Search Results: Titles starting with M from Boston Book Company

1783. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. M. TULLII CICERONIS OPERA cum Indicibus et variis Lectionibus. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1783. Quarto. Ten volumes. The frontispiece, by J.K. Sherwin, is a fine engraving of a togate statue of Cicero in an Oxford collection. Full apparatus criticus and index. A beautifully printed, extensive eighteenth century edition of a great body of classical literature. Contemporary diced calf, rather dried and worn at extremities, and rebacked with large portions of the original spines laid down. Occasional faint foxing, else internally fine.

1936. SUGIYAMA, Naojiro. MA MISSION EN FRANCE 1934: CONFERENCES ET ALLOCUTIONS. Tokyo: La Maison Franco-Japonaise, 1936. vi + [2] + 251 pp. + [2] + errata slip + colophon. 8vo., tan wrappers printed in red and black. Wrappers dampstained, corners creased. Interior very good with some age toning in text.

1996. MACAULEY, Sheila Hubbard. THE MACAULEY MCAULEY MCGAULEY FAMILY of County Louth Ireland. (N.p.: Privately printed by the author, 1996). Signed by the author. Edited by Jennifer Anne Macauley. Illustrated genealogical volume. 4to., navy cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine. Fine.

1976. CARROLL, James. MADONNA RED. Boston: Little, Brown, (1976). Inscribed presentation copy of first edition of Carroll's first novel. 8vo, red cloth. The book is warmly inscribed to a close friend. Slightly cocked else fine, in dust jacket.

1963. (MAESTRI DEL COLORE). I MAESTRI DEL COLORE. Storia della Pittura. Milano: Fratelli Fabbri, (1963-1966). #s 1-220 (missing #146), plus general index #s 1-200. Folio, in wrappers. Fine copies, in the publisher's slipcases, a few of which are tape-repaired. This is very large and extra shipping fees will be required.

1956. PETERSON, Theodore. MAGAZINES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Urbana: Universty of Illinois Press, (1956). 8vo., brown cloth. Illustrated throughout. A very good copy; front hinge starting.

1974. CRANE, Stephen, introduction by Shirley Anne Grau. MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS. Illustrated by Sigmund Abeles. Avon, CT: The Limited Editions Club/The Cardavon Press, 1974. No. 1423 of 200 copies numbered and signed by the artist. 105 pp. + limitation page. 4to., black cloth spine and grey striped cloth boards, with gilt spine lettering. Near fine, with tiny flaw in spine cloth on front board near top joint, else fine with original glassine jacket and paper covered slipcase with spine label. Engravures from etchings by Abeles.

1949. GEIGER, Benno. MAGNASCO. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1949. First, limited edition; this copy is number 507 from a numbered edition of 1500 copies that are signed by the author. Illustrated with 494 plates, of which 29 are color. 196 pp., + plates. Folio, brown morocco spine with gilt title and accents, natural buckram covered boards with title and illustration printed to upper board, brown endpapers. Front pastedown has an old bookseller's catalog description tipped-in. But for a small bit of rubbing at spine, it is a fine copy. Housed in a worn and faded publisher's paper-covered clamshell box that lacks one of the short side panels, shows evidence of earlier tape repairs (now removed), and is splitting at several folds. It is unusual to find the book with the box. A handsome volume about the life and work of the Italian rococo painter Alessandro Magnasco (1667-1749), also known as "il Lissandrino.

1982. HOURMOUZIADIS, G., et al. MAGNESIA. The Story of a Civilization. Athens: M. and R. Capon, 1982. HC w/dj and slipcase. Near fine in a worn slipcase. History.

FE. SARTON, May. THE MAGNIFICENT SPINSTER. New York: Norton, (1985). First edition. 8vo, maroon cloth-backed, white paper-covered boards. Inscribed by Sarton on the half-title. Fine, in the dust jacket.

1947. (JEWELRY). MAGNIFICENT PREDIOUS-STONE JEWELRY, including a superb diamond bracelet and two pairs of diamond earrings, diamond, emerald and ruby bracelets, a sapphire and diamond brooch, an emerald and diamond-paved necklace, an oriental pearl rope and several necklaces and other jewelry. All from private owners... New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1947. An auction catalogue. 8vo., red paper covered wraps. Illustrated with photographs throughout. A fine copy just slightly edgeworn.

