Search Results: Titles starting with M from Chartwell Booksellers

Washington, DC, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.. Challenges allegations of U.S. govt. inaction & duplicity.

UK: Tempus Publishing Limited, 2004. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (287pgs.,37 illus.). New, in dust jacket. A brillantly researched biography of the Real “M” - a far more hands-on-character than 007’s boss.

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (198 pages; illustrated with black and white photographs). New, in dust jacket.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (256 pages; 14 illustrations; bibliography; index). Based on MacArthur’s own papers as well as those of other commanding officers, this account of his role in Korea strips him of much glamour and unfounded praise and examines the recklessness and arrogance that became particularly apparent in his actions during the Korean War and would eventually lead to his dismissal by Truman. A very good copy, in very good mylar covered dust jacket.

London: Abelard - Schuman, 1968. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo.. From the development of Blitzkrieg to air mobility. book in good condition. page 145 has under lining, with ink. the dust jacket is in bad condition.

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 4to (244 pages, profusely illustrated with over 400 photographs and illustrations). A very good copy, in a faintly shelfworn dust jacket. Else fine and virtually mint.

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1965. First Thus [1 of 1,250 copies] . Leatherbound. Very Good. 2 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches (70 pages). A beautiful miniature book that reprints the text of the earliest form of the Magna Carta. Produced in a limited edition of 1,250 copies leatherbound in full beige calf, all edges gilt. The condition is virtually mint. ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE (1913–1978) was the greatest maker of miniature books in the 20th Century. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began producing them as a hobby in 1935. By the time he ceased in 1977, St. Onge had created 48 miniature masterpieces on an eclectic variety of subjects. The books all remain much-prized by collectors.

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1928. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (285 pages, 8 illus., appendices, biblio., index). French Marshal and Admiral who fought the Huguenots, then conspired against Richelieu; executed 1630. A very good copy, spine head frayed & tail split, corners a bit worn, without dust jacket.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (568 pages, 413 color and black & white plates). As-new, without dust jacket, as issued.

New York: Doubleday, 1965. First Paperback Edition . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (80 pages; illustrated with color and black and white reproductions). This is a very good copy of the First Paperback edition of a catalogue produced for a 1965-1966 traveling exhibition organized by MoMA. There is dated gift inscription written in red ink and a brief obituary for the artist, clipped from a newspaper, tipped onto the front free endpaper. The contents are fine.

New York: Yale University Press, 2016. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (632 pages, illustrated with black & white photographs). The extraordinary wartime (and prewar) diaries of Russia’s ambassador to Great Britain Never-before-published in English. New, in dust jacket.

New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1984. First American Edition . Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Very Good. 8vo. (456 pages). A very good copy of the First American edition in an unclipped dust jacket with light wear to the edges and corners. The book contains a dated ownership inscription on the front free endpaper in ink. The contents are fine.

United Kingdom: Alan Sutton, 1985. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (210 pages; 85 illustrations; maps). This is a very good copy of the First English edition in an unclipped dust jacet. corners and spine head & tail bumped, faint tape mark on lower edge of front cover, stamp on title page, in dust jacket with light edge wear. The volume covers the family’s thirteenth century beginnings in Wales to Henry’s victory at Bosworth Field, 1485.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. First American Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (558 pages, with index, discography, profusely illustrated). Erudite and authoritative. This is a very good First Edition copy, in a like dust jacket. Contents fine, seemingly unopened.

(Sydney, Australia): U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, 1944. Presumed First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Prepared by G-2 (Intelligence). A very good copy, issued without dust jacket, corners bumped, spine & edges faded, spine soiled, owner’s bookplate on front paste-down. (285p.)

Wellington, NZ: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1951. First New Zealand Edition, 2nd Printing . Softcover. Very Good. 8vo. New Zealanders in the defense of Malta, World War II, including Malta’s Air Officer Commanding. From the New Zealand in the Second World War Official History series. A very good copy, covers slightly soiled. (33p., 21 illus., 2 maps.)

London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1942. First English Edition . Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo. Everyday life during the siege, through March, 1942, by an inhabitant of the island. A very good copy, edges faded, front hinge split, in dust jacket with slightly darkened spine, worn edges & chipped corners. (108p., 15 illus., map.)

London: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, 1944. First English Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Supplying Malta during the World War II siege, by one of the island’s inhabitants. A very good copy, light wear to corners, light foxing in front matter, inscription on front free endpaper, without dust jacket. (176p., 9 illus.)

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1943. First Edition (Cohen B84.1) (Woods B38). Hardcover (with Dust Jacket). Very Good. 8vo (231 pages, with photographs). Covers the desperate defense of Malta in World War II, as well as the island’s other two historic sieges in the 16th century and in 1800. This is a very good copy, spine slightly faded, with worn & chipped front cover of dust jacket (spine & rear cover of dust jacket are missing).

New York: Whittlesey House, 1943. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. The epic Siege of Malta, 1940 to 1942. Lacks the maps of the English edition, but has the illustrations not included in it. A very good copy, slight edge wear, front cover slightly scuffed, without dust jacket. (253p., 14 illus.)