Search Results: Authors starting with M from Cole & Contreras

Nürnberg (Nuremberg): Homann, 1735. A stunning antique map with original full color, in excellent condition. 50 x 60 cm (plate), 52.5 x 62 cm (sheet). Printed on fine laid paper. Verso blank. Archival tape reinforcement to edges of verso. In perfect condition, with the colors very fresh.

Zurich: Heidegguer, 1765. A very scarce printing of Mably's most important work, an exposition of his political philosophy disguised as a translation of an ancient Greek manuscript. Printed on good wove paper, with large margins. 8vo. Entirely uncut. In the original marbled boards, with a paper spine label. Light wear to covers, internally clean. A pristine copy of a very scarce book.

Paris: Editions M.-P. Tremois, 1928. FIRST EDITION of this novel by Machard about early teenage sexual initiation. Illustrated with 10 charming full-page hors-texte color lithographs by Jean Auscher, mostly depicting children in ambiguously sexual situations. From a total edition of 352 copies, this is ONE OF 35 NUMBERED COPIES ON DUTCH HANDMADE PAPER, WITH A SUITE OF THE LITHOGRAPHS PRINTED IN BLACK. 4to. Original wraps. Entirely uncut. A bit of faint foxing, else fine and bright.

London: Liliane Caffin Madaule, 1992-2007. Hardcover. New/new. Three volumes, complete. THE STANDARD CATALOGUE RAISONNE (not to be confused with the inferior catalogue published in Madrid in 2004, which is a poor copy of this one and lacks all of the valuable information contained in the supplement.) About 1000 plates, most in color. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth. Dustjackets. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Madrid: Biblioteca Nacional, 1976. The standard bibliography of Antonio and Manuel Machado, including both primary and critical works. 4,649 entries. 4to, near fine in original wraps.

Madrid: Biblioteca Nacional, 1973. First and only edition of the most complete bullfighting bibliography ever compiled, with 4,228 items described. Facsimiles. 4to, original wraps, fine.

Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, 2004. A sumptuously-produced catalogue raisonne of Aime Maeght's collection of livres d'artiste. 301 pp. Includes all of the illustrated books published by the Galerie Maeght, and many others published from 1900 to 1981 (the year of Aime Maeght's death). Hundreds of books exhaustively described. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Includes catalogues of Derriere le Miroir, Pierre a Feu, Argile, L'Ephemere, and other Maeght publications. A section ot the end provides short biographies and photographs of all of the authors, artists, and publishers. Fully indexed. Squarish 4to. Publisher's cloth. NEW, IN PERFECT CONDITION. One of the best (and most attractive) books on French livres d'artiste.

Paris: Maeght, 1985-1989. Two volumes. The catalogue raisonne of the posters produced by the Galerie Maeght from 1964 to 1977. Almost 400 items described, all illustrated with full-page color plates. Large square 4to. Publisher's cloth, dustjackets. Fine and bright.

Paris: Bibliothèque Charpentier / Eugène Fasquelle, 1917. ONE OF ONLY 80 NUMBERED LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON DUTCH LAID PAPER ("hollande") OF MAETERLINCK'S OCCULT MASTERPIECE. VII, 327 pp. 8vo. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY FRANZ (signed) in three-quarters aubergine morocco and decorated boards. Spine gilt in five compartments. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Tiny traces of wear to binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare.

Mexico City: B. Costa-Amic, 1963. A collection of poems. Limited edition printed on uncut green paper. Unopened. 4to, original wraps. Fine.

Cape Town: Don Nelson, 1978. FIRST EDITION (so stated) of this outstanding photobook devoted to Soweto (not to be confused with other, far more common, books about Soweto with photographs by Magubane). 192 pp. This copy belonged to civil rights hero Jack Greenberg, and has a SIGNED PRESENTATION INCRIPTION from Magubane (dated June 13, 1979) to Greenberg's son. Folio. Publisher's cloth and dustjacket. Tiny traces of wear to extremities of dj, else FINE AND BRIGHT.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. FIRST EDITION (so stated) of this outstanding photobook on the tribulations of South Africa during the 1960s and 1970s. vii, 118 pp. This copy belonged to civil rights hero Jack Greenberg, and has a SIGNED PRESENTATION INCRIPTION from Magubane (dated June 13, 1979) to Greenberg's son. Folio. Original wraps. Tiny traces of wear to extremities, else FINE AND BRIGHT.

