Fairport Fanzine U.S.A. [Mixed lot of 10 issues] [Later title: Fairport Fanatics]
Fairport Fanzine U.S.A. [Mixed lot of 10 issues] [Later title: Fairport Fanatics]

by [Fanzines] [Fairport Convention] T.J. McGrath

Fairfield, CT: Fairport Fanatics, 1987. Very Good. Fairfield, CT: Fairport Fanatics, 1984-1987. First Editions. Ten large octavo issues (full list below). Stapled sheets, with issues #5, #6, and additional promotional sheet and hand-written note from McGrath all stapled together. Each issue about 10-12 pp. and chock-full of information and speculations on acquiring tapes, appearances, reviews, and reunions. Light... Read More

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Ninety-Two in the Shade
Ninety-Two in the Shade

by Thomas McGuane

London: Collins, 1974. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Collins, 1974. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); publisher's boards in green decorative dust jacket by Mon Mohan retaining original price; [6],197pp. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, corners nudged, else a Very Good and sound copy.

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The Bushwhacked Piano [Inscribed and Signed]
The Bushwhacked Piano [Inscribed and Signed]

by Thomas McGuane

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. Very Good+/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1971]. First Edition, Stated First Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth, acid green topstain, in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($5.95); 220pp. Jacket spine panel toned, front hinge very slightly starting, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed to the artist Raphael Soyer... Read More

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Hinge & Sign: Poems, 1968-1993 [Signed]
Hinge & Sign: Poems, 1968-1993 [Signed]

by Heather McHugh

Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1994. Very Good/015. Hanover: Wesleyan University Press, 1994. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; xv, 219pp. Publisher's brick cloth with gilt lettering. No dust jacket as issued. Boards are square with rubbing at corners and spine ends, with a small scuff to front fore-edge. Binding... Read More

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My Sister Eileen [Promotional Pamphlet Laid in]
My Sister Eileen [Promotional Pamphlet Laid in]

by Ruth McKenney

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth with printed paper paste-ons to upper cover and spine, in decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); xiii,[1],226pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, spine panel rather sunned, endpapers unevenly toned, else a Very Good, straight... Read More

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Scientific Marketing of Coffee
Scientific Marketing of Coffee

by James P. Quinn; John F. McKiernan

New York: The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal Co, 1960. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Tea & Coffee Trade Journal Co. , 1960. First Edition. Octavo. 245 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with $7.00 price present. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly edgeworn with some general scuffing. Boards rubbed and... Read More

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A Series of Alphabets Designed as a Text Book for Engravers and Painters of Letters
A Series of Alphabets Designed as a Text Book for Engravers and Painters of Letters

by Archibald McLees

New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co, 1855. Very Good -. New York: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., copyright 1855 [but ca. 1871]. First Edition. Oblong quarto (21.5x29cm); publisher's black sheep over cloth, printed paper oval paste-on to upper cover; [16]ll., text entirely engraved. Boards worn at corners and spine ends, joints quite tender, textblock foxed; contemporary ownership... Read More

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Hindustani Handbook Specially Prepared for Colonial Use. Lessons in grammar, key to exercises, vocabulary, and useful information on Indian religions, customs, and languages. (Devanagari and Roman scripts)
Hindustani Handbook Specially Prepared for Colonial Use. Lessons in grammar, key to exercises, vocabulary, and useful information on Indian religions, customs, and languages. (Devanagari and Roman scripts)

by A.W. McMillan

Suva, Fiji: H. Craigie, 1931. Very Good-. Suva, Fiji: H. Craigie, 1931. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); publisher's olive green printed cloth over boards; viii,[4],290,[6],iipp. Boards rubbed and worn at margins, joints starting, contemporary ownership signature to upper cover and title page, later manuscript date (30th December, 1958) in different hand inside upper cover, fairly extensive marginalia throughout. A... Read More

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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers [Signed bookplate laid in]
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers [Signed bookplate laid in]

by Larry McMurtry

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (21.4cm); illustrated dust jacket; boards in black cloth with red lettering to spine; 286pp. Price-clipped jacket a bit rubbed along top edge, with a bit of toning to spine and along top edge both recto and verso.... Read More

