Search Results: Authors starting with M from Renaissance Books

Paris: Auguste Marc et Cie / E. Martinet. Good with no dust jacket. [1872?]. No signatures. 1/2" chips to cloth at head and tail of spine and corners of boards. Some rubbing and staining to boards. Some foxing.; No date [1872?]. [2], 240, [1] pages. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustrations on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 369 x 263mm. Published by the editors of "L'Illustration". Printed by E. Martinet. Numerous steel engravings. Text in French. Contents: Prologue; Le Comite Central; Domination de la Commune; L'Armee dans Paris; Les Ruines; Epilogue. .

London: Walter Scott. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Split to gutter at front hinge. No signatures. ; Scarce. 290 pages + frontispiece + 11 plates + [18] pages advertisements. Maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spine and boards. Page dimensions: 185 x 124mm. Top page edges gilt. Fiction. Short stories, most with a Japanese setting. Contents: Felix Holt Secundus; The Wooing of Webster; A Yoshiwara Episode; The Bear Hunt on Fuji-San; A Tosa Monogatari of Modern Times; Faustus Junior, Ph. D.; Fred Wilson's Fate. .

London: T. Nelson and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1884. Hardcover. Foxing to endpapers. Extensive pencil scribbles on rear free endpaepr. Boards rubbed and worn. ; 94 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Frontispiece and several full page illustrations. Ornithology. 14 separate chapters on individual species, including The Willow-Warbler; The Flycatcher; The Hedge-Sparrow; The Magpie; The Rook; The Wood-Pigeon; The Water-Ousel. "It is not easy to tempt them to take up their abode in your trees, but the rookery once there, it will never depart: you saw it in your childhood, you will see it still in your old age." - from the chapter on the rook. ; 16mo .

Glasgow: William Maclellan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 93 pages. French flaps. Page dimensions: 184 x 121mm. "Who at present owns, and who ought to own, all money and credit, asks the author - the Banks, the Government or the Consuming Public?" Selected chapter titles: The Defect of Bank Interest; Our Bogus Debts; The Bankers' Bottomless Vaults; Rich and Poor; Under Which King? ; 8vo .

The Author. Good with no dust jacket. (1991). First Edition. Softcover. 0959798307 . A couple of adhesive stickers to wrappers. 1/4" tear in rear wrapper. ; Number 1587 of an edition of 2000 copies. Signed by the author. The memoirs of a taxi-driver (cab driver). 121 pages. Ex-libris bookplate of Paul Aubin.; 8vo .

Melbourne: Mason and Firth. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Some horizontal tears across the spine cloth near the ends of the spine, otherwise near fine. Spine faded. Moderate fading to boards. Endpapers very clean. No signatures. Detmold bookbinder's ticket on front endpaper. Some spots of foxing to page edges. No splitting to joints or hinges. A nice copy.; viii, 210, lxxxvi, [2], iv, 79, [1], 14, 13 pages + plates (including folding). Original blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. Pale yellow endpapers. Proceedings and Appendices etc. bound in at the rear. Of particular note in this volume is the article "Notes of a recent personal visit to the unoccupied Northern District of Queensland" by William Lockhart Morton. This article is on pages 188-199, and includes 1 folding map. "The blacks do not seem numerous. We sometimes saw their fresh footprints, but themselves only once. Every night we… Read More

Dunedin: Mills, Dick and Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1875. First Edition. Unbound. Some foxing. A couple of small paper stickers in blank corner of title page.; 15, [1] pages. A single tract, disbound from a larger volume. Page dimensions: 204 x 135mm. Complete. "I am deeply impressed with the conviction that we have reached a crisis in the political history of New Zealand, upon our right action with regard to which now, depends the future of the Colony for good or for evil." - page 3. Macandrew favoured Otago becoming an independent colony, - "I cannot disguise from myself the fact that, could we divest ourselves of the idea of the unity of New Zealand, the true remedy for the existing evils, in as far as Otago is concerned, would be that the Province should be erected into an independent Colony."- page 14. James Macandrew (1820-1887) succeeded William Cargill as Superintendent of the Province of Otago. [References: Bagnall 3233 - "Strongly opposed to the… Read More

