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1. Apollinaire, Guillaume.
Le Poete Assassine Lithographies De Raoul Dufy.
Paris: Se Trouve Au Sans Pareil, 1926. First edition. 147 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 431 of 580 on sur vellin Montgolfier d'Annonay and printed to celebrate the eighth anniversary of the death of the poet and author by the master printer (maitre Imprimeur) R. Coulouma. Text in French. 36 original lithographs by Raoul Dufy (incl. 18 plates, with tissue guards). The text presents the original short stories of Apollinaire. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK 92, "The woodcut on the cover is adapted from Dufy's woodcut "Le Cheval" in the 1911 Apollinaire "Bestiaire." MONOD 367. Orig. publisher's gray wrapper decorated and lettered in gilt in the original glassine. Fine in very good illustrated portfolio with black cloth ties.$1,250.00
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2. Appel, Karel.
karel appel expose ses oeuvres au palais des beaux-arts a bruxelles. Amsterdam: Np, 1953. 5 leaves. 10 x 7 1/2 inches. Signed copy by Appel in blue ink. Six black and white plates. Title page carries his handwritten Paris address in blue ink and a pencil notation "from the library of photographies Anrold Newman. Text in French by Michel Tapie. Clean. bright copy. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. $290.00
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3. Augusti, Anna.
Tapies Catalogue raisonne: Vols.1-4, 1943-1981.
Paris & Barcelona: Editions Cercle D'Art & Ediciones Poligrafa, 1996. First edition. Square folio: Vol.1. 1943-1960, 545pp, 133 plates in color, and 850 illustrations in black and white. Vol.2. 1961-1968, 512pp, 189 plates in color, and 1027 illustrations in black and white. Vol.3. 1969-1975, 576pp, 233 plates in color and 1303 illustrations in black and white. Vol.4. 1976-1981, 483pp, 193 plates in color and 1144 illustrations in black and white. Chronology by Miquel Tapies. Bibliography and Index in each volume. Vols. 1-3 text in French; Vol. 4 text in English (Editiones Polifgrafa). Color and black and white plates of excellent quality. Orig. illustrated gray cloth. Fine in fine dust wrappers. 4 vols. $695.00
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4. Baskin, Leonard (Illustrator).
Drawings For The Iliad.
New York: Delphic Arts, 1963. Sixty black and white lithographs 26 1/4 x 20 inches each plate numbered in blind at plate bottom on Fabriano paper in an edition of ninety by the Meridian Gravure Company. Apparently an extra suite of plates not issued with a portfolio, all plates clean, bright and fresh. BASKIN 32. BROOK 29. FERN 448-450. Fine in fine modern cloth and board portfolio. $1,850.00
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5. Baudelaire, Charles.
Les Fleurs Du Mal.
Paris: Editions De La Maison Française, 1947. 225 pages. 28.5 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 111 of 500. Color illustrations by Andre Dignimont and engraved on wood in colors by Gerard Angiolini. Text in French. Andre Dignimont, in a career spanning over four decades, primarily worked in illustrating books and theatre decoration. He formed a distinct personal style using washes of watercolor incorporated into pen and ink. This style perfectly evokes the emotions of this collection of Baudelaire's poetry which expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the 19th century and coined the term modernité (modernity) to designate the fleeting, ephemeral experience of life in an urban metropolis. Bookplate. Loose as issued in orig. stiff wrappers front cover lettered in red, housed in fine board chemise in fine matching slipcase. $400.00
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6. Braque, Georges (Illustrator).
Nouvelles Sculptures Et Plaques Gravees presentees par Christian Zervos.
Paris: Albert Morance, 1960. First edition. Text pages unopened. 38.5 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 24 of 50 with a colored aquatint numbered and signed by Braque in pencil -- "Tete en profil et l'etoile" printed on Rives. VALLIER 152. Title page printed in red and black with additional 32 full page plates of which eight are in color. The plates reflect the influence of classic Greek art and sculpture on Braque emanating from his work during World War II when he produced a collection of small, generally flat, decorative pieces of sculpture in a style recalling again ancient Greece and centering on vaguely mythological themes. Front cover of portfolio toward the spine slightly toned. Orig. loose as issued text laid-in brown cloth portfolio, front cover lettered in gilt. Near fine. $2,200.00
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7. Brianchon, Maurice (Illustrator).
A Travers Nos Vignes by Heron De Villefosse.
Paris: Bernard Klein, 1952. First edition. 49 pages in text. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 31 from a total of 300, and one of only 30 copies on Japon with an additional etching of the cover and a suite on chine. The extra suite on chine: 10 black and white engraved plates, nine in water color, plus the extra original etching. Brianchon, an influential master at the Ecole des Beaux Arts continued the tradition of of Bonnard and Vuillard in the intimacy of his compositions. In 1949, Brianchon was appointed Chef dAtelier de Peinture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Printed by Fequet et Baudier, the original water color illustrations pulled by hand onto copper plates. Contents loose as issued in wrappers with engraving on cover; publisher's board chemise (white spine lettered in gilt and brown boards) with matching brown slipcase. Fine. $595.00
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8. Calder, Alexander [Paris. Derriere Le Miroir].
