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19633114302Barcelona: Sala Gaspar. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Prints. First trade edition of this portfolio of lithographs by Joan Miro. One of 1250 copies issued in wrap-around pictorial jacket with a paper folder containing an essay by writer Joan Perucho and 4 original lithographs by Miro. 2 of lithos are on separate sheets 9 1/4" x 11 3/4" and one on folded double sheet 12" x 17". The lithos are very close to fine with trifle signs of age. The jacket also a Miro litho has damage from a 2"-inch circular chip at center of rear panel. The paper folder is afflicted by long tears with clear tape mends and traces of shelf-soiling. The Perucho essay is fine. The prints are suitable for framing. EB ; 9 1/4" X 11 1/4" . Sala Gaspar. unknown
19509120Paris: André Sauret 1950. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine. This collection of bohemian poems by the French Fantaisiste poet Francis Carco was first published in 1912. It proved to be a popular text for livres d'artiste and illustrated versions appeared in 1927 1943 1950 this and 1974. This version illustrated by Dignimont may have been the most successful paring of artist and poet.<br /> <br /> This example of the Carco-Dignimont edition is the copy reserved for the artist's wife with "Exemplaire réservé à Madame Dignimont" printed on the colophon. This copy matches the contents of the 12 copies on vélin de Rives with the finished book accompanied by three extra suites of plates: one in color without the text "une suite en couleurs" a suite of single color lithographs "une suite dans le ton du dessin" and one of rejected designs "une suite de lithographies refusées". The book and extra suites of plates are unbound being loose sheets laid into the printed covers with a vellum-backed chemise. The two chemises fit into a two-compartment box.<br /> <br /> The colophon is signed by Carco and Dignimont. A fine copy complete with all plates. Signed by Carco and Dignimont and additionally inscribed by Carco to Mme. Digninmont with a small self-portrait drawing. André Sauret hardcover
197282762Ediciones Poligrafa S. A 1972-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Large format hardcover in jacket with text in Spanish light chip to head of spine of the jacket. All 11 original lithographs are intact. Tight binding no marks. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Ediciones Poligrafa, S. A hardcover
1963N5061aParis: Andre Sauret 1963. Limited/Numbered . Original Cardboard. Very Good. 4to. 183pp. EXEMPLAIRE SUR GRAND VELIN D'ARCHES. ONE OF 125 COPIES THIS COPY 55 SIGNED BY ANDRE SAURET AT COLOPHONE. Cover is an original lithograph by BRAQUE. Missing the frontispice and the title page both were original lithographs FINE PRINTING BY THE MOURLOT PRESS IN PARIS.SUPERB COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WORKS OF BRAQUE. A VERY GOOD AND CLEAN COPY. <br/> <br/> Andre Sauret unknown
1975321681975. Paris / BiÂvres Pierre de Tartas 1975. Un vol. au format in-folio 372 x 281 mm de 92 pp. en feuille sous couverture lithographiÂŽe ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs et coffret de pleine percaline satinÂŽe marine dos lisse titre dorÂŽ. Un des 12 exemplaires du tirage numÂŽrotÂŽ sur Japon nacrÂŽ. L'ouvrage est occupÂŽ en couverture par une lithographie originale en couleurs de Jean-Baptiste ValadiÂŽ et est revÂtu des signatures autographes de l'artiste ainsi que de l'ÂŽditeur. L'exemplaire comporte par ailleurs 23 lithographies originales : dont deux signÂŽes par l'artiste ˆ la mine de plomb. Outre les lithographies en couleurs qu'il se doit de contenir il recÂle sous chemise sÂŽparÂŽe une dÂŽcomposition de deux planches alors qu'il ne devrait en figurer qu'une. Mais dÂŽpourvu de la ''composition originale d'un dÂŽpart ou d'un in-texte planche double signÂŽe'' annoncÂŽe au colophon ainsi que de la ''suite de toutes les planches doubles en couleurs sur grand vÂŽlin d'Arches''. ÇJe vous conterai l'histoire du Cygne et de la petite nymphe qui vivait sur les bords du fleuve Eurotas. C'est ˆ la louange des bienheureuses tÂŽnÂbres.È Monod II Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrÂŽs modernes 7418. TrÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
