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1998168167Houston & New York: The Museum of Fine Arts / Harry N. Abrams 1998. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 367 pages. Retrospective monograph published on the occasion of a traveling show that began in Houston and went on to Los Angeles and Washington D.C. Includes numerous black and white images. A close to near fine copy in illustrated boards with a cloth spine with the usual glue staining to the gutters of the endpapers. No dust jacket as issued. Still one of the best books on Brassai. The Museum of Fine Arts / Harry N. Abrams unknown books
1961151339London: B.T. Batsford Limited 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 264 pages. Text by Russell. Includes numerous black and white images by Brassai. A tight very good copy with a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper and some minor internal foxing and a slight bit of mustiness in a close to near fine price clipped dust jacket with some very minor wear. B.T. Batsford Limited unknown books
1962176270New York: Evergreen Review 1962. First edition. Softcover. 125 pages. Literary journal with contributions by Lawrence Ferlinghetti John Rechy Philip Whalen James Broughton Bill Berkson and Frank O'Hara. But the highlight of the issue is the inclusion of the collaboration with photographs by Brassai and text by Henry Miller: "Paris La Nuit." A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some minor wear. Evergreen Review unknown books
193822259Paris: Arts Et Metiers Graphiques 1938. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Tall metal spiral bound volume 12". The 1939 annual of photography published by Arts Et Metiers Graphiques. A lovely very good plus copy. Includes beautiful gravures by Brassai Bill Brandt and others. Housed in a custom made clamshell box. Beautiful. Arts Et Metiers Graphiques paperback books
195210699France: Arthaud 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition. Maquette et realisation de Claude Arthaud. Text by Cali with mostly black and white photographs of Paris by day and night by Brassai. A near fine example in decorated boards in near fine clear glassine wrapper. Text in French. <br/><br/> Arthaud hardcover books
196230925Praha: Statni Nakladatelstvi 1962. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Square bound wrappers. 60 pp. Text in Czech. First edition presumed with no indication of later printings. Very good indeed in small square bound wrappers. Text by Ludvik Soucek. An attractive volume. Statni Nakladatelstvi paperback books
1933160826007Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1933. First Edition. Spiral-bound. Very Good. Spiral bound stiff wraps. Signed and inscribed by Paul Morand. Very Good with light wear and light surface crackling to wraps. A coveted and rare copy of Brassai's first photobook. Signed by Paul Morand and quite rare as such. Arts et Metiers Graphiques unknown books
1933160514012Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1933. First Edition. Spiral-bound. Good. Spiral bound stiff wraps. Good. Edge wear and creasing cover; wear to pages and cover along coil binding. Light staining to several pages and light general waviness. Text by Paul Morand and photos by Brassai who so wonderfully captured the mystery and nocturnal beauty of Paris in the 1930s. Arts et Metiers Graphiques unknown books
19561326658Paris: The Olympia Press 1956. First Edition. 10mo. 171 pages; G-; in yellow black and gray wraps no lettering to spine; creasing to spine ; with photographs from Brassaï; States 'First and Original Edition' on title-page; a notoriously delicate binding this copy has glue visible along the gutters gatherings separated from spine at sfep; name on sfep pen on rear flap; shelved case 2. 1326658. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Olympia Press unknown books
195830204Paris: The Olympia Press 1958. Second edition. Brassaï. Original printed wrappers a little separation at front hinge; extremities lightly rubbed; gift inscription on front endpaper; very good. <br/><br/> The Olympia Press unknown books
197543266Milan: Franco Maria Ricci 1975. First Edition. Quarto 35.5cm x 24cm. Black cloth boards hardcover with mounted photographic illustration on cover and titling embossed in gold on cover and spine slip case; 216pp; mounted photographic illustrations. Near Fine copy; very slight shelf wear to extremities else appears new. Near Fine slip case; shelf wear and rubbing to extremities. Lewis Carroll's "Letters to Little Child-friends" coupled with his sepia photos of the letters' recipients. Introductory text by Guido Almansi. Printed on paper hand-made by the Pietro Miliani mills at Fabriano. First edition consists of 3000 numbered copies. Copy no. 165. Franco Maria Ricci unknown books
