Search Results: Titles starting with M from Brillig Books

New Canaan, CT: M. Tomchuk Fine Arts Publishing, (1989). Book. Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Small quarto, black cloth covered boards with gilt title and spine titles. 143pp.including list of collectors, chronology and biography. Illustrated throughout with reproductions in color. Includes a catalogue raisonne. Fine in fine dust jacket. A lovely, fresh and unread copy in a crisp, sharp and brilliant dust jacket..

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998. Book. Fine. Original Wraps. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo, red, white and grey illustrated stiff wraps, (paperback). 86 pp. Warmly inscribed on half-title by DANIELS in the year of publication. "For Billy the teacher who gave me the blues--the rhythm and blues in friendship, Jim 8/12/98 Also signed and dated on the title page. Billy Price is a popular Pittsburgh musical figure, vocalist and leader of the Rhythm Kings and of the Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band, both now dissolved popular regional bands. An interesting association copy. This volume is fine, crisp, stiff, square, clean, bright, unmarked and unread with a flat uncreased spine. Fine..

New York: Time Warner, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Folio, (17" X 11"), black paper covered boards with gilt title and color photo inset of David Wolper on cover. A tribute to one of the "giants" of Hollywood, film and television. A legendary producer and deal maker whose credits include Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. Laid in is a gold "Wonka's Golden Ticket" entitling the holder to a mystery admission to the chocolate factory. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white photographs and reproductions. A lavish photographic review of Wolper's career achievements. A very clean, bright, tight volume with a minor bump at top of spine, else fine. Near fine..

Paris: Sagittaire, 1946. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Small trade octavo, original orange wraps, )paperback). 445 pp. A very tight, clean, fresh volume with unopened and unread pages. Crisp, tight, square, solid. The only flaw in this volume is a lightly faded spine, else as new. Near Fine..

New York: Abrams, 1965. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Small oblong quarto, grey cloth covered boards. 77 pp. including, bibliography, chronology and list of exhibitions. Illustrated with 42 plates of which 12 are in full color. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, unmarked volume in a crisp, tight, clean, dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket..

Munich/New York: Prestel/MOMA, 1993. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Quarto, illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 273 pp. including notes on the individual items in the exhibition. Very generously illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproductions. A tight, clean, glossy unmarked volume. Slightly cocked near bottom, else fine. Near Fine..

New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1977. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Small quarto, wave motif illustrated coated paper covered boards in turquoise and lavender. Gold endpapers. 166 pp. plus list of titles in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series and errata page. Very generously illustrated throughout with 153 photographs including 41 in full color. A beautiful book production as are all of the titles in this exquisite series with typically high standards of critical commentary and selection of representative works of art. A tight, clean volume with very fresh bright boards, internally fresh, unmarked and unblemished in a tight, bright, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. A beautifully preserved collector's copy and virtually as new..

New York/Tokyo: Weatherhill/Heibonsha, 1973. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Small quarto, wave motif illustrated coated paper covered boards in turquoise and lavender. Gold endpapers. 182 pp. plus list of titles in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art series. Very generously illustrated throughout with 153 photographs including 34 in full color. A beautiful book production as are all of the titles in this exquisite series with typically high standards of critical commentary and selection of representative works of art. A tight, clean volume with very fresh bright boards, internally fresh, unmarked and unblemished in a tight, bright, glossy, price-clipped dust jacket(with original price sticker at foldover bottom corner from Kinokuniya). 1/4" tear a top rear corner of spine of dust jacket, else fine. Fine in near fine dust jacket. A beautifully preserved collector's copy and virtually as new..

London: Academy Editions/Ernst & Sohn, 1990. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Foiio, charcoal grey cloth covered bpards with gilt spine titles.300 pp. including Note from the Architects. Truly profusely illustrated throughout with full page gorgeous full color photography, many full page and edge-to-edge, along with diagrams, plans and elevations. Includes essays by the architects and interviews. Covering 37 of their projects including Tegel Harbour Housing, Humboldt Library and the Rodes House among others. Exten sive concise professional biographies of each of the architects in rear. A gorrgeous book production, and an iin-depth investigation of the work and architectural philosophy of this award winning firm. A flawless copy, with rich clean cloth and sparkling gilt spine titles, in a heavy photo-illustrated double fold, dust jacktet. Pristine BRAND NEW BOOK. UNCOMMON..

Berkeley/New York: Grassy Knoll, 1966. Book. Illus. by Lisa Lyons. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Octavo, orange illustrated stapled stiff wraps (paperback). 56 pp. Illustrated with line drawings by Lisa Lyons. A satirical drama on the presidency of Lyndon Johnson. A tight, crisp, stiff, flat, clean, fresh, unmarked volume without rust or marks near staples. FINE. A beautifully preserved copy of a fragile title..

