6881. Nichols, John.

The Milagro Beanfield War.

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1994. 14 cm x 21 cm. 456 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6882. Quinn, Tom.

The Military’s Strangest Campaigns and Characters.

London, Robson Books, 2006. 14 cm x 22 cm. XIII, 321 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

6883. Bok, Bart J / Bok, Priscilla, F.

The Milky Way. The Harvard Books on Astronomy.

Second Edition. Philadelphia / Tokyo, The Blakiston Company, 1946. 15 cm x 21.9 cm. VI, 224 pages. Frontispiece. Ninety-three illustrations and two large-scale photographic maps of the Milky Way. Rear pastedown contains two booklets, entitled ‘The Northern Milky Way’ and ‘The Southern Milky Way’, both from “The Milky Way” by Bart J. Bok and Priscilla F.Bok (1941). Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only foxing and discolouration to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Very light stain to upper internal pages. Minor signs of wear to dustjacket. Minor dampstain to rear centre of bookblock. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

6884. Jones, Glyn.

The Millers – A story of technological endeavour and industrial success, 1870-2001.

Lancaster, Carnegie Publishing, 2001. 24 cm. VII, 374 pages with numerous illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6885. Joyce, James.

The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies – A Fragment from Work in Progress. [The Initial Letter, Tail-Piece and Cover were specially designed by the author’s daughter, Miss Lucia Joyce].

No. 564 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. The Hague / New York, The Servire Press / Gotham Book Mart, 1934. Octavo. [vi], 77 & [ii] pages. Original Softcover with the slipcase missing / Illuminated cream wraps with the rare illustrated cover in protective collector’s Mylar. Spine & edges slightly darkened, short tear to the top edge of the front-flap-fold; small tear (4 cm) and abrasion to lower spine with slight loss to bottom iner edges of the covers. Top corner with slight crease. Overall still in very good- condition. Interior EXCELLENT !!!

6886. Chomsky, Noam.

The Minimalist Program [SIGNED by Chomsky with Bookplate / ExLibris of one of his fans “Greg ?”].

Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1995. 8°. 420 pages. Original Softcover. With few signs of external wear only. Signed by Noam Chomsky on the endpaper. [Linguistic Inquiry Monograph Series].

6887. Cowper, William.

The Minor Poems of William Cowper of the Inner Temple.

First Edition. Two Volumes in One (complete set). London, Printed for John Sharpe, 1818. Small Octavo (10 cm x 16,5 cm). Volume I: Illustrated Titlepage, VI, 108 pages with one additional engraving (″On his Mother’s Picture”) / Volume II: Illustrated Titlepage, IV, 108 pages with three additional engravings (1. “The Negro’s Complaint” / 2. “The Dog and the Water Lilly” / 3. “The Lily and the Rose” / “Drawn by Richard Westall R.A., Engraved by John Romney and Published by John Sharpe, Piccadilly, 1817”). Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

6888. [Mirror Club, The] / Henry Mackenzie / William Craig / Alexander Abercromby / Alexander Fraser Tytler.

The Mirror – A Periodical Paper, Published at Edinburgh in the Years 1779 and 1780 [″Veluti in Specula”].

Fourth Edition overall [First Dublin Edition]. In Two Volumes (complete set). Dublin, Printed by T.Henshall for T.Walker, 1782. Small Octavo (10 cm x 18 cm). VI, 288, VIII, 288 pages. Hardcover / Original 18th century leather with new spinelabels, made to style. Both Volumes now in protective Mylar. Some minor wormhole-damage to the last 20 pages of Volume Two.Minor lesions to some pages only. Faded dampstain to both Volumes. Still, both Volumes firm and complete. Important scottish enlightenment publication. From the library of one “John Courtenay”, with his name in ink on the titlepages of both Volumes. This is possibly John Courtenay (22 August 1738 – 24 March 1816), who was an Irish officer in the British Army, later becing a politician in England. He was a Whig member of Parliament (MP) at Westminster from 1780 to 1807, and again in 1812. (Wikipedia)

6889. Abrams, M.H.

The Mirror and the Lamp. Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition.

Reprint of the first Oxford University Press edition. London, Oxford University Press, 1980. 13 x 20 cm. 406 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

6890. Margolis, Joseph.

The Mode of Existence of a work of Art.

The Review of Metaphysics, 1958. 8°. 9 pages. Softcover. Offprint form “The Review of Metaphysics” – 1958.