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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
HUGNET, Georges. Complete set of all four "butterfly books," each in original wrappers as issued; oblong 16mo., 95 x 145 mm, in a cloth folding box. Paris: [The Author], 1940-1941.
Each of these four pamphlets was clandestinely printed at the beginning of the German occupation and distributed only among close friends.....
Item nr. 173060
Price: $12,500.00
MOORE, Henry. Prométhée. By Goethe, translated by André Gide. [2], 64, [6] pp. Illustrated with 16 colour lithographs by Henry Moore, including the cover and title lithographs, three capital letters, three tailpieces and eight full-page lithographs. Folio, 318 x 223 mm, loose as issued in the original publisher's illustrated wrappers.....
Item nr. 169625
Price: $7,500.00
DUBUFFET, Jean. Le Mirivis des Naturgies. By André Martel and Jean Dubuffet. 48 pp. Illustrated with 16 original lithographs by Dubuffet, of which 14 are loose, one is on the wrappers and one on the slipcase. 4to., 290 x 230 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers, black chemise and illustrated.....
Item nr. 124615
Price: $12,250.00
TUTTLE, Richard. Early Auden. By W.H. Auden. Illustrated title-page and 10 accordion-folded panels of translucent paper wrapped around white bristol paper containing colour aquatints by Richard Tuttle. Folio, 350 x 215 mm, bound in smooth white vellum-covered boards, tan reversed calf spine in a new green cloth folding box. San.....
Item nr. 167358
Price: $12,500.00
BONNARD, Pierre. Dingo. By Octave Mirbeau. 194, [4] pp. Illustrated with 55 original etchings by Pierre Bonnard or which 14 are full-page, PLUS an additional suite of the 14 full-page etchings on Arches. Folio, loose as issued in the original illustrated wrappers, in the original half velum clamshell box. Paris.....
Item nr. 163088
Price: $7,500.00
ERNST, Max. Max Ernst. By Joe Bousquet and Michel Tapie. 61 pp., illustrated throughout, with 2 original signed lithographs by Max Ernst. 4to, 280 x 192 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Rene Drouin, 1950.
This rare book is comprised of the two signed.....
Item nr. 129995
Price: $5,750.00
ERNST, Max. Rêve d'une Petite Fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel. 176 pp., illustrated with reproductions of 79 collages by Max Ernst. 8vo, 265 x 200 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers, slightly faded in a new linen cloth folding box, gilt black leather spine label. Paris: Éditions du Carrefour.....
Item nr. 166300
Price: $8,500.00
CLEMENTE, Francesco. The Departure of the Argonaut. By Alberto Savinio. [102] ff. With 49 photolithographs, 46 in color and 3 in black on cream paper. Elephant folio, loose in original wrappers and beige linen box designed by Rudolph Rieser. London: Petersburg Press, 1986.
Clemente's images are extraordinary and elevate this work.....
Item nr. 165729
Price: $15,000.00
MASSON, André. Le Septieme Chant. By Alain Jouffroy. Illustrated with 4 engravings by Masson. Folio, loose as issued in the original wrappers and linen-covered slipcase, preserved in a cloth folding box. Paris: Société Internationale d'art XXe Siècle, 1974.
Masson and Jouffroy corresponded for over twenty years before this book was produced.....
Item nr. 163068
Price: $2,500.00
MAILLOL, Aristide. Livret de Folastries. By Pierre de Ronsard. Illustrated with 44 original etchings, of which 16 are full-page, by Aristide Maillol. 4to., loose as issued in the original illustrated wrappers and cardboard slipcase, in a new half morocco folding box. Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1938.
An immaculate copy of Maillol's only.....
Item nr. 146005
Price: $3,750.00
BROWN, James. I Am For That. By Max Blagg. Three paper folders wrapped in Bedouin silk, in a protective mylar cover, in a new cloth folding box. San Francisco: Hine Editions, 1994.
Divided into three sections, this unorthodox book consists of original drawings, engraving, collage and a hand written poem. Using.....
Item nr. 135543
Price: $6,000.00
PRANGENBERG, Norbert. Peer Gynt. Illustrated with 35 etchings and monotype. Folio, bound in cloth covered boards in the orginal cloth covered slipcase. San Francisco: Limestone Press, 1990.
The German artist, Norbert Prangenberg, who was primarily known as a sculptor, was also a prolific graphic artist, and the 35 etchings and monotype.....
Item nr. 132445
Price: $10,000.00
ROTHENBERG, Susan. Parts. By Robert Creeley. Illustrated with 9 mezzotints and a drypoint by Susan Rothenberg. Folio, bound in original full vellum by Claudia Cohen. San Francisco: Limestone Press, 1993.
An immaculate copy of this important contemporary artist's book combining Rothenberg's luminous mezzotints with Creeley's spare poems. This is one of.....
Item nr. 119664
Price: $9,000.00
JACOB, Max. Dos d'Arlequin. Illustrated with colored woodcuts after drawings by Max Jacob. 8vo., original wrappers in a cloth folding box. Paris: Aux Editions du Sagittaire, 1921.
A scarce little book showing just how talented Max Jacob was as an artist; the poet was a close friend of Picasso. The total.....
Item nr. 98778
Price: $1,500.00
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
CLEMENTE, Francesco. The Departure of the Argonaut. By Alberto Savinio. [102] ff. With 49 photolithographs, 46 in color and 3 in black on cream paper. Elephant folio, bound in original wrappers and beige linen box designed by Rudolph Rieser. London: Petersburg Press, 1986.
Clemente's images are extraordinary and elevate this work.....
Item nr. 48969
Price: $7,500.00
DERAIN, André and Georges GABORY. La Cassette De Plomb. 30 pp. With two etchings by Derain. 4to., original wrappers in a cloth folding case. Paris: (Éditions de la Galerie Simon), Imprimerie Francois Bernouard, 1920.
A typical example of the elegant books published by Kahweiler. This one was originally published by Bernouard.....
Item nr. 34485
Price: $2,750.00