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901 |
London (Jack) Before Adam. With Numerous Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull.
NY & London: Macmillan, 1907. First edition. Brown pictorial cloth, designed in black & gray, lettered in red & white. Frontispiece and 7 illustrations in color, as well as numerous drawings in the text. Two-page map inserted before page 1. Spine lettering is quite faded, moderate shelf wear to edges, bookplate on front end paper, a very good copy otherwise. Laid in is an original check made to 'cash' (for $600) from 1910, drawn on the Merchants National Bank of San Francisco, signed by Jack London. The check has been perforated by the bank.
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125.00 CDN
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902 |
London (Jack) Martin Eden. With Frontispiece by The Kinneys.
NY: Macmillan, 1909. First edition, second printing, September, 1909. Dark blue decorative cloth, spine and front cover designed in green and lettered in gilt. Frontispiece. 10 pages of publishers ads at rear. Short tear in final ad leaf, light scuffing to edges and tips, a bright very good copy. Laid in is an original check dated 1915, drawn on The Bank of Hawaii, signed by Jack London.
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100.00 CDN
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905 |
Loomis (Charles Battell) The Four-Masted Cat-Boat And Other Truthful Tales. With Illustrations by Florence Scovel Shinn.
NY: Century, 1899. First edition. Pictorial boards, dark blue cloth spine with mounted pictorial paper backstrip. An unusual publishers binding. Frontispiece & many amusing illustrations. Some scuffing at edges, nice bookplate on inner cover, library donation label from Mills College, Albert Bender Collection (marked 'withdrawn') on front fly leaf; a very good copy otherwise. Short stories and sketches, humorous and sometimes fantastic, including one which mentions Sherlock Holmes: 'A La Sherlock Holmes'. Some are parodies of contemporary authors. An uncommon book. Wright III: 3396.
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100.00 CDN
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911 |
Lowry (Malcolm) Hear Us O Lord from heaven thy dwelling place.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1961). First edition.
Blue cloth lettered in light blue, designed in violet on spine and front cover. Evidence of light damp staining to upper & lower edges of cloth, but a clean very good copy in a very good dust jacket, rubbed at edges and folds, with several tears al ong hinges.
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40.00 CDN
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912 |
Lowther (Pat) The Age Of The Bird.
Burnaby: Blackfish, 1972. First edition. Seven leaves loose in a green folder, lettered in red. The title/colophon leaf and poems on six leaves. Copy #12 of 150 numbered copies, signed by Lowther. Scattered foxing to some of the leaves, some sunning to the edges of the folder, fine condition otherwise. Pat Lowther was murdered by her husband in 1975. Books signed by her are uncommon.
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150.00 CDN
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913 |
Lowther (Pat) A Water Clock.
Vancouver: League of Canadian Poets, 1985. An illustrated broadside poem, printed on a single sheet. 7 inches wide X 17 inches long. Printed in black and blue. One of 100 numbered copies, of an edition of 126. A fine copy. Published on the occasion of a reading for the Pat Lowther Benefit Endowment Fund. Lowther, a significant Canadian poet, was murdered by her husband in 1975. This is an attractive broadside, and scarce.
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50.00 CDN
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915 |
Lucie-Smith (Edward) and Birgit Skiold. North-West Passage.
London: Print Workshop, c.1972]. First edition. A concertina created from a single embossed sheet folded to make 12pp. The poem is printed in pink on one inner page; there is no printed colophon or other information. Signed in pencil on the back by Lucie-Smith and Birgit Skiold. 11cm X 32cm, enclosed in a clear plastic sleeve, and in a tall manila envelope. An elegant book, in fine condition. Very scarce. Birgit Skiold was a highly regarded artist and printmaker. She ran the Print Workshop in London, which operated from 1958 thru 1983. This book is detailed on a site dedicated to her work, and is designated as BSMT B3.
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200.00 CDN
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916 |
Lunn (Arnold) The Harrovians.
London: Methuen, (1913). First edition. Blue cloth, front cover lettered in blind, spine ruled and lettered in gilt. 8 pages of ads at rear dated Autumn, 1913; also a 32-page publishers catalogue at rear, dated July 1913. Some yellow marks on end papers from what looks like staples closed in the book, which have dented the first few and final few pages; otherwise, this is a very fresh and nearly fine copy, with the binding in very nice condition. An attractive copy of a book difficult to find in decent condition.