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 156. February, 1966.
Paris: Maeght, 1966. First edition. Unpaginated. Folio, 38 x 28 cm. Cover and six color lithographs by Calder, two are double-paged, plus eighteen black and white illustrations Text in French by Jacques Prevert, Meyer Shapiro, Nicholas Guppy, and Alexander Calder. Bright copy. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. $290.00
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9. _____.
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 31, July 1950.
Paris: Pierre a Feu, 1950. First edition. 4 pages. Folio, 36 x 29 cm. Covers are original lithographs. Text in French by James Johnson Sweeney, Henri Lauger, Henri Hoppenot and Fernand Leger. Bright, clean copy. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. $250.00
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10. Calder, Alexander.
Three Young Rats And Other Rhymes.
New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. First edition. 130 pages. 31 x 23 cm. Eighty-five drawings by Calder. Limited edition, one of 700 on Arnold Unbleached paper printed by S.A. Jacobs at the Golden Eagle Press. Partly unopened, bright, fresh copy with owner inscription free front endpaper. Orig. illustrated yellow boards, beige cloth spine lettered in red. Fine in worn in nicked dust wrapper lacking small portions at head and foot.. $450.00
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11. Cappiello, Leonetto.
Nos Actrices.
Paris: Editions de la Revue Blanche, 1899. First edition. 45 x 35 cm. One page Preface by Marcel Prevost, French novelist and women's rights advocate. Limited edition, copy 16 of 44 on Japan imperial paper. 18 color pochoir plates of contemporary actresses in their famous roles, including Sara Bernhardt, Marthe Brandes, Mariette Sully, Lucienne Breval, et al. An early caricature work by Cappiello before his acclaim as a poster artist. Cappiello started his career illustrating in journals: Le Rire, Le Cri de Paris, Le Sourire, L'Assiette au Beurre, La Baionnette, Femina, and others. In 1898, he moved to Paris, and his caricatures were published in Le Rire for the first time. He was the first poster artist to use bold figures popping out of black backgrounds. Bright, very fresh copy, most signatures unopened. Orig. printed cream stiff wrappers with original acetate overwrapper. Fine in fine orange clam shell box with gilt lettered black cover label. $2,990.00
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12. Carroll, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] & Marie Laurencin.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930. 114 pages. Landscape 29.5 x 24.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 94 of 350 on Rives paper of the American issue from a total edition of 790. Six full page chromolithographs (all with tissue guards) by Marie Laurencin, lithographs executed by Desjobert of Paris. Title page printed in red and black, wide text margins -- a brilliant, fresh copy with interior almost as new. Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) was born in Paris and was an integral part of that city's wide literary and artistic circles that included Picasso and Apollinaire. AVERY 27. MINKOFF A39. Orig. beige stiff wrappers, clear cover glassine intact. Fine in board chemise lacking backstrip, in original worn slipcase. $1,950.00
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13. Chagall, Marc.
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 132, June 1962.
Paris: Maeght, 1962. First edition. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Text in French by Yves Bonnefoy, "Le religion de Chagall." Cover and double-paged illustrations are color lithographs, plus 85 small black and white lithographs in the Chroniques section. Fresh, bright copy. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. $550.00
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14. _____.
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 182, December 1969.
Paris: Maeght, 1969. First edition. 32 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Text in French by Claude Esteban. Comprising one double-page lithograph printed in colours, with title-page, text and reproductions, published by Maeght, Paris, on wove paper, loose as issued within original lithographic front cover wrapper. Bright, clean copy. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. $350.00
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15. _____. (Illustrator).
Marc Chagall Drawings and water colours for The Ballet by Jacques Lassaigne.
New York: Tudor, 1969. 1st American edition. 155 pages. Folio, 36 x 27 cm. With an original color lithograph created especially for this edition, plus sixty-eight reproductions in color. Contains the original designs for Aleko, The Firebird, and Daphnis and Chloe. Included are both decors and costumes; sketches for dancers, monsters, peasants, magicians; and the magical sets. Fernand Mourlot printed the color plates and the original lithograph. Orig. beige cloth. Near fine in near fine dust wrapper in solid, complete and sunned slipcase. $675.00
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16. Chagall, Marc [Derriere Le Miroir ].
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 246, May 1981.
Paris: Maeght, 1981. First edition. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Text in French by Jacques Dupin. Cover and one double-page color lithograph with an additional 14 images mostly in color. Printed to by Mourlot under the direction of Charles Sorlier. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. $300.00
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17. _____.
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 225.
Paris: Maeght, 1977. First edition. 24 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Text in French with commentary by Aime Maeght, One double page color lithograph, and a host of full page color and black and white plates. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. $300.00
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18. _____.
Derriere Le Miroir. Nos. 27-28, March-April 1950.
