LÉGER, Fernand. Le Cirque. Illustrated with 75 lithographs by Léger, of which 33 are printed in colour and 42 in black (unsigned). Folio, 440 x 340, bound in original illustrated wrappers, in the publisher's box and matching chemise. Paris: Tériade, 1950.
One of the great livres des peintres of the twentieth...
Item nr. 166646
Price: $50,000.00
LE CORBUSIER (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret). Poème de l'Angle Droit. 150, [8] pp. Illustrated throughout with lithograph text in the artist's hand, interspersed with numerous lithographs printed in black and colour. Folio, 430 x 330 mm, bound in original publisher's wrappers and cardboard slipcase. Paris: Tériade, [1955].
A superb copy of this icon...
Item nr. 165812
Price: $35,000.00
BENSON, William. Principles of the Science of Colour concisely stated to aid and promote their useful Application in the Decorative Arts. x, 48 pp. Illustrated with 6 uncoloured lithographs, 4 text illustrations of which 2 are hand-coloured and 5 plates with mounted coloured circle patterns. 4to., 275 x 210 mm...
Item nr. 165807
Price: $3,500.00
PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista. Il Mercurio Errante delle Grandezze di Roma. Text by Giovanni Pietro Rossini, the Elder. Two volumes in one. [10], 192; [2], 146, [8] pp. Illustrated with 19 folding engraved plates by Piranesi, Jean-Laurent Legeay, and Philothée-François Duflos. 16mo., 160 x 86 mm, bound in contemporary Italian vellum...
Item nr. 165603
Price: $7,500.00
BETTI, Giovanni Battista. A' Dilettanti delle Bell'Arti. Contents includes illustrated engraved title and 24 engraved plates. Oblong folio, 220 x 300 mm, bound in contemporary paste-paper wrappers. Florence: 1779.
First Edition of Betti's imaginative illustrated alphabet-book, containing 24 full-page oblong plates of richly ornamented capital letters, each letter standing in a....
Item nr. 165360
Price: $12,500.00
ALABONE, Edwin W. Poly-cyclo-epicycloidal and Other Geometric Curves. 8 ff., one photo plate and 77 colour plates of designs. 8vo., bound in publisher's gilt decorated maroon pebbled cloth. London: Swain, 1910.
First Edition, presentation copy. An eccentric book illustrating a series of elaborate designs printed in a variety of colours, which...
Item nr. 165737
Price: $2,750.00
STEINER, S.E. Wiener Werkstaette Fabrics. 42 Textile Samples. Oblong 4to., bound in publisher's green cloth in a new green cloth folding box. [Vienna: Steiner & Co., ND]
A rare catalogue from S.E. Steiner & Co, which had been producing fabrics for the Wiener Werkstätte before they founded their own textile department...
Item nr. 165736
Price: $15,000.00
ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT DER VIER. Der Weg zur Farbe. 138 pp. Illustrated with 25 colour plates. 8vo., bound in publisher's decorated cloth. Hamburg: Verlag Fachblatt der Maler, ND. [ca 1930].
A rare, handsomely illustrated Bauhaus work on colour theory. Part one with chapters on Tobias Mayer, Lambert, Goethe, Runge, Chevreul, and others. No...
Item nr. 165728
Price: $2,500.00
SEKKA, Kamisaka, Furuya KORIN et al. Bijutsu-Kai. 14 Volumes. Illustrated with 1397 woodblock printed plates. 4to., bound in publisher's wrappers in 2 new chitsu cases. Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, 1935.
$17,500.00
A splendid complete set of this legendary publication, here consisting of the plates from the 70 issues bound up separately by the...
Item nr. 165245
Price: $17,500.00
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 cloth folding box. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
A fine copy of the first edition of...
Item nr. 165674
Price: $2,500.00
WICQUEFORT, Abraham de and Romeyn de HOOGHE. Advis Fidelle aux veritables Hollandois, touchant ce qui s'est passé dans les villages de Bodegrave et Swammerdam, et las cruautés inouies, que les Francois y ont exercées. [2], 202 pp. Illustrated with 8 folding etched plates (the last two plates with 2 scenes...
Item nr. 165231
Price: $9,750.00
HORINO, Masao. Kamera me tetsu kosei. [Camera Eye X Steel: Composition]. Illustrated with 44 photographic plates. 4to., bound in publisher's wrappers in a morocco-backed chemise and slipcase. Tokyo: Mokuseisha Shoin, 1932.
A fine copy of Horino's legendary second book, which is considered to be the epitome of Shinko Shashin (Modernist Photography)...
Item nr. 165554
Price: $9,000.00
TOKYO, TEISHITSU HAKUBUTSUKAN. Orimon Ruizan. [Historical textiles compiled by the Imperial Museum]. 10 volumes. Illustrated with 1040 colour woodcuts on 520 leaves. 8vo., 250 x 180 mm, bound in publisher's wrappers, in a new chitsu case. Tokyo: Yurindo, 1892.
