Search Results: Authors starting with M from Blue Sky Rare Books

St. Petersburg: Hermitage, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lavishly illusrated catalogue of artists' books by some of the greatest painters of the twentieth century — Georges Braques, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Sonia Delaunay-Terk, Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miro, Picasso, for example — most done in the decade and a half following World War II. The introduction by the collector provides a framework for seeing the kinds of artists' books, and the curator annotates each work emphasizing the work of the artists as book illustrators. 397 p., 31 cm, approx. 400 color illus., Rus. with title page and summary in ENGLISH. Hardcover, sewn binding. Nice book. Fine condition.

St. Petersburg: Hermitage, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. fine. Fine copy. In this lavishly illustrated Hermitage exhibition catalogue the authors trace the formation of the genre of artist’s book, seeing its origin in the best examples of nineteenth-century French book design and illustration (e.g., Delacroix, Manet, Degas, Denis), and seek to place it in the overall history of twentieth-century art. The authors identify the subjects around which the artists most often chose to construct their books — biblical texts, ancient texts, classics of European literature, and French poetry. They follow the work of the collector and publisher who helped initiate the artist’s book Ambroise Vollard, who worked with Bonnard, Denis, Picasso, Rouault, among others, and identify other publishers such as Albert Skira, who produced key examples of the genre. Also noted are contributions of Russian avant-garde artists like Natalia Goncharova. The catalogue begins with six works considered as precursors of the… Read More

Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1890. First Caxton Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Nice 1890 reprint of the 1884 edition. 1890 inscription and a 1960 POS, otherwise free of all markings. Binding is tight and clean. Board illustration is suberb.

Eureka, CA: Sunrise Book, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Near fine, just a couple of neat pencil marks. Maroon leather bound. Titled and designed in black and gold on front and spine

Princeton University Press,, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Book has previous owner's signature/city/date on the front fly, else fine. Jacket near fine. A nice tidy copy of an excellent book.

Oxford University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Book and jacket fine, jacket in protective mylar. Inscribed by the author.

Oxford University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Book and jacket near fine, warmly inscribed by author.

University of California Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Book and jacket near fine Book has a nice bookplate, else free of all markings. Jacket is in lovely condition, protected in a mylar wrap. Nice book!

Harvard University Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. Hardcover, book and jacket fine, book free of all markings. Nice book.

Verso, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Good. Book near fine, jacket with a very long closed cut on the back, good only

Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1969. First Edition. hardcover. fine/fine. A fine copy of this classic of typography. The Latin text (republished for the first time sine 1729) is set in Mardersteig's handcut Griffo font. The English text (the first appearance in English) is set in Stanley Morison's Monotype Bembo. Both types emulate (but don't exactly copy) the fonts Francesco Griffo of Bologna made for Aldus Manutius's 1496 of De Aetna. Following the Latin (Griffo) and English (Bembo) texts, Marderstersteig provides an essay on the fonts, including one page (still letterpress) presenting a paragraph of the 1496 font, followed by a matching paragraph of the same text in Griffo and Bembo. The book itself (quarter morocco over matching burnt sienna paper boards) is in completely fine conditon, with the prospectus laid in. Housed in a matching slipcase in Officina Bodoni's house style (leather tips), also fine. One of 125 copies. This English-language edition is scarce.

Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. The essential bibliography and a good read, some great stories from the printer. Near fine, minor handling wear only. This is a heavy book, so please do not order from outside the USA -- postage would be more than the book. Ships media in the USA ONLY.

Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 500 numbered copies from Romanee type (by Jan van Krimpen) on Barcham Green's Eltham handmade paper, bound by George Percival with Japanese stencil-dyed paper-covered boards and Japanese endpapers. Near fine, trivial shelf-wear only, lacking the plain slipcase. Lovely facing-page translation.

Tempe, AZ: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies;, 1998. First edtion, second printing. Hardcover. Near fine. Second printing from 1998, Near fine copy -- just a couple of very neat pencil underlines. Book is tight and clean. Full blue cloth. Scarce in trade. Sewn binding, set is Baskerville type and printed on acid-free paper. Nice book, in protective mylar wrap.

London: Faber and Faber, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. London: Faber and Faber, 1959. First Edition. VG+ in VG jacket. Book is tight and clean, no markings at all. DJ has a couple of small chips and a touch of wear, and looks nice in the clear mylar protective sleeve. First Edition.

Norton. Paperback. Paperback. Good +. Couple of neat black ink marks in early pages, otherwise nice.

Harrow Weald: Raven Press [Gregynog Press related], 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Fine copy in the original slipcase (near fine, trivial wear, no splits) -- patterned slipcase matching the book boards. Limited to 275 copies, 5 full-page illustrations, 14 initials and 3 head-and tail-pieces, engraved on wood and coloured by hand, publisher's vellum-backed marbled boards with gilt raven design, original marbled slipcase, 8vo, 35pp. The first book produced by Horace Bray (illustrator) and Robert Maynard after they left the Gregynog Press to start up the Raven Press. This has the same production values (and quality illustration) as top Gregynog Press editions, such as the Life of David (1927).

New York / New Orleans: Knopf // B.E. Trice, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Number 281 of 300 copies bound in 1/4 leather with marbeled boards by B.E. Trice of New Orleans. Original invoice from Trice included. Book and slipcase about as new, just a slight touch of slipace wear to the boards.

San Francisco: Arion Press, 2007. Paperback. Near Fine. 12pp in purple wraps, two inserts, all near fine. A length prospectus for the limited edtion.

University of Chicago Press, 2022. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Near fine, minor crease, free of all markings.