The Crane Maiden
by Miyoko Matsutani
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1968. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A crisp, solid copy of the 1968 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. with several small closed tears and very light soiling at the rear panel. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout in rich color by Chihiro Iwasaki.
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Surrealism and American Feature Films
by J.H. Matthews
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1979. Cloth. Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR J.H. MATTHEWS TO PRE-EMINENT LITERARY SCHOLAR AND YALE PROFESSOR HENRI PEYRE on the front free endpaper. (Also includes a laid-in, affectionate, half-page typed letter from the author to Henri Peyre as well). A very solid copy to boot of the October 1979 stated 1st printing: Clean... Read More
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Seal Pool
by Peter Matthiessen
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1972. Pictorial boards. Fine/Near Fine. A lovely copy of the 1972 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, with the additional "$4.95" sticker price affixed to the front flap. Octavo, nicely illustrated in rich color by the great William Pene du Bois.
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Perry and Japan: An Account of the Empire and an Unpublished Record of the Perry Expedition
by Harold A. Mattice
The New York Public Library, 1942. Original wraps. Near Fine. A sharp copy of the 1942 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled beige wrappers, with just a touch of light creasing at the panels. Octavo, 20 pgs. plus illustrations.
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Mussolini Aviator and His Work for Aviation
by Guido Mattioli
Rome: L'Aviazione, 1938. Original wraps. Very Good +/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR GUIDO MATTIOLI on the front free endpaper. A very presentable copy to boot of the 1938 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its printed off-white wrappers, with just a touch of light creasing along the front panel's fore-edge. And in a bright, VG example... Read More
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The Unconquered
by W. Somerset Maugham
New York: House of Books, Ltd, 1944. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1944 1st edition. 1 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY MAUGHAM on the limitation page. VG+ in a clean, VG+ glassine dustjacket. 12mo, 56 pgs. Signed by Author.
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East of Suez: A Play in Seven Acts
by W.S.Maugham
London: William Heinemann, 1922. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1922 1st edition. Tight and VG in its red cloth, with very light offsetting along the panel edges. 12mo, 130 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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Chessmen
by Donald M. Liddell (with Gustavus A. Pfeiffer and J. Maunoury)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Cloth. Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY G.A. PFEIFFER, THE CO-AUTHOR, on the front free endpaper. A solid, well-preserved copy to boot of the 1937 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG in its dark cloth, with bright, completely unflecked gilt-lettering and design along the spine. One small chip at the spine crown,... Read More
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Histoire D'une Fille De Ferme
by Guy De Maupassant
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1923. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. The 1923 1st thus, #86 of 252 copies with the lavish wood engravings of Georges Le Meilleur complementing the text. Bound (and signed) by Vermorel of Paris in a 3/4 dark-green morocco over marbled boards. Matching marbled endsheets and pastedowns as well. Gilt-rule to the panels, raised bands,... Read More
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Pierre et Jean: The Two Brothers
by Guy De Maupassant
Philadelphia: J.B.Lippincott, 1889. Full-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1889 1st American edition, sumptuously bound --and signed-- in full dark-green morocco by Bradstreet's of London. Raised bands, gilt-ruled and decorated compartments. Solidly VG, with light wear at the outer hinges, light staining to the panels. Tall quarto, 170 pgs., all edges gilt. Beautiful engravings thruout by E. Duez and A.... Read More
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Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams
by Patrick Mauries
London: Thames & Hudson, 1998. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. A pristine copy of the 1998 1st paperback edition. Clean and Fine in its thick pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, "with over 600 illustrations, 116 in colour". With an essay by Ettore Sottsass.
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Jewelry By Chanel
by Patrick Mauries
London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A beautiful copy of the 1993 1st UK edition. Bright and Fine in a Fine printed mylar dustjacket. Tall quarto, 144 pgs., lavish color plates thruout. Also includes a Near Fine example of publisher's glossy cardboard slipcase.
