Search Results: Authors starting with M from KM Books

USA: Focal Press, 2003. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Signed by Author(s). Signed by the authors on title page. As new. Numerous black-and-white illustrations explaining the process and 36 color plates. Small (about 1/2") stain on bottom fore edge of pages. Size and weight will increase shipping costs.

England: Faber & Faber, 1990. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Eric Gill. Original price sticker back cover. Does not appear to have been read. A controversial dive into a disturbed family life (this is an understatement).

Pitman, 1947. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. From the jacket, "The author .... treats the subject from both the historical and technical points of view with remarkable thoroughness." dj - not clipped, with blue sticker and minor tears, book near fine, bookplate of John Meigs (US artist) inside front cover.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Hardcover. New/As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Various . NEW Another World: Nineteenth-Century Illustrated Print Culture New; Color Illustrations; 10.0 X 8.3 X 1.1 inches; 304 pages. The remarkable story of the stylistic, cultural, and technical innovations that drove the surge of comics, caricature, and other print media in 19th-century Europe Taking its title from the 1844 visionary graphic novel by J. J. Grandville, this groundbreaking book explores the invention of print media-including comics, caricature, the illustrated press, illustrated books, and popular prints-tracing their development as well as the aesthetic, political, technological, and cultural issues that shaped them. The explosion of imagery from the late 18th century to the beginning of the 20th exceeded the print production from all previous centuries combined, spurred the growth of the international art market, and encouraged the cross-fertilization of media, subjects, and… Read More

Musee du Quebec, 1997. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John J. A. Murphy and Cecil Buller. White DJ has minor soiling, wear marks and small tear. Includes erratum insert.

USA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Various:. Cloth over boards. 315 numbered pages. Like new BUT this is a withdrawn library book with stickers on front and back DJ as well as on copyright page. Withdrawn stamp of ffep. In mylar over the DJ. Nearly all books listed are aimed at school children as young as two. Chapter on woodcut novels for some historical perspective. ISBN 1442254777, ISBN-13 9781442254770

U.S.A.: 1925Vil1988 Schocken Books, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Frans Masereel. handling marks; sticker residue the front cover; remainder mark bottom edge otherwise near fine. Images printed only recto. From the cover:"First published in Germany in 1925, THE CITY is a portrait of urban Europe between the wars, told in one hundred woodcuts of exceptional force and beauty. Frans Masereel portrays parks and factories, shipyards and brothels, crowds, lovers, and lonely individuals with remarkable subtlety and nuance while exploiting the stark contrast of the woodcut medium.

England: 1919MLH 1988 Penguin, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Frans Masereel. wear marks on back cover; very minor bumps on corners.

1919MLH 1948 Lear, 1948. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Masereel. VG+ to Near Fine; in later mylar, no DJ Mann, Thomas (Introduction by), and Bernstein, Joseph M. (Translated by)

München: Kurt Wolff, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Masereel. Numbered 519 and pencil signed by Masereel. Spine worn and corner leather rubbed; gutters are good; inside clean and text block square; very occasional tiny dots of what appears to be foxing. Three quarter leather over hand marbled paper boards. On deutschem Bütten (Deutsche Bütten) German laid paper. Wolff's edition is responsible for popularizing Masereel in Europe. Munich: [Kurt Wolff] 1920. 15.1 x 11.7cm. With 167 woodcuts by Masereel. 2 white leaves, 1 leaf, 167 plates, 2 leaves, 2 white leaves.

London England: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Irene Mawer. Twelve Mime Plays - A Collection of Wordless Plays Arranged To Music. With eight plates and eight illustrations in the text. Book is VG+; binding tight and no bumps to corners; ffep has faint evidence of pencil erasure - presumably a dealer's price. Occasional faint spots of foxing. Dustwrapper has light chipping at top of the spine.

Sydney: Viking Press, 1940. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Elsie Stewart. Signed by Author(s). Special Edition limited to 75 copies signed by the author and numbered . This is #46 and it contains an original lino-cut signed by Elsie Stewart. Library book (U of Texas) with usual indicators. Card covers with flaps; bumps on top of front cover; dealer sticker inside front cover

U.S.A.: Porcupines Quill, 1982. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 64mo - up to 3" tall. Michael McCurdy. would be near fine except that glue residue on front cover and fold on front cover. Wood engravings by Michael McCurdy.

Canada: Vehicule Press, 1999. Soft cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The principal members of the group: Nora Collyer, Emily Coonan, Prudence Heward, Mabel Lockerby, Mabel May, Kathleen Morris, Lilias Torrance Newton, Sarah Robertson, Ann Savage and Ethel Seath.

San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. As new. 20 pp. 50 plates including 16 color plates. Sewn in gray card boards.

Shufunotomo Co., Ltd, 1989. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. thin card covers near fine

Merritt Pub. Co, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. DJ VG+ to near Fine. Rest is Fine.

Zürich: 1983 Limmat-Verlag, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Carl Meffert. Fine except for a heavy bump on the bottom corners of the cover. -Bottom of spine bumped and bottom corners bumped otherwise a very clean white cover. Oversize, some additional shipping involved. Black-and-white images printed recto. Five short and graphic stories with some information in German printed opposite the image. Deine Schwester Erwerbslose Jugend Frühsorgeerziehung Hamburg Zement

Paris, France, 1961. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A practical manual on engraving on wood. All text is in French. Extensive instructions on the wood engraving technique. Numerous illustrations of the technique as well as examples by prominent European artists. Images are in black and white except for the cover image and a three color print with separate pages for each color. The soft cover has no rips or tears but there is some sticker residue on the back cover. Cover has staining from water damage and minor cockling on some pages.

U.S.A.: Univ of Hawaii Press, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Slip case-no DJ. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Jean Charlot. Signed by Illustrator(s). Jean Charlot's Prints A Catalogue Raisonne in slip case LIMITED Edition: 200 copies with a self portrait etching pencil signed and numbered 175/200 in envelope attached to inside back cover. NEAR FINE BOOK: Folio of pale yellow buckram bound in 1/4 black (dark blue?) morocco leather with gold stamping on the spine. The only blemish is some small orange spots (not foxing) on the rim of the inside cover - presumably from glue used to paste down the end papers; SLIPCASE: In matching yellow buckram slipcase in the near fine condition with some handling marks. Slipcase embossed with artist's name. No dust jacket, as issued. xviii [18] 450 pages. Size/Overweight will require a postal adjustment.