Search Results: Titles starting with M from Inanna Rare Books Ltd.

1641. Two Volumes (Parts) in One Volume (complete). London, Typis E.G. Impensis R. Whitakeri [Richard Whitaker], 1641. Octavo. Pagination: Part I: Titlepage, 722 pages plus 58 unnumbered pages of an Index / Part II [Eloquent Declamations]: 569 pages plus 6 unnumbered pages of an Index. Hardcover / Original 17th century boards with modern spine bound to style of the 17th century. New endpapers. Very good condition with some signs of external wear. Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Latin: c. 35 – c. 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilian, although the alternate spellings of Quintillian and Quinctilian are occasionally seen, the latter in older texts. The only extant work of Quintilian is a twelve-volume textbook on rhetoric entitled Institutio Oratoria (generally referred to in English as the Institutes of Oratory), written around 95 AD.… Read More

1758. Editio Tertia, Emendatissima. [9 Volumes - complete set]. Geneva, Fratres Cramer, 1758. Quarto (22 cm x 25 cm). Tomus Primus (Quo Rhetorica continentur.): XXX, 656 pages / Tomus Secundus (Qui Philosophicorum primus): 14, 674 pages / Tomus Tertius (Qui Philosophicorum alter.): 711, (1) pages / Tomus Quartus (Qui Orationum primus): 683 pages / Tomus Quintus (Qui Orationum secundus including "De Lege Agraria"): 687, (1) pages / Tomus Sextus (Qui Orationum tertius): 677, (1) pages / Tomus Septimus (In quo Epistolae ad Familiares): 656, (4) pages / Tomus Octavus (In quo Epistolae ad Atticum): 667 pages / Tomus Nonus (In quo Epistolae ad Q. Fratrem, &c.): 364 pages plus 303 pages of Index Ciceroniani Quatuor // Hardcover / Original parchment with original marbled paper covered pastedowns and endpapers. Bookplate / Exlibris of Daniel Conner to pastedown. Volume One and occasional some of the other Volumes with some signs of an old, faded dampstain but the set generally in very good, original condition… Read More

1976. Barcelona, Ediciones Poligrafa, S.A., (1976). Oblong-4°. 218 pages. Hardcover, original, illustrated cloth. Excellent condition. Includes: Cubism, metaphysical painting, action painting / The Discovery of Collage / Origins of the New York School / Abstract expressionism school or style ? / The human figure and anthromorphic construction / Talking to Marca-Relli / etc. etc. Conrad Marca-Relli (born Corrado Marcarelli; June 5, 1913 Boston – August 29, 2000 Parma) was an American artist who belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists whose artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized across the Atlantic, including Paris. New York School Abstract Expressionism, represented by Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, Franz Kline, Marca-Relli and others became a leading art movement of the postwar era. Marcarelli (he changed the spelling later in life) and his parents moved to New York City when he was 13 years old. In 1930 he studied at the Cooper Union… Read More

1987. First edition. Paris, Editions Saint-Germain-Des-Pres, 1987. 13,5 cm x 20 cm. 87 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss - american - irish poet Chuck Kruger. Signed / With the author's dedication to Kruger and his wife Nell to front free endpaper. Contains among others the following poems: Parachute; Privilege; Le petit juif; Jour; Nuit; A mon amie; Vous me demandez?; Mardore; Mon pere; 1942; La petite; Rietberg Museum; Mes Poemes etc.

1992. [Dublin], The National Platform for Employment, Democracy, Neutrality, 1992. 21cm. 44 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

1980. London, The Folio Society, 1980. 15 cm x 23 cm. 268 Pages with illustrations by Joan Freeman. Original Hardcover with Slipcase. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Pwyll prince of Dyved / Branwen the Daughter of Llyr / Manawyddan the Son of Llyr / Math the Son of Mathonwy / The Dream of Maxen Wledig / The Story of Lludd and Llevelys / Kilhwch and Olwen / The Dream of Rhonabwy / The Lady of the Fountain / Peredur the Son of Evrawc / Geraint the Son of Erbin / Taliesin.

1983. Belfast, Ulster Historical Foundation, 1983. 22 cm. xi, 376 pages. Original Hardcover. Endpaper and titlepage with some minor damage. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The U.H.F. Historical series ; 6]. Chronology of the Life of Lord Macartney / Russia 1764-1767 / Grenada 1775-1779 / Verona 1795-1796 / The Cape of Good Hope 1796-1798 / etc.,

1994. First Edition. New York, Vintage Books, 1994. 13,5 x 20 cm. 497 pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. With his name on the half title. Contains among others: Irreverent and on the go; God's friends and Machiavelli's; The heavenly host; The way of evil; Clergy and country; The fool of love; The point of it all etc.

