Search Results: Titles starting with M from Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller; Blackwood Bookhouse

NEW YORK: The Viking Press, 1958. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First edition, fourth printing. 12 1/4 x 9 inches: pp. 56. Illustrated paper dust jacket with white type. Light green boards with graphic depicting Madeline in the Seine, hands up, and her doggie rescuer/savior swimming towards her, with dark blue type. $3.50 price to dj flap, with Caldecott sticker present. Dust jacket shows edgewear, small bit of moisture wrinkling and small closed tears to spine caps. Light shelf-rubbing to extremities, with a tiny bit of fabric loss to bottom of spine. Faint staining along bottom edge of front board and pages. Previous owner's inked name and bookplate to front pastedown. Otherwise text is unmarked. Binding tight. A bright, clean, affordable copy of this timeless children's classic. "This is the story of a canine who saved our little Madeline from the waters of The Seine; All this happened in Paris, France"

NEW YORK: The Viking Press, 1958. Second Printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1958. Second printing. 12 1/4 x 9 inches: pp. 54. Illustrated paper dust jacket with white and black type. Red cloth, front board with black graphic of Madeline holding hands with the bad-hatted son of the Spanish ambassador, and black type on spine. Dustjacket, stained on inside, tears and chipping, shows $3.50 price. Boards have slightest bit of rubbing to extremities, and shelf bump to bottom edge. Previous owner's inked name and bookplate to front pastedown. Small stain on bottom edge of some pages. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A respectable copy with a bump, but otherwise bright and tight.

New York: Cochrane Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: Cochrane Publishing Company, 1910. First edition. 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. 128. Red cloth with titles in gilt on cover and spine. Some fading to cover and spine, titles bright. Gift inscription in a neat hand dated Dec. 25, 1911 on front endpaper along with a christmas stamp affixed to endpaper. Some toning inside front and back cover. Interior clean, unmarked and bright, binding tight.

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Staplebound Pamphlet. Very Good. Essay about composer Gustav Mahler, and poem entitled "RANGER XXXVII". 15 pp. Crease through bottom of pages. "SPARROW appears monthly. It prints poetry, fiction, essays, criticism, commentaries & reviews. Each issue presents the work of a single author. The poet is prophet." (from front cover).

London, Edinburgh and Boston: T. Foulis, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, Edinburgh and Boston: T. Foulis, 1915. First edition. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. [18], 311, plus four page catalogue at end. Navy blue cloth with titles in gilt. Index, 24 plates [23 are tipped-in]. Bottom corners bumped. Cover bright, Textblock square, unmarked. Binding tight. A nice looking copy.

New York: Berkley Books, 1983. Mass market paperback. Good. New York: Berkley Books, 1983. 11th printing. 7 x 4 1/4 inches: pp. 249. Black illustrated cardboard covers with red, white and yellow type. Light edge and corner wear, creasing at spine. Some page toning. A few pencil and pen underlining, markings. Binding solid. Philip K. Dick's classic and mindblowing alternative history novel where Nazi Germany and the Japanese won World War II.

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1890. Third edition (Revised). Hardcover. Good. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1890. Third edition (revised). 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches: pp. xii, 330, 14, [2]. Dark brown cloth, ruled on blind. Recently rebacked with full calf spine, ruled and decorated in gilt, five raised bands with medallion gilt stamp repeated in each section. Selection from publisher's general catalogue of works on medicine (14 page) appears at rear. 12 color and sepia-tone plates. Two indices. Deckled edges. Boards have light edge and corner wear. Front board has some soiling, staining. Front hinge has been repaired with book binding tape. Half title page has a tear at upper spine join. Previous owner's, physicians both, have stamped preliminary pages. Very occasional bracketing/notes in light pencil. Binding solid, tight overall. Edited with the assistance of Marcus Gunn (Surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital). Gowers was a noted neurologist and surgeon who pioneered work in Epilepsy and… Read More

Philadelphia: Cowperthwait & Co, 1871. Hardcover. Good. Billings, Hammatt. Philadelphia, PA: Cowperthwait & Co., 1871. 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. viii,102. Brown cloth with cover titles in gold gilt. Numerous text figures (illustrations). Corners bumped, wear at head and tail of spine, spine rubbed. Sun fading at edges. Interior clean with some light tonng. Binding tight. Chapters include: Position and Carriage of the Body, Breathing and Development of Lungs, Control of Organs of the Throat, Vowel Analysis, Articulation, Force, Pitch, or Modulation, Selections for Practice in Reading, etc.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010. Trade Paperback. Very Good. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010. 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. x, 534. Blue illustrated cardboard wraps with gold and white type. Notes, select bibliography, index. With photographs and illustrations, including 8 pages of color photos. Light edge and corner wear. Some scuffing on back cover. Text is unmarked. Binding crisp, tight.

New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/No Dust Jacket. Froud, Brian. New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, 1979 First edition. 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches: pp. 32 (unpaginated). Brown spine with tan illustrated boards with brown and black type. With no dust jacket. Light edge wear, some slight bumping on boards. Text is unmarked. Binding solid and sound. An odd, lavishly illustrated tale which describes the spread of the Bubonic Plague during the Middle Ages.