Paris: Maeght, 1950. First edition. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Four leaves, Text in French with commentary by Jean Wahl, with contributions by Guillaume Apollinaire, Lionel Venturi and Blaise Cendrars. Cover and one double page color lithograph. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine. $300.00
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19. Chagall, Marc.
The Jerusalem Windows.
New York: George Braziller, 1962. First edition. 210 pages. Folio 33.5 x 25 cm. Including the two original color lithographs. Text and Notes by Jean Leymarie. Compiled by Andre Sauret, text composed by hand in "Romain Du Roi," printed by The Imprimerie Nationale De France. The 36 preparatory color designs, some of which are in 20 color, were transfered to the stones by Charles Sorlier under the direction of Marc Chagall, and printed by Mourlot Freres. Lovely, very fresh copy. Orig. red cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $1,150.00
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20. Ciardi, John.
An Alphabestiary.
New York: Touchstone, 1966. First edition. No text. Large folio, 53 x 38 cm. Limited edition, copy 79 of 100, signed by John Ciardi, with twenty-six poems by Ciardi, [one for each letter of the alphabet] and twenty-six original signed lithographs in black and white and color. The lithographs were printed by the "Il Torcoliere" workshop, Rome. Martin Elting Hebald, more noted for his sculpture contributes his alphabetical vision, each lithograph housed in separate, individual portfolios. Interior contents fresh, bright. and clean. Hebald created a series of pieces in 1960 featuring representations of the Zodiac on the exterior of the Pan American World Airways Worldport at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. In Zurich, Hebald was commissioned to do a life sized, full figure portrait of James Joyce, for Joyce's tomb. He also made a bust of British novelist Anthony Burgess. Laid-in the publisher prospectus for the title, and a summary biography of Hebald. Wear at tray-case front cover joints, light cover soiling. Folios as issued laid-in green cloth tray-case. Very good. $750.00
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21. Ciranna, Alfonso.
Giacomo Manzu Catalogo Delle Opere Grafische [Incisione E Lithografie] 1929-1968.
Milan: Alfonso Cirrana, 1968. First edition. 295 pages. Folio, 36 x 26 cm. 195 plates of engravings and lithographs, plus Appendix of books illustrated by Manzu. Catalogue raisonne. Index and Bibliography. Limited edition, one of 1000 copies, plus 200 roman numeral copies reserved for the artist and author -- this being copy XXVIII of the special edition. Text in Italian. FREITAG 7657. Orig. gray cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in near fine, slightly nicked dust wrapper in very good, gray cloth slipcase. $295.00
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22. Clemente, Francesco.
Pinixt.
London: D'Offay, 1981. First edition. 34 x 26 cm. 20 unnumbered pages. Signed by Clemente in pencil on the last color plate. This work is influenced by the traditional art and culture of India, a series of twenty-four gouaches on antique hand-made rag paper, is a collaboration between the artist and young miniaturists from Jaipur and Orissa, who painted the decorative elements. In New York Clemente collaborated with Warhol and Basquiat on a group of works. Orig. illustrated boards. Near fine. $495.00
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23. Dali, Salvador.
Hidden Faces Translated by Haakon Chevalier.
London: Peter Owen, 1973. 318 pages. 22 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 61 of 100 signed by Dali. Laid in with the 19-pp. pamphlet Postface to Hidden Faces comprising of Objective Chance and Reverie. His first and only novel. Hidden Faces was originally written in French in 1943, two years after Dali had published his autobiography to great success. Chevalier, a professor at Berkeley University, spent several weeks with Dalí, translating directly into English as Dalí wrote. The novel was completed in two weeks on the estate of the Marquis de Cuevas in Franconia, a mansion in the mountains of New Hampshire next to the Canadian border. Numerous black and white reproductions of paintings after Dali. Orig. quarter vellum and marbled boards, spine gilt lettered. Fine in fine publisher's red cloth slipcase. $3,975.00
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24. Davis, Bruce et al.
German Expressionist Prints and Drawings The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies.
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989. First edition. 211, 842 pages. 31.5 x 26.5 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white with Volume II presenting more than 5000 works with illustrations and text for each -- the largest and most inclusive published on German Expressionist graphic art. Volume I; Essays by Stephanie Barron, Wolf-Dieter Dube, Alexander Duckers, Peter Guenther, Rose-Carol Washton Long, Paul Raabe, Robert Gore Rifkind and Ida Katherine Rigby. Extensive indices. Orig. black cloth decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrappers in chipped slipcase. 2 vols. $350.00
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25. Derain, Andre [Illustrator].
Le Satyricon by T. Petronius Arbiter.
