Search Results: Titles starting with M from gStrum

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Paris: Edouard Pelletan, 1909. Hardcover in (later) cloth and marbled boards. 96 + (44 - catalog of books published or in preparation Anatole France) pages; illustrated with 14 color engraved plates including 8 portraits of Anatole France by Steinlen and others. Very good overall condition; no ownership markings, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (froc)

Leather Bound. Good. [WITH ORIGINAL ENGRAVING] Paris: Dunod, 1885. Hardcover in half-leather and marbled boards. First Edition. (4), portrait frontis, 266 pages. Original engraving by Leon Gaucherel after a portrait of Reynaud by Jules Joseph Lefebvre. LEON GAUCHEREL (French, 1816-1886) exhibited at the Salon de Paris from 1847-1879, winning medals on numerous occasions, and being decorated with the Légion d'honneur in 1864. Gaucherel's etching are in many museum collections, including those of Saintes, Semur, and Nice, as well as the V&A in London. LEONCE REYNAUD, born in Lyon in 1803 and died in Paris in 1880, was a French architect and engineer. He was Director of the School of Civil Engineering, overseeing the construction of many French lighthouses and beacons from 1846 to 1878. Light wear to boards, 19th c inscription on front blank page, else very good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (frnc)

Unknown Binding. Fair. [2 Parts Bound as 1] Amstelodami: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1664. Small hardcover bound in period full leather with ribbed spine. ([12]-116-[28]-182[i.e.128]-[1] pages; titelpage with fine full page engraving. (Bound with notes): "Gerardi Vossii G.F. Notae in M. Velleium Paterculum" = 128 (misnumbered 182) + (2) pages. Front board detached, no front end pages (begins with the engraved title page), old bookplate on front paste-down, old writing and signature(s), old paper label on spine, else very good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (frnc)

Hardcover. Good. [VOL. II ONLY] London: Ticknor & Co., 1860. Hardcover in publisher's original brown cloth boards; 284 pages. With (dulled) gilt spine titles and embossed boards, chocolate colored endpapers. First edition with Vol. II issue points (p. 98 has 'strangely'). BAL 7621; Spine ends chipped, minor staining to prelims, else good overall condition; no ownership marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (froc)

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Barcelona: Edicones Poligrafa, 1976. Hardcover in dust jacket. 218 pages with 206 illustrations (32 in color), bibliography, etc. Protective cover with die-cut stencil design by Marca-Relli. Unread condition with no markings, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY. (ab)

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] San Jose, California: San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, 2008. Softcover in pictorial wraps. 36 pages illustrated throughout with color photos. An exhibition catalogue for the retrospective of the phenomenal career of Marian Clayden, master dyer, textile artist and fashion designer. Very good overall condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (cw)

Hardcover. Second Revised Edition. Very Good. [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION] Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian, 1979. Hardcover in decorative paper covered boards with leather spine and front panel label. Second revised edition. 4to. 190 pages illustrated with 248 reproductions (11 in color), plus supplement of soft-ground working drawings and documentary illustrations. Over 232 works catalogued. One of 200 signed and numbered copies of the deluxe edition, signed and numbered by the author as issued with additional inscription. Very good condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (cr)

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Paris: Galerie Alexande Iolas, 1968. Soft cover in illustrated Frech-fold wraps. One of 1500 stated copies. 8vo. Artist Monograph. Unpaginated (36 pages), 8 color and 6 b/w illustrations + cover. Text in French. Designed by Serge Tosi. Published in conjunction with a 1968 exhibition at Ernst's longtime art dealer Alexandre Iolas. Printed on Ventura watercolor paper. Reproduces eight assemblages and collages in addition to several large scale sculptures. With laid in title sheet and illustrated gallery invitation card. Spine a bit sunned, light soiling to covers, else very good overall condition. No marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (ab)

Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION. New York: E.P Dutton and Company, 1909. 2 VOLUME SET. Hardcovers, issued without dust jackets. Bound in dark green decorated boards, with gilt top-edge and lettering. Vol. I: xxix, 538 pages. Vol. II: xii, 576 pages. In good overall condition with some spotting and toning, small owner bookplate to front paste-downs. No underlining, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY.

