Search Results: Titles starting with M from R. Siedlecki Vintage Books

New York: Macfadden Publications, Inc., 1924. [1924] Sixth edition, set of five hardcovers. Red bindings gilt lettering, red tinted edges, illustrations, 2,914 pages. This very comprehensive set contains numerous revisions to the original edition published in 1911. Includes Index and glossary. Condition: Age wear to extremities of bindings, some cracks at hinges, a few tears, yet overall Very Good. Topics include a wide range of topics: biology; exercises for health and physical beauty; sex hygiene; parenthood; child training; causes, effects and treatment of diseases; and treatment of physical disorders. Numerous black and white and color illustrations and photos throughout reinforce text material. This a remarkable collection of facts, theories, false and near truths (remember this is 1924), and practical information to looking and feeling good. This vintage reference set is a must for the library of physical fitness people, researchers, historians, doctors, physical therapists, long-distance… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1978. [1978] Deep blue hardcover bound in genuine leather. THIS IS THE FULL, GENUINE LEATHER AND GILT BINDING BY EASTON PRESS, NOT THE CHEAPER COMPOSITE BINDING, FRANKLIN LIBRARY EDITION, OR A CLOTH TRADE EDITION. BEAUTIFUL AND COLLECTIBLE. Translated by J. Lewis May. Illustrations by Pierre Brissaud; engravings in wood by Theo Schmied. Collector's Edition, The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written, 348 pages. Binding features beautiful gilt designs. Sophisticated hubbed design (four raised ridges) on spine. Lettering and designs on binding stamped with gorgeous accents of 22kt. gold - a hallmark of fine bookmaking. This beautifully bound genuine leather was hand selected from individually tanned hides. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages are Smyth-sewn into the binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Endpapers are beautiful satin moiré, specially dyed for the publisher. Edges gilded on three sides… Read More

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1909. [1909] FIRST EDITION hardcover. [Not a recent reprint or facsimile -- this is the first edition published in 1909.] Olive green binding, gilt lettering, gilt to top edge; deckled fore-edge and bottom edge (usually associated with better books). Condition: Binding is age darken (with faint soiling), especially spine. Light shelf wear, fraying/chips to top and foot of spine. Two corners showing a tad; bump to top extremity of rear cover. Endpapers: Faint erased pencil notes by bookseller on first free endpaper. Some rubbing to gilt on top edge. Gilt lettering on top cover and spine in fine condition - not rubbed or chipped. Internally, lightly age toned, several creases to leaves, some chips and short tears to page borders. Stored in temperature-controlled environment. Overall, Very Good. Here is an uncommon book that reflects passages from Shakespeare and the author's comments or interpretations. The author, Frank Harris, notes how Shakespeare changed over the… Read More

Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Insttitute , 1936. 1936. Black, leatherette flexible cover, gilt lettering and symbol on top cover and spine, photos and illustrations throughout, 437 pages. The previous owner of the book, M.F. Weisner, officer candidate, has affixed photos (front and back poses) of himself in a required jock strap to the first pastedown endpaper and to the backside of the free endpaper along with a form he filled-out regarding his posture. Weisner printed his name and a notation on the endpapers. Condition of binding: Expected wear from use, light bumps to extremities, some loss of gilt to lettering, a few old humidity/liquid stains. Top edge and fore-edge are partially blacken, perhaps an old liquid stain? Internally: Pages are clear, easy to read. Photos/illustrations are clean, vivid. Overall: Good Plus condition. This is a Naval Academy manual of athletic training, defense techniques, first aid, sports, gymnastic exercises, etc. It's designed to turn Academy students… Read More

Paris, France: City of Paris, 1920. [circa 1920s] Paris: Large Fold-out Map in Color, Carte Routiere Pour Automobilistes & Cyclistes, Environs De Partis, Section Sud-Ouest. Includes paper envelope for map. Condition of map: A few creases, overall Near Fine. Beautiful color map showing the key routes in Paris. Condition of envelope: Age darken, two corners bumped, wear to extremities, else overall Good. Scarce vintage map. Perfect for collector of maps, historian, author, researcher, scholars, interior decorators, and lovers of Paris. Collectible. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly. . Paper. Near Fine.

