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Fabian, Felix / Rey, Eric [Intr.]
A Portfolio of Original Lithographed Drawings by Felix Fabian
RARE collection of 12 lithographic reproductions of drawings illustrating scenes from life in an Eastern European Jewish shtetl. Includes an introduction by the Director of Visual Arts at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles Dr. Eric Ray. Folio measure: 455x357mm. Prints measure: 440x350mm. 12 b&w unpaginated prints & text page (same measure as prints) laid in portfolio (folder format). Folder front side slightly stained and worn. Folder edges and corners worn. Reproductions bottom right corner slightly creased/wrinkled. Text page bottom corners creased/wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare lithographed edition of beautiful drawings on Jewish themes is otherwise in good condition.
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Pennant, Thomas
A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII (1772) [VOLUMES 1 & 2]
VOLUME ONE AND TWO ONLY of three volume set. RARE private printing for Benj. White of the classic travelogue by Thomas Pennant (1726-1798), a Welsh naturalist, traveler, writer and antiquarian. Volume 1 includes 44 engraved plates (incl. fold-out plates). Volume 2 includes 45 engraved plates (incl. fold-out plates). [BOTH VOLUMES]: 200x255mm. [VII+440] + [IV+487] pages. Red/maroon half-leather rebound Hardcovers. Parts of original spine pasted on as labels rebound spine. Original spine labels worn and peeling. Spine edges slightly bumped. Binding slightly loose and visible between front cover and whitepage. Ex-library copy with stamp on title page. Several pages water stained. Most printed plates have created "shadow" age-stains on either the previous or the following page. Text block edges browning. Pages yellowing, slightly wavy and age-stained. [VOL.1]: First whitepage coming loose from binding. [VOL.2]: Wormhole extending from front inner cover into page edges - NO damage to text or prints! [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare and beautifully illustrated classic travel account has sustained some unfortunate damage, but is still in good reading condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Kolnik, A. [Arthur] [Artist] / Peretz, I. L. [Isaac Leib] / Bickel, Shlomo [Intr.]
A. Kolnik - Métamorphoses d'une Mélodie [IN HEBREW] [LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY ARTIST - COPY #52]. Vingt Gravures sur bois, inspirées du conte hassidique de I. L. Peretz (en Hébreu)
RARE! COPY No.52 of 200 copies SIGNED BY ARTIST - ARTHUR KOLNIK, printed on Lana paper (altogether were printed 1126 numbered copies, only 226 of them signed by artist). This album is the HEBREW version of a hasidic story by the great Yiddish writer Isaac Leib Peretz illustrated by the renowned Jewish painter and printmaker Arthur Kolnik (1890-1972) who was born in Stanislaviv (today Ivano-Frankovsk), Ukraine and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow in the studio of Professor Joseph Mehoffer. After an exhibition in the United States of America in 1921 settled in Chernivtsi and moved to Paris in 1931 where he worked as illustrator. Tel Aviv Art Museum organized a major exhibition of his works in 1968. 320x240mm. 25 pages. 20 woodcuts. Unbound double sheets with softcover. Each woodcut protected by a layer of transparent foil. Red lettering on front cover. Cover yellowing and slightly dirty. Front cover detached from rear cover. Cover edges tattered. Whitepages yellowing/age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Woodcuts in mint condition. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare copy of illustrated Jewish prose has sustained some external damage to cover, but is otherwise in very good condition.
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Album of Pictures for a Journey with Children in the Holy Land: Containing Forty-eight views of the Holy Places and their surroundings. Steel-engravings made after paintings by English and French artists and printed in Paris
23X20.5 cm. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Cover is slightly worn at corners. Spine is slightly bumped at lower corner. Else in good condition. Reprint from 1849 Russian edition A. T. Prikov with English and Hebrew titles added.
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Katz, Alex \ Maravell, Nicholas P.; Ratcliff, Carter [Text]
Alex Katz: The Complete Prints.
270X300 mm. 252 pages. Hardcover. Cover edges slightly stained. Ex Library copy with the usual markings. Else in good condition.
