Search Results: Titles starting with M from Boojum and Snark Books

The Sherman Foundation; Corona Del Mar, California, 1973 First edition. Stapled blue wraps, printed/illustrated front cover, 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches, 20 pp., b/w photo illustrations. Near fine (modest sunning, covers). (3214044). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine.

Red Ozier Press, New York, 1981 An exceptional copy in new condition, one of 200 copies, signed by Diane Wakoski in July 1981. Two unbound folios of Nideggen mouldmade paper that measure 5.5 by 8.5 inches, contained in a grey Canson folder. Printed by hand in black and two colors in Gill Sans Serif types. (1722RO091). 1st Edition. No Binding. New/New.

(Madrid, Iowa); 1983. Gold-colored cloth-covered boards, blue spine lettering, blue front board lettering and decoration, 11 1/4 x 9 inches, 547 pp., map-illustrated endpapers, extensively illustrated with b/w photos. Near fine. Extensive history and genealogy. (3214011). F. Hardcover.

John Long, London, 1958 First edition. Green cloth-covered boards, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 208 pp., index. Book very good. Dustcover good, in mylar jacket. (K019). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Charles C. Thomas; Springfield, Illinois, 1973 First edition. Rust cloth-covered boards, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 379 pp., index, b/w photo illustrations. Foreword by Sydney S. Gellis. Book fine. Dustcover very good(some sunning of spine, else fine). (1722RO119). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good.

Dial Press, 1976 An exceptional copy, book and dustcover strictly as-new. Tenth printing (1978). Light tan cloth-covered boards, spine and front board lettering, 11 1/4 x 9 inches, 273 pp., numerous illustrations. (1722RO070). 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Reutlingen, 1811. Fourth edition (Vierte Ausgabe). The second part or volume (Zwenter Theil) of two. This is the "practical part" (praktischer Theil). Marbled paper-covered boards, 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches, 314 pp. + index. About good (substantial wear externally, with erosion of paper at edges, tips and spine ends; rubbing, boards; about half of gilt-lettered spine label missing; rectangular clip at top of front free endpaper, presumably to remove a previous owner's name; modest foxing; good quality paper, and binding still strong). "The word macrobiotic was originally used in literature by the German scholar Christophe Wilhelm Von Hufeland in Das Makrobiotik (1796). George Ohsawa met a descendant of Hufeland in Germany in 1958. Ohsawa first mentioned the term macrobiotic in his Japanese translation of Alexis Carrel's Man, the Unknown. It did not appear in the main text but rather in his postscript. His first textual usage of the term was in Zen Macrobiotics, which he wrote in… Read More

Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese; (Torino); 1964. First edition. With the ownership stamp of Michael DeBakey, Baylor University College of Medicine, on the front free endpaper. Dark blue cloth-covered boards, gilt spine and front board lettering, 10 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches, 557 pp., index, b/w and color illustrations. Text in Italian. Book very good. Dustcover fair. Rare (one OCLC library holding: National Library of Medicine). In the series Trattato di Semeiotica e Diagnostica Chirurgica, diretto da Ettore Ruggieri. (3214032). F. Hardcover.

Haworth Press, New York, 1991 Yellow cloth-covered boards, 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches, 325 pp. As new. (1722RO005). Hardcover. As New/No Jacket.

E.P. Dutton, New York, 1917 An excellent copy of the first U.S. edition, with the scarce dustcover, book very good plus, dustcover good. Brown paper-covered boards, printed front board label, printed spine label, 7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches, 84 pp., numerous b/w cartoon illustrations by W. Tell (after John Tenniel). Book very good plus (mildly bumped upper corners of boards; pages clean, with no marks of any kind; binding tight and square). Dustcover good (front and rear panels recapitulate the front board illustration; 7/8 x 5/8 inch rectangular segment of spine missing; moderate edgewear, with a few small chips; a few short closed tears; browning of spine). Dustcover defects described in detail; still attractive; now in mylar jacket. An entertaining satire of World War I German propaganda employing a parody of Alice in Wonderland. "'Twas dertag, and the slithy Huns / Did strum and sturgel through the sludge; / All bulgous were the blunderguns, / And the bosch bombs outbludge." "And as in… Read More

Oddbins, 1997 Single sheet, folded once, 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (folded). Great Steadman illustrations. Near fine (damp waviness, upper fore-edge corner). (1722RO007x2). Soft cover. Near Fine.

