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1976017307New York: Pantheon 1976. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the artist Brassai. in ink on the title-page and inscribed briefly to a well known writer in America and dated in the year of publication. The dust jacket has a small repaired chip not price-clipped the $17.95 price still intact on the front flap. Completely clean. Illustrated in black & white with Brassai's evocative photographs of underground Paris during the 1930's. Stated first American edition. List of plates. 11" high X 9" wide. Scarce signed. Heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Signed by Artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Pantheon Hardcover
1976010710New York: Pantheon Books 1976. Upclipped $17.95 dust jacket with half-inch tear at spine top. First Edition in English. Original Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Pantheon Books Hardcover
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
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
PHOTO 890PANTHEON Book. Very Good. Hardcover. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN VERY GOOD DJ. PANTHEON Hardcover
1976002304New York: Pantheon Books 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Unpaginated. The Camera artist's view of the forbidden Paris of the 30s its brothels whores pimps and opium dens heretofore unpublished because of their "daring nature." In the accompanying text Brassai reminisces about his world and describes the sxtraordinary conditions under which he took ish photographs. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. Inscribed on the Title Page For Tom Halsted New York le 2 octobre 1976. 1/8" closed tear at top edge front panel dj with on the slightest wear to the same else Pristine. Clean tight and strong binding with no underlining highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with blind-stamped title on front board. Pantheon Books Hardcover
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
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the artist, Brassai. in ink on the title-page and inscribed briefly to a well known writer in America, and dated in the year of publication. The dust jacket has a small repaired chip, not price-clipped, the $17.95 price still intact on the front flap. Completely clean. Illustrated in black & white with Brassai's evocative photographs of underground Paris during the 1930's. Stated first American edition. List of plates. 11" high X 9" wide. Scarce signed. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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
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 . . ."
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
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
002510Paris: Paris-Publications This is a near fine copy of the rarest of Brassai's books which has been bound into a hardcover binding from the period in handsome red and black marbled paper-covered boards and a linen cloth spine with red leather label gilt title. The original binding of this book was a spiral plastic ring type. The spiral binding was taken off and the book with its original red-orange covers with the title printed in large white letters was bound in whole. Covers are bright and clean in very good condition small closed tear to bottom corner of back cover inside completely clean. There is no date on the colophon page inside back cover and there apparently were two editions. The first edition was published in 1930 but Brassai was reportedly unhappy with the selection of images and because he was not credited. In our copy he is credited as the photographer and so we assume this is the second edition from ca.1934. It is unpaginated. There are 40 pages with 38 black and white photographs of ladies of the night strippers models night clubs and balls like the Bal Tabarin shots of tough streetwalkers in Les Halles many shots of men and women in costume sometimes drag also a lesbian couple in a club "strictement Feminine" shots of lovers in parks on streets playful shots of men looking into a lingerie shop window with elaborately garbed mannequins at night 1 shot of Kiki in a Montparnasse night club an amazing shot in " La Cage a Femmes d'un Grand Music-Hall Parisien" which shows a cage or pit viewed from above with women on stools like lions in various states of undress and performing "acrobatic" feats. Finally tipped in at the very end on the collophon page a half-page size shot in color of a nude woman in profile we assume not by Brassai. Large 4to 11" high X 8" wide. The original book was not cut down when re-bound it is in its' intended size and because of the re-binding it has been kept in near fine condition. A beautiful copy of a true rarity. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Paris-Publications Hardcover
