Books of Fiction Authors M to Q
Arranged alphabetically by author.


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    MacCarthy, Cormac:  Cities of the Plain.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the author's initials in gilt on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The third volume in The Border Trilogy. 292 pages of text.
    TB31457  $25.00




  • Maclean, Alistar:  Caravan to Vaccares.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1970. First Edition, First printing. Fine in very clean, charcoal colored cloth boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 1/4" closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel & light rubbing to the spine ends. The author's 13th novel.
    TB07573  $9.80



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    Mailer, Norman:  The Time Of Our Time.  New York: Random House, (1998). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and red paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the second free end page without a date or an inscription. 1286 pages.
    TB31205  $25.00




  • Malamud, Bernard:  The Tenants.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1971. First Edition, First printing. Fine in organge cloth covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with a tiny rub mark at the base of the spine area A novel dealing with "a portrait of the terror and violence of racial confrontation". The author's eighth work of fiction. The author has twice won the National Book Award.
    TB05649  $24.50




  • Malouf, David:  The Conversations at Curlow Creek.  New York: Pantheon Books, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB06002  $9.80



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    Marryat, Captain Frederick:  The Pacha Of Many Tales; Percival Keene; The Mission Or Scenes In Africa; The Privateersman; and, The King's Own (Author's Connoisseur Edition).  Boston: Dana Estes & Company, n.d. (1898). Limited Edition, Author's Connoisseur Edition. All five volumes of the original set of 24 volumes are in very good+ to very good- condition all in 3/4 red, morocco leather and red, marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt text and gilt tool work in the compartments. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and the end pages match the marbled paper on the . boards. Each is an octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 3/4 with the leather rubbed and worn at the tips of the boards. The volume of The King's Own has its upper fore corner of the front board chewed away to a depth of 3/8ths of an inch. Each volume is a limited edition of 74 numbered copies and 26 lettered copies, and each is identified as number 27. Each volume contains from 287 to 397 pages and each is illustrated with double frontispiece and multiple plates from engravings. The contents are all clean, free of foxing and tanning and with no prior ownership markings. Each contains a general introduction by W. L. Courtney.
    TB31646  $225.00



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    Marshall, Paule:  Soul Clap Hands and Sing.  New York: Antheneum, 1961. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 red-orange cloth and brick red paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine, orange end sheets and the top edge of the text block is stained pink. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with just a touch of dampness staining to the rear flap. 177 pages of text. A collection of four short novellas. The author's third book. A clean, tight and unread copy.
    TB25089  $60.00



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    Marvel, IK.:  Reveries of A Bachelor: or, A Book Of The Heart.  Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1893. . Very good+ in purple cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. A 24mo measuring 5 3/4" by 4" with an early prior owner's name on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket. A collection of 29 short stories. 306 pages of text followed by two pages of ads by the publisher.
    TB24161  $10.00




  • Masefield, John:  The Taking of the Gry.  New York: The Macmillan Co., 1934. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with decorated map end papers. In a very good+ dust jacket lightly worn at the spine ends and a narrow chip at the top of the front panel. The author, better known as a Poet Laureate, produced this tale that takes place on the Eastern Spanish Main.
    TB05580  $6.72




  • Mason, Bobbie Ann:  In Country.  New York: Harper & Row, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, corners bumped else fine. In a near fine dust jacket with the upper corner worn, else fine. The author's first novel which was made into a film.
    TB03298  $28.00




  • Mason, Bobbie Ann:  Feather Crowns.  New York: HarperCollins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A 1993 nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her fourth book and second work of fiction.
    TB03166  $19.60




  • Mason, F. Van Wyck:  Trumpets Sound No More.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1975. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a prior owner's name on the first free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with very modest wear and rubbing to the spine ends. An historical novel which deals with the years following Appomattox in the south's efforts to return to normal amid the devastation and gangs of wandering, pillaging ex-soldiers.
    TB07802  $12.60



