Authors starting with M from Birchwood Books

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923 Light blue cloth with paper title on spine. Spine is darkened and there are stains on the rear board. Foxing to page edges. Text is clean. Head and tail of spine are rubbed, as are points. 340p.. First American Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. ... more information

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Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co. Early reprint. No date is given for printing but previous owner stamped endpaper with his name (several times) and the date Dec. 25, 1900. Blue cloth with extensive black decorations on spine and front board. Raised title on gold background on spine. Cloth is rubbed on spine, worn through in several places. Points are soft. Water damage to cloth on front board, white scuff marks, and a nick. Possible insect damage to board edges and top layer of cloth on rear boa... more information

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New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc., 1984 Church scandal. Dust jacket has some slight edgewear, now in brodart. Black cloth spine with silver title, rubbed. Black boards with black embossed church spires on front. Some soiling and water spots to cloth and boards. Scratches to back board, top corners bumped. 311p.. First Edition. Cloth and Board. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1941 Sir Christopher Vayle, the great motor racer, and the mysterious Mr. Revel must capure a killer who is murdering London policemen. Vintage paperback. Laminate peeling from edges of covers, particularly on front. Interior is clean and bright. 250p.. Sixth Printing. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. PocketBook. ... more information

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Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1907 Cream slipcase wrapped with cream and green floral paper. Slipcase is soiled and foxing. Broken seam at top, large chip missing at bottom. Paper wrapper attached to book at spine. Title in black on spine and cover with red design. Pare is soiled and foxing. Page edges are foxing. 97p.. Soft Cover. Very Good/Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. ... more information

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Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1955 Signed by the Author. Yarns and legends of the southwest. Book is covered in decorative red paper. Crease running down middle of spine. Tear in paper, about 2", on edge of spine. Head and tail of spine are rubbed. Bottom corners are bumped, paper is torn. Inscribed by author on half-title page, dated 6/23/55. The book is also signed on the title page. Binding is loosening. Pages are beginning to brown, some stains to interior pages. 8 pages of... more information

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New York: Time, The Weekly Newsmagazine, 1954 Snippets from the magazine, including articles on Winston Churchill, Herbert Hoover and William Randolph Hearst. Gift to Time subscribers. Stiff blue and black paper boards. Small paste-on on front. Rear edge of spine is rubbed, some other edgewear. Glued binding is coming undone. Beige slipcase is chipped, insect damaged. Part of edge is broken on bottom. Rear is soiled and has previous owners name written in ink in large letters. . Soft Cover. Good/Fai... more information

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New York: Random House, 1984 Jacket in brodart, someedgewear and shelfwear. Black spine and boards, gold embossed title and initials. Cloth shows some minor shelfwear and a small whitish stain near spine. Binding is tight. Gift insription on ffe. 229p. . First Edition. Cloth and Board. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Random House, 1936 French adventurer and WWII hero, eventually became French Minister of State for Cultural Affairs. First English printing. Translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. Brown-gold cloth with black and gold titles on spine and front board. Spine is slightly sunned, some soiling in gutters. Very small light spot on front board. Some browning in gutter of endpapers. Top of pages dyed black. Pages slightly yellowing. Unread. 174p.. First Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - ov... more information

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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1978 Book shows some shelfwear. Coating is separating in a few places. Black cloth with silver embossed title and gold device. Cover has blind embossed laurel wreath and gold reproduction of author's signature. Head and tail of spine are slightly rubbed. Endpapers are timeline. Numerous black and white photos. Some scratches to back of jacket. 793p.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999 Bright dust jacket, shows only minor shelfwear. Blue binding with silver embossed title. Boards show some scuffing. 541p. . Tenth Printing. Cloth and Board. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1926 Anthology of poetry; three volumes of American poets, six volumes of British and one of English translations. Volume 10 has an index. All are in brown paper dust jackets, conditions vary; some are very good three are poor with large tears or chips. Jackets are now protected by Brodart. Cloth is blue with paper titles on spines. A few have foxing to top edge of cover. Foxing to page edges. Bindings are tight. . Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" ... more information

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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1942 Vintage paperback. Roderick Alleyn mystery. Bright copy, unread. Full length crease down middle of front cover. Perma-Gloss cover, laminate is seperating at edges of covers, particularly at rear upper corner. Tail of spine is a little rough. Red page edges and endpapers. 343p. + several pages of ads. . First Thus. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. PocketBook. ... more information

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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1941 Vintagepaper back. Inspector Roderick of Scotland Yard. Bright, solid, clean copy. Perma-Gloss covers, some slight seperation of laminate at edges. Light crease to rear cover. Red page edges and endpapers. Book is unread, interior is clean, pages slightly yellow. 244p. + severals pages of ads.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. PocketBook. ... more information

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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1920 Description of visit to Provence before WWI. Blue cloth with gold titles on spine and front board. There is also a castle in light gold on front board. Spine is slightly sunned, gold is dull. Head and tail of spine are rubbed. Ther is a small nick in cloth at center of spine. Minor bit of soiling to bottom edge of front board. Forty nine sepia tone photographs. Interior is clean, binding is tight. . Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7&fra... more information

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L. T. Meyers, 1912 Two frontis pictures, both black and white; full length photo of Titanic, portrait of Captain E. J. Smith. "A detailed and accurate account of the most awful marine disaster in history, constructed from the real facts as obtained from those on board who survived...Only Authoritative Book...including...Records of previous great disasters of the sea, descriptions of the development of safety and life-saving appliances, a plain statement of the causes of such catastrophes and how to av... more information

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New York: The MacMillan Company, 1933 Beautiful textured maroon leatherette, blind embossed on cover with 'Indian Head' design and title. Gold embossed title on spine. Illustrated with maps, photos, drawings and paintings. Preface by Marshall. Back points are a little bent, front are good. Spine slightly rubbed. A little wear to back cover. Handsome volume. Two names handwritten inside. Some pencil underlining to text. Handwritten timeline, in pencil, on blank page in back. . Revised. Le... more information

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New York: Charles Scribner 's Sons, 1890 Printed by J. J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York. Bibliography by E. D. North. Possible first. White cloth is heavily soiled and foxed, but points and binding are still very firm. Very solid construction. Gold tiles on spine are difficult to read because cloth is stained. Head and tail of spine heavily rubbed. Gold on cover still bright. Water stain to top edge of pages on first signature does not interfere with any text or illustrations. Tissued fr... more information

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New York: Charles Scribner 's Sons, 1908 Collection of socio-political essays. Author shared in the creations of both the Harvard Lampoon and Life Magazine. Later he was a contributor to Harper's. Signed note and photograph laid in. Green cloth with gold titles on spine and front board. Cloth shows wear to edges; head and tail of spine are bumped and fraying. Points are bumped. Cloth is lightly scuffed and soiled. Two different bookplates adorn front endpapers; there is also a name and date ... more information

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New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1903 Light blue cloth with white titles on spine and cover. Cloth is soiled and worn at edges. Spine panel is rubbed and scuffed. Paste on illustration of schoolgirl on front, soiled including large brown stain to corner. Extensive pencil drawings to most blank pages. Binding cracked at boards. Different names written in pencil at the top of every right hand page for first 43 pages. Large tear in the margin of page 47. 279p.. Seventh Printing. Cloth. Very Good/... more information

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