Titles starting with M from Gallagher Books, ABAA, ILAB

New York:: Macmillan,, 1974.. Second Printing. Hardback octavo. Brown cloth stamped in silver. 278 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Winner of the Newbery Medal in 1975. With an African American protagonist, this is a young adult coming of age book set in hills scarred by strip mining. Very light extremity wear and a modest bump to the front cover top edge. Clean and sound inside. The jacket has the Newbery sticker affixed to the front; light extremity and edge wear; a couple of minor a... more information

New York:: Portfolio Press,, 1984.. First edition. Hardcover. Hardback quarto in dark green faux leather stamped in gilt and blind. 319 [320] pages illustrated profusely with color photographic plates. A fifty year anniversary album of the Hummel ceramic figural ceramic. Laid in is an autographed letter handwritten by Wilhelm Goebel, the head of the company then producing the Hummel figurines. It is an impersonal thank you "in appreciation of our years together." Very light extremity wear to... more information

Yorktown TX:: Hartmann Heritage Productions,, 1996.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, about 11.25 inches tall, in burgundy leather with cover title in gilt. 218 pages illustrated by photographs, drawings, portraits. A nicely produced oversize biography of a Texas lawman who also served in New Mexico, and who died, perhaps from poisoning, in Trinidad Colorado. He was then the sheriff of Colfax County New Mexico. A fresh, unworn copy. ... more information

New York:: McGraw-Hill,, 1932.. 4th printing. Photos, drawings. ... more information

Glasgow / London:: Glasgow Art Gallery / Find Art Society,, 1978.. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, less than 11 inches tall, in decorated lilac wraps. 144 pages. 214 items in the catalog and 94 pages of illustrations, mostly full page color. Nicely produced Mackintosh artworks in a fairly cheaply made exhibition catalog. Scarce. From the library of the Western America artist and sculptor, Hollis Williford, with his name on the verso of the cover and embossing stamp on the title page. Inside is clea... more information

Hampton Falls NH:: Donald M. Grant,, 1988.. First Edition. Hardcover. LIMITED EDITION, #293 OF 600 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR. Octavo, about 9.25 inches tall, in blue / gray cloth decorated in gilt. 128 pages with four drawings and extensive decoration. Nicely produced novella. The book is clean, bright and sound with barely a hint of extremity wear. ... more information

Madison WI:: Wm. J. Park & Co.,, 1876.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback 12mo, about 7.5 inches tall, in green cloth decorated in gilt and black. 221pages illustrated by a handful of engravings and portraits and a bird's eye view of the city as a frontis. A nice early history of the state's capitol which was first settled in 1837. Binding is sound; covers with light to moderate wear and soiling. The spine gilt is gone, and it is noticeably darkened. The prelims and blanks at the back... more information

Berkeley:: Univ. California Press,, 1972.. 2nd printing. Jacket's spine edges a bit worn; some light soiling; price clipped. ... more information

London:: Abelard,, 1974.. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Squarish hardback octavo in light green cloth stamped in black on spine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half title, dated 1977. 91 pages illustrated by several very nice modern drawings by Charles Keeping. A series of eight short stories based on African folklore. A clean, bright, crisp and unworn copy. The jacket is bright, clean and complete, but with a tiny shallow tear at top back panel. ... more information

Chicago:: Reilly & Lee Co.,, 1946.. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, a little over 9 inches (23 cm) tall, in gray cloth stamped in black with a color cover pastedown illustration. 242 pages illustrated with black and white drawings, many of them full page, illustrated endpapers in green. Bienvenue, p. 133. The tip are mildly turned, but the book is otherwise clean, bright and unworn. The dustjacket has tiny nicks at the tips, the spine ends and the top front panel, and very shallow loss at the bot... more information

Formigine, MO, Italy:: Edizioni Fly Line Ecosistemi,, 2004.. No Edition Indicated. Hardcover. Quarto, about 12 inches (30.5 cm) tall, in color illustrated paper covered boards. 223 pages illustrated by color photographs and drawings. Text in Italian. A lavishly illustrated book on the use of CDC (cul de canard) in tying flies. A bright, fresh, clean copy with no sign of wear except for a moderate bump to top front corner that left the first 20 leaves with a tiny dog-ear. The bottom front corner has a ... more information

Palo Alto:: American West,, 1973.. First Edition. Photos mostly. ... more information

No place:: Published by author,, 1982.. Third Printing. Softcover. Trade paperback in yellow wraps, staplebound. 96 pages illustrated by photographs, schematics. The cover subtitle is "A Roster of Motive Power from 1923 to the End of the Steam Era." Clean, bright and sound with a touch of shelf wear. ... more information

No place:: Published by author,, 1988.. Second Edition Revised. Softcover. Trade paperback in green wraps, staplebound. 96 pages illustrated by photographs, schematics. Clean, bright and sound with no sign of wear. ... more information

Canton OH:: Railhead Publications,, 1987.. First Edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto in illustrated white wraps. 204 pages illustrated by photographs. Good photographs, but short captions, showing the steam locomotives of the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad. Light edge and extremity wear, but clean, bright and sound inside. ... more information

Berkeley CA:: Howell North,, 1959.. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in black stamped gray cloth. 203 pages plus photographs on unnumbered pages, and two folded maps in pocket at rear. Bright and unmarked interior; covers with minor edge wear and very slight darkening at edges; and an obvious lean to the spine. The jacket has a bit of chipping at extremities and an irregular quarter inch chip at head of spine; a tiny triangular chip at bottom front panel; flap folds are somewhat yellowed. Ext... more information

Mattituck NY:: Amereon House,, 1990.. First Edition. Hardcover. 208 pages. Quarto in burgundy cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated by photographs, some in color. Essentially a pictorial roster of restored, or about to be restored, steam locomotives salvaged by public and private groups. Both the book and jacket are bright, clean, and unworn. ... more information

Philadelphia:: Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art,, 1908.. First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Hardback octavo in beige buckram with titles in blue. 115 pages illustrated by 61 black and white photographic plates, three of which are in color including the frontispiece. An interesting monograph on early (18th century, generally) polychrome ceramics from Mexico. A clean and unmarked copy with a previous owner bookplate on the front endpaper. Soundly bound, but one gathering a little o... more information

New York:: DCA Gallery,, 2002.. First U.S. Edition . Hardcover. Oblong quarto, about 12 inches (30.5 cm) wide, in white cloth with brush strokes in green and brown. 327 pages. A beautifully produced monograph on the Danish artist. Impressive colorful abstracts fill the book. Light bumps to the foot of the spine, upper front tip and lower rear tip. Otherwise a clean, bright, sound and unworn copy. The jacket back panel shows modest rubbing and previously mentioned extremities show evidence of those bu... more information

Portland OR:: Frank Amato,, 2007.. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto, about 12.25 inches (31 cm) wide, in gilt stamped green cloth. 178 illustrated by drawings and a section of color photographs. Essentially a workshop manual. Nice copy, well produced. Inside is clean and sound. The covers are lightly worn at extremities. The jacket shows a hint of wear at the spine ends. ... more information