Authors starting with M from Margolis & Moss

Boston: Robert Brothers, 1890. 24 pages of text interspersed with 12 "photogravures (gravure-Gilbo) from Nature by A. W. Elson & Co, Boston" and corner remarks drawn by Frank T. Merrill. Each plate is interleaved with a text printed tissue guard. Oblong quarto, 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Blue pictorial cloth wit gilt lettering; all edges gilt; very light staining to cover; an exceptionally bright copy. First edition. An exceptionally bright copy.. ... more information

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1901. 128 pages. Illustrations and decorations by Charles Louis Hinton. Octavo, 8 1/2 x 6 inches. White and gold on green pictorial cloth; with a lightly chipped dust jacket, printed with the same design as on cover. First edition. A lovely copy. ... more information

New York: MacFadden Publications, Inc., 1924. Five volumes. Profusely illustrated. Volume one includes a folding anatomical color plate with overlays. Quarto, red cloth, a fine set. The sixth edition, originally published in 1911. ... more information

Paris: Larriviere et Compagnie, 1829. 240 + 194 pages. With large folding map of Europe, plus 4 lithographed portraits of "types." Twelvemo (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches); leather backed marbled boards; lightly rubbed, rear hinge starting. An obscure account of travel in eastern Europe in the first decade of the nineteenth century. <p> ... more information

Portsmouth, N.H.: Charles Peirce, 1797. 252 pages. Twelvemo, 6 x 3 1/2 inches. Contemporary calf; rubbed, hinges splitting; lacking preliminary leaves. A nice copy with an obscure imprint. Evans 32404. ... more information

Havana: Talleres Tipograficos P. Fernandez y Cia., 1959. 186 pages. 8 1/2 x 6 inches. Printed wrappers as issued. Light dusting to wrappers. First edition, inscribed to the poet Witter Bynner, August 19, 1959. ... more information

A small (3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches) charming promotional or trade catalog for farm machinery from Adriance, Platt & Co. of Poughkeepsie, New York, circa 1890. With beautifully printed and designed color wrappers and 8 full page illustrations in half tone of reapers, binders and hay rakes. In bright, clean lovely condition with only a very light crease on the rear wrapper and the slightest wear on the spine. ... more information

Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart. Boston: W. D. Ticknor, 1835. 2 volumes. 201 + 213 pages. 12mo, quarter brown calf; all edges gilt. First American edition, with an interesting joint imprint. Sir James Mackinstosh wrote numerous works on the History of England. ... more information

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. , (1870). 870 pages. Illustrated from wood engravings by Hughes, Pinwell, Fraser, Mahoney, Walker and others. Thick octavo, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Purple embossed cloth with gilt lettering; all edges gilt; some very light rubbing.. A beautiful copy of the American edition of this English literary periodical. ... more information

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1906. 319 pages + book ads. Illustrated by John Cameron. Octavo, 7 3/4 x 5 inches. Orange, blue and gold on green cloth; designed by the Decorative Designers with their monogram on the cover. First edition. A nice bright copy. ... more information

Boston: Lincoln & Edmands, 1831. 276 pages. Woodcut illustrations. Sixteenmo ( 6 x 3 1/2 inches); leather backed boards; some cover wear; foxing and staining throughout Fourth edition. This copy inscribed "Miss Susan Lamson, from her aff. Pastor, The Author." Malcom was a prolific Baptist clergyman, author and educator, who became president of Georgetown College, Kentucky and later Lewisburg University (now Bucknell University). His Dictionary passed through numerous editions and he continued... more information

Kansas City: Western Paving Brick Manufacturers Association, 1917. 126 pages. Illustrated with halftone photographic reproductions. Octavo, 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Green cloth with title in gilt. Hand stamp of Fred C. Nichols on title-page. The paving of roads for the quickly developing automobile craze in the United States. ... more information

London: William Jackson, 1931. 95 pages. Frontispiece by Rowland Hilder. Royal Octavo, 10 x 6 inches. Yellow cloth with gilt lettering. A crisp, clean copy. Number 465 of 550 copies signed by the author. Number 7 of the Furnial books.<p>This copy has a tipped in note over the imprint stating "The Furnival Books are now published by Joiner & Steel, Ltd... the name 'William Jackson (Books) Ltd' has been retained on the title-page in order that the set of twelve books may be typog... more information

Racine: J. I. Case Co., (1934). 51 pages. Illustrated with numerous diagrams. Octavo ( 9 x 6 inches ). Printed beige wrappers; light soiling From assembling your new tractor, to troubleshooting problems. ... more information

(Tokyo: Nishinomiya, successor to Hasegawa, 1931). A crepe paper book containing 28 pages, most with charming colored woodcut illustrations. 6 x 4 inches. Pictorial self wrappers; silk ties; light cover wear. The first German translations of JAPANESE FAIRY TALES, published by Hasegawa, were issued in 1885. In 1931, a second series of 12 titles were published by Hasegawa's successor. The above is the eighth volume of this series. ... more information

Tokyo: (Nishinomiya, successor to Hasegawa, 1931). A crepe paper book containing 24 pages, most with charming color woodcut illustrations. 6 x 4 inches. Pictorial self wrappers; silk ties; spine chipped. The first German translations of JAPANESE FAIRY TALES, published by Hasegawa, were issued in 1885. In 1931, a second series of 12 titles were published by Hasegawa's successor. The above is the ninth volume of this series. ... more information

(Tokyo: Nishinomiya, successor to Hasegawa, 1931. A crepe paper book containing 28 pages, most with charming colored woodcut illustrations. 6 x 4 inches. Pictorial self wrappers; silk ties; spine paper torn. The first German translations of JAPANESE FAIRY TALES, published by Hasegawa, were issued in 1885. In 1931, a second series of 12 titles were published by Hasegawa's successor. The above is the eleventh volume of this series. ... more information

(Tokyo: Nishinomiya, successor to Hasegawa, 1931). A crepe paper book containing 22 pages, most with charming colored woodcut illustrations. 6 x 4 inches. Pictorial self wrappers; silk ties; light damp stain on cover. The first German translations of JAPANESE FAIRY TALES, published by Hasegawa, were issued in 1885. In 1931, a second series of 12 titles were published by Hasegawa's successor. The above is the tenth volume of this series. ... more information

(Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, 1931). A crepe paper book containing 18 pages, most with charming colored woodcut illustrations. 6 x 4 inches. Pictorial self wrappers; silk ties; head of spine paper chipped. The first German translations of JAPANESE FAIRY TALES, published by Hasegawa, were issued in 1885. In 1931, a second series of 12 titles were published by Hasegawa's successor, Y. Nishinomiya. The above is the third volume of this series. ... more information

(Tokyo: Nishinomiya, successor to Hasegawa, 1931). A crepe paper book containing 28 pages, most with charming colored woodcut illustrations. 6 x 4 inches. Pictorial self wrappers; silk ties. chipping to spine paper. The first German translations of JAPANESE FAIRY TALES, published by Hasegawa, were issued in 1885. In 1931, a second series of 12 titles were published by Hasegawa's successor. The above is the seventh volume of this series. ... more information