Paris: Adolphe Labitte, 1880. A catalogue raisonne of this eighteenth-century book illustrator, printmaker, and draftsman. 623 items described with great precision. Printed on fine Dutch handmade paper. Frontispiece etched portrait by Le Rat. 4to. Original wraps, restored. Internally fine, fresh and uncut.

New York: Basic Books, 1975. FIRST EDITION. An excellent association copy, with the ownership signature of (reformed) Harvard deconstructionist scholar Barbara Johnson. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Dustjacket. FINE AND BRIGHT.

San Remo (Sanremo), 1923. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PORTFOLIO OF FIFTEEN BEAUTIFUL AND ELEGANT BOOKPLATES (mainly armorial) BY LOUIS DE MAIER, PRINTED ON FINE PAPER, each tipped onto a sheet of fine black wove paper. Fourteen are heliogravures in different colors, the last is a wood-engraving by the Comte Stelluti after Maier. 4to. Loose as issued in printed wraps, WITH A SIGNED DEDICATION INSCRIPTION BY DE MAIER. Wraps a bit worn at extremities, contents FINE AND BRIGHT. Fuller, p. 73. VERY RARE.

Macon: Protat Freres, 1899. An outstanding catalogue. 1 leaf; XIV, 498 pp plus 3 full-page plates. 614 incunables described in great detail. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut and unopened. FINE AND BRIGHT, with no defects.

Paris: Auguste Aubry, 1874. A rare bibliography, never reprinted, of popular and ephemeral publications circulated in Paris during the Siege and the Commune. 435 items described, many in great detail. Frontispiece on china paper. 8vo, original wraps. Uncut. Light wear to wraps. Internally clean. A very good copy of an extremely scarce book.

Paris: Floury, 1899. A matchless copy of the first monograph on Rodin and his sculpture, copiously illustrated. This is one of 60 numbered copies on Japan or Rives paper (this copy on Japan paper with a suite of the illustrations on China paper). The original drypoint by Rodin, "Antonin Proust", is present in two states (Delteil 10, vi and vii) both on Japan paper. The original chiaroscuro wood-engravings by Lepere ("Eve") and Beltrand ("Figures de Purgatoire") are present in four states each: the line block on china, the tone block on china, the final state without letters on china, and the final state on Japan. There are numerous other original prints, including one etching by Courtry and many wood-engravings by various artists, on China and Japan. This is furthermore A PRESENTATION COPY FROM RODIN, with his warmly inscribed and initialed visiting card laid in. Large 4to. Beautifully bound in three-quarters morocco and decorated boards by H. CAPELLE (signed). Top edge gilt, other edges… Read More

Paris: Floury, 1899. The first monograph on Rodin and his sculpture, copiously illustrated. Printed on wove paper. COMPLETE with an original drypoint by Rodin, "Antonin Proust" (Delteil 10, state vii), which is often missing. Chiaroscuro wood-engravings by Lepere ("Eve") and Beltrand ("Figures de Purgatoire") after Rodin. Numerous other original prints, including one etching by Courtry and many wood-engravings by various artists. Large 4to. Publisher's wraps. Wraps reinforced at spine with paper tape and a bit worn at edges, internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Scarce.

Paris: Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs, 1927. Text by Marc Lafargue in five languages, and FOUR ORIGINAL SIGNED AND NUMBERED LITHOGRAPHS BY MAILLOL, HERE PRESENT IN TWO STATES EACH (8 signed lithographs in all), in black and in sanguine, printed on fine Montval paper. From a total edition of 125 copies, this is COPY "B", ONE OF ONLY 25 LETTERED COPIES WITH THE LITHOGRAPHS IN BOTH STATES. Guérin 267, 271, 272, and 274. From the collection of Nelson Rockefeller, onetime U.S. vice-president and owner of a great collection of modern art (his book plate on inside front cover). Rockefeller sold this suite to Sylvan Cole (1918-2005), dean of American print dealers. The lithographs, of female nudes, are among the artist's largest and most important. Dealers have broken up virtually all copies of this suite, and the present copy is doubtless one of very few deluxe copies surviving intact. Large folio. Loose as issued in printed card portfolio. Portfolio cover in very good condition with some minor… Read More