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Kubin, Alfred
Alfred Kubin - Fünfzehn [15] Federzeichnungen [RARE LIMITED EDITION of 300 COPIES - COPY #81]
LIMITED EDITION of 300 COPIES - COPY No.81. RARE collection of 15 facsimiles of pan-and-ink drawings from various stages of his career by Alfred Leopold Isidor Kubin (1877-1959), an Austrian printmaker, illustrator and writer, an important representative of symbolism and expressionism in art. 430x320mm. Unpaginated. Handmade pale blue quarter-leather Hardcover laid in pale blue board slipcase. Gilt lettering on spine. Slipcase and spine stained. Slipcase edges and spine edges worn. Spine browned. Pages rough-cut as published. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of amazing drawings by an extraordinary 20th-century Austrian artist is in very good condition.
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Rose, Barbara / Sloman, Steven (photogr.)
American Painting: The Eighties A Critical Interpretation
8' blue/white Soft cover. in good condition. black/white photos of the artists and coloured pictures of their work.
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Raskin, Saul
Aron-Hakodesh: Jewish Life and Lore [SIGNED TWICE BY ARTIST & WITH SIGNED DEDICATION]
SIGNED TWICE BY ARTIST in English and Hebrew, and WITH SIGNED DEDICATION in Yiddish dated February 6, 1955 (altogether this copy contains three signatures by Raskin!). Saul Raskin (1878-1966) was an eminent Russian born American artist, writer, lecturer and teacher, best known for his depiction of Jewish subjects, and illustrations of Jewish classic Jewish religious books: Ethics of the Fathers, Passover Haggadah and the five scrolls. This album contains an extensive selection of Raskin's etchings and drawings on Jewish themes with English and Yiddish texts. 350x275mm. 140 pages. Dark-blue marbled cloth Hardcover with lettering on front cover and spine. Cover somewhat curved. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Peeling-mark on rear cover upper edge. Artist's signatures and dedication on front whitepage. Binding slightly visible on inner cover and between pages 77-78. Endpapers slightly age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This beautifully illustrated album, signed three times and dedicated by the artist, is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Sopotsinsky, Oleg [Ed.]
Art in the Soviet Union: Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts.
303x260mm. 497 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust-jacket. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Artistas Gravadores do Brasil - Brazilian Engravers - Grafische Kuenstler Brasiliens [Künstler] [TRILINGUAL PORTUGUESE-ENGLISH-GERMAN EDITION].
TRILINGUAL PORTUGUESE-ENGLISH-GERMAN EDITION. 27.5x31.5cm. 218 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Cover edges bumped and slightly faded. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Arikha, Avigdor [Artist]/ Omer, Mordechai
Avigdor Arikha: Prints 1950-1985
280x220 mm. 143 pages. Softcover. Covers slightly yellowing and slightly stained. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Rear cover upper edge slightly torn. Spine rubbed and worn. Spine edges worn. Else in good condition.
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Ofek, Avraham / Katz,Uri [Ed.]
Avraham Ofek: Prints [SIGNED BY ARTIST]
SIGNED BY ARTIST. 210X270 mm. 128 pages. Softcover. Cover is slightly worn at edges. Else in good condition. Signed by the artist.
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Ofek, Avraham \ Katz, Uri [Ed.]
Avraham Ofek: Prints.
Contains b&w plates. 270x215 mm. 128 pages. Softcover. Cover corners and edges slightly rubbed and wrinkled. Spine edges slightly worn. Else in good condition.
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Caracciolo, Beatrice [Artist] / de Luca, Erri; Tazi, Nadia; Heidsieck, Nathalie, de Rothschild [Texts]
Beatrice Caracciolo - Attraversare il Fuoco : 06.09.13, galerie Almine Rech, Paris
RARE album printed on the occasion of an exhibition of works by Beatrice Caracciolo, an Italian artist whose work has been shown in numerous exhibitions in the United States and Europe, including a retrospective devoted to her work at the Villa Medici in 2010 in Rome. She lives and works in Paris. This book contains 22 reproductions of Caracciolo's works from her second solo exhibition held in 06.09-05.10.13 (photographic prints in intaglio on waxed paper) and numerous other plates reproducing her work. The photoengravings (Fuoco), woodcuts (Lines of Fire) and collages (Blades of Fire) are preceded by quotes from Gaston Bachelard, René Char, Guy Debord, James George Frazer, Mahatma Gandhi, Heraclitus, Petrarch, Henri Michaux and William Butler Yeats.245x175mm. 187 pages. White cloth Hardcover. Black lettering on front cover. Cover dirty. Cover corner and edges slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare catalog of works by a fascinating modern artist with accompanying texts by renowned writers is in very good condition.
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Pagoulatos, Gerasimos P.
