Search Results: Titles starting with M from Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

New York: The Fraser Press, 2000. Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero. Pp. xiv+386(last blank), 16 plates, 1 text illustration, full page map, sources, index; med. 8vo; qr. green and cream papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; The Free Press, New York, 2000. First edition..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979. Pp. xxvi+146(last blank), 4 plates, bibliographical note, index; demy 8vo; light blue boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, edges slightly rubbed and split; endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1979. Reprinted. *Originally published by Peter Davies in 1932.

New York: Arno Press, 1981. In three volumes. Introduction by N. John Hall. Series Editor N. John Hall. Pp. [xxiv]+346(last blank)+[2](list of titles)+[vi]+382+[2](list of titles)+[vi]+438(last blank)+[2](list of titles); gilt lettered dark green cloth; Arno Press, New York, 1981. Selected works of Anthony Trollope series. *Trollope's first novel, originally published by Thomas Cautley Newby in 1847.

London: The Lancet, 1934. 12 page reprint from The Lancet, May 19th, 1934; demy 8vo; self wrappered, stabbed and tied; outer leaves foxed and lightly rusted from paper clip; The Lancet, London, 1934. *An address delivered to the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh on Feb. 9th, 1934. Inscribed 'For David Garnett from Geoffrey Keynes 29 Oct 1938'. Although better known amongst book collectors as a publishing scholar and bibliography of English literature, Keynes began his career as a physician in World War I, becoming a doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, where he made notable innovations in the fields of blood transfusion and breast cancer surgery. David Garnett was an English writer and publisher. [Notes from Wikipedia].

Loftus, NSW: Australian Military History Publications, 2007. Pp. xxviii+326, text illustrations including 4 maps, appendices including rolls, index; cr. 4to; pictorial laminated boards; Australian Military History Publications, Loftus, NSW, 2007. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1984. Pp. xvi+332(last blank), title page vignette; med. 8vo; two-tone cloth; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed; small red ink stain to bottom edge of several leaves, a little faint foxing; E. P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1984. First edition.

Melbourne: Kestrel Books, 1983. Illustrations by Jeff Fisher. Pp. 28, illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial pastedowns; post 4to; pictorial papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed, the bottom fore-corners bruised; dust wrapper; edges lightly rubbed and split, with small tape repair on reverse at foot of backstrip, the front panel faintly soiled; Kestrel Books, Melbourne, 1983. First edition. White (Volume 2) 9374.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1973. Pp. 128, coloured double page title page, coloured and black & white text illustrations and maps (some full page), index; med. 4to; dust wrapper; Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1973. First edition.

N: N, 1986. Pp. xii+[148], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; large oblong 4to; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; limitation stamp on upper pastedown; City of Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, Victoria, 1986. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies. *Inscribed and signed by Mack Jost on half-title page. Loosely inserted is the official invitation to the launching of this publication in 1986.

Sydney: The Macquarie Library, 1986. d Pp. x+552, mostly printed double column, coloured pictorial half-title page, frontispiece and 74 plates, numerous black & white text illustrations; cr. 4to; navy art. leather, spine lettered in silver; dust wrapper; edges of leaves slightly foxed; The Macquarie Library, Sydney, 1986. First edition. *'Entries cover old and new technology, design and styling definitions and complete histories of the major Australian car-makers. There are also entries on all cars produced in Australia and on the majority of imported models. Virtually all motoring expressions are listed, including technical terms, high-tech jargon, obsolete expressions, component description and histories of major races, championships and speed record attempts' [wrapper blurb].

Sydney: Australian Limited Editions Society, 1941. With decorations by Frank Medworth. Pp. [x]+216(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), coloured frontispiece portrait and 11 full page illustrations, grey & white pictorial endpapers, title page printed in pink & black, colophon device printed in green & purple, bibliography; cr. 4to; qr. maroon leather, lettered and decorated in gilt & blind, grey cloth over bevelled boards, upper board blocked in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to edges, the spine slightly rubbed; a little light foxing; printed by Benjamin Waite for The Australian Limited Editions Society, Sydney, 1941. Edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. Farmer p. 30. *The fifth book printed for The Australian Limited Editions Society. Set in Baskerville and Bodoni type by Edward Rogan and Ronald Harris, with presswork by William Cooper; binding by Albert Waite.