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150.00 CDN
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917 |
Lutz (Grace Livingston Hill) Lo, Michael! With Illustrations in Color by Gayle Hoskins.
Toronto: McClelland and Goodchild, 1913. First Canadian edition.
[370]pp. + 6pp. ads at rear. Gray-green pictorial cloth, designed in orange and white. Frontispiece and 2 color plates. Light shelf wear, front cover a bit rubbed, but a bright very good copy. This Canadian issue is derived from the American first edition published by Lippincott. Lutz wrote a great many romances under the name Grace Livingston Hill.
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25.00 CDN
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918 |
Lyle (Eugene P., Jr.) Don Swashbuckler.
NY: Neely, 1898. First edition. Blue cloth designed and lettered in red and silver, Neely's distinctive 'Bulls-Eye' binding. A few small blemishes to cloth, a bright very good copy.The first book by Lyle (1873-1862), a Texas novelist and journalist. A tale of adventure and intrigue in Mexico and Texas. Very scarce.
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125.00 CDN
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919 |
Lyle (Eugene P., Jr.) Don Swashbuckler.
NY: Neely, 1898. First edition. Blue cloth designed and lettered in red and silver, Neely's distinctive 'Bulls-Eye' binding. Some soiling of cloth, a bit of wear to edges, one page coming a bit loose; very good otherwise. The first book by Lyle (1873-1862), a Texas novelist and journalist. A tale of adventure and intrigue in Mexico and Texas. Very scarce.
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75.00 CDN
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921 |
Lynch (Lawrence L) [pseudonym of Emma Murdoch Van Deventer] Under Fate's Wheel.
Chicago: Laird & Lee, (1900).
Rebound in modern plain wrappers, with a lettered spine label. Original front cover lacking, original back cover bound in. Several illustrations. Large piece cut from the top corner of the title page, wear and staining to the title page and contents page, old stain to margin through first part of book, very good otherwise. Listed by Hubin, citing this edition, and a London, Ward edition also published in 1900. A rough copy, but an uncommon title.
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35.00 CDN
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922 |
Lynch-Staunton (Mrs. C.) A Short History of the Church of St. John the Evangelist. Pincher Creek, Alberta.
Pincher Creek, 1954.
12pp. Grey stapled wrappers printed in black. One illustration. Slight rusting to staples, light edge wear, otherwise a nice copy. Laid in is an old photograph (possibly a reprint, or later printed from an old negative) showing what is likely the co ngregation in the late 19th century. About 20 people, mostly dressed in their Sunday best. The photo is captioned in pen on the back, supplying names for most of those pictured. The Rev. R. Hilton is identified - according to an accou n t w i t h i n t h e b ook he held his last service in April, 1888. An uncommon booklet.
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35.00 CDN
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924 |
Lyon (Harris Merton) Graphics.
St. Louis: William Marion Reedy, 1913. First edition.
Light brown pictorial cloth, designed in black and red. Inner hinges cracked, cloth torn at base of spine, about very good otherwise. Inscribed in pencil on the front end paper: "Compliments of The Author". Dedicated to Joseph Conrad. 15 weird stor ies.
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55.00 CDN
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925 |
Lytton (E. Bulwer) A Strange Story. With Engravings on Steel by F.O. Freeman. Drawings by J.N. Hyde, From Designs by Gardner A. Fuller.
Boston: Gardner A. Fuller, 1862. First American edition.
Original brown cloth stamped in blind, spine designed and lettered in gilt. Pale yellow end papers. Bookplate removed from front end paper, leaving some residue, scattered light foxing, a few creased leaves, but in general this is quite a bright, very good copy. The final pages, following several ads, print a letter from Fuller to Charles Dickens, soliciting a new book, and the letter sent in response by Dickens. Occult novel of magic, and the search for the elixir of life.
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150.00 CDN
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929 |
Macdonald (George) Robert Falconer.
London: Hurst and Blackett, [ca.1896]. New and Enlarged Edition.
