Search Results: Titles starting with M from Tangible Tales

New York: Deloitte Consulting Group, 2008. Paperback. Good +. Small blue paperback with no statement of edition. Number 9 in the Straight Talk book series from Deloitte Consulting. Wear at the edges and corners and a bit of scuffing to the covers. A good plus copy overall. Pages clean and unmarked an binding tight as if new. 28 pp., some illustrations.

Tokyo: Seiunsha, 1985. Paperback. Very Good/good. Quarto paperback in dustjacket, text in Japanese and stat pages in English. A good to very good copy - clean and unmarked other than two inked Japanese letters to the bottom text-block edge. A straight and well bound copy with minimal edge-wear. Some pages with thumbing or light crinkling. The dustjacket is good, with ruffling and crinkling along the top edge of the panels. 145 pages - black and white photos of each classic vehicle and two or three pages of text for each.

Taiwan: The Chinese Women's Anti-Aggression League, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Green cloth hardcover with gilt titles, in dust jacket. No indication of printing. A very good copy - with a bump at the head of the spine and crinkling to the bottom edge of a few pages being the only wear. Clean and unmarked in a solid binding. The dustjacket is not as good with short tears to the panel edges and soiling to the cream panels. 280 pp., a collection of Madame's speeches - fundamental to the shaping of China during the turbulent years of international conflict.

Oregon: Visibility Unlimited Press, 2012. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Trade paperback, signed by the author, 1st edition. A near fine copy with minor wear at the cover corners. Clean, tight and unmarked - feels unread. Signature is not personalized, "Best Regards, Marc Paulsen." 371 pp., filled with full color photos of the author's days refurbishing planes, flying and telling tales.

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Red cloth and cream boards, hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed, "For Betty - May Sarton" on the half-title page. A good only copy in matching jacket. Wear at the edges and rounding at the spine ends. Previous owner's bookplate to the front fly. Text block is cocked forward. Binding is solid and pages are clean and unmarked. Unclipped jacket is also good only with an open tear (about 1.5 inches) at the bottom of the rear panel. General wear to the edges of the jacket panels and some soiling to the rear panel. 384 pp., Sarton's novel of the lifelong friendship between two women.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. First printing. Unknown. Very Good/very good. Signed hardcover 1st in dustjacket. Signed without personalization on the title page by the author. A very good copy with minor bending at the tips of the spine ends and mild wear to the edges of the board. Binding is tight as if unread and all pages are clean and unmarked. Unclipped dustjacket is also very good, bright and attractive with matching light wear at the spine panel edges and an "Autographed" sticker to the front panel. 478 pp., indexed, some black and white photos.

New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Red hardcover 1st edition in dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Also on the title page is a lengthy personal inscription from to Karin from a friend. Otherwise this is a clean, tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf-wear at the edges and corners, and just a dot of soil to the top textblock edges. Unclipped dustjacket is bright and attractive with minor shelfwear along the bottom edges. 318 pp., the author's first novel.

Utah: Northwest Publishing, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue hardcover with gilt titles. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "Dear G... for yer mother J.... I....! Love Burl Barer." Minor soil spot to the bottom of the rear board and a bit of thumbing at the endpaper - possibly from the author signing. Unclipped jacket bright and attractive. 182 pp. from the edgar award winning author of the new adventures of The Saint.

California: The Great Horizons Company, 1971. Hardcover. Good/fair. Signed and inscribed by faith healer Don Stewart of "Power and Mercy" on the front free-endpaper, "To Don & Dorothy Lewis - Thanks for praying me (sic) - I am praying for you. Don Stewart Isa 40:8." A good copy of this tan cloth hardcover. General shelf wear to the boards and some bending at the spine ends and corners. Two spots of light paper scuffing on the pastedowns as if the jacket had been taped on loosely. Text is clean and unmarked other than the author's inscription, and the binding is solid. The jacket is not as good with chips and tears at the edges, crinkling, and some paper loss at the heel of the spine and the top edge of the front panel - sun browned. 236 pp. Stewart is well known as a televangelist and purported faith healer, with ties to the A.A. Allen Miracle Valley association.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Hardcover with blue gilt spine lettering, first printing in dustjacket. Signed withour inscription by the author on the half-title page. A very good copy with light wear to the edges and a wide opening at page 75 though binding feels solid and no spine creasing. Unclipped dustjacket with matching light wear to the panel edges and a couple of nicks to the corners and edges. 219 pp., O. Henry prize-winner Zelver's short novel followed by 12 short stories.

