DUCHAMP, Marcel. Eau et Gaz à Tous les Étages. Accompanied by a self-portrait of Duchamp signed "Marcel Dechiravit," with a hand-coloured engraving of "Grand Verre," an original pochoir frontispiece, and a pochoir of the readymade "Eau et Gaz à Tous les Étages" signed by Duchamp. Folio, 330 x 245 mm.....
Item nr. 164567
Price: $75,000.00
WITH EXTRA SUITE OF THE COLOURED WOODCUTS
DERAIN, André. Les Horribles et Espovantables Faictz et Prouesses du Très Renommé Pantagruel, Roy des Dipsodes, fils du Grand Géant Gargantua [The Horrible and Terrifying Deeds and Words of the Very Renowned Pantagruel King of the Dipsodes, Son of the Great Giant Gargantua]. Text.....
Item nr. 154370
Price: $35,000.00
CHARMAISON, Raymond. Les Jardins Précieux. Préface by Henri de Régnier. [vi], [8] pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page colour pochoir plates by Charmaison, plus coloured cover illustration and one black-and-white title illustration. Folio, 490 x 335 mm, bound in original publisher's printed paper folding chemise, preserved in yellow cloth folding box.....
Item nr. 123626
Price: $4,750.00
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
TOWLE, H. Ledyard. Styling with Color. 28 pp. Colourfully illustrated throughout. Oblong 4to., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers preserved in a new orange cloth box. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Paint Company, 1939.
A brilliant cover design for this paint trade catalogue, fully illustrated with colourful pages of interior and exterior paint jobs...
Item nr. 165320
Price: $475.00
MUNARI, [Bruno]. [Libro illeggibile]. Small stampled pamphlet, 105 x 90 mm, comprised of off-white paper covers, the front cover with a hand torn hole, followed by 6 sheets of various coloured tissue paper (purple, green and yellow) each with a hand torn hole, and a silver paper star pasted down.....
Item nr. 164815
Price: $2,750.00
MUNARI, Bruno. Nella notte buia. 18 pp. Using black paper and 16 pp printed on acetate and 16 pp. on grey paper, mostly with die-cut images, and 8 partial pages on acetate. 8vo., bound in publisher's illustrated black boards, in a new blue cloth folding box. Milan: Giuseppe Muggiani, 1956.
First.....
Item nr. 164447
Price: $1,250.00
KORNERUP, Andreas. AIMS: Advanced Ink Mixing System. 16 pp. of text. Illustrated with 132 plates and cut-out overlays, isolating colours in the spectra. 4to., 298 x 210 mm, bound in publisher's cream-coloured plastic-covered printed boards. Copenhagen: The Danish Paint and Ink Research Laboratory, 1968.
Only Edition of this colour atlas. Kornerup.....
Item nr. 159903
Price: $495.00
AUTOMOBILES. ACME Production Colors. WITH Rogers Automotive Color Mixing. 2 volumes. Thick 4to., 270 x 210 mm, bound in original embossed black and maroon expandable binders, respectively, with company logos. Detroit: Acme White Lead & Color Works, 1939-48.
First Edition of two scarce automotive colour sample books recording automobile colours in.....
Item nr. 159494
Price: $3,500.00
BRITISH COLOUR COUNCIL. The British Colour Council Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration. 3 volumes (2 of colour samples and a third volume of text). III: xxi, [1], 28, [6, memoranda] pp. Two sample volumes, 255 x 200 mm, bound in matching red cloth bolted binders, together in a matching.....
Item nr. 154464
Price: $1,250.00
BOSTON VARNISH COMPANY. Kyanize: the highest grade varnishes and enamels in the World. 40 pp. Illustrated with 75 paint and varnish samples, 8 varnished wood samples on one leaf, and colour illustrations throughout. Oblong 4to., 155 x 245 mm, bound in original embossed black and gold post binder. Boston, Chicago.....
Item nr. 151111
Price: $850.00
AUTOMOBILES - COLOUR. Ditzler Production Color Book. Ring binder with brochures containing 126 plates with 1430 colour chips. 4to., 270 x 210 mm, bound in publisher's black paper ring binder. Detroit: Ditzler Color Company, 1947-1958.
A comprehensive colour sample catalogue arranged by car model for paints produced by the Ditzler Color.....
Item nr. 150769
Price: $2,500.00
ARTS ET METIERS GRAPHIQUES. Publicite 1934. 82 pp. Illustrated in black-and-white and colour. 4to., spiral-bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers with orange plastic overlay cover. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1934.
