Carmen
by MÉRIMÉE, Prosper
Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1846. First edition in book form. Octavo (8 x 4 7/8 inches; 204 x 124 mm). [4], 363, [1, blank] pp. With both points for the first printing according to Clouzot, "insultée" p. 75 et "c'est eur" p. 86. Bound without the wrappers as usual. Bound in contemporary half red morocco, over red basket-weave textured boards. Spine decoratively tooled in gilt and black and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers. All edges dyed yellow. Boards... Read More
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Writings [Japan Paper Edition]
by MÉRIMÉE, Prosper
New York: Croscup & Holby Company, 1905. SAINTSBURY, George; LA BELLE SAUVAGE BINDERY|WALLER, Emily Mary|LOYD, Lady Mary|THOMPSON, Edmund Burke|ARNOLD, William M.|PALMER, Olive Edwards|SAINTSBURY, George|DEY, Mary Helena|ROBAUDI, Alcide-Theophile|PAUL, Louise|VUILLIER, Gaston|TOUDOUZE, Edou. The Writings of Prosper Mérimée. Comprising His Novels, Tales and Letters to an Unknown. With an essay on the genius and achievement of the author by George Saintsbury, M.A. New York: Croscup & Holby Company, 1905. Japan Paper Edition. Limited to thirty numbered copies. Eight octavo volumes (9... Read More
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Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal
by MESMER, Franz Anton
Geneva: Chez P. Fr. Didot le jeune, 1779. First edition of the manifesto of mesmerism. Small octavo. [2], vi, 85, [3, blank] pp. With half-title. Garrison and Morton 4992.1. Hunter & Macalpine, pp. 480-482. Norman Library M4. Printing and the Mind of Man 225. [Bound together with:] ESLON, Charles d'. Observations sur le magnétisme animal. London: P. Fr. Didot, le jeune, 1780. First edition. Small octavo. [4], 151, [1, blank] pp. Norman Library M77... Read More
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Mexico y sus Alrededores
by MEXICO
Mexico City: Establecimiento Litografico de Decaen, Editor, 1864. MEXICO. Third edition. The first is 1855-1856 with twenty-eight plates; the second is 1858 with thirty-eight plates (varying from copy to copy). Folio. [ii], 37 pages text. Lithographic frontispiece portrait of Benito Juarez mounted on blank leaf, additional tinted emblematic title-page (dated "1855 y 1857"), tinted folding plan of Mexico City (dated 1863), and thirty-nine colored or tinted lithographic plates, four with two images. Captions in Spanish, English, and French. The... Read More
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Mexico y sus Alrededores
by MEXICO
Mexico City: Establecimiento Litografico de Decaen, Editor, 1865. MEXICO. Mexico in the 19th Century" (-Mexico on Stone) [Mexico]. Mexico y sus Alrededores. Collecion de Monumentos, Trajes y Paisajes Dibujados al Natural y Litografiados por los Artistas Mexicanos..., Bajo la Direccion de Decaen. Mexico City: Establecimiento Litografico de Decaen, Editor, 1855 and 1856. First edition. Folio. With 32 pages of text. Tinted emblematic title-page (dated "1855 y 1856"), and a total of thirty-one colored or tinted lithographic plates,... Read More
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Mexico y sus Alrededores
by MEXICO
Mexico City: Establecimiento Litografico de Decaen, Editor, 1865. MEXICO. Mexico in the 19th Century" (-Mexico on Stone) Mexico y sus Alrededores. Collecion de Monumentos, Trajes y Paisajes Dibujados al Natural y Litografiados por los Artistas Mexicanos..., Bajo la Direccion de Decaen. Mexico City: Establecimiento Litografico de Decaen, Editor, 1864. Second edition. Folio. [iv], 70 pages text. Tinted emblematic title-page (dated "1863 y 1864"), tinted folding plan of Mexico City (dated 1865), and a total of forty-three colored... Read More
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Modern Japanese Print
by MICHENER, James A.
Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1962. Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, [1962]. First edition, one of 510 numbered copies, this being number 503, signed by James A. Michener and the ten contributing artists listed above. Large folio (21 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches; 547 x 395 mm). [1]-55, [1, colophon] pp. With ten original full page prints, each signed by the artist. Text is handset in Perpetua type. Printed on handmade kyokushi... Read More
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Rime di Michelagnolo Buonarroti
by MICHELANGELO
Florence: Appresso i Giunti, 1623. BUONAROTTI. Rime di Michelagnolo Buonarroti. Raccolta da Michelagnolo suo Nipote. Florence: Appresso i Giunti, 1623. First edition. Small quarto (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches). [12], 88 pp. Woodcut device on title-page, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, typographic ornaments throughout. Uncut and bound in modern full brown speckled calf decoratively blindstamped on covers, gilt-stamped on spine with five raised bands. Minimal foxing throughout. Very good. We read in the... Read More
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Untitled Portrait" Original Lithograph
by MILLER, Henry
N.p., 1967. MILLER, Henry. 8220;Untitled Portrait" Original Lithograph. [N.p.]: 1967. A beautiful, brightly colored lithograph, signed "Henry Miller" and dated "1967" in the lower right corner in brown ink. Additionally inscribed in the lower left corner "For Dean" in blue ink. No edition statement at bottom but according to another instance of this lithograph, this is probably from an edition of 200. Matted, framed and glazed. Image size: 20 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches; 522 x 400... Read More
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History of the Holy War
by MILLS, Tho
London: Printed for Tho. Malthus at the Sun in the Poultrey, 1685. Began Anno 1095 by the Christian Princes of Europe Against the Turks, for the Recovery of the Holy Land, and Continued to the Year 1294. In Two Books. To Which is Added, A Particular Account to the Present War, Managed by the Emperour, King of Poland, and Several other Princes against the Turks...Illustrated with Copper-Plates. London: Printed for Tho. Malthus at the Sun in the Poultrey, 1685.... Read More
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Paradise Lost
by MILTON, John
London: Printed by Richard Bently and Jacob Tonson, 1691. Full Description: MILTON, John. Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books... The fifth edition, adorn'd with sculptures. London: Printed by Richard Bently and Jacob Tonson, 1691. The fifth edition and the second illustrated edition. Quarto (12 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches; 314 x 194 mm). [4], 336 pp. Complete with thirteen engraved plates including a frontispiece portrait of Milton, signed R. White, and twelve plates, one to accompany... Read More
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Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose
by MILTON, John
London: William Pickering, 1851. Full Description: MILTON, John. The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose. Printed from the Original Editions. With a Life of the Author by the Rev. John Mitford. London: William Pickering, 1851. Eight octavo volumes (8 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 219 x 141 mm). With portrait frontispiece and two folding engraved plates in Volume I. Title-pages printed in red and black. Bound by Wiseman in contemporary full vellum. Boards with... Read More
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Alaska
by MINER, Bruce
Washington: Lowman & Hanford Stationary and Printing Co, 1895. First edition. Large octavo. With 45 black and white illustrations throughout. Original full brown cloth, pictorially stamped in black and gilt on front cover. Large folding map in rear pocket. Minor wear to extremities. Overall, a fine copy. HBS 66655. $250.
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New Universal Atlas of the World
by MITCHELL, S. Augustus
Philadelphia: Cowperthwait & Co, 1852. Complete with seventy-three full colored maps, one of which is double-paged, color frontispiece, vignette title-page and table of contents, heightened in gilt. Folio (17 x 14 inches; 430 x 355 mm). Half red morocco over marbled boards. Front board with red morocco label, lettered in gilt. Binding scuffed and bumped. Hinges professionally repaired. Some toning throughout, mainly to blank versos of maps and margin edges, only occasionally affecting the maps. Closed tear to... Read More
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Last Sitting
by MONROE, Marilyn
New York: Shorewood Atelier for Woodbine Books Inc, 1962. MONROE, Marilyn; STERN, Bert. STERN, Bert. The Last Sitting. A Portfolio of Ten Photographs as Photographed by Bert Stern New York: Shorewood Atelier for Woodbine Books Inc., 1962. Full Description: [MONROE, Marilyn]. [STERN, Bert, photographer]. "The Last Sitting". A Portfolio of Ten Photographs as Photographed by Bert Stern. New York: Shorewood Atelier for Woodbine Books Inc., 1962 (i.e 1978). The very rare limited edition portfolio of "The... Read More
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Halsman/Marilyn
by MONROE, Marilyn
New York: Neikrug Press, 1981. MONROE, Marilyn; HALSMAN, Philippe. HALSMAN, Philippe. Halsman/Marilyn. New York: Neikrug Press, 1981. Full Description: [MONROE, Marilyn]. [HALSMAN, Philippe, photographer]. Halsman/Marilyn. New York: Neikrug Press, 1981. Limited edition, number 136 of 250 copies. Signed by Yvonne Halsman who supervised the production of this edition. Six (of the ten) silver gelatin prints of Marilyn Monroe, professionally matted as issued. Prints are 11 x 14 inches. Each print housed in a 16 x 20... Read More
