MUTEL ART BOOKS. The Metamorphosis. By Franz Kakfa. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir. Three volumes. With 24 original copper engravings by Didier Mutel and printed on velin d'Arches. Oblong 4to., loose as issued in white paper wrappers, all three volumes housed in compartmental copper box. Paris: Atelier Leblac, 1996.
One.....
Item nr. 46788
Price: $4,500.00
MEXICO. Seis anos de gobierno al Servicio de Mexico, 1934-1940. xxv, 459 pp., illustrated throughout with Isotypes. Small folio, bound in publisher's blue gilt-stamped cloth. [México: La Nacional Impressora], 1940.
A massive and seemingly little-known work, which is illustrated with a vast profusion and variety of Isotypes on almost every page.....
Item nr. 172233
Price: $3,500.00
HEARTFIELD, John. Deutschland, Deutschland über alles. 231, [5] pp., illustrated with 180 photographic plates. 8vo, 232 x 180 mm., bound in original yellow cloth with typographic and photographic montage by Heartfield, in a new cloth folding box. Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag, 1929.
An unusually fine copy of what is perhaps Heartfield's.....
Item nr. 171207
Price: $2,750.00
HEARTFIELD, John. Eros im Zuchthaus. Eine Beleuchtung der Geschlechtsnot der Gefangenen, bearbeitet auf der Grundlage von Eigenerlebnissen, Beobachtungen und Mitteilungen in achtjähriger Haft. By Karl Plaettner. 225 pp. 8vo., 232 x 150 mm, bound in original photographic wrappers designed by John Heartfield, in a new black cloth folding box. Berlin.....
Item nr. 168838
Price: $1,500.00
HUGNET, Georges. Non Vouloir. With 4 zincographs by Picasso. 8vo. original wrappers in a cloth folding box. Paris: Jeanne Bucher, 1942.
This is the second version of Hugnet's Non Vouloir; the first contained only one poem and was illustrated with a reproduction of a drawing by Miro. The present edition contains.....
Item nr. 90758
Price: $2,500.00
WEI, Yu-hsiu. Kitaianka Sume-Cheng [Soumay Tcheng the Chinese Woman]. 148 pp. Photocollage illustrations by Rodchenko. 8vo., 200 x 140 mm. bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Moscow: Gos. Izd-vo, 1929.
A memoir extolling the emancipation of the Chinese woman, illustrated with photomontages by Rodchenko, who also designed the wrappers. This is a......
Item nr. 169835
Price: $2,750.00
MATISSE, Henri. Poesies Antillaises. By John-Antoine Nau. 90 ff. Illustrated with 28 full-page portrait lithographs and a further 27 hors-texte ornaments by Matisse. Folio, 383 x 292 mm, loose as issued in the publisher's wrappers and cardboard slipcase. Paris: Mourlot, 1972.
Matisse conceived of this work as an homage to his.....
Item nr. 120562
Price: $17,500.00
RUSCHA, Edward with Billy Al BENGSTON. Business Cards. Unpaginated artist's book with 18 black-&-white illustrations. 8vo, bound in original wrappers. Los Angeles: Ed Ruscha, 1968.
First edition, 1968. Signed "Ed" by Ruscha on the cover. Photographs illustrating the concept of a "business card exchange." Scenes depicted include the collection of various.....
Item nr. 172088
Price: $2,500.00
PICASSO, Pablo. El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz. Three volumes. [12], XI, [1], 69, [7] pp. Illustrated with one signed engraving and 12 etchings by Picasso, and a preface by Rafael Alberti. Folio, 370 x 470 mm, bound loose as issued in the original wrappers and vellum-covered slipcase. The whole.....
Item nr. 90298
Price: $27,500.00
ERNST, Max. Dent Prompte. by Rene Char. Illustrated with 11 full-page lithographs, of which one is the cover, by Max Ernst. Large Folio. 47 x 39.5 cm. Loose as issued in the illustrated wrappers in a slightly worn cloth folding box. Paris: Galerie Lucie Weill,1969
A series of vividly-coloured lithographs by.....
Item nr. 169657
Price: $3,000.00
FRANKENTHALER, Helen. Valentine for Mr. Wonderful. 24 pages. Illustrated with seven original full-page colour intaglios. Small folio, 349 x 254 mm, bound in heavy paper wrappers with original Frankenthaler design on front, in a new half morocco box. Mount Kisco: Tyler Graphics Ltd., 1995.
First Edition. Limited to 35 copies, signed.....
Item nr. 101230
Price: $12,500.00
MUNSELL. Atlas of the Munsell Color System. Letterpress introduction, illustrated with 15 colour charts with colour samples tipped on to boards. Oblong folio, 275 x 355 mm., bound in publisher's boards, blue cloth spine. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Howland & Co., 1915.
The Atlas of the Munsell Color System consists of two.....
Item nr. 171023
Price: $3,500.00
KENTRIDGE, William. The Lulu Plays, by Frank Wedekind. 197 pp. Illustrated with 67 full-page reproductions of drawings by William Kentridge. Folio, bound in publisher's cloth in matching slipcase, both designed by Kentridge. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2015.