Maryland: Montrose Press, 2002. Paperback. Good +. Trade paperback, centennial edition. A good + copy - would be near fine except for a substantial case of heat warping. Clean, tight and unread, with very minor bumps at the upper corners. 334 pp., indexed, bibliography.

Amsterdam: Pergamon, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover 1st in very good condition. Minor wear to the cover edges and light bending at the spine tips. Clean and unmarked inside. Binding and hinges solid. 415 pp., indexed.

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., 1939. First edition. Cards. Fair. Card covers with cloth overlay - edges fraying and bent. A fair only copy due to heavy external wear. Dots of white stain to rear cover and weakness at the binding. Better inside - previous owners name to the front endpaper appears to be the writing but with a few stray check marks and X's scattered in the text. 72 pp., a hard to find music theory volume, valuable in-spite of its rough condition.

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux , 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Black hardcover first edition in dustjacket, signed minutely by the author on the title page without inscription. Minor shelfwear at the spine tips, otherwise a clean, tight copy. Unmarked text, solid binding. Unclipped jacket protected in mylar with matching minor wear at the tips of the spine panel. 448 pp., indexed, photos at center.

Paris: LeTerrain Vague, 1964. Hardcover. Fair. Black cloth hardcover lacking dustjacket. A fair only copy - ex-library with all the markings and tags, including "withdrawn" stamps as appropriate. Externally this is a very rough copy. Corners and spine ends bumped and split through the cloth. Back strap is detaching from the binding but still connected at the ends (see photo). Sunning and soil to the rear board. Binding is intact but lacking in tightness, with several gatherings opening quite wide. Pages have minimal library impact (a call number pencilled on the copyright page and a couple of embossed library stamps). 95 pp., b/w representations of Duchamp's ready-mades - found object art.

Washington DC: History and Museums Division Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1974. Paperback. Good. Red oversized softcover. Wear at the corners and spine tips, some bending and fraying. Text is clean and unmarked and the binding is solid. Creasing at the center of the front cover and spineward at the rear cover. 109 pp., bibliography, black and white photos throughout. A history of the occupation of Monte Cristi and the Marines stationed in the Dominican Republic during and following the first world war.

Oregon: Marion County Historical Society, 1984. Paperback. Good. Green oversized softcover. Volume 14 in the Marion County History Series. General wear at the edges and corners and a crease at the upper half of the front edge of the cover. Text is all clean and unmarked, binding is solid and no creasing at the spine. 120 pp., filled with black and white historical photos of Oregon's capital county.

Arizona: David Bull Publishing, 1997. Limited ed. Unknown. Very Good/good. Signed by racing legend Mark Martin on a limitation sticker on the front endpaper - number 1384 of 2000 copies in this run by David Bull publishers. Blue hardcover with silver titles, limited edition with a full number line, in dustjacket. A very good copy of the book, with minimal wear to the board edges and a bit of rounding at the corners. A clean and solid copy. The dustjacket is not quite as good with a tear at the bottom of the front panel spineward, scuffing, and some chipping and ruffling along the panel edges. 191 pp., full of color photographs and reminiscences from one of stock car racing's winningest drivers.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1968. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Yellow and green hardcover, 2nd printing in dustjacket. Signed without inscription by the author on the title page. A very good copy with minor sunning to the board edges, general shelf-wear, and light bending at the spine tips. Interior is clean and unmarked other than a previous owner's address label to the front pastedown. Binding solid. Unclipped jacket with $3.95 price point. A good jacket with crinkling at the spine tips, a short cut to the top of the front panel and minor soiling. 158 pp., a biography of the pioneering vocational educator, aimed at young adults.

New York: George H. Doran, 1918. staplebound. Good. Tan stapled wraps - softcover pamphlet with brown titles. A good copy biwht spotting and discoloration spineward and general shelfwear to the paper covers. Stapled binding is intact. Pages are clean and unmarked. "With the compliments of Professor W. Macneile Dixon (University of Glasgow)" slip laid in at front. 52 pp., no indication of printing. An ephemeral publication on the atrocities committed against the Armenian people in the early 20th century.