Authors starting with M from John Michael Lang Fine Books

Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1951. Hardcover 8.5" x 6". 306pp. Green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and dust wrapper. Ownership signature. Lightly bumped spine tips, else fine condition. Dust jacket is well worn with some chipping, else VG condition. This thorough investigation into water resources management in the United States up until 1951 has a foreword by Harold L. Ickes and illustrated with 4 maps including one foldout map with existing and proposed major water de... more information

New York: The New York Public Library, 1928. Paperback 10" x 7". 11pp. Printed paperback. Light soiling and edge bowing, else near fine condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ... more information

Chicago: The Merrill Publishing Co., 1935. Hardcover 7" x 5.25". [39pp.] Color illustrated paper covered hardcover boards. Mild soiling and edge wear, else near fine condition. A charming edition of Ma Goose, with brilliant color illustrations on every page. ... more information

Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: Univeristy of California Press, 1988. Hardcover 9" x 6". 185pp. Light grey cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine. In original decorative black and tan dust jacket with minor rubbing; a near fine copy. Illustrated with black and white photos. Dioscorus of Aphrodito was a sixth century Coptic lawyer and poet. Mac Coull 's detailed analyses with the original papyri presents a comprehensive picture of Dioscorus and his times. Poetry he wrote fo... more information

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1947). Hardcover 8" x 5.25". 119pp. Fifth impression. Green cloth hardback. Bookplate, mild rubbing, ownership signature, else nice VG+ condition. Signed by Betty MacDonald on the first leaf. This beloved children's book features color and black & white illustrations by Richard Bennett. Betty MacDonald may be THE bestselling author of the Pacific Northwest. Aside from this volume and her other children's books, she auth... more information

Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1950. Hardcover First edition 8" x 5.5". 256pp. Black cloth hardback. Light soiling to cloth, else near fine condition. This classic is another look at the lighter side of life by the author of 'The Egg & I.' ... more information

New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945. Hardcover 8" x 5.25". 278pp. Green cloth, in dust wrapper. Spine slightly cocked, neat ownership signature, light foxing along the top edge, else near fine condition; the dust wrapper (which is in the relatively scarce first state design) has a light general wear and some clear tape repairs. Seventh printing. (In 16 years of full time bookselling I have only seen two first printings of this book.) The Egg & I is perhaps the best selling book ev... more information

New York: The Free Press, A Division of Macmillan, Inc., 1989. Hardcover First edition 9.25" x 5.75". 239pp. Black cloth hardback with gilt spine lettering, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; near fine jacket. This copy signed by the author on the title page. This book recounts the assassination of Heydrich by Czech resistance fighters. A harrowing true tale of brutality and suspense from World War Two. ... more information

Lincoln & London: University of Nebraska Press, 1987. Hardcover 9.25" x 6". 259pp. Gray cloth hardback, in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket has some light rubbing and wear. This comparison of the two largest cities in the Pacific Northwest covers the frontier period, the Klondike Gold Rush, growth cycles, the World wars, municipal politics, etc. ... more information

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1958. Paperback 8" x 5.5". 338pp. plus ad and catalog. Illustrated paperback. Spine tips are lightly bumped, fading on spine, ownership stamp on inside front cover, blind ownership stamp on first leaf, else VG+ condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. ... more information

North Vancouver, British Columbia: Whitecap Books, 1983. Hardback 13" x 9.25". 151pp. Blue leatherette in dust wrapper. Fine condition; the jacket has a bit of edge wear and fading and is price clipped. Second printing. With photographs by George M. Galpin. A good study of Inuit and other Native Alaskan sculpture. ... more information

San Francisco: Bikecentennial, 1976. Paperback First edition 6" x 4". 211pp. Blue paperback. Light soiling else nice VG+ condition. This guidebook includes good information on bicycle touring, the natural environment on this particular trail, sights and events along the route, etc. With many photo illustrations and drawings ... more information

(Spokane): (Shae & Borden Co. , 1904. Hardcover First edition 7.5" x 5". 237pp. White cloth with purple rules and gilt lettering. Light soiling, else VG+ condition. This volume recounts the author's travels throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho, as well as many east coast locales. The book includes much first hand information about what was still the wild west and its people. ... more information

Vancouver, Canada: Sun Publishing Co. Ltd., No date. 6" x 4.5". 206pp. Illustrated wrappers. Light general wear and soiling; overall VG+ condition. Illustrated with black and white drawings. With chapters on the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest, the Chinook jargon trade language, Indian legends and animal stories, etc. ... more information

Seattle & New York: Nitze - Stagen, 2004. Paperback First edition 9.5" x 9.5". 104pp. Bound in glossy color illustrated paper wrappers. Fine condition, in the original printed publisher's cloth slipcase. This nicely produced book details the historic preservation of the 1915 Sears building by Nitze - Stagen, and its conversion into the corporate headquarters for the Starbucks Company. Filled with color and black & white photo illustrations. ... more information

New York: St Martin's Press, 1972. Hardback 8.25 x 5.5. 275pp. Black cloth bound boards with gilt lettering on spine, in dust wrapper. Corners lightly bumped, else fine condition. The jacket has some light edge wear, else near fine condition. A window into Celtic and Roman Gaul and the early period of the barbarian migrations. Illustrated throughout with black and white pictures and maps. ... more information

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. Hardback First Edition 9" x 6". 192pp. Green cloth hardcover with illustrated laminated dustwrapper. Near fine condition; near fine jacket. A biography of the famous Royal Navy captain and explorer. By the author of The Guns of Navarone. ... more information

Boston & New York: The Medici Society of America, 1925. Hardback 9" x 6". 428pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near fine condition. "New and revised edition." With black & white photo illustrations and map endpapers. A classic account of travel around Greenland and the north polar regions. ... more information

Chicago: Privately Published, 1946. 9" x 6". 149pp. Red patterned paper covered boards. Spine faded, ownership inscription and bookplate, several very crude tape repairs, a few pencil margin checks. Gnerally VG condition. One of only 300 copies printed. Laid in to this copy is a one page holograph 1954 letter from novelist Maude Meagher. In the letter she comments glowingly on MacNair's love of Asian culture, her generosity and the Chinese mythological significance of the letterhead ... more information

Palouse: Palouse Town and County Study Program, 1962. Paperback First edition 11" x 8". 126 pp. Stapled green illustrated paperback. Near fine condition. A history of Palouse, Washington from the 19th century until 1962. With much on early settlers, Indians / Native Americans, churches, railroads, timber, fraternal organizations, and much more. ... more information