Search Results: Authors starting with M from George S. MacManus Company

MABEY, Charles Rendell. The Pony Express. An Epic of the Old West. Illustrations. Original cloth. [Salt Lake City]: The Beverly Craftsmen, 1940. First edition. Near fine.

1925. MABIE, Hamilton Wright. When All the World Is Kin. Original fancy paper-covered flexible boards, printed paper label on front board. [Chicago: The Ludlow Typograph Company, 1925]. First separate edition. Bookplate of noted designer and bibliography Will Ransom. Printed presentation slip affixed to front free endpaper. Designed and printed by Ernst F. Detterer. Spine lightly sunned, small bookplate, else fine.

MABIE, Hamilton W. The Writers of Knickerbocker New York. Illus. with engravings by Walworth Stilson. Original cloth, a.e.g. in publisher's box. New York: The Grolier Club, 1912. FIrst edition. One of 300 copies printed by the De VInne Press. A very good copy in a worn box.

MacCORKLE, William Alexander. The Recollections of Fifty Years of West Virginia. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. 1st ed. xiv, 633 pp. Portrait frontis., illus., portraits. Orig. cloth, te.g,, d/j. Light shelfwear, dust jacket lightly chipped and sunned, Memoirs of a former West Virginia governor and lawyer.

1991. (VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL). MACALUSO, Gregory J. Morris, Orange, and King William Artillery.[Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, 1991]. 1st ed. 122pp. Portraits, maps. Fine in d/j. One of 1000 signed, numbered copies. History of three artillery batteries that all became part of Carter's Artillery Battalion.

1991. (VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL). MACALUSO, Gregory J. Morris, Orange, and King William Artillery. .[Lynchburg, VA: H.E. Howard, 1991]. 1st ed. 122pp. Portraits, maps. Orig. gilt-armorial cloth. Fine. One of 1000 signed, numbered copies. History of three artillery batteries that all became part of Carter's Artillery Battalion. Dornbusch IV: 7740.

MACARTNEY, Clarence E. Lincoln and His Cabinet. N.Y., 1931. Illus. xviii, 366pp. A fine copy in orig. cloth; d/j.

[MacBEAR, Alexander]. A Dictionary of the Bible: or an Explanation of the Proper Names & Difficult Words in the Old and New Testament, Accented as They Ought To Be Pronounce. With Other Useful Particulars or Those Who Would Understand the Sacred Scriptures, and Read Them with Propriety. Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1798. 1st American ed. [229],[5, publisher's catalogue] pp. Contemporary calf, gilt-ruled spine, red morocco spine label. Calf rubbed, some wear to spine ends and corners, label scraped, light scattered foxing, else very good. Evans 33638.

MacBRIDE, Thomas Huston. In Cabins and Sod-Houses. Iowa City: State HIstorical Society of Iowa, 1928. xv, 368pp. Portrait and 2 plates. Orig. cloth. Fine. Covers 1846-1860, early life on the prairies.

1837. MacCABE, Julius P. Bolivar. A Directory the Cities of Cleveland and Ohio City, For the Years 1837-38: comprising historical and descriptive sketches of each place-an alphabetical list of inhabitants, their business and residence...and a variety of other useful information. Cleveland, 1837. [42], 144pp. A 12mo. Original publisher's half cloth and printed paper boards. Spine neatly repaired, boards scuffed and somewhat dampstained, edges and corners worn. Light tanning and dampstaining. In a half calf slipcase. The first directory compiled for the city of Cleveland, and "also its first history" (Howes). It contains an essay on the history of Cleveland, a copy of the charter for the city's incorporation from 1836, a description of the current state of the city including an enumeration of public officials and details of available services, and an alphabetical list of residents and businesses. At the rear is a small section giving a short description of Ohio City and a list of its residents.… Read More

MacCANN, William. Two Thousand Miles' Ride through the Argentine Provinces: Being an Account of the Natural Products of the Country, and Habits of the people; with a Historical Retrospect of the Rio de la Plata, Monte Video, and Corrientes. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1853. 1st ed. 2 Vols. xiv, [2], 295; x, [1], 323, [1] pp. Color frontises., plates, folding map. Orig. pictorial cloth. Rebacked, orig. spines laid down, spines somewhat sun-darkened, some wear to corners, cloth lightly rubbed, library bookplate and stamps, else a very good copy. MacCann arrived in the River Plate in 1842 to help establish commercial relations between England and Argentina. To this end, he is an accurate observer of the people, customs, and country paying great attention to natural resources, climate, and geography. Much time is spent observing the people of the Pampas and their commerce.