476pp. + 12pp. ads at rear. Blue cloth ruled and lettered in gilt. Blue-green coated end papers. Frontispiece. Inner front hinge cracked, rear hinge a bit cracked, some shelf wear to edges, a few short tears at the base of the spine, a couple of centre signatures starting; otherwise a rather bright, very good copy. Ownership signature on front fly, dated 1896, The first edition was published in 1868.
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45.00 CDN
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930 |
Macdonald (George) What's Mine's Mine. A Novel.
NY: George Munro's Sons, (1893). Decorative wrappers, designed in blue and dark blue. Issued as No. 722 in Munro's Seaside Library Pocket Edition. Number penned on title page, a couple of dents, paper browned, very good otherwise. This copy has been covered in the later wrappers of Pratt's Circulating Library, which are glued to the spine and partway out the covers; they can possibly be removed using heat, but it is a tricky process. The first edition was published in London in 3 volumes, 1886. This Munro edition has a date of Oct. 23, 1885 on the upper front wrapper; however, closer inspection reveals the date of 1893 at the lower right corner, which is the year that George Munro's sons took over the firm from their father; also, ads at the back for The Seaside Library Pocket Edition run up to 2232, and this volume is No. 722; so, this is evidently a later issue, likely from 1893. There were also American editions in 1886 from Routledge and Lothrop, though which is the true first American edition is debatable. All of them are uncommon, as are these Munro editions.
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50.00 CDN
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931 |
Macdonald (George) Lilith. A Romance.
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1895. First American edition. Green decorative cloth designed and lettered in yellow and dark brown. The front fly leaf appears to have been renewed, there is a small, attractive bookplate on the front end paper, otherwise this is a very bright and attractive copy, better than usual. The British first edition was published the same year. This USA edition also comes in tan cloth. This green variety is prettier, and is not common in nice condition.
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225.00 CDN
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933 |
Macdonald (J.E.H.) My High Horse. [Cover title: My High Horse. A Mountain Memory.]
[Thornhill]: Woodchuck Press, 1934. First edition. Gray illustrated wrappers designed and lettered in black, stapled. Corners a little bumped, staples slightly corroded, a virtually fine copy. There are several varieties of this booklet; this one runs to 12 pages, has the illustration of a horse on the front cover, the Woodchuck Press illustration and date of 1934 on the title page, the illustration titled "Lake O'Hara' by J.E.H. Macdonald on the verso of the title page, the horse vignette on the second last page, and nothing on the back cover. It measures 6 & 1/8 inches by 8 & 1/2 inches.
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75.00 CDN
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934 |
Macfall (Haldane) The Wooings of Jezebel Pettyfer. Being the personal history of Jehu Sennacherib Dyle...
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1913. Reissue. Originally published in 1898. Black cloth designed and lettered in gilt. Pictorial end papers. Frontispiece by the author, the same image of a bare-breasted woman as was on the binding of the first edition, which was suppressed. Light edge wear, inner hinges cracking a bit, a bright and attractive copy. This is the first binding, also seen in tan cloth designed in black. This copy is signed by Macfall on the front fly leaf, with the penned inscription: "3rd June 1913 / Day of Publication of the / Republication.". Also laid in is a letter from Macfall dated 1924, handwritten, to the Editors, Daily News. A notorious novel of Voodoo in the West Indies, this book was banned in the USA for 25 years.
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150.00 CDN
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936 |
Macfarlane (Myra) Thin Girls Have Electric Backbones Wired For Love.
Vancouver: Printed at the Cobblestone Press for William Hoffer, 1976. A broadside poem on a single sheet measuring 9 X 12 inches. Printed in red and black on heavy paper, deckle edged on the bottom. Of 126 printed, this is one of 26 lettered copies. Signed by the poet. Attractive and scarce. One of William Hoffer's more elusive publications. Woodsworth A7b.
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75.00 CDN
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938 |
Machen (Arthur) Works. The Caerleon Edition of the Works of Arthur Machen.
London: Secker, (1923). Nine volumes. Number 112 of 500 sets for sale in England (of a total of 1000 sets), signed by Machen in the first volume. Original green buckram designed and lettered in gilt. Top edges gilt. Frontispiece portrait of Machen in Volume 1. Some darkening of end papers, spine lettering slightly fading but entirely legible, a nice clean set.
