Highlights:
Renoir: La
vie et l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. One of only
375 copies, with an original Renoir etching.
[details] |
Marc Chagall:
Journal de Anne Frank, with beautiful Chagall lithograph
of Anne Frank.
[details] |
Calder's Aesop, one of only
50 copies with a signed original drawing by Calder.
[details] |
Maurice Sendak:
Large original drawing of Max from Where the Wild Things
Are.
[details] |
Leonard Baskin:
Fifteen Woodcuts. One of only 100 copies, signed by
Baskin.
[details] |
Henri
Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment, a beautiful
copy.
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The magnificent Golden Cockerel
Press Chaucer, illustrated by Eric Gill.
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Portraits,
by Henri Matisse, with original lithograph and 93 Matisse
illustrations.
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Livres
d'artistes, illustrated, fine press (listed alphabetically):
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With
three signed Alechinsky etchings
(ALECHINSKY,
PIERRE). FRENAUD, ANDRE.
La Vie Comme Elle Tourne et par
Example
Alechinsky
is "a man of strange blameless passions. Decorated invoices, worthless
stock certificates, obsolete air-force navigational charts and ancient
hand-written archival materials spark his imagination. . . . He has a
taste for nature’s upheavals." -John Russell
First edition,
one of only 90 copies signed by Alechinsky and Frenaud.
With three original etchings signed and
numbered by Alechinsky printed on old French notary acts, one each in
red, blue, and green. $3400.
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One of
only 150 copies
BACON, FRANCIS.
Francis Bacon, Special Number 162
Bacon
was "internationally the most acclaimed British painter of the twentieth
century" (DNB).
LIMITED First edition,
one of only 150 copies on Rives. A magnificent
production with five color lithographs and five color offset lithographs
after Bacon. $4000.
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A
magnificent set in original wrappers,
complete with 186 stunning pochoir plates
BARBIER,
GEORGE.
Journal des Dames et des Modes
The
Journal des Dames et des Modes was an expression "of the most refined
Parisian elegance, and illustrated by the most gifted designers and
illustrators of the time." -Christina Nuzzi
FIRST EDITION OF ALL 79
ISSUES, WITH 186 HAND-COLORED PLATES by some of the most famous artists
of the era. Number 884 (each issue from the same set) of only 1250 sets
on Holland paper (out of a total edition of 1279). IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
IN FINE CONDITION. $28,000.
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Barbier's
first illustrated book
BARBIER,
GEORGE.
Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky
Barbier
began his career as a costume and set designer for the Ballets Russes,
where he became inspired by the poetic movements of the celebrated
Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky
is Barbier's first illustrated book and one of the first lavishly
produced editions de luxe that became so popular in France and London
during the 1910's and 1920's.
LIMITED
EDITION, number 107 of only 400 copies, with 12 magnificent pochoir
plates by Georges Barbier. In scarce original wrappers. $7500.
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With 20
full-page pochoir plates by George Barbier
(BARBIER,
GEORGE, illus]. LACLOS, CHODERLOS DE.
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
ONE OF 650
COPIES ON RIVES (out of a total edition of 720), with 20 FULL-PAGE
POCHOIR PLATES by BARBIER. With additional illustrated titles and
head-pieces. Barbier’s Art-Deco representation of Laclos’s classic tale
of sexual politics is one of the masterpieces of 20th-century book
illustration.
An exceptionally fine set in original wrappers. Most rare in this
condition. $7500.
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One of only 100 copies, signed by Baskin and with sixteen woodcuts
BASKIN,
LEONARD.
Fifteen Woodcuts
"People
like me, who care about printing, constitute the tiniest lunatic fringe
in the nation." -Leonard Baskin
LIMITED EDITION, one of only 100 copies (out of a total edition of
600 copies) with an extra woodcut printed from the block at the Gehenna
Press, for a total of sixteen large folio woodcuts plates by Baskin.
$1600.
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Beautiful Art Deco binding with two hand-painted dancers
[BINDING, ART
DECO]. DIVOIRE, FERNAND.
Pour La Danse
LIMITED EDITION,
number 442 of only 1350 copies, of this history of modern dance,
profusely illustrated with numerous photographic reproductions. Bound in
extraordinary custom French Art Deco binding with hand-painted dancers,
the painting on the front cover signed by the artist "G. Bruneau". With
original wrappers laid in. $600.
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With
original designs by William Blake
(BLAKE,
WILLIAM, illus.). BLAIR, ROBERT. The
Grave
"These
illustrations must always remain among [Blake's] greatest. They are much
less illustrations of Blair than expressions of his own moods and
visions. We see the body and soul rushing into each other's arms at the
last day, the soul hovering over the body and exploring the recesses of
the grave, and the good and bad appearing before the judgement seat of
God, not as these things appeared to the orthodox eyes of Blair, but as
they appeared to the mystical eyes of William Blake." -Tom Paulin
First edition with william blake’s illustrations.
One of 589 subscriber’s copies. $2700.
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With an
original watercolor signed and inscribed by Braque
BRAQUE, GEORGES. Cahier
de Braque 1917-1947 [Notebooks]
“In
art there is only one thing that matters: what cannot be explained.” –
Braque, Cahier
LIMITED FIRST EDITION, WITH AN ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY BRAQUE.
The original watercolor on the front blank is of an artist’s palette and
brushes; signed and inscribed next to the watercolor: “Pour Madame Hant
/ 1952 / G Braque”. One of only 845 copies of this edition. $3900.
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With
original lithographs by Picasso and Miró, and etching by Braque
BRAQUE, GEORGES. Hommage
a Georges Braque.
Derriere le Miroir Numbers 144-146.
LIMITED
FIRST
EDITION, WITH ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY PICASSO (DOUBLE PAGE), MIRÓ, AND
GOUACHE FRONTISPIECE ETCHING BY BRAQUE ("Trois Oiseaux sur Fond Violet"). One of only 350 copies
on
Vélin De Rives. Also with lithographs by Pallut., Tal-Coat, and Ubac,
and numerous portrait photographs of Braque by Man Ray, Brassai,
Routhier, and Lachaud.
$2800.
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Signed by
Georges Braque, with two original lithographs
(BRAQUE, GEORGES). PALHAN, JEAN. Braque
le Patron
LIMITED
EDITION, number 50 of 60 copies on velin du marais (out of a total
edition of 90), signed by Braque and Paulhan. Complete with 60
illustrations including two original color lithographs (one for the
cover, one on the first page of text) and one color plate. A beautiful
production. $2000.
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With 238
hand-colored plates
BREE, CHARLES. A
History of the Birds of Europe
FIRST
EDITIONS of Charles Bree's exquisitely illustrated History of the
Birds of Europe. Complete with 238 hand-colored tinted lithographed
plates (180 of birds, 58 of eggs). Five volumes in handsome contemporary
three-quarter morocco gilt. $2900.