This is a near fine copy of the rarest of Brassai's books, which has been bound into a hardcover binding from the period, in handsome red and black marbled paper-covered boards, and a linen cloth spine with red leather label, gilt title. The original binding of this book was a spiral plastic ring type. The spiral binding was taken off and the book with its original red-orange covers with the title printed in large white letters, was bound in whole. Covers are bright and clean, in very good condition, (small closed tear to bottom corner of back cover), inside completely clean. There is no date on the colophon page (inside back cover) and there apparently were two editions. The first edition was published in 1930, but Brassai was reportedly unhappy with the selection of images and because he was not credited. In our copy he is credited as the photographer and so we assume this is the second edition from ca.1934. It is unpaginated. There are 40 pages, with 38 black and white photographs of ladies of the night, strippers, models, night clubs and balls like the Bal Tabarin, shots of tough streetwalkers in Les Halles, many shots of men and women in costume, sometimes drag, also a lesbian couple in a club "strictement Feminine", shots of lovers in parks, on streets, playful shots of men looking into a lingerie shop window with elaborately garbed mannequins at night, 1 shot of Kiki in a Montparnasse night club, an amazing shot in " La Cage a Femmes d'un Grand Music-Hall Parisien" which shows a cage or pit, viewed from above with women on stools, like lions, in various states of undress and performing "acrobatic" feats. Finally tipped in at the very end on the collophon page a half-page size shot in color of a nude woman in profile, we assume not by Brassai. Large 4to, 11" high X 8" wide. The original book was not cut down when re-bound, it is in its' intended size, and because of the re-binding, it has been kept in near fine condition. A beautiful copy of a true rarity. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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
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 / à hion insu / bien amicalement / le 3 mai 1981. Brassai." Very uncommon signed. Paris: Paris-Publications unknown
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
51-4581Èze-Village: 1966. Tls. 1 page. 272 x 210 cm. Typed letterhead. Referencing his book on Picasso a discussion with Picasso and an essay in Figaro Littéraire on Picasso that was truncated. Provenance: Estate of Jean Leymarie. Èze 22 octobre 1966 : "Je suppose que vous avez lu dans Figaro Littéraire . le texte en question sur Picasso. Malheureusement la plupart des passages vous concernant-je l'ai donné tel que vous l'avez lu - ont été coupés par la rédaction et notamment celui où vous racontez si bien votre émerveillement devant les chefs d'oeuvre en plein air de la cour du château.".Le Figaro le 05/12/2016: Toutes témoignent des liens d'amitiés privilégiés que Jean Leymarie 1919-2006 disparu en 2006 entretint avec les artistes de par ses fonctions au sein de nombreuses institutions. Devenu plus jeune conservateur de musée de France à l'âge de 31 ans en prenant la direction du musée de Grenoble Jean Leymarie entama une brillante carrière dans le milieu de l'Art. Succédant à Bernard Dorival il rejoignit la tête du musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris en 1969 avant de devenir directeur des études à l'école du Louvre puis de succéder à Balthus en 1978 comme directeur de l'Académie de France à Rome.Tout au long de sa carrière il organisa de prestigieuses expositions telle en 1966 l'«Hommage à Picasso» présenté au Grand et au Petit Palais à Paris et il rédigea de nombreuses monographies d'artistes parmi lesquels Balthus Picasso Van Gogh Braque Gauguin ou Zao Wou-Ki rencontré quelques années à son arrivée en France. Professionnel talentueux mais aussi homme sensible Jean Leymarie fut proche de Miró fréquenté en Espagne et dans le sud de la France mais aussi de Calder qui le recevait avec sa femme Marie-Paule chez lui à Saché en Touraine. Èze-Village: 1966 unknown
158508London: Thames & Hudson 1967. Hardcover 289pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Llustrations photographs index. Reader's Union imprint label on the title page. Also known as Gyula Halasz. Book about Pablo Picasso. Preface by Harry Miller. Art. Thames & Hudson Hardcover
40482London Thames and Hudson 1976 Hardcover book first edition UK in dustjacket. Superb black & white photography by the author. The night life of Paris Montparnasse Montmartre the outcasts tarts warehouses and docks. in the 1930's. A Very Good copy in a Very Good price clipped dustjacket. Very light handling wear. Pictures available. London, Thames and Hudson, 1976 hardcover
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
