Search Results: Titles starting with M from Cornell Books Limited

London: Moss Bros, no date [c. 1934]. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (softcover). Oblong 4to (24cm by 35cm), 8 colour plates, 2pp adverts. Original printed card wrappers. There is some light rubbing and spotting of the contents, and some light spotting of the preliminary pages; overall, this copy is in good to very good condition. A rare promotional booklet illustrated by Bateman for Moss Bros. Loosely inserted is a typed promotional letter from the publishers.

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1986. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 17cm), xv, 359pp. 22 colour plates. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0080342663

Paris: Hachette, 1937. First edition (softcover). 4to (30cm x 22cm), 32pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original blue cloth spine, stipp card wrappers with colour illustration to the front cover, dustwrapper. The contents are tanned; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good minus condition (edges chipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. Text in French.

Bologna: Edizioni Pendragon, 2011. English-language edition (hardback). Oblong 4to (25cm by 28cm), c. 100pp. Illustrated throughout in colour from photographs by Katsuhiko Tokunaga, Vincent Berg, Bruno Damascelli & Simone Raso. Original laminated boards, laminated card slipcase. The book is in very good condition; the slipcase is lightly rubbed.

London: Gentry Books, 1981. First edition (hardback). 8vo (25cm by 17cm), 240pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0856140740

London: The House of Commons, 1842. First edition. 4to, viii, 183pp. Recently bound in grey paper-covered boards. The front board is lightly sunned, else the book is in very good condition.

[MNG Mango, c. 2002]. A sumptuous limited edition, made up of a large number of colour plates with a few fabric samples bound in. The book is quarto (30cm by 30cm), and has about 200 pages. The binding is a black cloth spine with boards made from black plastic. Four holes have been punched through the centre of the book to make it look like a large button. The book is in very good condition. The book is housed within a black card box; the box is in good condition only (rubbed, some wear). Limited to 3000 copies (this copy number 322).

London: Osprey Publishing, 1987. First edition (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 19cm), 191pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in near-VG condition (minor chafing of the extremities). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it. ISBN 0850456754

Guangzhou: World Cultural and Arts Press, no date [c. 2006]. First edition (hardback). Square 4to (26cm by 26cm), 154pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original gold cloth, dustwrapper. Some rubbing of the endpapers, light thumbing to the leading edge; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good condition (a little rubbed and chafed). The dustwrapper has now been put in amylar cover to protect it. Signed and inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper. Text in Chinese and English. ISBN 9628707213

London: Elm Tree Books / Hamish Hamilton, 1980. First published in 1980; this copy is a third impression from 1982 (hardback). 4to (33cm by 26cm), 276pp. 240 full-colour illustrations, 40 line drawings, 3 maps. Original brown cloth, dustwrapper. Gift inscription to the front free endpaper, else the book is in very good condition. The dustwrapper is in near-VG condition (slight creasing of the edges). Signed by Carol Beckwith. ISBN 024110498X

Hong Kong: Stockhouse Productions, 1995. First edition (hardback). Oblong 4to (24cm by 31cm), 84pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 9627424021

London: Mathews and Leigh, 1807. No edition stated. 8vo, 227pp. 4 portrait plates ( of Mr Macklin, Betterton, Henderson and Mrs Pritchard). Contemporary blue paper-covered boards. The binding has been crudely rebacked with decorated paper, the edges of the boards are worn, the plates have staining to the margins, the final text page is torn and there is an inscription by a former owner. Overall a fair to good copy only.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1931. Second impression (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xxv, 416pp. 14 b&w plates and text illustrations by John Austen. Translated with an iintroduction by J Lewis May. Original black cloth, gilt titling and design to the front board and the spine, dustwrapper. There are gift inscriptions to the front endpapers, the front inner hinge is a little tender, and there is some foxing to the edges of the text block; overall, the book is in good plus condition. The dustwrapper is in good minus condition (some rubbing, edges chipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1931. Second impression (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 16cm), xxv, 416pp. 14 b&w plates and text illustrations by John Austen. Translated with an iintroduction by J Lewis May. Original black cloth, gilt titling and design to the front board and the spine, dustwrapper. Light bumping to the corners of the boards, light foxing of the preliminary pages; overall, the book is in good to very good condition. The dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (light chafing of the extremities). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to protect it.

York: Fairfax House, no date [c. 2000]. First edition (softcover). 8vo (25cm by 21cm), 112pp. Illustrated throughout, mainly in colour. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in very good condition.

London: Opera Gallery, 2007. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Opera Gallery in London in 2007 (softcover). 4to (27cm by 22cm), 155pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original textured printed card wrappers. Light rubbing to the extremities of the covers, else this copy is in very good condition. An invitation to the first night of the exhibition is loosely inserted.

London: Opera Gallery, 2006. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Opera Gallery in London in 2006 (softcover). 4to (27cm by 22cm), 131pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original textured printed card wrappers. Light rubbing to the extremities of the covers, else this copy is in very good condition. An invitation to the first night of the exhibition is loosely inserted.

Woman's World Library, no date [c. 1950]. No edition stated (softcover). 12mo (18cm by 14cm), 64pp. Original printed card wrappers with colour illustration to the front cover. The staple in the binding is rusting, and there is a short tear to pp 1/2; overall, this book is in good to very good condition.

London: Burns & Oates, no date [1902]. First edition in English (hardback). 4to (31cm by 24cm), xv, 446pp. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. Scattered foxing of the contents; overall, this book is in good plus condition.

Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1912. First edition (hardback). 4to (29cm x 21cm), xxxi, 308pp. Con 245 incisioni e 23 Tavole. Original light brown cloth. The binding is a little dusty, the front free endpaper is creased, there is light foxing of the preliminary pages, bookplate and gift inscription. Overall, this book is in good plus condition. Text in Italian.