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Beautifully illustrated by Brunelleschi
(BRUNELLESCHI, UMBERTO). MIOMANDRE, FRANCIS DE.
Le Radjah de Mazulipatam
LIMITED
EDITION, one of only 468 numbered copies on Holland van Gelder
(out of a total edition of 500 copies), with 14 full-page color pochoir
plates and 54 color pochoir vignettes by Brunelleschi. One of the most
highly regarded books illustrated by Brunelleschi. A fine copy. $1900.
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One of
only 50 copies with an original drawing by Alexander Calder
(CALDER, ALEXANDER; illus.).
Fables of Aesop, according to Sir Roger L'Estrange
"In the
summer of 1931, [Calder] produced some of his finest graphic work and a
masterpiece of American book illustration, the Fables of Aesop for
Harrison of Paris" (James Johnson Sweeney, Alexander Calder).
FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 50
COPIES with an ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING by CALDER.
A fine copy. Scarce. $18,000.
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With an
original self-portrait drawing by Calder
(CALDER,
ALEXANDER, illus.) LA FONTAINE, JEAN.
Selected Fables
FIRST TRADE EDITION,
with a
FULL-PAGE INK SELF-PORTRAIT BY CALDER on front flyleaf; initialed by
Calder at the top of portrait. Illustrated throughout with drawings by
Calder; translation by Eunice Clark.
New York: George Braziller, 1957. Quarto, original blue cloth, original
dust jacket. A fine copy. $3600.
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Signed by
Calder, with five original lithographs
CALDER,
ALEXANDER.
Derriere Le Miroir. Calder. Special
Number 201
"I paint
with shapes..." -Alexander Calder
LIMITED
DELUXE FIRST EDITION,
NUMBER 80 OF ONLY 150 copies SIGNED BY CALDER. With
five original color lithographs by Calder. Text by Maurice Besset;
printed on velin de la Dore. A
fine copy of this magnificent production. $4500.
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Signed
and inscribed by Calder
CALDER,
ALEXANDER.
Calder
Color
exhibition book for the 1965 Calder show held at Paris's Musee National
d'Art Moderne and New York's Guggenheim Museum, artistically signed and
inscribed by Calder (imitating the swirl on the cover) on the front
endpaper: "To IPPY / Sandy / 1 July 65". Calder went by the name of
"Sandy" and often signed as such. Complete with 4 serigraphs (3 in
color). $1600.
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Signed
and inscribed by Marc Chagall
CHAGALL,
MARC. The
Lithographs of Chagall. Volumes I-VI (complete)
First editionS
of all six
volumes (English-language issues) of Chagall’s catalogue raisonèe,
Signed
and inscribed by chagall in volume I.
Complete
with 28 original lithographs, including original lithograph dust jackets
for volumes I-IV.
An interesting association copy: inscribed by Chagall to
the highly accomplished Polish-American artist Manfred Schwartz.
A superb set in fine
condition. $14,500.
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With
magnificent Chagall lithograph of Anne Frank
(CHAGALL,
MARC). FRANK, ANNE.
Journal de Anne Frank
LIMITED EDITION, one of only 495
copies, with a frontispiece lithograph by Marc Chagall. Printed on vélin
d'arches. A perfect union of artist and subject.
Translated into French by Tylia
Caren and Suzanne Lombard. Paris: Tournon, 1959. Thick quarto, original
printed wrappers; unopened; board chemise and slipcase. Lithograph loose
as issued. Slight toning to chemise, otherwise fine. Rare. $2400.
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With 11 lithographs by Chagall,
Picasso, Miro, Calder, and others
CHAGALL; PICASSO; MIRO; CALDER; MATISSE; et al.
Lithographies
de l'Atelier Mourlot
"Fernand
Mourlot, one of the most renowned printers of lithographs today,
presents for us here an exhibition of works from his great
press—original lithographs, and posters by young painters of the School
of Paris, works by Frenchman, English and Americans.” –Jean Adhemar
FIRST
EDITION, one of only 1000 copies printed (out of a total edition of
1150), with 11 lithographs (8 in color) by Chagall (cover), Picasso (2
lithos), Miro, Giacometti, Minaux, Jenkins, Matisse, Masson, Calder and
Buffet. Printed to accompany the show “L’Atelier Mourlot” at La Galerie
Redfern, London, from December 1965- January 1966. $1900.
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With two original Chagall color
lithographs
CHAGALL,
MARC.
Jerusalem Windows
"All
the time I was working, I felt my father and my mother were looking over
my shoulder, and behind them were Jews, millions of other vanished Jews
of yesterday and a thousand years ago."
–Marc Chagall
FIRST
EDITION IN ENGLISH, beautifully illustrated with 104 plates (64 in full
color), and two original color lithographs done expressly for this
edition. $2000.
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Signed
by Salvador Dali
DALI,
SALVADOR.
Les Diners de Gala [The Dali Cookbook]
"Do not forget that, a woodcock ‘flambée’ in strong alcohol, served
in its own excrements, as is the custom in the best of Parisian
restaurants, will always remain for me in that serious art that is
gastronomy, the most delicate symbol of true civilization.”
FIRST
EDITION IN ENGLISH of the famous Dali Cookbook, SIGNED BY DALI on front free endpaper.
$4400.
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Illustrated and signed by Salvador Dali
(DALÍ,
SALVADOR). RONSARD, PIERRE de.
Les
Amours de Cassandre
LIMITED
EDITION, SIGNED AND DATED BY DALÍ; one of only 165 copies on arches
blanc (out of a total edition of 299). Complete with10 full-plate and 8
vignette drypoint etchings by Dalí. Folio, contents loose as issued in
pictorial wrappers; gilt-stamped black cloth clamshell box. A fine copy.
Rare. $12,000.
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With two original signed color etchings by Max Ernst
(ERNST,
MAX). PREVERT, JACQUES.
Les Chiens ont Soif
LIMITED
EDITION, WITH TWO SIGNED COLOR ETCHINGS BY MAX ERNST, and 25 additional
color lithographs; one of only 250 copies (out of a total edition of
320). An evocative collaboration between the surrealist poet Prevert and
the surrealist artist Ernst. The Livre d'Artiste in the Twentieth
Century 46. Paris: Au Pont Des Arts, 1964. Large folio, loose as
issued in original lithographed paper wrappers; original buckram
clamshell box. $4600.
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With 45 large Giacometti plates
(GIACOMETTI, ALBERTO).