19494261Port-Louis - Ile Maurice: Éditions Esclapon 1949. Jouvancourt Limited Edition. Hardcover. Outer Case : Fair / Inner Case Text and Lithographs : Very Good to Near Fine. Huges de Jouvancourt. No. 24 from an edition 250 copies. The colophon and publishers ad insert both state that the lithograph stones were destroyed after printing. A series of unbound signatures in a cloth backed case with a paper spine label folio size 16 inches tall pp. 12 132 8 illustrated w. head and tailpieces 13 full page lithographs inc. the internal case front cover and frontis - 11 being signed in pencil by Jouvancourt. Text in French. The prints and text are contained in an inner case with an original lithograph on front cover and all signatures remain untrimmed and unbound as issued. The outer case is worn and slightly bowed near bottom corner with soil stains and some discoloration hinges cracked lacks original ties from fore-edge label is chipped ; inner case is clean with a few small spots and a small crack to joint at foot of lower cover text with an occasional spot of soil or closed tear to leaf extremities - not affecting prints. Huges de Jouvancourt has created a beautiful set of prints to illuminate this edition of a classic French love story. "Paul et Virginie sometimes known in English as Paul and Virginia is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre first published in 1788. The novel's title characters are friends since birth who fall in love. The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule then named Île de France. Written on the eve of the French Revolution the novel is recognized as Bernardin's finest work. It records the fate of a child of nature corrupted by the artificial sentimentality of the French upper classes in the late eighteenth century. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre lived on the island for a time and based part of the novel on a shipwreck he witnessed there." wiki. Éditions Esclapon hardcover
1924298781924. S.l. aux dÂŽpens de la SociÂŽtÂŽ Hippocrate et ses amis 1930. Un fort vol. au format pt in-folio 336 x 254 mm de 250 pp. brochÂŽ sous couverture titrÂŽe ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs et ÂŽtui-chemise cartonnÂŽ gardes de pleine suÂŽdine vert-bronze dos lisse piÂce de titre contrecollÂŽe. Tirage unique ˆ 120 exemplaires dont 20 hors-commerce ; tous sur Arches. ''Edition estimÂŽe''. in Carteret. L'ouvrage s'agrÂŽmente - en premier tirage - de 37 lithographies originales par AndrÂŽ Mare. Exemplaire ici truffÂŽ de 20 dessins originaux de l'artiste prÂŽparatoires ˆ l'illustration d'une suite en feuilles sur Japon de l'ensemble des compositions figurant dans l'ouvrage d'une correspondance entre l'ÂŽditeur et l'artiste comportant 4 lettres manuscrites signÂŽes de ce dernier enfin d'un menu - agrÂŽmentÂŽ d'une grande lithographie d'AndrÂŽ Mare signÂŽe ˆ la mine de plomb figurant un portrait en pied de Barbey - de la sociÂŽtÂŽ ÂŽditrice pour cÂŽlÂŽbrer la publication du prÂŽsent ouvrage. Lequel est en outre ici bien complet d'un fac-similÂŽ d'une lettre de Barbey ; ici reproduite en lithographie. ''Il existe 20 suites de lithographies sur Japon''. in Carteret. ''Natif d'Argentan en 1885 AndrÂŽ Mare exposa aux Salons des IndÂŽpendants et d'Automne o il exposa avec le groupe cubiste en 1912 et 1913 et prÂŽsenta avec Duchamp-Villon la Maison cubiste. A partir de 1920 il appliqua certains principes stylistiques du cubisme aux arts appliquÂŽ le style Arts dÂŽcoratifs 1925 ; en rÂŽfÂŽrence ˆ la trÂs importante exposition internationale.'' in BÂŽnÂŽzit. Un jour de dÂŽcembre quelques annÂŽes avant la rÂŽvolution de 1830 dans une petite ville du Cotentin plusieurs amis se rÂŽunissent pour leur causerie du soir et trÂs vite l'un d'entre eux ÂŽvoque la rencontre qu'il vient de faire : celle du chevalier Des Touches ci-devant hÂŽros de la chouannerie. Mais le