London: Ernest Benn. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (1931). First Edition. Hardcover. A nice copy of this title. Some foxing to top page edges. Tidy previous owner's inscription dated "Xmas 1942" on front endpaper. Supplied with a facsimile dust-jacket in mylar cover. ; Uncommon. [viii], 236 pages + frontispiece + 3 plates. 1 full page map. Original green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 135mm. Contents: From London to Kashgar; My First Impressions of Chin-Bagh; My Early Days in Kashgar; An Outlook on Chinese Turkestan as a Whole; The Mohammedan, or Old City of Kashgar; The Chinese, or New City, and a Chinese Dinner; Housekeeping Difficulties; Our First Leave, and Return to Kashgar with an Increased Family; Kashgari Women; A Summer Holiday among the Kirghiz; A Journey Home via Naryn and Chimkent; The Chinese Revolution; Changes in Kashgar; Good-Bye to Kashgar, and Our Journey Home through Europe in War Time; Index. "Lady Macartney… Read More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Good with no dust jacket. 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in 19th Century half-leather library binding. Chipped paper library label on spine. Some rubbing and fading to boards and spine. Joints rubbed. Edges of boards rubbed. Some chips to marbled paper along edges of boards.; 47, [1] pages. Brown half-calf binding and marbled boards. Page dimensions: 170 x 115mm. Bound with three other titles by the same author: (2) "Gladstone on Church and State", London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. 70 pages. (3) "Speeches on Parliamentary Reform, in 1831 and 1832", London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854. 128 pages. (4) "Frederic the Great", London: Longman, Brown, Greem, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857. 129 pages. Spine title:… Read More

London: The Statesmen Publishing Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Some wear to corners of wrappers. Moderate browning to wrappers. ; Pp. (243) -322. (Total of 80 pages). Contents: "Madame de Lieven" by Lytton Strachey; "The Poet" by V. Sackville-West; "The Sight of Blood" by John Hampson; "The Daughter of the Archdeacon" by E. H. Lacon Watson; "The Example" by H. Belloc; "Readers' Reports"; "Notes on New and Forthcoming Books" by the Editor. ; 8vo .

London: The Statesmen Publishing Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. 1/4" missing at head of paper spine on both issues. Heavy rubbing with some surface chipping to paper spines. Some wear to corners of wrappers. Moderate browning to wrappers. ; No.39: pp [2], (79) -156. Contents: "Laughing at Netta" by Richard Hughes; "Italianate" by Clive Bell; "The Lesson in Acting" by Mrs. Clement Parsons; "The Prophet" by Maurice Baring; "The Albatross" by Hector Bolitho; "The Antique" by Alan Clutton-Brock; "Bulwer Lytton"; Readers' Reports; Correspondence. No. 40: pp. [2], 157-234. Contents: "Voltaire's Laboratory" by E. M. Forster; "The Bubble Reputation" by Desmond MAcCarthy; "Elle et Lui" by Richard Jennings; "The Unknown Johnson" by A. S. F. Gow; "Readers' Reports". ; 8vo .

London: Collins. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. (1958). Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Moderate foxing. Fading to top page edges. Some dampstaining to tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 288 pages + colour frontispiece. Blue boards with silver on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 181 x 119mm. Top page edges dyed blue. Series: 'Seagull Library'. Children's novel. "The dream-world of George MacDonald has a quality all its own and the passage of time has, if anything, inceased the charm of his children's books by adding to their endearing quaintness." - from dust-jacket blurb. 'At the Back of the North Wind' was originally published in serial form in 1868, and in book form in 1871. .

