MOTHERWELL, Robert. Ulysses. By James Joyce. 838 pp. With 40 etchings by Robert Motherwell, of which 20 are in colour. Thick folio, bound in original publisher's white half-pigskin over blue patterned silk over boards, in original blue patterned silk box. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988.
A fine copy of one of.....
Item nr. 169208
Price: $22,500.00
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 paper slipcase. San Francisco: Hine Editions, 1991.
A.....
Item nr. 159072
Price: $11,000.00
WARHOL, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). 241 pp. 8vo., bound in original cloth, in dust jacket illustrated with a photograph by Philippe Halsmann. In a new black cloth folding box. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
A unique copy of the first edition.....
Item nr. 168170
Price: $5,000.00
WARHOL, Andy. [Bomb Hanoi]. Some / Thing #3 (Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 1966). 8vo., 215 x 135 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new yellow cloth folding box. New York: Printed by Harry Gantt for Jerome Rothenberg and David Antin, 1966.
Rare example of Warhol's famously ironic comment.....
Item nr. 164646
Price: $2,500.00
WARHOL, Andy. Dossier No. 2357. [Exhibition catalogue for Thirteen Most Wanted Men]. [6] ff. Illustrated with one full-page black and white "mug-shot" from the New York Police Department's "Thirteen Most Wanted" list. 4to., 260 x 175 mm, bound in original stapled printed wrappers in a new red cloth box. Paris.....
Item nr. 153236
Price: $2,750.00
WARHOL AS BOOK ARTIST
WARHOL, Andy. A Collection of Warhol's Early Work in Books and Magazines. Comprised of 50 books and 10 magazines. Various formats, sizes and bindings, each as originally issued. Each item preserved in new cloth folding box. Various Places: 1951-2004.
A nearly complete collection of Warhol's work as an.....
Item nr. 150212
Price: $47,500.00
WARHOL, Andy. Warhol. Texts by Jean-Jacques Lebel, Alain Jouffroy, and John Ashbery. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 6 black-&-white plates and a foldout of Blue Electric Chair. 4to., bound in original stapled wrappers in new cloth box. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend Gallery, 1964.
A fine copy of the rare and important catalogue for Warhol's.....
Item nr. 113195
Price: $1,750.00
DECKER, Paul. Chinese Architecture Civil and Ornamental. Title-page + 24 plates. London: For the Author, 1759. BOUND WITH:
-----. Chinese Architecture. Part the Second. Title-page + 12 plates. London: For the Author, 1759. BOUND WITH:
-----. Gothic Architecture Decorated. Title-page + 12 plates. London: For the Author, 1759. BOUND WITH:
-----. Gothic Architecture.....
Item nr. 170368
Price: $22,500.00
ALLOM, Thomas. Original Drawing- Pencil and pen with sepia wash and white highlights. The Imperial Travelling Palace at the Hoo-Kew-Shan, or Tiger Mound, Henan Province.128 x 194 mm. Matted and framed. London, ca. 1840.
The subject of the palace at Huo-kew-shan in the Henan Province was famous throughout China for its.....
Item nr. 170153
Price: $7,500.00
PELLE, Clement and Thomas ALLOM. L'Empire Chinois, illustre d'apres des Dessins pris sur les Lieux. 4 Volumes. [4], 68, 26; 76; 74 pp. Illustrated with 4 engraved added title-pages and 124 full page steel engraved plates. 4to., bound in publisher's elaborately decorated red cloth. Paris: Fisher, 1845.
First Edition in French.....
Item nr. 170092
Price: $8,500.00
HELMAN, Isidore Stanislas. Suite des seize estampes repreìsentant les Conque?tes de l'empereur de la Chine:avec leur explication. Engraved description of the plates followed by 24 full page engraved plates of which three are joined together for one large folding plate. [Paris], 1783-1788. WITH:
Abrege historique des principaux traits de la vie.....
Item nr. 169163
Price: $50,000.00
GUIGNES, Chretien-Louis-Joseph de. Dictionnaire chinois, français et latin. Publié d'après l'ordre de sa majesté L'Emperuer et Roi Napoléon le Grand par M. de Guignes, résident de France à La Chine, Attaché au Ministère des Relations Extérieures, Correspondant de la Première et de la Troisieme Classe de L'Institut. [8], lvi, 1112.....
Item nr. 130234
Price: $15,000.00
[ALBUM OF CHINESE WATERCOLOURS]. 635 miniature paintings, each ca. 82 x 46 mm, inserted into a specially designed Russian album consisting of 26 leaves of heavy card stock, each with 24 "windows" revealing miniatures (one miniature missing), plus 1 leaf of heavy card stock with 12 "windows," for a total.....
