Search Results: Titles starting with M from Hardy Books

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. (vii) 421 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by George Plimpton on a front free endpaper. Pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth; silver spine titling. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". A sequel to George Plimpton's Paper Lion, including the particular stories of Detroit Lion linemen John Gordy and Alex Karras, and Plimpton's efforts at playing quarterback for the Baltimore Colts. In addition to his successful books, the late George Plimpton (1927-2003) was the founding editor of The Paris Review. A Near Fine copy (slight edge toning) in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket (Slight edgewear), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

New York: New Directions, 1974. First Edition. Fine. Original Cloth First Edition Fine in Near Fine DJ (ix), 80 pages. Note.Index of titles and first lines.SIGNED by William Everson in ink on the title page. Green cloth. a fine copy in a very slightly edgeworn near fine pictorial wrapper, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. This is Everson's first collection since leaving the Dominican order in December of 1969, and with it, the name of Brother Antoninus. Signed by Author.

Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1975. 1957 University of Utah Edition. Cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (vii)168 pages. Sans dust jacket. Folding map of The Mariposa Indian War, showing the campaigns of the Mariposa Battalion, in and around Yosemite. Cloth. 7" x 10 1/4". Many unopened pages. Tipped in frontispiece portrait from photograph of Eccleston.This is the1957 edition by the University of Utah Press. The Utah editions continue the first published diaries of Robert Eccleston, under the title "Overland to California on the Southwestern Trail, 1849", distributed to the Friends of the Bancroft Library in 1950. In addition to the diaries, the Utah editions contain the aforementioned map, Dr. Crampton's useful notes and Introduction, a full roster of the Mariposa Battalion, and a bibliography. Eccleston is the only member of the Battalion known to have kept a contemporary record of the War. While pursuing the Indians, the Mariposa Battalion explored the Yosemite valley, the Fresno Big… Read More

Newcastle, California: The Blue Oak Press, 1977. First Trade Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good +. 44 (3) pages. SIGNED in ink by William Everson (1912-1994) on the half-title (NOTE: Also on the half-title there is a faint pencil note that this copy was signed at Black Oak Books (Berkeley) on 9/28/87.) First trade edition, after limited edition of 100 signed copies. Brown boards with gilt spine titling. Illustrated dust jacket. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4". Author's Note. Afterword by Allan Campo. Illustrated from drawings by Richard Hotchkiss. Photographs by Jerry N. Uelsmann. Distributed by Capra Press. Two major poetic statements by the esteemed California poet/literary critic/fine press printer. A FINE copy in a slightly soiled and edgeworn, VG+ dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1979. First Edition Thus. Illustrated Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 77 (2) pages. Prospectus laid in. Plain paper dust jacket. Illustrated, some from period photographs and architectural drawings. One of 450 un-numbered copies designed and produced by Adrian Wilson and The Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco with the assistance of Peter Koch. Bembo types. 8 3/4" x 11". Brown illustrated cloth. Introduction by Richard W. Longstreth. Willis Polk's nineteen articles describing his ideas and concerns about architecture. A beautifully produced book. A Near Fine or better copy (very slight rubbing at spine-ends) in a plain paper dust jacket, now in a custom clear mylar protective sleeve with custom spine titling. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of books via media mail to any United States address.