Paris: Np, 1951. First edition thus. 291 pages. Folio, 45 x 35 cm. Copy 161 of a total edition of 280 copies. 33 engraved plates and numerous woodcut vignettes. Engravings were printed by Georges Leblanc on the presses of Marthe Fecquet and Pierre Baudier. The woodblock text ornaments by Paul Baudier after designs by Derain. Ambrose Vollard commissioned this project in the 1930's, the latter's death and World War II prevented completion until 1951. An early member of the Fauve group, and the Cubist movement, Derain participated in the elaboration of Cubism, but refused to adhere to the movement, turning toward study of the Old Masters. As Douglas Cooper states [see: THE CUBIST EPOCH p.68], "Derain understood the full purport of all that Braque and Picasso were attempting to do (in their Cubist period). But in his own work he followed another line of development." Loose as issued in unsewn sheets in cream wrappers. Slight toning to portfolio vellum. Orig. quarter vellum and illustrated cream portfolio, vellum backed. Near fine in very good slipcase. $1,995.00
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26. Eluard, Paul.
En Avril 1944: Paris Respirait Encore! Poeme De Paul Eluard Illustrate Septa Gouaches De Jean Hug.
Paris: Editions De La Galleria Carpenter, 1945. First edition. Unpinned. 30 x 21.5 cm. Limited editions copy 6 of 43 sur velin pur chiffon du Marais (of a total edition of 991). In addition to the seven gauchos with text there are five additional by Jean Hugo without text in a separate portfolio. Hugo was predominantly known for his sketches and oil or gouache paintings, which are often executed in small formats. He also illustrated books, designed theatre sets and costumes. Covers lightly spotted. Orig. stiff wrappers lettered in dark green. Very good. $325.00
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27. Erben, Walter.
Marc Chagall.
Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1957. First edition. 160 pages in text. 25 x 21 cm. Twelve full-color plates, and sixty four plates in black and white. Signed by Chagall in blue pencil on title page. Text in German. By exploring the scenes of his life, his personal experiences, the author demonstrates how the artist developed, adapting and rejecting styles, but always retaining his own inner world of truth. Owner inscription and stamp. Back cover of dust wrapper lacks a few pieces. FREITAG 1570. LUCAS p133. Orig. cloth. Very good. $400.00
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28. Ernst, Max.
Journal D'Un Astronaute Millenaire.
Paris: Alexandre Tolas, 1969. First edition. 59 pages. 22 x 25 cm. Limited edition, copy 798 of 1215, one color tipped-in plate and more than 50 black and white illustrations. French leaved, clean, bright copy. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers in slightly nicked original glassine overwrapper. Near fine.$225.00
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29 Fiedler, Francoise.
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 116, 1959.
Paris: Maeght, 1959. First edition. 30 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. French text by Octave Nadal. Covers and six double-paged color lithographs by Francois Fiedler -- Hungarian by birth, protégé of Miro who never achieved the wide acclaim in the gallery of Aime Maeght. Fresh, bright copy. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. $150.00
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30 _____.
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 129, 1961.
Paris: Maeght, 1961. First edition. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. 18 pages of French text by Jean Grenier, plus 15 pages of black and white of his work (Peinture). Two double page and four single page color lithographs (including the cover) accompany the Grenier text. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. $150.00
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31. ______.
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 167, 1967.
Paris: Maeght, 1967. First edition. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. 28 pages of French text by Pierre Descargues. Covers and six double page color lithographs, one a large fold-out, plus eight pages of black and white illustrations. Laid-in, two issues of Derriere Le Miroir Chroniques for October and November 1967 -- four pages each. Backstrip slightly nicked. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. $100.00
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32. Gasquet, Joachim.
Cezanne.
Paris: Les Editions Bernheim-Jeune, 1921. First edition. 125 pages. Folio, 39 x 29.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 214 of 250 on papier d'Arches. Black and white and tipped-in color plates, Original brown stiff wrappers laid-in. French text very bright and fresh as is the entire production. The author, also a poet and art critic is best known for his writing about the artists of his era, particularly Cezanne whom he befriended during an 1895 exhibition at Aix-en-Provence. Bookplate from the Library of Mari Lyons. Text in French. FREITAG 1525. Black cloth, lettered in gilt. Fine. $350.00
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33. Geiser, Bernhard.
Picasso Peintre-Graveur Catalogue Illustre De L'Oeuvre Grave Et Lithographie 1899-1931.
Berne: Chez L'Auteur, 1933. First edition. 257 pages. 30.5 x 22 cm. Black and white plates with descriptive French text for each entry. Table Alphabetique Des Titres. Errata slip. Partly unopened. Fresh, very bright copy printed on glossy stock. Small nick to lower left corner of cover. Orig. tan printed wrappers in original glassine. Near fine. $250.00
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34. Giacometti, Alberto.
Derriere Le Miroir. Nos. 39-40, June-July 1951.
Paris: Pierre A Feu, 1951. Second edition. Unpaginated. Folio, 38 x 28 cm. Text in French by Michael Leiris. Three black and white lithographs -- covers, and double-paged plate, four small text illustrations and photographic fold-out by Ernst Scheidegger. List of Sculptures. Clean, bright copy. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. $270.00
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35. Goodrich, Lloyd.
Raphael Soyer.
