Search Results: Authors starting with M from The M.A.D. House Artists

48 pages. 8.5"x 5.5". Paperback stapled cover in good condition, pages firm. pages 14 and 15 yellowed from newspaper clipping dated Dec. 1966 "The Christmas Cactus Is a Yuletide Delight." Our book number 36070

8.25" x 5.5", 287 pages, Green cloth-covered boards. Twentieth Impression, October 1946. Book clean, sound, very little wear. Some fading to spine and tops of boards, previous owner's name and address on front paste-down. Humorous account of the life of the author in the chicken business... in the early twentieth century. Our book number 4047.

8.5" x 6" x 2", 567 pages. Withdrawn from the library. Clean text, a few library stamps, sticker, pocket in back. Some wear to corners. BORZOI series. 24 Stories in chronological order from 1897 to 1929. Preface to the 1936 publication by Thomas Mann. Our book number 22219.

8.5" x 5.5" and 11" x 4.25". Previous owner's name written in ink, Paper has been bent on WOODWORK. Two volumes offered together: Woodwork, Martin's first publication, in a folded format, single sheet of card stock. THE SHELTER OF THE ROAR in stapled pamphlet form. Woodwork stated First Printing. No other edition listed on The Shelter of the Roar.
Woodwork: The Building of a Carpenter is "Dedicated to all the women I knew who were involved in the Women's Liberation Front in Pullman in 1969 when all I wanted to do was get married." Our book set number 46027.

7.5" x 4.75", 26 pages. Fragile play script in good condition. Paper yellowed, nick in edge of front cover, all pages present. Play is 14 pages, several pages of advertising for other plays after the script. Sewn binding. Our book number 43704.

8" x 10", 150 pages. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded, Seventh Printing 1997. A new book with some aging to the edges and corners from shelf wear. The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration. A "bucolic art form." Our book number 26021.

9.25" x 6", 16 Pages. Issued February 1918, Revised May 1922. Paper aged, inside pages have been crumpled, but are not torn. Some stains. Family heirloom, has been used by a farmer.  "Birds feed upon practically all insect pests. They are voracious, able to move freely from place to palace, and exert a steady influence on keeping down the swelling tide of insect life." One in a series of pamphlets to aid farmers and homesteaders in attracting birds to their homesteads. Our book number 1070.

8" x 5.5", 267 pages. Clean copy, old new book - some minor scuffing from being on a shelf, but not read. "Great poet though he is, Propertius (born 50 B.C.) has been relatively little read. His chief subjects are love, death, and Roman life. This...edition offers an excellent, readable, poetic translation." Our book number 46035.

9.25" x 6.25", 141 pages. Text clean, book in very good condition. Hardcover described in the edition as 'paperbound' - paper over boards. Dust jacket has price sticker residue on the front and shows some tears and wear to the edges and corners. Excellent illustrations by Manyum Wallop, whose work is recognisable and fun. Chestnuts for your green time. Our book number 50114.

7.5" x 9". 40 pages. "Carl" on cover, name of previous owner and year on title page. New book. Appears to be from a set owned by a teacher for the classroom. Not read. Excellent science book for children in the elementary years, text clean and unmarked. Our book number 36045.

7.5" x 9". 40 pages. "Carl" on cover, name of previous owner and year on title page. New book. Appears to be from a set owned by a teacher for the classroom. Not read. Excellent science book for children in the elementary years, text clean and unmarked. Our book number 36047.

5.5" x 8". 96 pages. Pages aged and discoloured. Wear to the cover. Lots of great pen and ink drawings and an index. Title page is loose at the top, all other pages are secure. Our book number 36060.

7.5" x 5", 47 pages. Clean, unread, crisp book. A slim volume of poems that aspire to give the reader 'some distance' from which to ponder life. Our book number 46036.

8.5" x 11", 22 pages. Copy has not been used, has only sustained some wear through time and travel. Original undamaged Miniature Color Plates of Audubon paintings for the reader to apply to appropriate boxes indicated in the text. Complete course in beginning bird conservation and observation including: What Is A Bird, How To Get Acquainted With Birds, How Birds Get A Living, How To Attract Birds (pattern for a bird house, illustrations for feeders), Where To Find Birds, Bird Nests, Bird Language, The First Bird, Bird Migration, Bird Conservation, John James Audubon (brief bio and description of the color plates and the birds they represented). Silhouettes on inside of front and back covers. Maps and diagrams. Instructions for making a bird calendar on first page. Very thorough. Some age spots and shelf wear to corners on the front cover. Very clean copy. Age-appropriate for the older child. Our book number 1073.

8.5" x 11", 22 pages. Used copy. Clean text, but the miniature color plates have all been very neatly applied in the correct positions to illustrate the text. (Book came with a sheet of miniature Color Plates of Audubon paintings for the reader to apply to the text). Complete course in beginning bird conservation and observation including: What Is A Bird, How To Get Acquainted With Birds, How Birds Get A Living, How To Attract Birds (pattern for a bird house, illustrations for feeders), Where To Find Birds, Bird Nests, Bird Language, The First Bird, Bird Migration, Bird Conservation, John James Audubon (brief bio and description of the color plates and the birds they represented). Silhouettes on inside of front and back covers. Maps and diagrams. Instructions for making a Bird Calendar on first page. Very thorough. Small tear in cover at base of spine, and some age spots on the front cover. Name of previous owner at top left of front cover. Very clean copy. Age-appropriate for the older child. Our… Read More

7.5" x 9.25". 340 pages. Clean text. Shelf wear. Spine not creased, pages secure. Live in your travel trailer. How to and where to. Our book number 36401.

9.25" x 6.5" x 1.25", 298 pages. Good book in good dust jacket - some foxing to page block. Gardening diary by a writer who only spent one year at farming. In town. A concentrated experience. How she did it. Her poor husband. Our book number 17038.

185 pages. Copyright by Patricia McCandless. Good condition, some wear to the corners, small peeling of the spine near the base at the front hinge, spine not creased. "The moment single dad Trey Covington stepped into her life, cowgirl Jo McPherson knew she was in for trouble. Here was a man who could quicken any woman's heartbeat --" Our book number 22216.

8.5" x 6". 424 pages. Reprint of the 1956 Edition. Clean, nice ex-library, remainder mark on top of page block, scrape to back of dust jacket. 46 photographs, 34 line illustrations. "from Hesiod and the Bible to Harold Urey - from mythology to the new geophysics", overview of Geology. Our book number 49079.

8.5" x 6". 426 pages. Nice ex-library. Chunk cut from front endpaper. Dust Jacket protected. Text clean. Reprint of the 1962 book. The stories of the Great Discoveries in the Life Sciences. Our book number 49082.