Behold the Bridegroom: The Liturgy of the Bridal Chamber in Third Century Texts and in the Dura-Europos Christian House Chapel [SIGNED BY AUTHOR] [FACSIMILE EDITION]. This is an authorized facsimile, made from the microfilm master copy of the original dissertation or master thesis published by UMI.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. FACSIMILE EDITION. 22x17 cm. XI+260 pages. Hardcover. In good condition.
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Holbein D.J., Hans
Bilder zum Alten Testament II Jüdische Bücherei. Herausgeber Dr. Karl Schwarz. Band 10.
Includes BW prints. 145X185 mm. Unnumbered pages. Soft cover. Spine faded. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Frankenfield, Henry
Block Printing with Linoleum A Practical Manual for Students and Teachers in Engraving and Printing with Linoleum Cuts
8' 48pp. slightly torn and stained paperback, slightly stained, slightly wrinkled edges, black & white engravings, else in fair+ condition.
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Akavia, A. A. / Fried, Nathan [Tables and introductions] / Zakai, David [Ed.]
Calendar for 6000 Years: Comparative Calendar of All Chronological Tables from the Creation until the End of the Sixth Millennium [IN HEBREW].
IN HEBREW. 285x230 mm. 60+679 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket slightly worn. Cover yellowing and slightly stained. Spine yellowing. Spine edges slightly bumped. Front white page slightly worn. Rear inner cover and few pages slightly stained with no damage to text. Two back pages slightly torn with no damage to text. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Castel, Moshe / de Celeyran, Michel Tapié; Sachar, Howard Morley; et al. / Chevalier, Haakon [Tr.]
Castel [Moshe] [WITH ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH] [SIGNED BY ARTIST]. Texts and quotations by Julien Alvard, John Canaday, Sonia Delaunay, Haim Gamzu, Gérald Gassiot-Talabot, Emily Genauer, Guy Habasque, Jacques Lassaigne, Jean-Jacques Lévêque, Claude Rivière, Abram Léon Sachar, William C. Seitz, Alfred Werner. [SERIES]: Plastic Arts of the Twentieth Century.
SIGNED BY MOSHE CASTEL WITH DEDICATION. RARE monograph on the works of Moshe Castel (1909-1991), an influential Israeli artist and member of the "New Horizons" movement. The book includes numerous color and b&w photographs of his sculptures and reliefs, as well as a fold-out original color lithograph. The book carries his signature and personal dedication to art critic Meir Ronen. The book includes numerous color and b&w photographs of his sculptures and reliefs, as well as a fold-out original color lithograph. 300x240mm. Unpaginated. Grey cloth Hardcover with photographic dust jacket. Jacket slightly bumped near edges. This signed book by a renowned Israeli artist is otherwise in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Castel, Moshe / de Celeyran, Michel Tapié; Sachar, Howard Morley; et al. / Chevalier, Haakon [Tr.]
Castel [Moshe] [WITH ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH] [SIGNED BY ARTIST]. Texts and quotations by Julien Alvard, John Canaday, Sonia Delaunay, Haim Gamzu, Gérald Gassiot-Talabot, Emily Genauer, Guy Habasque, Jacques Lassaigne, Jean-Jacques Lévêque, Claude Rivière, Abram Léon Sachar, William C. Seitz, Alfred Werner. [SERIES]: Plastic Arts of the Twentieth Century.
SIGNED BY MOSHE CASTEL WITH DEDICATION to Shelomo Hillel - an Iraqi-born Israeli diplomat and politician who served as Speaker of the Knesset, Minister of Police and Minister of Internal Affairs. RARE monograph on the works of Moshe Castel (1909-1991), an influential Israeli artist and member of the "New Horizons" movement. The book includes numerous color and b&w photographs of his sculptures and reliefs, as well as a fold-out original color lithograph. 300x240mm. Unpaginated. Grey cloth Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. Jacket edges slightly worn. Inner cover and whitepages slightly age-stained. This signed book by a renowned Israeli artist is otherwise in very good condition.
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Castel, Moshe / de Celeyran, Michel Tapie; Sachar, Howard Morley; et al. / Chevalier, Haakon [Trans.]
