A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam
by Reginald Le May
Tuttle, 1963. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. IN THE RARE TUTTLE SLIPCASE. 1963 2nd ed., a thick quarto. A Near Fine copy in a VG+ dustjacket with mild fading to the spine and one small, inconspicuous closed tear to the bottom of the dustjacket. The slipcase as well is VG in a cardboard with a rich red and black... Read More
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3 Titles from Altemus's Peter Rabbit Series
by May Wynne, Duff Graham and Linda Stevens Almond
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1931. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. Bess Goe Willis, Duff Graham and J.L.G.. 3 charming titles, all 1st American editions, in the wonderful "Peter Rabbit" series, isued by Henry Altemus of Philadelphia. The 3 titles are bright, solid and Near Fine, with no writing or markings to speak of internally. 32mos., beautifully illustrated throughout in... Read More
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Greece and the Inter-War Economic Crisis
by Mark Mazower
Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1991. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MARK MAZOWER on the front free endpaper. A clean, very well-preserved copy to boot of the 1991 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (very light creasing at the title page) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, part of the wonderful "Oxford... Read More
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How Do You Like New York? An Informal Guide
by Eva T. McAdoo
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR EVA T. MCADOO on the front free endpaper. A very presentable copy to boot of the November 1936 2nd printing. Solid and VG+ (light offsetting at the inner hinges) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping along the top-edges... Read More
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Out of the Air: The Most Radio-Active Woman in America--Her Own Story of the Golden Decades of Broadcasting
by Mary Margaret McBride
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1960. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MARY MARGARET MCBRIDE on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1960 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light spotting to the endpapers and pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear to the front flap-fold and mild creasing along the panel edges.... Read More
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Obtaining Generating Functions
by Elna McBride
New York: Springer-Verlag, 1971. Cloth. Very Good +. A very sharp copy of the 1971 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine, with light rubbing along the titling at the spine. Otherwise, clean as could be. Octavo, 100 pgs. Vol. 21 in the formidable "Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy" series.
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English and American Banking Systems Compared
by William T. McCaffrey
Syracuse, N.Y., 1938. Cloth. Fine. A sharp copy of the 1938 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its duotone (silver and black) cloth. With bright silver-titling along the front panel. Just a touch of mild bubbling to the panels, otherwise clean as could be.
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The Story of a Great Horse: Cresceus, 2:02 1/4
by John McCartney
Indianapolis: The Hollenbeck Press, 1902. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1902 1st edition. VG in its original orange cloth, with pictorial inset of "Cresceus" to front panel. Somewhat pronouced soiling to the panels and spine but still solid and very tightly-bound. 12mo, 213 pgs.
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Breuer (In Shrinkwrap)
by Robert McCarter
New York: Phaidon Press, 2016. Decorative Boards. Fine. A pristine copy of the 2016 1st edition of this major monograph on the Hungarian-born Modernist architect and furniture designer Marcel Breuer (1902-1981). STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP. Clean and Fine in its decorative, duotone boards. Tall, thick quarto, with hundreds of photographs and plans throughout complementing Robert McCarter's text.... Read More
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Douglas, the Boy Who Knew God
by Patricia A. McCarthy
Self-published, 2005. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY PATRICIA Mc CARTHY on the front free endpaper. A pristine copy to boot of the 2005 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Mary Heitzenrater. Signed by Author.
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Epitaphs in the Only Stephentown on Earth
by Elizabeth W. McClave
The Stephentown Historical Society, 1990. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. 1990 1st edition. Clean and tight and Near Fine in its orignal pictorial wrappers. Very light scuffing to the back panel. Quarto, 59 pgs.