chevalier n'est-il pas mort Ce soir-lˆ on remonte le passÂŽ et devant ses amis mademoiselle de Percy qui y participait raconte l'expÂŽdition des Douze : l'enlÂvement de Des Touches prisonnier ˆ Coutances par ses compagnons d'armes. De cette soirÂŽe de dÂŽcembre un enfant silencieux avait ÂŽtÂŽ tÂŽmoin et c'est l'auteur lui-mÂme qui en fait la matiÂre de ce roman. Peu importe que Des Touches y devienne un hÂŽros plus glorieux qu'il ne le fut en rÂŽalitÂŽ. L'essentiel est ailleurs : c'est que si les chouans vers 1799 au moment de ce rÂŽcit mÂnent encore la guerre ils l'ont dÂŽjˆ perdue. Un royalisme dÂŽsenchantÂŽ teinte ainsi tout le roman sans en attÂŽnuer la vigueur et bien plus tard Anatole France ÂŽvoquera l'"impression trÂs forte" que lui auront laissÂŽe ces "figures ˆ la fois hÂŽro•ques et brutales" : "Ce livre dira-t-il me donna le frisson." Monod I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs 943 - BÂŽnÂŽzit VII Dictionnaire des peintres p. 7 - Carteret IV Le TrÂŽsor du bibliophile / IllustrÂŽs modernes p. 57. Quelques altÂŽrations superficielles ÂŽparses affectant l'ÂŽtui-chemise. Exemplaire quant ˆ lui parfaitement conservÂŽ ; sinon que le feuillet de Table prÂŽsente de discrÂtes rousseurs. b42961 unknown
170404Wallingford Pa: The Elm Press 1986. Hardcover. VG. Light blue clamshell box with inlaid fabric on cover. Thirty-six pages are hinged in an accordion fold permitting the images to interweave from page to page. This artist's book developed from a plan by Ruth Mortimer former Curator of Rare Books at Smith College for an anthology of poems using weaving and fabric arts as metaphor.<br /> The text of The Bewildering Thread contains fifteen poems selected from the work of fourteen contemporary women poets: Sandra M Gilbert Eleanor Wilner Jody Aliesan Carolyn Kizer Amy Clampitt Linda Pastan Maura Stanton Adrienne Rich Katha Pollitt Lyn Lifshin May Swenson Margaret Atwood Susan Snively and Gjertrud Schnackenberg.<br /> The poem by Emily Dickinson from which the title of the collection is taken is printed as an epigraph. This is copy No. 13 of the 50 printed. Eleanor Wilne described the book as ".contained poems about the womanly arts of the thread---spinning embroidery lacemaking weaving—the tapestries in which women spoke before the page and the public stage were open to us." Includes some associated paperwork in the back on the clamshell box. 34 of the 50 copies are held in institutions. The Elm Press hardcover
192042713Berlin Erich Reiss 1920. 4to. Orig. full blindtooled lettering to frontcover. Uncut. Top edge gilt. 60 pp. and 16 original lithographs by Wilhelm Kohlhoff all signed by the artist. A very faint dampstain in lower margins of some leaves. Otherwise clean and fine. No. 19 of 60 copies signed by the artist. In all 250 copies. <br/><br/><em>"Als zwölfter Prospero-Druck wurde die vlämische Märe "Herr Halewijn" von De Coster für den Verlag Erich Reiss bei Otto v. Holten Berlin im Sommer 1920 in einer Auflage von 250 Exemplaren gedruckt. Die Übersetzung stammt von Albert Wesselski Die dem Werk beigegebenen 16 Originalsteindricke von Wilhelm Kohlhoff wurden von Alex. Rogall mit den Hand abgezogen. Die ganze Auflage wurde auf handgeschöpftes Bütten gedruckt. Die Steindrucke in Nr. 1-60 hat der Künstler signiert. Dieses Exemplar trägt die Nummer 19."Kolophon. </em> unknown
1965002853Paris: Aux depens d'un amateur 1965. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Illustrators. Loose sheets in lithographed wrappers. In grey cloth clamshell box with white lettering. Illustrated with 22 original lithographs in color including wrappers by Leonor Fini. Text in French translated by Andre du Bouchet. Printed on Grand Velin de Rives with BFK watermark. One of 50 copies with an extra suite of the lithographs on Grand Velin de Rives. This is number 83 of a limited edition of 200 copies hand signed by Leonor Fini and Andre du Bouchet on the limitation page. All lithographs protected by tissue guards. The clamshell box is in very good condition with a few vague stains The contents are in mint condition. Sheets measure 40 x 30 cm. . Aux depens d'un amateur Paperback
