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1949réf. 42648Paris: K éditeur 1949. Fine. K éditeur Paris 1949 16.50 x 21 cm broché First edition one of 175 numbered copies on pure rag laid paper the only deluxe copies. Work illustrated with 8 photographs by Brassaï. Spine sunned and creased handsome interior condition. K éditeur unknown
1979réf. 326916London: Marlborough Gallery Inc 1979. Illus. 12pp. 4to. Printed wrappers somewhat soiled with a pencil eraser-sized scuff on the verso. Illus. 12pp. 4to. Inscribed: "Pour Penny Ottor - amicalement Brassaï New York le 5 Octobre 1979. Marlborough Gallery Inc unknown
1952réf. 627369Paris: Editions Neuf 1952. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. Red cloth with applied illustration. Light foxing on flyleaves toning on spine with tiny nicks at the ends very good. With essays in French "L'oeil de Paris" by Henry Miller and "Souvenirs de mon Enfance" by Brassaï. Editions Neuf hardcover
1949réf. 627304London: The Focal Press 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. 95pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs with fold-out chart in the rear listing technical data and description of equipment. Foxing on topedge and endpapers about near fine in a very good dust jacket with rubbing chips and tears and shallow loss at the crown. The Hungarian artist's black and white photographs of Paris at night. The Focal Press hardcover
1987réf. 23783New York:: Pantheon 1987. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Near fine unclipped dust jacket with a few spots of laminate separation at the spine otherwise Fine. Brassai moved from Berlin to Paris in 1924 and took a job as a journalist and photographer. His job often allowed him to wander the night streets. Armed with his camera he captured the essence of the city in his photographs publishing his first book of photographs in 1933 titled Paris de nuit Paris by Night. His efforts met with great success resulting in his being called "the eye of Paris" in an essay by his friend Henry Miller. In addition to photos of the seedier side of Paris he also provided scenes from the life of the city's high society its intellectuals its ballet and the grand operas. This volume collects many of his most famous Paris images. Pantheon, unknown
1976réf. rb15001New York: Pantheon Books 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in a fine condition. Black cloth First American edition.Signed and inscribed by Brassai. 11 x 8.5 inches. Pantheon Books hardcover
1976réf. 002304New York: Pantheon Books 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Unpaginated. The Camera artist's view of the forbidden Paris of the 30s its brothels whores pimps and opium dens heretofore unpublished because of their "daring nature." In the accompanying text Brassai reminisces about his world and describes the sxtraordinary conditions under which he took ish photographs. Translated from the French by Richard Miller. Inscribed on the Title Page For Tom Halsted New York le 2 octobre 1976. 1/8" closed tear at top edge front panel dj with on the slightest wear to the same else Pristine. Clean tight and strong binding with no underlining highlighting or marginalia. Black cloth with blind-stamped title on front board. Pantheon Books Hardcover
1952réf. 5820Paris: Editions Neuf 1952. First edition. A very nice copy of this hardback work dedicated to Brassaï Red cloth with a tipped in titled photograph to the front board. One of the most popular books of his work including several of his "Paris by night" photographs as well as photographs of Picasso etc. With essays in French "L'oeil de Paris" by Henry Miller and "Souvenirs de mon Enfance" by Brassaï. Edited by Robert Delpire and Pierre Faucheux. Very slight rubbing to the boards and a little staining to the rear panel and some rubbing with loss to the head of the spine. Internally in very good condition with slight darkening to the page edges only. Unpaginated by 42 pages with 55 black and white plates. . Première édition. Très bel exemplaire de cet ouvrage relié dédié à Brassaï en toile rouge avec une photographie intitulée collée sur la couverture avant. L'un des livres les plus populaires consacrés à son œuvre comprenant plusieurs de ses photographies de la série « Paris by night » ainsi que des clichés de Picasso etc. Avec des essais en français : « L'œil de Paris » d'Henry Miller et « Souvenirs de mon enfance » de Brassaï. Édité par Robert Delpire et Pierre Faucheux. Très légères traces d'usure sur les plats quelques taches sur le dos arrière et quelques traces d'usure avec perte au niveau de la tête du dos. Intérieur en très bon état avec un léger noircissement des bords de page uniquement. 42 pages non paginées comprenant 55 planches en noir et blanc. Editions Neuf hardcover
