Search Results: Titles starting with M from Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB

Paris. Liebrairie de L. Hachette et cie. 1886. Bound in gilt pictorial decorated cloth. Small Folio. Superbly illustrated with colour drawings en texte by Leonce Petit. An exceptionally charming production. Head and tail pieces chipped, mild soiling to covers with light water staining to rear, crayon to verso of front free endsheet and verso of frontis, foxing to title page with very mild occasional foxing throughout. A Very Good copy.`

New York Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith. 1930. Pictoral paper boards. 8vo. First Edition. Signed by Lynd Ward on the half title. Illustrated in full page woodcut illustrations by Lynd Ward. Very slightly cocked. Some very mild edgewear, else a Fine, signed copy of this renowned work.

London. James Burns. 1856 Bound in half blind ruled calfskin and cloth covered boards. 12mo. A new translation, complete in one volume. illustrated with rubrications and a frontis by John Tenniel. Slight mottling to cloth. A Very Good copy.

Phildelphia. J.B. Lippincott. n.d. (1928). Bound in gilt titled rough-hewn brown cloth. t.e.g. Tall 4to. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with superb tissue guarded full page colour plates and further monochrome plates. A Fine crisp copy.

New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1896. Pictorial gilt decorated cloth. 8vo. 1st Edition. Illustrated with a monochrome frontis by Lancelot Speed. Covers moderately soiled, gilt present but a bit dull, prelims. somewhat soiled, lacks rear endsheet. A tight, Very Good copy of this early Science Fiction classic.

New York. Alfred A. Knopf. 1930. Extravagantly bound in full, gilt ruled ebony Morocco by Zahensdorf for Asprey of London. gilt-ruled spine compartments with gilt titles. Gilt-tooled raised bands, head and tailpieces. Extremely elaborate fleural turn-ins. Marbled endsheets. All edges gilded. 8vo.(5"x7.5"). The First Printing of The First Edition. Innocuous tiny patch of rubbing to front cover, else a Very Fine, flawless, exquisitely bound copy of perhaps the most significant work of American Crime Fiction.

New York. Frederick A. Stokes. 1904. Bound in a superb pictorial decorated cloth with colour depiction of "Mammy" (in full Aunt Jemima Garb) pestering a London Beefeater at the Tower of London. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with deliciously politically incorrect full page monochrome plates by Francis P. Wightman. Without a doubt, one of the most superb examples of early 20th century American racist stereotyping we've encountered. Written in complete "Negro dialect" the story documents the adventures of Mammy's excursion to the Coronation of King Edward VII and her subsequent sightseeing about London. A hilarious if not terribly offensive portrait of American cultural sensibilities and sensitivities at the dawn of the 20th century. An extremely rare title in this genre. Some minor soiling to covers. Previous owners ink stamp to front pastedown and front free endhseet. Childs crayon to text page 3 with some corresponding to text page 2. One other incidents of… Read More

New York. Random House. 1992. Thick square 4to. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with plates by Robert Mapplethorpe. The definitive collection of Mapplethorpe's black-and-white photographs prepared in collaboration with the Mapplethorpe Foundation. Usual mild rippling to pages. A Very Good copy in a somewhat chipped and soiled dustwrapper.

New York. Random House. 1992.. Cloth. Thick square 4to. First Edition. Illustrated with full-page photographs by Mapplethorpe. Remainder mark to top edge, else Very Fine in Very Good pictorial slipcase.

Munchen. Verlag von Braun und Schneider. 1952. 1/2 cloth and pictorial paper covered boards. 12mo. With colour illustrations. Near Fine.

London. Philip Lee Warner. 1913. Half cloth and paper covered boards. 8vo. Edition limited to 1000 copies of which this is #443. Very fine in fine dustwrappers.

London. Macmillan and Co. 1925. Sumptuously bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in 3/4 gilt ruled burgundy straight grain morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with ornate gilt tooled geometric motif. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. Tall 8vo (5.5" x 8.75"). A Very Fine, pristine set.

New York. Abrams. 1978. Pictorial wrappers. Small 4to. 1st Edition. Illustrated with colour and monochrome plates. Fine.

Emeryville. Metropolitan Books. 2000. Bound in titled cloth over boards. Pictorial endsheets. Square 4to. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with full page colour and monochrome plates. A Very Fine copy in a Fine dustwrapper.

San Francisco. Book Club of California. 1957. Bound in 1/2 glazed linen and decorated paper covered boards. Tall 4to. 1 of 400 copies. Printed by The Allen Press. Illustrated with a monochrome photograph of Twain (one of the first showing him with a mustache ). A Very Fine copy in a Good only, original glacine wrapper.

New York. Ballantine Books. 1988. 4to. Illustrated with full page colour and monochrome photographs. A rich volume commemorating both the still photographers and the Hollywood stars from 1910 to 1970. Fine in Very Good dustwrapper.

New York. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1976. Cloth in dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st printing. Illustrated by the author. Inscribed by Wolfe. Back cover of dustwrapper torn and watered, very slight rubbing to cover, else Fine.

New York. Watson-Gutpill Publications. 1973. Bound in gilt titled cloth covered boards. Folio. First Edition. Spectacularly illustrated with full page colour and monchrome paintings by Maxfield Parrish. The essential bibliography of Parrish's work. A Very Fine copy in a Very Fine dustwrapper.

Berkshire. Golden Cockerel Press. 1930. Bound in pictorial gilt titled cloth. Small 4to. This edition is limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is number 342. Magnificently illustrated with 13 tissue-guarded engravings upon wood by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Beautifully stark engravings highlight this wonderful tale. Staining to covers, very mild staining to prelims, else a Very Good copy.