1848001197Boston: Crosby Nichols and Company 1848. FIRST EDITION. Recent half brown morocco leather with faded purple cloth blind stamped gilt decorated and lettered on the front board. The boards have been laid and the book rebacked. Four raised bands with gilt rulling and tool work on spine. All edges gilt. Original brown endpages. From the drawings of Isaac Sprague. 4 4pp. followed by 16 lithographic plates interleaved with corresponding leaves containing explanatory remarks. 1 "The White Mountains" 2 "Mount Crawford" 3 "The Notch of the White Mountains" 4 "The Lower Cascade of the Notch" 5 "The Gate of the Notch" 6 "The Falls of the Amonoosuck" 7 "The Granite Cliffs of the Falls" two views on one plate 8 "The Franconia Notch" 9 "Profile Mountain at Franconia" 10 "The Profile Rock" 11 "The Basin in Lincoln N.H." 12 "The Flume in Lincoln N.H." 13 "Nancy"s Bridge" 14 "Mt. Crawford from the Notch" two views on one plate 15 "Mount Washington" two views on one plate and 16 "Mt. Washington over Tuckerman"s Ravine." Plates 10 11 12 & 14 are by lithographs by Bufford the rest are by Thayer. Some marginal dampstaining to a few plates and some light foxing to a couple of plates else very good. Benjamin W. Thayer and John Henry Bufford 1810-1870 were among America's most important earlier lithographers both were successors to the pioneering William Pendleton. Isaac Sprague September 5 1811 - 1895 the artist who drew the scenes was a self-taught landscape botanical and ornithological painter. He was America's best known botanical illustrator of his day. Photos can be e-mailed. . First Edition. Half Morocco Leather. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hardcover. Crosby, Nichols, and Company Hardcover
199038913Firenze Florence: The Artist 1990. A portfolio of 34 PENCIL-SIGNED HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS BY GIANFRANCO RONTANI PRINTED ON FINE THICK WOVE PAPER. Edition limited to 50 copies. Large 4to. Loose as issued. Housed in original cloth folding case. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. Complete sets are of the greatest rarity. Not in WorldCat. <br/><br/> The Artist hardcover
1965002863Paris: Aux depens d'un amateur 1965. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Illustrators. Loose sheets in lithographed wrappers. In grey cloth clamshell box with white lettering. Illustrated with 22 original lithographs in color including wrappers by Leonor Fini. Text in French translated by Andre du Bouchet. Printed on Grand Velin de Rives with BFK watermark. One of 50 copies with an extra suite of the lithographs on Grand Velin de Rives. This is number 83 of a limited edition of 200 copies hand signed by Leonor Fini and Andre du Bouchet on the limitation page. All lithographs protected by tissue guards. The clamshell box is in very good condition with a few vague stains The contents are in mint condition. Sheets measure 40 x 30 cm. . Aux depens d'un amateur paperback
19943115950New York: Limited EDITIONS CLUB. Fine with no dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in Slipcase. Limited edition. Copy number 3 out of 300 SIGNED by Cartier-Bresson on colophon. Illustrated with 7 original Lithographs and a Photogravure by Henri Cartier-Bresson. The Lithographs were pulled by Bruce Porter at his Trestle Editions studio in New York. The photogravure was printed by Jon Goodman on French-made Arjo Wiggins stock. Folio 12 x 16 inches. Laid-into grey-green silk slip case with interior felt linin. Book and slipcase are fine. The Photogravure frontispiece by Henri Cartier-Bresson is a portrait of writer Louis Aragon. A lovely production. ; 12" x 16" . Limited EDITIONS CLUB hardcover
1954007666New York: The Noonday Press 1954. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine. No. 22 of 64 copies printed of which 55 were placed on sale. Printed on hand-made Fabriano paper by Igal Roodenk and James Lanier. Lithographs pulled in Paris by Fernand Mourlot Freres. The fine woven paper is various colors -- cream black blue rose. Folio 44 by 28.5 cm. Light wear to black cloth -- a few light scratches. Otherwise like new. The Noonday Press unknown
