictions amidst Disney's magical fantasy, they are funny, tough, and… Read More

Cherokee, North Carolina: Cherokee Publications, 1996. 1st Edition 5th or later Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Shirley Simmons. A very crisp and clean used copy; almost new and unread condition; gift quality! Color illustrated brown wrapper with green and purple lettering. 20 very clean unmarked and uncreased magical and informative pages nicely enhanced by full-color illustrations! "Somewhere in the mist-covered peaks of the Great Smoking Mountains, Cherokee legends from Ancient times told of a magic lake that could heal the wounds and sores of all living things. Here to this lake the wild things could coe to wash away the gashes of an arrow or the wounds of a fall. All Cherokee children heard the story of the magic Lake. Nobody knew where it was except maybe a Medicine Man....

Somerset, NJ: The Middle Atlantic Press, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. William Albert Sauts Netamuxwe Bock. Some edge and corner wear to the dj with a little chipping here and there as well; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some shelf wear; ffep is discolored as well as the front flyleaf from newspaper clippings taped there; there are tape marks on the rfep as well where an invite to meet the author in promotion of the book; overall a very crisp and clean SIGNED FIRST EDITION! Very rare and hard-to-find title! Inscribed by the author "To my good friend "Hudie" with best wishes "Wes" on the title page! Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 161 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! Extremely scarce and out-of-print SIGNED FIRST EDITION! "The author has written extensively on the Delaware and… Read More

U.S.A.: Khristin Wierman, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Page Collins. Minor edge and corner wear to the dj; some creasing on the base of the rear of the dj and at the head of the spine as well; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; lightly scuffed and scratched; some light shelf wear; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Gray cloth. 32 very clean unmarked and uncreased magical and fun-filled pages nicely enhanced by color illustrations! Illustrated endpapers. "Winner of a 2016 Purple Dragonfly Book Award. Beautiful hardcover picture book tells the story of another day and another adventure for Esmerelda! On Tuesday, Esmerelda discovers a family of birds who are someplace quite unexpected. Thanks to the magic that Esmerelda conjures - kindness, compassion and the desire to help others - the birds get some special help. Discover how Esmerelda's magic is something we are all capable of creating. Help children learn… Read More

Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1995. new and unread condition, very crisp and clean, almost mint! 2921 wonderfully informative pages!. Third Edition. Trade Paperback. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.