Starting Out in the Evening
by Morton, Brian
NY: Crown, 1998. First Edition Advance Unorrected Proof. Hardcover. Very Good.
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Harvest
by Morton, David
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/VG+. Near fine in a better than very good dw, with a few tiny chips spine head and top edge rear panel.
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Nocturnes and Autumnals
by Morton, David
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Near fine, lacking dw. With an original 2-stanza, 14 line poem entitled "New Horizins" penned in blank ink by Morton on the ffe, inscribed "For Jim Notopoulos/ with summer requests/ and pleasant memories/ David Morton/ Amherst, Mass/ 1928
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The Story of Greyhound 1:55 1/4
by Moser, P. W.
Harrisburg, PA: The Harness Horse, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 4to, rough weave grey flecked cloth stamped in blue titles and surround of front cover pictorial pastedown, 42 pages, illustrated. A fine, apparently unused copy. RACING BREEDING EQUESTRIAN.
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A LITTLE YELLOW DOG Uncorrected Proof with First Edition Copy
by Mosley, Walter
NY: W.W. Norton, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Apparently unread copies of both the UNCORRECTED PROOF (printed stiff paper covers) and FIRST EDITION (fine in fine dustjacket).
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Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life
by Motion, Andrew
London: Faber & Faber, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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MYRON T. HERRICK FRIEND OF FRANCE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BIOGRAPHY
by Mott, Col. T. Bentley
NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. An apparently unused copy, remarkably preserved sans dustjacket, blie cloth, gilt spine titles, 8vo, gte, x, 399, sides untrimmed.
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LES AVENTURES DE TELEMAQUE FILS D'ULYSSE... (2 volumes)
by FÉNELON (François de Salignac de la Motte)
Paris: Chez J. Barbou, 1785. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 volumes, 12mo, old tree calf, blind ruled, six compartments spine with gilt and red leather label, xlviii, 356 (10 plates): 454 (12 plates plus foldout map of Mediterranean), Very nice copies.
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Hutchison's Food and the Principles of Dietetics
by Mottram, V.H. Graham, George (editors). (Vilhjalmar Steffanson)
London: Edward Arnold, 1948. Tenth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Presentation copy to explorer Vlhjalmar Steffansons, who led an expedition 1913-1916. Nicely preserved copy, light polished bue cloth, silver pressed titles, no dustjacket. xxvii + 709 p w/ index. Inscribed and signed by Mottram on ffe: "To 'Stef' from his friend/ V. H. Mottraam with a sug-/sestion that he... Read More
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Jean-Luc Moulene: Opus + One
by Moulene, Jean-Luc and Yasmil Raymond, Corinne Diserens et al.
Dia Art Foundation and Yale University Pres, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. As new. Still shrink-wrapped.
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GARDENING FOR LADIES; AND COMPANION TO THE FLOWER-GARDEN
by Mrs. Loudon. Downing, A. J. (editor)
NY: Wiley & Putnam, 1843. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, from the third London edition. 8vo, pub brown cloth, which has been rebacked with new cloth spine, paper label. Some minor foxing here and there. 96p + 430p (double columned). First part, illustrated. Solid copy. Uncommon first US edition, reprinted many times later in... Read More
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The Nettle and the Flower
by Muir, Kenneth
London: Oxford University Press, 1933. First Edition. Paper Covers Over Stiff Wraps. Very Good +/No Dustjacket. toned paper covers with some wear, inscribed by Muir on prelim.
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The Politics of King Lear. The seventh W P Ker Memorial Lecture delivered in the University of Glasgow, 23rd April 1946
by Muir, Edwin
Glasgow: Jackson, Son & Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed with note by author. Thin, 24 page pamphlet.
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MUMFORD MEMOIRS BEING THE STORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND MUMFORDS FROM THE YEAR 1655 TO THE PRESENT TIME
by Mumford, James Gregory M.D. (Commodore John Barry, U.S. Navy). (USS Alliance)
Boston: Privately printed by D. B. Updike, The Merrymount Press, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Ownership copy of Thomas J. Mumford, with his bookplate dated 1907 New York, designed by S. Hollyer. With the prospectus for the book laid in, plus No. 7 of the Old South Leaflets, "Cotton Mather's Lives of Bradford and Winthrop" (two other... Read More
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The Urban Prospect
by Mumford, Lewis
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine -. just the slightest bit of wear at spine ends and corners, not price clipped, no previous owner marks.
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Practical Remarks on Modern Paper
by Murray, John
North Hills, PA: Bird and Bull Press, 1981. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. With Introductory essay by Leonard B. Schlosser. Copy no. 96/300, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 160 pp. Quarter morocco & patterned boards. A beautiful reprinting of Murray's 1829 treatise.
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Intorduction to the English Reader, or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Poetry; Calculated to Improve the Younger Classes of Learners in Reading; and to Imbue Their Minds with the Love of Virtue with Rules and Observations for Assisting Children to Rea
by Lindley Murray
Bridgeport, CT, 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon 1815 Connecticut edition after the West & Blake 1810 Boston edition. Original or contmporary full calf binding, black leather label, double gilt ruled spine. ffe missing, pages xvii + 19-204 intact. The OCLC lists no copies of this printing. Calf worn but binding firm.
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Introduction to the English reader: or, A selection of pieces in prose and poetry calculated to improve the younger classes of learners in reading ... From the last English edition
by Murray, Lindley (1745-1826)
NY: Collins, 1826. Hardcover. Fair. Original binding, quarter- leather over paper-backed boards, xvi, 166. Stereotyped Edition. covers soiled and spine revealed, but holding - just- with original sewn string. Reprinted many times in the United States by local printers in New England and mid-Atlantic in the early 1800s, with plenty of library holdings, but none dated 1826 printed... Read More
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The Splendour That Was Egypt
by Murray, Margaret A.
New York: Philosophical Library, 1957. Second Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Good. jacket torn, piece missing top of spine and top corner front panel.
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VALIANT FOR THE TRUTH; OR SOME MEMORIALS OF GEORGE FOX AND HIS EARLY FRIENDS
by Murray, Ruth S. (Quakers)
Cambridge MA: Printed at Riverside Press, 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. 8vo, greenish-blue cloth, stamped and ruled in black on cvoers, gilt titles to spine, xiv, 236. Bookplate fron pastedown, Covers miderately worn. Internals quite nice.
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British Museum Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections
by British Museum
England: The British Museum, 1925. Second Edition. Cloth. Fine -/No Jacket. With 20 plates, 293 illustrations and 3 maps.
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MODERNIST CUISINE COLLECTION (5 titles, 19 volumes)
by Myhrvold, Nathan (Chris Young,Maxime Bilet)
Bellevue, WA: Cooking Lab, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. MODERNIST CUISINE COLLECTION. All as new. All first editions. 5 titles, 24 volumes in total, plexiglass and metal slipcases as new, , MODERNIST CUISINE: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF COOKING - 6 vols (2011), MODERNIST BREAD - 6 vols (2017), MODERNIST PIZZA - 4 vols (2021), MODERNIST CUISINE... Read More
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The Waltz Invention
by Nabokov, Vladimir
New York: Phaedra, 1966. First Edition. Cloth. Fine -/Fine -. dw has just a bit of rubbing, not price clipped, no previous owner marking.
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The Mimic Men
by Naipaul, V.S.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Fine -/Fine -. just a touch of foxing to prelims and flaps, else fine and clean, no previous owner markings.
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Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima
by Nakashima, Mira
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. Warmly inscribed by the author on the title page and dated in September 2010. Book fine, apparently unused, in dustjacket that is sunfaded about an inch deep around the perimeter of the front panel.
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