Search Results: Titles starting with M from Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, (1923). First edition. Small octavo. 161, [1] pp. Illustrated. Publisher's yellow cloth, back cover and spine lettering. Top corner of front endpaper excised, a few pages dog-eared and some notes regarding play in pencil on endpapers, else a very clean copy in the publisher's binding.Joseph P. Babcock, a representative of the Standard Oil Company in Shanghai, began importing Mah Jong sets to the United States in great numbers in 1923. This probably led to the publishing of this book, one of the first American book-length guides to the game.

San Francisco: Mackenzie & Harris, 1951. First edition. Tall and narrow octavo. 116, [6, ornaments] pp. Publisher's blue and red printed wrappers. A couple of old creases and light rubbing to wrappers, else very good.

New York: Macy's Department Store, 1924. Original photograph album detailing activities at the Macy’s Convention Center at the infamous 1924 Democratic Convention (commonly referred to as the “Klanbake Convention”). Macy’s set up their Convention Center at the Garden Theater adjacent to Madison Square Garden. Folio (13 x 19 inches). 68 leaves bearing 48 original 8 x 10 inch photographs (captioned in white ink), numerous newspaper articles, a slew of original signed letters by various dignitaries commending Macy’s . The book/album is broken up into 12 chapters. The opening page to each chapter bears professional calligraphic lettering and charming colored drawings. The whole bound in contemporary half black morocco over cloth with gilt spine lettering. Some rubbing to leather and one page loose. A magnificent production.The 1924 Democratic Convention took place in Madison Square Garden and Macy’s Convention Center was held in the adjoining theater. The heading of Chapter I reads: “The… Read More

Portland, OR: Out of the Ashes Press, 1974. First edition. Quarto. [56] pp. Illustrated. Printed on newspaper stock. Self-wrappers. Signed by the author in 1985. A very good copy of this fragile item.Walt Curtis is Portland's unofficial poet laureate and is "an outspoken, uncompromising, gay poet with a big mouth and a lot on his mind. Spouting Green politics, pantheism, ‘dirty’ words, with a bold wit and equal verve and enthusiasm, Curtis hugs a tree one moment and dances with the devil the next" (Plazm).Curtis’ activities are so numerous that a just the facts list is in order. His publications include: Angel Pussy (1970), The Erotic Flying Machine (1970), The Roses of Portland(1974), The Sunflower and Other Earth Poems (1975), The Mad Bombers Notebook (1975),The Mad Poems, The Unreasonable Ones (1975), Mala Noche (1977), Peckerneck Country(1978), Journey Across America (1979), Rhymes for Alice Blue Light (1984), as well as numerous pieces in various regional magazines. He starred in Penny… Read More

N.p.: N.p., [ca. 1912]. First edition. Octavo. [16] pp. with 7 photographic illustrations. Publisher's printed buff wrappers. Excellent.The first part is a poem. The second part is Pringle's reminiscences of his 1846 overland journey from Missouri to Oregon (titled: Experience of an Emigrant Boy in 1846). Complete with the tipped in "Names of Localities of the Illustrations". Apparently there is a waterfall named after Pringle and all of the ilustrations have Pringle Falls in them.

(Paris): (Lecram Press), (1929). First edition. Quarto (7 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches). xxi, [1, blank], inserted color plate, 122, [2, printer's slug and blank] pp. Publisher's printed salmon wrappers. Quiet repair to one inch part of upper spine, owner's grandiose signature on half title, inner hinges reinforced with archival white tapen (preventative as there is no sign of separation). Overall, a very good copy, certainly better than usually seen.This is Book III of the four that comprise the first edition of this title. Part III is titled "Magick in Theory and Practice", and is perhaps the most influential section within the publication. In this part, Magick (with the terminal -k) is defined in Crowley's now famous "Introduction". It contains many influential essays on various magical formulae, such as Tetragrammaton, Thelema, Agape, AUMGN, and iao. This section also addresses fundamental magical theorems, essential components of ritual, and general practices (e.g. banishing, consecration, invocation,… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. First edition, Presentation copy. Octavo. 123, [1] pp. plus 28 inserted plates of charts (most color printed, folding), original albumen pasted down opposite page 50. Publisher's blind-ruled blue cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Minor extremity wear but a lovely copy overall.Presentation copy with inscribed compliments card of J. G. Walker, U.S. Navy, Chief of Bureau of Navigation tipped-in at title-page. In the new age of steel ships this was an important matter. "During the year 1883, Naval Professional Paper, No. 13, entitled "Magnetism: Its Principle and Applications to Ships and Compasses." was prepared and published from the small amount of money appropriated for printing and binding in the Navy Department. Recognizing that a thorough knowledge of the action of the materials of which ships are constructed upon their compasses was necessary to nautical men and to the ship-building interests of the country, that a special appropriation… Read More

Kansas City: Kansas City Posse of the Westerners, [ca. 1965]. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies, signed by Watson and Wolfe. Small octavo. 27, [2] pp. Numerous illustrations of cattle brands. Publisher's green cloth with gilt cover lettering. A fine copy.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1887. First edition. Tall octavo. xii, 390, [2, publisher's ads] pp. plus numerous full page plates. Contemporary polished calf, spine densely gilt in compartments and with gilt lettering, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, Lower hinges starting but a very attractive copy.

