Search Results: Titles starting with M from JWMah

London: Paul Hamlyn, 1989. (UK) I believe this is the 1st printing of the Third Hamlyn edition. Remainder mark to bottome edge of page, no othe rmarkings, hinges solid, Very Good in price-clipped Very Good dust jacket. 20.5 x 15cm, white boards, 884pp, index. Translated by Vyvyan Holland; edited by Marion Howells; foreword by Andre L. Simon. 2500 recipes by this legendary French chef who died in 1935. (2.9 JM HOQ 101/0. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1957. (UK) Later printing, 1957. Owner's inscription, no other markings, Very Good; lacking the dust jacket. Red cloth, 282pp, no illus. The Mabinogion are the earliest British prose stories, and belong to the Matter of Britain. The stories were compiled in Middle Welsh in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions. (1.4 EKN HOQ 102/b1. Hardcover . Very Good/Lacking the Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Peru: AFP Integra, 2001. (PERU) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, [398]pp, lots of colour photos of the site, the surroundings, the bitds and other wildlife, and the tourists. This is a beautifully photographed work which gives a complete wider sense and appreciation of Machu Picchu : the Sacred Kingdom; The Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, between Heaven and Earth; The Spiritual World; Of Tourists and |travellers. The text is in Spanih and in Engish. A heavy book. (6.5 JM 0408 . 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Esquiroz, Jorge H.. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

London: Black Dog Publishing, 2016. (UK) Prresumed 1st edition. AS New still in shrinkwrap. Hardcover, 192pp, reproductions of paintings. The Mackay Creek Series is a diaristic and critical commentary on the artist's role in raising global ecological consciousness. By painting snapshots of the state of a creek located in North Vancouver, over several years, Ron den Daas monitors and records the flux of one ecosystem through several cycles of the seasons. In his paintings, Ron den Daas Rather than merely depicting oil spills, toxic sludge, clear-cuts or wetland draining, his observations aim to sensitise viewers to the precarious ecological state that humans have created everywhere. In November 2008 den Daas found returned Coho salmon adults in Upper Mackay Creek. Although this was once a common occurrence in North Vancouver creeks, it was a rare event in the endangered urban creek ecosystem of 2008.bypasses humanity's obsession with 'the self' and comments on the small changes in the… Read More

Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1980. (CAD) First Printing No markings, Very Good used copy in price-clipped Good Dj in mylar sleeve. 23.5 x 15.5 cm, black wipeable boards,[i-iv], v- x], [xi-xii], 1- 274pp, [2]pp blank. Index. [8]pp colour photos. A collection of Madame Benoit's favoritie recipes from around the globe (the recipes are organized by country): Cacen-gri, Athol Brose, Whiskey Pie, Vanilla Boller, etc. Ingredients are given in North American and metric measures. (1.9 JM HOQ 102/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Montreal / Toronto: Mount Royal Rice Mills Limited, 1957. (CAD) No markings, tiny crease to corner of back cover, Very Good. About 18 x 12.5 cm, paper cover with colour photo of spoonful of cooked rice on red background with white title block above, side-stapled, 1(verso of cover)-33pp, index. Back cover shows colour photos of spoonfuls of long and short grain rice. Pages 16 to 19 are full page colour photos of prepared dishes. There is a small B&W portrait of Madame Benoit to the back of the front cover. No date given; perhaps late 1950s or ealry 1960s; date uncertain. (1.0 JM HOX 1/a10. Staple Bound. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London/ NY: Harper & Brothers, 1903. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Bookplate to inside front cover with date of 1922, no other markings, hinges split, the spine backstrip was been taped to the body of the book, shelf-wear and rubbing to cover edges and corners, thus Acceptable copy only ; no dust jacket. Olive cloth with title and crest stamped in gold, 384 pp., index. Top edge Gilt. With 16 photogravures showing portraits of Madame de Montespan and her circle. All pages intact with beautifully reproduced photogravures. (4.2 JM LVR 202/b0. 1st. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

London: Hutchinson, 1967. (UK) Third edition, 1967. No markings, very faint spot to the top edge of pages, Very Good used copy; lacking the dust jacket. Green cloth with gold spine titles, xxii, , 298pp, index. Full page B&W photos mostly of prepared dishes; B&W menu andfacsimile of lnote from Escoffier; B&W drawings of fish and seafood. These recipes were the work of Madame Prunier's father, Emile who died before he could publish a book based on his 25 years of research. The material was given to a collabortor, M. Michel Bouzy who published the book in France in 1929 (LES POISSONS, CRUSTACES ET COQUILLAGES, on which this present book is founded. There are 1000 recipes for all kinds of fish dishes which has made the restaurant name of PRUNIER famous in London and in Paris. The cooking sections starts of with a chapter on savoury butters and sauces, "the most important chapter in the book", and proceeds in an orderly quintessentially French manner to Soups, Fresh-water,… Read More

Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2015. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine (-) dust jakct with tiny crease to corner of front flap. Hardcover, 248pp, index, B&W photos and illus augmented with some colour photos. Tippett looks at the careers of eight ground-breaking cultural producers in the fields of painting, aboriginal art, architecture, writing, theatre and music. The eight creative figures profiled in Made in British Columbia are not just distinguished artists who made an enduring mark on Canadian culture during the twentieth century. They are unique artists whose work is intimately interwoven with British Columbia's identity.Emily Carr, Bill Reid, Francis Rattenbury, Arthur Erickson, Martin Allendale Grainger, Jean Coulthard, George Woodcock, George Ryga. (1.9 JM HOQ 101/1. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine (-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Random House, 2008. (USA) 34th printing. No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 322pp, index, no illus. From the jacket: Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick, accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions. Inside, the brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the human scale principle, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating curiosity gaps. (1.7 JM LVR 201/b5. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

