Search Results: Titles starting with M from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: New American Library, 1967. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Signet Non-Fiction T-3340; in 1965-66, Esquire Magazine reporter John Sack followed the 200 enlisted men and officers of M Company from advanced infantry training at Fort Dix, N.J., through its first combat in Vietnam. His book is one of the most memorable of that war; one-reader text is clean and unmarked, tight and square; white areas of wrappers show some slight age-discoloration, o/w minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: The Free Press, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An excellent account of the U.S.'s "Forgotten War" and a penetrating critique of Gen. MacArthur's handling of it by a well-known military historian. 385 pages, with black & white photos, bibliographical references and an index. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. Not remaindered. The dustjacket shows only a touch of surface and edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping. Not price-clipped. Collectable Copy.

New York: Rand McNally & Company. An early 20th century American history text, written for primary school students, fourth through sixth grade, by Syracuse University Professor of History, Mace. Mace teaches American history from discovery and colonization of North & South America to the Spanish-American War telling the stories of the political and military leaders of the U.S. through these periods, using the records and accounts of the time, many now debunked or changed through modern scholarship. The book is an example of history taught in U.S. grade schools until late in the 20th century. About 6 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches, 396 pages plus indices. Bound in brown clotth-covered boards decorated with black, stamped graphics on front cover featuring a viking ship. Front end page shows repair to binding; end pages Illustrated decorated with maps of the U.S. Text illustrated with many black & white prints. End pages show some pencil and ink writing, o/w text is clean, complete with stable… Read More

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1965. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Gold Medal k1500; A western set in the Southwest and featuring Boyd Cohoon, who went to prison to protect the brother of the woman he loved, and has now come home; First Printing of First Gold Medal Edition (originally published by Dell in1956); one-reader text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-browned in pictorial wrappers showing minor wear at spine ends, slight soiling, o/w minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The ninth book in Baxt's celebrity mystery series features Mae West investigating the murders of Mae West impersonators in 1936 Hollywood. Collectable.

New York: Mercury Press, Inc., 1973. Magazine. Near Fine to Fine. Volume 44, No. 6, Whole No. 265: Contents include 2nd Part of Jack Vance's novel, "The Asutra;" a novelette, "Haggopian," by Brian Lumley; short stories by Robin Scott Wilson, Ron Goulart, Dennis Etchison, Tori Warner and Doris Pitkin Buck; poetry by Ray Bradbury ("Old Ahab's Friend"), Isaac Asimov's non-fiction science feature, "The Triumph of the Moon;" and the index for Vol. 44, Jan-June, as well as a cartoon by Gahan Wilson. About 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, 162 pages, including 2 pages of ads at back, in light card wrappers with front cover color illustration by Jack Gaughan for "The Asutra." Wrappers show only very faint reading creases, very minimal surface and edge wear, no tears, chipping or bumped corners, no subscription/address label. Text edges lightly soiled, pages slightly age-tanned, o/w text is complete, clean and unmarked. No tears, creasing, or dogearred pages.… Read More

New York: Dutton/Penguin, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. the sixth novel in Hess' humorous mystery series featuring Arly Hanks, female Chief of Police in Maggody, Arkansas, population 755 if you count dogs, pigs and the Buchanans; remainder mark on bottom edge of text, previous owner's name, address, stamped on front end page, o/w clean, tight; dustjacket shows only very minimal surface and edgewear.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fowles, one of England's acknowledged masters, sets his fourteenth book in the eighteenth century, a story of the mysterious events surrounding a journey undertaken by five unrelated individuals, including one traveler found hanging in a tree and another who vanishes into thin air. Collectable.

