Search Results: Titles starting with M from Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA

New York Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. [16, 3-253, [7]. Illustrated throughout with 55 black & white photographs, mostly by Patti Smith. Bound in maroon cloth with silver letting on spine. In the dust jacket with $25.00 price intact on the front flap, publisher's decal "Signed First Edition" on the front panel. Signed by Patti Smith on a leaf tipped in behind the front free endpaper by the publisher. A bright, fresh copy of the first printing of the first edition. That in 2005 Smith was awarded the Commandeur des Art et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture, and won the National Book Award in 2010 is a curious sequence of recognition: Often America's notable cultural icons are revered by institutions abroad before domestic tributes are bestowed. Dust jacket is now preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Fort Bragg, North Carolina: U. S. Army Special Warfare School, 1966. Revised edition. Stiff Printed Wraps. Very Good+. 24mo. Pp. ii, 247. Illustrated with maps, charts, drawings and diagrams. Beige paper covers, signatures side stapled: staples lightly oxidized, light stains and offsetting to covers, first leaf lightly foxed. Four laid in cards: Code of Conduct, Leader's Guide, ICAO Phonetic Alphabet, and metric ruler/angle gauge all printed at Fort Lee, Virginia. Printed 1 March 1966 at Ft. Benning, Georgia. "This handbook contains useful reference material vital for the military advisor in Vietnam and is designed to assist him in the performance of his duties." Chapters include information on weapons, air operations, tactical air support, communications, adjustment of artillery fire, field engineering and demolitions, tactics, evasion, survival, and tropical sanitation and hygiene.

Cambridge: Privately Printed, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Small 4to. Pp. 61. Frontis. photo of the Seal of Michaelhouse. Printed on handmade paper. Bound in white buckram, or perhaps sailcloth. As with most copies, a bit soiled. Else, Fine. A history of the college that operated autonomously within Trinity. Now housed in a clear, removable archival protector.

New York: Edward Kearny, 1848. 1848. Hardcover. Good. Small 8vo. Pp. viii, 299. Frontis. engraved portrait of Black Hawk. Engraved half-title vignette. Bound in elaborate blindstamped ribbed cloth. Decorated endpapers. Scattered, heavy foxing to preliminaries, some soiling to several pages. Lacking tissue guard. Dust soiling to top edge. Contemporary owner name on front free-endpapers, two other contemporary names in pencil on rear free-endpapers. Wear to binding, notably tail of spine and rear joint. An elaborate re-working of the author's prior effort, The History of Black Hawk, published in Milwaukee, 1846. Despite detracting qualities, a sturdy copy.

New York: D. Appleton-Century Company Incorporated, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Walter Murch (dust jacket illustration). 8vo. Pp. xv, 376. With graphs, charts and other statistics. Index. Bound in green cloth with stylized art-deco lettering stamped on front cover and spine. A bright copy in the dust jacket that shows only light wear, but with a chip at the tail of the spine. Please see photos. First edition, published as the effects of the Great Depression were substantially kicking in. The exquisite dust jacket illustration by Walter Murch suggests the influence of Futurism, with a hand on an axle juxtaposed with the meshing of gears. A fine example of the era's evolution in dust jacket design. The scarce dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. [2], 3-216. Frontis. Black & white photograph of "Homage to New York," a self-constructing and self-destroying work of art by Jean Tinguely. Laden with black & white photography and illustrations. Notes. Index. Bound in stamped tin boards depicting in color a NYC street scene with MOMA as the centerpiece. Spine just a tad tarnished. Swedish art collector and museum director K. G. Pontus Hulten, (1924-2006), compiled this catalog for the MOMA exhibition, 1968-1969, for which he served as curator. Hulten described the show as a "collection of comments on technology by artists of the Western world," particularly in the modern age when "the mechanical machine - which can most easily be defined as an imitation of our muscles - is losing its dominating position among the tools of mankind; while electronic and chemical devices - which imitate the processes of the brain and the nervous system - are becoming increasingly… Read More

Morro Bay: Tabula Rasa, 1987. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 16mo (3.5 x 6 inches). Pp. 24. Printed double-column. Frontis. modern portrait of Ching-Yih Saou. Illustrated throughout with a few line drawings. Bound in illustrated paper-covered boards. One of 300 copies. The fascinating story of Hsi Kai, later known as Ching-Yih Saou (Zheng Yi Sao), whose understanding of human nature, management skill, and innate military prowess led to the command of a fleet of some-1,800 junks that dominated the South China Sea in the early 1800s. The author's biography is informed by Richard Glasspoole's first-person account. A sharp, bright copy.

Fairfield, Washington: Ye Galleon Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. Pp. Edited by Edward J. Kowrach. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated with maps and pen and ink reproductions. Decorated endpapers. Stiff, illustrated wraps, stapled. The story of Madame Dorian, a forgotten successor of Sacajawea, who accompanied her husband Pierre and the overland Astorians over much of the Lewis and Clark terrain, some five years after Lewis and Clark. For years author Peltier operated Clark's Old Book Store in Spokane.

(Winston-Salem): Paelemon Press Limited, 1983. Limited Edition. String-tied marbled wrappers with printed label on front cover. Fine/Clear archival protector. Tall 8vo. Pp. 17. Stiff black wraps covered with a marbled dust jacket with title label affixed. Printed "Note From the Poet" laid in. Edition limited to 150 copies, this out of series. Signed by Snodgrass on the colophon. A Fine copy of this handsome production. An expository poem documenting the final days the Hitler-sycophant whose marriage to Joseph Goebbels was arranged, purportedly, for access to Hitler. So "others couldn't hurt them," she administered cyanide to six of her children in the fuhrerbunker as Soviet forces closed in: "Take this on your tongue; this do / Remembering your mother who / So loved her Leader she stayed true / When all the others went.

