Titles starting with M from Basement Books

Billings, Montana: U.S. Department of Interior, 1950. The only indicia of ex-lib (U.S. Geological Survey, Field Library) are two stamps on front cover and one inside rear cover. All fold-out maps present, bright, and untorn. 192pp., + List of Reports and Appendix, illustrated with maps, diagrams, b/w photos. In stapled, textured cardstock tan wrappers. Rather rare item and this is in beautiful condition! SEE PHOTO OF BOOK. . No Edition Stated. Stapled Pictorial Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Libr... (more information)

Subjects: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY);

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Wettersberg: Self-published. Presumed First Ed; no date. Softcover sm 8vo in stapled cardstock covers, enclosed in decorated French wraps. SIGNED by Author. Fine. GERMAN TEXT ONLY. Appears to be about growing up in Germany in the 1930's, but I don't read German. 48pp, illustrated in b/w photos ca. 1930's. Uncommon item. Scan available upon request. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Fine/French Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. GERMANY MEMOIR 1930 LITERATURE. ... (more information)

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Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. First Edition, First Printing (stated). HC 8vo in brick red cloth. AF/AF. Store sticker front passtedown; unclipped jacket rubbed at spine tips, corners and rear panel. Often hilarious biography by niece of Mabel Dodge Luhan, who almost single-handledly started the Taos/Santa Fe art and literary scene. 228pp inc, Index; illustrated in b/w photos. . ISBN: 0395253497. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. About Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY AT LITERA... (more information)

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New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. AF/NF. 2 staple holes rear endpaper; unclipped jacket lightly edgeworn w/ 2 closed tears/crease bottom front panel. Audacious scheme to steal gold during World War II. 378pp. By the author of the Hardman Altanta PI mystery series. . ISBN: 0030194660. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. About Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. WWII FICTION SUSPENSE. ... (more information)

Subjects: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General;

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Houston, TX: IDHAC Publishing. First Edition. No date. Softcover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall in stapled wraps. Near Fine. Wraps rubbed and creased, tiny tear at crown, light soil rear panel. Tight, interior clean and unmarked. The world's most complete illustrated listing of machine guns, silencers, machine pistols, counterinsurgency warfare devices, stocked pistols, and other unusual weapons, w/ special section on WWII German submachine guns and the Thompson. 55pp, b/w drawings throughout. Uncommon item. S... (more information)

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New York: Atheneum, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine book in About Fine Dust Jacket. Moderate slant; unclipped jacket shows light edgewear, rubbed rear panel. Novel about the last days of the outlaw John Dillinger. Jacket priase by Thomas Pynchon. 292pp.. ISBN: 0689121458. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FICTION HISTORICAL DILLINGER JOHN CRIME. ... (more information)

Subjects: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General;

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Garden City, NY: International Collectors Library, 1937. HC 8vo in red leatherette and gilt dec. replicating the 1800 Fleet Street Binding, top edge gilt, ribbon bookmark. Near Fine w/ creased heel, corners lightly curled. Bright and glossy, square, clean and unmarkde, tight and obviously unread. Translated by Vincent Sheehan. Part of the Great Biographies Series. 385pp, frontis photo of the Author.. Leatherette. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BIOGRAPHY CURIE MARIE SCIENCE PHYSI... (more information)

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Dellhi, India: Chanakya Pubns, 1990. First Edition. HC 8vo in black cloth. Near Fine book in About Fine unclipped DJ, now protected in clear cover. Boards rubbed w/ some color loss, back board somewhat bowed, small red stamp on front endpaper; jacket rubbed, lightly wrinkled, crease inside front flap. Trilogy set in India during the three decades leading to the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857-1858: "Outcast Lovers" (Interacial marriage of Englishman and Bengali girl); "The Pioneers Disobliged" (British introducing te... (more information)

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New York: St Martins Pr, 1957. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). HC 8vo. Near Fine book in About Fine DJ. Pronounced slant; jacket lightly soiled, rubbed, 1/4"scuff to bottom rear panel. Book bright, hinges strong, clean and totally unmarked; DJ front panel looks sharp. Historical novel set in 1869 in and around the Suez Canal. 317pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Near Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FICTION HISTORICAL SUEZ. ... (more information)

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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1980. HC 8vo. Fine in Near Fine jacket w/ sht closed tears, now in clear cover. Introduction by Isaac Asimov. 18 stories by: Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, Theodore Sturgeon, Grendel Briarton, Damon Knight, Daniel Keyes, Walter Miller, Jr., John Ciardi, Shirley Jackson, James Tiptree, Jr., Richard Matheson, Zenna Henderson, Hilbert Schenck, Jr., Robert Silverberg, Brian Aldiss, and others. 310pp.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7... (more information)