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The Next Chapter: The War Against the Moon
by Andre Maurois
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., Ltd, 1927. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good. The 1927 1st edition. VG in its dark-brown boards, with very light wear along the spine. 16mo, 74 pgs. plus publisher's ads. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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Le Pays Des Trente-Six Mille Volontes
by Andre Maurois
Paris: Hachette, 1929. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1929 1st edition. Solid and clean and VG+ in its original pictorial boards, with neat former owner inscription at the half-title. Quarto, 72 pgs. Nicely illustrated thruout by D"Adrienne Segur.
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The Art and Craft of Garden Making
by Thomas H. Mawson
London: B.T. Batsford, 1907. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. The 1907 3rd edition, "revised and enlarged". A very presentable copy, in its light-green cloth, with bright gilt-design and titling along the front panel and spine. Light spotting to the rear panel, mild darkening along the front panel's fore-edge, light wear to the rear inner hinge. Internally, very clean, with... Read More
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Microcapsules and Nanoparticles in Medicine and Pharmacy
by Max Donbrow, Ed
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1992. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. 1992 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its original duotone cloth. Quarto, 347 pgs. Internally immaculate as well, with no writing or markings of any kind.
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Le CSS Alabama: L'Epopee Engloutie du Croiseur Confedere
by Max Gerout, Gordon Watts et Joe Guesnon
Paris: CNRS Editions, 2022. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MAX GEROUT on the title page. An all-but-immaculate copy to boot of the 2022 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, hundreds of crisp color and black-and-white photos throughout, in addition to dozens of diagrams and charts. The epic tale of finding the... Read More
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Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa (The Folio and Signed/Limited Edition)
by Marius Maxwell
New York: The Century Co, 1924. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1924 true 1st edition, in its scarcer folio format (measuring 15" tall). #125 OF 250 COPIES (of a total printing of 550 copies) RESERVED FOR THE UNITED STATES AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR MARIUS MAXWELL at the limitation. Solid and VG+ in... Read More
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Natural History of the Birds of Eastern and Central North America
by Edward Howe Forbush and John Bichard May
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1939. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1939 Houghton Mifflin edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and panel edges. Thick quarto, 554 pgs. plus 97 handsome color plates.
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Experimental Immunochemistry
by Elvin A. Kabat and Manfred M. Mayer
Springfield, IL: Charles Thomas, 1948. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1948 stated 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo, 567 pgs. Small former owner stamps at front pastedown.
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The Story of Little Ajax
by Herbert Mayer
Cleveland: Television Station WXEL Cleveland Channel 9, 1949. Pictorial boards. Very Good. Frances Mayer. Charming, uncommon 1949 children's book published out of Cleveland, by one if its local television stations (WXEL). Bright and VG in its pictorial boards, with one small tear and light fraying along the lower rear panel. Written by Herbert Mayer, wonderfully illustrated in color... Read More
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Statistical Mechanics
by Joseph Edward Mayer and Maria Goeppert Mayer
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1940. Cloth. Near Fine. An exceptionally clean, sharp copy of the 1940 1st edition of this foundational text in theoretical physics. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in its russet cloth, with immaculate gilt-titling along the spine and virtually no wear to speak of. Internally clean as could be as well, with... Read More
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The First Men
by Julian May
New York: Holiday House, 1968. Fine/Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1968 1st edition. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND on the title page. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($3.95), Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Oblong octavo, wonderfully illustrated throughout in very skillful sketches by Lorence Bjorklund.
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How the Animals Came to North America
by Julian May
New York: Holiday House, 1974. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. Lorence F. Bjorklund. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1974 1st edition. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND on the half-title page. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of light spotting to the panels) in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Oblong octavo, very skillful sketches by Lorence Bjorklund... Read More
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Judith Jamison: Aspects of a Dancer
by Olga Maynard
Gareden CXity, NY: Doubleday & CXompany, 1982. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1982 stated 1st edition of this uncommon biography of world-renowned American dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison (1943-2024). Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light spotting and a thin streak of mild soiling along the spine and rear panel respectively. Octavo,... Read More
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