Authors starting with M from James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.

New York: Regan Books / HarperCollins, 2003. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author Bernie Mac: “Thanks so much! To John from Bernie Mac.” Illustrated. Near fine copy with just a hint of edge wear in a near fine bright dust jacket with a few tiny tears and a trace of edge wear. The moving memoirs of Bernie Mac, stand-up comedian and star of television (’The Bernie Mac Show’) and film (’The Original Kings of Comedy,’ the ‘Ocean’s’ series with George Clooney, Charlie’s Angels: ... more information

New York: Century, 1932. First Edition. Fine in a very good attractive pictorial dust jacket. ... more information

London: Methuen, 1946. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with just the slightest wear. Mac Liammoir gave Welles his first professional acting job at age 16 in Dublin and eventually played Iago in Welles’ film version of Othello. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1933. First Edition - American. Very good bright copy with a trace of edge wear and a 1/8” narrow strip of fading the the top edge of the spine in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips and tears and some slight dust soiling to the spine and rear panel. The front panel of the dust jacket shows a sppoky image of a robed skeleton opening a door revealing a shadowy man on the other side. ... more information

Glasgow: Duncan Glen, 1965. First Edition. One of an edition limited to 350 numbered copies. Paperbound. Near fine. ... more information

Glasgow: Lothlorien Publications, 1975. First Edition. Signed by the author, Hugh MacDiarmid. One of an edition limited to 25 numbered copies. Paperbound. Near fine. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Near fine in a bright dust jacket with a few small tears, a tiny bit of rubbing, and very light wear. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1956. First Edition. Fine in a bright neatly price-clipped dust jacket with one tiny 1/2” tear and a minute trace of dust soiling. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1968. First Edition. This was the office file copy of Ross MacDonald’s agent, Harold Ober Associates, with their ink stamp on the front flyleaf. Very good plus with some very minor edgewear in a very good bright dust jacket. ... more information

Santa Barbara: Cordelia Editions, 1985. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. Paperbound. Soem very slight rubbing, otherwise near fine in printed wrappers. Consists of “William Faulkner’s The Hound” by Ross Macdonald and “William Faulkner’s Intruder in the Dust” by Eudora Welty. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1952. First Edition. Some slight foxing on front pastedown with a very faint shadow of a glue stain, else a near fine copy in a very good bright dust jacket with a few minute chips and rubbing at extremities. ... more information

New York: Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Fine copy in a near fine bright dust jacket. ... more information

Santa Barbara: Cordelia Editions, 1984. First Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated. Very fine in a very fine bright dust jacket. A collection of reminiscences, musings, and critical articles about the life and work of acclaimed detective writer Ross Macdonald (Kenneth Millar) by such noted folks as Margaret Millar, Robert Easton, Hugh Kenner, Julian Symons, John D. MacDonald, Otto Penzler, Reynolds Price, Thomas Berger, Matthew J. Bruccoli, Robert B. Parker, William Goldman, Eudora Welty, Ralph B. ... more information

Santa Barbara: Cordelia Editions, 1984. First Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated. Very fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of darkening to the spine and a slight bit of edge wear. A collection of reminiscences, musings, and critical articles about the life and work of acclaimed detective writer Ross Macdonald (Kenneth Millar) by such noted folks as Margaret Millar, Robert Easton, Hugh Kenner, Julian Symons, John D. MacDonald, Otto Penzler, Reynolds Price, Thomas Berger, Matthew J. Brucco... more information

New York: Knopf, 1973. First Edition. Fine in a near fine bright dust jacket with a very faint dampstain along the top edge of the rear panel. ... more information

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1981. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from the book’s editor, Ralph B. Sipper, to author Wayne Warga. Inscribed: “10/26/81,To Wayne Warga, who says I’m responsible for his book habit - a fact I proudly acknowledge. Best wishes, Ralph B. Sipper.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of journalist and novelist Wayne Warga. The youngest editor at Life Magazine at age 25, Warga reported on John F. Kennedy’s race for the Presidency, and went on to cover the ... more information

Columbia / Bloomfield Hills: Bruccoli Clark, 1982. Unpublished "Manuscript Edition." Folio. One of 221 numbered copies (the entire edition), includes a final chapter that was not present in the original novel published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1965. This copy being unnumbered and marked "Out of Series." and is marked “REVIEW COPY.” The unnumbered copies were used as review copies (a publisher's prospectus for the book is laid in). According to the publisher: "The printer spoiled the copies, and I destroye... more information

New York: Knopf, 1971. First Edition. Signed by Ross Macdonald on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with the orange on the spine still bright. ... more information

New York: Gold Medal, 1950. First Edition of the Author’s First Book. Paperback original. Very good plus to near fine bright copy with a faint trace of use. The front cover is illustrated with a dramatic color painting depicting a lovely blonde woman in a white slip dress kneeling next to a bed with a menacing man lunging toward her. “A hard-boiled ex-cop. A hard-boiled dame. A hard-boiled murder.” ... more information