Commentary Maria (19 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Uncorrected Proof. Uncorrected Proof of these letters - "from its first ebullient pages to the tragic finale, an important book that has the weight, scope, and richness of a major autobiography". Preface by Elia Kazan. Illustrated. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. DJ has some light scuffing.

First edition (per publisher's statement upon copyright page). xx, 410 pages. Hardcover: H 24.5cm x L 16.25cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with very faint staining at spine heel and along rear panel's bottom edge. Dark purple cloth with vibrant gilt stamping to spine. Deckle fore-edge. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Lady Maria St. Just was the executor of Tennessee Williams' estate. ISBN 0394564278.…

First Edition. xix, 407p. preface, introduction, b&w photos, index, first edition stated, hardcover bound in cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket, ownership name otherwise in very good condition. Contains considerable material on William's relationship with Frank Merlo. St. Just was the inspiration for Maggie the Cat.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Advance Reading Copy/Proof. Covers have slight smudging, a creased corner, and sticker residue. ; Uncorrected proof.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Reprint Edition. Small paperback edition with ight wear and a few small creases to cover. In Spanish.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. -----------Navy cloth covers with gilt cover design of head with either hair or horns. Book is 10 1/2" x 8". 216 pages. The book begins with introduction, after that the entire book is full-page b/w plates. . . . . . . Book VERY GOOD CONDITION, solid binding and clean bright fresh book. no dust jacket.…

First edition Fine and bright in close to fine illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. 407pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Remainder mark, light foxing on page edges, cloth edges lightly sunned, very good in a fine dust jacket. Letters from Williams to his closest friend, the woman who was the inspiration for Maggie in *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. hardback, 4to, 324pp, clean and tight, no inscriptions, red cloth gilt, Very Good / no dustwrapper. ISBN: 0788504126.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 240 pages. German language. 4.76x0.79x7.40 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: New. W. W. Norton,1939. 130 pages.New Soft cover. 7.75"x5.0". be20.

Condition: Fine. Number of pages: 179p Size: 26cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardcover. Fine condition. Issued in a limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies, of which this example is lettered 'J' as part of 20 additional lettered copies 'not for sale'. Elephant folio facsimile volume with accompanying small quarto commentary volume, together with three fine-art prints selected from The Surinam Album, all housed in the publisher's clamshell box. The elephant folio is quarter bound in leather, with gilt and silver-foil blocking to the spine and a decorative gilt and silver illustration to the upper board. It contains 91 superb facsimile reproductions of Maria Sibylla Merian's original watercolours. The volume is in fine condition. The commentary volume by Julie Harvey includes a biographical study of Merian alongside detailed commentary on the plates. Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator, renowned for her pioneering work on insect metamorphosis. At the age of 52 she travelled to Suriname, spending two years documenting its flora and fauna, much of which had not previously been scientifically recorded. This work resulted in 91 watercolour plates, the first sixty later published as engravings in Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. The watercolours reproduced in this facsimile are taken from the British Museum's collection, originally assembled by Sir Hans Sloane, and are presented in the same sequence as the original engravings.…

Quarter-Leather. Condition: Like New. limited to 1,750 numbered copies. Half-bound in blue leather with buckram sides printed with diaperwork pattern. Separate leather title label blocked with a design by David Eccles in gold, red and blue. Gilded on all three edges, with a ribbon marker. Presented together with the Commentary volume by Professor Michelle P. Brown in a buckram-bound solander box with a leather title label. Printed on Swiss-made Furioso paper. Over 150 images, 84 manuscript pages. Book size: 11½ x 8½". Maria Sibylla Merian (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. Tall quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Slipcase is in good conditon wth spots and scuffs to covers. 176 p. with index and many color illus. of flowers, crabs, shells, dendrites, insects,etc. …

Hardcover. First edition thus. 2 volumes (facsimile and commentary), folios, green leatherette with gilt title and ornaments; 277 leaves (i.e. 554 pp. facsimile), 166 pp. (commentary), slipcase. Beautiful facsimile reproduction of the late 13th century illuminated manuscript. Text outlines the new legal code established following the reconquest of Spain from years of Moorish dominance. Text was written by the Bishop of Huesca, Vidal de Canellas for King James I of Aragon and Catalonia. Originally written in Latin this manuscript is a translation into the Navarro-Aragonese vernacular language. The original, the only extant copy of this text, is in the J. Paul Getty Museum. (Shipping weight is approximately 7 kilos or 15.5 pounds and extra shipping charge will be necessary). Both volumes fine in lightly worn slipcase.…

Leather. Condition: Very Good. 16th edition. 2 vols. 1625p; 1836p. A set of two small hardcover books bound in full brown leather with attached ribbon bookmarks. Very good condition. Gilt text on covers is lightly chafed; bottom corners rubbed on second book. Owner's gift inscriptions on front and back endpapers in the second book; small pen scribbles on page 566 in second book as well. Rest of text clean. Both volumes have tight binding. A two-volume Catholic missal in Spanish,"Festivo" and "Diario." All text, including the Ordo, is in Spanish only (no Latin). Both volumes measure approx. 6.4" x 4.5". The "Festivo" volume has an Imprimatur dated May 1, 1978, and "Diario" has an Imprimatur dated January 5, 1973.…