Search Results: Titles starting with M from Barker Books & Vintage

Desert Publications, 1979. Paperback. Very Good. No reference to printing, very good, oversized paperback shows wrinkling, rubbing, scuffing and touch of soil to wraps, else tight and clean. 291 pages with black & whites and extensive bibliography. Solid copy of this early edition of the classic text on the M1 Carbine.

S. A. Duff, 1993. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Very good + black cloth hardcover with a musty smell at least for now is inscribed and numbered by the author on the title page and shows bit of bowing to covers and some other mild trace wear, in very good dust jacket that shows rubbing, mild exposure toning along spine and edgewear that includes wrinkling and small closed tears. 313 pages with index and loaded with black & whites. Solid copy in jacket of this "..story of the development and production of the M1 rifle from its inception through the closing days of World War II.

London: L. N. Fowler & Co., 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. No date, Circa 1920, first printing, very good + maroon cloth hardcover is tight and clean while showing some light bumping to bottom corners, some soil at page edges and some other mild trace wear, in very good + mildly soiled dust jacket (brown with black letter) that has the $2.00 price at front panel , New Vision Fellowship at spine tail and reference to the author's earlier The Conquest of Disease at rear panel. 254 pages followed by an advert for the Conquest of Disease. Still apleasing copy in jacket of this work from the author that offers a philosophy of life that guides man in his thought and conciousness.

Doubleday & Company, 1954. Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Book club edition, very good hardcover shows a stain at page fore edges, name and date at front endpaper and some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket that shows a stain at top of rear panel, light rubbing and soil and edgewear that includes small closed tears, tiny open chips and larger open chip (1/2 inch deep) at spine tail. 222 pages. Solid copy in jacket of this book club offering of this mystery surrounding a lovely young wife and the death of her husband.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. 2nd printing 1973, near fien cloth hardcover is tight and clean while showing a touch of shelf and trace wear, in very good price-clipped dust jacket that shows edge wear including closed tears and mild toning to rear panel. 499 pages with a set of black & white plates plus index. Still a pleasing copy of this well regarded look at the legendary English historian.

Martingale & Company, 1998. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine paperback shows a light trace of wear. 88 pages nicely illustrated. Remains an attractive copy of this long awaited sequel to "Machine Quilting Made Easy

D. Van Nostrand Company, 1945. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Very good + hardcover (no dust jacket) with flex covers shows some mild lean to spine, touch of soil to covers and page edges, tiny chip at fore edge of a handful of pages and some other mild wear. 662 pages with index and loaded with charts and diagrams. Still a nice copy of this work that attempts "..to present in one small volume a reference work for machinists and draftsmen that will contain all the basic information required in a great majority of their average daily assignments.

Soho Constable, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American printing, near fine hardcover in like dust jacket (price at flap) with both showing just a touch of wear. 302 pages. Nice copy of this second Jack Haldean mystery.

Coward-McCann, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Good in Fair DJ. First edition, good + hardcover shows rubbing at edges, light bumping to corners, mild chipping at spine tail and small closed tear at spine head, touch of soil at page edges and endpapers, three paper remnants from jacket where it was glued down at both front and rear pastedowns, paper remnants, store stamp, couple of ink date checkout stamps and previous owner name and date at front endpaper, along with bit of toning to pages, in fair dust jacket (no price at flap) that is missing majority of faded spine, along with bit of rubbing, soil and edgewear that includes closed tears and open chips that includes fored edges of jacket flaps. 244 pages. Solid copy of this first mystery from the creator of Chief Fred Fellows and author of "Last Seen Wearing....widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of mystery-suspence fiction.

Viking Press, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 2nd American printing, 1956, very good cloth hardcover shows light rubbing to bottom corners, toniong to top edges, bit of soil at front endpapers, name at front endpaper and some other mild trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows rubbing and soil along with edgewear that includes closed tears and open chips and a couple of scotch tape mends at top portion of jacket reverse. 374 pages. Solid copy in jacket of this novel by Huntington though written anonymously that was turned into a French movie by Rene Feret and includes a comparison to Edith Wharton by Malcolm Cowley on the back panel blurb.

Coward-McCann, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Fireside Theatre book club edition, near fine cloth hardcover in very good + dust jacket that shows a closed tear at top corner of front panel and hint of exposure toning along spine. 183 pages with black & whites. Still an attractive copy of this book club offering of the noted play adapted by Louis Kronenberger.

American Book Company, 1903. Hardcover. Very Good. French language, very good cloth hardcover (no jacket if issued) shows some mild shelf and trace wear. 175 pages with notes, intro and vocab in english by Elizabeth M. White. Still a pleasign copy of this dramtic comedy.

George Braziller, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First American edition, very good + cloth hardcover shows touch of soil to covers, bumping to bottom corners and previous owner marks at front endpaper, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows foxing at jacket reverse, rubbing, exposure toning along spine and edgewear that includes small chips and tears. 269 pages with black & whites. Still a solid copy in jacket of this work that looks at Pre-Columbian exploration by the Welshman Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd.

Element, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Near fine hardcover shows hardly a trace of wear, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows wrinkling and closed corner tear at top of rear panel. 395 pages with illustrations including a set of color plates. Still an attractive copy of this speculative work on Mary Magdalene's relationship with Jesus Christ.

Saturday Review Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American printing, near fine hardcover in like jacket with both showing just a hint of wear. 224 pages loaded with illustrations. Great looking copy of this look at "..one of the epic journeys of exploration

Doubleday & Company, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First edition, near fine cloth hardcover in a near fine dust jacket with both showing just a hint of wear. 304 pages. Remains an attractive copy of this novel from the author of My Name is Morgan and others.

Henry Holt and Company, 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Near fien cloth book club hardcover shows a name at top of front endpaper and some other light trace wear, in a very good dust jacket that shows mild rubbing an dedgewear that includes a couple of tiny open chips and small closed tears. 504 pages with book club insert present. Still a pleasing copy of this novel surrounding the fledgling movie business.

Thomas Nelson, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fine hardcover shows just a touch of shelf wear, in near fine dust jacket (price at rear panel) showing a light wrinkle and tiny close dtear at bottom edge of rear panel. 189 pages nicely illustrated. Still a good looking copy of this "..illustrated profile of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers.

American Quilter's Society, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Very good +, tight and clean paperback shows some shelf and edge wear. 112 pages nicely illustrated. Solid copy of this very populat quilting instructional.

HarperCollins, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fine hardcover is tight and clean while showing some age toning to pages, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows soem toning along spine. 270 pages. Still an attractive copy of this work that "..presents a new and radical understanding of the role and meaning of ritual.