Castel [Moshe] [WITH ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH] [SIGNED BY ARTIST]. [SERIES]: Plastic Arts of the Twentieth Century / Texts and quotations by Julien Alvard, John Canaday, Sonia Delaunay, Haim Gamzu, Gerald Gassiot-Talabot, Emily Genauer, Guy Habasque, Jacques Lassaigne, Jean-Jacques Leveque, Claude Riviere, Abram Leon Sachar, William C. Seitz, Alfred Werner
SIGNED BY MOSHE CASTEL WITH DEDICATION. RARE monograph on the works of Moshe Castel (1909-1991), an influential Israeli artist and member of the "New Horizons" movement. The book includes numerous color and b&w photographs of his sculptures and reliefs, as well as a fold-out original color lithograph. The book carries his signature and personal dedication dated 1973. The book includes numerous color and b&w photographs of his sculptures and reliefs, as well as a fold-out original color lithograph. 300x240mm. Unpaginated. Grey cloth Hardcover with photographic dust jacket. Jacket edges, corners and hinges worn and peeling. Cover and spine edges faded. This signed book by a renowned Israeli artist is otherwise in very good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Levi, Paolo [Ed.]
Catalogo Nazionale Bolaffi della Grafica N. 5: Incisioni, Litografie e Serigrafie di 505 Artisti Italiani, Realizzate nel 1973-1974
Contains numerous color and b&w plates. 29x25cm. XVIII+198 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Spine slightly curved. Page 41 edge torn - no damage to text. Sticker on inner cover. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.Fare una domanda alla libreria PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Kennedy, R. F. [Reginald Frank]
Catalogue of Prints in the Africana Museum and in books in the Strange Collection of Africana in the Johannesburg Public Library up to 1870 [TWO VOLUME SET]
TWO VOLUME SET. VOL.1: A-K / VOL.II: L-Z and index. [BOTH VOLUMES]: 350x250 mm. Unpaginated. Hardcover. Gilt lettering on cover and spine. Cover corners and spine edges slightly bumped. [VOL.II]: Cover slightly curved. Rear cover slightly rubbed. Rear cover edges slightly bumped. Else both volumes in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Tschichold, Jan [Intr.] / Mason, Eudo C. [Tr.]
Chinese Color Prints from the Painting Manual of the 'Mustard Seed Garden' [Jieziyuan Huazhuan; Huapu]. With Sixteen [16] Facsimile Reproductions [Facsimiles] in the size of the originals. With an Introduction by Jan Tschichold.
RARE album of facsimile reproductions from the renowned 'Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden' (Jieziyuan Huazhuan, sometimes known as Jieziyuan Huapu) - a printed manual of Chinese painting compiled during the early-Qing Dynasty, an important early example of color printing. 325x280mm. 17 text pages & 16 full-page plates. Oblong illustrated board Hardcover laid in slipcase. Slipcase stained and worn. Slipcase hinges/spine partly missing. Slipcase edges and corners worn and peeling. Cover age-stained and yellowing. Front cover edges slightly peeled. Inner cover and whitepages age-stained. Previous owner's stamp on slipcase, front whitepage, pages 7 and 9. Pages slightly yellowing and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This rare facsimile reproduction of early Chinese color-prints, of immense interest to historians and lovers of far-eastern art, is otherwise in good condition.
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Tschichold, Jan [Intro.] / Mason, Eudo C. [Tr.]
Chinese Color Prints from the Painting Manual of the Mustard Seed Garden. Sixteen Facsimiles in the Size of the Originals.
Contains color plates. 28x32.5 cm. 17 pages. Hardcover laid in slipcase. Slipcase rubbed. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Alonso, Carlos / Diego, Lopez / Motol, H. / Baumann, Jon / Queralp [SOME NAMES MISSPELLED]
Club del Grabado, Mendoza [NO TITLE PAGE] [6 SIGNED WOODCUTS AND LITHOGRAPHS BY MENDOZA ARTISTS]
RARE SIX ORIGINAL SIGNED prints of Mendoza artists of the "Mendoza Engravings Club", which attempted to combine folk art with socialist realism. Most prominent of those artists was Carlos Alonso, whose print "La Lampa" is included in this volume. Photographs of the prints may be provided on demand; inquire with us for additional details. 345x490mm. 6 plates. Beige cloth Hardcover. No binding (folder format). Cover slightly worn and lightly stained. Cover leafs partly torn on edges. Pages slightly yellowing. Queralp's print edges wavy (no damage to print). Baumann's print left edge partly creased (no damage to print). [SUMMARY]: This rare collection of signed engravings is in good condition.
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Kempf, Franz [Ed.] / Wood, Lilian [Ed.]