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Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet
by MONSTRELET, Enguerrand de
Paris: Jean Petit and Michel le Noir, 1512. Full Description: [MONSTRELET, Enguerrand de]. Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet. Paris: [Jean Petit and Michel le Noir, 4 December 1512]. First Michal le Noir edition of Monstrelet's important chronicles. Complete as three volumes in one. Thick folio in sixes (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 260 x 183 mm). [viii], cclxxii; [viii], clxxi, [1, printers engraving]; [viii], clxxii-ccclxix [leaves]. With some errors in pagination, but collates complete. a8, a6-tt6,... Read More
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Essais
by MONTAIGNE, Michel de
Paris: Chez Michel Sonnius, 1595. Paris: chez Michel Sonnius, 1595. The Definitive edition and the first folio edition. Folio. [24], 523, [1 blank], 231, [1 errata] pp. Modern maroon morocco. Morocco spine label, raised bands, old gilt edges. Contents skillfully washed and sized, a few marginal tears not affecting text, some scattered pencil marginalia. A very good copy. This edition, edited by the French bluestocking Marie de Jars, Demoiselle de Gournay (1566-1645), has some claim to... Read More
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De l'Esprit des Loix
by MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat, Baron de
Geneve: Chez Barrillot & Fills, 1748. Full Description: [MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat, Baron de]. De l'Esprit des Loix Ou du rapport que les Loix doivent avoir avec la Constitution de chaque Gouvernement, les Moeurs, le Climat, la Religion, le Commerce, &c. à quoi l'Auteur a ajouté Des recherches nouvelles sur les Loix Romaines touchant les Successions, sur les Loix Françoises, & sur les Loix Féodales. Geneva: Chez Barrillot & Fils [i.e., Paris: Prault], [n.d., 1748]. First edition.... Read More
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De l'Esprit des Loix
by MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat, Baron de
Geneve: Chez Barillot, & Fills, 1748. One of the Most Remarkable Works of the Eighteenth Century" [MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat, Baron de]. De l'Esprit des Loix, ou Du rapport que les loix doivent avoir avec la constitution de chaque gouvernement, les moeurs, le climat, la religion, le commerce, &c. à quoi l'auteur a ajouté. Des recherches nouvelles sur les loix Romaines touchant les Successions, sur les Loix Françoises, & sur les Loix féodales. Geneve: Chez Barillot, & Fils... Read More
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Trail of the Barrow;
by MOONEY, James
New York: J.S. Ogilvie, 1888. Full Description: MOONEY, James. The Trail of the Barrow;. Or, The Brother's Revenge. By James Mooney of the Firm of Mooney & Boland, the Detectives. New York: J.S. Ogilvie, 1888. "Favorite edition". Octavo (7 1/4 x 5 inches; 182 x 125 mm). [2], [7]-216, [2, ads] pp. These books seem to be rare on the market. Publisher's original marron cloth. Front board elaborately stamped in black. Spine stamped in black and... Read More
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Christmas Carol. The Visit of St. Nicholas
by MOORE, Clement C.
Philadelphia: John M. Wolff, 1842. Philadelphia: John M. Wolff, [1842]. Broadside (17 x 11 inches; 432 x 282 mm). Text printed in blue, red border of ivy entwined about a stylized interlocking branches within a blue double-ruled border. Top left and lower right corners with some small chips. Bottom blank margin with a half-inch closed tear. Some very minor soiling in margins. A very rare and wonderful item. The first separate printing of "The Night Before Christmas"... Read More
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Mathematical Compendium
by MOORE, Jonas
London: Printed for Robert Harford, 1681. or, Useful Practices In Arithmetick, Geometry, And Astronomy, Geography And Navigation, Embattelling, And Quartering Of Armies, Fortification And Gunnery, Gauging And Dyalling. Explaining The Logarithms, With New Indices; Nepair'S Rods Or Bones Making Of Movements, And The Application Of Pendulums; With The Projection Of The Sphere For An Universal Dyal, &c. By Sir Jonas Moore, Knt. late surveyor general of his Majesty's Ord'nance. The Second Edition, with any large Additions. London: Printed for... Read More
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Swindling Exposed
by MOREAU, William B. Moreau
Syracuse, N.Y.: J.B. Costello, 1907. First edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 6 inches; 220 x 150 mm). [2], [1]-222 pp. Illustrated throughout the text with numerous black-and-white drawings. Published posthumously from the diaries and personal papers of Moreau. Publisher's original red cloth. Front board and spine stamped and lettered in black ink. Some very mild toning. Covers with a bit of light rubbing and top corners a bit bumped. Top of the spine with a tiny split in... Read More
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Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore, Knt
by MORE, Sir Thomas
London: Printed for Thomas Page and William Mount, 1728. ROPER, William. The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore, Knt. Lord High-Chancellor of England, In the Reign of K. Henry the Viiith. Written by William Rooper, Esq; Prothonotary of the King's Bench: To Which is added from Sir Thomas's English Works some Letters of His, &c. referred to in the Account of his Life. London: Printed for Thomas Page and William Mount, 1728. Full Description: [MORE, Sir... Read More
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