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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Riders of Enchanted Valley
by Lee McGiffin
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1966. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Fine. A superb, all-but-pristine copy of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, frontispiece by Lorence Bjorklund.
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The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson
by Ann McGovern
New York: Four Winds Press, 1975. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Ann Grifalconi. A tight, very sharp copy of the 1975 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one or two tiny closed tears --and very light creasing-- along the panel edges. Octavo, nicely illustrated in line-drawing by Ann Grifalconi.
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A Guide to Textiles (In Dustjacket)
by Mary Evans and Ellen B. McGowan
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1939. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1939 1st edition, in a crisp, sharp dustjacket. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with light spotting to the front panel and very mild chipping at the spine and along the panel edges. Octavo, part of Wiley's "Books in... Read More
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Practical Poultry Keeping: For the Poultryman, the Poultry Farmer and the Back-Yard Poultry Keeper (in Dustjacket)
by Thomas F. McGrew
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1928. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1928 1st edition, including its uncommon dustjacket. Tight and VG+ (light spotting to the front free endpaper, light offsetting at the pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light wear along the flap-folds and very light chipping and creasing at the panel edges. 12mo,... Read More
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What Could Germany Do for Ireland
by James K. McGuire
New York: Wolfe Tone Company, 1916. Cloth. Near Fine. A clean, sharp copy of the uncommon 1916 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with discreet blindstamp to the title page. 12mo, 309 pgs.
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Annotations to Finnegan's Wake
by Roland McHugh
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1980. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A tight, solid copy of the 1980 1st edition. VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and spine. Small former owner stamp to the front free endpaper and pencil underlining at the first 4 or 5 pgs. Thick quarto, 628 pgs. ... Read More
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Wildfowl of North America
by Michael McIntosh
NorwaLK, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Full-Leather. As New. A beautiful copy of the Easton Press leatherbound Collector's Edition. This edition signed by author Michael McIntosh and by artist David Maass AND includes the Easton Press certificate of authenticity signed by both author and artist. A lavishly-produced edition as well. Bound in full green leather with all edges gilt.... Read More
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Nutrition of the Dog
by Clive M. McKay
Ithaca, New Ork: Comstock Publishing Co, 1943. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1943 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 139 pgs.
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Specifications of the Work to Be Done in the Erection and Completion of the House of W.C. Whitney, Esq., N.E. Corner of 69th Street and Fifth Avenue. New York City (Original Album) + 2-Pg. Charles McKim Letter Addressing the Renovation
by McKim, Mead and White
New York, 1897. Album. Near Fine. A wonderful piece of New York architectural history: The 1897 McKim, Mead and White original album of "Specifications of the Work to Be Done in the Erection and Completion of the House of W.C. Whitney, Esq., N.E. Corner of 69th Street and Fifth Ave. New York City". Overseen by Stanford White, this... Read More
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Nkrumah: A Biography
by Robin McKown
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co, 1973. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ROBIN MCKOWN TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent literary criticand biographer (1909-1979). A sharp copy to boot of the 1973 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine ends. Octavo, 181 pgs.... Read More
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Marina and Lee
by Priscilla Johnson McMillan
New York: Harper & Row, 1977. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A remarkable copy of this examination of the relationship of Marina and Lee Oswald, authored by the only person --Priscilla Johnson McMillan-- who demonstrably knew both JFK (from his years as a young Senator) and Lee Harvey Oswald (while in Russia). INSCRIBED BY BOTH MARINA OSWALD (on the first... Read More
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Intents
by Patrick McMullan
New York: powerHouse Books, 2004. Hardcover. A pristine copy of the 2004 stated 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY PATRICK MCMULLAN on the half-title. Tight and Fine in its cut-out white boards. Tall quarto, wild color photography thruout.
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Glamour Girls
by Patrick McMullan
New York: PMc Publishing, 2007. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 2007 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial leatherette. INSCRIBED BY PATRICK MCMULLAN on the title page. Given the weight of this title, the binding is a bit shaken but is still perfectly sturdy. Folio, McMullan's exuberant "Glamour" portraits thruout.
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Moving On (Inscribed in Year-of-Publication)
by Larry McMurtry
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY LARRY MCMURTRY in year-of-publication on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st printing. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. McMurtry's 5th published book. Sold 1/10/21.
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Noah's Nightmare
by Bob McNagny
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1932 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (with very light staining at the bottom-edge) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with 1 very small chip along the front hinge and a 1" chip at the rear panel's top-edge. Still though, very presentable and... Read More
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The Story of the Great Plains
by May McNeer
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. C.H. DeWitt. A very sharp copy of the 1943 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial boards. And in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with one chip (roughly the size of a nickel) at the front panel's lower-edge, very light chipping to the... Read More
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Round the Mulberry Bush
by Marion L. McNeil
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1933. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1933 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG example of the pictorial dustjacket, with several small closed tears --and very light chipping-- along the panel edges. Quarto, beautifully illustrated in vivid color by Fern Bisel Peat. A lovely book.
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The Headmaster (Inscribed by Helen Boyden!!)
by John McPhee
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY HELEN C. BOYDEN, THE TRUE MATRIARCH OF DEERFIELD ACADEMY, on the front free endpaper. (In our experience, Helen Boyden's signature on copies of "The Headmaster", the only one we've ever encountered, is significantly scarcer than John McPhee's or even Frank Boyden's signature). A superb... Read More
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The Cruise of the Montauk to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida
by James McQuade
New York: Thomas R. Knox & Co, 1885. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A very solid copy of the 1885 1st edition of James McQuade's account of the voyage of the schooner yacht Montauk to Bermuda, the West Indies and Florida. Tight and VG+ in its pictorial, chocolate-brown cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and lightly-rubbed... Read More
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The Book of Baseball: The National Game from the Earliest Days to the Present Season
by Edited and Compiled by William Pattern and J. Walker McSpadden
New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1911. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. Charles Dana Gibson. A notably well-preserved, sharp copy of the fragile 1911 1st edition, with its iconic Charles Dana Gibson front cover (in its bright blues and oranges). Most famously though, this book can claim credit for having published the first known photograph of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.... Read More
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Go Up for Glory
by Bill Russell (As Told to William McSweeney)
New York: Berkley Medallion (Coward-McCann), 1966. Original wraps. Near Fine. A crisp copy of the December 1966 1st paperback printing. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its pitorial wrappers, with just a touch of light creasing and paper residue along the spine. Pocket-sized, X1365, 60 cents cover price.
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Gerald Finzi (In Dustjacket)
by Diana McVeagh
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: The Boydell Press, 2005. Cloth. Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 2005 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, a number of black-and-white photos complementing Diana McVeagh's text. Exhaustive study of the life and work of Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), the great British Classical composer.
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Social Organization of Manua (Ruth Benedict's Copy)
by Margaret Mead
Honolulu: The Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1930. Original wraps. Very Good +. A very impressive Association copy, having belonged to Ruth Benedict (1887-1948), one of the few anthropologists whose stature was almost as towering as Margaret Mead's. THIS COPY (ESSENTIALLY "THE DEDICATION COPY" GIVEN THAT MEAD DEDICATED THIS VOLUME TO BENEDICT) IS NEATLY SIGNED BY RUTH BENEDICT along... Read More
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They Meet at Eleven
by Frank Meads
London: George Newnes Limited, 1956. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1956 1st edition. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with several closed tears (mended with clear tape), light creasing at the front panel and light foxing to the preliminaries. Tall quarto, crisp black-and-white photos of Frank Meads thruout and the occasional drawings... Read More
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