Authors starting with M from Bauman Rare Books

1910. MACFALL, Haldane. A History of Painting. Boston: D. D. Nickerson and Company, [circa 1910]. Eight volumes. Quarto, original navy cloth gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. $2000. The "Byzantine Edition," number 594 of 1000 sets produced, with 200 vivid tipped-in color reproductions of masterpieces from throughout the history of Western painting. Macfall's comprehensive survey covers the Renaissance through Impressionism. Separate volume titles include: The Renaissance in Central I... more information

1939. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. MACK, Connie. Original photograph signed. [Massachusetts]: Bachrach Portrait Photographers, 1939. Framed and matted original photograph measuring 17 inches by 12 inches. Entire piece measures 23 inches by 17 inches. $2500. Handsome portrait photograph of legendary baseball figure Connie Mack, signed and inscribed to famed portrait photographer Louis Bachrach, "With Best Wishes to Louis Fabian Bachrach, Sincerely Connie Mack." Mack, the "Grand Old Man" of b... more information

1827. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. MACKENTOSH, John. Manuscript copy of Receipts for the Cure of Most Diseases Incident to the Human Family. Fair copy, circa 1827. Slim octavo, stitched as issued, beige paper wrappers; ll. 14. $4500. Contemporary manuscript copy of Cherokee doctor John Mackentosh's medical treatise, the first work in English to publish traditional Native American remedies for a wide variety of 19th-century ailments. Scarce even in its published state (New York, 1827), Mackentosh's book... more information

1748. MACLAURIN, Colin. An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, in Four Books…. London: Printed for the author's children and sold by A. Millar, et al., 1748. Quarto, contemporary full brown calf rebacked, raised bands. $5200. First edition of Maclaurin's influential and important popularization of Newton's Principia, illustrated with six large, folding engraved plates, in handsome contemporary binding. "Gifted with a genius for geometrical investigation seco... more information

1887. SIGNED. (MADISON, Dolley) [CUTTS, Lucia B.]. Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1887. Small octavo, contemporary blue-green morocco, raised bands, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. $6000. Fourth edition of the first biography of America's famous first lady—the "Queen of Washington City"—a definitive account begun by her niece Mary E.E. Cutts and completed by Madison's grand-niece in 1886, featuri... more information

1855. FIRST EDITION. (KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE). The Knickerbocker Gallery: A Testimonial to the Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine from its Contributors. New York: Samuel Hueston, 1855. Large thick octavo, contemporary full blind-stamped brown morocco, raised bands, all edges gilt. $850. First edition of this tribute to the Knickerbocker Magazine and its renowned editor Louis Gaylord Clark, with 48 steel-engraved portraits of the contributors, very handsomely bound in full morocco. With contributions by... more information

1910. (MAINTENON, Madame de) DYSON, C.C. Madame de Maintenon. Her Life and Times 1635-1719. London: John Jane, 1910. Octavo, early 20th-century three-quarter green crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt-decorated spine panels, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. $300. Lovely illustrated biography of Madame de Maintenon, with a photogravure frontispiece portrait and 16 other illustrations, finely bound. The daughter of a poor family, Madame de Maintenon (Francoise d'Aubigné) married the famous wit a... more information

1755. FIRST EDITION. MAINTENON, Madame de. Memoires pour Servir a' l'histoire De Madame De Maintenon…. Amsterdam: Aux depens de l'Auteur [Laurent Angliviel de la Beaumelle], 1755-56. Six volumes. 12mo, contemporary full mottled calf, elaborately gilt-tooled spines, raised bands, red and tan morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers. $1800. First edition of the memoirs of the secret wife of Louis XIV, with engraved frontispiece portrait and title page in Volume I, beautifully bound in contem... more information

1963. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. MALAMUD, Bernard. Idiots First. New York: Farrar, Strauss, 1963. Octavo, original half black cloth, original dust jacket. $750. First edition, signed by Malamud on front free endpaper. The twelve stories in this collection are all revised or expanded from versions printed in various magazines between 1950 and 1963. Expert cloth repair to spine of book, price clipped dust jacket about-fine. ... more information

1958. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. MALAMUD, Bernard. The Magic Barrel. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Cudahy, 1958. Octavo, original lavender cloth spine and pink boards, original dust jacket. $1100. First edition, signed on the front free endpaper by Malamud. Published jointly with the Jewish Publications Society edition which was released slightly earlier the same year. Malamud's first short story collection and winner of the National Book Award, with thirteen stories revised from versions published in va... more information