1953182631953. Paris Scripta & Picta 1953. Un fort vol. au forma tin-folio 383 x 289 mm de xxx - 126 pp. en feuilles sous couverture titrÂŽe et ÂŽtui-chemise cartonnÂŽ dos lisse titre dorÂŽ en long. Edition originale. Tirage unique ˆ 269 exemplaires seulement. Celui-ci comptant parmi les 245 numÂŽrotÂŽs du tirage sur vÂŽlin d'Arches second papier aprÂs seulement les 24 de tÂte sur Japon nacrÂŽ. Il s'agrÂŽmente - ici en premier tirage - des superbes compositions originales en couleurs de Jacques Villon lithographiÂŽes sur les presses de Mourlot FrÂre. ''L'oeuvre gravÂŽe de Jacques Villon marque une date dans l'histoire de cette technique. L'importance accordÂŽe ˆ la lumiÂre le sens de la construction et de l'unitÂŽ de l'espace n'ont cessÂŽ de prÂŽoccuper l'artiste tout au long de sa carriÂre. in Bailly-Herzberg citant la prÂŽsente contribution de l'artiste. En 1913 Villon crÂŽe ses chefs dÕÃuvre cubistes sept grandes pointes sÂches o les formes se cassent en plans pyramidaux obscurcis. La mÂme annÂŽe il expose au cÂŽlÂbre Armory Show de New York qui contribue ˆ introduire l'art moderne aux ƒtats-Unis. Ses Ãuvres connaissent une grande popularitÂŽ et se vendent sans peine. Sa notoriÂŽtÂŽ grandit tellement que dÂs les annÂŽes 1930 il est mieux connu aux ƒtats-Unis quÕen Europe. La galerie Louis CarrÂŽ organise une exposition de son Ãuvre ˆ Paris en 1944 ˆ la suite de quoi il reÂoit des rÂŽcompenses dans un certain nombre dÕexpositions internationales. En 1950 il reÂoit le prix Carnegie et en 1954 il est nommÂŽ commandeur de la LÂŽgion d'honneur. L'annÂŽe suivante il reÂoit la commande des vitraux de la cathÂŽdrale ˆ Metz La France. En 1956 le grand prix de la Biennale de Venise lui est dÂŽcernÂŽ ˆ lÕexposition. Les plus grandes rÂŽalisations de Villon en gravure sont sa crÂŽation dÕune langue purement graphique pour le cubisme une rÂŽalisation dont aucun autre graveur y compris ses camarades cubistes Picasso ou Braque ne pourrait se vanter. Un caractÂre Didot a spÂŽcialement ÂŽtÂŽ fondu pour cette ÂŽdition par la Fonderie Peignot. ''Il m'a ÂŽtÂŽ demandÂŽ par un de mes amis au nom de quelques personnes qui veulent en faire un beau livre de traduire ˆ ma faÂon Les Bucoliques .''. BÂŽnÂŽzit X Dictionnaire des peintres p. 517 - Bailly-Herzberg Dictionnaire de l'estampe en France p. 335. Petite fente affectant une coupe du coffret. Dont les plats prÂŽsentent par ailleurs d'infimes frottements. Quelques serpentes effrangÂŽes. Nonobstant trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
191237873Paris France: R. Engelmann. As New. 1912. Hardcover Monograph. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE & UNMARKED - NUMBERED COPY of an EDITION of 225. Text in French. 58 page monograph. Rare. -- with a bonus offer-- . R. Engelmann hardcover
001692New York: The Limited Editions Club LEC 1988. Book. Illus. by Willem de Kooning. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Bound in black Nigerian goatskin. Covers stamped in 22 karat gold leaf. The book is set in a black fabric covered and lined clamshell case with gilt-lettered leather spine label. This is copy 57 of a limited edition of 550 copies with Willem de Kooning's facsimile authorized signature taken from the handsigned Bon a Tirer proof. Contains 17 original lithographs by Willem de Kooning. The lithographs were originally created in 1967 as charcoal drawings on mylar sheets to illustrate O'Hara's 'Ode to Willem de Kooning'. Only three of De Kooning's drawings were used in the MOMA publication. In this LEC publication the complete original suite of 17 drawings were printed for the first time to illustrate the Club's edition of the O'Hara poems. They are accompanied by thirteen poems by O'Hara. The text was set in English Monotype Bodoni at Golgonooza Letterfoundry and printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress on Magnani paper. The charcoal drawings were transferred from the film to lithographic plates at American Atelier by Benjamin Shiff and printed at Trestle Editions on Japanese Kitakata. The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press. The book was designed and edited by Benjamin Shiff. Introduction by Riva Castleman. Elephant folio 225 x 175 inches. No LEC letter. Clamshell case is in fine condition with only the slightest bump to corner. Book and lithographs are in mint condition. Google 'Ceebe100' to watch a video of this book. Will require extra postage due to weight and value. The Limited Editions Club LEC Hardcover