Urbana, Illinois: Mendocino Book Partnership, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. 95 pages. First Edition. SIGNED by Artist Gregory and Author Bear in ink on the first title page. Illustrated in color from oil and watercolor paintings by David Gregory. Two maps. Illustrated dust jacket. 8 3/4" x 11". Maroon cloth with gilt spine and cover titling. A beautifully produced book of images of the village of Mendocino, California, includng many of the early landmark buildings which still exist there. A Fine copy in a Near Fine or better dustjacket (trivial edge wear at the spine ends) now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xiv) (2) 68 (1) pp. One of 550 un-numbered copies of a limited edition. 32 illustrations, including 8 in color and 3 folding. Notes. Chronological checklist of Mexican lithographic works: 1826-1899. List of printers and lithographers of 19th Century Mexico. Bibliography. Linen-backed illustrated boards. 8 1/2" x 12". Designed and printed by Jonathan Clark at The Artichoke Press, Mountain View, California. BCC publiction #178. A beautifully produced monograph covering only lithographers who worked in Mexico during the stated period. Sans plain paper wrapper; now in a custom clear 4mil protective jacket. Trivial edgewear, else Fine. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 277 pages. A presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gene Fowler in ink on the title page: "To my long-time friend Lucius Beebe, the arbiter. With the best / Gene / 1954". First Edition. Endpapers illustrated from photographs and drawings. Illustrated dustjacket. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards. From the jacket, "...some misadventures, both comic and melancholy, of John Barrymore, W. C. Fields, and John Decker while helping the Author attempt to write the biography of Sadakichi Hartmann, poet, self-proclaimed genius, artful rogue and moocher sans pariel." A wonderfully written memoir of the Bundy Drive Boys, this classic has developed a cultlike following. Author Gene Fowler was a longtime friend of Lucius Beebe, who was quoted in Herb Caen's column as saying, "We like Gene Fowler's aphorism, 'Money is something to be thrown off the back of trains.'". A nice association copy. #36 of the 100 Best Books of Hollywood.… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 277 pages.TV SHOWMAN / N.Y. COLUMNIST ED SULLIVAN'S COPY.. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Gene Fowler on the title page, "To my friend of a long time, Ed Sullivan / With the best / Gene Fowler 1954". Endpapers illustrated from photographs and drawings. Illustrated dust jacket. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards. #36 of the100 Best Books of Hollywood. From the jacket, "...some misadventures, both comic and melancholy, of John Barrymore, W. C. Fields, and John Decker while helping the Author attempt to write the biography of Sadakichi Hartmann, poet, self-proclaimed genius, artful rogue and moocher sans pariel." A wonderfully written memoir of the Bundy Drive Boys, this classic has developed a cultlike following. A nice association copy. A Very Good copy (Soiling; edgewear) in a Very Good (Edgewear; slightly chipped spine-end; spine sunned) now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books via media… Read More

San Luis Obispo, California: H. M. Moreno (Self-published), 1916. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. 95 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author H. M. Moreno in ink on the front free endpaper ("Presented to Wm Burge with the Author's every best wish. Henry M. Moreno / S. P. Tunnel No. 10, San Luis Obispo, Cal., Aug. 12th, 1917."). Gray cloth with front cover black titling. 5" x 7 1/2". Self-published dictionary by newspaperman Moreno and originally on sale at just 4 local stores in San Luis Obispo. Southern Pacific Tunnel No. 10, mentioned in the inscription, collapsed in 1910, and was not rebuilt but was bypassed by the railroad. Scarce signed and in this hardcover edition. A Very Good Plus copy (soiled, spine-ends slightly crimped; small abrasion at center spine) now in a custom clear protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States address.

San Marino, California: The Huntington Library, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. (x) 316 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author Howard Swan in ink on the front free endpaper: "To Miss Sue Alice Keller from Lynn McKelvey / Christmas - 1952 / With the added compliments & best wishes of the author- Howard Swan". Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from period photographs. Bibliography. Index. Light green cloth; gilt spine titling. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". From the DJ flap: "Music in the Southwest discusses the passionate devotion to music of the Latter Day Saints, music in the mining towns, and the development of music in southern California - especially in Los Angeles - from the days of the ranchos to the present, culminating in the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl." A Near Fine copy (Slightly toned at edges) in a Very Good dust jacket (Edgewear; partially taped at edges) now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to… Read More