New York: Abrams, 1972. First edition. 349 pages. Folio, 39 x 31 cm. With an original drawing by Soyer on half title, 24 x 19 cm signed by Soyer, inscribed in Russian to Maria Solomon -- drawing in blue ink depicting male and female heads with the latter nude from the waist up. 290 illustrations including 77 in full color -- many plates tipped-in. Bibliography. Index. Fresh, clean copy. Orig. beige cloth lettered in dark red. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $700.00
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36. Guerin, Marcel.
J.-L. Forain Aquafortiste Catalogue Raisonne De L'Oeuvre Grave De L'Artiste Avec Une Eau-Forte Originale.
Paris: H. Floury, 1912. First edition. 16 pages in text. 27 x 23 cm. The frontispiece an original etching by Forain, plus 130 plates printed recto only, each with descriptive text and tissue guards. Limited edition, copy 58 of 300. Alphabetical Index of the Plates. FREITAG 3018. GORDON N. RAY p.437 [THE ART OF THE FRENCH ILLUSTRATED BOOK 1700 TO 1914] notes, "Though Forain was primarily a painter, he devoted much of his career to the graphic arts. A superb etcher and lithographer, he also contributed drawings over twenty-five years to a wide range of journals......give him a prominent place among the artists who recorded the life of the metropolis." A clean, very fresh copy both plates and text; original wrappers bound-in. Navy cloth, red leather spine labels printed in gilt. Fine. 2 vols. $550.00
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37. Kallir, Otto.
Egon Schiele Oeuvre Catalogue of The Paintings With Essays By Otto Benesch and Thomas M. Messer.
New York: Crown, 1966. 1st English edition. 561 pages. 29 x 23 cm. First edition published 1930, Vienna. 245 plates in color and black and white with the former tipped-in, plus a host of black and white illustrations in the text. Text in English and German. Backstrip slightly darkened, interior contents clean and fresh. LUCAS p.190. Orig. beige linen cloth. Near fine in publisher's slipcase. $450.00
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38. Laurens, Henri & William Saroyan.
W. Saroyan Contes.
Paris: Bibliophiles de France et D'Amerique, 1953. First edition. 67 pages. 28 x 20 cm. Color wood engravings by Laurens. Printed in a Limited edition, copy 42 of 147 signed by Laurens and the President of the Bibliophile Society. Laurens, one of the leading French sculptors of the 20th century was self taught and strongly influenced by the Cubist movement. His graphic work here reflects his Cubist style. STRACHAN, ARTIST AND THE BOOK IN FRANCE, Catalogue Raisonne, p.336. Preface and Introduction by Anne Green. "Contes" presents extracts from "My Name Is Aram". Loose as issued in red, white and blue illustrated wrappers. Bright, very crisp, clean copy. Text in French. Orig. wrappers. Very good in fine chemise portfolio in near fine slipcase.$1,450.00
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39. Leger, Fernand (Illustrator).
Fernand Leger Peintures Anterieures A 1940 by Jean Bazaine.
Paris: Louis Carre, 1945. First edition. 52 pages. 26 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 510 of 950 printed by Mourlot with original color lithograph covers (wraparound) plus full color lithograph frontispiece, and 32 black and white plates. This exhibition catalogue of Leger's paintings prior to 1940 written by Bazaine in 1942 during the German occupation had to await the Leger exhibition at the Galerie Louis Carre shortly after the Liberation, but before the formal end of the war, from January 15 to February 4, 1945. Nicks to backstrip with one centimeter loss at head. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. $350.00
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40. Lemoisne, Paul A.
Degas Et Son Oeuvre.
Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1946. First edition. 33 x 25 cm. More than 1500 illustrations, plus photos and two facsimile pages. Comprehensive Catalogue Raisonne, the standard work on Degas. Limited edition, copy 665 of 980. The first volume presents biographical data, and critical reviews. Volumes 2-3 are annotated catalogues of his oeuvre, a total of 1466 works. The last volume, "Tables," printed in red and black is a compilation of indices covering subject themes and illustrations. Internally very fresh, clean and bright. Text in French. Ex-library with stamps inside front, rear covers, and top edges. FREITAG 2165. Orig. blue gray boards in matching portfolios. Fine in near fine slipcases, one slightly chipped and bruised. 4 vols. $1,550.00
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41. Loreau, Max.
Cerceaux 'sorcellent Jean Dubuffet.
Bale & Paris: Editions Beyeler & Jeanne Bucher, 1967. First edition. Unpaginated. 27 x 22 cm. Approx. 60 pages, illustrated with twenty-one original silkscreens by Dubuffet, most are colored. French text. Limited edition, copy 184 of 800. FROM MANET TO HOCKNEY 140. MONOD #7280. Lovely, fresh copy, spine a hint darkened. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Near fine in fine black cloth slipcase. $875.00
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42. Mac Orlan, Pierre.
Rues Et Visages De Londres Texte De Pierre Mac Orlan 21 Eaux-Fortes De Chas. Laborde.