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    Masters, John:  Trial At Monomoy.  New York and Evanston: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt and black text on the spine and a gilt facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 5/8 inches. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with rubbing and light wear and short closed tears at the upper corners of the spine area and at the upper fore corner of the front panel. 341 pages of text. The author's first novel with an American setting. (from the dust jacket flap) A bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB28756  $60.00




  • Masters, John:  To the Coral Strand.  New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First Edition, First printing. Fine in coral cloth covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with a small (1/8") chip at the top edge of the spine area and rubbed at the fold to the front flap.
    TB06328  $9.80




  • Matthews, Greg:  The Further Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  New York: Crown Publishing, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 light green cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Although Australian by birth, the author is now living in the US. This is his first book. This novel takes the story of Huck and Jim beyond where Mark Twain left off.
    TB05289  $22.05



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Seal Pool.  Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in color illustrated cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a color illustration on the front board with black text. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket however, the jacket's original price was clipped to allow the publisher to attach a new price on a sticker. Signed by the author on a bookplate which is tipped on to the first free end page. 79 pages of text with 17 color plates Illustrated by William Pene duBois. Matthiessen first book for children.
    TB29304  $225.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Raditzer.  New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition, First printing. Very good in 1/4 white cloth and blue paper covered boards with blue text stamping on the spine. The spine is soiled and the front board is somewhat bowed. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with light wear and flecking of the colors, creasing and short closed tears at ends of the spine and at the folds. The spine area is also slightly faded. Laid-in is an envelope from the author containing an undated short letter on an index card regarding his willingness to answer questions of the recipient on his book The Snow Leopard. It is signed "Sincerely | Peter Matthiessen" The author's fourth book and third novel which takes place on a troop transport vessel near the end of World War II. 152 pages of text.
    TB16769  $125.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Lost Man's River.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1997. Signed First Edition. Fine in full royal blue leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9 3/16" tall by 5 3/4" deep containing 539 pages of text. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page and accompanied with a laid-in Certificate of Authenticity from the publisher. This is copy number 573 of only 1,150 copies signed and numbered by the author. One of The Easton Press' signed, first edition, leather bound books. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates to mar its appearance.
    TB19530  $125.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  Raditzer.  New York: Viking Press, 1961. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and blue paper covered boards with blue text stamping on the spine. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 3/8". In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a 1/8" deep chip at the upper rear corner of the spine area and with a 1/4" deep closed tear at the front corner. The spine area is faded to a light blue and that hue carries around to the front panel by another 1/3". The author's fourth book and third novel which takes place on a troop transport vessel near the end of World War II. 152 pages of text. Overall, an excellent and very collectible copy!
    TB23672  $125.00



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    Matthiessen, Peter:  At Play In The Fields Of The Lord.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 2001. Collector's Edition. Fine in full, dark green leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine, gilt text and tool work within the compartments, gilt tool work on both boards, silk end sheets, gilt to the edges of the text block and there is a placement ribbon sewn-in at the top of the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the second free end page. Laid-in is the publisher's note card about the author and this book. 373 pages of text. This title was nominated for the 1965 National Book Award.
    TB24401  $100.00



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    Mayhew, Ralph, and Burges Johnson:  Little Mischief Bubble Book.  New York: Harper & Brothers, (1920). . Very good in illustrated paper covered boards containing two of the three, three records. The first being "There was a Little Girl" and the second being "Oh Dear What Can the Matter be?". The recordings are sung by Bobby Shaftoe.Both records appear to be in good shape. Without a dust jacket. The tenth volume in the Harper-Columbia Book That Sings. 16 pages of text illustrated with four color pages by Rhoda Chase.
    TB31903  $50.00




  • McCaig, Donald:  The Butte Polka.  New York: Rawson, Wade Publishers, 1980. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. This Butte, Montana born author's first novel under his own name.
    TB13177  $25.00




  • McCaig, Donald:  An American Home Place.  New York: Crown Publishers, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with remainder mark on top edge of the text block. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02414  $14.00