1924. (WEST VIRGINIA). MacCORKLE, William Alexander. The White Sulphur Springs. The Traditions, History, and Social Life of the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. Charleston, WV: [Neale Publishing Co.], 1924. Illus. 410pp. Original cloth, t.e.g., dust jacket. Fine in the seldom see dust wrapper. Krick 297."The Springs was one of the favorite watering spots of prominent 19th century Southerners. Governor MacCorkle's informal history of the resort provides interesting material on some of the leading men who made it their headquarters for rest and recreation.

1916. (WEST VIRGINIA). MacCORKLE, William Alexander. The White Sulphur Springs. The Traditions, History, and Social Life of the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1916. 1st ed.410pp. Frontis., plates, maps. Orig. cloth. Very good or better. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper: "Mrs. Jane Prince Dice with the warmest regards of the Author, Charleston, W.Va., Jly 19, 1916. W. A. MacCorkle." Krick 297. "The Springs was one of the favorite watering spots of prominent 19th Century Southerners. Governor MacCorkle's informal history of the resort provides interesting material on some of the leading men who made it their headquarters for rest and recreation.

1928. (MacCORKLE, WILLIAM ALEXANDER). MacCORKLE, William Alexander. The Recollections of Fifty Years of West Virginia. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. 1st ed. xiv,633pp. Portrait frontis., plates, portraits. Orig. cloth, T.e.g., non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. MacCorkle was a lawyer, financier, and governor of West Virginia from 1893-1897. He writes about being a circuit rider.

1916. (WEST VIRGINIA). MacCORKLE, William Alexander. The White Sulphur Springs. The Traditions, History, and Social Life of the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs. N.Y.: The Neale Publishing Company, 1916. Illus. 410pp. Fine in d/j. Krick 297. "The Springs was one of the favorite watering spots of prominent 19th Century Southerners. Governor MacCorkle's informal history of the resort provides interesting material on some of the leading men who made it their headquarters for rest and recreation.

MacCORKLE, William Alexander. Some Southern Questions. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. 1st ed. vii, 318 pp. Orig. cloth, t.e.g. A fine copy in d/j.

[MacCORMACK, Samuel]. A View of the State of Parties in the United States of America; Being an Attempt to Account for the Present Ascendancy of the Anti-English, or Democratic Party, in that Country; in two Letter to a Friend. The Second Edition. Edinburgh, 1812. 167pp. plus advts. Newly rebound in 3/4 cloth and marbled boards.

1812. [MacCORMACK, Samuel]. A View of the State of Parties in the United States of America; Being an Attempt to Account for the Present Ascendancy of the French, or Democratic Party, in that Country; in Two Letters to a Friend. By a Gentleman Who Has Recently Visited the United States. Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. for John Ballantyne and Co., Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1812. 1st ed. 110pp. Later marbled wrappers, typed paper label on front. Some soiling to final leaves, else very good. HOWES V-95. On the political tensions between the Federalists and Democrats, and between France, England and the United States, which culminated in the War of 1812.

MacCOY, W. Logan. A History of the Plantation Commonly Called Greenhill. Phila., 1927. 1st ed. Illus. 59pp. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Very scarce.

1917. MacCURDY, George Grant. Some Mounds of Eastern Tennessee. Off-print from the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Internation Congress of Americanists, Washington, December, 1915. Washington: 1917. 8vo. 59-74 pp., illus. In orig. wrappers. Light toning, but a very good copy.