Search Results: Titles starting with M from AARDWOLF Fine Books

New Holland Publishers, Sydney, Australia, 2008; First Edition; quarto, 224 pages; illustrated. Lavish Moroccan cookbook, with sumptuous recipes for meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, salads, soups, sauces, preserves, dips, dressings, marinades, spices, bread, pastries, tajines, desserts, cakes, and drinks, including Arabic coffee and Moroccan mint tea. Profusely illustrated with beautiful full-page color photographs. Very Good Plus, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. Clean, crisp, bright, glossy, binding tight, sound, and square, corners sharp. Not price-clipped, no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. A sharp and very handsome copy.

The Erythrina Press, Los Angeles, 1976; First Edition; 8vo, 155 pages; illustrated. Ten short stories by author Adelaide Gerstley (1901-1978) whose popular work filled the pages of America’s leading magazines and journals from the mid 1940’s through the early 1950’s. Copy #216 of a total edition of but 300. Fine, without dust jacket, as issued. Crisp, bright, and sharp.

J.C. Tarapore/ K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Bombay, 1960; First Edition; 8vo, 142 pages. A series of detailed lectures by Zoroastrian authority Dastur Framroze A. Bode, given at the K.R. Cama Oriental Institute in Bombay 1958-1960 on the subject of Zoroastrian thought and doctrine. Very Good Plus, in cream-colored boards. A bright, sharp copy.

Editions D’Art Albert Skira, Geneva, 1946; First Edition; tall quarto (11 1/4" x 15 1/4"). Finely published Edouard Manet portfolio, an entry in the Albert Skira "Le Tresors De La Peinture Francaise" Swiss series on 19th century French painting. Four-page illustrated introduction by eminent scholar and critic Adolphe Tabarant, followed by six beautiful full-page laid-in plates tipped onto heavy card stock, suitable for framing. All plates in brilliant color. Printed in Switzerland. Very Good Plus, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp. Complete with the original protective outer glassine wrap, which has a few small chips. All plates Fine. Text in French.

U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., 1958; 22" x 27"; 7.5 minute series. Includes Cathedral City, the southeastern tip of Palm Springs Airport, Palm Valley School, Tamarack Country Club, Thunderbird Country Club, Indio Hills, Whitewater, Thousand Palms, etc. Very Good Plus, small (1/2") closed edge tear in the blank right margin, not affecting titles or graphics. Ownership stamp in top blank margin bearing the name and Palm Canyon address of Culver Nichols, legendary Palm Springs founder who, together with other notables such as Earl Coffman, Fred Markham, Warren Pinney, Alvah Hicks, Ralph Bellamy, Phil Boyd, and Jack Williams, pioneered the incorporation of the city of Palm Springs in 1936. Nichols rose to become an influential realtor in the Palm Springs area, and it was he who donated the land upon which the Palm Springs Tram Valley Station now stands, where the Culver Nichols room preserves his name. Clean and bright, unfolded. Ships rolled. An early Palm Springs map with… Read More

U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., 1930; scale 1:24,000; contour interval 50 feet. Early color topographic map of glacial and post glacial deposits in Yosemite Valley, with geology and topography by legendary geologist F.E. Matthes. An original map from Matthes’ historic 1930 study "Geologic History Of The Yosemite Valley." (U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 160). Measures 36" x 17 1/4" fully opened. Clean, crisp, bright, no staining, yellowing, tearing, or any other damage of any kind. Absolutely Fine in all respects.

U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, D.C., 1911; Large 26" x 32" map showing, on the landward side, from Malaga Cove in the west to Naples in the east, with points in between such as Rocky Point, Point Vicente, Portuguese Bend, San Pedro, Point Fermin, Smith’s Island, Wilmington, Bixby Slough, Long Beach, etc. On the seaward side shows depths in fathoms as far out as 8 nautical miles, with notations as to water colors, buoy locations, lights, etc. Published November, 1911, compiled from the 1870 to 1910 surveys. Stamped in the blank bottom margin, "Lights, Beacons, and Buoys Corrected For Information Received To July 17, 1912." Scale: 1:40,000. Printed on heavy paper. Rolled, not folded. Very Good condition, with no chips or tears. A few scattered transparent stains. A scarce early map of Los Angeles Harbor.

The Itzan Society, Los Angeles, 1940; First Edition. Large map showing in detail the geographic ranges of the Amerindian tribes of the Americas at the close of the pre-Columbian era, with copious notations as to their territories, cities, populations, racial types, languages, cultures, etc. Compiled and edited in 1940 by distinguished American archaeologist Max Wells Jakeman (1910-1998) for the Itzan Society, founded in Los Angeles in 1938 to investigate the origins of the ancient native civilizations of the Americas. Measures 24"x 36" fully opened, 7" x 10" folded. An original 1940 map, not a reprint. Fine condition.

U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., 1929; scale 1:24,000; contour interval 50 feet. Color topographic map of Yosemite Valley from the 1905-1906 survey, printed July,1907 and reprinted 1929.Geology by E.M. Douglas, topography by legendary geologist F.E. Matthes. An original map from Matthes’ historic 1930 study "Geologic History Of The Yosemite Valley." (U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 160). Measures 36" x 17 1/4" fully opened. Clean, crisp, bright, no staining, yellowing, tearing, or any other damage of any kind. Absolutely Fine in all respects.

U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC, 1936; scale 1:24,000; contour interval 5 feet. Map of Bell, California, showing Bell, Montebello, Maywood, Huntington Park, South Gate, Lynwood, Lynwood Gardens, Cudahy, Downey, the eastern portion of Vernon, and the vanished towns of Workman, Hollydale, and Studebaker. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, unfolded.