NP: Self Published, 1958. First Edition. Original wrappers. Near Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. 153 pp. Illustrated. Folding map in rear. Bibliography. Index. Original yellow wrappers. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Scarce. The well-documented history of a complicated land dispute between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad, culminating in a deadly shoot-out which took place near Hanford, California on May 11, 1880. Said to inspire Frank Norris to write The Octopus. A Near Fine copy (some soiling), now in a clear 4mil mylar protective envelope. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1961. First Thus. Cloth-backed illustrated Boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (8) 106 (1) pages. First Edition Thus. Illustrated by David Stone Martin. Limited edition of 475 un-numbered copies. Printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. Edited with Introduction by Prof. James D. Hart of The University of California, Berkeley. Prospectus laid in. Linen-backed Illustrated green boards, 6 3/4" x 10". In this book, eleven California authors describe their earliest appearances in print. The authors are Richard Henry Dana, Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller, Gertrude Atherton, Gelett Burgess, Mary Austin, Wallace Irwin, Jack London, Robinson Jeffers and William Saroyan. Reproductions of representative pages from the authors' original publications are tipped in. In my opinion, one of the most handsome and interesting books published by The Book Club of California. A FINE copy, now in a custom, clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS… Read More

New York: Random House, 1989. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. (xiv) 384 pages. SIGNED by Nancy Reagan in ink on the half title. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth-backed boards. Gold titling. Illustrated (black and white photographs). Color photograhic postcard of President and Mrs. Reagan with Emperor Hirohito of Japan laid in. Price sticker from the Ronald Reagan Library gift shop affixed to back of dust jacket. Fascinating memoirs of Mrs. Reagan, including living with Ronald Reagan, Astrology, Don Regan, and her own influence. A Fine Copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Oakland: Biobooks, 1946. First Thus. Cloth-backed cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (ix) 205 (3) pp. SIGNED by Biobooks publisher. J. A. Sullivan in ink on the colophon. #430 of 675 limited copies. Number 7 of the California Centennial Editions.Printed at The Gillick Press, Berkeley. Facsimile copies of 1857 and 1858 newspapers in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. Facsimile of Pacific Mail List for November 6, 1856 (folding) facing page 116. Black cloth-backed red cloth. 7 1/4" x 10". A retelling of the "Narrative of Edward McGowan", originally published in 1857, concerning the author's difficulties with the San Francisco Viligence Committee of 1856, formed after the killing of James King of William by James P. Casey. Describes McGowan's trial for complicity in the killing of James King of William, for which he was acquitted. Zamorano 80, #54; Wheat 132; Howes M-103A. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United… Read More

Oakland: Biobooks, 1946. First Thus. Cloth-backed cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (ix) 205 (3) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Biobooks publisher. J. A. Sullivan in ink on the colophon: To Hugh C. Baker / My Best Wishes 1/6/47 / Thirty Seven / Joe Sullivan". #37 of 675 limited copies. Number 7 of the California Centennial Editions.Printed at The Gillick Press, Berkeley. Facsimile copies of 1857 and 1858 newspapers in pocket affixed to rear pastedown. Facsimile of Pacific Mail List for November 6, 1856 (folding) facing page 116. Black cloth-backed red cloth. 7 1/4" x 10". A retelling of the "Narrative of Edward McGowan", originally published in 1857, concerning the author's difficulties with the San Francisco Viligence Committee of 1856, formed after the killing of James King of William by James P. Casey. Describes McGowan's trial for complicity in the killing of James King of William, for which he was acquitted. Zamorano 80, #54; Wheat 132; Howes M-103A. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective… Read More

New York: Harmony Books, 2007. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. 553 pages. First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket.Octavo. Cloth-backed boards. Illustrated including candid photographs of famous screenwiriters. Notes. Bibliography. Index. A well-written, detailed history of screenwriting from an author who knows that of which he speaks. Marc Norman won an Academy Award (with Tom Stoppard) for best original screenplay for Shakespeare in Love He also won the Oscar as a producer of the same film for Best Picture of the Year. From the jacket: "Impeccably researched, erudite, and filled with unforgettable stories of the too often overlooked, maligned, and abused men and women who devised the ideas that others brought to life in action and words on-screen, this is a unique and engrossing history of the quintessential art form of our time." A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protecive sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.