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Lips Together, Teeth Apart [Signed to Elaine Steinbeck]
Lips Together, Teeth Apart [Signed to Elaine Steinbeck]

by Terrence McNally

Garden City, NY: The Fireside Theatre, 1992. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: The Fireside Theatre, 1992. Book Club Edition. Signed by McNally to his close friend Elaine Steinbeck at title page with inscription, "For Elaine, You have given me so much! I love you--every single thing about you. Ter-le-beau 7.04.92." McNally tutored Steinbeck's sons while they traveled... Read More

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The Gateway: Stories
The Gateway: Stories

by T.M. McNally

Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 2007. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 211pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket over gray cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist sticker attached to jacket. Covers lightly shelfworn but clean... Read More

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Out of the Cold: New Thinking for American Foreign and Defense Policy in the 21st Century [Signed]
Out of the Cold: New Thinking for American Foreign and Defense Policy in the 21st Century [Signed]

by Robert S. McNamara

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. First Edition. Signed by Robert S. McNamara without inscription at title page. Octavo. 223 pp. Printed dust jacket. Blue and red boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed with minor creasing along edges; general mild staining and smudging. Boards nudged at spine... Read More

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Elbow Room: Stories [Signed]
Elbow Room: Stories [Signed]

by James Alan McPherson

Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book / Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: An Atlantic Monthly Press Book / Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Fourth Printing. Signed by James Alan McPherson at dedication page without inscription. Octavo. 241pp. Printed dust jacket; green cloth-backed boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges with general... Read More

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Edgar Rice Burroughs Memorial Collection: A Catalog
Edgar Rice Burroughs Memorial Collection: A Catalog

by George T. McWhorter

[Kansas City]: House of Greystoke, 1991. Very Good. [Kansas City]: House of Greystoke, 1991. Limited First Edition, numbered 156 of 500 copies on limitation notice at front. Quarto (27.5cm); 190pp. Illustrated glossy card wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn with a few brief smudges to surface. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Catalog of the Burroughs Memorial Collection... Read More

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Burroughs Dictionary: An Alphabetical List of Proper Names, Words, Phrases, and Concepts Contained in the Published Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs [Signed and Inscribed]
Burroughs Dictionary: An Alphabetical List of Proper Names, Words, Phrases, and Concepts Contained in the Published Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs [Signed and Inscribed]

by George T. McWhorter

Lanham: University Press of America, 1987. Near Fine. Lanham: University Press of America, 1987. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "For Morris Jacobs, a great fan and a great friend -- with all good wishes -- George T McWhorter, Oct. 19, 1987." Octavo; xiii, 446pp +2 ERB chronology. Publisher's brown cloth... Read More

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Factories in the Field: The Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California
Factories in the Field: The Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California

by Carey McWilliams

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. First Edition, stated. Octavo (22.2cm); [viii],334pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; boards in tan buckram with dark brown lettering. Jacket edgeworn with closed tears at folds and a small chip at head of spine, along with an old pencil price on... Read More

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Wigwam and War-Path; or the Royal Chief in Chains. Illustrated by Portraits of the Author, Gen. Camby, Dr. Thomas, Capt. Jack, [et al.] and Eleven Other Spirited Engravings, of Actual Scenes from Modoc Indian Life, as Witnessed by the Author
Wigwam and War-Path; or the Royal Chief in Chains. Illustrated by Portraits of the Author, Gen. Camby, Dr. Thomas, Capt. Jack, [et al.] and Eleven Other Spirited Engravings, of Actual Scenes from Modoc Indian Life, as Witnessed by the Author

by A.B. Meacham

Boston: John P. Dale and Company, 1875. Very Good. Boston: John P. Dale and Company, 1875. Second and Revised Edition. Thick octavo. 700 pp. + 1 page announcement. Black and white illustrations, complete. Black cloth stamped in silver. Boards edgeworn with shallow loss at base of spine, brief exposure to corners. Opens easily between gatherings but binding is... Read More

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Henry Cowell's New Music, 1925-1936: The Society, the Music Editions, and the Recordings
Henry Cowell's New Music, 1925-1936: The Society, the Music Editions, and the Recordings

by [Henry Cowell] Rita Mead

Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1981. Fine. Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press, 1981. First Edition. Thick octavo (23.25cm.); publisher's tan pictorial cloth printed in blue and black; xx616pp.; music and illus. throughout. Very slight lean to spine, else Fine. Revision of the author's thesis, 1978. Forms part of the series Studies in Musicology.