London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., no year.. Octavo. Frontispiece Portrait of Machiavelli, 328 pages. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only. Il Machia / Machiavelli's Friendship with Pier Soderini / Machiavelli's Friendship with Vettori and Guicciardini / Literary Pastime / The Two Literary Masterpieces / The Political Works / Religion and Fortune / Cesare Borgia / Wisdom in "The Prince" / Niccolo Machiavelli and the Government of the Desirable Country / etc.

1977. Kineton, The Roundwood Press, 1977. 16 cm x 24 cm. XI, 172 pages.With 10 illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear including slight tear to dustjacket at spine edge. Rare. Scarely found with dustjacket. Includes for example the following essays: When War Broke Out, The Suicide Squad, Massacre in High Wood, Ordeal on the Somme, S.O.S The Boche is Attacking!, Generalities From the Trenches, Our Last Action at Ypres, and Backs to the Wall. Maps include one of The Ypres Salient 1917.

1984. New York, E.P. Dutton / Seymour Lawrence, 1984. 16 cm x 24 cm. 331 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar. Excellent, very good+ or even better condition with only minor signs of external wear. Signed by Jayne Anne Phillips on the titlepage. Includes for example the following chapters: Reminiscence to a Daughter: Jean / Coral Sea: Mitch, 1950 / Radio Parade: Danner, 1963 / War letters: Billy, 1970 / Machine Dream: Danner etc. A family's story across the middle of the 20th Century.

2003. St. Gallen/Lachen, Dike-Verl, 2003. 8°. 184 Seiten. Softcover / Kartoniert. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar. Legitimitaet und Legalitaet: Was ist wichtiger: Macht oder Gerechtigkeit und Rationalitaet ? / Die Freiheit der intellektuellen Suche, sie moralische Autonomie der Persoenlichkeit und die Pflicht des buergerlichen Ungehorsams / Political Power and Legitimacy /

1982. Erste Auflage. Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 1982. 17 x 23,5 cm. 29 Seiten (Seiten 193-221 des Journals). Softcover / Broschur / Originaler Sonderdruck. Sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

1988. Surrey, Fishing Book News Ltd., 1988. 14 x 21.5cm. 181 pages, with black and white illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition. Inscribed with previous owner's name on half-title page. Dr Lockwood took over the UK's mackerel research programme at a critical time and this enables him to give a unique review of events which led to the revival of the English mackerel fishery in the 70s. Historical background to the fishing methods used and the development of the European mackerel fishery is followed by details of the mackerel's biology, life history and migratory habits. The second part deals with the size of the resource and the need for adequate management, discussing the many problems which can arise. The final chapter covers recent results and stock mackerel fishery regulations.

1936. Revised and brought up-to-date, July 1936 Edition. London, Madame Tussaud's Ltd, 1936. 13 cm x 20.5 cm. 80 Pages. Original Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Slight damp stains on cover.

1990. London, Boston, Faber and Faber, 1990. 12.5cm x 19.5 cm. 261 pages. Cover illustration: 'Rushes Through the Middle, a Brave' by George Catlin. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contents: Part One: The Key / Tea / Capercaillies / Asra / The Panther / Cauliflowers / The Briefcase. Part Two: Madoc - A Mystery.

2003. First Edition. Spanish. Teruel, Plan de Dinamizacion Turistica del Maestrazgo, 2003. 27 cm x 29.5 cm. 257 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes the following chapters: El medio natural, La Historia, Patrimonio artistico y arquitectonico, La economia del Maestrazgo, Visiones literarias del paraiso, Fiestas y tradiciones, La gastronomia como matria y paisaje, Por las tierras de Cabrera. Illustrated throughout with colour photographic illustrations, maps, and diagrams.

1982. Granada, Aniversario de la Fundacion, 1982. 8°. 66 pages. Softcover. Very good condition.

1970. First Edition. Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1970. 16 x 24 cm. 150 pages. Original Hardcover with cloth spine. In protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Association copy with the author's signed dedication to Clayton and Caryl Eshleman on the title page: "For Clayton & Caryl - friends in this galaxy". Signed and numbered by the author on the edition page. This is number 238 of 250. Minor discolorations on the cover.

1990. First edition. Hanover, N.H., Ediciones del Norte, 1990. 12.5 x 20cm. (13), 261 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition. Winner of Pushcart and Casa de las Américas prizes, these stories lead the reader down the paths of magical realism, the absurd, and the fantastic, to take us before the dense grain of Caribbean reality. Benítez Rojo addresses the problem of colonial heritage, neo-colonialism, and dependency. [From jacket notes]