Quarantacinque disegni di
Alberto Giacometti
FIRST EDITION,
ONE OF 1,145 COPIES (out of a total edition of 1245), finely illustrated
with 45 large folio reproductions of the artist's drawings (two in
color). Folio. Text (in French and Italian) bound (as issued), plates
inside original wove paper folder, original tan cloth-covered portfolio
box with brown printed artist's signature on the front and text on the
spine and original grey cardboard box with white label with printed
artist's signature. $2200.
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The
magnificent Golden Cockerel Chaucer, illustrated by Eric Gill
(GOLDEN
COCKEREL PRESS). CHAUCER,
GEOFFREY.
The Canterbury Tales
“Gill became the greatest artist–craftsman of the twentieth century: a
letter-cutter and type designer of genius, whose Gill Sans and Perpetua
typefaces have continued in world-wide use for many decades… No other
wood-engraver of the period comes near to Gill's originality and verve”
(DNB).
ONE OF
485 COPIES (out of a total edition of 500) on hand-made paper of the
magnificent Golden Cockerel edition of The Canterbury Tales,
illustrated with wood engravings by Eric Gill; one of the most
beautiful books produced in the 20th century. $9000.
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Signed
and inscribed by Hirschfeld and with 24 original lithographs
HIRSCHFELD, AL.
Harlem, as seen by
Hirschfeld
FIRST
EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY HIRSCHFELD, with 24 beautiful mounted
lithographs. Many of the Hirschfeld's images in Harlem have become
iconic representations of the African-American experience in the 1930's
and are often considered to be the artist's best work. One of only 1000
copies printed. An unusually well-preserved inscribed copy of a work
that is extremely difficult to find in collectible condition.$7000.
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With
large original color lithograph signed by David Hockney
HOCKNEY, DAVID; SPENDER, STEPHEN.
China Diary
“Let’s begin by saying it’s just a little personal trip we made
together. I think the book should be in that sense a bit bitty – like
life – patched up in some way, as if made by three schoolboys on a tour
of a continent for the first time.” –David Hockney on China Diary
FIRST
EDITION, WITH AN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH SIGNED BY DAVID HOCKNEY. One of
only 1000 copies signed by Spender and Hockney. With the original
folding five-color lithograph ("Red Square and the Forbidden City")
signed in pencil by Hockney loose in printed card sleeve. $3600.
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Signed
and inscribed by David Hockney
HOCKNEY,
DAVID.
Cameraworks
“It takes time to see these pictures—you can look at them for a long
time, they invite that sort of looking. But, more importantly, I
realized that this sort of picture came closer to how we actually see,
which is to say, not all-at-once but rather in discrete, separate
glimpses which we then build up into our continuous experience of the
world.” –David Hockney on his collage technique
FIRST
AMERICAN EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by David Hockney on half-title in
red, blue, and green: "to Marcia + Ken / David Hockney". $850.
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One of
the most celebrated art books of the century:
signed by Jasper Johns and Samuel Beckett
JOHNS, JASPER;
BECKETT, SAMUEL.
Foirades /
Fizzles
SIGNED
LIMITED FIRST EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES SIGNED BY JASPER JOHNS AND
SAMUEL BECKETT (from a total edition of 300).
Magnificently illustrated with original prints by Johns including: 26
lift ground aquatints and 5 etchings with mixed media, 1 soft-ground
etching, and one aquatint; plus 2 color lithographs as endpapers.
Printed on handmade wove Auvergne Richard de Bas paper watermarked with
Beckett’s initials and Johns’s signature.
A FINE COPY. $30,000.
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One of
only 250 copies from the Kelmscott Press
[KELMSCOTT PRESS]. HERRICK, ROBERT.
Poems Chosen out of the
Works
The
Kelmscott Press "was far and away the most splendid of all private
presses... quite without a peer." -Colin Franklin, The Private Presses
FIRST KELMSCOTT PRESS EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 250 COPIES
ON PAPER. Beautifully printed in red and black in Golden type.
Exquisitely illustrated by William Morris with woodcut title page, first
page (borders), and decorated initials throughout.
$5800.
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One of
only 225 copies from the Kelmscott Press
[KELMSCOTT
PRESS]. SPENSER, EDMUND.
The Shepheardes Calender
"Gaskin's
drawings for each month of the Shepeardes Calender are perhaps the
happiest of all Kelmscott illustrations, bringing a strictness of form
and composition none of the others provided..." -Colin Franklin, The
Private Presses
BEAUTIFUL
KELMSCOTT PRESS edition, one of only 225 copies on paper (out of a total
edition of 231). Elegantly printed in Golden type in red and black and
with twelve wood-engraved plates by Arthur J. Gaskin.
Rare.
$6000.
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One of
only 100 signed copies
LICHTENSTEIN, ROY. Landscape
Sketches: 1984—1985
“Here
Roy Lichtenstein admits us to his private world…”
FIRST
EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES SIGNED BY LICHTENSTEIN, complete with 24
offset lithographs printed in color on Coronado Opaque SST Cover paper.
A FINE copy in original shipping box. $4200.
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Signed by
Robert Frost
[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. FROST, ROBERT.
The Complete Poems of Robert Frost
"Sometimes I have my
doubts of words altogether, and I ask myself what is the place of them.
They are worse than nothing unless they do something; unless they amount
to deeds, as in ultimatums or battle-cries. They must be flat and final
like the show-down in poker, from which there is no appeal. My
definition of poetry (if I were forced to give one) would be this: words
that become deeds." -Robert Frost
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION,
one of only 1500 copies, signed by Robert Frost, book designer Bruce
Rogers, and illustrator Thomas Nason. The classic Frost collection.
$2700.
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With original Matisse lithograph
MATISSE,
HENRI.
Portraits
"The
entire plan of this volume was drawn up by Henri Matisse, who
himself selected the works to be reproduced. The cover-design and
the original lithograph which forms the frontispiece were made by
the artist especially for this publication."
FIRST EDITION,
one of only 500 copies, of the
English-language issue of Matisse's Portraits. Lavishly
illustrated with original lithograph (as frontispiece), 60 black and
white portraits, and 33 mounted color plates. A beautiful, fine copy. $4300.
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With five illustrations by Matisse
MATISSE,
HENRI; REVERDY, PIERRE.
Les Jockeys Camoufles
FIRST EDITION,
one of only 300 numbered copies on verge d’Arches (out of a total
edition of 343), with five plates by Henri Matisse illustrating three
poems by Pierre Reverdy. Often considered Matisse's first illustrated
book, Les Jockeys Camoufles actually contains drawings made
previously by Matisse between 1903-1917. A beautifully printed book with
text in four colors. In original wrappers. Rare. $5000.
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Signed by
Miró, with three double-page color lithographs
MIRÓ,
JOAN.