1949réf. BRASSAI008210The Focal Press London. 1949. First U.K. edition. Royal octavo. Eleven page introductory text followed by sixty-two photographs. Fold-out technical chart at end.Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Gilt lettering on spine slightly chipped. Very good indeed in good creased and chipped dustwrapper with long closed tears repaired on the reverse. The Focal Press, London. unknown
2002réf. BN503541Flammarion 2002. 2002. Hardcover. Brassaï : Graffiti livre en anglais Brassaï : Graffiti livre en anglais Brassaï Flammarion hardcover
réf. 1914Paris The Olympia Press. July 1956. First and original edition second state with matt photographs. 171pp. 31pp.photogr. Kl 8vo. Rebound in Red buckram Private Bookbinding. Hardcover. Good attractive copy. l Quiet Days in Clichy Texte imprimé/Henry Miller; Printer Paris Imprimerie. Mazarine and Imprimerie Aulard. hardcover
2002réf. 9522new oversize pb expedited shipping not available University Of Chicago Press paperback
1946réf. 14424Paris: Editions Pierre Tisné 1946. Limited ed. g. Folio. Unbound. Dustjacket. Dj has been crudely repaired on spine with tape. Otherwise very good. 11 pages of text and 26 pages of 29 tipped-in color and b/w drawings by Brassai. Mainly femal nudes some male one elephant and two ducks. The poem by Jacques Prevert was especially written for this work. Text in French. In good condition. Editions Pierre Tisné unknown
2005réf. 30814New York: Assouline 2005. Fine copy in printed wrappers housed in portfolio boards. Illustrated slipcase with minor scuffing; near fine. First Edition. Folio. Survey of Picasso's sculptures represented by glorious black-and-white photographs from Brassaï. Introduced by text from Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. New York: Assouline unknown
réf. 03240098.exp6EHardcover. Good. Text in French. 1987 Flammarion. DJ edgeworn including surface loss and tears primarily along top edge. Boards clean; binding intact. Text remains crisp clean nad unmarked. hardcover
1949réf. 71809Paris: Les éditions du point du jour 1949. Fine. Les éditions du point du jour Paris 1949 12.50 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of the numbered copies on alfa vellum. Introduction by Henri Miller. Handsome copy. Autograph inscription dated and signed by Brassaï to Alex and Nadia Bloch. Les éditions du point du jour hardcover
1994réf. BN425793Peliti 1994. 1994. Hardcover. Sketches of smoke Sketches of smoke Carlo Fruttero & Franco Lucentini preface photographs by Lee Miller Lartigue Kertész Umbo Hoinkis Hurrell Brassai Man Ray Beaton Model Brandt Newman Smith Doisneau Shrout Villers Gardin Kalvar Sieff Halsman Patellani Burri Mulas Gi Peliti hardcover
1949réf. 2310London / New York: The Focal Press 1949. First Edition. Fine/Very good . 8vo 10 x 6 7/8 inches 248 x 175 mm 98 pp. including a fold-out page with technical data for each photo. Text in English. Cream cloth with orange lettering on cover and spine. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped with a little wear to the seams chips to top folds and some soiling protected in a mylar dj cover. Contents are clean and pages unmarked. An important work on Paris by the Hungarian-French photographer sculptor writer and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the world wars. This volume appeared in "Masters of the Camera" a series of "pictorial monographs. A library of the world's best camera work by the world's best cameramen." Dust jacket At the rear is a folding page with technical data of the equipment used by Brassaï for each of the photographs. The Focal Press unknown
1952réf. 14028Paris: Editions Neuf 1952. Hardcover. First edition first printing. Very Good with a 1952 gift inscription to the first blank page a slight separation to one form and light handling indications. A nice copy. Red-cloth-bound hardcover with mounted plate to front gilt title to spine--no dj as issued--in a custom-made black-cloth slipcase and clear acetate jacket. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY WRAPPED IN PADDING IN A BOX. Photographs and text by Brassai; essay by Henry Miller; edited by Robert Delpire and Pierre Faucheux. Unpaginated 84 pages; b&w plates and reproductions throughout with letterset-printed text pages; 8.5 x 11 inches. Text in French. A very nice overview of Brassai's work including 44 photographic plates including street scenes of Paris portraits and landscapes 8 reproductions of nude drawings 8 photos of his sculpture and 11 images he's termed "snapshots." Also includes Miller's essay on Brassai "The Eye of Paris"; and by Brassai a poem "Merry Christmas Eve" an essay entitled "Memories of My Childhood" and notes on the photographs. Editions Neuf hardcover
