RODENBACH, Georges. Les Vierges. WITH: Les Tombeaux. Two volumes. Unpaginated, illustrated with 4 original coloured lithographs by Jozsef Rippl-Ronai, plus 3 woodcuts by James Pitcairn-Knowles. 8vo, 250 x 170 mm., both bound in original publisher's illustrated wrappers with woodcut illustrations by Pitcairn-Knowles, and each preserved in a morocco-backed sleeve and.....
Item nr. 171379
Price: $8,500.00
MATISSE, Henri. Poésies de Stéphane Mallarmé. [2], 153, [8] pp. Illustrated by Henri Matisse with 29 etchings printed in black. Small folio, 330 mm. x 250 mm., bound in original printed wrappers, and housed in the original calf-backed chemise and slipcase. Lausanne: Albert Skira & Cie., 1932.
A superb copy of.....
Item nr. 170087
Price: $50,000.00
CAHUN, Claude. Aveux Non Avenus. With a preface by Pierre Mac Orlan. 237 pp., illustrated with 10 heliographs executed by Moore after designs by Cahun. 8vo, 220 x 169 mm., bound in original publisher's wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Éditions Du Carrefour, 1930.
A much sought-after book, the.....
Item nr. 171303
Price: $8,500.00
LE CORBUSIER. Salubra, Colour Keyboards. Loose introductory text leaf in English. 62 single-page monochrome wallpaper samples, and 12 pages of "Clavier de Couleurs", each with 28 colour samples, and 2 cardboard screens in pocket. Oblong folio, 285 x 220 mm., bound in original publisher's boards, in a new cloth folding.....
Item nr. 171203
Price: $22,500.00
de FORNARO, Carlo. Millionaires of America. Unpaginated, [4] pp. text, illustrated with 12 full-page chromolithographic caricatures. Folio, 360 x 275 mm., loose in publisher's illustrated folded boards. New York: "Medusa" Pub. co., 1902.
A complete set of these scarce caricatures of prominent millionaires: J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, Russell Sage, Alfred Gwynne.....
Item nr. 170003
Price: $4,250.00
DUCHAMP, Marcel. Le Surréalisme en 1947. 142 pp., including 139 illustrated pages, with 44 plates. 4to, 240 x 205 mm., a copy of the catalogue bound in publisher's wrappers with a photographic reproduction of the chemise design, enclosed in the publisher's pink paper covered chemise mounted with the female foam.....
Item nr. 169707
Price: $100,000.00
LISSITZKY, El. Dlya Golosa. [For Reading Out Loud]. By Vladimir Mayakovsky. 61, [3] pp., illustrated throughout by Lizzitzky. 8vo, 187 x 132 mm., bound in original publisher's thick orange wrappers designed by Lissitzky, housed in a new cloth box. Berlin: Gosizdat, 1923.
One of the cornerstones of any collection of Russian.....
Item nr. 169675
Price: $17,500.00
PURYEAR, Martin. Cane. By Jean Toomer. 141, [3] pp., illustrated with 10 woodcuts by Martin Puryear, and an afterword by Leon LF. Litwack. Oblong folio, 291 x 352 mm., bound in original tan cloth. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2000.
An immaculate copy of this important book, first published in 1923.....
Item nr. 170994
Price: $4,750.00
SUGIHARA, Jiro (editor). Dai Toa kensetsu gaho: Ajia no mamori, Teikoku Kaigun. 60 pp., iIllustrated throughout with photomontages. Folio, 420 x 295 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers. Tokyo: Nihon Denpo Tsushinsha Shuppanbu, 1942.
This is the Japanese language edition of the great propaganda magazine Front, which appeared in some 15.....
Item nr. 165015
Price: $1,500.00
LANDELLE, Gabriel, de la. Pigeon Vole. Aventures en l'Air. 414 pp., profusely illustrated. 8vo, 185 x 116 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers in a new red cloth folding box with a blue label. Paris: P. Brunet, 1868.
A sound copy of a scarce little jewel of a book, which anticipates the.....
Item nr. 171297
Price: $3,850.00
DENIS, Maurice. Le Voyage d'Urien. By André Gide. 110 pp., illustrated with 29 lithographs in 2 colors by Maurice Denis. 4to, 200 x 192 mm., original wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Librairie de l'Art Indépendant, 1893.
A fine copy of one of the few Nabis illustrated books, preserved.....
Item nr. 170439
Price: $8,750.00
GOGOL, Nikolai. The Nose. Illustrated by William Kentridge. Oblong 4to., Publisher's cloth-backed boards and clamshell box. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2021.
This edition of The Nose is a new original translation by scholar and author Stanislav Shvabrin. William Kentridge provided 16 altered and collaged images for the book, composed on tear.....
Item nr. 169210
Price: $1,250.00
SHIMIZU, Yoshiyasu. Tokaido panorama chizu. [Panoramic Map of Tokaido]. Folding panorama, 230 x 7070 mm unfolded. 8vo., 230 x 90 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Tokyo: Kanao Bun'endo, 1921.