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900.00 CDN
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939 |
Machen (Arthur) Out of the Earth And Other Sketches.
Girard: Haldeman-Julius, [nd]. Little Blue Book No. 970.
Small blule-gray printed wrappers, stapled. 64pp. Sunned at edges, paper browning, a couple of folded page corners straightened, a decent copy. Short publisher's catalogue at rear. Actually a rather scarce little collection, in our experience. Missed by Goldstone. In addition to the title sketch, this contains THE SPAGYRIC QUEST OF BEROALDUS COSMOPOLITA, THE HIDDEN MYSTERY, THE ART OF DICKENS, and UNCONSCIOUS MAGIC.
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45.00 CDN
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940 |
Machen (Arthur) Precious Balms.
London: Spurr & Swift, 1924. First edition.
Original green buckram, paper label on spine. Some fading of the spine as usual with this book, otherwise a clean, decent copy. This is copy 69 of 265 copies, signed by Machen. A collection of reviews of Machen's books, including THE GREAT GOD PAN, THE HOUSE OF SOULS, THE HILL OF DREAMS, etc.
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150.00 CDN
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941 |
Machen (Arthur) The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light.
London: John Lane/Boston: Roberts Bros., 1895. Second edition. Slate cloth designed in white, spine lettered in gilt. Ads at rear dated 1895. Rubbing and wear to edges, bookplate on front end paper, ownership stamp on fly leaf; in general, a fairly bright, very good copy otherwise. The words "Second Edition" have been removed quite expertly from the verso of the title page, possibly with some fine steel wool. Binding design by Aubrey Beardsley, repeated on the title page. The first edition is dated 1894; this 1895 edition is uncommon.
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175.00 CDN
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943 |
Mackay (Charles) The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and more especially of The English and Lowland Scotch, and of Their Slang, Cant, and Colloquial Dialects.
London: For The Author by N. Trubner and Co., 1877. First edition.
xxxii + 604pp. Original purple cloth, printed paper spine label. Spine a bit sunned, light overall wear, rear hinge a bit loose, small hole at rear hinge, slight bubbling of cloth on back cover; in general, a clean and very good copy otherwise. List of Subscribers at front.
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450.00 CDN
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945 |
MacLennan (R.J.) In Yon Toon. My Friend Mrs. Simpson.
Glasgow & London: Gowans and Gray, 1909. First edition.
12mo. [136]pp. Pictorial wrappers. A bit of wear to spine, pencil name on front cover, end leaves foxed; in general, very good. "The following chapters are selected from a series contributed to the Glasgow News during the past year. The dialect is t hat of Aberdeenshire in modified form..." (from the Preface).
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35.00 CDN
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946 |
Macmahon (Ella) An Honourable Estate.
London: Hutchinson, 1898. Second Edition.
Brown cloth lettered in gilt, device in blind on front cover. Lacking the front end paper, a bit of shelf wear, but a bright very good copy. By the author of "A New Note".
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15.00 CDN
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947 |
MacMechan (Archibald) Red Snow On Grand Pre'.
Two parts, stapled. An offprint from Dalhousie Review in two sections; the first is paginated [83] - 91, the second [170] - 180. A little edge wear, very good condition. The first part bears a signed inscription from the author on the front page: W. Ray McClelland / with kind regards / Archd. Mac mechan. These two sections were printed in the Dalhousie Review Volume 10, numbers 1 & 2, 1930. These appear to be offprinted copies, likely supplied to the author for his distribution. MacMechan published a book of the same title the following year, of which this section was the first part.
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50.00 CDN
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948 |
Maddux (Berton J.) The Veil Withdrawn. A Novel.
NY: Dillingham, 1900. First edition. Wine pictorial cloth, front cover designed and lettered in black and white, spine lettered in gilt. Some dust soiling of cloth, but a bright, very good copy with an attractive binding design. A melodramatic crime novel set in Ohio. Listed in Hubin.
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50.00 CDN
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949 |
Magnay (Sir William) A Poached Peerage. Illustrated.
London: Ward, Lock, 1909.