White Plains NY: General Foods Corp., 1971. (USA) No markings, tiny creases to cover corner, Very Good. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4", card cover with colour illus of various dessert dishes, side-stapled, 44pp, index. Colour photos. Nicely-produced booklet for dessert recipes using Jello-O whip 'n chill Deluxe Dessert Mix: Banana Cream Pie; Black Bottom Pie; Spumoni. Date uncertain. (0.8 JM HOX 1/a12. Staple Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press., 1921. (USA) First Edition Owner's name and date to back of front cover,no other markings, lower corners rubbed, Very Good used copy; no Dj, Tan bds, brown cloth spine with printed paper label, xxii, 267pp. Top edge gilt. Coloured frontis and many B&W plates and illustrations. More book collecting memoirs. (2.1 JM HOQ 102/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Key Porter Books, 2002. (CAD) 1st printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR, no other markings, small lentil size faint spot to the leading edge of pages, otherwise Very Good (+). Wraps with flaps, 342pp. From the flap When curmudgeonly Owen Jones died in a Bella Coola nursing home, no one who knew the elderly man could imagine the extraordinary story of his life. Spooling backwards through time against the backdrop of Vancouver`s raw, exuberant growth over the last hundred years, Making a Stone of the Heart tells Owen`s story and those of his lover, Dora Dow, and of Dr. Jonathan Smyth. The lives of the three have been irrevocably tied together by their knowledge of two terrible secrets (1.5 JM 0732. Signed by Author. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Harry N Abrams, 2005. (USA) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Photo boards, 256pp, B&W and colour photos. This well-illustrated book is a visual guided tour of coastal Malibu's most significant architectural structures includes profiles of houses by such individuals as John Lautner, Richard Meier, and Frank Gehry, in a collection of mostly unpublished photographs taken over the course of the historian author's seventy-five-year career. A heavy book. (4.0 JM LVR 200/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

London: The Folio Society, 1982. (UK) 2nd impression 1988. No markings, Fine; no dust jackets as published in Fine slipcase. Three volumes, blue cloth with center piece gold on red. Volume 1: 292pp, B&W lionocuts. Volume 2: 348pp, B&W linocuts; Volume 3: 262pp, B&W linocuts; Revised with introduction by Sue Bradbury. Foreord by Kevin Crossley-Holland. A heavy set (4.6 JM 0415. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by BAWDEN, Edward. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., 1890. (USA) First Edition 8 x 5 3/4", green cloth with gold titles on front panel and on spine, [1-4] tp, dedication page, [i-ii], iii-xx, 1-204pp. Top edge gilt. This is the first edition of a combined printing of two novellas written about an American trapper in the Canadian North interwoven with a fantasy about a great lost race connected with Atlantis. MAMELONS was originally published by itself in 1888,(as THE DOOM OF MAMELONS) which accounts for the author's preface in this present volume dated 1887. UNGAVA tells the story of the lost race's king and princess and their sovereignty over an underground realm of the dead. Murray is probably better known for his book CAMP LIFE IN THE ADIRONDACKS which helped to open up that area in the late 19th century.The date [1890] is from the dedication page. Owner's name to endpaper, no other markings, rubbing to corner tips and to spine extremities, mark to the back cover, and a scuff mark, clean,… Read More

London: Heinemann, 1929. (UK) 2nd impression, September, 1929. Black cloth with gold spine titles, 354 pp. Greene's first book. Black covers lightly scuffed but with residue and small spots to back cover. Pastedowns skinned by removal of Dj flap which must have been pasted down, owner's name blacked out with black ink, corners and lower edges rubbed. Good(-) only ; lacking the DJ. (1.8 JM HOQ 101/4. Hardcover. Good (-)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Manhattan Medicine Company, 1885. 16.5 x 11 cm, saddle-stitched with thread, unpaginated (32pp). The Manhattan Medicine Company made Johnson's Bitters and Atwood's Jaundice Bitters, as well asMyer's Extract of Rock Rose (an Invaluable remedy for all). To help them sell this stuff these little booklets were printed full of treatment advice and testimonials. Recipes are included to encourage the clients to keep the booklet: Savoy Biscuits, Saratoga Graham Muffins, Molasses Gingerbread. No date given, a guess at 1880s; date uncertain. I have seen another copy with some difference to the text page mostly to the back of the book, but also without a date. No markings, some rubbing to delicate covers, some creasing to back cover, VG (-). (0.5lbs Docket 12 HOX 1/a11. Paperback. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Gainesville GA: New Classics Library, 2009. (USA) Presumed first edition. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with fine scuff marks to back panel of Dj.DJ is i mylar sleeve. Hardcover, 696pp, index, graphs, B&W illus. This book is a reference that covers every twist and turn of the rise and (initial) fall of the historic financial bubble -- all observed and anticipated in real time via The Elliott Wave Financial Forecast and The Elliott Wave Theorist.The book looks at the all-time high stock market of 2000, replays the rush into riskier real estate, hedge funds and equities during the temporary recovery of 2002-2007. Month by month the authors expose the steps to the great financila bubble of 2008. (6.0 JM HOQ 100/0. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

NY: Braziller, 1964. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, Owner's name and address to end paper, no other marking, Near Fine in price-clipped Near Fine dust jacket. Cloth hardcover, 347pp, 268 illus with 32 in full colour tipped-in plates. The text is in English translated by Simon Watson Taylor. This book covers the priod from 1520 to 1620. Chapters include Themes of Mannerist Painting, Mannerist Color, Mannerist style, Selections from Mannerist Poetry, etc. Bousquest was a writer and historian and one time director of the Ministry of Education in France. He also served with UNESCO> A heavy book. (5.8 JM HOZ 401/3. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".