  • McCutchan, Philip:  Tom Chatto: Apprentice.  London: Weidenfeld & Nicolso, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in charcoal cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Preceded the US publication which was entitled: The Second Mate which was not released until July of 1996.
    TB06295  $15.00




  • McCutchan, Philip:  Tom Chatto, Second Mate.  London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in charcoal cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Preceded the US publication which was entitled: The Second Mate which was not released until July of 1996.
    TB06294  $10.00




  • McCutchan, Philip:  Coach North.  New York: Walker & Company, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Fine in ivory paper covered boards with black text on the spine. In a very near fine dust jacket with only slight slight rubbing at the corners and ends of the spine area. A sightseeing coach is hijacked while on its way north to the Scotish Highlands by a group of militants who will hold the tourists hostage until their spy associates are released.
    TB11018  $10.00




  • McCutchan, Philip:  The Second Mate.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The second novel in the Tom Chatto series.
    TB04865  $5.25




  • McCutchan, Philip:  The New Lieutenant.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The third in the Tom Chatto series where the protagonist leaves the Merchant Marine for the Royal Navy Reserve. He serves on a vessel in the Mediterranean to draw enemy U-boat fire.
    TB04863  $3.00



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    McGuane, Thomas:  The Sporting Club.  New York: First Edition, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's name on the upper edge of the first free end paper and mild foxing to the fore edge of the text block. There is also a very small area on the cloth at the heel of the spine which is slightly sun faded. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and very slight wear at the ends of the spine area. The prior owner's name at the upper edge of the front free end paper is none other than William Shirer (1903 -1993), who was a journalist and one of "Morrow Boys" broadcasting the news of Europe in the early days of World War II. His most famous volumes were Berlin Diary and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. This was McGuane's first book which has become quite uncommon in such nice condition. It is a work of fiction which deals with two men who "resume a long-standing and destructive competitive friendship" while at a hunting and fishing club in Michigan.
    TB19035  $150.00



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    McGuane, Thomas:  The Bushwhacked Piano.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and black images of bats on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/16 by 5 1/2 inches with a black remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block and with the first 7/8ths inch neatly cut from fore edge of the first free end page. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with slight tanning to the spine area and outside edges of the panels. Signed by the author on the first free end page without a date or an inscription. The author's second book. 220 pages of text.
    TB31649  $150.00




  • McGuane, Thomas:  Panama.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1978. First Edition. Fine with the upper & lower edges lightly faded in light green 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine jacket with a 1/16" soil mark on the spine area. Considered by the author to be his best book.
    TB04487  $65.00




  • McGuane, Thomas:  Nothing but Blue Skies.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with top 1" of front cover very slightly faded. In a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated in 1992 by the author on the title page.
    TB05761  $55.00




  • McGuane, Thomas:  Keep the Change.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition. Fine In a near fine dust jacket with the head of the spine very slightly rubbed and sticker glue on the rear panel on top of the bar code.
    TB04200  $30.00




  • McGuane, Thomas:  Nothing but Blue Skies.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Edition. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with a very small (1/16") nick on front panel.
    TB01915  $25.00




  • McGuane, Thomas:  Panama.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1978. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with the heel of the spine area dampness stained in light green 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with a hint of wear to the base of the spine area. Considered by the author to be his best book.
    TB04486  $20.00



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    McMurtry, Larry:  The Last Picture Show.  New York: The Dial Press, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in tannish cloth covered boards with metallic red text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches with the cloth on the spine showing a minor 3/16th inch stain on its lower quarter. Without its issued dust jacket. A very clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. 280 pages of text. The author's uncommon third novel.
    TB33063  $125.00




  • McMurtry, Larry:  Daughter of the Tejas.  Greenwich: N. Y. Garphic Soc., 1965. First Edition 2nd State DJ. Near fine in tan cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 3/4" closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and a small nick at the base of the spine area. Ghost written by McMurtry for Ophelia Ray. Contained in the second state dust jacket which has a white background. Despite the noted flaws this is still a very presentable, handsome copy.
    TB09834  $40.00