Blue cloth stamped in blind, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. Frontispiece and 2 plates by Victor Prout. The frontispiece appears to have fallen out, and been re-inserted near the front of the book, before the half-title leaf. Otherwise, t his is a very bright, fresh, attractive copy. Listed in Hubin with a dash, indicating either marginal or unconfirmed content. It appears to be principally a society romance, but with definite criminous content; murder, deception, amne s i a . A n u n c o m m o n book.
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50.00 CDN
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950 |
Magnay (Sir William) The Powers of Mischief. Illustrated.
London: Ward, Lock, 1909. First edition.
Red cloth stamped in blind, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. Frontispiece and 2 plates by Alex Fall (? - hard to read signature). 16pp. publisher's catalogue at rear. Slight holing along front hinge, a bit of wear to the back cover, but in general a very bright, clean and attractive copy. A thriller which includes hollow trees, secret tunnels, kidnapping. Listed in Hubin. An uncommon title.
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55.00 CDN
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952 |
Maitland (Oscar) The Society Detective.
NY: Street & Smith, 1889. First edition.
Rebound in modern plain wrappers, with a lettered spine label. [188]pp. Original covers lacking; back cover bound in from The Pratt Book Store, Denver. Illustrated. Old glue on inner front hinge, some soiling of page edges, very good. Issued as No. 22 in The Secret Service Series, August, 1889. Listed by Hubin citing this edition, the only book listed by this author. In the story, Archie Lyndon is The Society Detective.
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45.00 CDN
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953 |
Malden (R.H.) Nine Ghosts.
Penyffordd, Chester: Ash-Tree Press, 1995.
Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Frontispiece and several illustrations. A fine copy in the pictorial dust jacket. One of 300 numbered copies. Originally published in 1943, this edition has a new introduction.
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200.00 CDN
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954 |
Malles de Beaulieu (Elisabeth). Le Robinson De Douze Ans, Histoire interessante d'un jeune Mousse Francais abandonne dans une ile deserte; Ornee de six gravures; Par Mme. Malles de Beaulieu. Septieme edition, Revue et corrigee.
Paris: Blanchard, 1827. Seventh edition. Frontispiece, decorative title page, and four inserted engravings. 12mo. Full calf, spine gilt, titled in gilt on a leather label. Marbled end papers. 4 pages of publishers ads at the front. Covers are rubbed, leather is intact but crumbling at extremities, some chipping to corners and spine ends; a very good copy. Some faded marginalia at the base of the title page, a few page corners are folded. Paper is white and not foxed; the plates are strong impressions, not signed but ascribed to E. Gaucher. The 7th Blanchard edition of this popular French version of Robinson Crusoe.
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75.00 CDN
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956 |
Malone (Richard Francis) The Witcheens. A Tale of Maynooth and London.
London: Daniel, 1928. First edition.
Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Erasures from end papers and fly leaves, some small stains to rear end papers, a very good copy, spine lettering bright. A curious novel, much is written in dialect. Concerning "Dr. L'Estrange, a noted materialist who undertakes investigation of the occult..." Very scarce.
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125.00 CDN
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958 |
Mar (Val de) Dead Men's Shoes or The One Hundred Per Cent Inheritance Tax.
(San Francisco: Dent, 1920). First edition.
Brown cloth lettered in gilt. Ink stamp on back cover, sticker on front end paper, some shelf wear, a very good copy. This seems to be a work on inheritance and succession, but framed in a science-fiction format: an Iconoclast uses the "Telepsychophone" also called the "Universal Wireless Tele-psychic-phone" which allows anyone in any part of the country to communicate with anyone else. Mostly in essay format, but with bits of dialogue, stories, etc. A curious work.
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75.00 CDN
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959 |
Marchmont (Arthur W.) An Imperial Marriage. Illustrated.
London, etc.: Ward, Lock, 1909. First edition.
Black decorative cloth designed in gray & green, lettered in gilt. Frontispiece and 2 plates by Forestier. 16pp. publisher's catalogue at rear. Light wear, but a bright very good copy. An historical tale of conspiracy & murder. Listed in Hubin, as a re many of Marchmont's works. This title is not commonly offered.
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55.00 CDN
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963 |
Marlatt (Daphne) Our Lives.