A charming panorama depicting Tokaido (the East Sea Road), the route connecting Kyoto to Tokyo. Travel, particularly along the Tokaido, was.....
Item nr. 165258
Price: $575.00
MITCHELL, Joan. Abstract Expressionism. 4 Volumes. 1. John Ashbery. The Poems. With 4 prints by Joan Mitchell. 2. Frank O'Hara. Odes. With 4 prints by Michael Goldberg. 3. Kenneth Koch. Permanently. With 4 prints by Alfred Leslie. 4. James Schuyler. Salute. With 4 prints by Grace Hartigan. Folio, 445 x......
Item nr. 168742
Price: $7,500.00
WITH SUPERB ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALVIN-CORREA
WELLS, H.G. La Guerre des Mondes. Translated from the English by Henry D. Davray. 235, [10] pp., illustrated with 32 full-page plates by Henri Alvin-Correa included in the pagination and numerous large headpieces, tailpieces, initials, and vignettes illustrating the text; title-page printed in red and gold.....
Item nr. 169199
Price: $8,500.00
LALAU, Maurice. Tabubu. By J.H. Rosny Ainé. Illustrated throughout with silver and gold highlighted decorations by Lalau. 12mo., original illustrated wrappers, cover adorned with a Lalau decoration highlighted in gold, preserved in a half-morocco folding box. Paris: Jules Meynial, n.d.(1932).
An immaculate copy of this art-deco masterpiece. A true jewel of.....
Item nr. 169311
Price: $9,750.00
COLOUR THEORY. Guide to Colour Standard. 20 pp. Illustrated with 13 colour diagrams, composed of cut out and pasted on pieces of paper with printed tissue overlays. Oblong Folio, bound in publisher's black cloth over boards stamped in silver in original cardboard slipcase. [Japan], Nihon shikisai kenyûjo, 1951.
A rare and.....
Item nr. 169063
Price: $2,500.00
ONCHI, Koshiro. Umi No Dowa. Unpaginated, 8 ff., illustrated with 6 polychrome woodcuts. Small 4to, 285 x 215 mm., bound in publisher's printed wrappers, in a new cloth box. Tokyo: Hanga-So, Showa 9 [1934].
A superb example of Onchi's skill as a bookmaker, which earn a place among the twentieth century's.....
Item nr. 169967
Price: $8,500.00
GROSZ, George. Ecce Homo. With 100 plates of which 16 are in colour. Folio, 347 x 250 mm., bound in the original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Berlin: Malik Verlag, 1923.
An unusually fine copy of this classic work, rarely found thus.
A brilliant collection of Grosz's savage caricatures.....
Item nr. 169283
Price: $6,500.00
WOMEN. Soviet Women. [50] ff., illustrated with photographs throughout. 4to, 250 x 190 mm., bound in publisher's embossed yellow cloth, in publisher's cardboard slipcase. Moscow: State Art Publishers, 1939.
A photographic homage to the role of women in Soviet Russia. Unlike so many of the Soviet propaganda books, where the reality.....
Item nr. 170930
Price: $3,500.00
MAN RAY. Facile. With poetry by Paul Eluard. Illustrated with photographs by Man Ray. [10] ff., photographically illustrated throughout. 8vo, 245 x 182 mm., bound in original printed wrappers in a new slipcase, with morocco backed chemise. Paris: Edition G.L.M., 1935.
A pristine copy one of Man Ray and Eluard's most.....
Item nr. 170451
Price: $8,500.00
TELINGATER, Solomon. Slovo Predostaviliaetsia Kirsanovu. By Semen Kirsanov. Small 8vo., bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Moscow: Goslitizdat, 1930.
A fine copy of this rare and spectacular example of avant-garde book design from the complex cover, which combines collage and typography, to the intricate typographical layout.....
Item nr. 170363
Price: $4,950.00
SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME. International Exhibition of Modern Art. Arranged for the Société Anonyme for the Brooklyn Museum. Assembled by the Société Anonyme. November December 1926. Text by Katherine S. Dreier. Composed by Katherine S. Dreier and Constantin Aladjalov. [10], 117, [7] pp., illustrated with photographs and typographical elements. 8vo, 255 x......
Item nr. 170154
Price: $9,750.00
BOOM, Irma. Presént. By Niklas Maak. 8vo., bound in publisher's printed wrappers, preserved in the original neon green shrink wrap all in a new grey cloth folding box with a yellow label. Paris: Renault, 2016
Irma Boom succeeded in following up her magnificent 1996 Think Book with another tour de force.....
Item nr. 169998
Price: $3,500.00
MUNARI, Bruno. Scultura da Viaggio. 390 x 100 mm. when folded, preserved in the original envelope. Milano: Giorgio Lucini, 1971. WITH:
MUNARI, Bruno. Scultura da Viaggio. Small yellow printed portfolio containing a black square base and a foldable black sculpture, 150 x 150 mm. when folded. [Lugo]: Exit Edizioni, 1991.
These magical.....
Item nr. 169981
Price: $3,500.00