Contemporary Australian Printmakers / Directory of Australian Printmakers [SIGNED BY EDITOR]
SIGNED BY EDITOR. Contains color and b&w plates. 315x265 mm. 100+32 pages. Hardcover with dust-jacket. Jacket yellowing. Cover slightly curved. Cover corners rubbed. Spine slightly worn. Text block edges slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Richter, Hans [Ed.&Intr.]
Dada 1916-1966
220x210 mm. VI+130 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly stained and scratched. Cover edges and corners slightly worn. Spine wrinkled. Spine edges slightly worn. Last page slightly torn - NO damage to text. Pen inscription on last page. Some pages slightly age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Kulka, Dan [Artist] / Spielman, Peter ; Scheps, Marc [Curators] / Levi, Gad [Tr.]
Dan Kulka, 1938-1979: Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Photographs
24x19.5 cm. 221 pages. Softcover. Cover edges slightly rubbed and wrinkled. Signed and dedicated by the Kulka family. Else in good condition.
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Kulka, Dan / Spielman, Peter; Scheps, Marc [curators] / Levi, Gad [Trans.]
Dan Kulka: 1938-1979 - Sculptures, Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Photographs
Contains color and b&w plates. 245x200 mm. 221 pages. Soft cover. Cover yellowing and rubbed. Cover corners slightly wrinkled. Spine yellowing and slightly wrinkled. Spine edges slightly bumped and slightly worn. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Luther, Martin [Tr.]
Das Buch Ruth. In der Übertragung Martin Luthers nach der Deutschen Bibel, Wittenberg 1545. Mit einem Holzschnitt. [SERIES]: Insel Bücherei Nr. 152.
18.5x12.5mm. 21 pages. Hardcover. Cover curved, yellowing and slightly stained. Spine yellowing and worn. Inner cover and few pages slightly age stained. Few pages upper edge tattered - NO damage to text. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Hockney, David
David Hockney - Moving Focus: Graphics, Drawings, Photocollages [Photo Collages].
Contains 21 plates. 280x215 mm. Unpaginated. Softcover. Cover slightly yellowing. Cover corners and edges slightly worn. Spine yellowing. Spine edges slightly bumped. Few page edges slightly wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Kurth, Julius
Der chinesische Farbendruck. [SERIES]: Ostasiatische Graphik - Band I.
Contains color and b&w plates. 29x13.5 pages. VII+87 pages. Gilt board Hardcover with cloth spine. Cover age stained and slightly rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges worn. Few pages age stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition.
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Hoffmann, E. T. A.
Der goldne Topf. Ein Märchen aus der neuen Zeit. Mit 13 Lithographien von Karl Thylmann
This rare 1917 edition of Hoffmann's "The Golden Pot" is illustrated with 13 lithographs by Karl Thylmann. 260x190mm. 160 pages. Hardcover. Gilt cover and spine. Cover and spine yellowing. Cover rebound, with title, author's name and an illustration from the original coverm pasted on front cover. Cover and spine edges worn. Small worm hole on spine rear hinge. Pages yellowing and slightly age-stained. Pages 147-158 detached from binding. Else in good condition.
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Cröker, Johann Melchior [Croeker] / Hrsg. von einem Curiosorum Experimentorum Amatore
Der wohl anführende Mahler, welcher curiose Liebhaber lehret, wie Man sich zur Mahleren zubereiten / Neu entdeckte Lacquir-Kunst, oder gründliche Anweisung, wie man nicht nur unterschiedliche bißher geheim gehaltene kostbare Lacquen [TWO BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER]. Mit Oel-Farben umgehen, Gründe, Fürnisse und andere darzu nöthige Sachen verfertigen, die Gemählde geschickt auszieren, vergolden, versilbern, accurat lacquiren, und saubere Kupfferstiche ausarbeiten solle. Neue viel vermehrte und verbesserte Auflage / Insbesonderheit den so genannten Eisen- und raren weissen Lacque ohne grosse Mühe und Unkosten verfertigen.. nebst einem Anhange unterschiedlicher curieuser und nützlicher Kunst-Stücke.
