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196011Stuttgart: Chr. Belser Verlag 1960. First Edition First Printing. Fine/Near fine. Quarto 11 1/8 x 9 in. 283 x 229 mm; pp. 47 text 2 conversations with Picasso printed on brown laid paper in black ink ; 105 full-page reproductions of b/w photos divided into 9 chapters. Black-stamped white clothfine prior owner's name in ink on half-title page. Photo-pictorial dust jacket near fine minor wear along the edges crease to inner front flap. This is the first printing of the book and preceded the more commonly available French edition of 1961 Editions du Temps. Chr. Belser Verlag unknown
1961190447Paris: Les Éditions Du Temps 1960 1961. First French Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Copy has previous owner's minor pen inscription to FFEP. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 43 pages; Physical desc.: 43 p. 105 plates ; 29 cm. Subject: Sculpture -- Figures -- Masks -- Faces -- Etchings. Language: French Paris: Les Éditions Du Temps (1960) hardcover
1976142641976. Brassaï Gyula Halász. Letter discussing the publication of The Secret Paris of the Thirties written by the Hungarian born photographer whose images of Paris nightlife helped define twentieth century documentary photography. Brassaï gained international recognition through his photographs of nocturnal Paris produced during the early 1930s images that documented the city's bars cabarets streets and marginalized social spaces with unusual candor and atmospheric lighting. His 1933 book Paris de Nuit established his reputation and led writer Henry Miller to describe him as "the eye of Paris." This 1976 letter was written during the release of The Secret Paris of the Thirties a publication that expanded the photographic record of Parisian nightlife by presenting images from the same early period that had remained unpublished or excluded from earlier editions.<br /> <br /> Brassaï Gyula Halász. Typed Letter Signed "Brassai". Paris September 9 1976. One page on personal stationery measuring approximately 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Writing in French Brassaï discusses the simultaneous publication of his new photography book and his upcoming exhibition in New York. In the letter he notes: "My book the Secret Paris of the Thirties Pantheon Books is due out at the same time." He continues by mentioning travel plans connected with the exhibition writing that he will be in New York from September 12 to September 28 in order to attend the opening of his show at the Marlborough Gallery. Brassaï also remarks on the date of the letter noting that it coincides with his seventy seventh birthday. The letter is signed in large purple marker "Brassai" with an underline and includes a handwritten postscript in green marker reading "venir nous soutenir" translated as "come support us."<br /> <br /> The Secret Paris of the Thirties published in 1976 more than four decades after the photographs were first taken completed Brassaï's long project of documenting the hidden nightlife of interwar Paris. Many of the photographs originated from the same period as those reproduced in Paris de Nuit but had remained unpublished because they were considered too provocative for earlier editions. The images depict bars nightclubs one night hotels bordellos and other locations associated with the city's nocturnal culture. Brassaï later wrote of his motivation for photographing the city at night: "I was inspired to become a photographer by my desire to translate all things that enchanted me in the nocturnal Paris I was experiencing." The Marlborough Gallery exhibition in New York was organized in conjunction with the publication of the book and introduced many of these photographs to a wider audience for the first time. Folded twice through the center as mailed; otherwise clean and well preserved. Overall very good condition. A content rich letter documenting the publication and exhibition history of one of Brassaï's most significant photographic projects. unknown
909964Paris Olympia Press. 1956. First and original edition. 71pp.31pp. photogr. 29 photographs by Brassaï. Soft Cover Kl 8vo. Little wear to spine while the corners of of the first 75 pages are just slightly creased. Overall a good copy. l Printer: Paris Impr. Mazarine: Impr. Aulard. Cover design: T.Tajiri. First edition second state with matt photographs; 'First and original printing' stated on title-page.' paperback
1976D16946New York: Pantheon 1976. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A visual and textual portrait of the debauched underbelly of Paris in the 1930's with photographs and accompanying stories and anecdotes by Brassai. Organized into chapters from "The Urinals of Paris" to "Ladies of the Evening." Inscribed in French by Brassai in the year of publication to Grace Meyer former head of MOMA. A very nice association. With an invitation addressed to Meyer to the show for the book held at Marlborough Gallery in NYC. Nice copy of the book. Tear to top of DJ spine. <br/><br/>"This is a stunning view of the forbidden Paris of the thirties its brothels its whores its pimps its opium dens the sordid yet fascinating world where high society mingled with the underworld." Pantheon hardcover
104609Paris Denoël 1982. . First French edition; 4to; 38 black & white photographic illustrations slightly shaken; publisher's cloth pictorial dust jacket nicked along the edges torn with some loss on the top edge at the rear lower edge at the front small chip to the spine.<br /> A presentation copy inscribed in ink on the half title page 'Pour notre chere Juliette en toute amitie Brassai Paris. le 4 decembre 1982'<br /> Paris, Denoël, 1982. hardcover
1980001194Bukarest: Kriterion Konyvkiado 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original boards in illustrated dust jacket. 182 pages of tekst 56 pages with 59 black and white photographs. Text misprinted on some pages. Dustjacket with light handling wear. Boldly SIGNED on the title page by Brassai. No other marks or inscriptions. Kriterion Konyvkiado Hardcover
1972604522"Brassai" boldly penned in black ink on his engraved Brassai 81 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques Paris letterhead January 18 1972. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4"; 1 page recto only. To Monsieur John Gruen c/o The New York Magazine 207 East 32nd Street New York N.Y. 10016 U.S.A. In part: ". . . Please forgive me for taking so long for thanking you . . . Your article in New York Magazine was so understanding and friendly! . . . If you would like to I would like you to choose one of my photographs those that are signed and numbered from 1 to 30 at the Schoelkopf Gallery. It would truly make me very happy . . . I am working very hard on tapestries and sculptures . . . They will be in a show in a large Parisian gallery avenue Matignon. Opening day 22 March is approaching . . . A Brassai show . . . last year to Australia and New Zealand . . . South America . . . Mexico City Buenos Aires . . . I am surprised at the success of my photographs . . . With gratitude and friendship . . ."
193455114Paris-Publications 1934. Softcover. Previous owner’s signature inside front cover. As is nearly always the case with this book the plastic or Bakelite rings that once held the book together are lacking having apparently broken they must have been quite fragile and so the covers and the pages are entirely disbound.<br /> However this copy differs from most others in being more complete: it has 2 pages of text and 46 pages of images. Most copies have either 38 or 44 pages of images. This is said to be the result of censorship; since the pages are unnumbered and there is no list of the images the removal of one or more leaves would not be noticeable. Or it may be the result of there not having been an equal number of good copies of each leaf when the book was assembled.<br /> In any case this is except for the binding rings the most complete and probably earliest state of this scarce volume.<br /> Some remnants of celotape on the covers probably from an attempt to compensate for the missing binding rings. Credit to Brassia inside back cover and price 40 francs on back cover. . 48p. Paris-Publications, [ paperback
194984586Paris: Les éditions du point du jour 1949. Fine. Les éditions du point du jour Paris 1949 12.90 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of 2500 copies on vélin alfa. Foreword by Henry Miller. Precious copy signed and inscribed by Brassaï to André Malraux : ""Pour André Malraux cordial hommage de Brassaï Paris le 13 mai 1949"". Les éditions du point du jour unknown
195180254Paris: Gallimard 1951. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1951 11 x 16.50 cm broché First edition in paperback format. Handsome copy considering the poor quality of this fragile paper a small good-luck charm from the dedicatee at the head of the endpaper. Covers illustrated by Brassaï and Jacques Prévert. Autograph inscription dated summer 1969 in Antibes and signed by Jacques Prévert to Jean Folliet on pages 160-161 enhanced on the title page with a small drawing in black ink representing a puppet theater whose canopy encircles the title of the work and within which two characters can be distinguished. On the verso of the back cover appears an autograph inscription signed by Brassaï: ""Comme co-auteur de la couverture bien amicalement pour Jean Folliet le 10/10/63. Brassaï."" ""As co-author of the cover very cordially for Jean Folliet 10/10/63. Brassaï."" Gallimard paperback
19344065<p>Paris: Editions Atelier de Paris 1934 Quarto 24x16.2 cm. wrappers 385 iipp. The first edition of a major biography of Endre Ady 1877-1919 with many illlustrations. The contemporary photos of Paris are by André Kertész commissioned by the author of this biography and a devoted aficionado of Ady himself. Kertész also designed the book. Includes the famous Kertész photo of Ady's favorite café table. Most of the earlier photos are by Aladár Székely 1870-1940 also a close friend of Ady's noted for his early 20th century portraits. Hungarian text throughout. As for the subject Ady was the poet who gave birth to a 20th-century voice for Hungarian identity and exerted an overwhelming influence on Hungarian letters up to WWI. He was born into a Transylvanian Calvinist town and family and tormented througout life by an uninhibited passion for sensual experience and freedom against a strict conscience and authority. At the same time he was committed to profoundly infusing Hungarian life and culture with a modernist temperament critical thinking and social reform and bringing the country into a broader international integration with world culture. These together formed the cauldron of his creative ferment. The book abounds with photostats of Ady's handwritten poems historical photos and documents. Bölöni was a close friend of Ady's for many of the poet's later years and recipient to a number of the poet's dedications. This copy ex-coll. Dezsö Baróti 1911-1994 noted Hungarian literary historian dated Paris marc. 17 1939.</p> Paris: Editions Atelier de Paris paperback
19472023Paris: Editions Arts et Metiers Graphiques/Batsford 1947. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 115 black & white photographs with a few coloured ones. Ansel Adams IzisGeorge Platt-Lynes Doisneau Brassai Bill Brandt Beaumont Newhall Willy Ronis & Horst. The rear cover has about half of the holes for the spiral binding broken out. <br/><br/> Editions Arts et Metiers Graphiques/Batsford paperback
74855Paris Pierre Tisné 1946. 4° 11 S. Text. 27 Taf. m. montierten Abb. Mappe mit Pergamin-OU m losen Blättern OU mit kleinen Fehlstellen und gebräunt Nr. 68 von 600 Exemplaren. - Mit Widmung des Malers und Photographen auf dem Titelblatt.Abgebildet sind überwiegend weibliche Akte. 010 Paris, Pierre Tisné, 1946 unknown
1933028177Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1933. Book. Illus. by Brassai. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12 pp of text and captions 62 pp. of full-page black and white photographs. Spiral bound stiff wraps. Text is in French. Covers and endpapers are additional photographs. Spiral binding is complete and secure unusual for such a fragile publication. Extremities are worn covers are scuffed and creased. Front cover has 3/4" square of photo missing paper only is missing the underlying board of the cover is complete. Interior is very clean throughout and photographs are sharp and clear. Brassai was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century and this his first book was a landmark work. In it he captures both the luminosity and the eeriness of all corners of the city and lifestyles of Paris at night in the early 1930s. Scarce. Size: Small Quarto. Arts et Metiers Graphiques Paperback
105263Editions Des Arts Et Metiers Graphiques. Paris. 1933. Editions Des Arts Et Metiers Graphiques. 1933 First edition. Small 4to spirally bound with limp card covers creased and with a few small dents and marks. 62 photographic full-page plates and 12 pages of text. Page edges rubbed back cover coming slightly away from spiral binding at head of spine. Generally a sound copy of a scarce item. Please contact us for more details. unknown
194922760Paris.: Editions du Point du Jour. 1949. Original publisher's terracotta printed wrappers with reproduction of Brassai's manuscript title in black as titles to front cover and spine. 12mo. 165 x 128 mm. Leaf with publisher's device verso leaf with calligraphic title recto and justification verso six leaves with Henry Miller's 'Introduction' and Brassaï's verse three leaves with 'Répertoire des Mots-Clés de Marie' two leaves with 'Table' and final leaf with achevé d'imprimer recto and 'Printed in France' verso. André Breton's copy with a presentation from Brassaï.From the first edition limited to 2626 copies with this unnumbered copy on vélin des Papeteries de France.From the library of André Breton with a presentation from Brassaï to Breton on the colophon: 'Pour André Breton / Ces annonces faites par / Marie / Souvenir amical de / Brassai / Paris vendredi treize mois de / Marie 1949'; the achevé d'imprimer gives the date of publication as 'le 30 Avril 1949'.Also included loosely inserted is the original invitation to the signing of the book by Brassai: 'Brassai signera / L'Histoire de Marie / à la Librairie de / l'Arc en Ciel / 17 rue de Sèvres / Samedi le 18 Juin de 17-19h'.Brassai born Gyula Halasz in what is now Romania was a prolific photographer who documented the seamier side of Parisian life. This collection of Brassai's poetry introduced by his friend Henry Miller demonstrates that he was more than that. Divided into three sections 'Propos de Marie' 'Le Procès de Marie' and 'Repertoire des Mots-Clés de Marie' the poetry is decidedly surreal in tone. Editions du Point du Jour. unknown
199368065RMN; Et Al. New. 1993. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in French. 216 pp. With 255 ills. 102 col. . 30 x 26 cm. Description: "Highlighting a distinctive mode of realism explored by diverse European artists from the late 1930s through the 1950s this catalogue documents an exhibition of 253 paintings drawings sculptures and photographs that include many expressive portraits and figure studies embodying visions of alienation and psychological anguish. Good reproductions of the works and individual commentaries on the featured artists are prefaced by an essay examining their humanist and existentialist themes and their stylistic orientations in the context of the cultural artistic and philosophical climate in Europe during the period." -- with a bonus offer--; 0.79 x 11.81 x 9.84 Inches . RMN; Et Al paperback
2014107338Flammarion. New. 2014. Hardcover. 2080201689 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . Flammarion hardcover
2022131359La Fábrica. New. 2022. Hardcover. 8417769897 . - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine -- with a bonus offer--; 8 X 0.71 X 9.5 inches; 152 pages . La Fábrica hardcover
198282920The Viking Press. As New. 1982. Hardcover. 0670136484 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 224 pages; 135 photos 4to. -- with a bonus offer-- . The Viking Press hardcover
200069279Bulfinch. New. 2000. Hardcover. 0821226681 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 312 pp. With 320 ills. 31 x 25 cm. -- with a bonus offer--; 1.5 x 12.25 x 9.75 Inches . Bulfinch hardcover
201298530Flammarion. New. 2012. Hardcover. 2080200992 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 96 pp. ; 124 illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . Flammarion hardcover
201196495Flammarion. New. 2011. Hardcover. 2080200844 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 168 pp. ; 168 illus. 63 in color. -- with a bonus offer-- . Flammarion hardcover
200081699Bulfinch Press. New. 2000. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Corresponds to ASIN: B0029924TK .319 pages 308 photos. -- with a bonus offer-- . Bulfinch Press hardcover