A masterpiece of the woodblock maker's art. This collection of 1040 plates...
Item nr. 165215
Price: $25,000.00
WYEDA, B. and T. AOKI. Nihon meisho zue. Gokinai no bu. Illustrated Guide Book for Travellers around Japan. Seven volumes. Illustrated with 794 woodcut illustrations. Small 8vo., bound in original publisher's cloth-backed illustrated paper over boards, and housed in a new chitsu case. Osaka: Sanyodo, 1890.
A fine set of this...
Item nr. 165142
Price: $7,500.00
TOKYO. Edo Meisho Zue [Famous Sights in and about Edo]. Twenty Volumes. Illustrated with ca. 600 woodcuts by Hasegawa Settan. By Gesshin Saitô et al. Small 4to., 260 x 185 mm, bound in original Japanese pale blue paper with paper title labels on front covers, stitched and bound accordion style...
Item nr. 165084
Price: $25,000.00
GORO, Kumada, Ken DOMON, Masao HORINO et al. Nippon. [Japan: The Nation in Panorama]. 32 double-page back to back photomontages as an accordion fold-out. Oblong folio, 272 x 303 mm, bound in publisher's silver paper covered boards, in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka, 1937.
A fine copy of...
Item nr. 165558
Price: $20,000.00
PILLEMENT, Jean. Cahier de Six Baraques Chinoises WITH: Recueil de Tentes Chinoises. Two suites each comprised of 6 etchings, professionally matted. Plate size: ca. 242 x 165 mm. Sheet size: ca. 350 x 257 mm. All preserved in a large folio sized modern maroon cloth box. Paris: Leviez, 1770.
First State...
Item nr. 165235
Price: $7,500.00
LOCKS - Trade Catalogue. Door Locks, Knobs, Padlocks, etc., Illustrated and Described. Mallory, Wheeler & Co., Manufacturers, New Haven Conn. iv, 5-292 pp. Illustrated with 227 chromolithographic plates. Folio, 455 x 357 mm, bound in contemporary straight-grained brown morocco, blind-ruled fillets, gilt-lettered title on upper cover, by H. M. Robinson...
Item nr. 165274
Price: $8,500.00
BIBLE. The self-interpreting Bible: containing the sacred text of the Old and New Testaments. To which are annexed, marginal references and illustrations ... by the late Reverend John Brown. Two volumes. Unpaginated [1046] pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, engraved map and 18 full page engravings. Folio, 406 x 230 mm...
Item nr. 164765
Price: $17,500.00
PÉRIN, Rene. Le Voyageur Anglais Autour du Monde Habitable: Nouvelle Méthode Amusante et Instructive pour étudier la Géographie...Orné de 45 Gravures coloriees avec soin, Représentant Les Vues des Principales Villes Capitales du Monde et les Costumes de leurs Habitans. [2], 142 pp. Illustrated with hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and decorative title...
Item nr. 165362
Price: $2,750.00
JI, Yun Fei. Three Gorges Dam Migration. Woodcut scroll, composition (image): 13 3/8 x 120 11/16" (34 x 306.5 cm); sheet (full sheet): 17 5/16 x 337 3/16" (44 x 856.5 cm). New York: Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art, 2009.
The seventh in the series of artist's books...
Item nr. 165161
Price: $12,500.00
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd. Schumacher's Taliesin line of decorative Fabrics and Wallpapers. 5 leaves of text and 26 Sheets of Wallpaper designed by Wright. Folio, 450 x 345 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated tan cloth. [Chicago: E.W. Bredemeier & Co., ND 1950's].
A scarce salesman's sample book for a line of wallpapers...
Item nr. 164777
Price: $8,500.00
MUNARI, Bruno. Uomini sulla Luna. Panorama, printed on both sides. 1000 x 100 mm. Folded in 4to. Containing 2 records. In a new grey cloth folding box. Milan: Sugar Editore, 1962.
A rare, and typically imaginative work by the prolific Italian book designer. A delightful piece of science fiction published just...
Item nr. 164451
Price: $1,850.00
CAULFIELD, Patrick. Some Poems of Jules Laforgue. 60 pp. With 20 artist's proofs and a portfolio of 6 extra prints. Folio, laid into grey calf folder and matching box. London: Petersburg Press, 1973.
The artist accompanies La Forgue's landmark Symbolist poems with screenprints of details from everyday scenes, described as "archetypal...
Item nr. 164407
Price: $8,750.00
ABBOTT, Edwin Abbott. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. With an introduction by Ray Bradbury. [56] ff. Illustrated with 14 line drawings and 10 die-cuts by Andrew Hoyem, with watercolour added by hand. Folio, bound accordion-style in original decorated aluminum covers, in a hinged and locking aluminum frame. San Francisco...
Item nr. 165290
Price: $5,750.00