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Excerpts from the anonymous diary of a New York Youth [WITH] Second: Excerpts from the anonymous diary of a New York youth [WITH] Autograph Letter Signed and Photographic Snapshot
Excerpts from the anonymous diary of a New York Youth [WITH] Second: Excerpts from the anonymous diary of a New York youth [WITH] Autograph Letter Signed and Photographic Snapshot

by Taylor Mead

New York, / Venice, CA: Taylor Mead, 1961. Very Good. New York and Venice, CA: Taylor Mead, 1961-2. First Editions. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's photo-illustrated staple bound wrappers; [4],42; [6],98pp. printed mimeograph from typescript. Light wear to wrapper margins, else a Very Good and sound set. Offered with an original snapshot of Mead with autograph letter... Read More

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A Rap on Race
A Rap on Race

by James Baldwin; Margaret Mead

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1971. Very Good/Very Good. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1971. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 256 pp. Printed dust jacket; black and red boards. Green topstain. Light wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket; a few smudged; black spotting to verso. Mild wear to boards with spotting and scuffing to rear. Binding sound; toning to endpapers,... Read More

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Zong: A Hill Pony
Zong: A Hill Pony

by M.E. Buckingham; K.F. Barker [illus.]

London: Country Life Limited, 1934. Very Good-/Very Good-. London: Country Life Limited, [1934]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket, red topstain; [8],139pp.; frontispiece, seven leaves of plates, text illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including a few small chips and closed tears touching text without loss of meaning, spine panel rather toned, corners... Read More

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ParaScience Pack: An Interactive Exploration of Your Psi Powers
ParaScience Pack: An Interactive Exploration of Your Psi Powers

by Uri Geller and Ron van der Meer

New York: Van der Meer Publishing / Abbeville Publishing Group, 2000. Very Good+. [New York? Van der Meer Publishing / Abbeville Publishing Group, 2000.] First Edition. Large, square quarto; publisher's pictorial boards; unpaginated; complete with seven pop-ups and laid in spinning umbrella, as well as crystal, two dowsing rods, and picture cards "to improve your extrasensory perception," these... Read More

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Caucasus, War and Peace: The New World Disorder and Caucasia [Inscribed and Signed]
Caucasus, War and Peace: The New World Disorder and Caucasia [Inscribed and Signed]

by Mehmet Tütüncü [ed.]

Haarlem, Netherlands: SOTA, 1998. Very Good+. [Haarlem, Netherlands: SOTA, 1998.] Octavo; publisher's yellow printed card wrappers; 221pp. Minor bumping at corners, ownership signature to title page, faint, brief pencil marginalia to a few leaves, else Very Good to Near Fine. Inscribed and signed in year of publication on title page: "With regards / Hoping to cooperate... Read More

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Delinquent Chacha [Inscribed and Signed to Katinka Loeser and Peter De Vries]
Delinquent Chacha [Inscribed and Signed to Katinka Loeser and Peter De Vries]

by Ved Mehta

New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, 1966. First Edition Stated. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards in white pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [8],115pp. Dust jacket a bit worn and soiled, spine panel toned, corners nudged, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Inscribed and signed on half title page: "To Katinka... Read More

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Uber Annahmen [English title On Assumptions]
Uber Annahmen [English title On Assumptions]

by Alexius Meinong

Leipzig: Verlag Von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1928. Very Good. Leipzig: Verlag Von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1928. Third Edition. Octavo. 403pp + 4pp advertisements. Black cloth over green decorated paper-covered boards; blind-marbled edges. No dust jacket. Boards worn at extremities with brief exposure; fading along top edge. Binding is sound. Contemporary and recent ownership inscriptions to front... Read More

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