  • McMurtry, Larry:  Zeke and Ned.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in decorated paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. Co-authored with Diana Ossana. A review copy with the publisher's material laid-in.
    TB05501  $10.50




  • McNamer, Deirdre:  Rima in the Weeds.  New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's first novel which takes place in a small Montana town in the high plains. Well reviewed on the back panel by Barbara Kingsolver, James Welch, Stephanie Vaughn & Ian Frazier.
    TB05646  $45.00




  • McNamer, Deirdre:  One Sweet Quarrel.  New York: HarperCollins, 1994. First Edition. Fine in paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's second novel which takes place in Shelby, Montana in the early 1920's and involves the famous fight between Jack Dempsey and Tommy Gibbons of 1923.
    TB05762  $35.00




  • Mears, Richard C.:  Ebb of the River.  New York: Wyndham Books, 1980. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 green cloth and gilt decorated paper covered boards with a remainder mark on the lower edge of the text block near the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a minor 1/2" stain in the lower center of the front panel. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author on the first free end paper. A fictional memoir of a boy and a river.
    TB11590  $14.70




  • Melville, Herman:  Moby Dick.  New York: The Modern Library Publishers, (1926). First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in dark green, pebbled cloth covered, flexible boards with bold gilt text on the spine and double gilt rules at the ends of the spine. A 16mo of 6 3/8 by 4 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the corners of the spine and to the tips of the boards. There is a prior owner's name neatly written in ink on the title page with the date of "November 1926". 565 pages of text followed by an epilogue and a four page list of other books published by The Modern Library.
    TB33926  $150.00



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    Melville, Herman:  Moby Dick; or, The Whale.  Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1977. Easton Press Collector's Edition. Fine in gilt decorated, full, black leather covered boards with extensive tooling to the boards, four raised raised bands on the spine and gilt edges to the text block. A silk placement ribbon is sewn-in at the head of the spine and matching silk end papers. A collector's edition produced exclusively for subscribers of the Easton Press collection of The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written. 615 pages of text and illustrations. With an introduction by Clifton Fadiman and illustrations by Boardman Robinson many of which are in color. An extremely handsome copy with no names, dates, notations or prior owner's book plates.
    TB33687  $60.00




  • Melville, Herman:  Moby-Dick or The Whale.  New York: Barnes & Noble Books, (1994). First Edition by Barnes & Noble. Near fine in 1/4 red and white cloth covered boards with black and gilt text on the spine and black text on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with printed end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued. 651 pages of text including a dictionary of sea terms, an appendix dealing with Melville and Moby-Dick and text. With a preface by Mark Helprin and illustrated by Mark Summers with a frontispiece portrait of Melville and twelve full color plates.
    TB33927  $25.00




  • Mendelsohn, Jane:  I Was Amelia Earhart.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in white cloth covered boards. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The author's first book which became a run away best seller. The first edition had a limited print run.
    TB06743  $10.00



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    Michener, James A.:  Chesapeake.  New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine and with an embossed decoration of grass on the front board. The cloth on the boards is very faintly mottled as is often seen with this title and there is a slight lean to the spine. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with very light rubbing to the ends of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page without a date or a inscription. 856 pages of text. A very clean and handsome copy without an prior ownership markings.
    TB33752  $150.00



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    Michener, James A.:  Texas.  New York: Random House, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine and a copper colored decoration stamped on the front board. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/8 inches. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a small snag at the upper edge of the rear panel. An historical fiction saga of Texas which spans 450 years of its history from the first Spanish explorers. 1,096 pages. A very clean and handsome first edition copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB33751  $12.00




  • Michener, James A.:  Recessional.  New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine. In a near fine dust jacket with the flap price clipped. else fine.
    TB02712  $9.80