TWO RARE BOOKS BOUND TOGETHER: 18th-century comprehensive study book for painters and printmakers, with many b&w illustrations and frontispiece, and a guidebook for correct lacquer usage. Title printed in red and black. 175x110mm. [XVI+544] + [144] pages. Contemporary leather Hardcover. Text block edges dyed red. Cover worn, stained and creased. Cover and spine edges bumped. Cover upper corners and spine upper edge peeling. Small worm-mark on front inner cover. Worm-marks on rear inner cover. Endpapers coming loose from cover. Ink inscriptions on rear whitepage. Small ink inscription on title page bottom corner. Pages yellowing and wavy. [FIRST TITLE]: Binding partly loose between frontispiece and title page. Page 81/82 bottom edge slightly tattered. [SECOND TITLE]: Several small wormholes on some pages with minimal damage to few letters of the text. [SUMMARY]: These two extremely rare 18th-century guidebooks for painters and printmakers have sustained some damage over the years, but are still in good reading condition.
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Martins, Aldemir / Farhat, Emil [Ed.]
Dez Desenhos de Aldemir Martins [10] [COPY #629 of 1000]
LIMITED EDITION of 1000 COPIES - COPY No.629. RARE collection of 10 graphic works on separate sheets by the eminent Brazilian artist Aldemir Martins (1922-2006), noted especially for his paintings, drawings, and illustrations which depicted the flora and fauna of his native state. 480x340mm. Unpaginated. 10 plates laid in Hardcover cardboard portfolio with lace and leather spine. Portfolio yellowing and dirty/slightly stained. Portfolio bottom flap partly torn. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of graphic works by an important Brazilian artist is in good condition.
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de Balzac, Honoré / Corinth, Lovis [Korinth] [Lithographs] / Mauthner, Margarethe [Tr.]
Die Frau Konnetable - Lithographien von Lovis Corinth [SIGNED BY L. CORINTH] [LIMITED EDITION: COPY #138 of 380].
SIGNED BY ARTIST. LIMITED EDITION of 380 COPIES: this is COPY No.138. RARE illustrated edition of Honoré de Balzac's short story "Die Frau Konnetable" (The High Constable's Wife). The text is accompanied by 13 moody lithographs (stone prints) by the German impressionist artist Lovis Corinth (Korinth) (1858-1925). The last page features this exemplar number and the artist's signature. 350x265mm. 21 pages. Tan quarter-leather Hardcover. Corinth's print on front cover. Cover somewhat stained. Cover bottom corners and edges slightly bumped. Water-stain on rear cover bottom edge. Binding visible between pages 12-13. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This bibliophile edition of Balzac's masterpiece, illustrated by an eminent German artist and writer whose mature work as a painter and printmaker realized a synthesis of impressionism and expressionism, is in good condition.
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Rahlwes, F. [Ferdinand] [Ed.] / Lilien, E. M. [Illustrator] / Reuss, Édouard Guillaume Eugène [Tr.]
Die Lehrdichtung : Die Sprüche, Hiob, Der Prediger, Ruth, Jona, Esther, Daniel - nach der Übersetzung von Reuss. [SERIES]: Die Bücher der Bibel. Herausgegeben von F. Rahlwes. Zeichnungen von E. M. Lilien.
RARE German translation of several books from Ketuvim (Writings; Hagiographa) section of Tanakh (Old Testament; Hebrew Bible): Book of Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ruth, Jonah, Esther and Daniel, with many beautiful illustrations by Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874-1925), an art nouveau illustrator and print-maker renowned for his art on Jewish and Zionist themes. 1.4kg. 255x215mm. 303 pages. Gilt embossed cloth Hardcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover corners bumped and peeling. Spine stained and glued. Spine edges peeling. Spine hinges cracked. Binding slightly visible between endpaper and whitepage. Pen inscription on illustrated whitepage. Most pages bottom corner wavy/slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare book, illustrated by the preeminent Jewish graphic artist E.M.Lilien, is otherwise in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Rahlwes, F. [Ferdinand] [Ed.] / Lilien, E. M. [Illustrator] / Reuss, Édouard Guillaume Eugène [Tr.]
Die Lehrdichtung: Die Sprüche, Hiob, Der Prediger, Ruth, Jona, Esther, Daniel - nach der Übersetzung von Reuss. [SERIES]: Die Bücher der Bibel. Herausgegeben von F. Rahlwes. Zeichnungen von E. M. Lilien.