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1996. Book. As New. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Octavo, illustrated stiff wraps. 63 pp. plus biographical note on the author. SIGNED BY JAN BEATTY on title page "To J___ and B______ Hope you enjoy! Jan Beatty, 2/3/99". Winner of the 1994 Agnes Starrett Lynch Poetry Prize and part of the Pitt Poetry Series. A tight, clean, bright, crisp, stiff, square, unmarked and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. AS NEW..

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1989. Book. As New. Full-Leather. First Edition Thus. Octavo, blue full leather with gilt decorations, raised spine bands and gilt spine titles and decorations. All edges gilt. White silk ribbon marker. Silk moire endpapers. 412 pp. including index and appendix of Madame Curie's awards and honors. A very fine, bright, clean, crisp, fresh, unmarked and unread volume with sil ribbon marker in original placement. FINE. Flawless. AS NEW..

New York: Atheneum, 1989. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Small quarto, blue cloth covered boards. 432 pp. Illustrated with black and white drawings and full color photographs. Crisp, tight, clean, bright, unmarked and unread. Fine in fine dust jacket..

NY: Macmillan, (1992). Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). F. First Edition. Small slim quarto, glazed illustrated boards. Unpaginated [ca.30pp.] Illustrated in pastel by Deborah Kogan Ray. DOUBLE SIGNED BY AUTHOR in both BRAILLE and INK SIGNATURE. Fine in fine dust jacket. A fresh, very tight and unread volume in a crisp brilliant dust jacket. Scarce with signature..

New York/Rutland/Tokyo: Japan Publications Trading Company, 1965. Book. As New. Cloth. Second Edition. Second Edition. Quarto (12' X 8.25"), dark brown burlap covered boards over white cloth spine with titles and spine titles in red, white and brown. 282pp. including index, bibliography, glossary and appendix. Very generously illustrated throughout with 200 black and white gravure photographic illustrations and many line drawn plans and charts for garden layout and construction. This book covers every aspect of the classic formal Japanese Garden, from the symbolism of different stone and plant arrangements, to the construction of bridges and fences, placement of ponds and streams, trees, shrubs, moss and lichens, stone paved and gravel paths, stone lanterns, pagodas and basins etc. With separate treatments of the Kitchen Garden, the Interior Courtyard Garden, the Tea Garden, the Rooftop Garden, etc. An exhaustive and authoritative study. The bibliography includes what the authors consider to… Read More

The Netherlands: Fotostudio Jan Bartelsman BV and Ruparo BV, 1999., 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First Edition. Small folio, (10" X 14") two volumes in slipcase with color photograph pasted on. Volume 1 cream coated paper covered boards and Volume 2 cream stiff self-wraps. pp. 120, 63. Volume 1 generously illustrated throughout with blacka and white pastel tinted surrealistic photographs of the leading chefs of Germany along with full color photographs of their elaborately designed and presented dishes. Volume 2 is a compilation of the recipes for the dishes in volume 1 along with black and white photographs of dishes. A photographic sport and culinary fantasia orchestrated by Jan Bartelsman and his studio team. An elegant book designed and executed with panache. Both volumes fine, fresh, tight, unmarked and unread in a fine slipcase. A beautiful set virtually as new. SCARCE..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition, Quarto, navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine title. 280 pp. Translated from the German by Kurt Blaukopf.*Sein Leben, sein Werk und seine Welt in Zeitgenossischen Bildern und Texten.* Quarto. 280pp. The first part consisting of a photographic "documentation" of Mahler's life and times inclucing 362 illustrations, 37 in color, with facsimiles, black and white and color photographs and maps also in black and white and color. The second half of the book is a collection of textual documents including letters etc. which constitute an unusual reference resource for the Mahler scholar or student. A tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unblemished document with fresh cloth and bright spine title in a crisp, tight, sharp, glossy, unclipped dust jacket. A collector's copy kept in mylar from the day of purchase. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

New York: Harry N Abrams, 1989. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. Quarto, turquoise cloth covered boards with blindstamp title on front and violet spine title. 240 pp. including index, bibliography, list of pieces in museum collections and list of marks. Very generously illustrated throughout with 200 photographs with over 140 plates in stunning full color. A definitive study. A very tight, clean, bright, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume in a heavy crisp, double fold, glossy, bright dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW..

Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1995. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Later Printing. Octavo, turquoise colored sttif wraps (paperback). 269 pp. including index and extensive notes. A tight, square, crisp, clean, fresh, unmarked, unblemished and unread volume with a flat uncreased spine. FINE. Virtually as new..

New York: New York American Craft Museum, 1982. Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. Small square quarto, taupe grey original stiff wraps with window and hand made paper sample inset. (paperback) with beautiful rice paper endpapers. Papermaking USA History, Process, Art, American Craft Museum II and the Handmade Paper Book, American Craft Museum Covers the history of papermaking and withl illustrations of modern art using hand made papers and paper making techniques. A very tight, clean, crisp, stiff square, fresh, unmarked volume with flat uncreased spine. FINE. Uncommon..