‎Maurice ile‎

‎COLLIS Maurice‎

‎THE GRAND PEREGRINATION; bing the life and adventures of Fernao Mendes Pinto‎

‎London: Faber and Faber 1949. First Edition. 8vo pp. 313 illustrated. This was poet Barbara Howes's copy with her bookplate on the endpaper. A translation of the autobiography of the 16th century Portuguese adventurer who travelled all over Asia. Faber and Faber unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 58733

‎COLLIS Maurice‎

‎THE GREAT WITHIN‎

‎London: Faber and Faber 1946. First Edition third impression. 8vo pp. 349. Folded diagram of the "forbidden city" in the rear. Bound in faded purple cloth. This was poet Barbara Howes's copy with her name on the flyleaf and bookplate on the endpaper. An account of the history of the Ching dynasty. Faber and Faber unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 58732

‎DONNAY Maurice 1859 1945‎

‎PARAITRE; Parisian periodical June 1906 publiant le texte complet des pieces nouvelle jouees dans les principaux theatres de Paris‎

‎Paris: L'Ilustration Theatrale 1906. First Edition. Paul Boyer. 4to. Signed by the playwright below his photo. Inserted in the text are 10 original photos by Paul Boyer taken for the periodical. Signed by the cast members in the scenes. Attractive copy in 3/4 morocco. Fine. L'Ilustration Theatrale unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26138

‎CHEVALIER Maurice‎

‎I REMEMBER IT WELL‎

‎New York: Macmillan 1970. First printing. 8vo pp. 221. Preface by Marcel Pagnol. Translated from the French with a special note by Chevalier "to all my American Friends". Signed by the author. Illustrated. Vg in dj. Reminiscences at age 80. Macmillan unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26879

‎SENDAK Maurice‎

‎OUTSIDE OVER THERE‎

‎NY: Harper & Row 1981. Later printing dj without a price. Maurice Sendak. Horizontal 8vo pages not numbered. Calligraphy by Jeanyee Wong. Signed by the author on the half title. A nice copy in slightly soiled dj. Connolly 264. Hanrahan A110. In this beautifully illustrated tale about a young girl's adventures to save her baby sister from goblins conceived as the third in an informal trilogy about children's inner lives "Sendak is again dealing with the complex emotional life of children in the present as they try to cope with the mysteries of feeling through their fantasies" Silvey 586 The third title in Mr. Sendak's trilogy. Harper & Row unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 57891

‎MIRACLE Leonard and Maurice H. Decker‎

‎COMPLETE BOOK OF CAMPING‎

‎NY: Harper & Row 1966. Eighth printing. Small 8vo pp. ix 594. Index. Illustrated wtih photographs and drawings. Water-resistant blue cloth. Edges little soiled o/w a VG tight copy in chipped and scuffed dj. Covers just about every aspect of camping. Harper & Row unknown books‎

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‎MACLEISH FIRUSKI Maurice‎

‎TLS; one page to poet Archibald Macleish January 26 1971‎

‎with 4 line note from MacLeish signed "A" at the bottom. Firuski of the Housatonic Bookshop in Salisbury CT wrote to Macleish that he was having a copy of "Far From The Madding Crowd" sent from the publisher. At the bootm MacLeish acknowledes the receipt of the book 2 days later. Very good. unknown books‎

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‎SENDAK Maurice‎

‎FANTASY SKETCHES‎

‎Philadelphia PA: Rosenbach Foundation 1973. Second printing. Sendak Maurice. 4to pp. not numbered. With a sort of preface by Sendak. Pictorial paper wraps. Cover quite scuffed in spots and slightly soiled o/w a VG tight copy. Sequences sletched often in response to music. Rosenbach Foundation unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 55170

‎CLARK John Maurice‎

‎ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN WELFARE‎

‎NY: Knopf 1957. First Edition. 8vo pp. xii 285 x. Black cloth. A VG tight copy in somewhat soiled and worn dj. Knopf unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 50901

‎MAURICE C. Edmund ed‎

‎LIFE OF OCTAVIA HILL; as told in her letters‎

‎London: Macmillan 1913. First Edition. 8vo pp. 591. Illustrated with portraits. Untrimmed and partially unopened. A very good tight clean copy. This is the copy of author and feminist founder of Hull House: Jane Addams with her ownership signature on the end paper: "Jane Addams Hull House" From the library of consumer advocate Florence Kelley. FK. Octavia Hill 1838 - 1912 was an English social reformer whose main concern was the welfare of the inhabitants of cities. She was a moving force behind the development of social housing and her early friendship with John Ruskin enabled her to put her theories into practice with the aid of his initial investment. She campaigned against development on existing suburban woodlands and helped to save London's Hampstead Heath and Parliament Hill Fields from being built on. She was one of the three founders of the National Trust set up to preserve places of historic interest or natural beauty for the enjoyment of the British public. Macmillan unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 49926

‎BROWN Maurice J. E.‎

‎SCHUBERT; A critical biography‎

‎London: Macmillan 1958. 8vo pp. xi 414. Lists of works indices. With several illustrations. Blue cloth. Edges little soiled cover spotted and slightly torn at ends of spine o/w a VG tight copy in scuffed and little chippped dj. Macmillan unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 47846

‎DAUMAS Maurice‎

‎SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS; Of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries‎

‎NY: Praeger 1972. First English edition. Small 4to pp. 361. Appendix references bibliography index. With 142 plates in black and white. Black cloth. A nice copy in little scuffed and chipped dj. Praeger unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 47086

‎HORN Maurice ed‎

‎THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMICS‎

‎NY: Chelsea House 1976. Second printing. 4to pp. 790. Glossary bibliography notes on contributors appendices indices. Copiously illustrated in black and white with a section of color. VG in somewhat worn and soiled dj. Heavy. Chelsea House unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 46304

‎RICHMOND Maurice‎

‎RICHMOND'S STANDARD MUSIC GUIDE. Volume 1 Number 1; A comprehensive catalog of the best copyrighted vocal and instrumental compositions and educational works of American and European Composers‎

‎NY: Richmond 1924. Periodical. 8vo pp. 67. A catalog with ads and music and words for three songs. Paper wraps. Cover very slightly chipped and stained o/w a VG tight copy. A trade catalog. Richmond unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45960

‎HORN Maurice‎

‎SEX IN THE COMICS‎

‎NY: Chelsea House 1985. First Edition. 4to pp. 215. Bibliography index. With more than 200 illustrations in color and black and white. Cover slightly bumped o/w a nice copy in little scuffed and soiled dj. Chelsea House unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45686

‎COLLIS Maurice‎

‎STANLEY SPENCER; A biography.‎

‎London: Harvill 1962. First Edition. 8vo pp. 255. Index. Illustrated with reproductions in black and white. VG. Biography of the British artist. Harvill unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 45399

‎CHEVALIER Maurice‎

‎MY PARIS‎

‎NY: Macmillan 1972. First printing. Small 4to pp. 153. With photographs in color and black and white by Robert Doisneau and a foreword by M. F. K. Fisher. Gray cloth with large pictorial paper label on front. Cover little spotted o/w a nice copy. Macmillan unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 44983

‎MORGANN Maurice‎

‎AN ESSAY ON THE DRAMATIC CHARACTER OF SIR JOHN FALSTAFF‎

‎London: T. Davies 1777. First Edition. 8vo pp. 2 185 1. Bound in contemporary half calf expertly rebacked with new morocco label. ESTC T6248; Halkett & Laing Vol II p. 196. "Morgann 1726-1802 wrote several pamphlets on the burning questions of the day all of which were distinguished for their philosophic tone and dinstinctively literary style . The present work. by which Morgann is remembered has been generally praised. The vindication of Falstaff's courage is the ostensible object of the work and evoked Johnson's criticism . For style intellectuality knowledge of human nature and consequent profound appreciation of Shakespeare Morgann's essay has not been surpassed"-DNB. T. Davies unknown books‎

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‎TALLEYRAND Charles Maurice‎

‎THE CORRESPONDENCE OF PRINCE TALLEYRAND AND KING LOUIS XVIII DURING THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA.; Hitherto unpublished. From the manuscripts preserved in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Paris‎

‎NY: Scribner's 1881. Authorized American edition. 8vo pp. 621. Appendix index. Preface and notes by M. G. Pallain. Frontis portrait. Black cloth stamped in gilt on spine. Cover slightly worn at edges a few pages carelessly opened o/w a VG tight copy. Scribner's unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 39727

‎HORN Maurice‎

‎COMICS OF THE AMERICAN WEST‎

‎South Hackensack NJ: Stoeger 1977. First paperback edn. 4to pp. 224. Bibliography index. Mostly illustrations with running commentary. Paper wraps. Cover slightly soiled o/w a nice copy. Stoeger unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 39614

‎GERARD Rosemonde and Maurice Rostand‎

‎A GOOD LITTLE DEVIL; Playbill Republic Theatre‎

‎NY: Frank v. Strauss 1913. 8vo pp. 36. Paper wraps. Note at top of title by playgoer. Little stained or soiled on a few pages o/w VG. Frank v. Strauss unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23834

‎GILBERT L. Wolfe Lewis F. Muir and Maurice Abrahams‎

‎HITCHY KOO‎

‎London: Francis Day & Hunter 1912. Sheet music. 4to pp. 5. "Introduced by the famous American Ragtime Octette." Words by Gilbert music by Muir and Abrahams. Publisher's stamp on front. Cover in pink white and aqua; stylized design of flowers with inset picture of what appears to be a seven-member group with a piano--except that there may a hidden person at the piano. Little chipped small stain at bottom o/w VG. Monochrome lettered cover and two inset b & w photographs of Charles S. Reid at the piano and the performers the famous American Ragtime Octette Wolfe Gilbert 1886-1970 & Lewis Muir 1884-1950 wrote several great songs including Ramona Ragtime Cowboy Joe and together Take me to That Swanee Shore Waiting for the Robert E. Lee and Hitchy Koo. Muir brought the Octet to London and they were a jazz sensation. Francis, Day & Hunter unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 31879

‎GIRODIAS Maurice ed‎

‎THE OLYMPIA READER; Selections from The traveller's companion series‎

‎NY: Grove 1965. Fourth printing. Norman Rubington. 8vo pp. 725. Illustrated by Norman Rubington. Edges of cover slightly scuffed o/w a nice copy. Grove unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 39221

‎ZOLOTOW Maurice‎

‎NEVER WHISTLE IN A DRESSING ROOM; Or breakfast in bedlam‎

‎NY: Dutton 1944. First Edition. 8vo pp. 319. Author's presentation on the flyleaf. Dust jacket flaps laid in VG. A tour through the world of Broadway from hat check girls to columnists to nightclub entrepreneurs to panhandlers. Dutton unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 28081

‎HUSSEY Maurice‎

‎CHAUCER'S WORLD; A pictorial companion‎

‎London: Cambridge University 1967. Large 8vo pp. 172. Paper wraps. Illustrated. Cover little soiled and marked o/w VG>. A pictorial background to nedieval literature with text. Cambridge University unknown books‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 22026