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1949réf. 41928Paris: 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 126 numbered copies on alfa complete with the original signed etching by Brassaï the tirage de tête. Autograph inscription by Brassaï. Additionally this copy is further enriched with three leaves on which Brassaï has recorded some thoughts in holorhyme: ""Epopée rimée des peaux périmées / Les chameaux volés tuent les chats mauves aux laitues / L'émule d'Epicure opère au quai Malaquais les mules des piqûres aux perroquets mal laqués."" Introduction by Henry Miller. A very good copy with exceptional additions. Les éditions du point du jour unknown
1934réf. 629007Paris: Paris-Publications 1934. Softcover. Very Good. Presumed second issue with 38 images instead of 46. Slim small quarto. 40 pages: three pages of text with one smaller photo followed by captioned images; apparently due to censorship issues as well as a fragile binding style copies have different page numbers. Including the photo on the text page this copy is illustrated with 38 images. Bound with five plastic clips one of which appears to be original. Text in French. Modest to moderate general wear covers modestly soiled with just a bit of residue and abrading along the very topedge of the rear cover printed price 40 francs some offsetting in the text from the photographs one leaf neatly separated and four nearly so an about very good copy of a book usually found in rough shape. Paris-Publications) unknown
1934réf. 629007Paris: Paris-Publications 1934. Softcover. Very Good. Presumed second issue with 38 images instead of 46. Slim small quarto. 40 pages: three pages of text with one smaller photo followed by captioned images; apparently due to censorship issues as well as a fragile binding style copies have different page numbers. Including the photo on the text page this copy is illustrated with 38 images. Bound with five plastic clips one of which appears to be original. Text in French. Modest to moderate general wear covers modestly soiled with just a bit of residue and abrading along the very topedge of the rear cover printed price 40 francs some offsetting in the text from the photographs one leaf neatly separated and four nearly so an about very good copy of a book usually found in rough shape. Paris-Publications) unknown books
1933réf. 107590Paris Arts et Métiers Graphiques, coll. "Réalités" 1933 1 vol. Broché in-8, reliure spirale, couverture noire illustrée, 6 ff. n. ch. d'introduction en anglais et 62 pp. Edition originale de la version anglaise de ce superbe album photographique imprimé par les frères Draeger. Trace de pli sur la couverture, sinon exemplaire en belle condition.
1933réf. 107590Paris Arts et Métiers Graphiques, coll. "Réalités" 1933 1 vol. Broché in-8, reliure spirale, couverture noire illustrée, 6 ff. n. ch. d'introduction en anglais et 62 pp. Edition originale de la version anglaise de ce superbe album photographique imprimé par les frères Draeger. Trace de pli sur la couverture, sinon exemplaire en belle condition.
1949réf. 41928Les éditions du point du jour | Paris 1949 | 12.50 x 16.50 cm | broché
1949réf. 22760Paris.: Editions du Point du Jour. 1949. Original publisher's terracotta printed wrappers with reproduction of Brassai's manuscript title in black as titles to front cover and spine. 12mo. 165 x 128 mm. Leaf with publisher's device verso leaf with calligraphic title recto and justification verso six leaves with Henry Miller's 'Introduction' and Brassaï's verse three leaves with 'Répertoire des Mots-Clés de Marie' two leaves with 'Table' and final leaf with achevé d'imprimer recto and 'Printed in France' verso. André Breton's copy with a presentation from Brassaï.From the first edition limited to 2626 copies with this unnumbered copy on vélin des Papeteries de France.From the library of André Breton with a presentation from Brassaï to Breton on the colophon: 'Pour André Breton / Ces annonces faites par / Marie / Souvenir amical de / Brassai / Paris vendredi treize mois de / Marie 1949'; the achevé d'imprimer gives the date of publication as 'le 30 Avril 1949'.Also included loosely inserted is the original invitation to the signing of the book by Brassai: 'Brassai signera / L'Histoire de Marie / à la Librairie de / l'Arc en Ciel / 17 rue de Sèvres / Samedi le 18 Juin de 17-19h'.Brassai born Gyula Halasz in what is now Romania was a prolific photographer who documented the seamier side of Parisian life. This collection of Brassai's poetry introduced by his friend Henry Miller demonstrates that he was more than that. Divided into three sections 'Propos de Marie' 'Le Procès de Marie' and 'Repertoire des Mots-Clés de Marie' the poetry is decidedly surreal in tone. Editions du Point du Jour. unknown
réf. 105263Editions Des Arts Et Metiers Graphiques. Paris. 1933. Editions Des Arts Et Metiers Graphiques. 1933 First edition. Small 4to spirally bound with limp card covers creased and with a few small dents and marks. 62 photographic full-page plates and 12 pages of text. Page edges rubbed back cover coming slightly away from spiral binding at head of spine. Generally a sound copy of a scarce item. Please contact us for more details. unknown
