Search Results: Titles starting with M from Harrison-Hiett Rare Books

Paris: Maradan, 1810. Second edition. Hardback. In full calf, with scored design to boards and gilt stamped details and title. Spine has sustained some damage at head and tail, but been repaired. Boards have a few rubbed areas. Marbled endpapers and matching marbling to closed page edges. Some foxing - mainly to prelims. Overall a good copy. Text in French. lvij, 422 pp. 220 x 140 mm (8¾ x 5½ inches). Deuxième édition. Relié. En plein veau, avec dessin marqué aux plats et détails et titre estampés dorés. La colonne vertébrale a subi quelques dommages à la tête et à la queue, mais a été réparée. Les planches ont quelques zones frottées. Pages de garde marbrées et marbrures assorties aux bords des pages fermées. Quelques rousseurs - principalement aux préliminaires. Dans l'ensemble une bonne copie. Texte en français. lvij, 422 pages. 220 x 140 mm.

London: André Deutsch Limited , 1985. First English edition. Hardback illustrated boards. With a borrowed verse from 'The Night Before Christmas', this would make a great Festive gift! Unpaginated, but 32 pages. 305 x 220 mm (12 x 8¾ inches). Boards are a little rubbed, particularly to corners. Inside in an excellent condition.

London:: Andre Deutsch, 1958. First edition, in original unclipped dust jacket. Test in English Hardback colour illustrated boards. A lovely copy of a charming children's book with rhymes about life in Paris and featuring wonderful illustrations of its sites. Overall in very good condition. Dust jacket has some darkening to spine, and edges are very slightly rubbed. Now in protective removable Mylar. Clean and inscription-free inside. Text in English. Unpaginated. 310 x 225 mm (12¼ x 8¾ inches). Première édition, dans sa jaquette d'origine non décousue. Test in English Hardback colour illustrated boards. Un bel exemplaire d'un charmant livre pour enfants avec des rimes sur la vie à Paris et de merveilleuses illustrations de ses sites. L'ensemble est en très bon état. La jaquette présente un assombrissement du dos et les bords sont très légèrement frottés. Elle est maintenant sous Mylar amovible. L'intérieur est propre et sans inscription. Texte en anglais. Non paginé. 310 x 225 mm

Mexico: Ediciones Botas, 1938. Second Edition. Part of the Hombres de Mexico series. Original soft cove. Clean and tidy with just a little marking to the covers. Cheap paper with a little darkening, but overall in very nice condition. Many pages uncut. xvi, 604, viii. pp. 190 by 125mm (7½ by 5 inches).

Paris / Evreux: Chez Pigoreau / Ches Ancelle, 1804. Four Volumes in Two. First Thus. (Dated An XIII). Frontis engraving to the front of each volume. Title for each. Contemporary half marbles boards with leather spines, labels and gilt titles. A little rubbing to the boards, with significant surface loss to the edge of volume two. Internally clean and tidy with a little darkening and a few foxing spots. An owner's inscription and small hole to the half title of volume two, Doesn't affect text. A few small nicks and stains otherwise. xxvii, [i], 140. [iv], 168., [vi], 168., [iv], 180. pp. Text in French. 130 by 90mm (5 by 3½ inches). . Quatre tomes en deux livres. Premier Ainsi. (Datée An XIII). Gravure en frontis au recto de chaque volume. Titre pour chacun. Plats en demi-marbres de l'époque avec dos en cuir, étiquettes et titres dorés. Un léger frottement sur les plats, avec perte de surface importante en bordure du tome deux. Intérieur propre et bien rangé avec un peu d'assombrissement et… Read More

Paris: Editions Lancôme, 1978. A beautiful edition of this art book produced by cosmetics firm Lancôme in 1978. One of 2,500 copies. Includes tipped in works by Erté, Kravtchenko, Bakst, Baudin and many other illustrators, including nineteenth century Japanese works. Printed on Vélin D'Arches. Text in French. Unpaginated. A little rubbing to the boards and tipped on cover print. Internally spotless. 355 x 270 mm (14 x 10¾ inches). Une belle édition de ce livre d'art réalisé par la firme de cosmétiques Lancôme en 1978. Un des 2500 exemplaires. Comprend des œuvres d'Erté, Kravtchenko, Bakst, Baudin et de nombreux autres illustrateurs, y compris des œuvres japonaises du XIXe siècle. Imprimé sur Vélin d'Arches. Texte en français. Non paginé. Un peu de frottements sur les planches et sur l'impression de la couverture. Intérieur impeccable. 355 x 270 mm