Paris: J. Terquem, 1928. First edition. 37 pages in text. 41 x 32 cm. Limited edition, copy 106 of 121 of the regular edition on Velin de Rives [numbered 22-121] with 21 full-page hand-colored etchings, and 21 proofs of the same uncolored. Mac Orlan, born Pierre Dumarchey was a prolific 20th century writer, friend of Apollinaire and Picasso, but little known in England or America. Title page in red and black, black and white text illustrations, decorated red initial letters with text in French and English, List of Plates. Printed tissue guards for the colored plates, which are generally clean, one tissue guard [number 18] defective, lacking printed portion, wide margined text. Cover wear at extremities. Loose as issued in illustrated board portfolio lacking one tie. Very good. $2,875.00
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43. Maillol, Aristide (Illustrator).
Les Georgiques [Virgile]: Texte Latin Et Version Francaise De L'Abbe Jacques Delille.
Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937-1943 (1950). 174, 154 pages in text. Folio, 32 x 24 cm. Limited edition, one of 750 unnumbered sets on rag wove paper watermarked with Maillol seated nude. A total of 122 woodcuts including illustrated initial letters and small images in the lower corners. First conceived on a 1908 voyage from Greece with Count Harry Kessler, Maillol continued work on his illustrations for the Georgics sporadically for several years before abandoning the project. In 1937, at the urging of publisher Phillipe Gonin, he resumed the project. The last blocks were delivered shortly before Maillol's death in 1950. ARTIST AND THE BOOK 175. Contents loose as issued in printed wrappers. Light spotting to slipcases. Orig. tan boards and vellum spine chemises house printed wrappers. Fine in very good matching slipcases. 2 vols. $1,995.00
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44. Marino, Marini.
Graphic Work And Paintings.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1960. First edition. XIX pages in text. 32 x 27.5 cm. Introduction by P.M. Bardi, Director of the Sao Paulo Museum. Limited edition, one of 310 signed and numbered copies, this is copy 232, with an original three color lithograph signed by Marini (110 for Germany, 100 for Italy and 100 for America). There are also 85 reproductions with 10 in color. Selected Bibliography. List of Illustrations. Orig. decorated beige cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper in original publisher shipping box. $400.00
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45. Miro, Joan.
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 203, April 1973.
Paris: Maeght, 1973. First edition. 24 pages. Folio, 36 x 29 cm. Covers and two double-paged original color lithographs by Miro, and with additional color plates in the text. Text in French by Alexandre Cirici. A few backstrip nicks. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. $275.00
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46. Mourlot, Fernand .
Prints From the Mourlot Press.
Paris: Mourlot Press, 1964. First edition. 64 pages in text. 25 x 19.5 cm. 19 original lithographs, fifteen in color. Limited edition, one of 2000. Preface by Jean Adhemar. Original lithographs by Chagall, Picasso, Miro, Braque, Matisse, Cocteau, Calder, Giacometti, Minaux et al -- all are full page. Interior contents fresh and clean as are covers. Orig. Illustrated stiff wrappers (original color lithograph by Chagall). Fine. $750.00
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47. Mourlot, Fernand & Francis Ponge.
Braque Lithographe.
Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1963. First edition. 9 pages in text. 146 numbered plates, color lithographs with dimensions and descriptive text, plus original lithograph [frontispiece]. Limited edition, copy 3468 of 4125. Preface by Francis Ponge with catalogue notes by Fernand Mourlot, and printed by him. Text in French. Fresh, very bright copy. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine in original glassine overwrapper, latter nicked with slight loss at backstrip head and foot in very good brown slipcase. $250.00
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48. Mouron, Henri.
A.M. Cassandre.
New York: Rizzoli, 1985. First edition. 314 pages. 28 x 25 cm. 398 illustrations, ninety in color. Written by his son, this monograph presents Cassandre's manipulation of typography and image -- including work for the theater, the great typsetters of the time, as well as the posters. Orig. brick cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper in clear acetate wrapper. $250.00
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49. Mulas, Ugo.
New York: The New Art Scene Photographs by Ugo Mulas * Text by Alan Solomon * Design By Michele Pronvinciali.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1967. First edition. 337 (4) pages. 33 x 24 cm. Profusion of black and white photographs printed in Italy on semi-glossy stock. An attempt to create a photographic record at a moment in history of the contemporary art scene in New York. With more than 500 photographs Mulas attempts to capture the spirit of the time. Orig. beige cloth backstrip lettered in black. Fine in worn dust wrapper. $325.00
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50. Paris. Societe Internationale D'Art XXe Siecle.
XXe Siecle Nouvelle Series * XXX1 Annee * No. 32 * June 1969.