1933réf. 629008Paris: Édition "Arts et Métiers Graphiques 1933. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 14 2-62 1 pp. Illustrated from 60 photographs by Brassaï. Text in French. Covers worn lacking the bottom corner of the front cover affecting a few words of text final leaf and rear cover with a tiny corner chip pages just a bit edgeworn and the first page of text modestly offset from the facing image a very good copy. The photographs have been very nicely preserved. Brassaï's first book. Édition "Arts et Métiers Graphiques) unknown
1933réf. 629008Paris: Édition "Arts et Métiers Graphiques 1933. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 14 2-62 1 pp. Illustrated from 60 photographs by Brassaï. Text in French. Covers worn lacking the bottom corner of the front cover affecting a few words of text final leaf and rear cover with a tiny corner chip pages just a bit edgeworn and the first page of text modestly offset from the facing image a very good copy. The photographs have been very nicely preserved. Brassaï's first book. Édition "Arts et Métiers Graphiques) unknown books
réf. 74855Paris Pierre Tisné 1946. 4° 11 S. Text. 27 Taf. m. montierten Abb. Mappe mit Pergamin-OU m losen Blättern OU mit kleinen Fehlstellen und gebräunt Nr. 68 von 600 Exemplaren. - Mit Widmung des Malers und Photographen auf dem Titelblatt.Abgebildet sind überwiegend weibliche Akte. 010 Paris, Pierre Tisné, 1946 unknown
1939réf. 14810Paris, éditions de la revue Verve, 1939. Grand in-4 de 112-[1] pages, couverture illlustrée par Matisse.
réf. 776358Editions Des Arts Et Metiers Graphiques Paris 1933 Petit in-4 carré ( 250 X 190 mm, broché par spirale métallique sous couvertures illustrées. EDITION ORIGINALE des 12 pages de Paul MORAND et PREMIER TIRAGE des 62 magnifiques photographies à pleine page hors-texte de BRASSAÏ d'un noir d'une rare intensité. "PARIS de NUIT" est du point de vue de la technique un livre exceptionnel. L'impression en héliogravure est peut être la plus somptueuse jamais vue, les noirs étant si riches et profonds qu'après avoir manipulé le livre, on s'attend à trouver des dépôts de graphite sur ses doigts. La palette de graduation est merveilleusement subtile, décrivant une gamme apparemment infinie de tons noirs et presque noirs... Trace de pli sur la couverture, bel exemplaire tout à fait désirable.
1946réf. 009557Paris Le Point du Jour collection "Le Calligraphe n°1" 1946 In-8 Broché, couverture illustrée rempliée, étui illustré Ed. originale
1935réf. 143561935 Grande photographie originale, circa 1935 (370 x 280 mm), très beau tirage argentique d'époque contrecollé sur carton beige (500 x 400 mm), signature originale du photographe à l'encre noire sur le support cartonné. Petites cassures du support en marge droite, recollées à ladhésif au verso, cliché dun superbe tirage très contrasté.
1947réf. 2023Paris: Editions Arts et Metiers Graphiques/Batsford 1947. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 115 black & white photographs with a few coloured ones. Ansel Adams IzisGeorge Platt-Lynes Doisneau Brassai Bill Brandt Beaumont Newhall Willy Ronis & Horst. The rear cover has about half of the holes for the spiral binding broken out. Editions Arts et Metiers Graphiques/Batsford paperback
réf. 46018Arts et Métiers Graphiques. (sans date). 1933. In-8 ,couvertures illustrées d'une photo avec des caractères rouges.Pages tenues par une spirale métallique .62 photos inédites de Brassai. Etat moyen.Couv.usagées avec petit manque de papier sur le second plat(marge centrale).Légère déchirure au bas de la photo 48.Edition originale.
1934réf. 4065Paris: Editions Atelier de Paris 1934 Quarto 24x16.2 cm. wrappers 385 iipp. The first edition of a major biography of Endre Ady 1877-1919 with many illlustrations. The contemporary photos of Paris are by André Kertész commissioned by the author of this biography and a devoted aficionado of Ady himself. Kertész also designed the book. Includes the famous Kertész photo of Ady's favorite café table. Most of the earlier photos are by Aladár Székely 1870-1940 also a close friend of Ady's noted for his early 20th century portraits. Hungarian text throughout. As for the subject Ady was the poet who gave birth to a 20th-century voice for Hungarian identity and exerted an overwhelming influence on Hungarian letters up to WWI. He was born into a Transylvanian Calvinist town and family and tormented througout life by an uninhibited passion for sensual experience and freedom against a strict conscience and authority. At the same time he was committed to profoundly infusing Hungarian life and culture with a modernist temperament critical thinking and social reform and bringing the country into a broader international integration with world culture. These together formed the cauldron of his creative ferment. The book abounds with photostats of Ady's handwritten poems historical photos and documents. Bölöni was a close friend of Ady's for many of the poet's later years and recipient to a number of the poet's dedications. This copy ex-coll. Dezsö Baróti 1911-1994 noted Hungarian literary historian dated Paris marc. 17 1939. Paris: Editions Atelier de Paris paperback
réf. 10125Monaco, Hommage, 1944. In-folio en feuilles, (20) ff. sous couverture rempliée.
