Search Results: Titles starting with M from Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]

Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1919. Book. Illus. by Edy-Legrand. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In cardboard covers with pictorial applied paper. A beautifully illustrated tale, and a book before its time that incorporates an interracial relationship and concerns about "development" and the destruction of nature. This copy is worn around the edges, with significant damage to the corners of the boards, and marks and browning to the covers. The text block is very good. An excellent reading copy whose collectibility is affected by condition, priced accordingly..

Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Book and dust jacket fine. Extra shipping charges will apply for this large book..

New Zealand: New Zealand Government, 1933. Book. Good. Soft cover. 9 3/4" x 12", string-bound single-signature publication. Cover has been replaced with new card folder with original front and back plates laid down. Extensively illustrated with black and white photographs. Browning to first and last few pages, remainder of text block near fine. Scarce..

London: Richard Bentley, 1853. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Two hardcover volumes, 6" x 9", presumed first edition. Some wear to spines, overall very good..

Paris: Albert Skira, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 1981 reprint of the classic Surrealist journal of art and culture, first published by Skira in 13 volumes between 1933 and 1939. Three hardcover volumes, 10" x 13". Exact replicas of the original journal, including front and back covers on card stock. Near fine condition, new endpapers, sunning to spines of dust jackets. Ex-library: ugly marker lines on top edge of pages, some tape residue on boards (underneath dust jackets), "Highland Park Public Library" stamp at the bottom of two pages in each volume, not affecting text. No other evidence of library usage. Extra shipping charges will apply for this large and heavy three volume set..

Albert Skira, 1933. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 13 issues in 11 folio volumes, 10" x 12 1/2" (316 x 246 mm). Complete collection of an important Surrealist publication. Each issue features a colour cover by Picasso, Dominguez, Masson, Miró, Dalí, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, etc., and contains articles and poems by Breton, Éluard. Crevel, Tzara, etc. Many photographs by Man Ray, reproductions of works in colour and in black and white by the great Surrealist artists. N° 1 (1933, cover by Pablo Picasso), n° 2 (1933, Mission Dakar-Djibouti, cover by Gaston-Louis Roux), n° 3-4 (1933, cover by André Derain), n°5 (1934, cover by Borès), n° 6 (1935, cover by Marcel Duchamp), n° 7 (1935, cover by Joan Miro), n° 8 (1936, cover by Salvador Dali), n° 9 (1936, cover by Henri Matisse), n° 10 (1937, cover by Rene Magritte), n° 11 (1938, cover by Max Ernst), n° 12-13 (1939, cover by Andre Masson). Spines have been covered and reinforced with black bookbinding fabric. Wear and some creases… Read More

London: Jones, 1829. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views: or Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century. Exhibiting the whole of the new buildings, modern improvements, antiquities, and picturesque scenery, of the Scottish metropolis and its environs, from original drawings, by Mr. Thomas H. Shepherd. With historical, topographical, and critical illustrations. Hardcover in maroon boards with gilt decorations, 8 1/2" x 11", illustrated with 160 architectural views (plates with two views on each page, a few with three). Discoloration to endpapers, spine break between decorative title page and text title page, some very scattered spotting, overall very good +..

Amsterdam, 1776. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rebound in Japanese paper with red leather spine and corners. Text in French. Embossed library stamp to title page and page 93/94, affecting text. Very rare..

Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1946. Book. Illus. by Wright, Jack. Very Good. Soft cover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback, 4 1/2" x 9 1/2", illustrated in black and white. Wear to top and bottom edges wear wraps extend beyond edges of text block. Pages fine..

Paris: G. Cres, 1925. Book. Illus. by Marquet, Albert. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. "Illustre de vingt-trois dessins et aquarelles de A. Marquet." Hardcover in patterned leather, decorative endpapers, 8" x 10", 94 pages. No. 311 from a limited edition of 350. Bookplate of Beatrix Reynal on front pastedown. Stamp of Moun Oustao and Beatrix Reynal on half-title. Rebacked and leading edge leather replaced with original leather laid down. Wrinkling and aging to endpapers, browning to page edges, pages and plates fine..

London: Robert Knaplock, William and John Innys, and Jacob Tonson, 1724. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio (450 x 315 mm). Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, double-page engraved table, and 64 engraved plates (of 67; lacking plates 19, 20 and 25), diagrams, head- and tail-pieces and initials. Early calf, rebacked, edges renewed, old calf boards laid in. Browning to edges, a few short tears and minor chipping. Plates 21 and 22 torn, plate 21 and text page 135/136 torn with loss of paper at bottom, not affecting text or image. First folio edition, remarkable not only for the quality of the large plates but for "the ingenious historiated initials wittily decorated with myotomical motifs" (Norman). First appearing in 1694 in an octavo edition with only 10 plates, it was brought into this richly illustrated folio form by Richard Mead (1673-1754) after Cowper's death, using plates by Michiel van der Gucht (1660-1725), some after drawings by Rubens and Raphael. Choulant-Frank, p 253;… Read More

New York: Joe Coleman, 1982. Book. Illus. by Coleman, Joe. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Staple bound softcover, 11" x 14", 32 pages. Black and white comic with colour front and back covers. Signed in upper corner of first page Joe Coleman 1991. Scarce. Demented. Tiny bit of wear to wraps, text block as new..