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr, 1990. First American Edition, 2nd Printing. Soft cvoer 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall in photo wraps. Very Good. Top front edge pinched, 1" re-glued split at crown, remainder mark bottom page edge; square, binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. 304pp inc. Glossary, Index; well-illustrated in b/w photos, a few color plates. In addition to being a photographer author Sir Cecil Beaton designed stage sets, including My Fair Lady; Gail Buckland is former curator of the Royal... (more information)

Subjects: ART / General;

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New York: Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1978. First Edition, First Printing (stated). HC Folio - over 12" - 15" tall in dark blue cloth. About Fine book in Near Fine jacket. Front board edge bumped; unclipped DJ edgeworn w/ short closed tears and attendant creasing. Book bright and clean, square, hinges strong, unmarked. Step-by-step demonstrations on how to achieve that realistic effect in waterolor. 144pp inc. Bibliography, Index; illustrated in 80 pages of color and 40 b/w illustrations. . ISBN: 0823029573. Firs... (more information)

Subjects: ART / General;

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New York: Scholastic Inc., 1954. Softcover 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall . Near Fine w/ light cover rub, pinched heel. Square, tight, pages lightly toned but supple, unmarked. TAB, the Teen Age Book Club, 1954. 69 amazing tricks you can do. For juvenile readers. 153pp.. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. Illus. by Tracy, Katherine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall. JUVENILE MAGIC. ... (more information)

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Tustin, CA: Walter T. Foster. Softcover Folio - over 12" - 15" tall in stapled wraps. Near Fine w/ light spine pinch, rubbed wraps. 34pp, illustrated in b/w and full-color drawings. Walter Foster "How to Draw" art series, # 129.. Stapled Wraps. Near Fine/Wraps. Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall. ART TECHNIQUE. ... (more information)

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: E. P. Dutton, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. HC, 229pp. Near Fine in like DJ, now prtoected in clear covers. Based on a true story of Emmeline the wife of a world famous magician sent by Napolean III to convince a Bedouin tribe of France's superior power. In conflict with the local "Holy God" and the customs of a strange people and land, Emmeline and Henri Lambert's drama unfolds, from the splendor and pageantry of the French court to the majesty and mystery of the Sahara. . ISBN... (more information)

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Elmhurst, IL: American Hungarian Studies Fdn., 1956. First Edition presumed. HC 8vo in illustrated boards. Near Fine/No DJ. Boards heavily edgeworn w/ bumped corners. Square, hinges strong, clean and unmarked Hungarian history, culture, politics. TEXT IN HUNGARIAN. 256pp., illustrated in duotone photos, drawings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. HINGARY HISTORY CULTURE. ... (more information)

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. First American Edition (stated), First Printing. About Fine in like jacket. Bookplate front endpaper; unclipped jacket wrinkled at spine tips, lightly sunned. Translated by Daphne Woodward and Robert Eglesfield. 290pp.. ISBN: 0151551391. First American Edition (stated). Cloth. About Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MYSTERY MAIGRET FICTITIOUS CHARACTER POLICE DETECTIVE ANTHOLOGY. ... (more information)

Subjects: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General;

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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. First American Edition (stated), First Printing. HC 8vo in orange cloth. AF/NF. Bookplate front endpaper; bright unclipped jacket has 1/2" closed tear top rear panel at crown. 176pp. Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen.. First American Edition (stated). Cloth. About Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. MYASTERY MAIGRET FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FRANCE POLICE INSPECTOR. ... (more information)

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San Antonio, TX: The Naylor Company, 1971. First edition. HC 8vo in brown cloth in rust cloth, decorated with silver round-up scene. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on flyleaf. About Fine/Near Fine. Soft spine tips, sm stain top page edge; bright unclipped DJ has 1/2" closed tear front panel, light crease top rear panel, now protected in clear cover. With his bible in his bedroll, Hall came to New Mexico from west Texas, eventually becoming a circuit-riding Cowboy Preacher. Sixty years later, these are hi... (more information)

Subjects: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY);

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Los Angeles, CA: Republic Corporation, 1978. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Softcover 4to in stapled wraps. Wraps lightly rubbed, else Fine. Book bright and glossy, spine flat, book square, tight, totally unmarked. Homage to artist's model Sue Lewin, photos by illustrator Maxfield Parrish, compiled by him to raise money for his beloved "Oaks". 50pp, illustrated in full page b/w photos. . First Edition, First Printing. Soft Cover. About Fine/Wraps. Illus. by Parrish, Maxfield. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" t... (more information)

Subjects: ART / General;

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