1956réf. 1326658Paris: The Olympia Press 1956. First Edition. 10mo. 171 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in yellow black and gray wraps with no lettering to spine. Creasing to spine. A notoriously delicate binding this copy has glue visible along the gutters gatherings separated from spine at second free end paper name on second free end paper pen on rear flap. States 'First and Original Edition' on title-page. Shelved in Case 2. A novella covering Miller's time living as a struggling writer in Paris during the 1930s roughly during the same time that he was working on Black Spring. This first edition was published by Olympia Press in 1956 while Miller's work was still being censored in the United States. It would finally see an American release in 1965 after Miller won his obscenity case over the content of Tropic of Cancer. This 1956 edition features black and white photography by Hungarian-born photographer Brassaï Gyula Halász who Miller had elsewhere called "the eye of Paris." 1326658. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Olympia Press unknown
1938réf. 38535Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1938. Very Good. Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1938. First Edition. Large quarto; publisher's metal spiral-bound pictorial wrappers housed in custom cloth slipcase; unpaginated; includes ninety leaves of black and white and color plates including some tipped in or folding. Wrappers a bit rubbed though contents remain clean and sound. A Very Good example. The penultimate issue of one of the great annuals of art photography. Arts et Metiers Graphiques unknown
réf. 105010Paris Gallimard 1975. . First trade edition first printing; presentation copy inscribed by Brassai. 8vo. 53 photographic illustrations. Publisher's cream wrappers printed in black and red. With the photographic dust jacket. A superb copy in the very slightly tanned dust jacket. With the author/photographer's signed presentation inscription to the half title page 'Pour Monsieur Michel Moine en amical hommage de Brassai le 18 Nov 1975'. The recipient was a French journalist and writer on parapsychology. A service de press copy with the discrete 'S.P.' perforated stamp to the lower wrappers and last two leaves. Paris, Gallimard, 1975. unknown
1952réf. 19075Paris: Editions Neuf 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Orig.gilt lettered red cloth with mounted front cover photograph of Brassai. Near fine. Unpaginated. Approx. 72 pages. 27 1/2 x 21 1/2 cm. Illustrated with a host of reproductions of Brassai photographs -- including drawings and sculptures. French text: by Henry Miller and an autobiographical essay by Brassai on his early years. Rubbing to back cover at center fore-edge otherwise a bright and fresh copy. Editions Neuf hardcover
1982réf. 215996London: Thames and Hudson 1982. First British edition and first printing. Hardcover. 223 pages. Features text by Brassai translated from the French by Richard Miller. Brassai reminisces about his friends: Braque Dali Dufy Giacomett Leger Matisse Miro Picasso Rouault Maillol and more. Includes numerous black and white images. A very good copy in cloth boards with some slight splitting to the internal front hinge and with a sticker to the front pastedown from Marlborough Reference Library and in a very good plus dust jacket with some edge tears and minor wear. Signed by Brassai on the half title page. A nice copy with an interesting provenance as Marlborough Gallery exhibited Brassai several times. Thames and Hudson unknown
réf. 51-4581Èze-Village: 1966. Tls. 1 page. 272 x 210 cm. Typed letterhead. Referencing his book on Picasso a discussion with Picasso and an essay in Figaro Littéraire on Picasso that was truncated. Provenance: Estate of Jean Leymarie. Èze 22 octobre 1966 : "Je suppose que vous avez lu dans Figaro Littéraire . le texte en question sur Picasso. Malheureusement la plupart des passages vous concernant-je l'ai donné tel que vous l'avez lu - ont été coupés par la rédaction et notamment celui où vous racontez si bien votre émerveillement devant les chefs d'oeuvre en plein air de la cour du château.".Le Figaro le 05/12/2016: Toutes témoignent des liens d'amitiés privilégiés que Jean Leymarie 1919-2006 disparu en 2006 entretint avec les artistes de par ses fonctions au sein de nombreuses institutions. Devenu plus jeune conservateur de musée de France à l'âge de 31 ans en prenant la direction du musée de Grenoble Jean Leymarie entama une brillante carrière dans le milieu de l'Art. Succédant à Bernard Dorival il rejoignit la tête du musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris en 1969 avant de devenir directeur des études à l'école du Louvre puis de succéder à Balthus en 1978 comme directeur de l'Académie de France à Rome.Tout au long de sa carrière il organisa de prestigieuses expositions telle en 1966 l'«Hommage à Picasso» présenté au Grand et au Petit Palais à Paris et il rédigea de nombreuses monographies d'artistes parmi lesquels Balthus Picasso Van Gogh Braque Gauguin ou Zao Wou-Ki rencontré quelques années à son arrivée en France. Professionnel talentueux mais aussi homme sensible Jean Leymarie fut proche de Miró fréquenté en Espagne et dans le sud de la France mais aussi de Calder qui le recevait avec sa femme Marie-Paule chez lui à Saché en Touraine. Èze-Village: 1966 unknown
