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

Viking Press, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Near fine cloth hardcover shows a name and date written at reverse of front endpaper and some other light trace wear including a bump at top corner of rear cover, in near fine dust jacket that shows a light bit of shelf wear. 311 pages with a set of black & whites. Still a pleasing copy of this notable and well regarded work that was the basis for the movie of the same name starring Al Pacino.

Easton Press, 1990. Collector's Edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. Collector's edition is near fine with just a touch of wear includign a couple of tiny dings at page edges. 435 pages with black & whites. Leather bound with gilt emboss, ribbon marker, page edges gilt, raised bands to spine and silk moire end papers. Remains an attractive copy of this installment in the Easton Press library of great lives.

Binfords & Mort, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First edition, near fine hardcover shows some light trace wear, in very good jacket (price at flap) that shows light soil and edge wear along with exposure toning to spine. 308 pages. Still an attractive copy of this novel that "..is laid in the foothills of the Cascades, in the State of Washington, against a background of some of the most fertile fruitlands on earth

Wacahoota Press, 1998. Paperback. Very Good. Very good trade paperback shows rubbing and soil to wraps and some other mild trace wear includign bit of stiffness to pages. 319 pages. Solid copy of this "..classic account of the "firty little war" fought by the U.S. Marines against the spiritual progenitor of the Sandanistas in Nicaragua.

University of Chicago Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First edition thus, very good + blue and red cloth hardcover shows some soil at page edges and bit of bumping to bottom corners, in very good + dust jacket that shows some rubbing, couple of short closed edge tears and exposure toning along fore edge of rear panel. 453 pages. Still a pleasing copy of this collection of the noted English author's work edited by John Clive and Thomas Pinney.

Rizzoli, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American edition, near fine oblong blue cloth hardcover shows a name at front endpaper and date at reverse of same and some other light trace wear, in near fien dust jacket that shows some rubbing and some other light trace wear. 160 pages with index and loaded with color illustrations. Still a pleasing copy of this look at Scotland with foreward by George Mackay Brown.

Constable, 1986. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First thus, near fine brown cloth hardcover is tight and clean, in very good dust jacket (price at flap) that shows rubbing and adjacent closed rub tear to front panel. 222 pages including a couple of illustrations and bibliography. Still a pleasing copy of these stories and extracts selected by Sutherland that centers in on the Celtic myth of these two great writers.

Minotaur Books, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing signed by the author under her name on the title page. Near fine hardcover in like dust jacket (price at flap) with both showing just a touch of wear. Still a good looking copy of this installment in the Dido Hoare series. Signed.

Doubleday, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First edition signed "with best wishes from Claire Macdonald of Macdonald Kinloch 1994", near fine hardcover shows some mild trace wear, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) showing some mild shelf wear. 256 pages. Attractive copy of this work from the Baroness that answers the question "What shall we have for supper tonight?" signed.

Macmillan, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 12th printing 1978 of the 1942 edition, very good + cloth hardcover shows light rubbing and soil at bottom cover edges, touch of soil at page edges and short gift inscription at front end paper, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows light exposure toning along spine. 299 pages. Still a pleasing copy of this "..study in the form of a story of English character and characteristics made by Donald Cameron, a young Scot from Aberdeenshire, who is inspired to write a book on the subject.

Quartet Books, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Near fine hardcover shows previous owner marks at top of front endpaper and some other very light trace wear, in a near fine dust jacket that shows just a hint of wear as well. 358 pages with set of black & white plates and index. Still a pleasing copy of this look at one of the bomb plot group that failed to kill Hitler that was executed for his efforts.

Macfadden Publications, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Very good + cloth hardcover shows some mild soil and wear to covers includign some bumpin gto bottom corners, touch of soil at page edges and some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket (price at spine) that shows rubbing and soil, some light scratchign and hint of exposure toning along spine, and edge wear that includes couple of short closed tears and tiny open chips at corners of spine head. 372 pages with black & whites and index. Still a nice copy of this early edition that instructs on "how to cook for super-strength of mind and body.

Coles Publishing Company, 1972. Paperback. Very Good. Facsimile edition of the 1865 work, very good paperback shows rubbing and shelf wear to wraps, name, date and place written inside front wraps, bit of soil and white out at front blank, soil at page edges and some other light trace wear. 574 pages with index, black & whites and foldout maps. Solid copy of this noted work on the area.

David & Charles, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Very good + hardcover shows couple of pin holes at top of front end paper, bumping at cover corners and edges, alogn with some other light trace wear, in very good dust jacket clipped at top of front flap and price sticker at bottom of same, bit of staining at bottom edge of jacket reverse, and edge wear including half inch deep by inch wide open chip at spine tail. 128 pages with black & whites. Solid copy of this notable work on show jumping.

Gospel Mountain Yarnweavers, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Very good + cloth hardcover with a barcode sticker to back cover and hint of soil at page edges, along with couple of bumps along spine, in very good + jacket showing some mild trace wear. 165 pages. Nice looking copy of this "..first entry ina series of talesbased on the legend of the Fewkes Brothers, outlaws of the Pacific Northwest

Edita, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. No reference to printing, near fine, oversized hardcover (10 1/4 by 12) shows some mild bowing to covers and touch of soil at bottom corner page edges, in a near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows just a touch of shelf wear. 314 pages nicely illustrated. Still a good looking copy of this work from the noted maritime historian where-in he "..produces a large corpus of research into the design and performance of all classes of ships built in the nineteenth century.

W. W. Norton & Company, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. First American edition, very good + hardcover shows previous owner stamps and date at top of front end paper, previous owner stamps at top of next two pages, along with mild toning to pages, in very good dust jacket (price at top of flap with clip at bottom) showing light rubbing and soil, closed tears at top and bottom edges along spine, and with laminate applied over entirety. 224 pages with set of black and whites and end paper maps. Still an attractive copy of this "..detailed examination of the whole Norwegian campaign with particular emphasis on the efforts of both the Germans and the British to place troops in and secure the strategically important little town of Narvik in northern Norway.

Harvard University Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First American printing, near fine hardcover shows just a touch of wear includign a wrinkled page corner, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows light shelf wear including light scratches and some other very light trace wear. 224 pages nicely illustrated. Still a nice copy of this work that "..celebrates the art of the miniature, but also looks beyond it at the many aspects of "small worlds" - in particular, their capacity to evoke responses that far exceed their physical dimensions.

Simon and Schuster, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First printing, near fine black cloth hardcover shows touch of rubbing and soil to covers and black remainder mark to spine tail, in a near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows touch of edgewear that includes tiny closed tears and just a hint of exposure toning along spine. 487 pages with a couple sets of black & whites and index. Still a very pleasing copy of this highly regarded biography of the legendary writer.

Paulist Press, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. Very good trade paperback shows bumping with bit of wrinkling at spine head, exposure toning along spine and perimeter of rear wraps, some other mild shefl and trace wear to wraps, bit of bumping to top page corners and some other light trace wear. 701 pages. Still a solid copy of this 3rd installment in the Marriage in the Catholic Church series.