Sobreteixims. Derriere Le Miroir: Special Number 203
SIGNED
LIMITED FIRST EDITION, one of only 150 copies SIGNED BY MIRÓ,
with three magnificent double-page color lithographs on velin d'Arches.
Issued to correspond with the famous "Sobreteixims" exhibition of 1973.
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A fine
complete set, with 36 Miró lithographs
MIRÓ,
JOAN.
Lithographe Vols I-VI
"The
best way to approach a work by Miró: Empty yourself of preconceptions,
look at it without any reservations, and bathe your eyes in it as in
water that can wash away the dust that accumulates around so many
masterpieces." -Michel Leiris, 1947.
FIRST
EDITIONS in six volumes of the complete catalog raisonné
(French-language issue), complete with 36 original Miró lithographs,
covering Miró's work from 1930-1981. Fine copies. $5700.
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One of
only 150 copies, signed by Miró
MIRÓ,
JOAN. Derriere
Le Miroir. Peintures sur Cartons. Special No. 151-152
"I try
to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape
music..."-Joan Miró
SIGNED limited FIRST edition, NUMBER 127 of 150 copies SIGNED BY MIRÓ.
The complete suite, comprising 22 lithographs printed in colors on Rives
paper, signed in pencil on the colophon; includes four double-page
lithographs. A magnificent production. $6500.
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With five
color lithographs by Miró
MIRÓ,
JOAN. Derriere
Le Miroir. No. 164/165
Original
issue of Derriere le Miroir, with five color lithographs
(including one tri-fold) by Miro. Because issues are often bound
together or mined for the lithographs, complete copies in original
wrappers have become increasingly rare. Outer corner of issue lightly
creased; extremely clean throughout. $975.
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Signed by Miró
(MIRÓ,
JOAN). DOPAGNE, JACQUES.
Miro
"I
get my ideas from the simplest things. I prefer a plate out of which a
peasant is eating is soup to the ridiculously ornate plates wealthy
people use... For me, an object is something alive. A cigarette, a
matchbox have a life that is much more intense than that of certain
humans. When I see a tree, I receive a shock, as if the tree were
something that breathed, that talked..."-Joan Miró
FIRST edition, SIGNED BY MIRÓ
on the page of the first color plate, next to his self-portrait.
Published by Leon Amiel and intended as an introduction to the artist's
work. With 88 color plates. $850.
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First
issue of Verve, with original lithographs
(MIRÓ, JOAN;
MATISSE, HENRI; et al).
VERVE: Revue artistique et litteraire
An
outstanding copy in original wrappers and with rare original box, of the
first printing (preceding the English-language edition) of the first
issue of Verve, with four original lithographs: L'Eau by Leger,
L'Air by Miro, le Feu by Rattner & la Terre by Bores. With photography
by Man Ray, Brassai, and others; text by Gide, Bataille, Garcia Lorca,
Malraux, Henri Michaux, Vollard, and Cradel. The cover by Matisse was
designed specially for this issue. $1450.
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With 45
large Modigliani matted plates
(MODIGLIANI, AMADEO).
Forty-Five Drawings by Modigliani
LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF
ONLY 250 COPIES printed for the Grove Press (with text in English), out
of a total edition of 1000. An extensive collection of reproductions of
Modigliani's work in various media. With 45 large matted plates. New
York: Grove Press, 1959. Large folio, plates loose as issued. Original
cloth drop back box. $2100.
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With
signed color lithograph by Henry Moore
(MOORE,
HENRY). HEDGECOE, JOHN.
Energie im Raum. Energy in
Space.
"The
whole of my development as a sculptor is an attempt to understand and
realise more completely what form and shape are about, and to react to
form in life, in the human figure, and in pat sculpture. This is
something that can't be learnt in a day, for sculpture is a never-ending
discovery."
DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, one of
only 250 copies with a signed and numbered color lithograph by Moore.
Complete with color photographic plates, one transparency, and the
laid-in original lithograph ("Reclining Figure with Red Stripes"). $1900.
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The
definitive Edvard Munch catalog
(MUNCH,
EDVARD). SCHIEFLER, GUSTAV.
Verzeichnis des graphischen
Werks Edvard Munchs bis 1906
"Schiefier's catalogue came out
in 1907, and instantly became the standard work on Munch's graphic art -
as it still is today.” –Gerd Woll, senior curator at the Munch Museum
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL
WRAPPERS, ONE OF 400 COPIES, of the authoritative catalog of Munch's
graphic work. With two superb etchings and numerous in-text woodcut
illustrations. SCARCE. $8700.
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Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
(PARRISH, Maxfield, illust.); SAUNDERS, Louise. The
Knave of Hearts
"Ladies
and gentlemen, you are about to hear the truth of an old legend that has
persisted wrongly through the ages; the truth, until now hid behind the
embroidered curtain of a rhyme, about the Knave of Hearts, who was no
knave but a very hero indeed..."
FIRST EDITION, a
vibrant,
well preserved copy of this classic collaboration by Parrish and
Saunders.
$4000.
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Special
double issue of Verve dedicated to Pablo Picasso
(PICASSO, PABLO).
Verve. Vol VIII, No. 29/30. Vallauris-Mil Neuf Cent Cinquante Quatre.
Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso. 28 Novembre 1953 au 3 Fevrier 1954
"Last
winter, from mid-December to the end of January 1954 Picasso was working
indefatigably on this series of drawings, which rank among the finest,
boldest, most poignantly human of all he has produced in the course of
his long and brilliant career..." -Teriade
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE
(French-language), of the special double issue of Verve
dedicated to the drawings of Pablo Picasso, focusing on the works
composed during his stay at Vallauris in 1954. With 180 plates including
16 color lithographs after Picasso printed by Mourlot. $3200.
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Signed by Pablo Picasso
(PICASSO,
PABLO). JANIS, HARRIET AND SIDNEY.
Picasso: The Recent Years 1939-1946
"The
figure of Picasso has for almost half a century stood for more than
artist; it has stood for the whole challenge which the concept modern
throws, not merely to our complacency, but to the supposedly basic way
of living and thinking to which we have adhered for centuries. With the
advent of war, Picasso, with this almost universal quality of his
nature, became all at once a symbol of the effect of war on the
spiritual integrity, even life, of the individual human being."
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, one of only 350 copies signed by Picasso. With
135 black and white illustrated plates of Picasso's work. Rare.
$2400.
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One of
only 25 copies
POLLOCK, JACKSON.
The Last
Sketchbook
FIRST
EDITION, number XV of only XXV roman-numbered copies, out of a
total edition of 525. Facsimile of Pollock’s sketchbook. The original
was displayed in a 1967 retrospective of Pollock’s work at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. $600.
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Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, in elegant leather binding
(RACKHAM, ARTHUR). EVANS, C.S.