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    Miller, Arthur:  Death of a Salesman.  New York: The Viking Press, 1977. First Edition, Signed Limited Edition. Near fine in heavy brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and with illustrated end sheets. A small octavo measuring 8 1/16 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth on the spine slightly faded and with a small prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine cloth covered slip case. One of only 500 special autographed editions with this copy identified as number 308 and signed by the author on the fly title page. This title brought Miller an international reputation as it became his second Broadway success after All My Sons (1947). Many consider it his masterpiece and perhaps the best play written by an American. The play was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1949 in the drama category. 139 pages of text and script. Illustrated with eight plates from black and white photographs. An exceptional copy of an award winning play.
    TB31420  $400.00



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    Milne, A. A.:  A Gallery Of Children.  Philadelphia: David McKay Company, (1925). . Very good in light blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and front board with a printed, color paper label surrounded with a black border on the front board. A quarto measuring 12" by 9" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and two small rents to the cloth at the lower edge of the boards. There is also two small tannish stains to the upper corner of the front board. 105 pages of text illustrated with twelve color plates by H. Willebeek Le Mair. Page 15 has a three inch closed tear to its lower edge which has been professionally repaired.
    TB24819  $50.00



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    Milne, A. A.:  Year In, Year Out.  New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., (1952). First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/4" with a number of small white spots to the rear board. In a very good+ unclippped dust jacket with a 1/8" chip from the upper rear corner of the spine area and several very short closed tears around the edges of the panels. 215 pages of text with illustrations by E. H. Shepard.
    TB25046  $35.00




  • Mitchard, Jacquelyn:  The Deep End of the Ocean.  New York: Viking Penquin, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in blind stamped blue green paper covered boards. In a fine jacket with a tiny scuff mark at the top edge of the spine area. This title was selected as an alternative Book of the Month Club title. The author's first book of fiction and a major best seller.
    TB04991  $14.70



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    Moore, Clement Tomie De Paola: The Night Before Christmas.  New York: Holiday House, Inc., (1980). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/2 red cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 11 by 8 1/2 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 3/4 inch closed tear at the lower edge of the front panel and a 1/4 inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel. This copy is signed on the fly title page and inscribed "For the Small Family" by the author and dated "'96". Unpaginated, but containing 31 pages of text and full color illustrations by the author.
    TB33457  $75.00




  • Morrell, David:  Desperate Measures.  New York: Warner Books, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine. In a fine dust jacket. By the same author to write First Blood and Rambo, both of which were made into movies.
    TB07402  $7.35




  • Morrison, Toni:  Paradise.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine and front board. In a fine dust jacket. The Nobel Prize winning author's novel of the story of a small town in Oklahoma during the mid-1970's.
    TB05912  $45.00




  • Mosher, Howard Frank:  The Fall of the Year.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 linen and paper covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. In a fine jacket with price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page.
    TB11160  $28.00




  • Mosher, Howard F.:  North Country.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. A personal journey along the border country area which separates the US from Canada. Well reviewed with blurbs by Lawrence Millman, Frank McCourt, Richard Ford and Howard Norman. The author's sixth book.
    TB05311  $24.50




  • Mosher, Howard Frank:  The Fall Of The Year.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and paper covered boards with black text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A review copy with a 4 1/2" by 6 1/2" black and white photograph of the author from the publisher laid-in.
    TB17139  $14.00



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    Mowat, Farley:  The World of Farley Mowat.  Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1980. First CN Editon. Fine. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket very slight wrinkling at its the ends of the spine area. A collection of Mowat's works. 338 pages.
    TB02115  $25.00




  • Murray, Earl:  The River of Sundown.  New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 1996. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. A review copy with the publisher's materials laid-in. The Montana native's book of historical fiction which takes place in the Montana Territory.
    TB05950  $30.00




  • Murray, Earl:  Spirit of the Moon.  New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 1996. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. This Montana author's book of historical fiction which takes place in the early 1840's in what is now Arizona, Utah and Wyoming.
    TB05939  $25.00




  • Naipaul, V. S.:  Guerrillas.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with black text on the front board and silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap. The 7th novel by this Booker Prize winning author.
    TB05471  $17.15




