Search Results: Authors starting with M from Kama’aina Collection

London: Art Union of London, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Gustave Dore. In pencil: J. G. Laithwaite, also written in Blue ink. Stamped on the inside back cover: The A & H Bindery. None This book has been re-bound, the original cover art is added to the new binding. First edition, oblong folio. [ff. 2]. 42 tinted wood-engraved plates by L. Gruner after Maclise original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (extremities bit frayed, short tear to lower spine, hinges cracked). First Edition. ""Though the reputation of his [Maclise's] genre and dramatic pictures has declined from the height which it reached in his lifetime, this is not the case with his portraits or his great epical compositions.They are now widely acknowledged to be the greatest historical paintings of the English school, and D.G. Rossetti went even further when he wrote, 'These are such ""historical"" pictures as the world perhaps had never seen before'. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask… Read More

London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. A Merry Christmas to Addy and Henry from Aunt Kitty and Philip 1884. None Beautiful Cover with Impressed design, gilt and illustrations. Same on spine. Some shelf wear visible mostly on the bottom of the book. Clean original cloth boards. Top page edge edge has gilt. Revised and Annoyed by James Mason. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

London: Collins, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Fair. None. None 6.5 x 9 x .25 inches. Spine is chipped and there are several pin holes. Normal wear on bottom of boards. Top and side edge of boards in ver good condition. A string of 3 holes on back cover, small but noticeable. Cover and spine tight and intact. Inside covers are still attached and tight. Inside front has several bug holes, none inside back cover. Some minor foxing inside covers and fly sheets. Color and black and white illustrations are clean and crisp. Clean pages. Produced by Adprint Limited London, printed in Great Britain by The Sun Engraving Co LTD London And Witford on Mellotex Book Paper Made By Tullis Russell & Co LTD Markinch Scotland. Eight color plates, twenty one black and white illustrations. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR Small piece missing, evidence of a bug hole, browning… Read More

Philadelphia : George Barrie, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Gustave Dore . Small bookstore sticker for: Nedwick’s Book Store in Chicago. Placed on the back cover, bottom near gutter.. None 11.5 x 15 x 2.75 inches Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

London, Paris, New York, Melbourne: Cassell And Company, Limited, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Gustave Dore. None. None 2 volumes. With Critical and Explanatory Notes, Life of Dante, and Chronology. With extraordinary Full Page Gustave Dore engravings on plates including an impressive portrait of Dante. Folio, finely bound in Full handsome red/Maroon morocco covered boards, the spines with band; Cover and Spine Gilt lettering, gilt page edges on three sides. A fine and very attractive set of this great work. The pages are still mostly clean and fresh but there is some poking on some pages. Tight bindings with minor cracking on the spine folds. Gilt patterns on the leather wrapped to the inside, beautiful green endpapers. A reinforcement strip has been underplayed the end papers to strengthen spines. Professionally done. Also include 1972 sales slip from Book dealer. Dore’s huge and spectacular illustrations bring Dante s visions to life in a style and manner to satisfy artistic… Read More

Paris: Librairie Garnier Frères, 1928. Premier First Edition. Hardcover. Exceptional, Fine. Gustave Dore. None. None Five hundred luxury copies on pure marsh vellum numbered from I to 500 were taken from this Edition. Half Vellum and Marbled Covers Premier Edition of the Fine Book. Hand Illustrated and Lettered on the Vellum Spine. Velum Edges show some wear and minor cracking. Otherwise clean and tight edition. Volume One & Two bound as a single Volume. Francois Rabelais (also known under the pseudonym of Alcofribas Nasier, anagram of Francois Rabelais, or even under that of Seraphin Calobarsy) is a French humanist writer of the Renaissance, born at La Deviniere in Seuilly, near Chinon (in the former province of Touraine), in 1483 or 1494 according to sources, and died in Paris on April 9, 1553. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 2LR

Paris: Garnier Freres, Libraires Editeurs. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. Gustave Dore. None. None 10 x 12.5 x 2 inches Original Bindings. Some cracking of the spine top and bottom. Minor foxing on some pages, but mostly clean. 2 volumes. Francois Rabelais (also known under the pseudonym of Alcofribas Nasier, anagram of Francois Rabelais, or even under that of Seraphin Calobarsy) is a French humanist writer of the Renaissance, born at La Deviniere in Seuilly, near Chinon (in the former province of Touraine), in 1483 or 1494 according to sources, and died in Paris on April 9, 1553. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR

Edinburgh : R. & R. CLARK LTD.,, 1949. Second (Revised Octavo) Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good. None. This was an advance copy for review and includes paper slip denoting this from the publisher. Endpapers are toned with age front and pack. The gutter inside cover has a few small holes. Book has been treated as a precaution against bugs. Pages are clean and bright. Some edge toning on some pages. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. Some chipping on edges and spine along with sun fading and toning.

New York : Harmony, 1980. First Edition. Softcover . Good /Good. Alphonse Mucha. None. None Alphonse Mucha - The Complete Graphic Works, edited by Ann Bridges with a foreword by Jiri Mucha and Contributions by Marina Henderson and Anna Divorak was published by Harmony Books of New York as the First Edition published in the United States. The book was printed and bound in Great Britain. The book, which measures approximately 8 3/4 inches wide by 11 3/4 inches tall by 3/4 inches thick, contains 192 pages of text and illustrations, including 163 plates in color. The book is hardbound in red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. A dust jacket, decorated on front and back with reproductions of Mucha s works, encloses the book. As written on the dust jacket flap, This stunning and colorful book is the most comprehensive and accurate record of Mucha s work available. Included are 163 color plates that show the majority of his panneaux and posters and a representative selection of his… Read More

Great Brittain: Praeger Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Very good+. None. None 6.5 x 9.75 x 1.25 inches. Cover shows bug damage, as does spine and back. Binding is still tight and intact. Pages bright and clean but foxing is present. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR Toning on backside, cracking or bug damage on one crease.

A.C. McClurg & Co., 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Blanche Ostertag. None. None Fine green leather cover with red roses and guilt vines front, back, and spine. Inside covers have fine red leather with guilt and wreath design. Front cover is off, clean break; otherwise tightly bound. Marbled endpapers. Eight full-page exquisite black and white illustrations, line drawings throughout by Blanche Ostertag highly reminiscent of early Jessie Willcox Smith style. Guilt pages on top edge. Water marks throughout book. Very rare bound edition. Front cover is with the book. Oversized or heavy volume, additional shipping charges will apply. Please ask for additional photos prior to purchasing. We are happy to send additional photos. 1LR