Paris: XXe Siecle, 1969. First edition. Approx. 180 pages. 31 x 25 cm. Two full page original lithographs: Sonia Delaunay and Andre Masson -- both in color. Front cover illustrated by Debuffet. Plus. a plethora of black and white and color plates. Articles on Will Grohmann, Yvon Taillandier, Dubuffet et al. Text in French. Bright, very clean copy. Orig. illustrated boards. Fine. $350.00
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51. Paris. Verve. [MATISSE]
VERVE Revue Artistique et Litteraire Volume VI, Nos. 21/ 22. Paris: Verve, 1948. First edition. Unpaginated, approximately 64 pages. 35 x 27 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white. VERVE p. 197. "Matisse's cover for this issue, an original lithograph, fairly bursts with this delight in the sun and Mediterranean light." He was residing in Vence from 1944-1948. Orig. paper covered boards with cover design by Matisse in yellow and black with original glassine. Near fine. $425.00
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52. Paris. Verve.
Verve The French Review Of Art No. 8 September-November 1940.
Paris: Verve, 1940. First edition. 35 x 27 cm. No. 8 completed a few days before the occupation of Paris: original front cover colored lithography by Henri Matisse, and double-paged color lithograph by Pierre Bonnard [Sunset Over The Mediterranean], plus eleven color drawings in red by Andre Derain. "Matisse (finished) the covers of this number a say before the war broke out." Text in English. Orig. cover by Matisse in color with original glassine lacking a small portion front cover at lower spine. Near fine. $295.00
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53. Paz, Octavio.
Sight and Touch In Spanish, English And French, With Three Woodcuts By Balthus (Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola).
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1994. Unpaginated. Elephant folio, 59.5 x 56.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 89 of 300, signed by Paz and Balthus, printed in Lutetia type designed by Jan van Krimpen, printed at Wild Carrot Press; the three Balthus multi-color woodcuts editioned by Keiji Shinohara, and printed on handmade Kozo Uwazen paper from Japan. The English translation by Elbert Weinberger, French translation by Claude Esteban. Paz received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1990. Laid-in the LEC Newsletter. Orig. boards covered with pure linen on the sides, overlapped at the spine with goatskin, front cover paper label. Fine in fine matching clam shell box with beige goatskin front cover label printed in brown. $1,550.00
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54. Picasso, Pablo.
Carnet Picasso Paris, 1900 Con una introducion de Rosa M. Subirana Conservadora Tecnica del Museo Picasso de Barcelona.
Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gill, 1972. First edition. 87 pages, English text, 61 pages, Spanish text: 13 x 20 cm, Limited edition, copy 561 of 1000. The tiny Notebook 10.5 x 5 cm. of Picasso's drawings are in facsimile, containing 46 sheets: drawings and notes from Picasso's stay in Paris in 1900, and reproduced in collotype and pochoir by Daniel Jacomet. Text and drawings encased in light green box with black paper cover label. Text in stiff white wrappers. Jacqueline Picasso, Los Editores. All three parts, two books and case in fine condition. $795.00
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55. Rattner, Abraham.
Twenty Four Plates Introduction and notes by Allen S. Weller.
Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1956. First edition. 19 pages. 42 x 31.5 cm. Host of illustrations in red and black in text volume. 24 Notes on the Plates provide dimensions and media. Laid-in are the twenty four plates mentioned previously. Rattner was an expressionist artist who used vivid colors, many paintings relating to biblical subjects imbued with subjective elements. Text volume housed in decorated box with red and black lettering. Fine. $220.00
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56. Riopelle, Jean-Paul [Paris. Derriere Le Miroir].
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 208, February 1974.
Paris: Maeght, 1974. First edition. 30 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Commentary by Jacques Dupin in French. 18 color lithographs by Riopelle, many are fold-outs. Front cover dusty, interior text and images fresh and clean. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. $200.00
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57. Roger-Marx, Claude.
Bonnard Lithographie.
Monte-Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1952. First edition. 183 pages.31 x 24.5 cm. 98 facsimile colour and monochrome lithographs printed by Mourlot. Text in French. "An adventurous, and influential lithographer working largely in color. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK. p.24. One of the Nabis. Clean, bright copy. Orig. pictorial stiff wrappers in original glassine overwrapper lacking small portions at head and rear of backstrip. Near fine in fine matching slipcase. $295.00
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58. Rouault, Georges (Illustrator).
Carnets De Gilbert By Marcel Arland.
Paris: NRF [Nouvelle Revue Francaise], 1931. First edition. 61 pages. 28.5 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 99 of 180 (from a total edition of 216) on velin d'Arches. Frontispiece, a black and white lithograph is signed by Rouault at lower right. In addition there are eight original etchings, five are full page and in color. All plates with tissue guards. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK p.181. "Despite frequent descriptions of these color plates as reproductions, they are original etchings, as recorded in the colophon. The single black lithograph and the etching on the title-page demonstrate Rouault's mastery of black as a positive color value." Interior contents crisp and bright. Orig. cream stiff wrapper lettered in black. Very good in original glassine wrapper, wear at backstrip extremities. $1,275.00
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59. Rubin, Reuven.