The
Sleeping Beauty
"For
a long time the Prince stood and gazed upon her, for never in all his
life had he seen a maiden so lovely. Then suddenly he bent down and
kissed her lips. That was the end of the enchantment. The Princess's
eyelids quivered; languidly she moved her head and stretched out her
arms. Her eyes opened and she smiled. 'Is it you, my Prince?" she said.
"How long you have kept me waiting!'"
FIRST
TRADE EDITION, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with mounted color
frontispiece, three double-page color silhouettes, two full-page color
silhouettes, six double-page and eight single page black and white
silhouettes, and forty-one in-text illustrations. $850.
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One of
only 100 copies signed by Rackham
(RACKHAM, ARTHUR). MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER.
Where the
Blue Begins
SIGNED
LIMITED FIRST EDITION, one of only 100 copies signed by both Christopher
Morley and Arthur Rackham. Finely illustrated with 20 Rackham
illustrations (four in color). One of the rarest of Rackham's signed
limited editions. $2200.
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Poe's
Tales, signed and illustrated by Arthur Rackham
(RACKHAM, ARTHUR). POE, EDGAR ALLAN.
Tales of
Mystery and Imagination
SIGNED
LIMITED FIRST EDITION, number 322 of 460 copies signed by illustrator
Arthur Rackham. With twelve mounted color plates, seventeen black and
white plates, numerous in-text drawings, and wonderfully frightening
decorated endpapers. Included among the 25 Poe tales are such classics
as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado,
The Pit and the Pendulum, The Fall of the House of Usher,
The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and The Purloined Letter. $3400.
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Signed
and illustrated by Arthur Rackham
(RACKHAM, ARTHUR). SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES.
The
Springtide of Life
"One
reason why Swinburne never brought out such a collection was his failure
to find an artist who could interpret to his satisfaction the simplicity
and freshness of his verses. We are fortunate in having secured, in Mr.
Arthur Rackham, one whose delicate and romantic fancy is in sensitive
harmony with Swinburne's..." -Edmund Gosse
SIGNED
LIMITED FIRST EDITION, number 354 of 765 copies signed by illustrator
Arthur Rackham. $1400.
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One of
only 110 copies, with three Redon etchings
REDON,
ODILON.
Lettres
D'Odilon Redon
"My drawings inspire, and are not to be defined. They place us, as does
music, in the ambiguous realm of the undetermined."
FIRST
EDITION, one of only 110 numbered deluxe copies on Vélin d'Arches à la
cuve, with three original etchings by Redon. Preface by Marius-Ary
Leblond. In outstanding condition in original wrappers. $3500.
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One of
only 375 copies, with an original Renoir etching
[RENOIR, PIERRE-AUGUSTE]. VOLLARD,
AMBROISE.
La vie et l'oeuvre de Pierre-Auguste Renoir
FIRST
EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, with original glassine, one of 375 copies
on velin d’arches (from a total edition of 1000). Magnificently
illustrated with ONE ORIGINAL ETCHING by Renoir and 51 FULL-PAGE
ENGRAVED PLATES after Renoir and numerous illustrations of Renoir’s work
throughout the text.
RARE. $14,000.
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1685
First edition in English of Vasari's Lives of the Artists
(VASARI,
GIORGIO). AGLIONBY, WILLIAM.
Painting
Illustrated in Three Dialogues... with the Lives of the Most Eminent
Painters
"The
example of so many able men and all the various details of all kinds
collected by my labours in this book will be no little help to
practising artists as well as pleasing all those who follow and delight
in the arts." -Vasari
FIRST
EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, IN ENGLISH of Vasari's classic Lives of
the Artists, the conceptual basis for Renaissance scholarship and
the foremost source for popular perceptions of the history of Western
painting. $4500.
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One of
only 100 copies with original signed lithograph
[VERTÈS,
MARCEL]. ROGER-MARX, CLAUDE.
Variations: Drawings, water colors, etchings and lithographs by Vertès
"And
if Vertes's drawings... are certain not to become antiquated or, more
exactly, to do so gracefully, it is because, behind this modern 'new
look' and these superficial changes, the philosopher and the poet have
never ceased to stress, in man, in woman- united or apart, aroused or
tender- in every living thing, and in every sight, what is most
universal, most fixed and immutable."
LIMITED
EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE, ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES with an original
lithograph signed by Vertès laid in (out of a total edition of 1000).
$1600.
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One of
only 350 copies signed by Weber; first book by the Spiral Press
WEBER,
MAX.
Primitives:
Poems and Woodcuts
“Primitives is Weber’s
second book of poetry... Many years earlier he had first become
interested in primitive art, to which the title and the style of the
woodcuts both testify. This little-known book is one of the very few
American ‘livres de peintres’ published as early as the 1920s.” -The
Artist and the Book
FIRST
EDITION, one of only 350 numbered copies, SIGNED BY WEBER;
the first
book by the famous Spiral Press.
With eleven woodcuts by Weber; in the original modernist binding after a
design by Weber. $2300.
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The
classic Andrew Wyeth collection
WYETH,
ANDREW. Christina's
World; Wyeth at Kuerners
Andrew Wyeth is “the only
narrative artist of genius during the second half of the twentieth
century.” -Paul Johnson, Art: A New History
First LIMITED edition,
each volume
SIGNED BY ANDREW WYETH. One of only 200 copies. Illustrated throughout
with hundreds of reproductions of Andrew Wyeth's sketches and paintings. $2400.
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Photobooks, alphabetical by
artist:
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Scarce
deluxe edition, with silver print signed by Adams
ADAMS,
ANSEL. Images 1923-1974
"The
love that Americans poured out for the work and person of Ansel Adams
during his old age, and that they have continued to express with
undiminished enthusiasm since his death, is an extraordinary phenomenon,
perhaps even one unparalleled in our country's response to a visual
artist" -John Szarkowski, Classic Images
FIRST
EDITION, DELUXE ISSUE, one of 1000 copies signed by Ansel Adams and with
additional silver print signed by Adams. A FINE COPY. $11,000.
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Signed by
Ansel Adams
ADAMS,
ANSEL. Images 1923-1974
"The
love that Americans poured out for the work and person of Ansel Adams
during his old age, and that they have continued to express with
undiminished enthusiasm since his death, is an extraordinary phenomenon,
perhaps even one unparalleled in our country's response to a visual
artist" -John Szarkowski, Classic Images
FIRST
TRADE EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Ansel Adams. $1100.
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Perhaps
the greatest pictorial representation of the American West,
signed by Ansel Adams
ADAMS,
ANSEL; AUSTIN, MARY. Taos
Pueblo: Photographed by Ansel Easton Adams and Described by Mary Austin
"The
real mystery of creation resides in things, in the mystery of invisible
energies which all our science struggles to resolve, spiritual energies
which by their coalition constitute the Thing Itself.”