Denver: Pismo Galleries, 2004. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Near Fine. Narrow 4to. Pp. 31, (1). Introductory note by Sandy Sardella. Bound in bright red stiff wraps with french fold, a die-cut revealing a photo of Tagliapietra on the following page. Laid in is the gallery's matching schedule for receptions at which the artist would be present. A lavish exhibit catalog for a show that traveled to the gallery's three Colorado locations.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1926. School Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Small 8vo. Pp. 105. Frontispiece. Illustrated with several wood-blockish full page prints, done in three colors, complemented by head piece illustrations throughout. Butterscotch cloth stamped with black design and lettering on cover; black lettering on spine. In lovely condition with no detracting qualities. A charming production from Lynch, an educator and advocate for children, who is also known for "Little Stories of France: and "Little Stories of England.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Pp. [6], 7-281. Frontis. photo portrait. Illustrated throughout with nearly 20 black-and-white photos in the field. Bound in orange cloth with gilt lettering stamped on front board and spine. Front free endpaper clipped; light soiling to cloth. In the dust jacket that has a letter-number combo in ink on the front panel, top right, Spine faded. With paper-tape reinforcement on verso. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. A riveting account of Seton's determined five-months' effort to explore the Paraguay River. Following work with a scientific exploration, identifying, collecting and labeling flora and fauna, she went solo into the wild Mato Grosso. Cautioned against such perilous folly by Americanos and locals alike, the "exploratrice" (her word) dismissed their counsel. In turn, Seton and her readership have been rewarded with the fresh observations collected here. As… Read More

New York: Philosophical Library, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 4to. Pp. [1], 2-555. Illustrated with eight plates Index. Bound in light blue half-cloth over blue paper-covered boards with blue publisher's device stamped on front board, blue lettering on spine. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows light edge-wear and rubbing; price of $6.00 intact on front flap. With a four-page autograph letter signed with the author's initials. The letter, dated July 1972, explains the gist of the the book and suggests the Alaska recipient, with whom he has been re-acquainted, might find the books thesis intemperate. Vetter provides a rational explanation of religious activities through the scientific study of man's psyche. A reductionist, Vetter defines religion as the development of stereotyped habits. The author's greatest faith? Science. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. .

Rutland, VT and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Small 8vo. Pp. 64. Illustrated throughout with black and white diagrams of tiles. Contains a history of the game. Hardcover in printed paper-covered boards. Dust jacket mimics the design of the cover. Former owner blindstamp on title page. A publisher's slip soliciting the sale of a mah jong set is bound in at the title page. A charming production outlining the basics for the beloved past-time. Dust jacket is now protected in a removable clear, archival sleeve.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock. 8vo. Pp. 390, [1]. Frontis. color portrait by Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock with tissue guard. Bound in bright red cloth with gilt lettering and flourish stamped in gilt on front board and spine. Former owner name and date (1913) on front free endpaper. In the illustrated dust jacket, which repeats the Hitchcock frontispiece on the front panel. A remarkably well preserved copy, with dust jacket, now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve, in really good shape.

Glendale, California: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Small, stout 4to. Frontis. photo portrait. Pp. 390. With illustrations, portraits, maps, with a facsimile of the Skelton Map of Southern California in a three-panel fold-out. Bibliography. Index. Top edge dyed light blue, fore-edge untrimmed. Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. With only slight evidence of wear to head of spine. According to Clark and Brunet, "Carleton saw wide-ranging service in the West, from Fort Gibson to Council Bluffs, from escort duty on the Santa Fe Trail, to Fort Tejon north of Los Angeles." The author's contribution underscores the role of the regular U.S. Army in the settlement of the West. CLARK and BRUNET, 132.

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 64. Bound in light blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Dust jacket price-clipped with some slight edge-wear. A handsome, eminently presentable copy. The dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, archival sleeve.

New York: Seaver Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 270. Half black cloth over red paper covered boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine. In the three color illustrated dust jacket with price intact on the front flap. Bright, crisp and tight with very light foxing to the edges. Jacket with light edge-wear. From the jacket blurb, the title is "an Arab word which refers to the places in cemeteries where young couples meet to make love." This narrative poem, written to be read aloud, received the 2002 Premio Octavio Paz for Poetry and Essays. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

(Santa Cruz, California): Mike Mandel, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Square 4to. Pp. 72. Preface by Edward W. Earle. Illustrated throughout with black & white and color photography. Bound in illustrated paper-covered boards. Covers a bit rubbed, with scratches on rear cover; interior clean throughout. The LA-raised conceptual artist and photographer presents four "exhibits," conceptually. His 1977 collaboration with Larry Sultan, Evidence, composed of file photographs from engineering, corporate and government agencies, continues to be viewed as a seminal study of the juxtaposition of society and society as viewed by institutions.

Cherry Valley Editions, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo. Unpaginated. Bournd in illustrated wraps, black lettering printed on spine. Very slight age-toning to top of front cover, else Fine. Inscribed by the author in pen on the title page. First printing, the second edition published the following year. Charming, occasionally deep verse, often using surfing as a motif. Trachtenberg's seemingly light verse beguiles by its easy approach, delving into deeper themes without trying, and sometimes employing his experiences as a Disneyland employee to get there. This copy, from the dispersed inventory of Berkeley's Serendipity Books, has a parenthetical reference to "Nathan," alluding to Leonard Nathan as the subject of Trachtenberg's inscription, which reads "For Leonard / Merry Waves & Happy Tides / Best, Paul Trachtenberg." Beyond his substantial body of poetry, Nathan spent a career teaching in Cal's English Dept.