Carboro: Truck Press, (1975). Original wrappers. First edition. This is one of 500 regular copies, of an edition of 526. Some stains to upper and lower corners, affecting a few pages, some small stains to wrappers, a very good copy. Inscribed on the title page from the author: "for Larry / best / Daphne". Larry is Larry Eigner, and this is his copy. A nice association, as the two were acquainted.
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35.00 CDN
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964 |
Marlatt (Daphne) leaf leaf/s.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969. First edition. Yellow buckram, green decorative title label on front cover and printed label on spine. Yellow end papers. Copy number 43 of 125 copies in hardcover, signed by Marlatt. A fine copy in the original glasine wrapper. A review copy, with a slip from the publisher laid in.
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55.00 CDN
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965 |
Marlatt (Daphne) leaf leaf/s.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1969. First edition. Yellow buckram, green decorative title label on front cover and printed label on spine. Yellow end papers. Copy number 44 of 125 copies in hardcover, signed by Marlatt. A fine copy in the original glasine wrapper, which has a couple of short tears.
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45.00 CDN
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966 |
Marlatt (Daphne) Rings.
Vancouver: Georgia Straight Writing Supplement: Vancouver Series #3, 1971. First edition. Original pictorial wrappers, 8.5 X 11 inches. Limited to 400 copies. This is Larry Eigner's copy, quite beat-up, with wear to the spine ends and edges. Typically, he has used colored pens on the first leaf. Also there is a note in his hand on the first page: "September 3/71 / reading at VAG / day RINGS came out". A nice association copy. Eigner and Marlatt knew each other - the Eigner collection at Stanford contains a number of letters from Marlatt to him, from the period 1969 - 1977.
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75.00 CDN
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969 |
Mason (Burnham F.) The Stroke of A Knife or, A Murderer's Victim.
NY: Street & Smith, [1903].
218pp. + 8pp. ads at rear. Original pictorial wrappers. Quite badly chipped and worn at edges, spine worn and chipped, paper browned, missing the back cover, a rough copy. Issued as No. 281 in The Magnet Detective Library. Listed in Hubin, citing th is edition. There is a copyright statement on the verso of the title page: "Copyright 1890 by Norman L. Munro."
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15.00 CDN
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971 |
Mastin (John) The Stolen Planet. A Scientific Romance.
London: Philip Wellby, 1906. First edition. Light blue pictorial cloth designed in black, white, orange and yellow. 6 pages of publishers ads at rear, dated 1906. Cloth rubbed, spine ends chipped, considerable wear at edges, Smith Library label on inner front cover, some page corners folded; a rather well-used, but generally very good copy. There were several later issues of this book; this first issue is very scarce indeed. A tale of interplanetary and interstellar adventure in the space ship 'Regina'. The author's later book: THROUGH THE SUN IN AN AIRSHIP (1909) features further adventures of the same craft.
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500.00 CDN
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972 |
Mastin (John) Through The Sun In An Airship.
London: Griffin, (1909). First edition. Blue cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, publishers device on front cover in gilt. The first binding, of 2, with C. Griffin & Co. at the base of the spine. Modest wear to edges, dark line across cloth covers (from cloth manufacture), final ad leaves carelessly opened; in general a fairly bright, very good copy. Further interplanetary adventures of the space ship 'Regina', previously featured in Mastin's book THE STOLEN PLANET (1906).
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250.00 CDN
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973 |
Mastin (John) The Immortal Light.
London, etc.: Cassell, (1907). First edition. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Frontispiece, a map in red & black. A bit of glue residue at base of front cover, and part of label on inner cover; a very bright, very good copy, quite nice. Lost-race and SF set in the future, of an advanced culture in Antarctica. There were later issues of the book published by Griffin and Selfridge; this first issue is uncommon.
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150.00 CDN
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974 |
Matheson (D[uncan] M.) Chebucto and Other Poems.
[Halifax, 1917]. First edition.
[126pp.]. Original green cloth, front cover designed and lettered in black. Text block stapled. Some wear to edges, front fly leaf lacking, evidence of some glue repair to inner front hinge; a sound, very good copy otherwise. Introduction by Dr. E. Blackadder. Matheson was a Nova Scotian, principal of a school in Halifax. Several long poems concern Nova Scotia, and the Micmacs; numerous shorter poems are on the subject of the Great War. A second edition appeared in 1919, and ran to 152pp.