London: H.S. Nichols, 1896. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. London: H. S. Nichols, 1896. Limited edition, one of 500 copies with this numbered 249. Complete Four Volume set. 9 1/4 x 6 inches: Over 1200 pages. Red cloth with gold gilt fleur-de-leis decoration to each volume, spine titles in gold gilt. Frontis to each volume. Covers bumped, spines a bit dull and sunned, light general age wear, rubbing. Interiors have some light toning, but are bright, clean, unmarked. Tight. Additional postage may be required.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Washiington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1893. First edition. 10 1/2 x 7 inches: pp. 44. Black cloth with titles in gilt on cover. Frontis engraving of Craig, with tissue paper guard. Some discoloration and fading to cover, corners bumped, light edgewear. Interior clean, binding tight.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xii, 492, (10). Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and blind stamp border to front. A selection from the catalogue of G. P. Putnam's Sons 10pp, appendix on The European War (World War I), index. Photographic frontispiece portrait of the author by Vanderwyde, with tissue guard. Inscribed in violet blue pencil at top of fly leaf "To Colonel W. D. Mann with the cordial regards of Geo. Haven Putnam Oct. 1915 (faint blind imprint of this inscription on the following page). A 1/2 x 1/2 inch triangular bump to the bottom right of the front board. Minor bumping and shelf scuffing to other corners and edges. Top edge of pages gold gilt, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. Newspaper (still present) toning to front end papers, and faint print to rfep top left corner from a bookseller's label. A couple of dog-eared pages. Two margin markings with… Read More

Santa Barbara: Fithian Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Stone, Bonnie. Santa Barbara: Fithian Press, 1996. FIRST EDITION. 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches: pp. 272. Maize-colored jacket with red and black lettering and coffee urn illustration on front. Red lettering to spine and front of light grey cloth-covered boards. With glossary, bibliography and index. SIGNED and inscribed by author to front free endpaper. A 1.2" closed tear to front top jacket edge. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Stories and recipes gleaned from oral history from the hundreds of elderly emigres in the authors E. S. L. classes.

New York: Portfolio, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. New York; Portfolio, 2011 First edition. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xiv, 256. Illustrated jacket with white and grey lettering. White lettering on lilac-colored spine of white boards. 256 pp with index. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to front free endpaper. Top and bottom corners nudged. Jacket has light edgewear, creasing. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. The authors show what happens when giants realize that some scrappy start-up is daring to do things not only differently but better. This is the story of how that scrappy startup revolutionized the way we clean.

New York: Forty-Second Street Property Owners and Merchants Association, Inc, 1929. Hardcover. Good. New York: Forty-Second Street Property Owners and Merchants Association, Inc., 1929. 12 x 9 inches: pp. 216. Blue cloth boards with gold gilt titles and design on front board. With 40 pages bound in with advertisements and write ups of local businesses. Contains numerous black and white photographs and illustrations of Manhattan. Corners nudged, boards mildly warped. Presentation letter laid in on free facing end page. Name and address written in ink inside front cover. Age toning. Text is unmarked. Binding tight.

London: Rivington, Payne, Walker, et al., 1811. Leather_bound. Good Plus. London: Rivington, Payne, Walker, et al, 1811. 6 1/2 x 4 inches: pp. xxxiv, 216. Tan calf with gilt decorations to cover and spine compartments. Frontis of Beattie, three plates. All edges gilt. Spine title in gold gilt. Corners bumped, edgewear and outer front hinge chafed. Previous owners names inscribed inside first two recto blank pages, looks to be handed down over a couple of generations. Interior bright, clean. Nice copy. Beattie [1735-1803] was a Scottish poet who was best known for his popular "Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth" and his poem "The Minstrel" which was first published in 1771, and is known for its fine descriptive writing. Beattie gained praise from Samuel Johnson.

London, England: William Heinemann Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, England: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. First edition. 8vo., 7 1/2 x 5 inches: pp. xviii, 1088. Quarter-bound in dark-green morocco over light green-on-tan marbled boards, single-ruled in gilt. Five raised bands (six panels) to spine, with gilt lettering: Title, Author, Date. Fold-out genealogy chart of Forsyte family at front. Rubbing to extremities and a few rubbed spots to leather. Improperly cut pages, pgs. 781-784. Text is unmarked. Binding tight. Solid, bright copy.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. Small, David. Sharp corners. Jacket with 3 closed tears, .75" and less,soiling on back panel. Charming watercolor illustrations. Gilt lettering on white cloth-covered spine of blue boards. Unpaginated (27 pp). Text is unmarked. Binding tight. A strange tree is growing in Miss McGillicuddy's yard!

New York: Berkley Books, 1983. Mass market paperback. Good. New York: Berkley Books, 1983. 32nd printing. 6 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches: pp. 302, plus two pages of ads. Black illustrated carboard covers with white and orange type. Cover illustration by Carl Lundgren. Edge and corner wear, light creasing. Creasing at spine. Name written inside front cover. Pages are age toned, but unmarked. Binding tight. Heinlein's last novel to win a Hugo award, originally published in 1966, is a tale of revolution where a former harsh Lunar penal colony uprises against the Lunar Authority which exerts control from Earth.