Five by Seven for Yvon Lambert.
TUTTLE, Richard. Five by Seven for Yvon Lambert. 10 pp. Oblong 12mo., bound in illustrated wrappers, in a board portfolio. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1978.
Item nr. 164636
Price: $50.00
TUTTLE, Richard. Five by Seven for Yvon Lambert. 10 pp. Oblong 12mo., bound in illustrated wrappers, in a board portfolio. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1978.
Item nr. 164636
Price: $50.00
SCHENK, Petrus. Afbeeldinge der voornaamste Gebouwen van Amsterdam. Engraved title-page, index and 100 fine engraved views with captions in Latin and Dutch. Small oblong folio, 210 x 265 mm., bound in contemporary full English calf with red morocco spine label. Amsterdam: n.p., [ca. 1700].
A rare complete copy of this engraved.....
Item nr. 164542
Price: $12,500.00
TUTTLE, Richard. Charge to Exist. 2 cardboard sheets, one with collaged letters, one with a screenprint. Folio, 350 x 230 mm., ringbound in printed cardboard slipcase and new cloth box. Winterthur: Kunstmuseum, 1992.
A fine copy of this typical example of Tuttle's work as a book artist, consisting of two grey.....
Item nr. 164525
Price: $1,250.00
PITCAIRN-CIERVA. The Autogiro. 1 preliminary leaf, 5-31, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Folio, bound in publisher's cloth-backed decorated boards and cardboard slipcase. Philadelphia: Pitcairn- Cierva autogiro Company of America 1930.
The precursor of the helicopter- the autogiro was a modified airplane with a helicopter-like propeller. A splendid piece of art.....
Item nr. 162585
Price: $750.00
CRANE, Hart. The Bridge. Illustrated by Joel Shapiro, with an essay by Langdon Hammer. Scroll format, 343 x 1270 mm., with seven woodblock prints by Joel Shapiro, an introduction by Langdon Hammer, and two photographs by Michael Kenna. In a linen box. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2017.
The Bridge was.....
Item nr. 165458
Price: $2,500.00
MILHAZES, Beatriz. Coisa Linda. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 34 hand-printed screen prints and a unique collage. 4to., bound in original decorated blue and gold cloth, yellow paper spine in a yellow cloth slipcase. New York: Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art, 2002.
The first book published in "Contemporary Editions" by.....
Item nr. 166723
Price: $8,500.00
HODGKIN, Howard and Susan SONTAG. The Way We Live Now. 33 pp. Illustrated with four hand-coloured aquatints by Howard Hodgkin. 8vo., bound in paper-covered boards, in the original dust jacket and new yellow cloth folding box. London: Karsten Schubert, 1991.
The Way We Live Now is a special work of art.....
Item nr. 165005
Price: $2,500.00
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DUCHAMP, Marcel. Not Seen and/or Less Seen of/by Marcel Duchamp/Rrose Selavy 1904-64. Mary Sisler Collection. With a foreword and catalogue texts by Richard Hamilton. Unpaginated, thoroughly illustrated in black and white, and with 3 tipped-in colour plates. 4to., bound in original wrappers designed by Duchamp, with original glassine.....
Item nr. 168504
Price: $17,500.00
DUCHAMP, Marcel. Yves Tanguy. With text by Andre Breton. Text in French & English. 94 pp., illustrated with 1 tipped-in color plate and numerous black and white illustrations. Folio, 300 x 220 mm., bound in publisher's boards in a new cloth folding box. New York: Pierre Matisse Editions, 1946.
Duchamp designed.....
Item nr. 157064
Price: $1,250.00
RIKUGUN. Nanshi Hakengun. ca. 200 pp., chiefly illustrated. 8vo, 258 x 185 mm., publisher's cloth and cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Kokusai Hodo Kogei Kabushiki Kaisha, 1940.
A typical example of a wartime Japanese photobook, this one being a history of Japanese military activities in China.
Item nr. 167212
Price: $975.00
TOKYO NICHINICHI SHINBUNSHA. Teikoku kaigun no iyo. 36 ff., illustrated throughout with photomontages. Oblong 4to, 350 x 255 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated blue cloth stamped in silver, in original printed cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbunsha, 1942.
A spectacular photo book on the Japanese Navy in World War II. It.....
Item nr. 167209
Price: $3,750.00
YOSHIMURA, Tatsuo and Takeshi KOSHIISHI. Shin kenchiku kigen [Origin of New Architecture]. 219 pp., illustrated throughout. 8vo, 221 x 150 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Tokyo: Kenchiku Kogyo, 1930.
An interesting, and profusely illustrated, Japanese survey of contemporary architecture, with the book design very much influenced by the Bauhaus. Some.....