RARE German translation of several books from Ketuvim (Writings; Hagiographa) section of Tanakh (Old Testament; Hebrew Bible): Book of Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, Ruth, Jonah, Esther and Daniel, with many beautiful illustrations by Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874-1925), an art nouveau illustrator and print-maker renowned for his art on Jewish and Zionist themes. 260x215mm. 303 pages. Quarter-leather brown board Hardcover. Gilt lettering and emblem on spine. Endpapers illustrated. Text block edges age-stained. Cover rubbed and dirty. Cover corners and edges bumped. Cover fore edge partly peeling. Spine heavily rubbed. Spine front hinge partly cracked. Spine upper edge partly missing and peeling/tattered. Ex-library copy with two stamps on series title-page (NOT title-page itself). Few pages fore edge slightly stained. Pages slightly wavy, slightly yellowing and somewhat age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This rare book, beautifully and profusely illustrated by the preeminent modern Jewish graphic artist E.M.Lilien, is otherwise in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Rahlwes, F. [Ferdinand] [Ed.] / Lilien, E. M. [Illustrator] / Reuss, Édouard Guillaume Eugène [Tr.]
Die Lehrdichtung: Die Sprüche, Hiob, Der Prediger, Ruth, Jona, Esther, Daniel. [SERIES]: Die Bücher der Bibel - Band 7.
25x21cm. 303 pages. Hardcover. Cover and spine stained. Cover edges worn. Wormholes on cover corners. Spine worn. Spine hinges slightly cracked. Ex-libris sticker on front inner cover. Binding patched between inner cover and whitepages. Wormholes on inner cover and several pages corners - NO damage to text or illustration. Several page edges repaired with patches - NO damage to text or illustration. Pages slightly stained and yellowing. In good reading condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Rahlwes, F. [Ferdinand] [Ed.] / Lilien, E. M. [Illustrator] / Reuss, Édouard Guillaume Eugène [Tr.]
Die Liederdichtung - Die Psalmen, Die Klagelieder, Das Hohelied [Das Lied der Lieder] nach der Übersetzung von Reuss. [SERIES]: Die Bücher der Bibel. Herausgegeben von F. Rahlwes. Zeichnungen von E. M. Lilien - Band 6.
RARE German translation of poetical books from Ketuvim (Writings; Hagiographa) section of Tanakh (Old Testament; Hebrew Bible): Book of Psalms, Lamentations, and Song of Songs, with many beautiful illustrations by Ephraim Moses Lilien (1874-1925), an art nouveau illustrator and print-maker renowned for his art on Jewish and Zionist themes. 255x210mm. 328 pages. Half-cloth rebound Hardcover with part of original spine pasted on spine. Front cover dirty. Rear cover somewhat stained. Front cover bottom corner worn. Spine yellowing/faded. Spine edges bumped. Stain on fore edge of pages and text-block - NO damage to text or illustrations. Some pages upper corner slihgly creased. Some pages slightly age-stained and dog-eared. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This rare book, illustrated by the preeminent Jewish graphic artist E.M.Lilien, is otherwise in good condition.
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Stifter, Adalbert
Die Narrenburg: Mit 5 Kupfern von Staeger [COPY #337 OUT OF 500]
COPY #337 OUT OF 500. 120X185 mm. 234 pages. Hardcover. Cover and spine yellowing. Cover corners bumped and worn. Spine taped. Spine edges worn. Ex-Libris stamp on first whitepage and title page. Pages yellowing and age-stained. Else in good condition.
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Budko, Joseph [Woodprints] / Mendelssohn, Moses [Tr.]
Die Psalmen. Uebertragen von Moses Mendelssohn, mit 12 Holzschnitten von Joseph Budko.
300x240 mm. 280 pages. Hardcover. Cover yellowing, rubbed and age stained. Cover corners bumped. Spine missing. Binding visible between few pages. Pages yellowing and uncut. Else in good condition.
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Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim / Hunziker, Max [Illus.]
Die Ringparabel aus dem Drama "Nathan der Weise" [COPY #79 of 150] mit Handätzungen von Max Hunziker.
RARE LIMITED EDITION OF 150 COPIES - COPY No.79 SIGNED BY ARTIST MAX HUNZIKER and printed on special and precious Japanese paper. This book contains the Ring Parable, the famous key scene of Lessing's play "Nathan the Wise". This text is amongst the most important and best known texts of the Age of Enlightenment. The parable is accompanied by two etchings by the Swiss artist Max Hunziker (1901-1976). 205x235mm. Unpaginated. Brown softcover. Cover edges worn and wavy. Hunziker's signature on last page. This beautifully illustrated book is in very good condition.
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Lauckhard, C. F. [Carl Friedrich] [Ed.]
Die Welt in Bildern - Orbis pictus : Bilderbuch zur Anschauung und Belehrung [3 VOLUME SET]. Zweite Auflage. Mit über 600 colorirten Abbildungen.
