MacKENZIE, William L(yon).
The Lives and Opinions of Benj'n Franklin Butler, U.S. Dis't Attorney for Southern Dis't of N.Y. and Jesse Hoyt, Counsellor at Law, formerly Collector of Customs for the Port of N.Y........
Boston: Cook & Co., 1845. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 152pp. Foxing throughout, chipping to the foot of the spine, wrappers soiled around edges but still a near fine copy of a delicate item. Scarce.
MacKenzie wrote this while in exile after the Rebellion. In this work, MacKenzie broadcast a political scandal based on papers found in the N.Y. custom house where he had been working. TPL mentions an injunction to prohibit sale of this book.
Boston: Cook & Co., 1845. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 152pp. Foxing throughout, chipping to the foot of the spine, wrappers soiled around edges but still a near fine copy of a delicate item. Scarce.
MacKenzie wrote this while in exile after the Rebellion. In this work, MacKenzie broadcast a political scandal based on papers found in the N.Y. custom house where he had been working. TPL mentions an injunction to prohibit sale of this book.
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MACKIE, J. Milton.
Life of Schamyl; And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia.
Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1856. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, viii, 300pp. Name, lower edge bumped, some wear to spine ends, a very good copy.
Includes an account of the struggle in the Caucasus between Tsarist Russia and the Circassians.
Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1856. 8vo., orig. brown cloth, viii, 300pp. Name, lower edge bumped, some wear to spine ends, a very good copy.
Includes an account of the struggle in the Caucasus between Tsarist Russia and the Circassians.
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MACKINTOSH, James.
History of the Revolution In England In 1688 Comprising A View Of The Reign Of James II. From His Accession, to The Enterprise Of The Prince Of Orange....To Which Is Prefixed A Notice Of The Life, Writings and Speeches of Sir James MacKintosh.
London: Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1834. 4to., cont. half calf, raised bands, clxxvi, 734pp. Outer hinges rubbed and a little tender o/a nice copy.
London: Longmans, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1834. 4to., cont. half calf, raised bands, clxxvi, 734pp. Outer hinges rubbed and a little tender o/a nice copy.
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MACLAGAN, Robert Craig.
The Game & Diversions Of Argyleshire. Compiled by.....
London: Printed for the Folk-Lore Society By David Nutt, 1901. First edition. The Folk-Lore Society .......XLVII. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth, viii, 270pp. A fine copy.
London: Printed for the Folk-Lore Society By David Nutt, 1901. First edition. The Folk-Lore Society .......XLVII. Tall 8vo., orig. rust cloth, viii, 270pp. A fine copy.
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MACLEAN, Alistair.
Captain Cook. Garden City: Doubleday, (1972). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 192pp. Fine in d/w. "...a graphic and lively account of this great explorer,....describes in exciting detail his three voyages and the adventures that befell him, his crews and ships in lands that until he sailed were in many cases unknown."
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MACLEAN, Charles.
An Excursion in France, and Other Parts of the Continent of Europe; From the Cessation of Hostilities in 1801, to the 13th of December 1803. Including a Narrative of the Detention of the English Travellers in that country as Prisoners of War.
London: Printed for T.N. Longman and C. Rees, 1804. First edition. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with blue morocco spine, cloth, vii, 304pp. With new e/papers. Faint stamp on titlepage which also has the top corner torn off, pages browned with some foxing o/w a nice copy.
Charles MacLean (1788-1824) English medical and political writer. MacLean joined the East India Company and made several voyages to India where he settled and took charge of a hospital in Calcutta. Ordered to leave India he returned to Europe where he travelled to Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Paris to advocate the establishment of an international institution for the study and treatment of plague. He was detained and held prisoner by Napoleon in 1803 until he could prove that he had not been in England for the past ten years. His experience in Europe, including his detainment are outlined in the above work.
London: Printed for T.N. Longman and C. Rees, 1804. First edition. Tall 8vo., recently rebound with blue morocco spine, cloth, vii, 304pp. With new e/papers. Faint stamp on titlepage which also has the top corner torn off, pages browned with some foxing o/w a nice copy.
Charles MacLean (1788-1824) English medical and political writer. MacLean joined the East India Company and made several voyages to India where he settled and took charge of a hospital in Calcutta. Ordered to leave India he returned to Europe where he travelled to Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Paris to advocate the establishment of an international institution for the study and treatment of plague. He was detained and held prisoner by Napoleon in 1803 until he could prove that he had not been in England for the past ten years. His experience in Europe, including his detainment are outlined in the above work.
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MACLEAN, Fitzroy.
Back To Bokhara.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1959). First edition. Cloth, 156pp. Fine in d/w.
"...Maclean tells of his return to the Soviet Union and to the legendary cities of Russian Turkestan. His purpose was to retrace in retrospect some of the adventurous journeys which he described so graphically in Eastern Approaches."
London: Jonathan Cape, (1959). First edition. Cloth, 156pp. Fine in d/w.
"...Maclean tells of his return to the Soviet Union and to the legendary cities of Russian Turkestan. His purpose was to retrace in retrospect some of the adventurous journeys which he described so graphically in Eastern Approaches."
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MACLEAN, Fitzroy.
Disputed Barricade. The Life and Times of Josip Broz-Tito. Marshal of Jugoslavia.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1957). First edition. Cloth, 480pp. Name o/w near fine in a d/w with some staining and wear to spine ends.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1957). First edition. Cloth, 480pp. Name o/w near fine in a d/w with some staining and wear to spine ends.
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MACLEAN, Fitzroy.
Disputed Barricade. The Life and Times of Josip Broz-Tito. Marshal of Jugoslavia. London: Jonathan Cape, (1957). First edition. Cloth, 480pp. Fine in an about fine d/w.