1982159716New York: The Viking Press 1982. Hardcover. VG/G; dj is worn at edges but still protective. Beige cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Maroon dj with bw photo and putty lettering. 223 pp. with bw photos throughout. Vignettes of Brassai's artist-friends - all the usual big-name European contemporaries of Brassai. With photos of the artists and some of their work. Translation from the French by Richard Miller. The Viking Press hardcover books
1982D2733New York: A Studio Book / The Viking Press 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine; b/w photo-illustrated dust jacket. Book is fine. Dust jacket lightly rubbed mostly along the edges and price-clipped. Nice. <br/><br/> A Studio Book / The Viking Press hardcover books
1982Embry 136988Viking 1982. First U.S. edition. Spine with slight lean else fine in fine faintly rubbed dust jacket in mylar cover. Full page b&w photographs by Brassai. Viking, 1982. First U.S. edition. unknown books
1999226957Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts & Abrams 1999. Hardcover. 367p. 10x13.25 inches foreword essays and appreciations interview with Brassai notes portfolio catalogue of the exhibition history bibliography. index some bleeding of adhesive at front hinge of paste-down endpaper and mild fading to tail of spine otherwise very good first edition monograph accompanying the exhibition in black pictorial boards with black cloth backstrip and silver foil titles. The Museum of Fine Arts & Abrams hardcover books
1982WRCLIT65153New York: Viking 1982. Quarto. Gilt cloth. First US edition. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. Conversational and photographic reminiscences of his friends: Braque Dali Dufy Giacometti Leger Matisse Miro Picasso Rouault Maillol among others. Bookplate affixed to front pastedown trace of faint dust marking to top edge otherwise near fine in dust jacket with a small nick at top edge of front panel. Viking hardcover books
1933138421Paris: Arts et M'tiers Graphiques 1933. First Edition. First Edition. 60 full-page black and white plates. Brassai's first and most notable photobook. <br/><br/>A nocturnal exploration of Parisian culture and one of the most celebrated and influential collections of urban photography ever published. Compiled in a somewhat eery sequence of encounters set around the darkest corners of 1930s Paris. Brassai does not shy away from capturing the less-than-savory aspects of inner city life often featuring sex workers seedy back alleys and the murky nighttime waters of the Seine. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in bright wrappers softcover. Spiral bound. Moderate creasing and rubbing overall. <br/><br/>Roth 101 p. 76-77. Parr and Badger Vol. 1 p. 134. Arts et M'tiers Graphiques unknown books
1958WRCLIT71408Paris: The Olympia Press 1958. 12mo. Stiff decorated wrappers by T. Tajiri. Illustrated with full-page photographs by Brassaï. Minor use at wrapper edges otherwise about fine. Second edition impression after the first of 1956. The colophon imprimatur is dated December 1957. S&J A100c. KEARNEY & CARROLL 1.16.2. The Olympia Press unknown books
1949005034France: Les Editions Du Point Du Jour 1949. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First edition in card wrappers. #1791 of 2000 copies in card wrappers. A book of poems in French by the celebrated photographer. Introduction by Henry Miller. Near fine condition. Les Editions Du Point Du Jour paperback books
1968173279New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1968. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 79 pages. Introductory essay by Lawrence Durrell. Includes 61 black and white photographs many of which are some of his more iconic images. A clean near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some edge tears wear and minor issues to the lamination. Still a solid copy of this terrific small book on one of the more important photographers of the 20th century. The Museum of Modern Art unknown books
1968169760New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1968. First edition. Softcover. Introductory essay by Lawrence Durrell. Includes 61 black and white photographs many of which are some of his more iconic images. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with some very minute wear and a vintage price sticker from M.O.M.A to the verso of the front cover. A bright and clean copy. The Museum of Modern Art unknown books
1982145653New York: The Viking Press 1982. Hardcover. G Top of dj and book block have once been wet and are slightly wavy; otherwise pretty good. Tan cloth gilt letters on spine burgundy & illus. dust jacket 224 pp. many BW illus. Hungarian photographer and writer Brassai 1899-1984 "shares his photographs of Braque Dali Dufy Giacometti Leger Matisse Miro Picasso Rouault Maillol and a dozen others as well as his pungent impressions of them and delectable bits and pieces of their conversations about art fellow artists the affairs of the day their own personal lives their ambitions and frustrations." dj. The Viking Press hardcover 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
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
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