Rubin My Life My Art An Autobiography and Selected Paintings With An Introduction By Dr. Haim Gamzu Director, Tel Aviv Musuem.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1970. First edition. 227 pages. 30 x 22 cm. Signed presentation copy on half title, "To Gayle & Lee with greetings Izik Rubin 1971" and again on title page in blue ink, "Izik Rubin 1971." Illustrated with 95 paintings, forty three in full color. In 1921, Alfred Stieglitz arranged Rubin's first exhibition in New York. Orig. white cloth lettered in black. Fine in worn dust wrapper. $200.00
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59A. Sabartes, Jaime.
Picasso Les Menines et la Vie.
Paris: Editions Cercle D'Art, 1958. First edition. 135 pages. 33 x 25.5 cm. Fifty-six tipped-in color plates, two mounted plain plates [one folding], translated from the Spanish by Alfred Rosset. Color plates printed by Draeger Freres. The cover designs, lithographed in color were printed by Mourlot Freres. Text in French. Brilliant color reproductions. Spine bumped at foot. Orig. illustrated boards in clear plastic overwrapper with publisher's shipping slipcase. Nicks to backstrip extremities. Orig. illustrated boards in nicked clear plastic overwrapper. Very good. $250.00
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60. Saul Steinberg [Paris. Derriere Le Miroir].
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 192, June 1971.
Paris: Maeght, 1971. First edition. 8 pages in text (French) by Jacques Dupin. Signed presentation copy "Pour Maguy love Steinberg" dated Juin 1971" on the front cover. Two double paged color lithographs by Steinberg, plus a host of black and white illustrations, and a third plate partly colored in lithography. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good. $215.00
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61. Seligman, Germain.
Roger De La Fresnaye with a catalogue raisonne.
London: Thames & Hudson, 1969. 1st English edition. 284 pages. Folio, 32 1/2 x 26 1/2 cm. 731 illustrations, thirty-two in color. Limited edition, copy A252 of 900. La Fresnaye joined the Cubist in about 1911. "Roger de La Fresnaye was the most considerable artist in the group of adherents to the Cubist movement......." [see: COOPER p.134]. FREITAG 5087. Orig. brown basked weave cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper in slightly nicked brown cloth slipcase. $220.00
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61A. Tal Coat .
Derriere Le Miroir. No. 114, 1959.
Paris: Maeght, 1959. First edition. 16 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. French text by Henri Madliney. Five double-paged color lithographs -- covers and four interior by Tal Coat. Fresh, clean copy. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine.$200.00
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62. Terenzio, Stephanie.
The Prints Of Robert Motherwell.
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1991. First edition. 380 pages. Catalogue Raisonne 1943-1990 by Dorothy C. Belknap. 424 color plates, and 170 duotone illustrations. Notes by the Artist. Bibliographical outline including print exhibitions. Select Bibliography and Index. Bright, fresh almost as new copy. Orig. light beige cloth front cover design in black. Fine in fine dust wrapper. $260.00
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63. Valery, Paul & Hans Erni.
Reflexions Simples Sur Le Corps.
Paris: (E.A.D.), 1967. 133 pages, Folio, 41 x 30.5 cm. 25 original lithographs by Erni, most in color, five double-page in color, printed by Mourlot. This copy marked "Exemplaire d'artiste," with justification -- Editions Originale Collective reservee aux Bibliphiles Suisses: 25 on Japon with a suite hors-texte on Hollande (I -XXV), 110 on velin chiffon de Rives (XXVI-CXXV). 326 numbered 1-326 reserved for bibliophiles francais. MONOD 10908. Fresh, bright copy of livre d'artiste work by Erni. Loose as issued in plain, cream stiff wrappers with original glassine. Near fine. $325.00
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64. [Villon, Jacques] Ginestet, Collette de and Catherine Pouillon.
Jacques Villon. Les Estampes. Les illustrations. Catalogue Raisonné.
Paris: Arts Et Metiers Graphiques, 1979. First edition. 511, (1) pages. 36.5 x 29 cm. Born Gaston Duchamp into an artistic family -- his siblings Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, and Suzanne Duchamp would all make important contributions to 20th-century art. He was noted as a French Cubist and abstract painter and printmaker. His style driven by mathematical theory through which he married the flat geometric forms of Cubism with a luminous color. Includes 1100 monochromes and 599 original prints, plus prints after other artists. As new copy. Orig. black cloth in fine dust wrapper in fine matching black cloth slipcase. $395.00
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65. Vlaminck, Maurice.
La tete tournee.
Monte Carlo: Andre Suaret, 1956. First edition. 177 pages. 25 x 19 cm. Twelve original black and white lithographs signed in the plate, printed by Mourlot. Limited edition, one of 350 copies, this a hors commerce copy marked HC -- a signed presentation copy in blue ink on free front endpaper to Maximilien Gouriener. MONOD 11354. Bright, fresh copy. Orig. illustrated stiff cream wrappers lettered in red. Near fine in slightly nicked glassine overwrapper. $490.00
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