Search Results: Titles starting with M from Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)

London: Peter Owen Limited, 1949. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 136 pages of text including an index. Red hardcover cloth binding with minor shelfwear and rubbing to extremities. Price-clipped dustjacket with several chips and creases, and overall slight soiling, with name in pen on rear flap; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of Cocteau, two drawings by Cocteau, and two photographs, all in black & white. Translated by Mary C. Hoeck. Front endpaper and several pages of text affected by ink notations. A tight and attractive copy of this publication..

Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1857. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 508 pages. Rebound in red cloth with a black leather spine label. Written on the front endpaper is "John B. Callender from the Author." About three dozen pages have small stains. The first American edition..

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1944. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Sixth edition. Octavo (8vo). xxiv, 775 pages of text. Hardcover binding is rubbed and worn, with fraying to the extremities. No dustjacket. Illustrated by numerous figures, including several fold-out illustrations. Previous owner's name neatly on the front endpaper. A 1944 printing of the sixth edition, first published in 1927..

London: Oxford University Press, 1962. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xvi, 344 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. No dustjacket. Contains six illustrations (including a color frontisportrait of Maclean) and two maps. One page with a tiny tear and crease..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xxii, 505 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear. Signed and inscribed by the co-author James K. Galbraith on the front endpaper "For Henry [Henry S. Reuss] and...With esteem and affection as always [signed] Christmas 1993." First edition..

Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1991. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. Quarto (4to). [viii], 327 pages of text including a bibliography, an index, and an updated values guide for 1991. Laminated hardcover binding, with minimal shelfwear. No dustjacket. Illustrated with hundreds of black & white photographs, and 16 pages in full color. A valuable reference in the field..

Burbage, Hinkley, Leicestershire, England: Society of Esoteric Endeavor, 2011. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First thus edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 88 pages of text. Original paperback binding with minimal shelfwear. The binding has yapped edges meaning it extends unusually far beyond the page edges. To make the cover water resistant by an authentic method it was finished with beeswax burnished with a smooth stone in the style and method known to have been employed in the 17th Century. The text was printed on heavy fibrous paper using lead type in period style. One of 180 numbered copies. Contains one hand-colored illustrations and another tipped in black illustration. The text is clean and unmarked. Includes a typed letter signed by the publisher. The text is clean and unmarked. First thus edition..

London, United Kingdom: South Bank Centre, 1992. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. First Edition. Quarto (4to). 320 pages of text including bibliography. Thick paperback binding with a few minor scuffs to rear cover and overall minor shelfwear. Contains a chronology of the life and works of the artist. Contains 168 color photographs and numerous in black & white. Modern Art, Exhibition catalogue..

London: Printed for J. Newbery; R. Baldwin; T. Caslon; W. Griffin; W. Nicoll; T. Lownds; and T. Becket, 1765. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. Reprint. Octavo (8vo). [ii], iv, ii, [ii], 75 pages of text, followed by [i] publisher's advertisement. Disbound from larger volume, with stitching intact and functional. Final leaf is soiled with minor tearing. Previous owner's name (Eliza Finch) on title page. Measures 7+5/16" in height..

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1979. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xii, 351 pages of text including and index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition, with minor bumping to corner of rear board. Unclipped dustjacket, heavily sunned on spine, with moderate rubbing to the extremities; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed by the author to another doctor in Detroit in the year of publication. Contains numerous black & white photographs and sketches..

New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. Book. Very Good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 272 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to the spine, and minor shelfwear. Protected in the original Mylar protective dustjacket. Illustrated. Oblong: measures 165mm (height) x 233mm. First printing with a full number line on the copyright page starting with 1. Stated: First edition..

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto (4to). x, 325 pages including a bibliography and an index. Blue-grey hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs, drawings, sketches and elevations, many of which are historic. City Planning, Suburbs, Suburban Living, Gardens, Garden Design. A clean, tight and attractive copy of this publication..

Middletown, OH: American Rolling Mill Co., 1924. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 184 pages of text. Hardcover binding is moderately shelfworn, soiled and stained. Text is clean and unmarked. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. First edition..

New York: Behrman House, 1944. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Early edition. Octavo (8vo). 317 pages of text. Hardcover binding is heavily rubbed at the spine extremities, and overall slightly shelfworn. No dustjacket. Signed and inscribed on the front endpaper "For Samuel Blumenfield With warmest esteem [signed] Abram Leon Sachar. November 1944." A few pages are torn at the hinge, and all of the pages are age-toned due to the acidic nature of war-time publication..

New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1975. Book. Very good+ condition. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 352 pages. Minor shelfwear to paperback binding; light spotting to page-edges. Inscribed by author on title page "...with best wishes, [signed] Martin Duberman. Nov. 30, 1975." First edition..

Palm Springs, CA: The Desert Museum, 1968. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 137 pages including a bibliography and an index. Rust colored publisher's hardcover cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. Dustjacket with the slightest of rubbing to the extremities, and minor sunning to spine. Illustrated with a color fold-out map, sketches, and numerous photographs, including a color frontispiece. Guide Books..

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xxxii, 464 pages of text, followed by 32 pages of publisher's advertisement. Original hardcover cloth binding, with two minor scuffs/bumps to the lower edge of the front board, and minor shelfwear. The inner hinges are somewhat weakened. Minor to moderate foxing scattered throughout the text. Several pages of the publisher's advertisements are chipped and/or torn at the top margin where it appears previously uncut and unopened pages were somewhat carelessly liberated. The rear endpaper has a crease. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1962. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 150 pages oftext including an index. Minor pencil underlining to text. Hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket has several small closed tears, one repaired with tape; minor soiling; protected in archival mylar..

Clinton, IA: Morlan & Nichols, 1885. Book. Very good condition. No Binding. First Edition. 3-13/16" x 5-5/8" vertical studio portrait of a man in full-length buffalo coat. Mounted on publisher's card stock, with publisher's name on bottom margin. Undated photograph; circa 1885. Previous owner believed this to be Frank Grouard, but we were unable to verify this assertion..

New York, NY: Macmillan Company, 1964. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 126 pages of text including bibliography and index. Hardcover cloth binding. Unclipped dustjacket with minor sunning to spine, otherwise in almost new condition; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with photographs, drawings, and diagrams. First edition..