Titles starting with M from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Jerusalem: The Israel Exploration Society, 1957. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine and brown patterned paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 60pp. Numerous maps and floorplans (some foldout), illustrations. Very good/good plus. Jacket rather worn, with couple of edge chips and archivally closed (on verso) edge tears. First separate printing of this fascinating archeological report, which first appeared under the title "The Archaeological Survey of Masada, 1955-1956" in "The Israel Exploration... more information

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. 8vo. Red cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 179pp. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear; small non-authorial gift inscription on front flyleaf. First edition, tight and handsome. ... more information

N.p.: Military History Quarterly, 1989. 4to. Black paper over boards with color plate. 128pp. Numerous illustrations and maps (many color). Near fine. ... more information

[Holmes, PA]: Weider History Group, Spring 2007 (Volume 19, Number 3). 4to. Black pictorial paper over boards. 96pp, (4pp ads). Numerous illustrations and maps. Fine. Articles include James M. McPherson's "Any Measure Which May Best Subdue the Enemy," David G. Frye's "Rome's Barbarian Mercenaries," Geoffrey Perret's "Warrior Mao" and others. ... more information

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. Small 4to. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 228pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. A superb and tight first edition. ... more information

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 246pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. First edition. ... more information

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1983. Small 4to. Glazed pictorial white cloth. xv, 264pp. Numerous color illustrations. Very good. "Weekly Reader Children's Book Club" edition, tight and clean. ... more information

Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., 1930. 8vo. Blue cloth. ix, 370pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good., Mild edgewear; contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, clean, nice reprint of the 1930 Farrar & Rinehart text. ... more information

Maps by Dorothy Thomas Tucker. Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1973. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 287pp. Illustrations, maps. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and rubbing. Tight, decent first edition. ... more information

New York: Scribner, 1998. 8vo. Black and red paper over boards, dust jacket. 223pp. Fine/fine. First edition. ... more information

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 298pp. Illustrations. Very good. Slight mild bit of edgewear -- overall a tight, clean, nice first edition of this bizarre travelogue: Saith the front wrapper, "A 47,000-Hour Dashboard Adventure -- From Paradise, California, to Royal, Arkansas, and Up the New Jersey Turnpike." On the front flyleaf, co-author Lane boldly inscribes and signs in black fineline ("Peace Love & Travel / Michael Monk"), and b... more information

[New York]: Miramax Books, 2003. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. xiv, 562pp. Numerous illustrations (many color). Very good/near fine. Two upper corners slightly dinged, else tight, clean, attractive. First edition, handsomely inscribed and signed by Albright in blue fineline on the half-title page: "To Frank, / Madeleine Albright. ... more information

Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1991. 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 79pp. Color illustrations. Fine. Name/address of noted antiques publication lightly inkstamped on inside front and rear wrappers. ... more information

Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1992. 4to. Stiff glazed wrappers. 79pp. Color illustrations. Fine. Name/address of noted antiques publication lightly inkstamped on inside front and rear wrappers. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1959. 8vo. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 191pp. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear; small abrasion on front pastedown. Handsome first edition of this "Crime Club" selection. ... more information

Chicago: Bonus Books, 1991. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 350pp. Illustrations. Near fine. First paperback edition, inscribed nicely by the author on the half-title page: "To Helen -- / A very good friend / of many, many years / now. I hope you enjoy / reading my book! / Best wishes always, / Victoria / Houseman / September, 1991." Apparently not THAT good a friend. ... more information

Madison: Kary Press International, 1980. Oblong 8vo. Red cloth, dust jacket. (Ca. 100pp). Numerous color illustrations. First edition, tight and clean, of this largely pictorial trilingual (English, German, Spanish) guide to Wisconsin's capital city. ... more information

Translation by Oliver Coburn. Illustrations by Jacques Roubille. London: Phoenix House Ltd, 1961. Small 8vo. Green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 150pp. Numerous line drawings. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First English-language edition, tight and attractive. True tales of daredevils attempting to cross the Atlantic "alone or with one companion, by sail, by motor-boat, even by kayak and rowing-boat! ... more information

New York: Pyramid Publications, 1975. Small 8vo. Stiff black and white pictorial wrappers. 159pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good. Minor staining on front and rear covers; pages slightly buckled. Ownership signature of George Eells. First edition, from the "Pyramid Illustrated History of the Movies" series. Ownership signature of West biographer George Eells on the half-title page. ... more information

Raleigh, NC: Pentland Press, 2000. Small 4to. Black buckram, pictorial dust jacket. 278pp. Near fine/near fine. Edition not ascertainable -- but a tight, handsome copy of this drama about a Chicago newspaper columnist turned magazine publisher, nicely signed and inscribed by the author in his characteristic green fineline on the front flyleaf: "To Valerie! / Best wishes! / Jim Mallon / 11/2/00. ... more information