–Mary Austin on
Taos Pueblo
Limited edition, one of only 950 copies signed and numbered by Ansel
Adams; a facsimile of the extremely rare 1930 edition of 108 copies
printed for Adams. Beautifully illustrated with 12 gravure
reproductions of Adams’s photographs. $2750.
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Stunning
photographs of cowboys and the American West
ALLARD, WILLIAM ALBERT; MCGUANE, THOMAS. Vanishing
Breed. Photographs of the Cowboy and the West
“This book is
about a love affair with a place and its people. The place is
immense—both grand and gritty—and in some ways as delicate as a flower.
We call it the American West.” –W.A. Allard
SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION,
DELUXE ISSUE, one of only 30 copies reserved for the exclusive use of
the authors and publisher (out of an entire edition of 780). Signed by
both the photographer Allard and the writer McGuane. Profusely
illustrated with full page reproductions of Allard's photographs of the
American West. $1200.
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Signed by
Araki
ARAKI,
NOBUYOSHI.
Japan Journey
"No photographer in the
West has this kind of public visibility. The people of Tokyo love
Araki--he's one of their own, a homeboy, and he loves them back: his
work has been one long poem to his city of birth and of choice." -Nan
Goldin
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY
ARAKI. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of Araki's photographs.
A fine copy. $950.
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One of
the most influential books of American photography
ARBUS, DIANE.
Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph
“I do feel I have some slight corner
on something about the quality of things. I mean it’s very subtle and a
little embarrassing to me, but I really believe there are things which
nobody would see unless I photographed them."
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE
(with "Two girls in identical raincoats" image) in fine dust
jacket of this classic
collection of the photographs of Diane Arbus. $2300.
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Atget's
vision of Paris
ATGET,
EUGENE.
The Work of Atget (Vols I-IV)
"He was an urbanist historian, a
Balzac of the camera, from whose work we can weave a large tapestry of
French civilization." -Berenice Abbott
FIRST EDITIONS of all four
volumes of the definitive collection of Atget's work. Each volume
profusely illustrated with reproductions of Atget's evocative
photographs of France. Text by John Szarkowski and Maria Morris Hambourg.
Volume I SIGNED and inscribed by Szarkowski. $1300.
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A
milestone in contemporary American photography
BALTZ,
LEWIS. The
New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California
“Baltz's pictures are object-images, physical presences
themselves, not representations of things. Although they are signs of
real-world objects, they are also independent, archetypal forms... they
have an inevitability, an inscrutability, a permanence, even a
stateliness. His images demand more than contemplation and delectation:
they demand reckoning.”
-
Adam D.
Weinberg
First edition.
New
Industrial Parks is one of the most influential works of landscape
photography of the 20th century, and the key monograph of the
New Topographics movement. $2800.
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Thousands
of Mathew Brady photographs
(BRADY,
MATHEW). MILLER,
FRANCIS TREVELYAN.
The Photographic History of the Civil War
"The grandfather of pictorial
histories, this mammoth work is a necessary part of any Civil War
library. The work contains 3,389 images that constitute an important
source on the war's appearance—its battlefields, common soldiers,
officers, forts, diseases, camp scenes, army movements, and materiel" (Eicher, The Civil War in Books 771).
FIRST EDITIONS of all ten
volumes of Miller’s famous photo-documentary of the Civil War.
$2200.
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Rare signed first edition of Burke's best book
BURKE, BILL.
I Want to Take Picture
"The
triumph of this book is that it does manage to reflect the mad
experience of traveling in Southeast Asia, while still reflecting on
what it all means" (Roth 101).
FIRST EDITION of one of the seminal photobooks of the 1980's.
SIGNED BY BURKE INSIDE ORIGINAL DRAWING OF HIS HAND. One of only 1000
copies printed of the first edition. $1900.
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One of
the most influential of all photography books
CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI.
The Decisive Moment
“To me, photography is the
simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance
of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give
that event its proper expression."
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
of Cartier-Bresson's most famous and important book. Illustrated with
126 full or double-page heliogravures of Cartier-Bresson's photographs.
With
dust jacket and boards specially designed by Henri Matisse for this
work. $5000.
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Signed by Larry Clark
CLARK,
LARRY.
Tulsa
"The initial shock of Tulsa was
that it was photographed from inside the story, and this changed
everything” –Andrew Roth, The Book of 101 Photobooks.
FIRST HARDCOVER EDITION,
SIGNED BY LARRY CLARK, fully illustrated with reproductions of Clark's
raw photographs. $1200.
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Signed by
Alfred Eisenstaedt
(EISENSTAEDT, ALFRED; illus). HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. The
Old Man and the Sea
“For a
time, it was (Hemingway’s) plan to publish the tale as part of a
collection, but he accepted an unusual offer to have it appear in a
single installment of Life magazine.. The Old Man and the Sea was an
immediate success throughout the world. It was specifically cited when
the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Hemingway in 1954.”
—Charles Scribner, from the Introduction
LIMITED EDITION, one of 600
copies SIGNED and illustrated by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. $1600.
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With over
150 photographs of New York Subway Riders
EVANS, WALKER; AGEE, JAMES. Many
Are Called
"Each is an
individual existence, as matchless as a thumbprint or a snowflake."
-from Agee's Introduction
FIRST EDITION of one of Evans’s most celebrated works,
with introduction by James Agee and more than 150 reproductions of
Evans's photographs of New York City subway riders; the preferred
cloth/dust jacket issue (issued simultaneously in wrappers). $900.
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Signed by
Fink and with original silver print
FINK, LARRY.
Social Graces
"Some
people mistake my work for satire. I don't object because satire is a
powerful force, so if the work is seen that way it serves one function.
But I don't agree. The pictures are taken in the spirit of finding
myself in the other, or finding the other in myself."
FIRST EDITION, illustrated
with 69 black and white images of Fink's photographs. One of 250 signed
and numbered copies issued with an original photograph, "Tavern on the
Green", signed and dated on the back. A fine copy. Rare. $2600.
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New
Vision Photography
GRÄFF, WERNER.
Es kommt der neue Fotograf [Here Comes the New Photographer!]
Published
(along with Roh and Tschichold’s
Foto-Auge) around the famous Stuttgart
“Film und Foto” exhibition of 1929, generally considered the greatest
photography exhibition ever held: “not since the great international
exhibitions of the 1850s and 1860s had there been such a broad display
of the photographic arts, intended not just to show photography but to
examine its place in society."
-The Photobook
FIRST EDITION
IN RARE DUST JACKET of one of the cornerstones of New Vision
Photography, illustrated with 148 black and white photographs.
$8000.