1949réf. 84586Paris: Les éditions du point du jour 1949. Fine. Les éditions du point du jour Paris 1949 12.90 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of 2500 copies on vélin alfa. Foreword by Henry Miller. Precious copy signed and inscribed by Brassaï to André Malraux : ""Pour André Malraux cordial hommage de Brassaï Paris le 13 mai 1949"". Les éditions du point du jour unknown
1951réf. 80254Paris: Gallimard 1951. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1951 11 x 16.50 cm broché First edition in paperback format. Handsome copy considering the poor quality of this fragile paper a small good-luck charm from the dedicatee at the head of the endpaper. Covers illustrated by Brassaï and Jacques Prévert. Autograph inscription dated summer 1969 in Antibes and signed by Jacques Prévert to Jean Folliet on pages 160-161 enhanced on the title page with a small drawing in black ink representing a puppet theater whose canopy encircles the title of the work and within which two characters can be distinguished. On the verso of the back cover appears an autograph inscription signed by Brassaï: ""Comme co-auteur de la couverture bien amicalement pour Jean Folliet le 10/10/63. Brassaï."" ""As co-author of the cover very cordially for Jean Folliet 10/10/63. Brassaï."" Gallimard paperback
1934réf. 55114Paris-Publications 1934. Softcover. Previous owner’s signature inside front cover. As is nearly always the case with this book the plastic or Bakelite rings that once held the book together are lacking having apparently broken they must have been quite fragile and so the covers and the pages are entirely disbound. However this copy differs from most others in being more complete: it has 2 pages of text and 46 pages of images. Most copies have either 38 or 44 pages of images. This is said to be the result of censorship; since the pages are unnumbered and there is no list of the images the removal of one or more leaves would not be noticeable. Or it may be the result of there not having been an equal number of good copies of each leaf when the book was assembled. In any case this is except for the binding rings the most complete and probably earliest state of this scarce volume. Some remnants of celotape on the covers probably from an attempt to compensate for the missing binding rings. Credit to Brassia inside back cover and price 40 francs on back cover. . 48p. Paris-Publications, [ paperback
1972réf. 604522"Brassai" boldly penned in black ink on his engraved Brassai 81 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques Paris letterhead January 18 1972. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4"; 1 page recto only. To Monsieur John Gruen c/o The New York Magazine 207 East 32nd Street New York N.Y. 10016 U.S.A. In part: ". . . Please forgive me for taking so long for thanking you . . . Your article in New York Magazine was so understanding and friendly! . . . If you would like to I would like you to choose one of my photographs those that are signed and numbered from 1 to 30 at the Schoelkopf Gallery. It would truly make me very happy . . . I am working very hard on tapestries and sculptures . . . They will be in a show in a large Parisian gallery avenue Matignon. Opening day 22 March is approaching . . . A Brassai show . . . last year to Australia and New Zealand . . . South America . . . Mexico City Buenos Aires . . . I am surprised at the success of my photographs . . . With gratitude and friendship . . ."
1933réf. 036557Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1933. Book. Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 12 pp of text and captions 62 pp. of full-page black and white photographs. Spiral bound stiff wraps. Text is in French. Covers and endpapers are additional photographs.First 7 holes detached from spiral binding on front- completely attached back cover. Extremities are worn covers are scuffed and creased. Front cover has 3/4" square of photo missing paper only is missing the underlying board of the cover is complete- See Photo. Interior is very clean throughout and photographs are sharp and clear. Brassai was one of the most influential photographers of the 20th century and this his first book was a landmark work. In it he captures both the luminosity and the eeriness of all corners of the city and lifestyles of Paris at night in the early 1930s. Arts et Metiers Graphiques Paperback
1972réf. 604522"Brassai" boldly penned in black ink on his engraved Brassai 81 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques Paris letterhead January 18 1972. 8 1/4" x 10 3/4"; 1 page recto only. To Monsieur John Gruen c/o The New York Magazine 207 East 32nd Street New York N.Y. 10016 U.S.A. In part: ". . . Please forgive me for taking so long for thanking you . . . Your article in New York Magazine was so understanding and friendly! . . . If you would like to I would like you to choose one of my photographs those that are signed and numbered from 1 to 30 at the Schoelkopf Gallery. It would truly make me very happy . . . I am working very hard on tapestries and sculptures . . . They will be in a show in a large Parisian gallery avenue Matignon. Opening day 22 March is approaching . . . A Brassai show . . . last year to Australia and New Zealand . . . South America . . . Mexico City Buenos Aires . . . I am surprised at the success of my photographs . . . With gratitude and friendship . . ." books