COMPLETE THREE VOLUME SET. RARE second edition of 'Voigt and Günther's Orbis pictus' - the classic illustrated textbook for children in the tradition of Comenius' 'Orbis Pictus'. Contains 90 full-page colored plates. [ALL VOLUMES]: 260x195mm. [148] + [138] + [VI+204] pages & 90 plates. Hardcover rebound with original boards (without the original spine). Gilt volume numbers on spine. Original boards and spine worn and stained. Cover corners and edges, and spine edges bumped and peeling. Few pages/plates slightly dirty. Some pages/plates age-stained. Few pages somewhat worn at corners and/or edges - no damage to text or plates. Pages yellowing and rough-cut. [VOL.I]: Ink inscription on front inner cover. Text page 45/46 edges worn, upper edge taped - NO damage to text. Plates XIII and XVIII mispaginated as nos.VI and VII. [VOL.3]: Puncture-marks on rear cover (not penetrating into inner cover). [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare and beautifully illustrated three volume classic children's textbook is otherwise in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Mitrokhin, Dmitry / Rusakov, Yu. [Intro.]
Dmitry Mitrokhin [IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN]
IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN. 30x23 cm. 221 pages. Hardcover. Rear cover slightly stained. Few pages slightly stained - no damage to text and images. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Cervantés [Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra] / Touchet, Jacques [Illustr.]
Don Quichotte. Illstré d'Aquarelles originales par Jacques Touchet [LIMITED EDITION] [FOUR VOLUME SET].
FOUR VOLUME SET. ILLUSTRATED LIMITED EDITION of "Don Quixote" by Cervantes illustrated by an eminent French illustrator Jacques Touchet (1887-1949). Copy No.247. [ALL VOLUMES]: 245x200mm. [228] + [218] + [249] + [253] pages. Half-leather marbled board Hardcover with gilt ribbed spine. Text block upper edge gilt. Endpapers marbled. Cover rubbed and yellowing. Cover edges bumped and slightly worn. Cover corners bumped and worn/peeling. Spine hinges rubbed. Pages rough-cut and slightly yellowing. [VOL.I]: Cover wrinkled. Front cover/spine front hinge yellowing and stained. Spine bottom edge rubbed and slightly peeling. Spine hinge edges partly cracked and taped. [VOL.II]: Cover wrinkled and creased. Spine front hinge slightly peeling. [VOL.III]: Spine upper edge bumped and slightly peeling. [VOL.IV]: Cover and spine stained. Spine hinges slightly peeling, front hinge upper edge cracked. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare and beautifully illustrated four-volume edition of Cervantes's immortal masterpiece, a treat for any serious bibliophile, is overall in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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Regener, E. A. [Edgar Alfred] / Lilien, E. M. [Ephraim Moses]
E. M. Lilien - Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste
RARE biography of Jewish-German artist E. M. Lilien, in which are revealed his views on the process of artistic creation and art, the Jewish people and Zionism. Includes numerous b&w illustrations by E.M Lilien, and several b&w photographic plates. 250x190mm. 227 pages. Decorated mustard cloth Hardcover. Rebound with original cover and part of spine pasted over new binding. Cover worn and stained. Cover corners bumped and peeling. Binding visible on inner cover. Inner cover and whitepage edges browning. Page 25/26 edges tattered (no text missing, page intact). Several first page edges slightly bumped. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This valuable and rare book on the eminent and influential Jewish graphic artist in good condition.
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Regener, Edg. Alf. [Edgar Alfred] / Lilien, E. M. [Ephraim Moses]
E. M. Lilien - Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste.
RARE biography of Jewish-German artist E. M. Lilien, in which are revealed his views on the process of artistic creation and art, the Jewish people and Zionism. Includes numerous b&w illustrations by E.M Lilien, and several b&w photographic plates. 250x190mm. 227 pages. Embossed cloth Hardcover. Text block edges dyed blue. Cover age-stained and slightly dirty. Cover corners and edges slightly bumped. Spine yellowing, rubbed and slightly wrinkled. Spine edges slightly worn/wrinkled. Pages slightly yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This valuable and rare book on the eminent and influential Jewish graphic artist, sometimes called the "first Zionist artist", is in good condition.
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Tschichold, Jan [Ed.]
Early Chinese Color Prints. With Sixteen Facsimile Reproductions in the Size of the Originals.
Contains color plates. 28x32.5 cm. 15 pages. Hardcover laid in slipcase. Slipcase rubbed. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.
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