[Skokie, Illinois]: Rand McNally & Co., 1895. 1895. Map of the Main Portion of Cleveland [Ohio]. 11¼-inches wide x 14-inches high including index, border. Page extracted from Rand McNally & Co's Atlas of the World published in 1895. Not a facsimile. Condition: Lightly age toned, mostly at border; tear marks where previous owner detached from Atlas. Multi-colored (hand-colored at publisher --- black, pink, green, yellow. Includes street index for quick reference. Green color highlights main sites, such as Lakeview Park, University Circle, Erie St. Cemetery, etc. An uncommon, historical1895 map, and very collectible. Can be cropped, matted, and framed. Protected in Mylar. Overall, Very Good Plus. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books and maps thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly.. Page from 1895 Rand McNally Bo. Very Good.

Washington, DC: United States GPO [1899] FOLDED MAP OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION showing the approximate location and extent of forest areas and irrigation ditches in 1885, highlighted with green and red colors. Size: 20" x 32¼". Also, 1899 booklet, REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF FORESTRY DIVISION, 37 pages with vintage photos. Condition of Map: Minor age wear, several tears, else Very Good. Booklet: Several pages detached, short tears, faint age toning. The 1899 booklet covers the report of B.E. Fernow, chief of Forestry Division, which relates in part to the Map. Both documents are scarce, collectible. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We will be pleased to serve you. We ship promptly. . Map, Booklet. Very Good.

New York: Rand, McNally & Co., 1887. 1887. Stiff binding, paperback format, 191 pages. THIS IS THE 1887 EDITION, NOT A FACSIMILE, PRINT-ON-DEMAND BOOK, OR A MODERN REPRINT. Red colored edges. About 3½ inches wide by 5¾ inches tall. Maps throughout, both hand-colored and black and white. Condition of binding: Spine heavily chipped, tears; shelf wear; age toning, old soiling. Title page is chipped at extremities, detached and laid in. Old notations penciled in (title page, rear endpapers). Except for about four pages (short tears, mostly at borders), all maps in Very Good Plus condition (mostly clear and vivid). Scattered age toning with some foxing, several old damp stains. Overall, considering the binding, book is in Fair condition. Very scarce antiquarian book, featuring more than 100 maps, diagrams, tables, and profiles of U.S. states and foreign countries. Indexed. Collectible. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe… Read More

Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1887. 1887. Hardcover, brown binding, gilt lettering on spine, 527 pages. Top edge in gilt. Frontispiece with tissue overlay. This book was published as the Riverside Edition, Vol. VI, with introductory notes by George Parsons Lathrop. It was part of twelve volumes, this volume is a very popular work by Nathaniel Hawthorne. THIS IS NOT A FACSIMILE OR RECENT REPRINT, IT IS THE 1887 EDITION. Condition: Faint age toning, one preliminary sheet (two pages) partially separated from binding, else overall Very Good. Free of cracks and tears to binding, writing in text, old humidity stains or the smell of a smoker. Text is clear and very readable. Hawthorne finds an allegory of the fall of man from amoral innocence to the knowledge of good and evil, a theme the author has usually been assumed in his earlier works but that now received direct and philosophic treatment. The central metaphor is a statue of a faun Hawthorne has seen in Florence, Italy. An engaging novel. Note: We… Read More