1863. SIGNED. MALLORY, Stephen Russell. Document signed. Richmond, September 3, 1864. One leaf, writing on recto and verso, measures 8 by 10 inches. $4200. Wartime document signed by Stephen Russell Mallory, Confederate Secretary of the Navy, on official Confederate Naval stationery. This document, written in a secretarial hand and signed by Mallory, gives the bearer authority in a prisoner exchange for 190 Union soldiers captured by the C.S.S. Tallahassee under the command of Commander John Taylor Wood ... more information

1776. FIRST EDITION. MALTON, Thomas. A Compleat Treatise on Perspective, in Theory and Practice…. London: Printed for the Author, 1776. Folio, modern full panelled speckled calf, raised bands, red morocco spine label. $3800. First edition of this scarce architectural treatise, illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 46 fine copper-engraved plates (42 folding, of which five have moveable overslips) depicting buildings, interiors, columns, etc. One of only 300 copies printed for subscribers. Thomas... more information

1999. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. MAMET, David. Bar Mitzvah. El Segundo, California.: MFA Contemporary Atelier, 1999. Oblong folio (17-1/2 by 23 inches), original full brown leather gilt, original cardboard box. $5000. Signed limited edition, number 135 of only 395 copies signed by Mamet and artist Donald Sultan Includes 20 hand silk-screened plates (many with hand-inlayed 22-carat gold leaf), four of which are signed by Sultan and removable, suitable for framing. Mamet's original story is of a young boy... more information

1949. FIRST EDITION. MANSO, Leo. Fire House. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, (1949). Quarto, original pictorial paper boards, spiral-bound as issued, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. $500. First edition of this cleverly designed, charming "punch-out" book, which forms a fire house and burning building when assembled, this copy fully intact and in fine condition. When fully assembled, Manso's delightful novelty book would form two sides of a burning house and ... more information

1950. MANSO, Leo. The Wild West. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, (1950). Quarto, original pictorial paper boards, spiral-bound as issued, pictorial endpapers, original dust jacket. $500. First edition of this cleverly designed, charming "punch-out" book, which forms two frontier adventure scenes when assembled, this copy fully intact and in fine condition. When fully assembled, Manso's delightful novelty book would form a "cowboys-and-indians" combat scene on... more information

1962. SIGNED. MANTLE, Mickey. Photograph signed. New York: Yankee Stadium, circa 1962. Original color-printed photograph (4-1/2 by 6 inches), mount measures 8 by 10 inches. $1200. Color photograph of Mickey Mantle in Yankee pinstripes, boldly signed with blue marker. "The game's most popular player in the 1950s and greatest switch-hitter in baseball history" (Smith, 633), Mickey Mantle served the Yankee organization after his playing-days as first-base coach and hitting instructor. In Yanke... more information

1975. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (COCTEAU, Jean) MARAIS, Jean. Histoires de Ma Vie. (Paris): Albin Michel, (1975). Tall octavo, original flexible paper covers. $175. First edition, with a suite of poems by Jean Cocteau, inscribed "Pour Erijk, avec mille amitiés, Jean Marais." French actor Jean Marais, one of the most popular leading men in French films during the 1940s and '50s, was a protégé and longtime partner of Jean Cocteau. Near-fine condition. ... more information

1970. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED. (MARCOS, Ferdinand) MARAMAG, Ileana. The Second Marcos Inaugural. (Printed in Japan: Toppan Printing Company, 1970). Quarto, original blue cloth gilt, original dust jacket. $1200. First edition of this commemoration of Philippine president (later dictator) Ferdinand Marcos' second inauguration, abundantly illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs (many full-page), inscribed by Marcos to award-winning foreign reporter Joseph Kingsbury-Smith and his wife, "... more information

1876. FIRST EDITION. MARGRY, Pierre. Decouvertes et etablissements des Francais dans l'ouest et dans le sud de l'Amerique Septentrionale. Paris: D. Jouaust, 1875 [i.e. 1876]-86. Six volumes. Octavo, original gray paper wrappers, uncut and unopened. $1200. First edition of this collection of "memoires et documents originaux" relating to the French exploration of North America (1614-1754). "Reports, journals and letters, many here first printed, illuminating French explorations and I... more information

1925. FIRST EDITION. [MARINIS, Tammaro de]. Vendita all'asta della Preziosa Collezione Proveniente dalla Cessata Libreria De Marinis, 30 Novembre - 3 Dicembre 1925. Milan: Libreria Anticuaria Ulrico Hoepli, (1925). Octavo, contemporary full red morocco gilt with wallet-style flap and leather ties. $325. Only edition of this richly illustrated catalogue to the sale of the library of renowned bibliophile Tammaro De Marinis, with folding frontispiece printed in color and 42 full-page plates depicting the... more information