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2003réf. 206445Paris: Drouot Montaigne 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 467 pages. Massive auction catalog dedicated to the work of Hungarian born French photographer. Includes numerous illustrations. A near fine copy in paper covered boards that are lightly rubbed and with a slight lean and some pencil price notations throughout. No dust jacket as issued. Drouot Montaigne unknown books
1999réf. 84001Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press 1999. First US edition. xx 392 pp w/index. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Translated from the original French by Jane Marie Todd. Preface by Henry Miller from 1966. Introduction by Pierre Daix. Illustrated with photographs. Chicago & London: University of Chicago Press unknown books
1975réf. 45432Franco Maria Ricci: Parma Italy 1975. Very Good. Parma Italy: Franco Maria Ricci 1975. First Thus Limited to 3000 copies of which this is no. 47. Folio 35.5cm; publisher's black gilt-lettered cloth photographic paste-on to upper cover housed in two-toned cloth clamshell case; 213pp.; photographic illustrations tipped to text throughout. Moderate wear to cloth margins spine a shade toned rear cover a bit rubbed and soiled faint toning and spotting along case margins small soil spots to spine else a Very Good and sound example of this attractive production. Parma, Italy unknown books
2011réf. 627867Paris: Flammarion 2011. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Slightly oblong small quarto. 167 1pp. Illustrated from photographs. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a slight bump to the top of the front panel of the jacket. Flammarion hardcover books
2011réf. 1414892Paris France: Flammarion 2011. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto 81 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket spine black with white lettering protected in mylar covering. Mild bumping to dust jacket edges. Mild rubbing to front and rear of dust jacket. Mild general shelf wear. Shelved in Photographers. 1414892. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Flammarion hardcover books
1999réf. 165775Chicago: University of Chicago 1999. First Edition. First Edition. Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dust jacket. University of Chicago unknown books
2000réf. 165180Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux 2000. Hardcover. First French Edition. Text in French. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Musée Picasso from February 1 through May 1 2000. Fine with no dust jacket as issued. Oversize volume shipping billed at cost. Reunion des Musees Nationaux unknown books
1987réf. 209898Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1987. Hardcover. VG-. Black paper slip is pretty torn up but still present. Only light wear to jacket mostly bumping at head/tail of spine. Last signnature of 10 pages shaken loose but laid back in and present. Quarto. Hardcover in paper slipcase. Black cloth boards with stamped titles in b&w illustrated jacket. 26 pages 62 pages of plates: illustrations; 33 cm. Arts et Metiers Graphiques hardcover books
1960réf. 83136New York: Viking / Studio 1960. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Fine in a moderately rubbed very good or better dustwrapper with a few short tears. Many Brassai photographs accompany the text. Viking / Studio hardcover books
1975réf. 28033Parma Italy: Franco Maria Ricci 1975. Limited First edition. Hardcover. vg. 1/3000. 213 1pp. Original silk with gold lettering and decoration on front cover and spine with photographic onlay to front panel. Decorative endpapers. This handsomely produced work explores renowned author Lewis Carroll's fascination with children through his own photography and letters. This volume is profusely illustrated with 41 tipped-in sepia toned photo-reproductions of varying sizes either oval or with arched tops on blue hand-made paper. Limitation page signed by Franco Maria Ricci. Closed tears and slight abrasion along edges and split along top of slipcase. Fly leaf inscribed by previous owner. Slipcase in overall good- binding and interior in very good condition. Franco Maria Ricci hardcover books
1949réf. 89686Paris: Lles Éditions du Point du Jour 1949. First Edition. No. 980 of 2500 regular copies on vélin alfa from a total edition of 2600. 12mo 16.5cm x 13cm tan printed thick-paper wrappers; 90 pp. in tan printed wrappers soft cover. Slight wear to wrappers with a spot of soil on rear cover VG. Introduction by Henry Miller; text entirely in French. A portrait in poetry of working-class Parisian life written in the voice of "Marie" a cleaning lady. Though we are more accustomed to seeing his portraits in the medium of photography this is clearly familiar territory for Brassaï the great documentarian of Paris at street-level. Lles Éditions du Point du Jour unknown books
1949réf. 20449Paris: Les Editions du Point du Jour 1949. Edition limited to 2600 copies 12mo pp. 90-91; a near fine unopened copy in original tan paper wrappers printed in black minor soiling to covers. Shifreen and Jackson B60. Les Editions du Point du Jour unknown books
1949réf. 89685Paris: Lles Éditions du Point du Jour 1949. First Edition. No. 1137 of 2500 regular copies on vélin alfa from a total edition of 2600. 12mo 16.5cm x 13cm tan printed thick-paper wrappers; 90 pp. in tan printed wrappers soft cover. A clean unworn copy text unopened and minimally toned; about Fine. Introduction by Henry Miller; text entirely in French. A portrait in poetry of working-class Parisian life written in the voice of "Marie" a cleaning lady. Though we are more accustomed to seeing his portraits in the medium of photography this is clearly familiar territory for Brassaï the great documentarian of Paris at street-level. Lles Éditions du Point du Jour unknown books
1949réf. 89684Paris: Lles Éditions du Point du Jour 1949. First Edition. No. 966 of 2500 regular copies on vélin alfa from a total edition of 2600. 12mo 16.5cm x 13cm tan printed thick-paper wrappers; 90 pp. in tan printed wrappers soft cover. A clean unworn copy text unopened and minimally toned; about Fine. Introduction by Henry Miller; text entirely in French. A portrait in poetry of working-class Parisian life written in the voice of "Marie" a cleaning lady. Though we are more accustomed to seeing his portraits in the medium of photography this is clearly familiar territory for Brassaï the great documentarian of Paris at street-level. Lles Éditions du Point du Jour unknown books
1952réf. 41827Paris: Editions Neuf 1952. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original photograph affixed to red cloth with yellow lettering on cover and gilt on spine. Richly illustrated with fascinating b/w photographs of Brassai's art and environment including photographs of acquaintances and friends like Picasso Jean Genêt Dali Henry Miller Rouault and others. There are six b/w reproductions of Brassai nude drawings. Texts by Brassai autobiographical on his childhood and Henry Miller on Brassai. Text in French. Binding with light wear along edges. Slightly starting after fourth photograph at Henry Miller's Brassai's text and after nude drawings. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. Editions Neuf hardcover books
1958réf. 30204Paris: The Olympia Press 1958. Second edition. Brassaï. Original printed wrappers a little separation at front hinge; extremities lightly rubbed; gift inscription on front endpaper; very good. The Olympia Press unknown books
1975réf. 56125Parma Italy: Franco Maria Ricci 1975. Limited First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. 642/3000. 213pp. Original black silk with gilt lettering and decoration on front cover and spine with photographic onlay to front panel. Decorative endpapers. This handsomely produced work explores renowned author Lewis Carroll's fascination with children through his own photography and letters. This volume is profusely illustrated with 41 tipped-in sepia toned photo-reproductions of varying sizes formatted as square oval or with arched tops laid to blue handmade paper. Limitation page signed by Franco Maria Ricci. Binding with minor wear along edges lightly rubbed and remnants of paint at spine. Slipcase and binding in very good interior in fine condition. Franco Maria Ricci hardcover books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
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 books