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Landmark
work of photo-journalism
GRIFFITHS,
PHILIP JONES.
Vietnam, Inc.
Vietnam
is a "goldfish bowl where the values of American and Vietnamese can be
observed, studied, and because of their contrasting nature, more easily
appraised." -Griffiths
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND
INSCRIBED by Griffiths. Vietnam Inc. played a crucial role in
turning public opinion against the war and is one of the classic works
of photo-journalism. Illustrated with reproductions of Griffiths 's
vivid photographs. $1000.
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Signed by Andre Kertesz
KERTESZ, ANDRE.
J'Aime Paris. Photographs
since the Twenties.
"I
write with light and the light of Paris helped me express what I felt
and what I feel: J'aime Paris." -Kertesz
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY KERTESZ. One of Kertesz's major
monographs, a retrospective collection illustrated with over 200 gravure
plates from his years in Paris. $1300.
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Kimura's Paris
KIMURA, IHEI.
Pari (Paris)
“Paris
is notable for two things. Firstly, it has a distinctive colour palette,
composed of cool blues, greys, browns and purples. Secondly, there is
Kimura’s view of the city itself, which teeters between conventional
travel photography and something much more original…"—Parr/Badger, The
Photobook: A History
FIRST EDITION of one the major works by one of the
most celebrated Japanese photographers. $2000.
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Transformative
photo-documentary of American poverty
LANGE,
DOROTHEA. An
American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion
Lange’s
photographs” acknowledge the complexity of the subject, avoid the
sentimental, and are informed by the cultural conditions of the time and
place in which they were made. She developed the documentary form of
photography into a medium of vital visual information and great
aesthetic significance.” –American National Biography
First edition.
“Of all the documentary photobooks stemming from the New Deal, and the
FSA in particular, An American Exodus by Dorothea Lange and her
sociologist husband Paul Schuster Taylor is the most considered" (The
Photobook). $1600.
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Ugo Mulas and the New York Art Scene
MULAS, UGO.
New York: The New Art Scene
The
New Art Scene "captures the art world at one of its most volatile and
vivid peaks [and] is peppered with terrifically dashing portraits" (Roth
101).
FIRST EDITION of Ugo Mulas's classic photographic
study of the vibrant New York art scene in the 1960's. Illustrated with
over 500 photographs of major artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper
Johns, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and many
others. $2400.
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Signed
and inscribed by Man Ray
MAN RAY.
Photographs 1920-1934
FIRST
EDITION OF MAN RAY’S FIRST MONOGRAPH, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY MAN RAY:
“For Hana Mackler / man Ray Paris 1962”. With a portrait by Picasso and
illustrated throughout with gravure reproductions of Man Ray’s
photographs, rayograms, and potraits. With additional striking portraits
of James Joyce, Salvador Dali, Matisse, Le Corvusier, DuChamp, Picasso,
Braque, Derain, and many other of the leading artists of the century.
Texts by Andre Breton, Paul Eluard, Rrose Selavy, and Tristan Tzara. $17,000.
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"a
landmark achievement in European modernism"
NEZVAL,
Vitezslav; TEIGE, KAREL, design.
ABECEDA
"In
Nezval’s Abeceda, a cycle of rhymes based on the shapes of letters, I
tried to create a 'typofoto' of a purely abstract and poetic nature,
setting into graphic poetry what Nezval set into verbal poetry in his
verse, both being poems evoking the magic signs of the alphabet." -Karel
Teige
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL
WRAPPERS, one of 2000 copies printed, of one of the most important and
influential books of European modernism. Illustrated with 25 black and
white photomontages. Rare. $6000.
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Signed by
Irving Penn
PENN, IRVING.
A Notebook at Random
"Leafing
through these images of his daily obsessions and seductions... is like
seeing ideas wind their way through his mind. It is a tantalizing
shuffle, not in the least because of the portrait it reveals of the
master photographer himself, now 87, still stealing glimpses of the
universe and tenderly tripping up time." -Jay
Fielden, Vogue
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY IRVING PENN. An
unconventional retrospective, illustrated throughout with reproductions
of Penn's photographs and drawings. $650.
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"such
exquisite, such transcendentally beautiful images of athletes" -Roth 101
RIEFENSTAHL, LENI.
Schönheit im Olympischen Kampf [Beauty in the Olympic Games]
"What
makes these pictures unique is that cameramen have never been allowed to
work so close to the athletes at any other Olympics. It was a hard
battle to obtain authorization for this from the IOC. Despite permission
being granted, there were vehement disputes with the judges on a daily
basis. One had to go to war to get the shots." -Riefenstahl
FIRST EDITION, in exceptionally fine dust jacket, of
Riefenstahl's classic monument to the athletes of the 1936 Olympics.
Profusely illustrated with 273 black-and-white photographs. With signed
photograph of Riefenstahl laid-in.
$3200.
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Signed
and inscribed by Herb Ritts
RITTS,
HERB.
Men/Women
"I like the natural elements
that abstract into light, texture, shape and shadow. With everything
depending on the subject in front of you, it's essential to have all
these givens to create the image and the moment."
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED AND
SIGNED BY HERB RITTS in gold marker on front free endpaper of "Men"
volume. With 92 Duotone plates printed on European matte art paper. One
of 5000 copies.
$650.
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Rare
Ruscha classic
RUSCHA,
EDWARD.
Every Building on the Sunset Strip
"Not
only the most physically ambitious of Ruscha's books, but also the most
flamboyant... Although the book draws attention to itself by virtue of
its form, it retains the deadpan photographic style that distinguishes
all Ruscha's photobooks." -Parr/Badger
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE,
(with extra folding flap at end) of Edward Ruscha's most famous book;
perhaps the greatest example of the new genre of art book that he
created. Bound accordion-style as one continuous folding strip extending
to 27-feet long. $7500.
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"It would
be difficult to overestimate the influence"
SANDER, AUGUST.
Antlitz der Zeit: 60 Fotos Deutscher Menschen [Face of Our Time]
"One
of the great documentary works of all times... it would be difficult to
overestimate the influence of this work on later photography,
documentary, and otherwise." -Roth, 101 Books
FIRST EDITION of Sander’s classic, one of the most
influential photobooks of the early twentieth-century. $5600.
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Evocative
images of the Jewish ghetto
[VER, MOÏ]. AVOROBEICHIC, MOSHÉ.
Ein Ghetto im Osten - Wilna [A Ghetto in the East]
“His
use of the book format as a progression of pictures to be leafed through
is unique with regard to the reportage style that was just carving a
niche for itself at the time." -Open Book
"Moï Ver remains a singular figure
in photobook history..." -The Photobook
FIRST EDITION, illustrated with 65
images of the Jewish ghetto in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. With
preface by poet Zalman Chneour in Hebrew and German. $1900.
