Search Results: Authors starting with M from Frey Fine Books

New York: G. P. Putnum & Co, 1855. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maximilian Schele De Vere was a professor of modern languages at the 1st edition. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 291 pp. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth, with the front board decorated in blind. Title and leaf decoration on the spine in gilt. Remnants of a sticker at the foot of the spine. End papers toned. Book plate on the front paste down. Text clean and bright. An attractive copy. *** University of Virginia and a founding member of the American Philological Society. After studying languages in Germany, Schele De Vere edited a German-language newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and then studied Greek at Harvard. In 1844, he joined the faculty at the University of Virginia, teaching there for more than fifty years. He supported the Confederacy during the American Civil War (1861-1865), serving as captain of a home guard unit. Before and after the war he published regularly,… Read More

San Francisco: Cinemonde, 1988. 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good. quarto, stapled black illustrated wraps, 1st ed. (1988), 44 pages.Exterior lightly worn, a small tear with verticle crease to bottom rear edge, otherwise clean / unmarked. Catalogue selling Movie posters & lobby cards; hundreds pictures in color & black / white with prices & specifics on each.

London / New york: Longmans, Green and Co, 1948. Later printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 1948 printings. 3 volume set, complete. A Near Fine set in Very Good dust jackets. 8vos., 477; 468; 383 pp., illustrated with numerous plates and maps, many folding. Aquamarine cloth in similar, printed dust jacket. Moderate edge wear to the jackets, with a few small chips; spines lightly sunned, dulling the lettering. The dust jackets are now protected in mylar sleeves.

London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1856. 1st Edition. Leather. Very Good +/No jacket as issued. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 2 volumes bound in 1. 12mo.,[vol.1] vi, 414, [vol.2] 434pp. Bound in full calf, with boards double ruled in gilt, and spine compartments heavily decorated in gilt. Title on black morocco label on spine. Spot-marbled end papers, with matching marbling on text block edges. (Binding signed by Sotheran Sackville St., London). Minor edge wear to the boards. Front board hinge expertly repaired. Internally bright and clean. A Very Good copy, handsomely bound.

New York: George T. Worth & Co, 1919. 1st edition, thus. Paperback. Very Good +. 1st edition, thus. 4to., 4 pp. Light edge wear. Very good +. SHEET MUSIC: Piano-vocal song.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Co, 1916. 1st Edition. Cloth. Good. 1st edition. olive green cloth, SIGNED (1916), 349 pages. Darkened spine, small chip to spine label, front label lightly stained, textblock edge tanned, owners name on title page. SIGNED by both Authors.

Physica-Verlag, 2002. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition. A VEry Good copy. 8vo., xvii, 494 pp.Grey, orange and blue paper boards. Front tips bumped. Gift inscription on the front end paper, signed "Peter" and likely Peter Tillers, the editor. Part of the publisher's seris: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing.

New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh / The Dial Press Incorportion, 1924. 1st American. Cloth. Very Good. 1st American edition, 1924. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 575 pp., bound in publishers cream cloth with titles in black on spine. Cloth has some overall light soiling, top/base of spine are rubbed. End papers toned. Text is clean and unmarked, binding is solid. Greville MacDonald (1856 in Bolton - 1944), was the son of influential fantasy writer George MacDonald and his wife Louisa (née Powell). He has provided some interesting insights into his father's life and circle of friends.

London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1962. Reprint. Hardcover. Good+/Good. Reprint, 1962. A Good+ book in a Good dust jacket. 8vo., 420pp., bound in publishers blue cloth with yellow dust jacket, 25/- net. Jacket is faded and soiled, chipping & rubbing along all edges. Spine is darkened. Previous owners bookplate inside front cover. First two end pages partially detached. Notes inside rear cover. Binding is solid. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

London: John Murray, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good + DJ. red hardback, 1st ed.(1987), 276 pages, SIGNED, in Very Good (with lightly faded spine) Dust Jacket. Private Library stamp on front free endpaper. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket. Signed Presentation from "Donald and Margaret

London: MacDougall Arts Ltd, 2009. 1st edition. Paperback. Very Good. quarto, color-illustrated wraps, 1st ed. (2009), 379 pages. Clean / unmarked. Due to size, extra cost to ship overseas / expedited.

London: John Murray, 1880. 6th edition. Leather. Good. 6th edition, 1880. A Good copy. 12mo., 427 pp., with black & white illustrations and maps. Bound in red full calf, gilt rolled borders to boards, the spine with raised bands, black lettering piece, gilt in compartments. Prize binding, signed Bickers & Son, London, from Leeds Grammar School, Midsummer Examination 1882. Top of spine is slightly pulled, spine is sun faded and rubbed, interior hinges have extra glue tears, prize bookplate inside front cover, previous owners stamp (G.P. Holford) on end page.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition, stated. A Near Fine copy, without the dust jacket. 8vo. Blue cloth. The light blue spine is slightly sun faded. A Near Fine copy.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1951. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good+. 1st edition, 1951. A Good+ book in a Good+ dust jacket. 8vo., 340 pp., bound in blue cloth with grey paper in illustrated dust jacket. Jacket is rubbed at edges, tips and spine; spine is darkened; minor fading/soiling. Some spotting to cloth; some very minor chewing to book edges and tips; pages are clean and unmarked; slight odor to text. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

Great Britain: Naval Institute Press. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st edition thus. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 175 pp., bound in publishers black cloth with teal illustrated dust jacket. Jacket has some minor edge wear. Text is clean and unmarked, binding is solid. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve.

Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge Electron Accelerator, 1967. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good.. 1st edition. Very Good. Square 4to., 482 pp. plus two appendixes. Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Original wraps bound in blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. Library copy of the Cambridge Electron Accelerator Library with usual stamps. Pages are clean and bright. Event produced by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/DJ Near Fine. blue cloth spine over grey boards, 1st ed. (1999), 367 pages in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Looks near fine.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. A Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. Green cloth and boards in pictorial dust jacket. Text block edges are foxing. Dust jacket's spine is slightly darkened. The dj is now protected in a mylar sleeve. A Very Good copy in Very Good+ dust jacket.

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1978. 3rd edition. Paperback. Very Good. 3rd edition, 3rd printing, 1978. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 146 pp. Green pictorial stiff paper wraps. Light rubbing and edge wear to the wraps.

New York: Macmillan and Co, 1890. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st edition, 1890. A Very Good copy. 8vo., 390 pp., bound in green cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Tips, edges and spine rubbed; some soiling to cloth; text edges spotted. Pages are clean and unmarked.