Hardcover. MEMOIRS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, CENTENNIAL VOLUME, VOLUME XI. Fair. [FIRST EDITION] Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1888. Tall hardcover in half parchment and cloth boards. Pagination = 325-524 pp., illustrated with two original albumin photographs (frontis portrait and in-text plate of Treadwell's grave-site), as well as several line engraved drawings. Daniel Treadwell (1791 – 1872) was an American inventor, born at Ipswich, Massachusetts. Amongst his most important inventions are a hemp-spinning machine for the production of cordage, and a method of constructing cannon from wrought iron and steel (both of which discussed and illustrated here). A deaccessioned institutional volume with bookplate noting "Presented by The Author". Boards are worn with front hinge going and chipping to spine strip, text is thumbed here and there, but otherwise a sound example of this hard-to-locate title. (frnc)

Hardcover. Good. [FIRST EDITION] Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897. Hardcover in gilt-lettered and enbossed brown cloth boards. 93 pages illustrated with engraved frontis portrait. William Cogswell (1838–1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers. Covers are a bit soiled and curved, text-block a bit wrinkled, frontis tissue guard torn, else good overall condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (froc)

Hardcover. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] London: John Murray, 1908. Hardcover in gilt-lettered and decorated cloth. (6), 228, (4) pages. The first edition/ first printing (no printing statement, no forward, etc.). Small owner label on front paste-down, light soiling and shelf-wear to covers, else very good overall condition; NOT EX-LIBRARY. (frnc)

Hardcover. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Barcelona: Generalitat de Catalunya / Fundación Juan, 1989. Large hardcover in pictorial boards. 666, (6), LXI pages illustrated throughout with color plates. Text in Spanish and Catalan. Very good overall condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (lr)

Good. [SIGNED BY ERNIE BANKS] 1993 Smithsonian Softcover in pictorial wraps. 64 pages illustrated throughout with b/w photos. SIGNED on half-title page by the Chicago Cub Great, Ernie Banks, dated 6/10/93. Very good condition w/ light shelf wear; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (1st shelf)

Paperback. Very Good. London: Studio Vista Ltd., 1969. Small softcover in stiff illustrated wraps. The revised reissued edition. 160 pages illustrated throughout with b/w photographs of modern furniture. A good summary of furniture design from the time of William Morris to the present day, including: Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Cesare Mario Casati, Charles Eames, Walter Gropius, Heal & Son. Ltd., ISA Industria Arredamenti, Le Corbusier, Borge Mogensen, Bruno Munari, J.J.P.Oud, Gerrit Rietveld, Mart Stam, Tecno S.p.A., L.Mies van der Rohe, Hans J.Wegner, and others. Covers lightly soiled otherwise very good overall condition. No marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (dc)

Paperback. Good. [From The Library of Monroe Wheeler] New York: Parke Bernet Galleries, 1962. Softcover in red lettered and decorated wraps. (6), 41 pages with illustrations in b/w. An auction catalogue bearing the ownership initials of Monroe Wheeler on first page. Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988) Director of Publications, first Director of Exhibitions, Trustee, etc. of MoMA. Minor soiling to covers, else very good overall condition. (frc1)

Hardcover. Phrenology. Good. FIRST EDITION. New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1848. 3/4 leather-bound hardback with spine titled: Edinburgh Phrenological Journal Vol. 1. 448, (1) pages illustrated with tissue-guarded engravings. Binding w/ staining, wear to cloth, contents old tide-lines; NOT EX-LIBRARY. (shel2)

Paperback. Good. [FIRST EDITION] Firenze,: Olschki Ed., 1968. Softcover in illustrated wraps. 99, (1), (54 - plates) pages w/ 78 numbered illustrations. Covers a bit soiled with some writing on front, else very good overall condition; NOT EX-LIBRARY. (lr)

Paperback. Very Good. London: Marlborough Fine Art, 1969. Softcover in stiff illustrated wraps. 60 pages with 185 numbered illustrations in b/w and color. An interesting critique of the two artists. Exhibition Catalogue; Text in english. Covers a bit rubbed, else very good overall condition. No marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (up)

Very Good. Hardback in dust jacket in very good condition. Only slight trace of wear. No underlining, NOT EX-LIBRARY (B)