Search Results: Authors starting with M from Royal Books, Inc.

New York: William Morrow, 2002. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED and DATED in the year of publication by the author on the title page. One of 200 copies (this being No. 176) with a specially designed jacket for the premiere signing at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop over the publisher's jacket. Fine and unread, both dust jackets Fine. The second Frank Corso mystery.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1933. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Very Good plus lacking the dust jacket, with boards lightly bumped and worn at the corners and spine ends.

N.p.: N.p., Unknown. Carbon typescript manuscript for an unpublished novel. With manuscript ink and pencil annotations throughout, most noting editorial revisions. A chronically ill Palm Springs realtor finds himself unexpectedly framed for murder. Set in Palm Springs, CA. Ordered but unbound leaves, housed in a gray Southworth Typewriter Paper box. Title page present, with credits for author W.M. Bruckner. 330 leaves, with last page of text numbered 328. Carbon typescript, rectos only. Pages Very Good, with a few lightly soiled leaves.

New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper: "to Ruth Unger / with my best / Peter Maas." Basis for the excellent 1976 Sidney Lumet film starring Al Pacino. Near Fine in a Very Good plus, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with a nick and accompanying creasing on the bottom edge of the front panel.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1942. First American Edition, and first edition under this title. Preceded by the UK edition, titled "Uneasy Freehold" published by Peter Davies in 1941. Basis for the 1944 film classic, directed by Lewis Allen and starring Ray Milland, recently named by Martin Scorsese as his favorite horror film of all time. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Cloth and gilt titling are bright and crisp, with offsetting to the endpapers to note. Jacket is bright and exceptional for this title, with some light edgewear and shallow creasing, along with a few tiny repairs at the verso. Overall, an exceptional copy of a book whose fragile jacket is usually found in poor condition. Bleiler (1978), p. 128. Bleiler (1983) 1064. Reginald 09409A. Sullivan, p. 275. Criterion Collection 677. Eames, p. 170. Parish, p. 255.

N.p.: N.p., 1965. Vintage portrait photograph of actor James MacArthur, circa 1965, SIGNED by MacArthur with an inscription reading "Good Luck." MacArthur began his work as a stage actor in the 1940s, until he moved into television and films in the 1950s. His best known films roles include "The Young Stranger" (1957) and "Swiss Family Robinson" (1960). His best known television role was his starring role in "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), though he guest appeared on a number of shows such as "Bonanza" (1959-1973), "The Love Boat" (1977-1986), and "Murder She Wrote" (1984-1996). 5 x 7 inches, Very Good plus, with creasing at the bottom left and right corners and along the right edge.

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Two vintage photographs of actor James MacArthur, circa 1950s. MacArthur began his work as a stage actor in the 1940s, until he moved into television and films in the 1950s. His best known films roles include "The Young Stranger" (1957) and "Swiss Family Robinson" (1960). His best known television role was his starring role in "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980), though he guest appeared on a number of shows such as "Bonanza" (1959-1973), "The Love Boat" (1977-1986), and "Murder She Wrote" (1984-1996). One photograph 8 x 9.25 inches, one photograph 8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with creasing along the top edge on both photographs and one photograph with a small bruise at the top right corner of the recto.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First Edition. First Edition. REVIEW copy, with publisher's materials and two postcards addressed to science fiction writer George Zebrowski laid in. Fine and unread in illustrated gray wrappers.

Rome: Nuove Edizioni Romane, 1979. First Italian Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page: "December 10, 1988 / For the -- Library / Best wishes, David Macaulay." About Near Fine in illustrated wrappers, lightly toned, and with a hint of rubbing at the bottom edge of the wrappers. A tight, attractive copy.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. Promotional poster for five David Macaulay titles published by Houghton Mifflin: "Cathedral," "City," "Pyramid," "Castle," and "Underground." Early publisher's material for an exhibit of original drawings in Macaulay's well loved, architecturally inspired children's book series that would later be made into a PBS television series as well. The poster has black and white storyboard-like images, with more detailed thumbnails for each title at the verso. Black and white, 20 x 30 inches, folded. Fine condition.

N.p.: N.p., 1933. Vintage photograph of actor Jeanette MacDonald and orchestra leader Lud Gluskin, who toured with MacDonald in 1933 throughout France and notably at the REX Theatre Hall in Paris. About 4 x 4.75 inches, unevenly trimmed. Near Fine.

N.p.: N.p., 1953. Vintage typed letter signed from mystery and crime writer Philip MacDonald to fellow Mystery Writers of America member and vice-president Will Oursler. Letter on MacDonald's personal letterhead, dated April 10, 1953. A brief but effusive letter, in which MacDonald thanks Oursler for a previous letter, and expresses surprise and happiness at receiving an Edgar Award for his 1952 short story collection "Something to Hide." MacDonald also delegates Isabelle Taylor to receive the award in his stead if he is unable to attend the ceremony. 7.25 x 10.25 inches. One leaf, rectos only. Typescript on onionskin. Near Fine.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The second Lew Archer novel, basis for the 1975 film, the second of two Lew Archer adaptations featuring Paul Newman in the lead role (renamed "Harper"). Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards slightly warped, with faint foxing on the top page edges. Jacket moderately rubbed, with light wear on the spine ends. In a black cloth slipcase.

New York: Popular Library, 1956. First Edition. No. 750. First Edition, a paperback original. Collects two novellas: "Border Town Girl" and "Linda." Near Fine in wrappers. Shine, p. 16.

New York: Dell Publishing, 1955. First Edition. No. 62. First Edition, a paperback original. About Near Fine in wrappers, with light wear on the spine. Holroyd, p. 247. Lyles, "Dell Paperbacks, 1942 to Mid-1962," p. 212. Shine, p. 15.

Greenwich: Gold Medal, 1960. First Edition. No. S1015. First Edition, a paperback original. Slight spine lean, else Near Fine in wrappers. Holroyd, p. 278. Shine, p. 17.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to noted book dealer, editor, and publisher Otto Penzler on the front endpaper: "Santa Barbara, Calif. / Sep. 8 1977 / To Otto Penzler / whose interest in this and other books of mine is a source of keen pleasure to me / Warmest regards / Ken Millar / Ross Macdonald." An attractive copy of the sixth Lew Archer novel. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket is bright, but with soil on the rear panel and light edgewear. In a custom mustard cloth slipcase.

New York: Gold Medal, 1959. First Edition. No. S907. First Edition, a paperback original. Very Good plus in wrappers, with a faint diagonal crease on the front wrapper. Shine, p. 15.

New York: Fawcett Crest, 1985. First printing of this edition. White title variant. Near Fine in wrappers.

London: Cassell, 1958. First UK Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Jake Zeithlin / with best wishes / Ken Millar / (Ross Macdonald)." The seventh book in the Lew Archer series. Generally considered the turning point in Macdonald's writing, where the author eclipsed the influence of Hammett and Chandler and found a distinctive voice as one of the greatest twentieth century authors of hard boiled fiction. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Evidence of discreet touch-up at the spine ends and the front flap fold.