An exciting publication from the Arion Press featuring the work of one of today's.....
Item nr. 161804
Price: $2,000.00
AVATI, Mario. Aphorismes, Menus et Variétés. By Brillat-Savarin. 108, [8] pp. Frontispiece and 24 mezzotints by Avati. 8vo., bound in original wrappers, in chemise and ultra-suede slipcase. Paris: Les Francs-Bibliophiles, 1961.
A tour-de-force of book illustration. Avati, who is a master of the mezzotint process, displays his virtuosity in the 25.....
Item nr. 52069
Price: $1,650.00
TOLMER. Animaux a Fourrure. 4 pp. Illustrated with 24 black-&-white plates by Ray Bret Koch. Oblong 4to., loose as issued in the publisher's decorated boards. Paris: Tolmer, 1931.
A disconcerting advertising piece for the fur coat firm of Jungmann, with the plates showing models wearing coats and then the animals whose.....
Item nr. 165818
Price: $1,250.00
RODCHENKO, A.M. Rechevik: stikhi. [The Orator]. By S. M. Tretiakov. 191 pp. 8vo, 180 x 130 mm., bound in original two-color Constructivist letterpress wrappers designed by Rodchenko. Moscow and Leningrad: GIZ, 1929.
A fresh copy of this pamphlet with the stunning vibrant wrappers designed by Rodchenko. The poetical text by the.....
Item nr. 169709
Price: $2,500.00
CORNELL, Joseph. A Joseph Cornell Pop-Up Book for All Ages. With text by Sandra Leonard Starr. 103 pp. Includes a 3D Viewer, 6 pop ups and a folding panorama. Oblong folio, bound in publisher's blue cloth and paper label preserved in a new blue cloth folding box. Tokyo: Tokyo Publishing.....
Item nr. 166704
Price: $5,000.00
KITAJ, Ronald Brooks. A Day Book by Robert Creeley. With 14 Original prints. Folio, bound in full blue and green leather, in matching blue leather-covered slipcase by Rudolf Rieser, assisted by Helmut Klohs. Berlin: Graphis, 1972.
A splendid copy of the deluxe edition this important work. The work was designed by.....
Item nr. 172297
Price: $12,500.00
INDIANA, Robert. Numbers. Containing 10 screenprints by Robert Indiana. By Robert Creeley. Illustrated with 10 screenprints. Large Folio, bound in original tan printed wrappers. Stuttgart und Duesseldorf, Edition Domberger, 1968.
The extremely rare large folio edition, which is not to be confused with the more commonly found 4to edition. One of.....
Item nr. 162580
Price: $17,500.00
SEGUY, Eugene Alain. Code Universel des Couleurs. Encyclopedie Pratique du Naturaliste XXX. lxviii pp. Illustrated with 55 plates showing 720 colours. 8vo, 154 x 169 mm, bound loose as issued in the original cloth portfolio. Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1936.
First Edition. A system of precise designation of colours for the exact.....
Item nr. 173293
Price: $495.00
WARHOL, Andy and Gerard MALANGA. Screen Tests / A Diary. [5], 54 ff. Illustrated with 54 black and white screen test film strips reproduced on acetate, one facing each page of poetry. 4to., 253 x 190 mm, bound in publisher's wrappers, in a morocco backed slipcase. New York: Kulchur Press.....
Item nr. 169072
Price: $3,750.00
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JOHNS, Jasper. Fizzles. By Samuel Beckett. Unpaginated. Illustrated with a total of 34 original illustrations, including lift-ground aquatints, dry-point etchings, and soft-ground etchings by Johns, printed by Crommelynck in Paris. Small folio, 333 x 253 mm, bound in original plain wrappers, laid into.....
Item nr. 170435
Price: $50,000.00
VON WEDEL, Hasso. Die Soldaten des Führers im Felde. Band 11. Der Kampf im Westen. 70 pp. text. Illustrated with 8 leaves of plates and 100 stereoscopic photographs laid into pockets, with stereoscopic viewer. 4to., bound in publisher's grey cloth. Munich: Raumbild-verlag, 1941.
A fine, complete copy, of this photographic record.....
Item nr. 141792
Price: $575.00
WINDMILL PRESS. The Book of Affinity. By Moysheh Oyved. With reproductions of 7 coloured drawings by Jacob Epstein. Large 4to., bound in original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut. London: William Heinemann, 1933.
One of 525 copies, this one bearing a special presentation inscription from the author to Mr. & Mrs. Samuel.....
Item nr. 30719
Price: $250.00
TORRES-GARCIA, J. Nueva Escuela de arte del Uruguay. The New Art School of Uruguay - Nouvelle ecole d'art de l'Uruguay. Painting and Constructive Art. Contribution to the Art of the Three Americas. 20 pp. text, plus 40 plates. Folio, original decorated wrappers(repaired). Montevideo: Asociacion de Arte Constructivo, 1946.
This is one.....
Item nr. 110446
Price: $875.00