Search Results: Authors starting with M from Robert Frew Ltd

Paris: Chez l'Auteur-Éditeur, Mme. Mabyre, 1900.. Large colour-printed map of Paris (129 x 104 cm) folding between original publisher's red cloth covers stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, with colour-printed descriptive legend affixed to front pastedown. Light toning, splits along folds repaired with archival tape, generally a very good example.

39 Paternoster Row London, New York, Bombay and Calcutta: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909.. 8vo. (17.5 x 11.5 cm). pp. [2] + 923. "Oxford Binding" (stamped in gilt to front pastedown endpaper) of contemporary tree calf, sides ruled with a gilt foliate border, spine with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments, red morocco label lettered in gilt, blind inner dentelle, marbled endpapers and edges. Ink inscription to preliminaries, 'J.B.R. Windham / Army Class IV / Mathematical Prize / Eton. July 1913 / W.W. Somerville' Some trivial shelfwear, generally an excellent example in a handsome binding. In October 1838 Macaulay set out for Rome, partly to visit the scenes of the events which he described in what would become his Lays of Ancient Rome, partly in imitation of Gibbon meditating The Decline and Fall. The Lays themselves are a collection of narrative poems, four of which recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramatic and tragic themes, giving the collection its name.… Read More

Vanity Fair, Oct. 22, 1881. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Oct. 22, 1881. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Feb 8, 1894. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Feb. 7, 1880. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, April 1, 1876. Drawn by J. Tissot. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Feb. 7, 1880. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, August 3, 1905. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. Without Text leaf.

Vanity Fair, Oct. 7, 1882. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Dec. 16, 1876. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Dec. 16, 1876. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Dec. 3, 1887. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Dec. 3, 1887. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. Slight spotting in two corners of margins. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Dec. 3, 1887. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

London: Methuen & Co., 1962.. FIRST EDITION. 8vo (20.5 x 14.5 cm), pp. xviii + 470. Publishers original russet cloth binding; silver and blue titles to spine; with original unclipped dust jacket. Complete with photographic endpapers and numerous photographs and maps throughout. Dust jacket slightly worn and nipped, book and contents in good condition. "A brilliant picture of the activity of the renowned centres of the Hellenic world, period by period, together with striking views of the workings of modern excavations . . . an excellent story of Greek achievement." American Historical Review "Paul MacKendrick has a thrilling tale to tell. . . . His book is for those who want an authoritative exposition of what archaeologists are accomplishing in Greek lands." New York Times Book Review

Vanity Fair, Oct. 15, 1887. Drawn by Ape. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf from the magazine including biographical text.

Vanity Fair, February 7, 1901. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. Without Text leaf.

Vanity Fair, Dec. 31, 1870. Drawn by Ape. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 35.5 x 23cm. Image size approx. 31.5 x 19cm. With the original leaf of biographical text from the magazine.

1985.. 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). Unpaginated. Original blue paper wrappers printed in black with erotic image spanning both covers. Extensively illustrated throughout in black and white and colour. A very good copy, as new. Catalogue of an exhibition held 27 March-17 May 1985. With an introduction by Peter Webb. "It was with considerable delight that we discovered a sizeable area of art that had never been the subject of an exhibition in this country. Some aspects of erotic art have been shown, especially contemporary, but no-one has attempted to assemble them as a comprehensive theme. Because so much ground has already been covered by art historical exhibitions in the last twenty years, both by museums and commercial galleries, it seems that only the most obscure academic corners are left unexplored, or indeed that only the most banal repetitions are eligible. And yet in this quest for novelty, erotic art has steadfastly been ignored, unjustly in our opinion. Though excited by the idea of breaking new… Read More