An unusually fine copy of this fragile spiral-bound compilation of advertising art, abundantly illustrated by leading French designers, typographers, and artists.....
Item nr. 139021
Price: $975.00
MIRO, Joan. "Aidez l'Espagne." Pochoir print in Cahiers D'Art, Year 12, No. 4-5. Edited by Christian Zervos. Illustrated throughout. Folio, 320 x 250 mm, bound in original printed wrappers, preserved in a new red cloth folding box. Paris: Cahiers D'Art, 1937.
A fine copy of Miro's celebrated Civil War print, contained.....
Item nr. 168839
Price: $7,500.00
ZHITOMIRSKY, Alexander. Five political photomontage pamphlets designed by A. Zhitomirsky. 8vo. Original wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Moscow: Gos. izdat. politicheskoi literatury, 1962.
A complete set of these rare pamphlets with their drammatic covers designed by Alexander Zhitomirsky. Zhitomirsky who somehow managed to survive from 1907 to 1003 was.....
Item nr. 168818
Price: $4,750.00
DEPERO, Fortunato. I Dopolavoro Aziendali in Italia. 1410 pp. Illustrated with 96 colour plates and 1 folding map and photomontages throughout. Small folio, 296 x 274, bound in publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt. Novara: istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1938.
A fine copy of a virtually unknown work. Fortunato Depero (1892.....
Item nr. 168790
Price: $27,500.00
KOKOSCHKA, Oskar. Die Träumenden Knaben. 10 ff. Illustrated with 10 lithographs (8 in colour and 2 in black & white), by Oscar Kokoschka. 4to., 240 x 275 mm, bound in original publisher's tan cloth with lithographic label, in a protective cloth box. Vienna: Wiener Werkstätte, 1908.
Earliest Issue of this remarkable.....
Item nr. 168745
Price: $50,000.00
VERDINI, Raoul. Il Capo Squadra Balilla. 96 pp. Illustrated throughout. 8vo., bound in original illustrated wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Roma anno XII [1934]. Milan: Pizi & Pizio, 1934.
A small masterpiece of book illustration of great rarity. As is typical of books produced under Mussolini, the subject matter.....
Item nr. 168740
Price: $3,500.00
ROTH, Dieter. Kinderbuch. 28 pp. With colour illustrations throughout. 4to., 320 x 320 mm, in publisher's ring-bound illustrated boards, in a new cloth folding box. Reykjavik, Iceland: Forlag Ed, 1957
Dieter Roth's first book, Kinderbuch [Children's Book], which he designed himself, was initially produced as a unique work, made in 1954.....
Item nr. 167932
Price: $12,500.00
AN ARCHIVE
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.....
Item nr. 150212
Price: $49,500.00
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, bound in original tan cloth. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2000.
An immaculate copy of this important book, first published in 1923, which has long been.....
Item nr. 168785
Price: $3,850.00
HEARTFIELD, John. Revolution und Konterrevolution in China. Übersetzung aus dem englischen Manuskript von Paul Frölich. By Manabendra Nath Roy. 478 pp. 8vo., bound in publisher's cloth and dust-wrapper designed by John Heartfield. Berlin: Soziologische Verlagsanstalt, 1930.
One of Heartfield's most striking and gruesome designs. Minor wear.
Not in Siepmann...
Item nr. 140576
Price: $975.00
MIRÓ, Joan. Almario. By José-Miguel Ullán. Illustrated with 5 drypoints and an etching with aquatint printed in colours. Folio, loose as issued in the original wrappers and cloth slipcase. Paris: R.L.D. [Robert Lydie Dutrou], 1985.
An imaginative piece of book-making. Printed on beautiful Auvergne paper, this represents one of the rare.....
Item nr. 163071
Price: $9,750.00
ERNST, Max. Max Ernst. By Joe Bousquet and Michel Tapie. Illustrated with 2 original signed lithographs by Max Ernst. 4to., bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Rene Drouin, 1950.
This rare book is comprised of the two signed lithographs, a text by Bousquet entitled A.....
Item nr. 129995
Price: $4,500.00
PRESENTATION COPY
WITH ORIGINAL CHAGALL DRAWING
CHAGALL, Marc. Psaumes de David. [2], 66, [8] pp. Illustrated with 30-full page etchings with aquatint by Chagall. 4to., 280 x 215 mm, bound in publisher's full vellum, gilt lettered spine, and matching vellum slipcase. Geneva: Gerald Cramer, 1979.
One of the last statements Chagall issued in.....
Item nr. 122007
Price: $25,000.00