193811642<p>Verve. Paris. 1938 1939. FOLIO. 14.1 x 10.4 inches. Two issues bound in one hardback volume. Fully illustrated throughout with drawings paintings and photographs these 2 numbers contain original full colour lithographs by Chagall Miro Rattner Klee Matisse & Derain. The two issues have been bound into one hardbound volume and the binding has been beautifully hand painted in acrylic and oils with an abstract design including the volume title to both the boards and the spine by noted Neo-Expressionist American painter Gaylen Hansen. There is some rubbing to the edges and one small split to the outer edge of the front board without loss which has been strengthened to the inside with clear tape but generally the book is in very good condition. Included with the volume is a fine hardback copy of the fully illustrated book issued in 2007 to accompany the retrospective exhibition "Gaylen Hansen: Three decades of Paintings" at the Seattle Art Museum October 2007 - January 2008 and Salt Lake City Art Center February - April 2008.</p> Verve. Paris. 1938 1939 hardcover
1933028506New York: John Becker / Merle Armitage / Will And Lynton R. Kistler 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. #243 Of 500 Copies Signed By Armitage Kistler And Charlot With 32 Original Lithographs By Charlot Signed In Color On The Plates And A Dj By Charlot. True Lithographs Drawn By Charlot Directly On 34" X 44" Zinc Plates In A Color Separation Process That Charlot Had Learned From Ben Shahn. Text Hand-Set By Kistler In Castellon Old Style With Heads In Bodoni Ultra-Bold. A Fine As New Example No Wear Or Damage No Browning Or Fraying. With The Original Light Brown Dust Jacket Lettered And Illustrated In Red On Front And Rear Covers And On Spine With Unprinted Upper And Lower Flaps On Front Panel Side Flap On Rear Panel; The Dust Jacket Has Light Edge Wear And Spine Wear With Very Short Tears At Corners And A 1/8" X 1/16" And Another 1/8" X 1/4" Light Brown Stain Or Mark At Lower Front Spine Corner Otherwise Very Clean And Unfaded. An Exceptional Example. With The Four Page Prospectus For The Book With Another Original Zinc Lithograph By Charlot Signed In Pencil #25 In The Book But With A Completely Different Color Scheme From That In The Book; The Prospectus Had A Small Printing For Circulation Amongst Printers In Los Angeles And Is Rare No Institutional Holdings Identified In Worldcat. <br/> <br/> John Becker / Merle Armitage / Will And Lynton R. Kistler paperback
1961055142New York / Monte Carlo: George Braziller / Andre Sauret 1961. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 153 Pp. Red Cloth Stamped In Black. First Edition. Printed In France. With Three Original B/W Lithographs By Picasso Dated In The Plate And One Color Lithograph Dated Twice The Second Date Being The Date Picasso Added Colors. Fine In Fine Black And White Dust Jacket With Price $17.50 With Slight Tanning To Spine Panel. <br/> <br/> George Braziller / Andre Sauret hardcover
19300599041930. Original Art Works . No Binding. Fine/Slipcase. A Suite Of Illustrations Unbound Ten Groups Of 13-20 Loose Lithographs Wrapped And Sealed In Glassine Enclosed In A Slipcase. Printed In Color Or B/W No Publisher Or Date Indicated Anywhere Many Signed In The Plate By Early 20Th Century Illustrators Fine Paper 9" X 6 5/8". All Enclosed In A Simple Open Three-Panel Folder Paper With Cloth Edges With Morocco Label "Octave Mirbeau / Suite Des Hors-Textes" And In A Matching Cloth Slipcase With Gray Paper Sides And Cloth Edges. The Illustrators' Artistic Histories And Life Spans Indicate These Were Likely Done In 1920'S-1930'S For An Intended But Unpublished Limited Edition Of Octave Mirbeau's Works Possibly For A Nascent Firm That Failed In The Early 1930'S. One Set By Edy Legrand Is Clearly For "The Torture Garden" By Mirbeau The Other Sets For Nine Of His Other Books. Altogether Two Sets By Legrand One By Jean Launois 1898-1942 One By Berthold Mahn 1893-1975 Three Other Sets Signed But With Illegible Signature Other Sets Not Signed. <br/> <br/> unknown