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60.00 CDN
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975 |
Mathew (David) In Vallombrosa.
London: Collins, 1952. First edition.
Red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Previous owner's name stamp in front, but a nice clean copy in a dust jacket which shows some sunning to folds and edges. A novel of Florence after WW2.
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20.00 CDN
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976 |
Matthews (Brander) & H.C. Bunner, et al. Stories by American Authors. I.
NY: Scribners, 1884. First edition.
[178]pp. + 6pp. ads at rear. Yellow cloth lettered in black. Dust soiling of cloth, inner front hinge cracked, some shelf wear; a very good copy otherwise. The first volume in the series, with stories by Bayard Taylor, Brander Matthews & H.C. Bunner (The Documents In The Case), William Henry Bishop, Rebecca Harding Davis, and Albert Webster. Wright III: 5267.
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25.00 CDN
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978 |
Mauris (Maurice) (Marquis de Calenzano) French Men of Letters.
NY: Appleton, 1880.
[264]pp. + 6pp. publisher's ads at rear. Original brown paper wrappers designed and lettered in black. Small bookseller's sticker on front wrapper, otherwise a very nice, clean copy. Issued as No. 60 in Appletons' New Handy-Volume Series. Dedicated to Charles A. Dana. Biographies of French authors including Hugo, Gautier, Murger, de Nerval, Dumas, Sardou, Zola, others.
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20.00 CDN
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980 |
Mayo (W.S.) Kaloolah, or Journeyings to The Djebel Kumri: An Autobiography of Jonathan Romer. Edited by W.S. Mayo, M.D.
NY: Putnam/London: Bogue, 1849. First edition.
Original green cloth stamped in blind, front cover designed in gilt, spine designed and lettered in gilt. Frontispiece & illustrated title page by Darley. Scattered foxing throughout, glue repair to inner rear hinge, moderate soiling of cloth, a very good copy. Spine lettering is bright, and it is not bad-looking, better than usual for this book. A popular lost-race novel set in Africa, which saw numerous editions. Wright I: 1852.
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150.00 CDN
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981 |
McClung (Nellie) The Black Creek Stopping-House and Other Stories.
Toronto: William Briggs, 1912. First edition.
Green pictorial cloth designed in black & white, lettered in gilt. Large piece cut from the front end paper, old stain to the lower corner of the first 20 pages; otherwise, this is a really bright and attractive copy, with the spine lettering totally bright & intact. Contains the title story and seven short stories.
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25.00 CDN
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982 |
McClure (Michael) Hail Thee Who Play.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1968. First edition.. Decorative boards, multicolored cloth spine, printed paper label on spine. One tiny mark on rear board; a fine copy. This is copy number 2 of 75 copies bound in boards, signed by McClure and with an original drawing by him on the third leaf. An extra spine label is tipped into the rear.
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75.00 CDN
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984 |
McGeer (Ada) Oh Call Back Yesterday, Bid Time Return.
Vancouver: Versatile, (1981).
White wrappers lettered in blue. 185 pages. Frontispiece portrait of the author, and numerous photographic illustrations. Red pen mark on upper spine, otherwise a very good copy. Signed by the author, dated 1981. Included is a reminiscence of Emily Carr, with an illustration of her.
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20.00 CDN
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986 |
McGloin (Frank) Norodom, King of Cambodia. A Romance of the East.
NY: Appleton, 1882. First edition.
Brown cloth designed in black, lettered in gilt. Floral end papers. A very bright and attractive copy. A novel of fantastic adventure set in ancient Cambodia, very weird, including battles between demons and angels, and the final destruction of the city which is blown into space. See Locke: Spectrum of Fantasy, pg. 146, describing a copy bound in blue cloth, but otherwise identical.
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100.00 CDN
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988 |
McKenzie (Donald J.) [pseudonym of Ernest Avon Young]. Under His Thumb or The Rival Detectives' Clues.
NY: Street & Smith, (1898).
