Titles starting with M from William Dailey Rare Books Ltd ABAA

2 parts in one, 4to, (16)pp, b/w illus. throughout; (iv), 128-150, iv-viii ads pp, tipped in portrait (as issued). Green cloth, gilt morocco label at spine, texts lightly embrowned, very good copies, stoutly bound.. Two wartime periodicals, the first containing an article on Maurras, the latter dedicated to him. Reacting against the Symbolist movement, the poet and essayist Charles Maurras (1868-1952) founded along with Jean Morî;as, Maurice du Plessys, and others the Ecole romane. After the Drey... more information

Paris: Hachette,, 1886.. 4to, 76pp, frontispiece, over 70 color text illustrations. Publisher's original red pictorial cloth, dec. in black and gilt, owner's inscript., very good.. First Illustrated Edition. Jules Husson, called Champfleury (1821-89), art historian and director of the porcelain factory at Sé;vres, is best remembered as a primary member of the l'î;cole rî;aliste of novelists yet perhaps moreso for his L'Histoire de la Caricature. Painter and engraver Lî;onc... more information

New York: MOMA,, 1968.. Sq. 4to, 218pp, profusely illustrated. Bound in aluminum binding embossed and silk-screened with color image of the MOMA (designed by Anders Osterlin). Very good.. ... more information

New York: The Brooklyn Museum/ Abrams,, 1986.. 4to, 376pp, 400+ illus, 55 in color. Cloth, dust jacket. Design company bookplate & signature. Very good.. First Printing of the catalogue of the traveling exhibition organized by The Brooklyn Museum. Foreword by Robert T. Buck; selected bibliography and index. The dominance of the machine in all areas of American life and culture and the creation of that special sensibility informing modernism is the subject of this lavish exhibition catalogue. ... more information

New York: Brooklyn Museum/ Harry N. Abrams,, (1991).. 4to, 375pp, over 400 illus. incl. 35 color plates. Red linen, black lettered, black stamped illus., dust jacket, fine in very good dj. . The dominance of the machine in all areas of American life and culture and the creation of that special sensibility informing modernism is the subject of this lavish exhibition catalogue. ... more information

New York: International Business Machines Corporation,, (1936-1942).. 4to, Series of 24 separately paginated sections [approx. 360pp], several hundred b/w photo-illus. and diagrams throughout, sect. 19A 'Automatic Reproducing Punch Type 513' with separate title. Publ. morocco-effect cloth binder, lettered in green. Light wear at extremities, perf. lib. stamp at main title and 1 other leaf. A very good copy with fresh, clean text.. Consecutive series of profusely illustrated technical manuals issued betwe... more information

New York: Stokes,, 1939.. 8vo, xix, 249pp, 25 plates. Publ. blue cloth, gilt. Nearly fine, clean copy.. First Edition of an early study of robots. ... more information

Philadelphia: MacKellar, Smiths & Jordon,, (1893).. 4to, (16)pp. Orig. limp cloth titlted in gilt. Title perforated with Franklin Instiute mark, and with their bookplate noting the volume was donated by Stephen Greene. Very good.. MacKellar, 'a name respected throughout the printing and type founding industry' (Annenberg) was successor to Binny & Ronaldson and was the parent company of the American Type Founders Co. Thomas MacKellar composed the copy for the specimens, which have become famous for their ... more information

Paris: Librairie Hachette, , 1909.. 8vo, 327, (3)pp. plus 12-page publisher's catalogue. Half-cloth over marbled boards, gilt title on morocco spine label; original printed wrappers bound in. Very good.. First Edition. ... more information

Paris: Le Livre,, 1921.. 8vo, xx, (1), 423, (1)pp, 4 pochoir illus. Printed wrappers, glassine dust jacket, partially unopened, untrimmed, some wear to extremities, otherwise internally pristine, a very good copy.. Centennial Edition, first thus with Brissaud's beautiful pochoirs and Bertrand's Introduction. Not found in Bibliotheque National; only one copy in OCLC. Quite scarce. ... more information

Paris: Calmann-Lî;vy, , 1928.. 8vo, (6), 319, (1)pp. Orig. yellow printed wrappers. Very good.. Cf. Cabeen 294. ... more information

Paris: Michel Lî;vy, , 1862.. 8vo, xxxii, 347, (1)pp. Orig. printed wrappers, spine cracked and repaired with tape. Fair. . ... more information

Paris: Plon,, (1959).. 8vo, iii, 210, (3)pp. Orig. printed wrappers, ink notations on front flyleaf, scattered marginalia throughout, good scholar's copy.. ... more information

Paris: Plon-Nourrit, , 1904.. 8vo, xviii, 427pp, frontispiece portrait. Orig. printed wrappers. With a few ink notes scattered in the text, head & foot of spine worn & lighly sunned, otherwise a very good copy. . Second edition. ... more information

Firenze: Felice le Monnier, , 1938.. 8vo, 221, (1)pp. Orig. printed wrappers. Very good.. ... more information

Paris: Payot,, 1934.. 8vo, 364, (2)pp. Orig. printed wrappers, slight wear to extremities. Very good. . ... more information

Paris: Calmann-Levy, , (1926).. 8vo, 332pp. Orig. printed wrappers, lightly browned, very good.. ... more information

Paris: Librairie Ancienne Edouard Champion, , 1924.. 4to, viii, 227pp. Orig. printed wrappers, stains on the front cover & the first pages, otherwise a very good copy.. ... more information

Paris: E. Plon, , 1875.. 8vo, 271pp, with frontispiece. Orig. printed wrappers, lettered in red & black, chipped at foot of spine, light edge wear, otherwise a good unopened copy.. Large-paper copy printed on fine paper. ... more information

Paris: Plon-Nourrit,, 1909.. 8vo, (6), lxxxix, (1), 363pp, frontisportrait. Green cloth, gilt spine. Very good.. Fourth edition. ... more information