9594New Haven: Editions Wequetequock Cove 2006. Full Leather. Fine binding. Small folio 8.5" x 7". 32 pp. illus. Limited edition number 23 of 50 copies. Signed by Baltazar and Watsky. This copy sewn on meeting guards with silk endbands. Bound in dyed calf and finished with recessed stone veneer over sheep skiver dyed calf inlays and onlays as well as onlays in lizard. Subtly titled in blind across one of the onlays at the spine. Paper doublures with dyed calf hinges. <br /> <br /> Botehlo writes of this book being "filled with etchings of heavy lined and voluptuous shapes with textures and shade all done in black. The poetry evoked for me the verdancy of rogue plants that spring up between the cracks of concrete. It spoke of the appeal of being a snake allusions to original sin. I wanted the green onlays that have been dyed and embossed to be pillowed the stone inviting touch. I intended to create something that invites a sensory exploration." And here she has succeeded with astonishing grace creating a design that draws and keeps the attention. Wonderfully conceived and executed with exceptional skill. Botelho is among a select group of extraordinary design binders who are graduates from the American Academy of Bookbinding Fine Binding program. Editions Wequetequock Cove unknown
003004Paris: XXe Siecle 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Published as a tribute to Gualtieri di San Lazzaro the founder of the magazine XXe Siecle. Loose sheets as issued. In original wrappers and cloth clamshell box with the portrait of Gualtieri di San Lazzaro mounted on the inside. With 15 lithographs by Max Bill Alexander Calder Marc Chagall Max Ernst Hans Hartung Joan Miro Henry Moore Graham Sutherland Georges Braque Lucio Fontana Rene Magritte Pablo Picasso Serge Poliakoff and Alberto Magnelli. All but one Chagall printed in color. Text by Gualtieri di San Lazzaro Pierre Volboudt Nina Kandinsky Marc Chagall Andre Verdet Marino Marini and others. This is number 310 of a limited edition of 575 copies all printed on Velin d'Arches by Fernand Mourlot l'Imprimerie Arte Pierre Chave Les Ateliers Bellini and Curwen Studio London. 141vii pp. 38 x 288 x 55 cm. Except from the inevitable offsetting from the lithographs to the facing text pages this is a very fine almost mint copy in collectors condition. . XXe Siecle Hardcover
191643931Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Ernst Vohsen 1916. Limited First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. 1/50. Folio 19 1/2 x 13 1/2". 6 28pp Booklet 100 loose leaves Plates as issued. Original full vellum portfolio with lettering and publisher's logo in gilt to front cover. Booklet's front cover gold-lettered numbered and hand-signed by the artist Hermann Struck. The plates are housed in their stiff paper chemise as issued with printed title to front cover.<br /> <br /> In this spectacular monograph artist Hermann Struck who was serving in the Imperial German army as a translator liaison officer and military artist sketched the faces of one hundred prisoners of war in the German camps. <br /> <br /> Among the French British Belgian and Russian inmates were also included soldiers from the British Empire mostly from India as well as the French Empire Algeria Tunisia Morocco and Senegal.<br /> <br /> The prisoners' age range from 12 Anton Matyszewski a volunteer from Lomza Russian Poland to 56 Mohammed ben Ahmed Spahi from Djelfa French Algeria. <br /> <br /> It is interesting to note that the Jewish prisoners were identified first by their religion then by the place they came from exemple: Chacus Krasikow Jew from Lubin Russian Poland; Isaak Chotoran Jew from Kiev Ukraine; Bomblatt David Polish Jew from Warsaw etc. Bomblatt David is sketched twice: After Struck drew his face he added a second sketch depicting the prisoner reading the Talmud. <br /> <br /> Each plate is handsigned in pencil by the artist.