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1938LD5809Paris: Editions Lidis 1938-1949. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Printed wraps; 4to; with full-color original lithographs by Walter Spitzer. From a limited edition of 4000 copies "sur velin vercors" with the watermarked signature of Jean-Paul Sartre. Only the first volume is numbered 4887. Complete limitation with variations is 5012 copies. Covers faintly rubbed; spine tips and corners gently bumped; VG presents nicely in clear acetate dust jackets. Internally bright and clean. <br/><br/> Editions Lidis paperback
1961314203PARIS: IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE. 1961. First Edition. Publisher's prospectus for the six volumes in-quarto 21 X 27 Showcases 6 original color lithographs by Francesco Bores Jules Cavailles Alexandre Garbell Paul Guiramand Orlando Pelayo & Andre Masson. Selections accompanying the original artwork are sample excerpts from Camus' writings which include "La Peste" "Les Mythe De Sisyphe" "L'Homme Revolte" "Actuelles II". Text in French. Fine in oversize printed wrappers protected by plain tissue overlay. Chip at base of front cover in unprinted tissue with tears to tissue on inside flap. Handsomely produced prospectus. Not the complete six-volume production. B . IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE. unknown
1974321021974. Paris / BiÂvres Pierre de Tartas 1974. Un vol. au format in-folio 378 x 278 mm non paginÂŽ en feuilles sous couverture lithographiÂŽe ˆ rabats rempliÂŽs et coffret en plexiglass titrÂŽe or sur une des tranches. Tirage unique ˆ 250 exemplaires seulement. Celui-ci un des 150 exemplaires du tirage numÂŽrotÂŽ sur grand vÂŽlin d'Arches comportant ˆ ce titre ''l'ÂŽtat dÂŽfinitif des illustrations ; dont quatre planches doubles en couleurs signÂŽes par l'artiste''. Exemplaire agrÂŽmentÂŽ au colophon des signatures autographes de l'ÂŽditeur ainsi que de l'artiste.Superbe rÂŽalisation elle comporte 28 lithographies en couleurs d'Alain Bonnefoit ; dont 4 sur double-page revÂtues de la signature autographe d'Alain Bonnefoit ˆ la mine de plomb. "Peintre des VÂŽnus" selon HervÂŽ Bazin Alain Bonnefoit est aujourd'hui avec plus de 200 expositions personnelles ˆ travers le monde un des plus illustres reprÂŽsentants de lՃcole de Paris un artiste aux talents multiplesÊdessinateur peintre graveur lithographe sculpteur et de renommÂŽe mondiale pour la qualitÂŽ et le raffinement de ses Ãuvres sur son thÂme favoriÊ: le nu fÂŽminin. Il ne se lasse effet pas des courbes pleines et dÂŽliÂŽes que lui offre le corps fÂŽmininÊsans jamais dÂŽvoiler ses secrets et cÂŽlÂbre ainsi la Femme le Nu la BeautÂŽ et la VoluptÂŽ avec un tel talent qu'il en est devenu la rÂŽfÂŽrence depuis quarante ans.Ê ''Ces vers me font l'effet d'avoir ÂŽtÂŽ ÂŽcrits par un autre moi-mÂme que je rencontre encore de temps en temps dans certains quartiers de Paris o il m'arrive d'errer en quÂte de ma jeunesse perdue''. TrÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
194339461Saigon Vietnam now Ho Chi Minh City: SILI Société des Imprimeries et Librairies Indochinoises 1943. Saint-Maur. ONE OF ONLY 70 COPIES PRINTED ON VIETNAMESE PAPER OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE LIVRE D'ARTISTE PRINTED IN VIETNAM DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. X 11-78 pp. FOUR FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY SAINT-MAUR. From a total edition of 570 numbered copies this is ONE OF ONLY 70 COPIES PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE HANDMADE VIETNAMESE PAPER. Each leaf is printed on one side only tipped onto thick rustic handmade paper. Folio. FINE AND BRIGHT in the original cloth chemise and paper-covered board slipcase. A MOST UNUSUAL SURVIVAL: OF THE GREATEST RARITY. <br/><br/> SILI (Société des Imprimeries et Librairies Indochinoises) hardcover
199018112301New York: The Limited Editions Club printed by Heritage Printers Inc. 1990. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Hejduk John. No. 122 of 375 copies quarto size 193 pp. signed by John Hejduk with LEC Monthly Letter. German writer Thomas Mann 1875-1955 a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929 is best known for his novels and short stories employing symbolism and examining the psyche of those in intellectual circles most famously in his works "Buddenbooks" and "Death in Venice". He wrote "The Black Swan" in 1954 and the novella revolves around an aging woman who must deal with her changing body and the expectations of an uncaring society that values youth over old age. <br /> <br /> Noted for being one of the first works to utilise hard medicine in the narrative "The Black Swan" is here published by the Limited Editions Club with lithographs by celebrated architect and artist John Hejduk 1929-2000 who brings an architect's eye for symmetry and simplicity in his geometric imagery. <br /> <br /> This edition includes an afterword by David Shapiro b. 1947 a prolific poet and literary critic whose first book was published when he was eighteen; offering insight and a sympathetic view of the brutality and bluntness often found in Mann's prose he writes "A master of X-ray Mann leads us to the master montage of disease itself. And to the possible health of love."<br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather title in black on the front board black endpapers lithographs printed in two colours by John Hejduk throughout; Monotype Gill Sans mouldmade Rives Buff Text paper quarto size 12" by 9.25" pagination: i-vi 1-183 184-186 1 colophon one of 375 copies this number 122 signed by John Hejduk on the colophon. With LEC Monthly Letter a thirteen-page softcover booklet with two staples at the spine. In a slipcase covered in black cloth.<br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; spine is very slightly sunned else fine. The LEC Monthly Letter is near fine clean overall with a few stray marks the text block is sturdy without wear except at the corners and a small nick on the top edge of the rear cover. The slipcase is near fine strong and sturdy clean with some minor fraying to the cloth otherwise free of wear.<br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and heavy book and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details.<br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Limited Editions Club (printed by Heritage Printers, Inc.) unknown
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
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
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
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
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