Search Results: Authors starting with M from Sparrow's Bookshop

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/None. First edition. Boards are solid and the spine is square aside from minor scuffing. Binding is yielding from spine with crack in hinge at copyright page and back pastedown. The pages are bright, crisp, and unmarked aside from slight staining on illustrations page through page nine, and missing front free endpaper.

Doubleday Anchor, 1952. Paperback. Very good/N/A. No markings. Very minor shelf wear. Pages and covers are crisp.

Doubleday Anchor, 1952. Paperback. Good/N/A. A handful of pages have minor margin markings in pencil, but all other pages are clean and unmarked. Moderate rubbing and shelf wear on covers.

Dover Publications, 1954. Paperback. Very good/N/A. First English translation of the fifth Russian edition of 1949. All pages are bright, crisp and unmarked. Binding is tight. Very minor shelf wear and edge wear to covers.

H.M. Caldwell Company, 1898. Hardcover. Very good/None. Pages are browned and there is some staining around the edges of several pages. Unmarked except for inscription on front paste endpaper and library stamp on the title page. Deckled edges look rustic and gilt top edge is still nice and shiny. Front hinge is cracked but binding is otherwise intact. Gilt on front board and spine is sharp. Corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed.

Little, Brown and Company, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. First edition. Previous owner's name penned on FEP. All other pages are unmarked. Binding is firm and square. Light jacket chipping and crushing at spine ends. Edge wear near corners. Spine is sun-faded.

Barnes & Noble Books, 1993. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. No markings. Binding is firm and square. Two small stains on jacket at bottom right corner of back jacket and front jacket.

Dover Publications, 1973. Paperback. Very good/N/A. First printing of this Dover edition. With 182 illustrations and with 31 full-color plates. All pages are bright, crisp and unmarked. Binding is tight. Top and bottom corners of fore-edge slightly crushed. Spine is slightly sunned, else minor shelf wear.

Reynal & Hitchcock, no date given. Hardcover. Very good/None. Assumed printed circa 1940. Pages are browned but unmarked with light foxing on prelims. Binding is starting in a couple places but otherwise firm. Board corners are lightly bumped and bottom of spine has softened. Top corners are fraying slightly. Gilt on spine and front board has faded.

J.B. Lippincott, 1946. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Pages are browned and unmarked. Binding is tight. Boards have sunning at spine ends and corners are lightly bumped. Spine ends have softened. Dust jacket is chipped and ripped at spine ends and corners. One large rip/closed chip on top back edge.

Cupples, Upham and Company, 1884. Hardcover. Very good/None. Second edition. Boards are solid and the spine is square aside from minor scuffing. Binding is firm, the pages are gilted and crisp with floral pastedowns, and unmarked aside from previous owner’s inscription on front fly-leaf.

Random House, no date given. Paperback. Very good/N/A. A Modern Library College Editions book. Rubbing to front cover, uneven tanning to back, mild wrinkling to spine. Previous owner's inscription on half title page, otherwise all pages are clean and unmarked though tanned. Binding is tight and spine is square.

Modern Library, 1950. Paperback. Good/N/A. A Modern Library college edition. Cover is lightly scuffed and dinged, with minor edge wear. Top edge of spine is frayed. Pages are tanned and marked throughout with previous owner's marginalia and underlining in pencil and blue ink. Inside front cover is signed in blue ink by previous owner and title page is blind-stamped with previous owner's monogram. Spine is square. Binding is separating at front cover but binding otherwise secure.

W.W. Norton & Company, 1955. Hardcover. Good/None. No dust jacket. Very minor underlining in pencil on a handful of pages. All other pages are clean and unmarked. Light rubbing on back cover and spine. Top and bottom spine corners bumped and scuffed. Binding is tight and square.

Random House, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Near fine. First American edition. Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize. Jacket edges are crisp aside from minor wear at tail of spine. Back cover is slightly scuffed. Pages have a few lightly penciled margin notes by previous owner. Boards are firm and even, with sharp corners. Binding is tight and square. Hinges are secure.

Simon and Schuster, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. First edition. Pages are unmarked except for publisher's remainder mark on bottom edge. Binding is firm with a slight lean. Boards have minor shelf wear and two blue stains on back top edge and back bottom corner. Jacket also has blue stain on back top edge and two rips on front top edge along with scratching. Spine ends are bumped of both boards and jacket.

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1911. Hardcover. Good/None. Set includes: Pelleas and Melisande and Other Plays, Joyzelle and Monna Vanna, Mary Magdalene, and Sister Beatrice / Ardiane / Barbe Bleu Pages are slightly tanned but otherwise unmarked, aside from previous owner's book plate on front endpaper. Covers are edgeworn, with fraying at corners and spine ends. Gilt title lettering, deco, and top edge is clear and unfaded. Spines are tight and square. Binding in Mary Magdalene is cracked near center of book, other books have a spot or two where binding is starting to separate.

Dodd, Mead & Company, 1902. Hardcover. Good/None. Translated by Alfred Sutro. Leather-bound copy with gilt accents and type. Moderate wear and deterioration of leather around edges book. Small, top portion of spine is missing. Small signature or marking on front endpaper, with no other markings present.

The Magee Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/None. First edition. Aside from a stamp on FEP and some scuffing on BEP where it looks like a bookplate was removed, all other pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm. Gorgeous wide margins, thick paper and deckled edges. Minor shelf wear to boards.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine.