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1988159403New York: Pantheon Photo Library 1988. First edition. Softcover. Part of the Photo Poche series.Introduction by Roger Grenier. Includes 63 black and white images by Brassai that features a wide range from his various bodies of work. A very near fine copy in wrappers. Pantheon Photo Library unknown books
195219075Paris: Editions Neuf 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.gilt lettered red cloth with mounted front cover photograph of Brassai. Near fine. Unpaginated. Approx. 72 pages. 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 cm. Illustrated with a host of reproductions of Brassai photographs -- including drawings and sculptures. French text: by Henry Miller and an autobiographical essay by Brassai on his early years. Rubbing to back cover at center fore-edge otherwise a bright and fresh copy. Editions Neuf hardcover books
1988175299Paris: Paris Musees 1988. First edition. Softcover. 88 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 8 1988 through January 8 1989. Text in French. Preface by Bernard de Montgolfier. Introductory essay by Kim Sichel. Includes numerous black and white images from throughout Brassai's career. A very good copy in wrappers that are lightly soiled and with some other minor wear. Paris Musees unknown books
1949PB44784First printing. 95 pages 9 ¾ x 7 inches cloth with dust jacket jacket worn and chipped two sections missing from front cover. Many reproductions from photographs by Brassai featuring his unique vision of nocturnal Paris. The Focal Press hardcover books
19491453Paris: Les Éditions du Point du Jour 1949. First Edition First Printing. 16mo 6 1/2 inches /165 mm 90 pages in wrappers. Pages largely unopened and age-toned. Wrappers soiled. Overall a Very Good copy of a fragile volume. INSCRIBED by Brassaï on the half title: "Pour Françoise / bien amicalement / Brassaï / Paris / de 9 mai 1977." A volume of poems by the great Hungarian-French photographer who was born Gyula Halász 1899-1984. With an introduction by American writer and fellow Paris resident Henry Miller. This volume comes with a certificate of authenticity from the husband of the recipient both of whom were friends of Brassaï. One of 2500 numbered copies on Vélin Alfa. SCARCE SIGNED. <br/><br/> Les Éditions du Point du Jour unknown books
194920449Paris: Les Editions du Point du Jour 1949. Edition limited to 2600 copies 12mo pp. 90-91; a near fine unopened copy in original tan paper wrappers printed in black minor soiling to covers. Shifreen and Jackson B60. <br/><br/> Les Editions du Point du Jour unknown books
1933321328Paris: Édition Arts et Métiers Graphiques 1933. First edition first printing. 62 full-page gravure plates including photographic covers. 4to. Spiral bound stiff wraps. Some light creasing but a very attractive copy of an often damaged book. Housed in custom black cloth clamshell box. First edition first printing. 62 full-page gravure plates including photographic covers. 4to. Roth 101 p. 76-77. Parr and Badger Vol. 1 p. 134 Édition Arts et Métiers Graphiques unknown books
1982163851New York: The Viking Press 1982. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A review copy with laid in publisher information sheet. Text by Brassai translated from the French by Richard Miller. Brassai reminisces about his friends: Braque Dali Dufy Giacomett Leger Matisse Miro Picasso Rouault Maillol and more. Includes numerous black and white images. A clean and tight copy in brown cloth boards in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear to the base of the spine. The Viking Press unknown books
1982235378New York: Viking 1982. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Brassai. Translated by Richard Miller. Extensively illustrated. 223 pages. 4to tan cloth lightly edgeworn d.w. New York: A Studio Book The Viking Press 1982. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Viking unknown books
1976013626Pantheon 1976. Book. Illus. by Brassai. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fine copy In Like Jacket First Edition.$17.95 On Flap.Preentation in French In Year of Publication.Excellent Copy Without Wear Very Scarce Signed. Pantheon Hardcover books
1976173572New York: Pantheon 1976. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. An interesting study of the nightlife of Paris in the 1930s and includes numerous black and white images. A clean very near fine copy in a near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minute wear. A nicer than usual copy. Pantheon unknown books
1976169508New York: Pantheon 1976. Later printing. Softcover. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. An interesting study of the nightlife of paris in the 30's that includes some of Brassai's iconic black and white photographs. A clean and tight near fine copy in wrappers. Pantheon unknown books
1976272574New York: Pantheon 1976. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Brassai. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. Black and white frontispiece and numerous fine black and white photo illustrations throughout. Short thin 4to black cloth d.w. New York: Pantheon 1976. First American edition. Ownership signature of Gene Moore on front endpaper along with small note on half title else a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Pantheon unknown books
1976271447New York: Pantheon 1976. First. hardcover. fine/very good. Brassai. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. Black and white frontispiece and numerous fine black and white photo illustrations throughout. Short thin 4to black cloth lightly worn d.w. New York: Pantheon 1976. First American edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper with a lengthy inscription from Brassai on the title page in French dated October 2 1976.<br/><br/> Pantheon unknown books
19726045221972. "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 . . .". Signed by Authors. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. unknown books
193426971Paris: Paris-Publications N.d. c. 1934. Lacking spirals most copies with intact spiral bindings are not original; a very good copy creased at the top edge with soiling to the distinctive orange wrappers. Presumed second issue of Brassai's first book disavowed due to contractual conflicts. Thin quarto spiral-bound. With 38 photographs of Parisian nightlife that while chaste now were deemed to racy for inclusion in "Paris de Nuit". SIGNED by Brassai and inscribed to publisher Nicholas Callaway: "Pour Nicholas / Callaway / un livre / Ã hion insu / bien amicalement / le 3 mai 1981. Brassai." Very uncommon signed. Paris: Paris-Publications unknown books
19351952Paris: Paris-Publications 1935. FIRST EDITION THE PRESUMED FIRST ISSUE COMPLETE WITH THE EIGHT SUPPRESSED PLATES AND ORIGINAL SPIRAL BINDING. Original spiral binding. Very Good. FIRST EDITION THE PRESUMED FIRST ISSUE COMPLETE WITH THE EIGHT SUPPRESSED PLATES AND ORIGINAL SPIRAL BINDING. "Brassaï's early photographs concentrated on the nighttime world of Montparnasse a district of Paris then noted for its artists streetwalkers and petty criminals. His pictures were published in a successful book Paris de nuit 1933 which caused a stir because of its sometimes scandalous subject matter. His next book Voluptés de Paris made him internationally famous" Britannica. "Paris by Night was no sooner off the press than Brassaï sold the remaining photographs to the popular magazine Voilà and began another phase of his exploration of the city. In December 1933 he wrote his parents that he was taking the final photographs for his 'Paris intime' Pierre Mac Orlan had agreed to write the preface and publication was scheduled for March. "By October 1935 it was clear that the book had stalled at the publishers. Although Brassaï had received an advance the publisher claimed he was financially unable to bring the book out. When the book finally did emerge from the printer it was entitled Voluptés de Paris and there was no introduction by Mac Orlan. The unsigned preface mimicked a carnival barker's spiel touting the city to the potential reader like a lewd sideshow attraction: 'Paris the paradise of desire the capital of Adventure. Paris where you can find your every fantasy in reality.'. Available by mail order the book would be sent in a plain wrapper." Brassaï was not pleased with the production and distribution of the book and soon disowned it. "However Voluptés de Paris did not entirely escape critical notice. Peter Pollack. judged it among Brassaï's best work 'an invaluable collection of Brassaï's essential pictures'." Marja Warehime Brassai: Images of Culture and the Surrealist Observer. On the two issues: Anne Wilkes Tucker notes in her detailed book Brassaï: The Eye of Paris: "The book is very rare and for unknown reasons two versions exist. One has thirty-eight halftones and the other has forty-six. I have yet to see a copy of the larger edition with the binding intact so perhaps plates were removed to prevent the rings from breaking". This is the only copy we have seen complete with the forty-six photos and original spiral rings. Paris: Paris-Publications 1935. Quarto original orange wrappers original spiral binding; custom box. One leaf neatly detached; neat stars drawn on two leaves not affecting images. A spectacular copy. RARE. Paris-Publications unknown books
1938149715Villefranche: Mieux Vivre 1938. First edition. Small softcover. Text in French. Advertising brochure with black and white images by Brassai Ergy Landau A. Rougier Blanc et Demilly Studio Tronchet Andre Steiner Nora Dumas Jean Roubier F. Tuefferd Perkhammer and Rene Zuber. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. A fresh copy of this nicely printed booklet. Mieux Vivre unknown books
1997280750Chicago: University of Chicago Press 1997. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Translated from the Hungarian by Peter Laki and Barna Kantor. Near fine with sticker shadow on front wrapper. University of Chicago Press unknown books
1976D16946New York: Pantheon 1976. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 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. <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 books
1976037384New York: Pantheon Books 1976. 1st American Edition. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. 188p. b/w illus. quarto format dj. Pantheon Books unknown books
2000172220Boston MA: Bulfinch Press Little Brown and Company 2000. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 319 pages. Edited by Alain Sayag and Annick Lionel-Marie. Text contributions by Brassai Jean-Jacques Aillagon Gilberte Brassai Roger Grenier Henry Miller Jacques Prevert and Werner Spies. Includes 308 illustrations with 14 in color. A tight close to near fine copy with a long gift inscription on the title page but otherwise free of marks in a near fine dust jacket. A nice copy of one of the better books on this important Hungarian born photographer who spent much of his life in France. Bulfinch Press, Little, Brown and Company unknown books
194966959Paris: Les Editions Pont de Jour 1949. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine. Limited to 2600 copies this is copy No. 407. A collection of poetry by the Hungarian-French photographer sculptor and writer with an introduction by Henry Miller. Text in French. Inscribed and signed by Brassai opposite the title page. 16mo. Printed on Velin Alfa paper and bound in light brown paper wrappers. Near fine. Les Editions Pont de Jour unknown books
1999145992Houston TX: Museum of Fine Arts 1999. First edition. Exhibition brochure for a show that ran April 13 through July 3 1999. Single sheet folded three times to create 8 pages. Text by Julian Cox. Includes 5 black and white images. A very good plus copy. Uncommon ephemera. Museum of Fine Arts unknown books
193324590Paris: Edition Arts et Métiers Graphiques 1933. Former owner's innocuous book plate signature that reads "Brassai" but likely not in the photographer's hand light edge creases to the bottom corners gently handled with minor wear; a solid very good copy lacking serious defects in photo-illustrated spiral-bound wrappers. First Edition. Spiral bound quarto sixty-four gravure plates. The best-known and most iconic of the great Paris photobooks printed in a deep gravure so tactile it seems almost as if charcoal will rub off on the hands of the viewer. The cobblestone covers and endpapers are particularly evocative. Parr / Badger v1 134; Roth 76-77. Paris: Edition Arts et Métiers Graphiques unknown books