Paris: Robert et Lydie Dutrou éditeurs, 1996. First Edition. A nice copy of this artist monograph. Comprising a cover and six 4 page signatures (loose in French folds). Two original lithographs by Miotte (including cover), both in colour. These were original for this issue. The soft covers are pretty clean, but the paper spine has a touch of cracking to the bottom edge/. Inside is in excellent, original condition, with just a touch of marking to it. A nice copy of a scarce art item. 24 pages. 360 x 280 mm (14¼ x 11 inches). . Première édition. Bel exemplaire de cette monographie de l'artiste, comprenant une couverture et six signatures de 4 pages (détachées dans des plis français). 2 lithographies originales de Miotte (y compris la couverture), toutes deux en couleurs. Elles étaient originales pour ce numéro. Les couvertures souples sont assez propres, mais le dos en papier présente une légère fissure sur le bord inférieur. L'intérieur est en excellent état, avec juste quelques… Read More

Aalst: De Seyn-Verhougrstraete, 1894. Reprint. 3rd edition. With frontis portrait of the author. Original softback binding, but rebound in recent marbled boards. Leather label to spine. Bookplate to inside front board. The binding is in excellent condition. The contents are in good clean condition, with a touch of darkening to the page edges. Original covers bound in. 164 pages. 230 x 160 mm (9 x 6¼ inches).

Mainz: Jos. Scholz-Verlag, 1916. First edition. Circa 1916. Scholz' Künstler-Bilderbücher, no. 146. Hardback with colour illustrated front board, and blue cloth spine. Boards and internal pages clean and in very good condition. 20 unnumbered pages: with colour illustrations. 255 x 180 mm (10 x 7 inches). German text. Political propaganda / satire regarding Italy's part in the First World War. In Germany at the time, Italian craftsmen who made cooking utensils and spoons were known as "Katzelmacker", and this term became a disparaging term for all Italians. .

Milan : Studio Marconi , 1974. Original b/w offset poster of Man Ray's 'Autoportrait, 1943'. This self portrait now printed in this style by Studio Marconi. Man Ray's face is clean shaven on one side of his face, and has a beard on the other side of his face. As the poster folds it reveals different views. On the verso is text by Arturo Carlo Quintavalle: "Psicoanalisi e Alchimia". Age toned at folds on verso. Text in Italian. Folded size: 250 x 175 mm. Open size: 700 x 1000 mm.

New York: Cheim & Reid - Edwynn Houk Gallery, 2013. First edition. Large photographic images to both back and front of stapled soft covers. One of 1500 copies of this exhibition catalogue produced for Frieze Masters 2013. 34 unnumbered pages; fifteen iconic Man Ray images. Full pages images, all b/w. In good condition. 360 x 300 mm (14¼ x 11¾ inches).

London: Martin Secker, 1931. First Edition, that was limited to only 2000 copies. Hardback in publisher's original green cloth, with the spine lettered in gilt and with the image of a phoenix in gilt to the front board. Top page edges gilt, other edges left untrimmed. Last page states that it was printed in Great Britain by the Botolph Printing Works. Minus the dust jacket. There is light sun fading to the both the front, the back and the spine. Darkening to front and back blank endpapers. Text is clean binding is tight. 97 pages. 260 x 170 mm (10¼ x 6¾ inches).

Aug. Vind. [Augustae Vindelcorum] Augsburg, Germany : Johann Christian Leopold , 1760. A lovely copy of this original, first edition engraving by LANDERER after SCHMIDT. Plate 2 from the series "12 character heads". 20cm x 13cm on backing paper of 29cm x 22cm. Clean and tidy engraving on slightly darkened paper. laid onto heavy laid backing paper. A little marking only. Printing details to base of engraving. The backing paper has a crease to the top left edge, and a small closed tear to the bottom edge. identified, named and dated from identical copies in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Johann Christian Leopold (1699-1755) Print publisher based in Augsburg; son of Joseph Friedrich Leopold (q.v.); published mezzotints after Piazzetta; until 1760 at the earliest. His son Johann Christian Leopold the Younger (1729-1779), continued his business under the same name. Ferdinand Landerer (1730 Stein unter der Enns - 1795 Vienna) Engraver. Martin Johann Schmidt (Grafenworth, 1718 - Stein an der Donau… Read More

Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2007. First edition. Hardback black boards under original unclipped dust jacket. Neat author's dedication to fellow author Fay Weldon; as this was once Ms Weldon's copy. Beginning in post war Rome, the novel follows the story of a successful writer and his relationship with two American film actress sisters, as they struggle to make sense of life, and love. Both the book and dust jacket are in fine, almost unread, condition. 271 pages. 220 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches). . Première édition. Couverture rigide en carton noir sous jaquette d'origine non fermée. Belle dédicace de l'auteur à sa consÅ“ur Fay Weldon, car il s'agissait autrefois de l'exemplaire de Mme Weldon. Commençant dans la Rome d'après-guerre, le roman suit l'histoire d'un écrivain à succès et sa relation avec deux sÅ“urs actrices de cinéma américaines, alors qu'elles luttent pour donner un sens à la vie et à l'amour. Le livre et la jaquette sont en parfait état, presque sans avoir été lus. 271… Read More