Brentano's, New York, 1903. Green printed wraps, 7 x 4 3/4 inches, 175 pp. Long "Epistle Dedicatory" to Arthur Bingham Walkley. Good minus.(3214028). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good.

Red Ozier Press, New York, 1980 Sewn wraps, blindstamped covers, 6 x 4 1/4 inches, unpaginated (16 pp.), one illustration (Ellen Lanyon). One of 200 copies, signed by Wakoski. Fine (as new). A beautiful production: words, paper and printing.(3214006). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New.

Charles C. Thomas; Springfield, Illinois; 1969. First edition. Brown cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches, 136 pp., index, b/w photo illustrations. Book VG (a little yellow highlighting on a few pages, else fine). Dustcover fine. (3214035). F. Hardcover.

Richard D. Irwin; Homewood, Illinois; 1966. First Printing (January, 1966). Blue cloth-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine and front board, 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches, 500 pp., index. Very good (previous owner's name, front free endpaper; offsetting to endpapers). No dustcover.. F. Hardcover.

Harper & Brothers, New York, 1948 Limited edition, copy No. 53 of 500 numbered copies, with dustcover and slipcase. Black cloth-covered boards, printed paper spine label, 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 183 pp. Book very good (modest soiling, top edge of book block; previous owner's name and date (1948), front free endpaper; otherwise, pages clean and binding strong and square). Dustcover good (substantial sunning of spine; 1/4 inch hole, spine; not price-clipped). Slipcase good (intact; rubbing and focal erosion, top and bottom aspects; modest sunning/age toning). "This edition, limited to 500 copies, contains a rare portrait of Thomas Wolfe and a twelve-page facsimile of a holograph letter by him, never before published, in which he discusses the play's purpose and meaning." (K078). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

Edgar Tobin Aerial Surveys; San Antonio, Texas; 1957. Scarce. Glossy photo-illustrated boards, spiral binding, 12 x 9 inches, 81 pp., numerous b/w photos and examples of maps, glossary. Very good (modest edgewear and a small bump). Contents: Mapping for the Oil Industry; Photographing the Area; The Photographic Airplane; Operation of Camera-overlap; Flying and Photographing; Developing the Film; Making the Prints, Checking for Coverage; Layout of Contact Prints, Computing of Aerial Film for Tilt; Rectifying the Prints; Engineering Control; Determining the Scale; Assembly of the Mosaic; Check of Control and Lettering; Copying, Negative Touchup, Printing; The Regional Map; Construction of the Regional Base Map; Printing the Regional Map; The "Cleaned-up" Regional Map; Construction of the "Cleaned-up"Regional Map; The Ownership Map; Construction of the Ownership Map; The Lease Map; Construction of the Lease Map; Lease Service; Modern Pipelines Begin in the Air; Gravity and… Read More

Times Books (Division of Random House), New York, 1988 An exceptional hardcover copy of the first edition/first printing, with dustcover: book fine and dustcover as new. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, blind-stamped front board, 8 x 10 inches, 167 pp., numerous b/w photos by Ansel Adams. The book is as new, except for a small sticker ghost on the lower spine aspect of the front free endpaper. Pages clean and binding tight and square; appears unread. Dustcover as new, not price-clipped; now in mylar jacket. The copyright page shows "First Edition" and a number line from 2 to 9. Since the copyright page states that Times Books is a division of Random House, I interpret this as a first edition/first printing. (K075). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New.

Atheneum, New York, 1963. First edition. Book VG (two small newspaper recipe clippings tipped to front free endpaper; small sticker with previous owner's name, front pastedown; some tiny spots of staining to fore-edge). Dustcover VG (minor edgewear, a little browning and a few small chips at top edge). Pictorial boards, 10 1/4 x 7 inches, 440 pp., index. A very attractive and interesting book. (3214011). F. Hardcover.

Albondocani Press, 1968 First printing. Sewn orange wraps, printed/illustrated front cover, 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches, unpaginated (4 pages). This copy SIGNED on the inside (recto) of the rear cover by Walter Hamady. Fine. (1722RO090). Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine.