Flower and Fruit Decoration
by MARCH, T.C.
1862. MARCH, T.C. Flower and Fruit Decoration: With some Remarks on the Treatment of Town Gardens, Terraces, &c... viii, 112 pp, plus 16 pp of ads. Illustrated with a hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece, numerous black and white wood engravings throughout, and 8 plates with a total of 43 hand-coloured wood engravings juxtaposing colours for table settings and floral boarders for gardens. 8vo., 220 x 140 mm, rebound in gray cloth with the original illustrated paper covers laid... Read More
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Les Mots en Liberte futuristes
by Marinetti, F.T.
1919. MARINETTI, F.T. Les Mots en Liberté Futuristes. 107, [5] pp., including four folding plates of typographic compositions by the author. The final two illustrations are comprised of advertisements. 8vo, 195 x 130 mm., bound in original red and black typographic wrappers in a new red cloth folding box. Milano: Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia," 1919. First edition of this influential work of Futurist typographic expression, which Robert Johnson calls "the major typographical masterpiece of the futurist movement."... Read More
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Azione Imperiale. Rassegna della Creazione Fascista
by MARINETTI, F.T et al.
1936. MARINETTI, F.T. et al. Azione Imperiale. Rassegna della Creazione Fascista. Volumes 1 and 2 (all published). 72 and 68 pp., photographically illustrated throughout. Small folio, 328 x 225 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers, in new cloth folding boxes. Rome: G. Luzzati, 1936. A classic example of fascist propaganda, edited by Marinetti, profusely illustrated with photographs and photomontages, and with a splendidly illustrated front wrapper. Rare, with OCLC listing only the University of... Read More
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Mammoth musical exercises...
by MASON, Lowell
1856. AMERICAN MUSIC. Mammoth Musical Exercises: or, Musical Diagrams for the Singing Class, Designed to save Teachers much Labor at the Blackboard. By Lowell Mason. 60 ff. of printed music. Elephant folio, 615 x 515 mm., bound in contemporary American marbled boards with new brown calf spine and corners. New York: Mason Brothers, 1856. Grand-scale printing of this exceedingly rare American musical specimen. This nineteenth-century American musical printing was issued by the man known as the "father... Read More
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La Battaglia delle Alpi
by MASSANI, Giuseppe
1941. MASSANI, Giuseppe. La Battaglia delle Alpi. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout. Folio, 335 x 238 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Roma: Il Rubicone, 1941. Yet another book extolling the virtues of the fascist military forces. This one is more of a straightforward photobook. However it does have added interest due to some photographs being in colour, and the author's willingness to show the miseries as well as the glories of combat. A little wear to the... Read More
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La Sua Terra
by MASSANI, Giuseppe
1936. MASSANI, Giuseppe. La Sua Terra. [90], 6 pp., illustrated with photographs throughout. Folio, 395 x 313 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated cloth. Bergamo: Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1936. A fine copy of this classic fascist photobook, a hagiography of Mussolini, which is almost a direct takeoff of the books produced in communist Russia at the same time, using photography to glorify the State. The book is also a spectacular example of fascist book design with great... Read More
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Lettres Portugaises.
by MATISSE, Henri; ALCAFORADO, Marianna; HENRI MATISS
1946. MATISSE, Henri. Lettres Portugaises. By Marianna Alcaforado. Illustrated with 15 full-page and 80 smaller lithographs by Matisse. 4to., loose as issued in the original publisher's illustrated wrappers and cardboard box. Paris: Teriade, 1946. An immaculate copy of Matisse's first collaboration with Teriade. Unlike Jazz, which he was working on at the same time, this work showcases Matisse's brilliance as a draughtsman. The plethora of images and the use... Read More
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Kaigun Heigakko. Hodo Shashinshu.
by MATSUGI, Fujio; 875
1943. MATSUGI, Fujio. Kaigun Heigakko. Hodo Shashinshu. 134 pp., illustrated with photographs throughout. Folio, 257 x 179 mm., bound in cloth in publisher's dust wrapper and illustrated slipcase. Tokyo: Bancho Shobo, 1943. A typical example of one of the photobooks produced by Matsugi, who was a prominent photographer in prewar Japan. This book documents the training of Naval cadets during the early 40s and is one of the best examples of so-called 'news-photography' (hodo shashin) in the... Read More
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Bi (Beauty)
by MATSUNO, Kazuo
1936. MATSUNO, Kazuo. Bi [Beauty]. 114 pp. Folio, publisher's illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1936. A splendid survey of 1930's Japanese design with articles on a wide variety of subjects. This is the sole issue published of what was intended to be a guide to the design world. A small piece missing from the front wrapper, but overall a fine copy of a rare book, with OCLC listing only the National... Read More
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Fune to zosensho no hanashi.
by Matsuyama, Shisui
1932. MATSUYAMA, Shisui. Fune to zosensho no hanashi. 12, 244 pp., illustrated title, three photo plates, two folding plans, illustrations and photos through the text. 8vo, 181 x 123 mm., bound in publisher's colour illustrated boards and slightly rubbed slipcase. Tokyo: Kinto-sha, 1932 [Showa 7]. A spectacular piece of Japanese modernist book design, at least as far as the binding and the slipcase goes. The interior is a drably printed book on shipbuilding. The designer is... Read More
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Chigaku kotohajime.3 Volumes
by MATSUYAMA, Toan
1870. MATSUYAMA, Toan. Chigaku kotohajime. Illustrated with 6 fold-out and one double-page map 3 volumes. 8vo.Original wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Keio Gijuku, 1870. A charming introductory textbook to world geography was published in 1870 just as Japan was opening up. Volume 1 covers the world and Asia; Volume 2 covers Europe; Volume 3 covers North and South America and Oceania. In addition to the seven maps there are numerous coloured flags. The... Read More
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Shozoku shokumon zue.
by MATSUOKA, Tokikata and Honma HYAKURI
1815. MATSUOKA, Tokikata and Hyakuri HONMA. Shozoku shokumon zue. [Patterns of Brocades Worn at Court]. 92 pp., illustrated with 146 woodcuts. 8vo, 240 x 167 mm., bound in original wrappers in a new chitsu case. Tokyo: n.p., 1815. The first edition of this wonderful example of early nineteenth century Japanese bookmaking. Many of the stunning woodcuts show a remarkable degree of subtlety and display an exquisite range of colours, some almost having the appearance of... Read More
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Akter Germanskogo Kino.
by MAZING, B and N.P.AKIMOVA
1926. MAZING, B and N.P.AKIMOVA. Akter Germanskogo Kino. 50 pp. With black-&-white illustrations throughout. 8vo., bound in original illustrated wrappers. Leningrad: Academia, 1926. An early Russian work on German film with a dramatic contructivist cover. A fine copy of this fragile pamphlet. Very rare. OCLC lists only 2 copies, in the British Library and Berlin.
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Assalto al Latifondo Siciliano
by MAZOCCHI-ALEMANNI, Nallo; SICILY
1940. MAZZOCCHI-ALEMANNI, Nallo. La colonizzazione del latifondo Siciliano: primo anno, documenti, fotografici, leggi e decreti. xix, [115], 31, 40 pp., chiefly illustrated. Large 8vo, 265 x 175 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers and photographic dust jacket, in a new cloth box. [Sicily], Ministero dell'Agricoltura E delle Foreste, 1940. A fine copy of this rare and important fascist photobook. Unlike most of the other photobooks produced as propaganda during Mussolini's rule, this one is modest in size,... Read More
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Le Palais de Scaurus...
by [MAZOIS, Charles-Francois}
1822. [MAZOIS, Charles-Francois]. Le Palais de Scaurus, ou Decription d'une Maison Romaine, fragment d'un voyage fait a Rome vers la fin de la Republique par Mérovir, Prince des Suèves. 308 pp., illustrated with 12 engraved plates (one folding) and numerous vignettes in the text. 8vo, 210 x 125 mm., bound in contemporary dark green half morocco and marbled paper boards, spine with tan gilt label. Paris: Didot, 1822. Second edition of Mazois' very successful but mostly... Read More
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Spectaculum naturae & artium : in vier Sprachen, Deutsch, Lateinisch, Franzoesisch und Italiaenisch. 2 Volumes in 1
by MEIL, Johann Wilhelm; WINTER, George Ludewig
1761. MEIL, Johann Wilhelm. Spectaculum naturae & artium: in vier Sprachen, Deutsch, Lateinisch, Franzoesisch und Italiaenisch. 2 volumes in 1, with 30 and 20 plates respectively, in contemporary hand coloring. 8vo, 200 x 155 mm, contemporary calf over boards. Berlin: Bey George Ludewig Winter, 1761-1765. A splendid copy of this delightful polyglot pictorial encyclopaedia of trades, crafts and technology, including beekeeping, printing, engraving, zoo keeping, scientific instruments, military and naval equipment, building and construction. The plates are... Read More
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Manuel du Voyageur a Paris
by MERCIER de COMPIEGNE, Claude-Francois-Xavier; PARI
1801. PARIS. Manuel du Voyageur a Paris. By Claude-Francois-Xavier Mercier de Compiegne. [20], 352 pp. 12mo, 140 x 87 mm., bound in original wrappers and paper label, later glassine cover. Paris: Favre, An 1X [1801]. A lovely copy of this extremely detailed Napoleonic guide to Paris for 1801. This little book is a mine of information on Paris at the very beginning of the nineteenth century, with descriptions of a vast variety of buildings, cultural entities such... Read More
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The Art of Painting in Oil,and in Fresco.
by MERIMEE M.J.F.L.