Item nr. 165719
Price: $975.00
OZE, Keishi. Shin Rosia Gakan/Siluet Novoi Rossii. [8], 155, [5] pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and reproduced drawings throughout. 8vo, 185 x 170 mm. bound in original illustrated boards and matching illustrated cardboard slipcase. Preserved in a dark grey folding box. Tokyo: ARS, Shôwa 5 [1930].
"Views of the New Russia".....
Item nr. 165562
Price: $1,750.00
JAPAN. Japanese fabric samples. 30 samples mounted in an album. Oblong 4to, 175 x 255 mm., bound in contemporary wrappers in a new chitsu case. N.p.: n.d.
A handsome collection of early twentieth century Japanese fabric samples each measuring approximately 125 x 170 mm.
Item nr. 165422
Price: $975.00
YAMAMOTO, Sekkei. Shin-gosho-moyo. [Imperial Motifs]. Volume 5. 27 leaves, 25 full-colour woodblock illustrations and 25 outline illustrations, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 405 x 270 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case preserving the original label. Tokyo: Unsodo, 1933.
A volume of the.....
Item nr. 165421
Price: $2,250.00
KAWARAZAKI, Kodo. Shima Hyakushu. 2 Volumes. Each volume has 11 leaves, including 20 plates of which 10 are coloured woodblock prints, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 300 x 210 mm., bound in publisher's decorated boards, in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo, 1954.
A handsome set of design.....
Item nr. 165411
Price: $975.00
HISATOMI, Jun and Gyokujo YOSHIDA. Shinkomon Gappon. 27 leaves, including 50 colour woodblock plates, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 325 x 220 mm., bound in publisher's decorated paper silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Happodo, 1934.
A typical collection of Japanese design plates, with each.....
Item nr. 165409
Price: $975.00
NAKAMURA, Daizaburo. Shinko Kosode Buri. 5 volumes. Each with 11 leaves, including 10 colour woodblock plates, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 360 x 260 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Happodo, 1933.
A superb compendium of kimono designs. The boards show signs.....
Item nr. 165408
Price: $3,500.00
YAMAOKA, Chinpei. Ashide-e Uta awase. [Ashide Art combined with Poems]. 2 volumes, each with 24 leaves with mounted colour woodblock prints. Folio, 320 x 480 mm., publisher's silk over boards, in a new chitsu case, preserving the original label. Kyoto: Happodo, 1938.
A spectacular example of Japanese bookmaking containing exquisitely colour.....
Item nr. 165407
Price: $3,500.00
KAWARAZAKI, Kodo. Cho, [Butterfly]. 20 woodblock printed plates of which 10 are in colour, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Large folio, 420 x 305 mm., bound in publisher's woodblock printed boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Uchida Bijutsu Shoshi, 1933.
A splendid series of imaginative design plates featuring.....
Item nr. 165406
Price: $1,500.00
KIMURA, Gyokusen. Hikanoko. Illustrated with 31 mounted colour woodblock prints, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 435 x 320 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Happodo, 1935.
A magnificent volume of colour woodblock prints featuring elaborate maiko hair ornaments, called kanzashi. A......
Item nr. 165405
Price: $1,500.00
KAWARASAKI, Kodo. Takara Zukushi. [Symbols of Treasure]. 2 volumes. Each volume with 13 leaves, including 24 woodcut illustrations, of which 12 are in colour, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Oblong folio, 260 x 385 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated boards, in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo, 1935.
A.....
Item nr. 165404
Price: $2,500.00
HIKIFUDA. Sho kuni-shi-rui seiyo komamono. Colour wood engraving. 260 x380 mm. [Osaka?: 1892-4 (Meiji 25 - 27)].
A splendid example of a hikifuda, handbill or poster, advertising western haberdashery, set in the middle of a railway map of eastern Japan and a timetable for 1894. This is an all purpose hikifuda.....
Item nr. 165400
Price: $1,250.00
KYOTO, Kashokai. Shikiji gashi konrei no maki. 2 volumes, illustrated with 50 colour woodblock plates. Oblong folio, 230 x 340 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Mankado, 1921.
A sumptuous collection of beautifully carved woodblock plates devoted to the subject of food. The Japanese.....
Item nr. 165342
Price: $2,850.00
YAMAMOTO, Sekkei. Shin Gosho Moyo. [Imperial motifs]. Volume 2. 27 leaves, 25 full-colour woodblock illustrations and 25 outline illustrations, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 405 x 270 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case preserving the original label. Tokyo: Unsodo, 1933.
A volume.....
Item nr. 165340
Price: $1,500.00