Search Results: Titles starting with M from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

Paris: Arnold Sittart, 1584; [Heidelberg]: Peter Santandrea, 1583. 178 x 111 mm. (7 x 4 3/8"). 14 p.l., cccix pp., [13] leaves (last blank); lxxv, [10], ccxvi, [22] pp.; [2] leaves, 84 pp.; [1], 1-196, [18] pp.; 62 pp. Two works, in several parts, bound in one volume. With annotations and commentary by Antonio Augustin, Joseph Scaliger, and Fulvio Orsini. Pleasing contemporary calf, covers with central gilt wreath of olive branches, raised bands, spine panels gilt with cipher "D C G" at center flanked by a palmette and a vegetal trefoil, gilt titling, bottom panel with "OD" and "I8" on either side of the cipher. Printers' devices on the title pages, decorative woodcut initials and headpieces. Front pastedown with what appear to be early library shelf markings; one page with neat early marginalia. Adams V-590 and F-390. ◆Covers slightly marked, spine with a bit of superficial crackling (and with one short crack in the middle of bottom panel), the text with faint browning and isolated minor soiling,… Read More

London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1906. New and Revised Edition. 212 x 138 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). xi, [1], 349, [1] pp. VERY PRETTY DARK BLUE CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY BAYNTUN (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with elegant Art Nouveau-style gilt frame, UPPER COVER WITH INSET 19TH CENTURY OVAL MINIATURE PORTRAIT of Madame Récamier (signed "Renoir" in the background) under glass, raised bands, spine compartments with gilt frames matching those on covers, gilt lettering, taupe watered silk endleaves, all edges gilt. In a blue buckram clamshell box. With color frontispiece portrait, as called for, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 16 PLATES, six of these in color, all with tissue guards. ◆Isolated faint spots of foxing, but a splendid copy, clean, fresh, and bright internally, in a binding that looks like new. This account of the great French beauty and the distinguished literary and political figures who populated her lively salon is elegantly bound in the Cosway style, with a beautifully… Read More

London: The Walpole Press, 1899. Grand Edition De Luxe, printed on Japon for subscribers only. No. 55 of 1,000 copies. 220 x 140 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 1/2"). Two volumes. Translated by I. G. Burnham. LOVELY PRUSSIAN BLUE LEVANT BY BAYNTUN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in), raised bands, compartments with gilt lettering, turn-ins with gilt rules and cornerpieces, all edges gilt. With 19 etchings in two states by Édouard Toudouze and etched by François-Xavier le Seur, with lettered tissue guards. Front pastedowns with morocco book label of Doris Louise Benz. ◆Spines very slightly faded, a couple negligible rubbed spots on covers, a few signatures in second volume slightly toned, but A FINE SET, the contents close to pristine and the bindings lustrous. From an outstanding collection, this appealing bibliophile's edition of a classic French Romantic novel combines a richly hued binding with such deluxe features as multiple states of the illustrations, luxury papers for the text and etchings, and… Read More

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. FIRST EDITION, Second printing. 211 x 148 mm. (8 3/8 x 5 7/8"). [130] leaves. Original black and white paper boards with repeating pattern, black cloth spine with paper label. Lacking dust jacket. Entirely illustrated with wood engravings Front pastedown with bookplate of Arthur Luche(?). ◆Light shelf wear, paper label and part of upper board a little browned, a few pages slightly jagged along edges due to rough opening, a hint of offsetting, but still a very good copy, entirely clean throughout and the binding secure. This is the second of Ward's so-called "wordless novels," an early forerunner of the graphic novel, illustrated throughout with dramatic wood engravings. The story follows a slave trader who steals a cursed drum, resulting in far-reaching repercussions for him and the people around him..

London: John Whittaker, 1816-17. 470 x 375 mm. (18 1/2 x 14 1/4")."). [16] leaves: title page, dedication leaf, 11 text leaves (Magna Carta), title page for Conventio, and two leaves of its text. Printed on recto only. Two separately printed parts in one volume.. SPECTACULAR PUBLISHER'S PURPLE MOROCCO, LAVISHLY GILT, covers with elaborate all-over design in gilt and blind, incorporating large Gothic "rose windows" at each corner, and rectangular panels surrounding a central cross panel, all of these sémé with various tools in a Gothic motif, raised bands, spine compartments tooled like narrow Gothic windows, gilt tooling to the edges of the thick boards, wide inner dentelles elaborately framed in gilt and blind, the widest frame diapered with Gothic trellis-work, scarlet watered silk pastedowns and endleaves edged with gilt tooling, gilt edges, original wide bookmark of gilt thread and brocade (very small areas at corners and head and tail of joints worked on by very expert hands). PRINTED IN… Read More