1839. MERIMEE, M.J.F.L. The Art of Painting in Oil, and in Fresco. With Original Observations. By W.B. Sarsfield Taylor. xliv, 371 pp., illustrated with 2 hand-coloured plates - the English chromatic scale of M. Harris and the French chromatic scale of Merimee. 8vo, 190 x 115 mm., bound contemporary half morocco London: Whittaker & Co., 1839. First Edition in English; originally published Paris, 1830; translated into English by W. B. Sarsfield Taylor. It was called by Faber... Read More
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The Ritz, Paris. Collection of Original Groundplans for the 1898 Design of the Ritz in Paris
by MEWES, Charles
1898. MEWES, Charles. The Ritz Hotel, Paris. Collection of Renderings for the 1898 and 1911 Construction of the Ritz Hotel in Paris. 46 mounted sheets, various sizes, Zincographs with watercolour additions. Large folio, modern cloth-backed boards. Paris: [1898-1911]. At the beginning of the 20th century, The Ritz Hotel in Paris was the hangout of many celebrities and literati such as Marcel Proust, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway and Coco Chanel. Located on the Place... Read More
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Histoire des Chenes de l'Amerique.
by MICHAUX, Andre; PIERRE JOSEPH REDOUTE
1801. MICHAUX, André. Histoire des Chênes de l'Amerique ou, Descriptions et Figures de toutes les espèces et variétés de Chênes de l'Amérique Septentrionale, Considérées sous les rapports de la Botanique, de leur culture et de leur usage. [4], 7, [49] pp. 36 leaves of engraved plates, 32 after Pierre Joseph Redouté and 4 by Henri-Joseph Redouté. Folio, 460 x 300 mm, bound in original boards with purple linen spine, in a new cloth folding... Read More
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L’Eco della Fiera di Milano. Supplemento alla rivista «La Fiera di Milano. N. 2
by MILAN
1934. MILAN. L'Eco della Fiera di Milano, 12-27 Aprile 1934. 20 pp., illustrated throughout. Large folio, publisher's wrappers. Milan: 1934. An unusual example of fascist propaganda published to commemorate the 15th edition of the international commercial fair of Milan. The elaborate layout comprises dozens of photos of the fair stands. The magazine has been folded and has a little wear, but all things considered it is in acceptable condition. It appears to be unrecorded.
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Les Petites histoires. 4 Volumes. Les e´trennes de Genevie´ve. L'amour filial. Les limites -- v. [2] Le petit Fe´lix. Le chien de Liverpool. Hamet et Raschid -- v. [3] Le loup des champs. Le turc bienfaisant. La poupe´e -- v. [4] La pauvre Ire`ne. La Vi
by MINIATURE BOOKS; ADOMEIT, Ruth F,
1825. MINIATURE BOOKS. Les Petites histoires. 4 volumes. 1. Les Etrennes de Genevieve. L'Amour filial. Les Limites. 2. Le petit Felix. Le Chien de Liverpool. Hamet et Raschid. 3. Le Loup des Champs. Le Turc bienfaisant. La Poupee. 4. La pauvre Irene. La Vipere. All 12mo, ca. 70 x 48 mm., in original boards and cardboard slipcase. Paris: Impr. Ambroise Firmin Didot, ca. 1825. This exquisite set of children's stories is a rare survival, with each of... Read More
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Adonides
by MIRO, Joan; Prevert, Jacques; JOAN MIRO
1975. MIRÓ, Joan. Adonides. By Jacques Prévert. [2], 59, [10] pp. Illustrated with an original Miró coloured etching with aquatint signed and numbered by Miró in pencil, and 44 etchings with aquatint printed in colours, most of them with blind-stamping throughout. Folio, 403 x 355 mm, loose in a wrapper of Auvergne paper with blind-stamped image on front and back, laid into blue cloth box, blue, green, red and yellow cloth labels on spine,... Read More
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Aidez l'Espagne
by MIRO, Joan; JOAN MIRO
1937. MIRO, Joan. "Aidez l'Espagne." Pochoir print in Cahiers D'Art, Year 12, No. 4-5. Edited by Christian Zervos. Illustrated throughout. Folio, 320 x 250 mm., bound in original printed wrappers, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Cahiers D'Art, 1937. A fine copy of Miro's celebrated Civil War print, contained in an issue of Cahiers D'Art primarily devoted to Picasso's masterpiece Guernica, which had been displayed at the Paris World's Fair earlier in the year. Some... Read More
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Handmade papers of Japan : including an abridged reproduction of one of the old classics of Japanese literature about paper-making by hand, Kamisuki chohoki, the handbook of paper making, originally published at Osaka in 1798
by MITCHELL, C.H.
1963. MITCHELL, C.H. Handmade Papers of Japan. 128 pp., with numerous tipped-in paper samples. 4to, 240 x 165 mm., publisher's Japanese style binding. Tokyo: IIS Crafts, 1963. An important contribution to the literature of Japanese papermaking. It includes an abridged reproduction of one of the classics of Japanese literature about papermaking by hand, Kamisuki chohoki, the handbook of papermaking, originally published at Osaka in 1798.
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