Rebound in modern plain wrappers, with a lettered spine label. Original front cover lacking, back cover bound in. Frontispiece and several illustrations in the text. Paper browned, new wrappers detached from body of text (easily fixed), very good. T he original back cover indicates that this was No. 28 in The Magnet Library, March 9, 1898. Listed in Hubin, citing a Street & Smith edition, 1889. Young also wrote under the names Harry Rockwood, and Nick Carter.
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20.00 CDN
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990 |
McKenzie (Thomas) A Guide to Philological Investigation.
Paisley: Alex Gardner, et al, 1841.
8vo. [318]pp. Contemporary half-calf & marbled boards, title in gilt on a red leather spine label. Boards rubbed, moderate shelf wear, front hinge weak but intact, very good in general. Nice engraved frontispiece of an Etymological Tree. Very scarce, we can find no listing of another copy.
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150.00 CDN
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991 |
McNail (Stanley) Footsteps In The Attic.
San Francisco: Galley Sail Publications, 1958. First edition. Purple wrappers designed in black & grey. Tiny crease to upper corner of cover, spine slightly sunned, basically a fine copy. An uncommon early collection by McNail, who was later published by Arkham House.
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90.00 CDN
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994 |
Meinholdt (William) -editor. Mary Schweidler, The Amber Witch. The Most Interesting Trial For Witchcraft Ever Known. Printed From an Imperfect Manuscript by Her Father, Abraham Schweidler, The Pastor of Coserow, in The Island of Usedom. Edited by W. Meinholdt... Translated From the German by Lady Duff Gordon.
NY: J. Winchester, New World Press, [1844 or 45]. 64pp. Final leaf bears publishers ads. Old stains on a few pages, considerable foxing throughout, top edge of title page trimmed off (to remove an owners signature), otherwise very good. Later marbled boards, paper labels on spine and front cover. Probably the first American edition of this translation; a Wiley & Putnam edition dated 1845 exists; Worldcat dates copies of this Winchester edition variously as 1844 and 1845. A translation of Meinhold's MARIA SCHWEIDLER DIE BERNSTEINHEXE (1843). An important early novel of witchcraft, set during the 30 Years War, highly regarded by Lovecraft and others. Bleiler: Guide to Supernatural Fiction, 1142.
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125.00 CDN
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995 |
Mendes (H. Pereira) Looking Ahead. Twentieth Century Happenings.
NY, etc.: Neely, (1899). First edition. Green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover ruled in red and lettered in gilt. A little foxing to end leaves, one page folded (done during printing/binding), but an unusually bright and attractive copy. Sargent: British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985: page 61. Suvin: Victorian Science Fiction in the UK: page 78. A complex future utopian tale. Quite scarce.
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150.00 CDN
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996 |
Meredith (George) One of Our Conquerors. In Three Volumes.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1891. Second edition.
Three volumes. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, front cover designed in black. Yellow coated end papers. Publisher's monogram in blind on back cover. This is a very fresh and attractive set in original cloth, with only light edge wear and rubbing. A handsome set of the second edition.
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250.00 CDN
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999 |
Merril (Judith) Shadow on the Hearth.
NY: Doubleday, 1950. First edition.
Black boards, spine lettered in silver. A little shelf wear, a few pages have folds at the lower corner where they were bent, but a nice copy in dust jacket. Signed by Merril on the half-title leaf. Always a common book, remarkably so for a trade novel published in 1950. Merril's collection of science fiction books, donated in 1970, was the nucleus of the Merril Collection at the Toronto Public Library. From the dust jacket: "A tense, prophetic novel of one woman's world - after the bomb falls!"
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50.00 CDN
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1000 |
Merrill (Albert Adams) The Great Awakening. The Story of the Twenty-Second Century.
Boston: George Book Publishing Company, 1899. First edition. Original beige pictorial wrappers designed and lettered in black. Frontispiece. Old stain to upper spine, some wear to the spine and chipping to corners, wear to upper corner of front wrapper; very good otherwise. Very uncommon in this paper issue; the book was also issued in pictorial blue cloth. As in the cloth issue, the front wrapper repeats the art from the frontispiece. A future utopia, expounding the philosophies of Henry Thomas Buckle, quotes from whom open and close the book.
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200.00 CDN
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