France, ca. 1180. Approximately 438 x 585 mm. (17 1/4 x 23") unfolded and at longest points. Main text in single column, up to 47 lines, in a fine proto-gothic hand; gloss in two columns, approximately 68 lines, in a smaller hand. Rubrics in red, many slightly larger than one-line initials in red or blue, TWO LARGE INITIALS IN COLORS AND BURNISHED GOLD, the central part of each measuring about 65 mm. square, with tails measuring approximately 150 mm. long, the capitals standing in adjacent columns in the center of the page, each with a different design incorporating thick swirls of gold, and acanthus and other patterns painted predominantly green, orange, blue, and pink. With the word "table" written twice on one page in ink by a later hand (undoubtedly when it was used as a binding). ◆Recovered from a binding and thus with overall darkening as well as some general staining, soiling, folds, and small holes to vellum, one leaf with significant loss of text at the top and (less severely) the bottom,… Read More

East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1905. FIRST EDITION. No. 62 of 100 COPIES on Imperial Japanese Vellum. 207 x 132 mm. (8 1/8 x 5 1/4"). 4 p.l., 111, [3] pp. Original suede-backed dun-colored boards by the Roycroft Bindery, raised bands flanked by blind rules extending across leather on cover, two panels lettered in blind, dun-colored endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. In the original matching dun paper clamshell box line with fleece, printed paper label to tail edge (and in fine condition). With title page, gothic initials, and printer's device printed in black and pale orange. ◆Perhaps a hint of scuffing along top edge of suede, otherwise nearly pristine. This is a virtually unworn copy of what the colophon says is a "sincere attempt to depict the life, times and teachings, and with truth [to show] the personality of the Man of Sorrows." Its author, Elbert Hubbard, began writing his "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great" series in 1894, contracting to produce one a… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (intended to be published simultaneously with the British edition, but following it by a few days). 195 x 130 mm. (7 5/8 x 5 1/8"). With 8 pp. of ads at the end of volume II. Two volumes.. Publisher's dark brown cloth stamped in blind, title and publisher's device in gilt on spines, original yellow endpapers. Housed in a modern brown linen chemise and excellent matching slipcase with red morocco label. Front pastedowns with book label of Edward McCamus; front free endpaper of volume I and title pages in both volumes with his ink stamp. BAL 13658; Arvin, "Herman Melville," pp. 74-100; See Day, "History of American Literature," pp. 139-40. ◆The usual sprinkled foxing in the text (persistent but not unsightly, and the paper quite white and crisp); first volume with the inevitable slight pushing down of cloth at head and tail of spine, second volume with trivial wear to lower corners, yellow endleaves with the frequently seen gray… Read More

London: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman, 1673. FIRST EDITION. 222 x 168 mm. (8 3/4 x 6 1/2"). 6 p.l., 85, [1] pp. (lacking final blank). Later full calf with French fillet border, smooth spine with gilt lettering, lacy gilt turn-ins. Front pastedown with ex-libris of G. Walter Steeves; front free endpaper with book label of Marion C. Walker; small stamp of Selbourne Library on verso of title and in one lower margin. Macdonald 77a; ESTC R3349; Pforzheimer 330. ◆Joints cracked and the upper board detached (lower board holding firm), a little loss at head of spine and light rubbing to extremities; paper lightly toned, final leaf slightly soiled and with three small tears neatly repaired at fore edge (well away from the text), occasional stain, vague foxing, or other minor imperfection, but generally very good internally. This double-plotted mixture of Spanish intrigue and heroic love was the author's own favorite comedy. Of the two plots, the more intriguing one (in both senses) features two… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1840-41. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. 257 x 171 mm. (10 1/8 x 7 3/4"). Three volumes.. VERY PRETTY CORAL RED MOROCCO, EXUBERANTLY GILT, LIKELY BY ALVAH COOK, covers tooled in a 17th century style with repeating compartments formed by drawer-handle tools, filled with flowers and stippling, raised bands, spines delicately tooled with central fleuron, leafy cornerpieces, gilt lettering, turn-ins with floral gilt roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With frontisipiece in each volume and wood engravings throughout by George Cattermole and Hablot K. Browne. Eckel, pp. 67-70; Podeschi A51. ◆One leaf with upper corner restored (perhaps before printing), some margins faintly browned (because of paper quality), here and there a fox spot, other trivial internal imperfections, spines just slightly and evenly sunned, but AN ESPECIALLY PLEASING SET, internally with virtually no signs of use, and the lovely bindings unworn. First issued as a weekly periodical between April 1840 and… Read More