Chicago, ILL.: Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1983. [1983] FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF MARK TWAIN EVENTS IN THIS COMPACT BOOK. Brown hardcover, gilt to top edge, gold lettering, frontispiece and vintage photographs. 450 pages including Index and advertising from the publisher. Edited by Walter Blair. Compact book: 4½ x 7- inches. Condition: Two discoloration spots on front cover of binding, else overall Fine. New condition, never read. Free of smoke smells from a cigarette or cigar smoker. In gift-giving condition. This is a special compilation of Mark Twain's reminiscences from Twain's boyhood day in Missouri; the time he spent learning to be a Mississippi riverboat pilot; his overland trip across the plains to Nevada; his silver mining exploits, and his jobs as a young newspaper reporter and editor in Nevada, California, and Hawaii. The selections chosen by editor Walter Blair have appeared in other Twain books but never in the particular organization and sequence… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1986. [1986] Hardcover. This is the full leather Easton Press edition. Black binding, leather hardcover featuring gilt designs/gilt lettering, 715 pages. Three raised ridges on spine. Lettering, designs stamped with accents of 22kt. gold - a hallmark of fine bookmaking. Book hand-selected from individually tanned hides. Textured and shaded, acid-neutral paper won't turn yellow over time. Pages are Smyth-sewn into binding for permanence (not glued like ordinary books). Edges gilded on three sides. Endpapers feature repeating eagle design. Satin ribbon page marker bound in. Condition: Age wear, handling to binding has affected gilt designs on covers (rubbing, scattered darkening of gilt and some absence of gilt in designs on front and rear covers). Gilt on spine is Fine. Rubbed marks, light scrapes to gilt edges (from handling, shelving). Text block: Light creases to pages, some waving of pages at preliminaries and several other pages at beginning of text,… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1997. [1997] Hardcover. AUTHENTIC FULL LEATHER FINE BINDING - NOT THE CHEAPER COMPOSITE LEATHER, SIMULATED LEATHER, FACSIMILE, PRINT ON-DEMAND, OR THE REGULAR TRADE CLOTH BINDING. Deep brown leather features lettering and design in 22kt gold leaf. All edges in beautiful gilt. Four raised ridges on back (spine), moiré fabric endpapers, archival-quality paper, Smyth-sewn pages (not glued), satin page marker, 477 pages, including comprehensive Index and Bibliography. Condition: Small ding to gilt at bottom edge from shelving, else book is Fine, new, in gift-giving condition. [Some books online have been read, but described as New. This book was never read.] Book kept in a temperature-controlled room; free of the smells of smoke from cigarettes or cigars. This is the life of Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) and the American Political System, beginning at the end of the American Revolution and ending during the Civil War. Martin represented the second generation… Read More

New York: A William Abrahams Book/E. P. Dutton, 1986. [1986] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Hardcover and dustjacket, SIGNED BY JOYCE CAROL OATES ON THE TITLE PAGE, 310 pages. Condition of hardcover: Very faint age toning and rubbing to edges and small stain on top edge; else overall Near Fine. Kept in temperature-controlled bookcase. Free of the smell of a cigarette or cigar smoker. Dustjacket: Price intact on flap. Overall, Near Fine. Protected in Mylar cover. This novel is a profound and haunting portrait of a contemporary woman in search of self-understanding, fulfillment, and a better life. Said to be the most personal and fascinating of Joyce Carol Oates's novels. This is a nice, signed first edition, a nice collectible. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. We ship promptly.. Signed By Joyce Carol Oates. First… Read More

New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1909. [1909] Hardcover, revised edition, 64 pages. THIS IS THE ACTUAL 1909 MCGUFFEY'S ECLECTIC PRIMER TEXTBOOK, NOT A FACSIMILE OR A MORE RECENT COPY. Also, it's the extra durable school binding edition. Condition: Expected light age darkening to binding, corners showing a tad, shelf wear. Former owner's name and address writing on first pastedown endpaper, scattered smudges, else overall Very Good. Text is clear and very readable; illustrations are clean and vivid. This text was designed with only six new words to be mastered in each lesson. The new words and the new elementary sounds are always to be found in the vocabulary of the lesson in which they are first used. This plan enables the teacher to pursue the Phonic Method, the Word Method, the Alphabet Method, or any combination of these methods. Illustrations are a benefit; the teacher will be able to use them to great advantage. The script exercises throughout the book and the… Read More

Wigston, Leicester, England: Magna Books, 1990. [1990] First English Edition, Printed in Italy, Tall Paperback (folio), 63 pages. Condition: Very Good Plus. Never read. Kept in temperature-controlled room. Condition: The top cover of the binding has sun discoloration around the extremities (from another book sitting on it in the sun), short abrasion area on spine; else overall Very Good Plus. Text is clear and clean. Four-color and black and white photos are crisp and vivid. Description by the publisher: A complete overview of mediaeval armor and arms for combat and defense starts in the 14th century. The warrior was a professional soldier, tied to his Captain and "Condotta" (under contract). The armor he wore necessitated a greater degree of specialization and to a certain extent of personalization. From the mid-1300s, the main concern of armorers became that of perfecting the construction of knights; armor in a process that by the middle of the following century led to the development of a… Read More

Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press, 1997. [1997] Publisher's Paperback, vintage photos, 180 pages including Index and Common Melungeon and Related Surnames sections at end. This work is the revised, corrected edition. This is the story of early explorers seeing dark-skinned, brown- and blue-eyed, and European-featured people living in cabins, tilling the land, smelting silver, practicing Christianity, and, most of all claiming to be "Portyghee." They were eventually driven off their lands and denied voting rights, education, and the right to judicial process. This is the unbelievable story of these proud people. A historical, educational story that is hard to believe. Condition of book: Fine. Free of the smell of smoke from a cigarette or cigar smoker. Note: We are a well-established, well-respected, ethical book dealer in business since 1991. We describe the condition of our books thoroughly and honestly, so you'll know exactly what you will be receiving when you order. .… Read More

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1957. [1957] Hardcover and Dustjacket, 409 pages. First published in 1896, this is the first time that two-volume work is collected in this convenient one volume work. Read about General Sherman, who has been called by military experts as the first modern general. His emphasis on strategy and mobility of troops has earned him a distinguished place in military history, especially during America's Civil War. The memoirs of General William T. Sherman -- an intimate first-hand account - historical and insightful. Condition of binding: Faint title of book on spine, a few old smudges. Edges are lightly age toned. Internally: Light foxing to endpapers, birthday inscription on first free endpaper. Text is clear, clean, and very readable. Overall: Very Good. Free of the smell of smoke from a cigarette or cigar smoker. Dustjacket: Multiple tears, small pieces missing, and chips. Age toning and faded spine panel. First flap cleanly trimmed at foot of flap… Read More

New York, London, Toronto, Melbourne: Seven Stories Press, 2004. [2004] First edition hardcover and dustjacket. Binding is black, silver lettering, 431 pages. Condition of hardcover; Minor bumps to edges of top of spine; else Near Fine. Stored in temperature-controlled room - free of smelly humidity stains and the smell of smoke from a cigarette or cigar smoker. Dustjacket: Light shelf wear, else overall Near Fine. Price intact on spine. Actually, book/dustjacket is in gift-giving condition. This is a fascinating document of Déguignet, a literate peasant, but also for his skepticism regarding the church; his interest in science, astronomy, and languages; and for his keen - often caustic - observations of the world and people around him. He was born to landless farmers in Brittany (France) in 1834. He eventually became a soldier (a benefit because of his knowledge of the vast world). He learned how to speak Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish. He read history, philosophy, politics, and… Read More

Nashville: J.S. Sanders & Company, 1999. [1999] First Publisher's Trade Paperback, 448 pages plus one page about author. First published in book form in 1866. Condition: Small mark on top edge; else overall Near Fine. [Free of the smells of old humidity stains or the smell of smoke from a cigarette or cigar smoker.] This is one of the most exhilarating of war memoirs, author Heros von Borcke gives a stirring account of his military service in the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. The story begins when a young Prussian soldier boarded a Confederate blockade runner in Bermuda bound for South Carolina. Narrowly escaping capture in Charleston Harbor, he quickly earned a commission in General J.e.b. Stuart's cavalry command in Virginia. He rode with Stuart's men in the battles of Seven Pines, the Seven Days, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Brandy Station before being wounded in the early part of the Gettysburg campaign. One critic said this book "is one that no student of… Read More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. [1978] FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER AND DUSTJACKET. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY RICHARD NIXON ON HIS PERSONAL BOOKPLATE ATTACHED TO FIRST FREE ENDPAPER. Inscription: "To Paul Carpenter, With Best Wishes, Love Richard Nixon." Blue binding, gilt lettering and decorations; 1,120 pages including Index. Vintage photographs. Condition of hardcover: Some settled dust on binding, else overall Near Fine. Dustjacket: Price intact on flap. Minor shelf wear to extremities, including two short tears; scattered toning; several rubbed/scratched areas (from shelving); else overall Very Good. Free of smoke smells from a cigarette or cigar smoker. Kept in temperature-controlled environment. This is the autobiography of Richard Nixon, the thirty-seventh president of the United States. According to the publisher, this is an extraordinary historical document, an intensely personal memoir. Here is the story of a life of conflict and contrasts, of supreme happiness and anguished… Read More