1911. HAGGARD, H. Rider. THE MAHATMA AND THE HARE. A dream story. With 12 illustrations by Messrs. W.T. Horton and H.M. Brock, R.I. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1911. First American edition, published the same day as the British edition (October 16, 1911). The American edition consisted of 1,500 copies, while the British totalled 5,000. 8vo., green cloth, stamped in gilt; 165pp. + ads. Spotting at cloth, else a very good copy. (Allen 36).

1954. KITASONO Katue, poet. SUEMATSU Masaki, artist. MAHIRU NO REMON. Tokyo, Shoshinsha, 1954. Folio, 32.0 x 24.5 cm. One of 30 deluxe copies (#9) of a total edition of 330 copies. Signed in bold calligraphy by Kitasono. Has 3 full page color prints by Suematsu Masaki (1908-97). An example of Kitasono's "plastic poetry". The slipcase, hardcover, the typography, all combine as a fluid visual container for Kitasono's brilliant poems. There is not space here to even begin to describe Kitasono's importance to world art and literature. I would refer you to the several works of John Solt, both translations and critical essays, as well as several exhibitions dedicated to Kitasono mounted here and in Europe, as well. Fine condition, complete as issued.

1954. KITASONO Katue, poet. SUEMATSU Masaki, artist. MAHIRU NO REMON. Tokyo, Shoshinsha, 1954. Small Folio, 27.2 x 18.7 cm. Out of series copy from the standard limited edition of 300 copies. There was also a large format special edition of 30cc. This example is distinguished by the fact that it is inscribed by Kitasono to the literary critic, poet and translator, Ando Ichiro (1907-72), who wrote important critical work on Kitasono.. Has 3 full page color prints by Suematsu Masaki (1908-97). An example of Kitasono's "plastic poetry". The dustwrapper, hardcover and the typography all combine as a fluid visual container for Kitasono's brilliant poems. There is not space here to even begin to describe Kitasono's importance to world art and literature. I would refer you to the several works of John Solt, both translations and critical essays, as well as several exhibitions dedicated to Kitasono mounted here and in Europe, as well. Slight browning, else fine condition, complete as issued.

1945. WELCH, Denton. MAIDEN VOYAGE. New York: L.B. Fischer, (1945). First American edition of the author's first book. 8vo., light brown cloth lettered in red. Endpapers and dust jacket illustrated with designs by the author. A very good copy that shows some light soiling at the cloth; dust jacket shows light soiling and edgewear, chip at the crown.

18. (POWELL, Mary). THE MAIDEN & MARRIED LIFE OF MARY POWELL. Afterwards by Mistress Milton. New York: M. W. Dodd, [n.d., c. 1872]. Limited to 100 numbered copies, this copy is out of series. 4to., brown cloth stamped in gilt, bevelled edges; top-edge cut, others untrimmed. Light soil and wear to cloth, with light chipping at extremitites. Contemporay signature and small bookplate, yet overall a very good copy.

1935. ZEITLIN, Solomon. MAIMONIDES: A BIOGRAPHY. New York: Bloch Publishing Co., 1935. Wrappers. Good only.

1884. [PERIODICALS] MAINE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, 1884-1895, VOLS 1-8. Portland: S. M. Watson, 1884-1895. 8vo., printed wrappers in cord bound library boards. Ex-library, fair to good condition, complete. Wrappers and text age toned, quite brittle, edges chipped. Quarterly periodical until Vol. 9, 1898, which is comprised of 12 parts. Volumes 1-6 1884-1889, Vol. 7 1893, Vol. 8 1895. Extra shipping required.

1858. RICHARDSON, W. R. & R. W. CUMMINGS. THE MAINE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL REPORTER, VOL. I, NOS. 1-11, JUNE 1858 - APRIL 1859. Portland: Sanborn & Carter, 1858-1859. Original issues, not a reprint. var pp. 8vo., half brown morocco with brown and blue marbled paper covered boards. Leather and boards roughly worn, boards detached, spine missing. Ex-library with no external markings. Original wrappers bound in, a few shallowly chipped with no loss. Complete issues, with wood engraving illustrations in some. Block sound, text clean. As is.

1888. HAGGARD, H. Rider. MAIWA'S REVENGE. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. An early U.S. edition, issued within a week of the first Munro edition, in paper wrappers. Illustrated. 12mo., paper wrappers. Pencil ownership to fly-leaf. Slight lean to spine. The volume is rubbed and edgeworn, missing the back wrapper, with most of the backstrip worn away. Clean text, although the paper is age-browned. Good plus.