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MacLEAN, Fitzroy.
To Caucasus, the End of all the Earth. An illustrated companion to the Caucasus and Transcaucasia.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1976). First edition. 4to., cloth, 203pp. Fine in d/w.
Second volume in a trilogy; in this volume the author transports us to the vast mountain barrier of the Caucasus, with its towering snow capped peaks and precipitous abysses, and beyond it to the mellow, sunlit uplands of Georgia and Armenia.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1976). First edition. 4to., cloth, 203pp. Fine in d/w.
Second volume in a trilogy; in this volume the author transports us to the vast mountain barrier of the Caucasus, with its towering snow capped peaks and precipitous abysses, and beyond it to the mellow, sunlit uplands of Georgia and Armenia.
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MACLEISH, Archibald.
American Was Promises.
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1939). First edition. Signed by MacLeish on the titlepage. Fine in a price clipped d/w.
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1939). First edition. Signed by MacLeish on the titlepage. Fine in a price clipped d/w.
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(MACLENNAN, Malcolm).
Peasant Life. Sketches of the Villagers and Field Labourers in Glenaldie.
London: Strahan & Co., 1871. In Two Volumes. Third edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, xxxi, 329, 6pp. ads, 313pp. Inner hinges of volume two cracked, some light wear to extremities but still a better than very good set.
London: Strahan & Co., 1871. In Two Volumes. Third edition. 8vo., orig. green cloth, xxxi, 329, 6pp. ads, 313pp. Inner hinges of volume two cracked, some light wear to extremities but still a better than very good set.
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(MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA).
A Canadian Publishing House. Toronto: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited, (1923). First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth backed boards, (40)pp. With illustrations. Boards rubbed with some soiling (upper board is worse), a very good copy. A short history and early history of the Macmillan Company of Canada.
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MACOUN, John.
Manitoba and the Great North-West: The Field for Investment.......
London: Thomas C. Jack, 1883. First edition. Sm.4to., orig. dec. green cloth, xxii, 687, 3pp.ads Repairs to two of the maps, cloth covers mottled with some wear to spine ends o/w a fairly nice copy of a poorly produced book.
London: Thomas C. Jack, 1883. First edition. Sm.4to., orig. dec. green cloth, xxii, 687, 3pp.ads Repairs to two of the maps, cloth covers mottled with some wear to spine ends o/w a fairly nice copy of a poorly produced book.
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(MACPHERSON, Duncan).
Macpherson World Events Reprotage Drawings the Editorial Cartoon 1966 Cartoons. Text by John Brehl. (Toronto: Toronto Star, 1966). First edition. 4to., cloth, unpaginated. Illustrated with cartoons. A nice copy in d/w.
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MacQUARRIE, Hector.
Tahiti Days. New York: Doran, (1920). Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth with a pictorial paper panel on upper cover, 266pp. Mark on front pastedown from removal of a bookplate o/w a nice copy.
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MACQUOID, Katharine.
Through Normandy. Illustrated by Thomas R. Macquoid.
New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, nd. (188-?) Second edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, xxxiii, 556pp. Near fine.
Macquoid divides her travels in Normandy into the following sections; Rouen; sea coast of upper Normandy; the valley of the Seine; old towns of the south; Calvados; the Bessin; La Manche; Mont. St. Michel; the Bocage country; and Orne. "One of the few books which can be read as a piece of literature, whilst at the same time handy and serviceable in the knapsack."
New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, nd. (188-?) Second edition. 8vo., orig. brown cloth stamped in black and gilt, xxxiii, 556pp. Near fine.
Macquoid divides her travels in Normandy into the following sections; Rouen; sea coast of upper Normandy; the valley of the Seine; old towns of the south; Calvados; the Bessin; La Manche; Mont. St. Michel; the Bocage country; and Orne. "One of the few books which can be read as a piece of literature, whilst at the same time handy and serviceable in the knapsack."
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MACQUOID, Thomas and Katharine.
Pictures and Legends from Normandy and Brittany. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. Later edition. Tall square 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a rectangular pictorial gilt decoration on the upper cover, gilt decoration on the spine, (xii), 320pp. Name on pastedown, very minor wear to the top of the spine in fact a near fine copy of an attractive book.
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MACRAE, David.
The Americans At Home: Pen-And-Ink Sketches of American Men, Manners and Institutions.
Glasgow: John S. Marr & Sos, 1879. 8vo., orig. green cloth dec. in black and gilt, vi, 488pp.. Mark from removal of a bookplate on the front pastedown, some rubbing o/w a very good set.
With chapters on Canada; Henry Ward Beecher; New York; Philadelphia; Richmond; the Confederate navy and cavalry; highlanders in North Carolina; slavery and emancipation; railway travelling; liquor laws; etc.
Glasgow: John S. Marr & Sos, 1879. 8vo., orig. green cloth dec. in black and gilt, vi, 488pp.. Mark from removal of a bookplate on the front pastedown, some rubbing o/w a very good set.
With chapters on Canada; Henry Ward Beecher; New York; Philadelphia; Richmond; the Confederate navy and cavalry; highlanders in North Carolina; slavery and emancipation; railway travelling; liquor laws; etc.
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MACROY, Patrick.
Signal Catastrophe The Story of the Disasterous Retreat from Kabul 1842. (London): Hodder & Stoughton, (1966). First edition. Cloth, 288pp. Cloth a bit speckled o/w a nice copy in d/w. Macroy has reconstructed on of the most appalling disasters that ever befell the British army; using contemporary material including dispatches, journals, letters he has produced a "narrative as fluent, thrilling, astonishing and ultimately tragic as any published in recent years."
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