  • Naylor, Gloria:  Linden Hills.  New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light gray paper covered boards with silver and red text on the spine In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with mild hints of rubbing to the ends of the spine area. 304 pages of text. A clean, tight, bright and unread copy.
    TB25093  $10.00



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    Nevin, David:  1812.  New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area. Warmly inscribed to a prior owner by the author and dated in the year of publication on the title page. Author of the bestseller, Dream West. The jacket contains very favorable reviews by John Jakes, James Michener, Thomas Fleming, Philip B. Kunhardt and Edmund S. Muskie.
    TB23320  $35.00




  • Nevin, David:  Eagle's Cry.  New York: Tom Doherty Assoc., 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and with. modest rubbing to the fold to the front flap. An historical fiction novel dealing with the Louisiana Purchase.
    TB13286  $17.50



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    Nodier, Charles:  The Luck Of The Bean-Rows.  London: Damoe;O'Connor, [1921]. . Good in its original decorated, paper covered boards with a 1/4 blue cloth spine. A small quarto of 9 5/8 by 6 inches with wear and rubbing to the exterior edges of both boards and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. There is a prior owner's book plate reading "Brian Douglas Stilwell" on the front paste down. Without a dust jacket. Subtitled: "A Fairy Tale Translated From the French Of Charles Nodier" 60 pages of text illustrated with vignettes of colored line drawings by Claud Lovat Fraser.
    TB31906  $50.00




  • Norman, Howard:  The Bird Artist.  New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine jacket except for small white spot (1/32") on face. A finalist for the 1994 National Book Award. Norman authored The Northern Lights which was also a nominee for the National Book Award in 1987.
    TB02348  $24.50




  • Nunn, Kem:  Pomona Queen.  New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with remainder dot on bottom edge. In a near fine dust jacket with very slight curling at the top edges of the front and rear panels. The author's third book.
    TB04907  $14.70



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    O'Brian, Patrick:  Patrick O'Brian: Critical Essays and a Bibliography.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1994. First Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with minor dust staining to the top edge of the text block. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" with the "erratum" slip laid-in at the front of the book. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Edited by A. E. Cunningham. Numerous essays by critics, historians and admirers including Charlton Heston as well as a thorough bibliography.
    TB29225  $20.00




  • O'Brian, Patrick:  The Unknown Shore.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1995. First Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Originally published in Great Britain in 1959. This is a prequil to O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series.
    TB02883  $10.00




  • O'Brien, Tim:  The Nuclear Age.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with a hint of wear to the spine ends. Signed by the author on the title page.
    TB02984  $52.50




  • O'Brien, Dan:  Spirit of the Hills.  New York: Crown Publishing, In, 1988. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's second book and first novel. With it the author won a Spur Award for best fist novel.
    TB07064  $45.00




  • O'Brien, Dan:  In The Center of the Nation.  New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991. First Edition. Fine in tan, 1/4 linen and decorated paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and embossed signature on the front board. In a fine dust jacket. The author's fourth book and second novel. It is well reviewed w/ blurbs from Ron Hansen, Rick Bass and Jim Harrison. He has rec'd two National Endowment for the Arts Awards.
    TB07063  $40.00




  • O'Brien, Dan:  Brendan Prairie.  New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page.
    TB03601  $17.15




  • O'Hara, John:  Lovey Childs: A Philadelphian's Story.  New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in gold cloth covered boards with modest spotting on the boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear and rubbing around the edges.
    TB08284  $4.90



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    O'Neill, Eugene:  Dynamo.  New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition, Limited Edition. Near fine in mottled blue vellum covered boards with a gilt stamped white leather label on the spine and the facsimile of the author's signature in gilt on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 by 7 5/8 inches with the blue coloring mostly faded on the spine as is typically seen. Without a dust jacket; however, the book is protected with an acetate covering and is contained within a very good paper covered slip case with a design of spider webs in relief on the covers. The edges of the opening of the slip case are heavily worn. One of only 775 copies each of which were signed and numbered by the author. This copy carries number 15 and is signed by Eugene O'Neill on the limitation page. 150 pages many of which remain un-opened. The text is printed in two colors.
    TB29022  $225.00