U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC, 1932; scale 1:24,000; contour interval 5 feet. Map of Clearwater, CA, 1925, reprinted 1932, showing Clearwater, Bellflower, Los Cerritos, Signal Hill, and Northern part of Long Beach, plus the vanished towns of Hynes, Virginia City, Bixby, and such features as Cerritos Gun Club, Crystal Petroleum Refinery, Montana Ranch, Llewellyn School, Virginia Country Club, etc. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, unfolded.

U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC, 1932; scale 1:24,000; contour interval 5 feet. Edition of 1925, reprinted 1932, showing the city from approximately Magnolia Street on the West to the San Gabriel River on the East and from Signal Hill in the North to the Pacific Ocean in the South, with buildings, streets, and other features indicated. Includes such bygone items as Pine Ave. pier, Bixby Ranch, the Pacific Electric "Red Car" lines, plus an early view of Naples in Alamitos Bay. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, unfolded. Ships rolled.

U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC, 1935; scale 1:31,680; contour interval 5 feet. Map of Los Alamitos, including Los Alamitos, Los Coyotes, and the bygone towns of Moody, Shirley, Hansen, and Barber City. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, unfolded. Ships rolled.

U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, DC, 1942; scale 1:24,000; contour interval 5 feet; 1937 survey, reprinted 1942. Detailed map of Watts, California, with buildings, streets, and other features indicated. Encompasses all of Watts, plus Lynwood, Vernon, and northern portion of Compton, as well as the vanished towns of Athens and Willowbrook. Fine. Clean, crisp, bright, unfolded.

The American Association Of Botanical Gardens And Arboretums, , 1958; First Edition; 8vo, 56 pages. A detailed summary of the varieties of Acer cultivated in the United States and Canada, totaling 68 species, 37 subspecies, 160 cultivars and 7 hybrids. Includes a five page chapter on propagation by Roger G. Coggeshall. Illustrated with numerous b&w photographs. Two-page bibliography at the back. Fine, in printed card wraps.

Charles Landis, Vineland, NJ, 1875; 21" x 28", 4 pgs., plus 2 pg. Supplement. March, 1875 issue of The Vineland Rural newspaper, published by dynamic 19th century visionary Charles K. Landis (1833-1900), founder, designer, developer, and promoter of Vineland, New Jersey. After traveling throughout the United States in search of an ideal location, Landis settled upon Cumberland County, New Jersey as the site to realize his plan for a place of beautiful homes, manufacturies, businesses, schools, and churches, populated by hardworking, prosperous, contented citizens, all laid out with a mind toward beauty, and surrounded by thriving farms. "I desired to make Vineland so desirable a place to live in by reason of its various privileges, and over all to throw such a halo of beauty, as to make people loath to leave it." After purchasing 20,000 acres in 1861 from prominent Quaker landowner Richard D. Wood, Landis quickly set about drawing up plans, clearing a wide boulevard, and… Read More

Cuadernos de Arte del Ataneo de Madrid, Madrid, 1959; square 8vo, 36 pages; illustrated. Exposition catalog for the show at the Prado, October, 1959, featuring 25 oils and gouache works by Spanish artist Maria Antonia Dans. Text by Manuel Frago Tribarne. Very Good, in illustrated stiff wraps.

Viking Press, NY, 1961; First Edition; 8vo, 301 pages; Prussian blue boards, gray cloth spine. Extensive prose and poetry collection of Marianne Moore, once described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the few (writers) who have done the language some service in my lifetime," and who in 1951 had the unique distinction of winning the Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize. Includes, in addition to individual poems, the entirety of the two published collections "Like A Bulwark," and "O To Be A Dragon," numerous selections from "The Fables Of La Fontaine," the complete "Ford Correspondence Letters," several hitherto uncollected poems and essays, and a twenty-three page 1961 personal interview with Donald Hall from the Paris Review. Very Good, clean, crisp, bright, corners sharp, in a VG- dust jacket that has some chipping along the shoulders of the spine panel. Not price-clipped, no previous owner signatures.

Rizzoli, NY, 1985; First Paperback Edition; 9"x12", 216 pages plus a list of twenty two Fortuny-held patents, eight pages of footnotes, a listing of museums holding Fortuny exhibits, a select bibliography, a list of Fortuny exhibition catalogues, and a full alphabetized index at the back. A detailed study of the life and work of celebrated fashion designer, painter, and inventor Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949). Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Fine, in heavy card wraps. A crisp and sparkling copy.

Graphis Arte Editions, Livorno, 1993; First Edition in English; Limited to 1000 copies; quarto, 275 pages; blue cloth; gilt titles; illustrated. Definitive catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of Marino Marini (1901-1980), the culmination of twenty years of research by Giorgio and Guido Guastalla resulting in considerable changes to the previous cataloguing, ordering, and dating of the artist’s works. Illustrated with over 435 reproductions in color and b&w, quite a number full-page. Exhaustive catalogue at the back with photo, date, and technical data for every graphic work in Marini’s oeuvre. Includes eight previously unpublished works. Foreword by the authors, preface by Marina Marini, the artist’s wife, and eight-page introductory critical essay by renowned Italian art critic Mario de Micheli. Translation to English from the original Italian supervised by Leslie J. Sachs. Finely published and printed on Brilliant Garda Matt paper from the Garda Mill, by Grafiche Favillini in Livorno,… Read More