Search Results: Authors starting with M from Capitol Hill Books, ABAA

New York: Andrew H. Kellogg, 1901. Good. New York: Andrew H. Kellogg, 1901. First Edition. Slim 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's blue decorative cloth, upper cover stamped in dark blue, floral endpapers; 80pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Extremities scuffed and corners bumped, spine rather toned, front free endpaper and frontispiece separated but present; a Good copy overall. Ownership inscription mounted to front free endpaper in two different hands: "S.B. Bennett / Book presented by the Author a second Cousin to above." Possibly inscribed by the author, the text lightly peppered throughout with manuscript corrections in the same hand.

London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1936. Very Good/Very Good -. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1936. First Edition, First State with "A Flood in the Office" still present. Octavo; publisher's cloth in cream pictorial price-clipped dust jacket, grey topstain; viii,351pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few tiny losses and closed tears, split along bottom third of rear spine edge, spine panel quite toned, small splash stain to front flap, corners nudged, else a Good to Very Good copy overall of an uncommon collection of essays. This copy with "A Flood in the Office" still present. First published in 1919, this short essay about Sir William Willcocks' pamphlet "The Nile Project" caused an uproar in 1936 as well as a libel action. Remaindered copies of Abinger Harvest returned to the publisher were quickly unburdened of the offending article and a cancel inserted in its place. KIRKPATRICK A18a.

Richmond, Surrey: Leonard and Viginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1923. Very Good. Richmond, Surrey: Printed and Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1923. First Edition in a print run of 900 copies. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth over decorative boards of blue paper shot through with royal blue running vertically, printed paper spine label; [2],80,[2]pp. Boards a bit rubbed and toned along margins, spine label also toned, scattered foxing to textblock, else a Very Good, quite attractive copy overall. KIRKPATRICK A9a; WOOLMER 29.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. Very Good/Very Good. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1935. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price (7/6 net); [6],298pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including tiny chip at spine crown, brief wrinkling and light dust-soil to rear panel, corners tapped, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy in the striking dust jacket. The author's post-World War I anti-war polemic loosely disguised as fiction, boasting a remarkably modern, almost cinematic dust jacket adorned with the photograph of a human skull in dough boy helmet.

New York: Viking, 2013. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Viking, 2013. First Edition, with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on tipped-in signature page; part of the Powell's Books Indispensable subscriber's series. Housed in custom green cloth slipcase with black lettering. Octavo; [vi],277pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $26.95 price intact; boards in cream and black with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with very faint edgewear but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase is sturdy and solid.

Boston: Copeland and Day, 1896. Very Good-. Boston: Copeland and Day, 1896. First Thus. Small 12mo; publisher's linen over paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label; [4],78pp.; woodcut initials throughout. Boards rather soiled and slightly scuffed, spine label significantly browned and a bit chipped, contemporary ownership signature to front pastedown, else a Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound copy.

Dallas: Southern Methodist University, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 2007. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 211pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket over gray cloth-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist sticker attached to jacket. Covers lightly shelfworn but clean and crisp overall with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Boston: D. Henchman, 1747. Good. Boston: D. Henchman, in Cornhil, 1747. First Edition. Octavo; removed, leather remnants to spine; [2],34pp. ([A]3 B-D4 E3, collated and lacking half title and final leaf, otherwise complete); decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces. First and final gatherings separated, small dark dampspot to title page fore-edge, textblock rather foxed, very occasional manuscript corrections made by a contemporary hand throughout text, else a Good copy of an uncommon pamphlet. The twenty-five-year-old Congregationalist minister's earliest published sermon, delivered upon his installment to the Pastoral Office over the Church of Christ in Worcester. The youthful minister concludes his address by shrewdly reminding his congregants "People should also express their Thankfulness for their faithful Ministers, by supporting them agreable to their Station and Character, not suffer them to be in low and penurious Circumstances" (p. 31). ESTC 3592; EVANS 5988.

Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1932. Very Good. Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. First American Edition. Octavo. 311 pp. Black cloth stamped in red; red topstain. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with general scuffing; spine ends nudged; corners bumped. Bit of a lean to boards but binding sound. Mild toning to interior; overall Very Good. As the title page lays out, "the thrill of a desperate manhunt throbs in this sensational tale of Peter Craven... who carried a body half across London and returned to find it staring at him out of dead eyes in the same room from which he had taken it.

London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. Near Fine/Fine. [London]: HarperCollins Publishers, [1999]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 318pp. Just About Fine. Signed by the author on title page in year of publication.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First American Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 557pp. Light wear to jacket margins, rear panel and flaps rather toned, else a Very Good and sound copy overall. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. First American Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, map endpapers, in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price, pale grey topstain; [10],405pp. Light shelf wear to cloth and jacket margins, jacket flaps a bit toned, brief soil to rear board slightly affecting jacket verso, remainder mark to bottom textblock edge, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First American Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [14],347pp. A hint of shelf wear, else Very Good to Near Fine. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. The penultimate Flashman novel, followed only by Flashman on the March (2005).

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1974. First U.S. Hardcover Edition. Octavo. 332 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$7.50" price present. Blue and black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket rubbed along edges with scratched and scuffs to rear. Boards show light shelfwear and touch of fading to edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Overall a Very Good copy of the fifth Travis McGee novel, originally published in wraps in 1965.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Fine/Near Fine. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First American Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 365pp.; double-paged map. A hint of wear to jacket margins, else Near Fine. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.

Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933. Very Good-. Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in red, red topstain; viii,[2],309pp. Light scuffing to margins, spine slightly faded, light soil and discoloration to cloth, textblock recased, brief dampstaining along front gutter, else a Good to Very Good, sound copy, albeit lacking the uncommon jacket.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow-orange cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black; [10],234,[6]pp. Light wear to margins, cloth a bit dust-soiled, slight spine lean, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Adventure novel set among a group of British cavalrymen in modern-day Iraq during the First World War.

London: Collins, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. London: Collins, 1980. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in cream pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 573pp. Light wear and wrinkling to jacket margins, a few tiny dents along board edges, else Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.

Washington, DC: Center of Military History / United States Army, 1996. Very Good. Washington, DC: Center of Military History / United States Army, 1996. First Edition, stated First Printing. Quarto; publisher's black cloth, front cover and spine stamped in gilt; xiv,[4],294pp.; color maps and half-tone photographic illus. throughout. Light wear, a few faint surface scratches to rear cover, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by two of the three co-authors on front free endpaper.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Very Good. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. First Edition, stated. Octavo; [vi], 346pp. Publisher's green cloth with darker green stamped lettering and ornamentation. Missing dust jacket. Boards a bit edgeworn, with a small red stain at bottom front a few spots to back along fore-edge. Spine toned and nudged at ends, with a small tear to cloth at head. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.