Search Results: Titles starting with M from Dodman Books

Paris: La Rémige, 2009. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In near-fine, clean crisp and bright order throughout. Gift inscription to dedication page. Pictorial card covers lightly faded to spine. 8vo. [12],184pp

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No.77 of 100 copies signed by the author. In fine, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. Smart printed paper-covered boards with red cloth to spine and printed title label. Clear plastic cover. 8vo. 275pp

Hitchin: North Hertfordshire District Council, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Entertaining story of one of Hertfordshire's more unusual residents. Dedicated and signed by Whitmore to title page. All in VG clean and bright order throughout. Smart brown cloth with bright gilt titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j, a little faded. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 96pp

London: Newnes Educational Publishing, 1953. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Everything you need to know about Curie in this brief and pleasingly presented biography, produced for schools. In VG order throughout. Attractive cloth backed card covers. One of a number of books in the Men of Courage and Women Of Renown series available. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 12mo. 48pp.

London: Jonathan Cape, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Excellent biography of the remarkable Brennan, in VG crisp and clean order throughout, bar a little toning to page edges. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. VG unclipped d/j a little faded to edges. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 333pp

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. All in VG internal order- just a little foxing to block. Light olive cloth boards with black titling marked to edges. Unclipped d/j is tatty with loss, esp to rear.

London: L Davenport. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Laurie. All in crisp, clean and bright internal order, with just a few marks from rusted staples. Decorative card covers a little dulled to edges. ND, c.1945. 48pp.

Birkdale: Privately Published, 1906. Soft cover. Poor/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scarce early magic booklet. Business card of Fred G Wilton, "Society Conjuror and Humorist" pasted to ifc. Pages a little creased and toned, but nonetheless fascinating. Also of interest is a price list of magical props and tricks tipped in at the rear from Gilbert Stout, manufacturer of magical and comedy apparatus. Green paper covers worn. Spine repaired with brown paper tape, this now largely split, so covers almost off. Poor, but scarce. 8vo. 28pp

San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Excellent collection of essays, interviews and talks from long-time Met Museum of Art curator. All in VG clean and bright internal order. Light wear to pictorial card covers. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 370pp

Mirfield: Mirfield Publications, 2019. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Insights into the monastic life. In near-fine, clean, crisp and bright order throughout. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo.112pp

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well illustrated with photos. Stock toned but otherwise in generally good internal order. Two fold out maps to rear, one a little torn. Former owner's signature to fep. 'Fair' rating largely due to boards which are worn, marked and stained to top of sunned spine. 8vo. xii, 354pp

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1950. First . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. James Thurber. All in VG internal order; pages clean and bright. Blue boards lightly worn to edges and a little faded to top. Unclipped d/j rather more worn esp along edges with some small chips/loss, with small loss to back inside flap. Dulled to spine and rear. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg 1099831).

London: Jay Landesman, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A collection of cuttings from the eccentric Ives, who filled 45 volumes with newspaper clippings recoding unusual events. Every page offers something extraordinary. All in VG+, clean and bright order throughout. Small mark to top of block, but not affecting pages. Smart pictorial boards. 4to. 160pp

London: Stuart Wood, 1987. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stock and covers toned and first signs of rust to staples, but otherwise all in good order throughout. Scarce collection. 8vo. 26pp

London: Frank Palmer, 1909. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Special large paper edition of 150 copies, of which this is no.23, numbered and signed by the author. Printed at The Chiswick Press, and published in October 1909. Gilt to top of bock, other edges rough cut. Though tanned at very edge, most pages clean and bright, just very occasional foxing. Half bound vellum with gilt detailing and titling to spine. Boards are somewhat grubby and rather worn at edges. Small greasy mark to rear may be removable. Very scarce in this special edition. This is a charity sale on behalf of Friends of Morston Church (reg.1099831).

Thriplow: Icon Books, 2005. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Peter Till. In fine order throughout. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. Fine unclipped d/j. This is a charity sale for Friends Of Morston Church (reg.1099831). 8vo. 223pp

South Brunswick: A. S. Barnes, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New edition (1972) of acclaimed play with c.200 amendments including addition of songs and extensive photo section showing scenes from various international productions. In VG, crisp, clean and bright internal order. Cream boards with quarter brown cloth and bright gilt titling to spine. Good clipped d/j, lightlyl toned and a little worn to edges. 8vo. 157pp

Garden City: The Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ex-lib with stamps to endpapers and edge of bloc, some tape and paper residue. Stock heavily toned, but otherwise all in good internal order. Smart red boards with crisp black titling to spine, showing edgewear, esp to head and foot of spine. Unclipped d/j has been trimmed to bottom edge (to fit now removed library sleeve)and bar light wear and creasing (moreso to rear) is in good order. 8vo. 218pp

London: Overseas Development Institute, 1992. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. In VG, clean and bright order throughout. Very light wear only to smart card covers. 8vo. 117pp

Norwich: St Peters, Mancroft, 1960. Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. ND. c.1960 [Dated from advertising]. Produced as a fund raiser for St Peter's, Mancroft church, Norwich, and a rather more professional production than usual in these circumstances. Recipes very much of their time, and some household hints bordering on Viz territory (eg. "Two good uses for a punctured rubber hot water bottle..."). Stock lightly toned, very occasional marks, but in general VG internal order. Pictorial card covers a little worn and dulled. 12mo. 48pp