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    O'Neill, Charles:  Morning Time.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First Edition, First printing. Very good in 1/4 red cloth and gray paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a facsimile of the author's gilt signature on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly tanned and the end pages are tanned from newspaper articles having been laid-in. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with three small 1/8" deep chips from the upper edge of the spine area, 1/8" chips from the lower corners of the spine area which is faded and 1/4" deep chip at the lower edge of the front panel. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page and dated in the year of publication. Also, laid-in are 1) A newspaper review of this book title with a photograph of the author. 2) "A tribute to Charles O'Neill's Morning Time" by the publisher with a photograph. 3) A handwritten letter, signed by the author dated Oct. 17, 1949 which refers to a speaking engagement at a local bookstore and a monograph on the origins of the name "Nutmeg State". 3) A typed, signed letter from the author dated January 16, 1950 referring to the positive reviews from his book Morning Time. 392 pages of text followed by a one page commentary about the author. An historical fiction novel taking place just after the close of the Revolutionary War and culminates in the still struggling territory of Kentucky.
    TB22428  $125.00




  • O'Shaughnessy, Perri:  Unfit to Practice.  New York: Delacourte Press, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine but with four faint coffee spots on the top edge of the text block which do not impact the text. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A novel of a woman attorney who is faced with the nightmare of losing her practice. 420 pages.
    TB17596  $10.00




  • Offutt, Chris:  Kentucky Straight.  New York: Vintage Books, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in illustrated heavy paper wraps. A paperback book issued without a dust jacket. A collection of short stories. 167 pages followed by several pages of ads. The author's first book and rather uncommon.
    TB16579  $42.00




  • Opie, Iona and Peter:  I Saw Esau The Schoolchild's Pocket Book.  Cambridge: Candlewick Press, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with minor rubbing to the folds and corners of the spine area. The price is intact on the flap of the jacket. With illustrations by Maurice Sendak. 160 pages of text and illustrations.
    TB10582  $24.50



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    Ormar, James Allan:  William Wakefield. A Tale Of The West.  Minneapolis: Tribune Printing Company, 1899. First Edition. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 5/8 by 5 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. The end sheets are of a printed, floral design. Without a dust jacket. 256 pages of text. Illustrated with a single plate from a black and white photograph.
    TB29924  $20.00



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    Orwell, George:  Animal Farm.  New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1946). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 75/16 by 4 7/8 inches with two tiny specs of white near the heel of the spine and three tiny white specks on the rear board near the head of the spine. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper edge of the spine area and three closed tears on the upper edges of the front and rear panels and heavy rubbing to the edges of the front panel and spine areas. Although the dust jacket has been price clipped there is no mention of the statement "printed in the USA" on the rear flap which indicates that the jacket is a first issue. 118 pages of text. The "first American edition" of Orwell's famous allegory of Soviet era totalitarianism under Stalin.
    TB31997  $750.00




  • Ozick, Cynthia:  The Cannibal Galaxy.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and front board. In a fine dust jacket. The author's sixth book.
    TB05470  $12.25




  • Parker, Gilbert:  The Battle of the Strong A Romance of Two Kingdoms.  Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1898. First Edition, First printing. Very good with the spine faded with the upper edge of the spine worn and the first free end paper starting. 466 pages to include a two page lexicon of Jersey words and phrases. A novel of the Island of Jersey.
    TB06482  $10.00



