4921. Main, William.

Auckland. Through a Victorian Lens.

Wellington, Millwood Press, 1977. 28 cm x 22 cm. 177 pages. With several black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name owner inscribed on half title page. In protective mylar.

4922. Maine, Henry Sumner.

Lectures on the Early History of Institutions [Including a chapter on ‘The Ancient Irish Law’].

Sixth Edition. London, John Murray, 1893. 15 cm x 23 cm. 412 pages. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Some stronger discoloration to cover. Some pencil markings and underlinings. Slightly frayed at boundary between cover and endpaper.

4923. Mair, L.P. / [Lucy Philip Mair].

An African People in the Twentieth Century.

Frontispiece, XV, 300 pages. 8 illustrations. Map near front. London, George Routledge & Sons, 1934. 14 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 300 pages with Index. Eight monochrome plates including frontispiece. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Front pastedown carries bookplate / Exlibris of Charles P Groves.

4924. Máire [Ó Grianna, Séamus].

Tarngaireacht mhiseóige.

Baile Átha Cliath, Oifig an tSolathair, 1958. Octavo. 370 pages. Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

4925. Maisch, Richard / Barnett, L.D. (Translator).

A Manual of Greek Antiquities.

London, J.M. Dent & Co., 1903. 10 cm x 15 cm. Frontispiece (Photograph entitled “Auditorium and Orchestra of the Theatre of Epidaurus”), XI, 184 pages. Some black and white illustrations and maps throughout. Original Hardcover with debossed crest of a winged horse on cover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Discolouration to endpapers only. Previous owner’s name in ink pen on endpaper dated 1904. Highly decorative title page. Main body of text and print bright and clear. [The Temple Primers]

4926. Major, J.R. [Head Master of King’s College School].

A Latin Grammar.

Fourth Edition. London, B.Fellowes, 1838. Small Octavo. 176 pages. Original Hardcover / Full leather. Binding in poor condition. Rear endpaper missing. Front endpaper with tear. Drawings by a child to endpaper and pastedowns. A rare book !! Name of preowner (″Daniel Conner – 1839”) written on front board in ink. [Daniel Conner from Manch House, Bandon].

4927. Makoto, Ooka / Fitzsimmons, Thomas.

A Play of Mirrors – Eight Major Poets of Modern Japan [Yoshioka Minoru / Tamura Ryuichi / Iijima Koichi / Tada Chimako / Ooka Makoto / Tanikawa Shuntaro / Shiraishi Kazuko / Yoshimasu Gozo].

Rochester (Michigan), Oakland University / Katydid Books, 1987. Quarto. 312 pages. Original Hardcover. Besides some foxing in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

4928. Makowski, Z. S. (Zygmunt Stanislaw).

Steel Space Structures.

London, M. Joseph, 1965. 26 cm. 214 pages. Illustrations in colour and black and white throughout. Original, illustrated hardcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some rubbing of outer spine.

4929. Malamud, Bernard.

Long Work, Short Life [″I intend to say something about my life a writer….”].

Hoosick Falls, Bennington College, 1985. 8°. Frontispiece (Faksimile-page of a Manuscript by Malamud), 19 pages. Illustrated with three full-page photographs: 1. Bernard Malamud reading at the Carriage Barn, Bennington College (1978) / 2. Bernard Malamud in the 1960s (Clemens Kalischer photo) / 3. Bernard Malamud with Ben Belitt at Bennington College in 1981 (Kyle Hughes Photo). Softcover. Original brochure. One of only 1000 copies of this limited edition. As new ! [The Bennington Chapbooks in Literature – Published in Memory of William Troy].

4930. Malaya / Japanese Occupation / Johore.

Stamp Collection: Vintage Booklet with 64 carefuly mounted, tipped-in stamps from the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Johore.

Malaya, 1941 – 1942. Small Octavo. 7 pages of a special booklet (with 19 pages) filled with the rare occupation stamps during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. All stamps mint ! The booklet with a manuscript note: “Collected by C. Hoskyns at Singapore in Oct. ‘45 (25th Inf. Div.)”.