Search Results: Titles starting with M from Hessay Books

Harrap, 1984. 288pp, complete dustjacket in a removeable protective plastic sleeve. 50 new b + w photographs from the MGM archives. Ex library - label removed from flyleaf, stamp to back of title page, the paper wrinkled but clean at the top edge - a good 'reading copy'. The real story of the lives of the glamorous but bullied female stars at Louis B Meyer's MGM studios - Harlow, Turner, Garbo, MacLaine, Reynolds, Garland, Taylor etc.. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Ex-Library.

Macmillan, 1899. 180 pp, grey cloth covered boards, with a couple of small marks. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, one page has a little light underlining, otherwise internally clean. Includes extensive notes on the essay and a biographical summary of Milton's life and events of the time.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Cambridge, 1914. Part of the Pitt Press Shakespeare for Schools series. Edited by A W Verity. 208pp. Red cloth covered boards, a little worn to the ends of the spine. School ownership stamp and pupils' names to the flyleaf, pencil notes to the text - a good 'reading copy' only. Introduction, text of the play, Notes, Glossary, hints on metre etc.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Macdonald, 1111. 286pp, blue cloth boards, a little rubbed. Previous owner's name and address on inner board, otherwise internally clean. Stories by Hugh Walpole, Aldous Huxley etc. B + w and colour illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Grafton, 1990. 1st UK edition. 321pp, complete dustjacket illustrated by Peter Goodfellow. Light crease to corner of two pages, otherwise very clean and As New. Fantasy - Falca pursues the religious cult who have taken Amals's soul.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Penguin Pelican, 1972. 190pp, the page edges browned with age. Illustrated softback covers. Map. A clean, tight copy. Machiavelli's life and how his diplomatic experiences led to his pragmatic political theories.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Milford, 1918. 2nd edition. 144pp, brown cloth boards with centre inset illustration. Colour frontispiece and sepia illustrations. Internally clean. A biography of the missionary to Uganda in the late nineteenth century.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Ernest Prater.

Macmillan, 2000. A heavy book of 436pp. Complete dustjacket. B + w illustrations. A couple of small dents to the back cover, otherwise a very clean copy. The foreign correspondent's second volume of autobiography - his travels dodging guerillas in Colombia, hunting Ebola in Ivory Coast, undercover in Lebanon, with the Serbian secret police and escaping Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan etc.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Larousse, 1937. Edited by Jacques Nathan. 124pp,softback covers with decorative front cover in purple. Text in French. Frontispiece illustration. Previous owner's name to flyleaf, otherwise internally clean. Extracts, with biographical, historical etc notes. Part of the Classiques Larousse series.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

The Book Club, 1963. 375 pp, blue boards, dustjacket by N Sandwith. A few light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise clean.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Penguin, 1994. Film tie-in edition, with cover illustrations from the film.175pp, softback covers. A very clean, tight copy. The children's book on which the film was based. Mass Market Paperback. Fine.

Evans, 1965. Cadet edition. 160pp, blue boards. B + w photographs, including one of the Beatles with their waxworks. A couple of light spots of foxing to foredge, otherwise a clean copy. A biography of the life of the founder of the famous waxworks, from rhe court of Marie Antoinette, through the Revolution to success in Britain.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Methuen, 1958. 283 pp, blue boards. Dustjacket by Thelwell, worn to edges, one small portion of loss. Date stamped on flyleaf, otherwise clean. A campaigning story about the marriage laws.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Hamish Hamilton, 1985. 156pp, the edges browning a little with age, complete dustjacket by Emma Chichester Clarke. Previous owner's bookplate under front dustjacket turnover flap, otherwise a very clean copy Obsession with a lover, and coming to terms with the death of a difficult mother.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine.

BBC, 1982. 200pp. Laminated softback covers. B + w and colour illustrations. A mark to the inside of the front cover, otherwise internally clean and tight copy. A classic cookery book - menus for traditional Indian cookery, from the TV series.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Fen Jackson and Paul Williams.

BCA, 1982. 445pp, the edges browning a little with age, dustjacket with a couple of closed tears, no loss. Tape strengthening to hinge, otherwise internally clean. The lead up to D Day in 1944.. Book Club. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Penguin, 1968. 1st Penguin edition. 188pp, browning a little iwth age, illustrated softback orange covers. Original owner's name stamp on flyleaf, otherwise clean and VG. A prizewinning collection of short stories.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Dean, 1969. Colour illustrated laminated card covers. Many colour illustrations. A very clean copy. A story for children, based on the BBC TV series. - Florence and Dougal and Brian help Mr MacHenry in his garden.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Picador, 2004. Full size paperback of 294pp. A very clean, tight copy. The second book about Willy Chandran.. Soft Cover. As New.

Picador, 2004. Full size paperback of 294pp. A couple of light creases, otherwise a very clean, tight copy. The second book about Willy Chandran.. Soft Cover. Very Good.