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    Pater, Walter:  Marius The Epicurean His Sensations And Ideas.  London: Philip Lee Warner Publisher, 1913. Limited Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in good condition in 1/4 tan cloth and tan paper covered boards with gilt text stampings on the spines and front boards with the top edges of the text block gilt and untrimmed pages to the fore and lower edges. Both are small quartos measuring 9" by 6 1/4". Both volumes have short horizontal tears to the cloth across the spines and volume I has a 1/2" by 1/8" open tear to the cloth near the front gutter. Both have a prior owner's name and date on the first free end page. Without their issued dust jackets. One of only 1,000 limited edition copies printed (only 250 of which were reserved for sale in the U.S.) with this set identified as number 362 on the limitation page. Volume one contains 146 pages and volume two contains 134 pages of text.
    TB23557  $35.00



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    Pauli, Hertha with illustrations by Susanne Suba: St. Nicholas' Travels.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in pictorial, cloth covered boards with blue decorations and text on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 6" with printed paper end sheets. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/8" deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area and several closed tears to the upper edge of the rear panel. 105 pages of text with illustrations by Susanne Suba.
    TB26918  $20.00




  • Pearson, Ridley:  Cut and Run.  New York: Hyperion, 2005. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and white paper covered boards with dark blue metallic text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 368 pages of text.
    TB20653  $15.00




  • Pearson, Ridley:  Middle of Nowhere.  New York: Hyperion, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and red paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap.
    TB12076  $12.60




  • Pearson, Ridley:  Parallel Lies.  New York: Hyperion, 2001. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with metalic green text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's fourteenth novel.
    TB15529  $7.00




  • Perkins, Wilder:  Hoare and the Portsmouth Atrocities.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in grey paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. A maritime mystery which involves Captain Bartholomew Hoare is no longer able to command one of King George III's ships and is assigned shore duty. This allows him to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a ship.
    TB09935  $35.00




  • Pesci, David:  Amistad.  New York: Marlowe & Company, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Although a novel, it is based on the actual events surrounding the uprising of 53 slaves on the Spanish slaver Amistad in 1839. A movie of the same name was created by Steven Spielberg.
    TB04161  $30.00



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    Pohl, Frederik:  Gateway.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1986. Collector's Edition. Fine in full light blue leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both covers. The end sheets are printed paper with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" containing 313 pages of text With the publisher's two page collector's notes laid-in. Illustrated with drawings by Vincent DiFate and with a special introduction by Algis Budrys. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB23592  $60.00



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    Pohl, Frederik:  Man Plus.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1990. Collector's Edition. Fine in full dark green decorated leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both covers with most of the embossed gilt decorations on the front and rear boards is missing. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 3/8". The end sheets are printed paper with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. Containing 215 pages of text. With the publisher's two page collector's notes laid-in. Illustrated with drawings by Richard Powers and with an introduction by Stephen H. Goldman. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction. A very tight and clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB25925  $60.00



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    Pope, Dudley:  Ramage's Prize.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price clipped from the front flap. The fifth novel in Pope's Ramage series.
    TB28410  $12.50




  • Porter, Connie:  All-Bright Court.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and gray paper covered boards with metallic red text stamping on the spine with light gray end sheets. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 224 pages of text. A clean, tight, bright and unread copy.
    TB25090  $10.00




  • Poyer, David:  China.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap.
    TB11690  $5.00



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    Prose, Francine:  The Peaceable Kingdom.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1993). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with slight dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket contained within a protective cover. 232 pages of text. A collection of eleven short stories.
    TB32175  $20.00




  • Proulx, E. Annie:  Accordian Crimes.  New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's third book, Shipping News, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. This is the author's fourth book and it was launched with much bravado.
    TB04935  $15.00



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    Pudney, John:  The Green Grass Grew All Round.  London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1942. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright green cloth covered boards with yellow text on the spine and illustrated end sheets. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" tall by 5" deep. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" deep closed tear at the lower edge of the spine area and light rubbing to the folds and to the upper edge of the spine area. Curiously, the verso side of the jacket is printed to accommodate Ogden Nash's book: The Primrose Path. Signed on the title page by the author. 130 pages of text. A novel of the tranquility of rural living during a time of war on a farm in the countryside of England. Illustrated with seven black and white photographs including the frontispiece.
    TB23279  $75.00



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