Item nr. 169965
Price: $75,000.00
I.T.O.W.U. Internationale tentoonstelling van gemeentelijke openbare werken te Utrecht Holland 1930 :I.T.O.W.U.35pp.4to.Publisher's illustrated wrappers, in a new red cloth folding box with black label. Amsterdam: Buys & Zoon, 1929.
A small masterpiece by the Dutch designer Anton Kurvers
OCLC lists just 2 coies,both in Holland.
Item nr. 169808
Price: $1,500.00
LANSKOY, Andre. Cortège. With 25 pochoir plates, including the cover, by Lanskoy. Folio. 450 x 330 mm, loose as issued, in the original decorated wrappers and slipcase. Paris: Pierre Lecuire, 1959.
A fine copy of this most extraordinary "livre d'artiste" , which was created in a similar fashion to Matisse's Jazz.....
Item nr. 168876
Price: $15,000.00
ALTMAN, Natan Isaevich. Lenin: risunki i oblozhka raboty Natana Al'tmana. [28] pp. Illustrated with 10 reproductions of drawings by Natan Altman. 8vo., 230 x 190 mm, bound in original illustrated tan wrappers, in a new linene cloth folding box. Saint Petersburg: Otdela Izobrazitel'nykh iskusstv Narodnogo Komissariata po Prosveshcheniiu, 1921.
First Edition.....
Item nr. 169791
Price: $2,500.00
MAN RAY. Revolving Doors. Comprised of 10 pochoir plates. Folio, loose in original publisher's black portfolio with ties. Laid into a new folding box. Paris: Editions Surréalistes, 1926.
A fine copy of this legendary surrealist publication. Between 1916 and 1917, the artist and photographer Man Ray created a series of collages.....
Item nr. 169684
Price: $85,000.00
J. G. SCHELTER and Giesecke. Schriften nebst Zierat fuer Anschlaege, grosse Druckarbeietn usw... 126 pp. , including 3 a/b and 96/ab. Folio, bound in publisher's decorated cloth. Leipzig: J.G. Schelter and Giesecke, Ca.1900.
A magnificent turn of the century type specimen book. Marginal staining to the title-page, but overall in excellent.....
Item nr. 170110
Price: $2,500.00
COOK, G.D. & Co. Illustrated Catalog of Carriages and Special Business Advertiser, New Haven, Ct. [iv], 226 pp. Oblong 8vo., 170 x 245 mm, bound in original embossed brown cloth, rebacked in tan calf, spine gilt. New York: Baker & Godwin, 1860.
This illustrated catalog is a wonderful study of mid-nineteenth-century.....
Item nr. 170108
Price: $3,750.00
MONTULE, Édouard de. Recueil des Cartes et des Vues du Voyage en Amerique en Italie et en Égypte fait pendant les Annees 1816, 1817, 1818 et 1819. Atlas vol.: 59 numbered lithographed plates, comprising: lithographed title within oval cartouche framed by 4 allegorical vignettes depicting America, Italy, Sicily and Egypt.....
Item nr. 119879
Price: $12,500.00
PROVOST, A. and Charles B. P. VAN PELT. Panorama intérieur de Paris. Panorama consisting of 16 attached lithographic plates in contemporary hand-colouring. 145 x 360 mm, bound in publisher's red morocco-backed boards. Paris: Aubert, 1843.
The panorama represents a walk through Paris from the Madeleine in the west to the Place.....
Item nr. 169989
Price: $3,500.00
PHILIPON DE LA MADELEINE, Louis. Le Guide du Promeneur aux Tuileries, ou Description du Palais et du Jardin national des Tuileries, en l'An VI de la Republique Francaise. [The Walker's Guide to the Tuileries, or Description of the Palace and the National Garden of the Tuileries, in Year VI of.....
Item nr. 169848
Price: $1,500.00
[LE ROUGE, George Louis]. Le Désert de Retz: Le Jardin Pittoresque de Monsieur de Monville; A Late Eighteenth-Century French Folly Garden. By Diana Ketcham. Preface by Olivier Choppin de Janvry. Text in English and French. 120 pp. Illustrated with historical views of the park, a facsimile of 26 engravings by.....
Item nr. 152357
Price: $1,250.00
GRANDVILLE, J.-J. Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux. Two volumes. [8], 386, [6]; [4], 390, [6] pp. With 201 engraved plates and 120 vignettes illustrating the text. Large 8vo., 261 x 180 mm, uniformly bound in contemporary black half morocco. Paris: Hetzel et Paulin: 1842-1844.
A splendid copy.....
Item nr. 169739
Price: $12,500.00
HOSHINO, Tatsuo.(Editor). Shina Jihen Shashin Zenshu [China Incident Photograph Album]. 6 volumes. Illustrated throuhout with photographs and photo montage. Small folio, bound in publisher's decorated cloth in original decorated cardboard slipcases. Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1937-1940.
A rare complete set of these important and extensive propaganda books published by the newspaper Asahi.....
Item nr. 169728
Price: $7,500.00