[Boston?]: The Artist, [ca. 1960]. Original woodblock print by James Reuben Reed. One of 50 copies. It measures 12 x 18 inches (including margins). Reed's monogram at the bottom of the print. Signed, numbered and titled by Reed at bottom margin. Bit of foxing and paper evenly toned. A striking image.The painter James Reuben Reed was born in Kansas City, Missouri to African parents in 1920. Shortly after his father and brother were slain in a racist conflict, his mother died. As an orphan he moved to Hartford, CT, and studied painting and decorating at the Connecticut State Trade School. In the 1940s, Reed studied portraiture and still life painting at the Scott Carbee School of Art in Boston, eventually receiving an Atlanta University purchase prize for his work. Reed was also a cofounder of both the Boston Negro Artists Association (now the Boston African American Artists Association), and the African-American Master Artists in Residence at Northwestern University.

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1872. First American edition. Octavo. xxvi, 303, [1, blank], [1], publisher's ads] pp. Publisher's blind-stamped pebbled-grain rust cloth, gilt spine lettering, pale yellow endpapers. A very tidy typographical bookplate of a 19th century lending library and faint stamp to endpaper. A very handsome copy: very clean text and in a binding with no issues.James Hinton was a successful surgeon and the author of many books and articles on physiology and ethics. A gifted man in his intellect and oratory powers, this book, his chief work, was an extremely influential interpretation of the relationship between science and religion. This was an era when such books were urgently needed as the populace was increasingly confused about the rise of technology and the influence of Darwinism. First published in 1859, the same year as the Origin of Species, Man and His Dwelling Place takes a very broad view of the human condition, addressing the most difficult topics brought up by this… Read More

London: N. Trubner and Co., 1861. The first edition in Sanskrit and first edition in English. Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches) printed in the landscape manner (the spine is actually the top of the book). xi, [1], 268 pp. preface by Theodor Golsdstucker with text printed in two columns plus the 121-page facsimile of the original Sutra at rear. Publisher's ribbed brown cloth with blind-stamped borders, nicely rebacked a great while ago retaining almost all of the original spine, spine with gilt lettering and a gilt Ganesh device, pale yellow endpapers, Smallish call letters in orange at base of spine, library accession stamp and two previous owner's signatures on front pastedown and endpaper, tips bumped. The major part of the sutra is unopened. Overall, a very good copy of quite a scarce title.Kalpa means "proper, fit" and is one of the six disciplines of the Ved nga, or ancillary science connected with the Vedas – the scriptures of Hinduism. This field of study is focused on the procedures… Read More

San Antonio: H. Rudolph, Fox Photographer, 1911. Original photograph measuring 48 x 7 1/2 inches. Large panoramic photo depicting the March, 1911 United States Army maneuvers which featured 20,000 troops, with early US military aircraft such as the Wright Model B biplane, as well as two others by Robert McCormick and Ben Johnson, a San Antonio inventor flying above the camp. . captions scratched into negative at lower margin (minor restoration to small portion at the very lower far right fore-edge, minor creasing), still a a wonderfully clean and clear image.This exceedingly scarce original panoramic photograph features the United States Army maneuvers in March, 1911, and was one of the earliest such camps to coordinate with US Army fliers. Within the image, the YMCA tent is identified, as well as the placement of the field hospital, field artillery, the Signal Corps, as well as the Depot Commissary in the foreground. Above three different biplanes are shown flying maneuvers, including the Wright… Read More

Indianapolis: The Boobbs-Merrill Co., (1931). First edition. One of 205 specially bound, signed and numbered copies. 286 pp. plus 13 full page illustrations after Eskeridge plus a double-page color map of the islands at the very rear (also by Eskeridge). Publisher's half green cloth over pale green boards, gilt spine lettering, light green endpapers. t.e.g. The signed edition issued was without a jacket. Aside from some minor sunning to spine, an excellent copy.Painter, author, muralist and illustrator Robert Eskridge — a lineal descendant of both General Robert E. Lee and General George Washington — was born on November 22, 1891 in Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. "After moving to Southern California he studied at USC, and the Los Angeles College of Fine Arts. He served in the army during WWI and was stationed at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. Later he studied at both the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In Chicago he was a member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, and… Read More

Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1916-17. First editions. Four octavo volumes. All volumes well illustrated from photographs and line drawings. Publisher's printed salmon wrappers with photographic illustrations to front cover. Lower corner of front wrapper of #5 excised, inexpensive browning paper (war shortages) and a few shirt tears to foldouts. All volumes with a faded stamp to cover. Very good.Titles are;II; Moteur - Helice - Armement.III; Le Voyage - La Reconnaissance Aerienne.V: Les Moteurs d'Aviation.VII; L'Aviation Allemande.

Bryn Mawr: N.p., 1896. Four lines of verse on a folded blank sheet of paper (5 x 8 inches) and five shromolithograph postcards of his Pasadena home and garden. Very good.Robert Jones Burdette was an American humorist and lecturer. Born in Pennsylvania and raised in Illinois, he served with distinction in the Civil War; after the war, he settled in Iowa, writing a gently humorous column for a local paper. National syndication made him widely popular and paved the way for an enormously successful lecture tour. After several years with the Hawk-eye he went to work for the Brooklyn (New York) Eagle. Later in life he moved to Pasadena, California. He toured the country for years, rivaling Mark Twain in popularity; his trademark humorous philosophy, equal parts wit and sentimentality embracing a clear moral purpose, made him one of the most popular humorists of his day.The verse is one he apparently wrote many times for people who requested it and it reads - Grant me, immortal gods, this boon below/Let… Read More

[London?]: N.p., [ca. 1930]. Original manuscript. Octavo (7 x 9 inches). 21 poems/rhymes on 16 rectos and 11 full page watercolor paintings illustrating the work at hand on 11 versos. Blank pages at end. Contemporary plain black cloth with Curwen patterned endpapers. Some bubbling to cloth. A charming workbook by an aspiring artist.The opening poem is "Good Morning" and the closing poem is "Good Night. At the very end we find this little ditty; Ladies and Gentlemen, here stands a figure, if you want to hear a speech, please wait till I'm bigger. A few of the poems might be original as we could not find any record of them.

Bolinas: N.p., 1969. At first glance this small octavo looks like a reprint of "An Account of California and the Wonderful Gold Regions" but inside we find a very well done cartoon of 32-panel cartoon of a meditating hippie, an island and a ship representing 'The Man." There are also 2 I Ching readings with attendant illustrations. The whole presentation if dedicated ''To the Morons in the Hills (Beverly)." There are dabs of Eastern religion, pot smoking and paranoia. On the inside front cover we see that it was written in the city of Bolinas, CA, in 1969. Uper tip bent but very good.Whoever the artist was had skills and was obviously anxioulsy awaiting "The Age of Aquarius."

Tarrytown NY: N.p., 1971. This calligraphic and decorated scroll measures 19 x 124 inches and is composed of five sheets of laid paper attached. Calligraphic text with decoration on the margins. A very powerful, yet attractive document.Written much in the style of the Declaration of Independence, this scroll, written by a known author and illustrated by an renown artist, move in an entirely different direction all the while upholding the principles of the US primary document. The time was 1971 and the anger at American involvement in the war in Vietnam was reaching a fever pitch. Marches and demonstrations (not a few of which I was dragged to as a youth) were happening across the country, violence was done to university students. and thousands of deaths were reported weekly on television. It was a great time of togetherness and everyone pitched in. The makers;Robert Andrew Parker; Robert Andrew Parker graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1952 after serving in the Army in the 1940s. He… Read More

London: N.p., [ca. 1860]. Five leaves [10 pp; 8 1/2 x 13 /12 inches], handwritten by Landenburgh in ink on all sides. Affixed at the top. Signed by Landenburgh on the last page. Accompanied by a typed transcription of the document bound in blue cloth. A fine carte-de-visite photograph of Fremont and two engraved portraits of him at the back of the typescript. Small typographic booklabel, old fold-lines, three repaired marginal tears. The whole housed in two folding cloth chemises in a divided cloth slipcase with a red morocco gilt lettering label. Very good.[Together with][MARIPOSA ESTATE]. The Mariposa Estate: It's Past, Present and future. Comprising the Official Report of J. Ross Brown (U.S. Commissioner) upon its Mineral Resources. With a View of the Causes which Led to the Late Failure of the Company, etc.. New York: Russells' American Steam Printing House, 1868.First edition. Octavo. 62 pp. Complete with the large color lithograph map of the the Mariposa Estate bound in at rear.… Read More