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Signed
twice by Andy Warhol
WARHOL, ANDY.
America
“Everybody
has their own America,… a fantasy that they think is out there [but it
is] pieced… together from scenes in movies and music and lines from
books. And you live in your dream America that you’ve custom-made from
art and schmaltz and emotions as much as you live in your real one.”
–Warhol
FIRST EDITON, the scarce preferred hard-cover issue, SIGNED TWICE BY
ANDY WARHOL: signed on the dust jacket and additionally inscribed:
“Brooke / Andy Warhol”.
$4500.
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One of
only 350 copies with an original photograph
WESTON, EDWARD.
Edward Weston, His Life and Photographs
"My
brothers Chan, Neil, Brett, and I believe this book does honor to our
father's work. It is the greatest collection of photographs by Edward
Weston ever published." –Cole Weston
SIGNED LIMITED DELUXE EDITION, ONE OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY COLE
WESTON WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH BY COLE WESTON FROM EDWARD
WESTON'S ORIGINAL NEGATIVE.
$4000.
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Signed
and inscribed by Winogrand
WINOGRAND, GARRY.
Women are Beautiful
"His
deceptively casual framing and subject matter influenced a whole
generation of American photographers, including Robert Adams, Lewis
Baltz, and William Eggleston.” –American National Biography
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY WINOGRAND on the half-title: “To
Lights best intern / Garry Winogrand”. The preferred hardcover issue of
the first edition. $3300.
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Adventure on the high seas
KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Captains Courageous
"I
wanted to see if I could catch and hold something of a rather beautiful
localised American atmosphere that was already beginning to fade..."
-Kipling, on Captains Courageous
FIRST EDITION of Kipling's popular
nautical tale, with vivid descriptions of the Massachusetts fishing
industry. The basis for the 1937 film starring Spencer Tracy, Lionel
Barrymore, and Mickey Rooney. $1000.
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In the rare dust jacket
LEWIS, C.S.
The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe
"This
is the land of Narnia," said the Faun, "where we are now; all that lies
between the lamp-post and the great castle of Cair Paravel on the
eastern sea..."
FIRST EDITION in ORIGINAL DUST JACKET of the first
book of Lewis's celebrated Narnia Chronicles. With colored
frontispiece and illustrations throughout. An outstanding copy,
particularly rare without any color restoration to the dust jacket.
$17,500.
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Very handsomely bound
LEWIS, C.S.
The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe
"And
you-- you have come from the wild woods of the west?" "I-- I got in
through the wardrobe in the spare room," said Lucy.
FIRST EDITION in fine morocco binding of the first
book of Lewis's celebrated Narnia Chronicles. With colored
frontispiece and illustrations throughout. A fine copy. $3500.
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In fine
morocco binding
MILNE, A.A.
Winnie-the-Pooh
"When
you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the
first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh.
"What do you say, Piglet?" "I say, I wonder what's going to happen
exciting today?" said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully."It's the same
thing," he said.
FIRST EDITION of Milne's classic, beautifully bound in
full morocco. Illustrated throughout by Ernest Shepard.
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Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
(PARRISH, Maxfield, illust.); SAUNDERS, Louise. The
Knave of Hearts
"Ladies
and gentlemen, you are about to hear the truth of an old legend that has
persisted wrongly through the ages; the truth, until now hid behind the
embroidered curtain of a rhyme, about the Knave of Hearts, who was no
knave but a very hero indeed..."
FIRST EDITION, a
vibrant,
well preserved copy of this classic collaboration by Parrish and
Saunders.
$4000.
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Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, in elegant leather binding
(RACKHAM, ARTHUR). EVANS, C.S.
The
Sleeping Beauty
"For
a long time the Prince stood and gazed upon her, for never in all his
life had he seen a maiden so lovely. Then suddenly he bent down and
kissed her lips. That was the end of the enchantment. The Princess's
eyelids quivered; languidly she moved her head and stretched out her
arms. Her eyes opened and she smiled. 'Is it you, my Prince?" she said.
"How long you have kept me waiting!'"
FIRST
TRADE EDITION, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with mounted color
frontispiece, three double-page color silhouettes, two full-page color
silhouettes, six double-page and eight single page black and white
silhouettes, and forty-one in-text illustrations. $850.
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One of
only 100 copies signed by Rackham
(RACKHAM, ARTHUR). MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER.
Where the
Blue Begins
SIGNED
LIMITED FIRST EDITION, one of only 100 copies signed by both Christopher
Morley and Arthur Rackham. Finely illustrated with 20 Rackham
illustrations (four in color). One of the rarest of Rackham's signed
limited editions. $2200.
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Signed
and illustrated by Arthur Rackham
(RACKHAM, ARTHUR). SWINBURNE, ALGERNON CHARLES.
The
Springtide of Life
"One
reason why Swinburne never brought out such a collection was his failure
to find an artist who could interpret to his satisfaction the simplicity
and freshness of his verses. We are fortunate in having secured, in Mr.
Arthur Rackham, one whose delicate and romantic fancy is in sensitive
harmony with Swinburne's..." -Edmund Gosse
SIGNED
LIMITED FIRST EDITION, number 354 of 765 copies signed by illustrator
Arthur Rackham, of Swinburne's collection of children's poems . $1400.
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Rawlings' masterpiece
RAWLINGS, MARJORIE KINNAN.
The Yearling
"As
American as the Mississippi..." -Atlantic Monthly
FIRST EDITION of Rawlings'
Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. With illustrations by Edward Shenton. A
beautiful, bright copy. $900.
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Children's classic
SALTEN, FELIX.
Bambi: A Life in the Woods
"Don't follow me
any further, Bambi," he began with a calm voice, "my time is
up. Now I have to look for a resting place." Bambi tried to speak. "Don't,"
said the old stag cutting him short, "don't. In the hour which I am
approaching we are all alone. Good-by, my son. I loved you
dearly."
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH IN RARE DUST JACKET.
Originally published in German in 1923, Bambi
was first translated into English by the young Whittaker Chambers and
became an immediate success in the English-speaking world. $2400.
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Signed by Maurice Sendak
SENDAK, MAURICE.
Where the Wild Things Are
"Let
the wild rumpus start!"
The 25th-anniversary edition of Sendak's classic,
signed by Sendak. A fine copy. $500.
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Sendak and Captain Kangaroo
SENDAK, MAURICE;
KEESHAN, ROBERT.
She Loves
Me... She Loves Me Not...
FIRST
EDITION, SIGNED AND DATED BY MAURICE SENDAK. A delightful collaboration
between Sendak and Robert Keeshan, better known for his role as Captain
Kangaroo. Rare signed. $1300.
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