London: Duckworth and Co, 1904. FIRST EDITION. 195 x 133 mm. (7 3/4 x 5 1/2"). xviii, 315 pp. ELEGANT CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO, GILT, BY THE CLUB BINDERY (stamp-signed on front turn-in), covers with mitered fillet border enclosing a central panel ruled into nine compartments, the four corner sections tooled with an elaborate fleuron design, raised bands, spine with mitered frame enclosing five vertical parallel fillets rising through five panels, the panels at head and foot with volute corner embellishment, one panel with gilt lettering, turn-ins with gilt fillet border and floral sprays at corners, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt (neat older repair to head of front joint). With 124 figures in the text and 66 plates with black & white photographic reproductions of Medieval art. Front pastedown with armorial bookplate of William Fitz-Simon; front flyleaf with ink signature of Ursula J. Morgan, dated 1906. ◆A breath of rubbing to extremities, but A VERY FINE COPY, clean, fresh, and bright… Read More

London: Printed for D. Midwinter et al., 1737. FIRST EDITION. 210 x 127 mm. (8 1/4 x 5"). Two volumes.. Early 19th century sprinkled calf, flat spines divided into panels by double gilt rules, gilt rampant lion stamp of Sir William Gordon Cumming in head panels, red and black morocco labels. Front pastedown of volume II with ink ownership inscription of "W. Cecil Simpson / Glasgow Oct. 1889." Case 413 (1)(b) and 413 (2)(b). ◆Light wear to front joints, small holes (from worming?) at head and tail of one joint and head of another, half a dozen small patches of lost patina from insect activity, extremities a little rubbed, but the bindings quite solid and still lustrous, and a fine copy internally, clean, crisp, and rather bright. This selection of Latin poems accompanied by English verse translations is arranged by topics ranging from Absence to Justice and from Kisses to Zephyr. An index facilitates the location of verses on various subjects. Author Henry Baker (1698-1774) is better known for his… Read More

New York: New Directions, [1951]. FIRST EDITION in play form. 210 x 137 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4"). 5 p.l., 118 pp. Publisher's red cloth boards, flat spine with title in darker red lettering. In the original dust jacket with a photograph of a scene from the Broadway production on the front. In a fine linen clamshell box, black buckram label on the spine. Frontispiece illustration of Lester Polakov's sketch for the set of the Broadway production. Front free endpaper with SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM MCCULLERS TO DAVID DIAMOND: "Dearest David / tenderly / Carson"; title page with ownership blind-stamp of David Diamond. See: Virginia Spencer Carr, "The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers." ◆Light rubbing to extremities, but a mint copy of the book in an excellent jacket (with half-inch tear to crease of front flap and minor creasing to the adjacent area on the front). This is an extraordinary association copy of McCullers' most successful theatrical adaptation, based on her poignant… Read More

Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, A. Ferroud, Libraire-Éditeur, 1902. First Separate Edition (see below). No. 58 OF 160 COPIES ON JAPON, from a total edition of 400 copies. 252 x 162 mm. (10 x 6 3/8"). 3 p.l., 96 pp. [2] leaves (prospectus). VERY ELEGANT DARK BLUE MOROCCO, GILT IN AN ANTIQUE SCROLLING DESIGN, BY RENÉ KIEFFER (stamp-signed in gilt on front doublure), raised bands, gilt lettering to spine, SKY BLUE MOROCCO DOUBLURES enclosed by dark blue morocco frame tastefully tooled in gilt, patterned silk endleaves, marbled flyleaves, top edges gilt. Original printed wrappers bound in. Title vignette, five plates, 14 illustrations, three headpieces, and three tailpieces, all in two additional states before letters, etched by Xavier Lesueur after Adrien Moreau (80 etched images in all, the title vignette being repeated on the front wrapper). A Large Paper Copy. With the four-page prospectus bound in at back. Front flyleaf with armorial bookplate of Dr. Samuel L. Siegler. ◆Trivial shelfwear, but A… Read More

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902. The "Cambridge Edition.. 213 x 149 mm. (8 3/8 x 5 7/8"). Five volumes.. LOVELY CONTEMPORARY RED HALF MOROCCO, BEAUTIFULLY GILT IN THE STYLE OF THE DOVES BINDERY, raised bands, spines in fine gilt compartments featuring sprays of tulips, marbled boards and endpapers, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed and (except for the prefatory material in the first volume) ENTIRELY UNOPENED. With frontispiece portraits. ◆Small portions of two spine bands, corners, and just a few joints with insignificant wear (the rubbing carefully refurbished), one leaf with jagged fore edge from rough opening, but A LOVELY SET IN NEARLY FINE CONDITION, the bindings unusually lustrous, and the text virtually pristine because obviously unread. In the words of DNB, from the time of its publication, this work "has been regarded, along with Boswell's 'Life of Johnson,' as one of the most important works in the history of biography." Perhaps no one was better situated to… Read More