N: N, 1929. A poem. Pp. 32; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards; uncut; half-title page and last page of text browned; Heinemann, 1929. One of 750 numbered copies, signed by the author.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006. Pp. xxvi+758(last blank), 12 plates, text figures, chronology, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased and split, with short closed tear at foot of back flap fold; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2006. First edition. The New Oxford History of England series. *A history of 'the most prolonged period of social unrest since the seventeenth century. Population was growing at a rate not experienced by any comparable former society, and manufacturing towns were mushrooming into filthy, disease-ridden, gin-sodden hell-holes, in turn provoking the phantasmagoria of a mad, bad, and dangerous people. The governing class, in constant fear of a French-style revolution, was forced to engage with social problems to an unprecedented extent' [wrapper blurb].

London: The Folio Society, 2006. With Dry-points by Grau Sala. Pp. 332(last blank), frontispiece plus 11 plates; small med. 8vo; qr. burgundy cloth, spine letterd in gilt, pink artificial moire silk boards; within card slipcase; The Folio Society, London 2006. Second impression thus. Folio 60/903 footnote. *The translation is that of Eleanor Marx Aveling. The Introduction, On Madame Bovary, is by Mary McCarthy.

London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus. Pp. [vi]+208(last blank), text illustrations, full page map; boards a trifle canted, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edge of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly creased and with thin strips of the original lamination remaining on reverse, the flaps a trifle soiled; Oxford University Press, London, 1974. First edition. *Historical novel, set in Northumbria in the eighth century.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1944. With the preface by the author, an introduction for the modern reader by Jacques Barzun and hand-colored illustrations by Andre Dugo. Pp. xlvi+300+[2](colophon, verso blank), 10 plates and 9 text illustrations hand-coloured in the studio of Charlize Brakely, the half-title and title pages printed in blue & black; impl. 8vo; qr. maroon morocco with gilt lettered & decorated pale green linen title label on spine, blue papered boards, upper board decorated in gilt & red, slightly scuffed, edges lightly worn; within blue card slipcase with printed paper title label on spine, slightly scuffed and worn, with some silverfishing (mainly to edges); upper endpapers a trifle soiled; Limited Editions Club, New York, 1943. Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies, signed by the illustrator. LEC Bibliography No. 154.

London: N, 1963. Pp. [vi]+232; green papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly sprung; dust wrapper, designed by Quinton S. Davis, with photograph of author on back panel, edges lightly rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips, two short closed tears tape repaired (one on reverse), tiny stain near fore-edge of back panel; inked ownership inscription at head of pastedowns, a little light foxing; Heinemann, London, 1963. First U.K. edition. Loder p. 235. *Published in America in the same year as The Body at Madman's Bend. A Bony story, set in the west of the Darling River region of New South Wales.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1983. Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen. Pp. [viii]+436, frontispiece portrait, plus 5 full page tinted illustrations, decorative borders printed in pinkish brown; dark brown leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; ribbon marker; moire silk endpapers; The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1983. Limited edition (number unspecified), published for subscribers..

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, n.d.. With an Introduction by Shirley Ann Grau and illustrations by Sigmund Abeles. Pp. [iv]+106(last blank), 6 plates; tall cr. 4to; mauve cloth, spine lettered in gilt; within purple card slipcase, the edges slightly faded; The Heritage Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, n.d. Edition copyright 1974. *With the Heritage Club newsletter, Sandglass, describing the history of this volume, loosely inserted.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1941. Pp. 48; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a little light foxing; patterned card with printed paper title label on backstrip, faintly soiled and a trifle sprung, the backstrip slightly creased and chipped, edges a trifle bruised; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a little faint foxing; George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1941. First edition. P.E.N. Books series..