London: Hodder and Stoughton. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library, General Assembly Library, New Zealand. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board. Joints rubbed. 15mm ink spot stain to top page edges, extending 6mm into upper margin of leaves. Gutter split at front hinge.; viii, 311, [1 (blank)] pages. Maroon cloth baords with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 128mm. Contents: Part I - A Foreword - Apologia Pro Libro Meo; On the Way; Part II - Impressions - In Baroda; Among the Rajputs; At Simla; The Khyber and the Pathan; At Lahore; Punjab Camps; At Benares; The Genius of Bengal; The Women of India; The Women of India - continued; Part III - Opinions - India; The Ways of the "Native"; The New India of Commerce; The Land of the Poverty-Stricken; Awakening India; Great Britain in India; What Is To Be The End?; Last Thoughts. .

London: Robert Hale. Fair with no dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Cloth. First UK edition. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Most of the front panel and spine of the dustwrapper have been firmly pasted down onto the original cloth covers. The blurb from the front flap of the dustwrapper has been pasted to the front pastedown. Unsightly library number on top page. Library rubber stamps throughout: "Burns Book Club". ; 12mo .

London: Collins. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. (1970). Hardcover. 0001846590 . Tears and adhesive tape repair at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [viii], 200 pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 150mm. Two stories by George Macdonald. Abridges by Olive Jones. Illustrated by William Stobbs. Illustrations include full page colour illustrations, and smaller black and white illustrations. .

London: Ward, Lock & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Hinges broken with spine mull visible at gutters. Moderate foxing. Previous owner's name on title page. ; 303, [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + plates + [16] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and colour flag illustrations on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 193 x 123mm. .

London: Chatto & Windus. Poor with no dust jacket. 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. A poor, incomplete copy, lacking one text leaf. Ex-library, Riwaka Library (a small 19th century provincial New Zealand library, Riwaka is situated 5km from Motueka, in the upper part of New Zealand's South Island.) Rebound in 19th Century half-leather library binding. A 1 3/4" split at tail end of front joint. A 1" split at head of front joint. Leather spine rubbed and worn. Boards rubbed. Hinges broken. Free endpapers torn out. Lacking the half-title page, one text leaf, and the publisher's advertisments. Pencil number on front endpaper. Library rubber stamp on title page. Black ink cross mark on rear endpaper. Moderate foxing to frontispiece and title page. A few fingermarks to lower corner of title page.One plate detached. ; (iii)-vi, 255 pages + 11 plates (frontispiece + 10 other plates). All illustrations present. One text leaf is missing (torn out). The missing text leaf is pages… Read More

Christchurch: Bookroom. Good in Fair dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's inscription. Fading to spine. Some fading to boards. Rubbing and wear to dust wrapper. 1" tear at tail of dust wrapper spine. A couple of 1/4" tears along head of dust wrapper spine. 3/8" tear along head of rear panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 163 pages + plates. Blue cloth boards. No date [1945]. Page dimensions: 181mm x 118mm. "This is a book to appeal to every New Zealander, whether soldier or civilian, who feels proud of the record of the service of the men and women overseas. It will be of particular interest to the 2nd N. Z. E. F. members who at one time or another were patients in an Army hospital." - from the dust wrapper blurb. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

London: Seeley, Service & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1929. First Edition. Cloth. 273 pages + frontis + 44 illustrations (some of the illustrations are full page plates, some are smaller in-text illustrations) + folding map at rear. Lacking the index leaves (pp. 275-283) , the half-title page and the publisher's advertisements. Subtitled: "A Description of a Country of Contrasts & of its Cheerful, Happy-Go-Lucky Peoply of Hardy Nature & Curious Customs; their Religion, Ways of Living, Trade & Social Life. " Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. 1" and smaller tears to margins of folding map at rear. Adhesive tape repairs to folding map at rear. Short adhesive tape repair to gutter at pp. 14-15. Recently rebound in library cloth covers. Binding tight. A good reading copy. The author was a British trade agent in Tibet for 16 years. Contents: Preface; Foreword; Position & Frontier; Brief History; Government; Religion; Lamaist Pantheon; The… Read More

London: Collins / The Crime Club. Good with no dust jacket. (1937). Hardcover. No signatures. Moderate foxing. Dust stains to page edges. Bruising and slight dampstains to corners of front board.; 1937 reprint. 251, [1] pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 178 x 110mm. Crime fiction. .