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1889. ONE OF 780 COPIES. (This is copy #331.). 292 x 203 mm. (11 1/2 x 8"). xxxvi, [ii], 396 pp.Edited, with notes, by Sir Walter Scott. Pleasant contemporary brownish-rose three-quarter morocco over marbled boards by Pfister (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper), raised bands, spine attractively gilt in compartments each filled with a spray of flowers being buzzed by a bee, gilt titling, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. With frontispiece portrait of the author and 33 etchings depicting episodes from the memoirs after Charles Delort, 12 of them full-page. A Large Paper Copy. Front pastedown with bookplate of University of Louisville Library, title page and three other leaves with library stamp or accession number. (Although there is no de-accession stamp, the library has confirmed that this work was legally removed from its collection.) ◆Leather a little dulled from preservative and slightly spotted, joints with a hint of… Read More

London: Richard Bentley, 1844. FIRST EDITION. 220 x 138 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). Four volumes.. HANDSOME BURGUNDY MOROCCO BY BAYNTUN (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins), covers with triple gilt-ruled frame interlinking with a triple-gilt-ruled diamond, raised bands with gilt dots, gilt ruled compartments with gilt diamond shapes, gilt lettering, gilt-ruled turn-ins with a floral tool at each corner, all edges gilt. With 18 portraits as called for, four of these with hand coloring, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 60 PLATES. ◆Only the barest hint of wear to extremities, spines just a shade darker than covers, a handful of portraits a bit foxed, but A FINE SET, clean and fresh internally, the bindings lustrous, and the set obviously very little used. This is a very attractively bound set containing the biographies of 38 notable Englishwomen, extra-illustrated with plates depicting some of the people and places integral to the subjects' lives. Covering the period from the reign of Queen… Read More

London: Henry Colburn, 1827. A New Edition. 222 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). Five volumes.. Especially pleasing contemporary tree calf by John Bumpus (stamp-signed on front free flyleaf), covers with decorative gilt border, raised bands flanked by stippled rules, very attractively rebacked, spine compartments featuring elegant floral centerpiece surrounded by a lozenge shape of small tools, graceful floral cornerpieces, decorative band of oak leaves at foot of each spine, red and green morocco labels, turn-ins with gilt Greek key roll, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. One illustration in the text, one four-page folding genealogy, and 10 engraved plates. Front pastedowns with shelf label of the Easton Neston Library. Keynes 134 ◆Minor wear to extremities (two corners expertly repaired), one raised band slightly nicked, one leaf torn in fore margin (not affecting text), perhaps a dozen leaves lightly foxed or soiled, other trivial imperfections, but a very pretty set, remarkably clean and bright… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810. Third Edition. 212 x 130 mm. (8 3/8" x 5 1/4"). Two volumes. Edited by Rev. Julius Hutchinson. Appealing contemporary olive green calf, covers with gilt floral roll and fillet borders, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with fleuron cornerpieces, black morocco labels with gilt titling. Volume I with frontispiece engraving of Colonel Hutchinson, Volume II with frontispiece engraving of Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson, foldout plan of Nottingham Castle, and engraved plate of Nottingham Castle. Volume one with foldout genealogical table of the families of Hutchinson and Apsley, and foldout facsimile of Mrs. Hutchinson's handwriting. ◆Spines slightly faded to olive brown, a few scattered stains internally, other trivial imperfections, but generally an excellent, fresh copy of "one of the great English biographies" and "an important source for historians" of the Restoration. (DNB). .

London and Edinburgh: Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson and Co, 1889. No. 101 OF 780 COPIES, extended to two volumes and extra-illustrated with portraits, views, etc. by John C. Runkle. 292 x 191 mm. (11 1/2 x 7 1/2"). Two volumes. Notes by Sir Walter Scott. VERY FINE CONTEMPORARY SCARLET MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, BY MARIUS MICHEL (stamp-signed on front doublures), covers featuring concentric French fillet panels with intricate cornerpieces between them, raised bands, gilt-ruled spine compartments with elegant foliate curls and complex central lozenge composed of several fleurons, FOREST GREEN MOROCCO DOUBLURES with large central panel formed by lobed French fillets, gilt-tooled inner and outer cornerpieces and sidepieces, gilt-decorated turn-ins, marbled endpapers. With 33 etchings (20 as head- or tailpieces, 13 as plates), as issued, by L. Boisson from original compositions by C. Delort, along WITH 167 ENGRAVED EXTRA-ILLUSTRATIONS, for a total of 200 images. A Large Paper Copy. ◆Two joints showing… Read More