<br /> <br /> The booklet contains a foreword and an essay on ethnology in the World War by Prof. Dr. Felix von Luschan 1854-1924 an Austrian doctor anthropologist explorer archaeologist and ethnographer who joined the German Society for Racial Hygiene in 1908. The society was an eugenic organization whose goal was "for society to return to a healthy and blooming strong and beautiful life." As Alfred Ploetz its founder put it the Nordic race was supposed to regain its "purity" through selective reproduction and sterilization. The society ceased to exist after WWI.<br /> <br /> One of 50 numbered copies of which this is No. 30.<br /> <br /> Some foxing to portfolio with strings missing. Minor age-toning and foxing to wrappers of booklet. 5" closed tear at lower front joint of chemise. Only plates 4 and 5 are foxed along edges not affecting illustrations. Text in German Gothic script Booklet captions of plates in German. Portfolio in overall fair to good booklet in very good chemise in fair to good- plates in very good condition. Hermann Struck 1876-1944 was a German Jewish artist known for his etchings. A fervent Zionist and Jewish activist Struck visited the Land of Israel in 1903 displayed his art at the Fifth Zionist Congress and was a founder of the Mizrachi Religious Zionist movement. At the same time he was a German patriot and volunteered for military service in World War I serving as a translator liaison officer and military artist. Hermann Struck was awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class and promoted to an officer for bravery in 1917 he became the referent for Jewish affairs at the German Eastern Front High Command. Struck immigrated to Palestine in 1922 taught at Bezalel Academy and helped establish the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. He visited Berlin every summer until the Nazis rose to power.<br /> <br /> From the beginning of the war the German authorities found themselves confronted with an unexpected influx of prisoners. In September 1914 125050 French soldiers and 94000 Russian ones were held captive. Before 1915 conditions of detention in Germany were very harsh and marked by temporary lodging and the absence of infrastructure. The prisoners slept in hangars or tents where they dug holes to keep warm. The humid forts requisitioned to serve as places of detention led to numerous cases of pulmonary illness. The German authorities also commandeered schools barns and various other types of shelters. Camps were established in the countryside as well as near the towns which had consequences when epidemics of cholera or typhus threatened to spread to the civilian population. Not all the camps were situated on German territory; a certain number were built in occupied territories notably in northern and eastern France. They began to be developed starting in 1915 when the number of prisoners being held captive in Germany reached 652000. According to official directives each prisoner had to have use of 26.9 square foot 2.5 m². The camps mixed a large number of nationalities sharing the same quarters: French Russian British American Canadian Belgian Italian Romanian Serbian Montenegrin Portuguese and Japanese prisoners were found there as well as Greeks and Brazilians. Equally soldiers of various social origins rubbed elbows: workers peasants bureaucrats and intellectuals were among those held. The number of prisoners rose very quickly. From February to August 1915 it went from 652000 to 1045232. In August 1916 it reached 1625000 jumping to 2415000 by October 1918. For more information see: Uta Hinz's "Gefangen im Großen Krieg: Kriegsgefangenschaft in Deutschland 1914-1921" in German. Essen Klartext Verlag 2006. Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen) hardcover