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Princeton University Photo Album
by Robert Johnson McClintock
Full leather. Very Good +. Wonderful Princeton University photo album, put together by Robert Johnson McClintock '17 (same graduating class as F. Scott Fitzgerald, who left early in his Senior year and never graduated). The album, an oblong quarto, roughly spans McClintock's 4 year tenure (1914-1917) at Princeton and captues the construction of --and earliest football games played... Read More
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Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey
New York: The Viking Press, 1942. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A serviceable copy of the May 1942 stated 3rd printing. Good+ in its russet cloth, with wear at the tips and spine ends and very light scuffing along the panels. Internally, light offsetting at the gutters and 2 pages of tape crudely repairing tears at the text. Tall... Read More
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Journey Cake, Ho!
by Ruth Sawyer (Robert McClosky)
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Robert McClosky. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1953 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (very light creasing along a number of bottom edges) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), VG+ dustjacket, with very mild chipping at the spine ends and just a touch of light... Read More
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Hail Thee Who Play
by Michael McClure
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. Limited. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. #25 of only 75 copies "handbound in boards each with an original drawing by Michael McClure, all copies signed by the poet". A bright, Near Fine copy in its duotone cloth over yellow boards. Quarto, 11 pgs. Lacking the unprinted acetate dustjacket. Signed by Author.
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Steamin 'to Bells" Around the Middle Sea: The Allerites' Own Book
by Alfred J.P. McClure
Philadelphia: Self-published, 1900. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. #61 OF A "SPECIAL EDITION DE LUXE" OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a tipped-in plate along the front pastedown. 1ST EDITION, 1900. A well-preserved, VG copy in publisher's pictorial cloth. Light soiling along the front and back panels. Quarto, 355 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Vermont Imprints 1778-1820 & Additions and Corrections to Vermont Imprints 1778-1820
by Compiled by Marcus A. McCorison
American Antiquarian Society, 1963. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. INSCRIBED BY MARCUS A. MCCORISON on flyleaf. A Fine copy of the 1963 1st edition in a Near Fine dustjacket. Included as well is a Fine copy of the pamphlet Additions and Corrections to Vermont Imprints 1778-1820. Thick Quarto, 597 pgs. plus pamphlet. Signed by Author(s).
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Heroin Traffic in Southeast Asia
by Alfred McCoy
Washington, D.C.: Indochina Resource Center, 1972. Original wraps. Very Good +. The scarce August 1st, 1972 printing of Indochina Chronicle (No. 18). Most notable in this issue (and its centerpiece) is the June 1972 testimony before Congress of Alfred McCoy, a young doctoral student in Southeast Asian History at Yale, who was called in to discuss the growing... Read More
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
Boston: Houhton Mifflin Co, 1940. Cloth. Very Good +. A clean, very presentable copy of the 1940 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its oatmeal cloth, with light offsetting at the gutters and a bit of mild spotting to the pastedowns and endsheets. Thick octavo, lacking its dustjacket. A major debut novel by the 22 year old Carson... Read More
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The Johnstown Flood (Signed by David McCullough)
by David McCullough
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED (BUT NOT INSCRIBED) BY DAVID MCCULLOUGH on the title page. A lovely copy to boot of the 1968 stated 1st printing. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with the faintest hint of light soiling along the fore-edges. A very sharp copy of... Read More
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The Day of the Dogs
by George Barr McCutcheon
New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1904. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1904 AL Burt reprint, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG in a bright, dog-adorned, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and panel edges and light soiling along the rear panel. Octavo, 137 pgs. Several Harrison Fisher paintings (reproduced in vivid... Read More
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Manolo Blahnik
by Colin McDowell
New York: HarperCollins Publisher, 2000. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 2000 1st American edition (following the London edition). Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, vivid color photography and illustrations thruout.
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Public Opinion and Government Policy in Ireland, 1801-1846
by R.B. McDowell
London: Faber and Faber, 1952. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. 1952 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 303 pgs.
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Jonathan's Cloud
by Gardner McFall
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR AND THE ILLUSTRATOR (WHO ADDED AN ORIGINAL DRAWING ABOVE HIS SIGNATURE) on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1986 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Square 12mo, nicely illustrated thruout. Signed... Read More
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James Van Der Zee
by Edited by Liliane De Cock and Reginald McGhee
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, Inc, 1973. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY JAMES VAN DER ZEE on the half-title. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 1973 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (small, neat former owner name on the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, Van Der Zee's... Read More
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