Search Results: Authors starting with M from Alba's Books

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Octavo. Photographs. Signed. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, with no other inscription present. Has the '1' in a full number line. Arguably the best biography of Solzhenitsyn, by an important author in his own right. Excellent bibliography for the scholar and collector. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Second printing after being long out of print since the 1923 edition. Book is fine and unmarked. The dust jacket is uncommonly fine, clean and bright, if price-clipped. Protected by a Mylar jacket cover. Now out of print in hardcover.

Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1904. Steel engravings. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto. Steel engravings. A collection of biographical sketches of many of the eminent representatives, past and present, of the medical profession in Chicago, accompanied by full page steel engravings on quality heavy stock. Noteworthy are the entries on Frank Billing, Nicholas Senn, Alexander Woolcott. Rebound by the noted bookbinder Scott K. Kellar in green Canapetta cloth with gold-embossed dark brown leather labels. Original text block has all edges gilt. A clean, unmarked copy. Quite scarce.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Octavo. With the '1' in a number line. A groundbreaking study of cultural software as it relates to ideology, very relevant to our political atmosphere. Fine, clean and unmarked. Scarce due to demand and low print run.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publisher, 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Plate illustrations. The first and probably definitive history of the abacus, tracing its development from the prehistoric era through the 18th century, by a noted authority. Single date on the copyright page. Beautifull and profusely illustrated. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. A story of Emily of New Moon by the author of the Anne of Green Gables books. Book is fine and unmarked. The rare dust jacket is clean and bright, with a thin red stain to rear panel edge, and protected by a plastic cover.

London: Constable and Company, Ltd., 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Dust jacket shows light soiling and edgewear.

New York: D. Appleton, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Front free endpaper has previous owner's name.

New York: HarperCollins, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Out of print. Illustrated with photographs. Binding is cloth boards.

The Macmillan Co., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Superb historical narrative of the Abolitionist Era with a substantial bibliography. A fine, unmarked copy in a fine unclipped jacket with a gently closed tear at the bottom corner of front panel, protected by the archival Mylar plastic cover.

The Macmillan Company, 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A superb work of scholarship, engaging and well researched. Excellent bibliography. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

London: Century, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo.

Dodd, Mead & Co., 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. The noted children's folklorist's personal essays on such related topics as ""Nature and Childhood,"" ""Christmas Eve,"" ""Dream Worlds,"" ""Books and Things,"" and ""A Day Out of Doors,"" in Mabie's engaging, idyllic style. Original beige papercovers with title label; shows minor signs of age, yet remains clean, tight and unmarked.

New York: Contemporary Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A collection of Mabley's best columns from the Chicago daily News and Chicago Tribune, celebrated by the likes of Studs Terkel. Foreword by Gov. James R. Thompson. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy.

London: Blackie & Son Ltd., 1912. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Color Plates By A.Y.W.. Original indigo gilt embossed cloth with embossing of a woman leaning on a tree picking leaves. All color plates present. A clean, bright, unmarked copy, extremely scarce in this or any condition.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Photographs. With the '1' in a full number line. The definitive biography of the legendary journalist, film writer and author of THE FRONT PAGE. Includes an excellent Hecht bibliography. A clean, unclipped and unmarked copy in a Mylar plastic jacket cover.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Photographs. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart cover.

Washington: Veterans' Historical Book Services, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Photographs. A major historical memoir by MacArthur completes the rear section of this profusely illustrated history of the Korean conflict. A clean, unmarked copy.

New York: Covici-Friede, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Original tan cloth and black title with same date on title and copyright pages. The classic play celebrating the heyday of journalism which was filmed three times, the last with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau in perhaps their funniest, most famous collaboration. Introduction by Jed Harris. In a professionally-made facsimile dist jacket. Uncommon.

McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1964. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. Photographs. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy, with very minor rubbing to corners of jacket, not visible in its Brodart plastic jacket cover.