Search Results: Authors starting with M from Basement Books

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1983. First Edition (stated). 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition stated, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in maroon cloth. Very Good book in About Fine unmarked unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. Ex-lib w/usual faults, front endpaper removed, else Fine and unmarked. 313pp inc. Indexes.

John W. Lovell, Co.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Volume II only no date. Hard cover 8vo in brown cloth w/gold spine titles. Crown torn, heel worn, bookplate and owner name on torn endpapers, else Fine and unmarked. 814pp.Very Good/No DJ, as issued.

New York: H. M. Caldwell, 1900. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 32mo 4-5" tall in red leather w/ gold dec and titles, top edge gilt. Very Good/No DJ (as issued?). Edgeworn, spine scuffed, front gutter showing, else Fine and unmarked. 155pp w/ Lord Macaulay birth/death crest stamp front cover, tissue-guarded frontis.

New York: Harper & Brothers. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Undated edition, late 1800's; printed from the Last London Edition. Hard cover 8vo in green cloth w/ black dec and gold spine titles and dec. Very Good/No DJ (as issued?). Cloth scuffed, corners curled and worn, frayed at spine tips, else Fine and unmarked. 524pp inc. textual footnotes, Index. Volume I only.

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1969. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hard cover 8vo w/red topstain. Fine and unmarked book in Fine unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. A Lew Archer mystery. 215pp.

New York: Dell Pub. Co., 1954. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. About Fine/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing; First Edition 12. Mass Market PB in illustrated wraps. About Fine. Edgewear, else Fine and unmarked. 254pp.

New York: Henry Holt, 1994. First American Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Near Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First American Edition stated, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Near Fine book in About Fine unclipped DJ wrinkled at crown. Book has softened crown, stained top page edge, bookplate front pastedown; square, hinges firm, interior clean and unmarked. Account of the early days of World War I, written by author with fine attention to detail. xii, 625pp inc. Bibliography, Author's Note, Index; illustrated in 67 b/w photos on glossy paper, and 20 maps. 625 p.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. About Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hard cover 8vo, red topstain. About Fine w/curled bottom corners, else Fine and unmarked; Near Fine jacket soiled and edgeworn w/ 1" tear bottom front panel, now in clear protective cover. A Lew Archer mystery set in southern California. 280pp.

Pleasantville, NY: IMPRESS MYSTERY, 2004. First Thus. 1st Printing. Leatherette. About Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus, First Printing, orig. c.r. 1964; The Best Mysteries of All Time. Hard cover 8vo in blue leatherette. About Fine w/owner name front endpaper, else Fine and unmarked; no DJ, as issued. The FIRST Travjs McGee novel. 215pp.

Santa Fe, NM: Sleeping Fox, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. . Linen. About Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in cream linen cloth w/black titles. About Fine w/worn top front corner, else Fine and unmarked; No DJ. GENERICALLY INSCRIBED ["With the Best Wishes of the Author"] AND SIGNED AND DATED CHRISTMAS 1976 on front endpaper. 128pp; illustrated in drawings, newspaper article on Author LAID-IN.

Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. . Cloth. About Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo in gray cloth w/ stamped rooster dec., light green cloth spine w/gold titles. About Fine w/curled top corners, else Fine and unmarked; no DJ. Filmed as romantic comedy in 1947 starring Fred MacMurray and Marjorie Main. 287pp.

Garden City, NY: Mystery Guild, 1990. First Thus. . Hardcover. About Fine/About Fine. Book Club edition, later printing of First Thus edition, combining 3 previously-published novels in one volume. About Fine book in like DJ, now in clear protective cover. Pages toned, but supple and unmarked; lightly wrinkled rear panel of DJ. Includes 3 Lew Archer novels: The Ivory Grin / The Zebra Striped Hearse / The Underground Man. 647pp. 647 p.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/About Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in red patterned boards, white spine medallion w/black titles and dec., green topstain. Fine book in About Fine unclipped DJ w/ stained spine, now in clear protective cover. Published under the name of "John Ross" Macdonald, so he would not be confused with John D. Macdonald, a veteran Knopf Author. John D. still unhappy, so he dropped the "John" and just went by "Ross" after this. A Lew Archer mystery, set in southern California. 215pp. Early title in very nice condition.

New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2013. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. As New/Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint, 1st printing. Trade PB in illustrated wraps. As New and unread. xii, 305pp inc. Introduction by Lee Child.

New York: Pocket Books, 1950. First Edition, First Printing (stated). . Mass Market Paperback. Good+/Wraps. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing stated. Mass market PB in illustrated wraps. Good+. Spine chipped, mild edgewear, spine concave w/slant, edgestain uneven. The book from which the movie "Harper" was made. 243pp. Cover art by Harvey Kidder.

New York: Simon & Schuster Inc., 1959. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in blue boards w/black cloth spine, white titles and dec. Very Good book in Very Good unclipped DJ, edgeworn w/tiny tear top rear panel, small chips at spine tips, now in clear protective cover. Book has color loss bottom front boards, shelfwear, 1" tape(?) residue front endpaper; square, cloth and titles bright, binding firm, toned interior clean and unmarked. INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR TO BRUCE TALYOR, long-time owner of San Francisco's first "Mystery Bookstore". Great association copy. Noir. 220pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1950. 1st Edition. . Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. Published under the name of "John Ross Macdonald" (changed after this because Knopf did not want the public to confuse it with their other established hit suspense author, John D. Macdonald, and he was unhappy. So this is before the "Ross".) Hard cover 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall in patterned green boards w/ blue fish eating smaller fish dec. SIGNATURE OF KENNETH MILLAR (Author's true name) on front endpaper - could this be Macdonald's personal copy? Near Fine book in like bright unclipped DJ, worn at spine tips and corners, now in clear protective cover. Book has light edgewear w/mild discoloration at spine tips, else About Fine and unmarked. A Lew Archer mystery, set in southern California. 244pp. Uncommon in nice condition, scarce signed, esp. as KM.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club Edition. Hard cover 8vo. Fine and unmarked book in Fine unclipped DJ, now in clear protective cover. A Lew Archer mystery. 218pp.

London, England: Pan Books, Ltd., 1964. First PB Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/Wraps. First UK PB Edition, First Printing; G675. Mass Market PB in illustrated wraps.Near Fine. Spine slant, else About Fine and unmarked. 125pp.

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1952. PBO (Paperback Original). . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Wraps. PBO (Paperback Original), 1st printing. Mass Market PB in illustrated wraps. Very Good. Reader's crease, soiled rear cover, first 4 pages have 1/4" tear at vertical edge, else Fine and unmarked. 174pp.