Search Results: Titles starting with M from Peter Ellis bookseller

Emanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, [London]., 1968. First edition. Octavo. 21 pages. One of 2000 numbered copies, this being one of the 1000 copies for sale in the U.S.A.. Cloth-backed linen boards. A prose memoir of the actor-manager Anew McMaster. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the title-page: "May 10. 83. To Michael with love - Harold''.Fine. Not issued in dustwrapper.

Emanuel Wax for Pendragon Press, [London]., 1968. First edition. Octavo. 21 pages. One of 2000 numbered copies. Cloth-backed linen boards. A prose memoir of the actor-manager Anew McMaster. Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the title-page: "August 69 To David from Harold''. The recipient is his close friend and fellow playwright David Mercer.Front cover a bit tanned at edge. Very good indeed. Not issued in dustwrapper.

Grassy Knoll Press, Berkeley., 1966. First edition thus. Octavo. 56 pages. Wrappers. An expanded version of a play first published in a limited edition by the Independent Socialist Club in Berkeley. The play is a political satire based on Macbeth. Drawings by Lisa Lyons.Spine slightly faded. Very good indeed.

Heinemann, London., 1945. First edition. Octavo. pp [iv], 64. Discussion of the play and advice on how to mount an amateur production.Presentation copy from the author, inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: ''For Beryl Grey from John Masefield. April. 1945.'' The recipient is the Sadler's Wells ballerina who at the time was aged eighteen. In 1952 Masefield wrote the six-verse poem, ''Miss Grey as The Prelude in Les Sylphides''.Head and tail of spine slightly pushed. Corners of covers very slightly pushed. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper slightly rubbed at the edges and with small chips to head and tail of spine.

Faber and Faber, London., 1964. First edition. Octavo. 112 pages. Three-page Introduction by the author. Review slip laid in.Fine in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly nicked and creased at edges

Religious Tract Society, London., [1870]. First edition. Octavo. 576 pages. Illustrations and map. Original cloth decorated in gilt and black. The author was the architect of four large churches in Madagascar and also compiled a bibliography of the island.Remains of a prize label from 1884 on front pastedown. Inner hinges cracking but tight. Very good.

Panther, London., 1960. First U.K. edition. Small octavo. 156 pages. Pictorial wrappers. A hardbound edition didn't appear in the U.K. until 1974.Pages a little tanned at edges. Near fine.

Faber and Faber, London., 2010. First edition. Octavo. pp [viii], 120. Poems.Fine in fine dustwrapper.

London Limited Editions, London., 1985. First edition. Octavo. 460 pages. Cloth-backed marbled paper boards.Number 366 of 500 copies signed by the author.Fine in fine tissue dustwrapper.

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth., 1953. First edition. The King Penguin Books - 64. 16 colour plates. Once considered the scarcest of the King Penguins, this is no longer really the case, but only rarely are they found in as fine a condition as this copy.A bit of spotting to top section of each pastedown. Head of spine slightly bumped. Near fine in very good indeed, price-clipped dustwrapper slightly darkened at the spine and with a few spots at the top of each flap.

Macmillan, London., 1910. First edition. Octavo. pp xiv, 333. Illustrated by H.R. Millar. Red pictorial cloth gilt. Top edge gilt. A fantasy novel for children.Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.Inner hinges cracking. Free endpapers a bit tanned. Covers marked. Spine faded. Head and tail of spine scuffed. Good. Books signed by Nesbit are becoming elusive.

Faber and Faber, London., 1957. First U.K. edition. Octavo. 120 pages. Fine in fine dustwrapper.

Embers Handpress, Rhiwargor, Llanwddyn, Powys., 1989. First edition. Large octavo. pp [iv], 60. Cloth-backed marbled boards. An essay submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of Special Honors in English when the author was a student at Smith College.Out of a total edition of 226, this is one of 100 numbered copies.Fine in fine dustwrapper. Scarce.

Phoenix Pamphlet Poets Press, Didsbury., 1969. First edition. Octavo. pp [iv], 18, [2] adverts. Number twelve of 50 clothbound copies. Signed by the author on the front pastedown.Fine in very near fine dustwrapper.

The Bodley Head, London., 1955. First edition. Octavo. 183 pages. The sixth of the Narnia books.Very slight bump to top corner of rear cover, otherwise fine in very good indeed, very slightly nicked, price-clipped dustwrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges and a bit tanned at the spine.

George Routledge, London., 1948. First U.K. edition. Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Octavo. pp [vi], 279. Scarcer binding of black cloth gilt.Very near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper with a few small nicks.

Jonathan Cape, London., 1965. Advance proof copy of the first edition. Octavo. pp [xii], 618. Wrappers. Upper wrapper slightly chipped at top corner. Very good.

Jonathan Cape, London., 1977. First edition thus: ''Scenes have been largely rewritten, new ones invented, the erotic element has been strengthened, as has the ending''. New six-page Foreword by the author. Octavo. 656 pages.Cheap paper tanned as usual, otherwise fine in near-fine, price-clipped dustwrapper.

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth., 1945. First edition. Octavo. 169 pages. Six pages of adverts at rear. Wrappers. The author's Preface, originally written for the 1907 edition, is here revised by him.Small mark to spine, otherwise fine.

Macmillan, London., 1898. Extra Illustrated Edition of a book originally published in 1887. Octavo. pp xvi, 410. Plates and illustrations in the text. Period binding of full polished tan calf with raised bands, gilt decoration and rules, marbled edges and endpapers.Spine slightly faded. Two corners slightly bumped. Very good indeed.