New York: HarperCollins/HarperPrism. Besides his academic works and his science fiction, Isaac Asimov also wrote Famtasy genre fiction. According to the dust jacket this book is "his final original collection, containing all of his uncollected fantasy stories that have never before appeared in book form." It was produced several years after Asimov's death by permission of his estate. It is about 5 3/4 x 81/2 inches, 275 pages including copyright statements for individual stories at the end. That said, there is nothing on the dj or in this copy of the book to indicate the book's edition or printing. It may be an advance review copy or a first hardcover edition. Or, noting that the title page and copyright page state the book was produced by HarperPrism, the HarperCollins paperback divisiion, it may be an advance copy of a book club edition. The book itself is in excellent condition, appears unread with no noticeable or significant flaws or damage to its text or its plain black… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Isaacs' fifth novel and first mystery since her first book, "Compromising Positions." A fine copy in like dustjacket. Collectable.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The definition of "magical thinking" which prefaces Burroughs' third book provides an idea of what to expect from the "true stories" that follow: "A schizotypal personality disorder attributing to one's own actions something that had nothing to do with him or her and thus assuming that one has a greater influence over events than is actually the case." The result is a third trip to an outrageously funny, absurdly serious mind. Readable. Collectable.

New York: The Dial Press, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fair To Good/Good. A late novel from the legendary author of "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice," a suspense-thriller featuring Clay Lockwood, a business executive who finds himself in a love-hate relationship with Sally Alexis, the wife of a professional magician and the daughter of a woman uncertain of what she wants more -- to save her daughter or lure Lockwood into her own bed. Lockwood himself is certain of only one thing -- the magician must die. The book's spine ends are worn and the hinges show considerable deterioration though the book remains tight and square; the text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is worn at the edges, corners and spine ends and shows rubbing on the front panel and light soiling on the rear panel. There is a price sticker on the front fold-over though it does not obscure the original price. All that said, the dj is still basically whole, with no… Read More

New York: Jove Publications, Inc., 1977. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Jove B4410; the third novel by the author of 'The Eiger Sanction' and 'The Loo Sanction,' a mystery-thriller featuring Police Lieutenant Claude LaPointe, who is legendary judge and jury to the people in Montreal's teeming underworld; text is clean, tight, with a slight spine lean in pictorial wrappers showing reading creases, minor surface and edgewear.

New York: Pocket Books, 1980. First Printing, First U.S. PB Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. van de Wetering combines Dutch sense and Buddhist sensibility in this mystery which brings the aging commissioner of the Amsterdam police and detective sergeant de Gier into an investigation of mass murder in Maine; text is clean, tight, square in pictorial wrappers a half-inch line of light discoloration across top of back cover, o/w very minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fowlkes' second novel is a financial crime thriller featuring Peregrin St. Giles, a fugitive master of international arbitrage who is believed to be dead but has escaped to Hong Kong where he is found by Majendie, a man who knows the one fact about St. Giles that forces him to be the major player in a plot to destroy the dollar and wreck the U.S. economy. Collectable.

New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A lawyer and federal judge, Sullivan's first novel is this crime-thriller which features Tim Quinn, a Washington, D.C., lawyer recently appointed to a judgeship only to learn that corrupt politics, not justice, sets the rules. Scarce.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. One of the best novels in the Edgar Award-winning Elkins' highly-praised mystery series featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver, the "skeleton detective;" boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket slightly rubbed with no other significant surface or edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1991. First Edition, Second Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A novel from Elkins' Edgar-Award winnning mystery series featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver, this time investigating stolen bones and murder at a conference with his fellow anthropologists; boards and text are clean, tight, with a very slight spine lean; dustjacket shows very minor surface and edgewear. A nice reading copy.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Another excellent mystery from the Edgar Award-winning Elkins featuring forensic anthropologist Gideon Oliver; a remainder mark on bottom edge of this unread copy; text and boards are clean, tight, square in a dustjacket showing only very minimal surface and edgewear.

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1974. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Gold Medal M3029; The third book in a four-novel, humorous mystery series written in the 1970's by Lawrence Block and featuring Chip Harrison, a teenaged, one-man anti-chastity movement training to be an Archie Goodwin to NYC private detective Leo Haig; mass market paperback; Paperback Original, First Printing of the True First Edition; text is clean, tight, with slight spine lean in white pictorial wrappers showing reading crease, o/w minimal soiling, surface and edgewear. A very collectable copy.