Aug. Vind. [Augustae Vindelcorum] Augsburg, Germany : Johann Christian Leopold , 1760. A lovely copy of this original, first edition engraving by LANDERER after SCHMIDT. Plate 8 from the series "12 character heads". 19.5cm x 13cm on backing paper of 29cm x 22cm. Clean and tidy engraving on slightly darkened paper. laid onto heavy laid backing paper. A little marking only. Printing details to base of engraving. The backing paper has a touch of creasing and darkening to the edges. Identified, named and dated from identical copies in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Johann Christian Leopold (1699-1755) Print publisher based in Augsburg; son of Joseph Friedrich Leopold (q.v.); published mezzotints after Piazzetta; until 1760 at the earliest. His son Johann Christian Leopold the Younger (1729-1779), continued his business under the same name. Ferdinand Landerer (1730 Stein unter der Enns - 1795 Vienna) Engraver. Martin Johann Schmidt (Grafenworth, 1718 - Stein an der Donau 1801) Austrian baroque… Read More

Milan: «Poesia» , 1910. Umberto Boccioni, Carlo D. Carrà, Luigi Russolo, Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini. containing all thirteen complete statements of the movement. Published on April 11, 1910. Publisher "Poetry", Milan. ​​ and released under the aegis of «Poesia» Marinetti's magazine. French language. First Edition Thus. Very good condition. First edition in French of the "Technical Manifesto of Futurist Painting" signed by the artists Umberto Boccioni, Carlo D. Carrà, Luigi Russolo, Giacomo Balla, Gino Severini. Compared to the Italian version, the French version has five more statements present in the previous "Manifesto of Futurist painters" published on February 11, 1910. The present edition thus includes all thirteen main points of Futurist painting. This contains a library stamp to the front page (not legible as too faint). The work appears to have been tipped into a different format, and later removed, and there is a small area (6.5cm x 2cm) neatly cut from the corner of the document… Read More

London: Bradbury & Evans , 1849. First Edition. Publisher's hardback boards, three quarter red morocco with blue paper covered boards. Gilt title to front and spine. With forty full-page b/w illustrations. Boards are quite rubbed. Clean and unmarked inside. Unpaginated, but complete. 220 x 290 mm (8¾ x 11½ inches).

London: Man's World Publishing Co. Ltd., 1962. Original vintage men's bodybuilding magazine. Full of photographs and contemporary advertisements, plus articles on muscle building and body sculpture. The covers have some wear at the edges from handling. 180 x 125 mm (7 x 5 inches).

France: N/A, 1700. Contemporary panelled calf. A 386 page manuscript, outlining Roman Catholic faith concerning the Mass. With contents to rear. Probably French. Undated but Circa 1700. Completed in a neat cursive script, entirely in Latin. The binding has chips with considerable loss to the spine. However the boards are firm and holding. Internally clean and tidy throughout, with minimal darkening to the pages. Still perfectly legible. 190 by 120mm (7½ by 4¾ inches). Veau lambrissé contemporain. Un manuscrit de 386 pages, décrivant la foi catholique romaine concernant la messe. Avec le contenu à l'arrière. Probablement français. Sans date mais vers 1700. Terminé dans une écriture cursive soignée, entièrement en latin. La reliure a des éclats avec une perte considérable au dos. Cependant les planches sont fermes et tiennent. Intérieurement propre et bien rangé, avec un assombrissement minimal des pages. Toujours parfaitement lisible. 190 par 120 mm

Paris:: à la librairie encyclopédique de Roret, 1839. Nouvelle édition. A manual for preparing animals and birds for taxidermy and on preserving plants and minerals. Recent binding with burgundy quarter leather spine and gilt titles. Recent marbled boards. Four large folding plates to the rear. The original soft cover is bound in. The exterior is immaculate, inside there is a little foxing, and the oversized plates have a little edge wear to them. Overall an attractive and well preserved copy. 592 pages + 4 plates. 150 x 100 mm (6 x 4 inches). Nouvelle édition. Un manuel pour préparer les animaux et les oiseaux à la taxidermie et sur la préservation des plantes et des minéraux. Reliure récente avec dos en quartier cuir bordeaux et titres dorés. Plats marbrés récents. Quatre grandes plaques rabattables à l'arrière. La couverture souple d'origine est reliée. L'extérieur est impeccable, à l'intérieur il y a un peu de rousseurs, et les plaques surdimensionnées ont un peu d'usure sur… Read More