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1933rif. 24569Paris: Edition Arts et Metiers Graphiques 1933. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Original spiral binding front cover lettered in red. Very good. Unpaginated. Six leaves. 25 x 19 cm. 62 photogravure plates after Brassai. Printed by Draeger with exceptional photogravure plates this series of nocturnal Parisian views with its evocative text by Morand is something of an Art Deco classic. PHOTOBOOK I p. 134: “a ravishing book object in a purely physical sense. The printing represents arguably the most luscious gravure ever seen the blacks being so rich and deep that after handling the book one expects to find sooty deposits all over one’s fingers. The gradation of tones is wonderfully subtle describing an apparently infinite range of black and near-black tones. The layout with its characteristic full-page bleeds never more felicitously employed takes us from image to image from page to page and across night-time Paris with effortless panache. One should think of it as amongst the best produced and influential photobooks ever” HASSELBLAD. 110. PARR/BADGER. I 134. ROTH. 76. Slight crease front cover. Edition Arts et Metiers Graphiques unknown books
1975rif. 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
1952rif. 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
1968rif. 314549New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1968. Paperback. 79p. wraps chiefly illus. wraps worn and lightly yellowed a few small stains to fore-edge else very good exhibition catalog. The Museum of Modern Art paperback books
1956rif. 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
1976rif. D16946New York: Pantheon 1976. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A visual and textual portrait of the debauched underbelly of Paris in the 1930's with photographs and accompanying stories and anecdotes by Brassai. Organized into chapters from "The Urinals of Paris" to "Ladies of the Evening." Inscribed in French by Brassai in the year of publication to Grace Meyer former head of MOMA. A very nice association. With an invitation addressed to Meyer to the show for the book held at Marlborough Gallery in NYC. Nice copy of the book. Tear to top of DJ spine. "This is a stunning view of the forbidden Paris of the thirties its brothels its whores its pimps its opium dens the sordid yet fascinating world where high society mingled with the underworld." Pantheon hardcover books
1933rif. 3087Wraps spiral bound. Intro. by Paul Morand. Brassai's first book. He used Kertesz' camera. Illus. cover. Important 20th century photo book! Metiers Graphiques paperback books
1995rif. 1000791New York: Arcade 1995 First edition in English. Boards. Octavo. Fine in fine d.j. Arcade, hardcover books
1961rif. 216486London: B.T. Batsford Limited 1961. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 264 pages. Features text by John Russell. Includes numerous black and white images by Brassai. A very good plus copy in cloth boards with some slight foxing and with the ownership signature and bookplate of author and critic Lawrence Clark Powell to the front endpapers and in a very good dust jacket with some small chips tears and other wear. Still a very nice copy with an interesting provenance. B.T. Batsford Limited unknown
rif. 2N4290Franco Maria Ricci Parma 1976. 195 Seiten mit zahlreichen aufgezogenen Abbildungen Leineneinband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- und Deckeltitel sowie aufgezogener Deckelillustration in Original-Leinenkassette folio. - gutes Exemplar / Nr. 244 von 1000 Exemplaren - unknown
1952rif. 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
1981rif. SBBIH-ICGH67BLKKYJFischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag 1981. perfect. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag unknown
1976rif. 96110Gallimard 1976. Cloth with dust jacket. 192 pages. Text in French. Clean copy dust jacket with minimal signs of use. Ouvrage de Brassaï réunissant des photographies du Paris interlope des années 1930 : La Concierge de Notre Dame La Fête foraine Le dernier clochard de la cour des Miracles Les Amoureux La Môme Bijou Les Filles de Joie Le Bal nègre de la rue Blomet Kiki de Montparnasse Une fumerie d'opium etc. Gallimard hardcover
rif. 69266Paris Arts et métiers graphiques 1933. . Erste Ausgabe des ersten Fotobuchs Brassais. - BrassaÄ d.i. Gyula Halász 1899-1984 französischer Fotograf ungarischer Herkunft kam nach Studien in Ungarn und Deutschland 1924 nach Paris. Sein Freund der ungar. Fotograf André Kertész überredete ihn die Faszination des Pariser Nachtlebens in Fotos einzufangen. 1933 erschien sein Bildband "Paris de Nuit" der ihn sofort berühmt machte: "Brassai der Pariser aus Transsylvanien erscheint als Engel der Dunkelheit. Seine Sensibilität genießt das Ursprüngliche das Fantastische das Zweideutige und sogar das Bizarre" John Szarkowski Museum of Modern Art New York. - Deckelkanten gering berieben Paris, Arts et métiers graphiques, [1933]. unknown
1952rif. 018942Paris: Piere Tisne 1952. New Edition . Illustrated Boards. Very Good/Good Glassine Dust Jacket. 12 5/8" Tall. 145 Pp. Including Photo Credits At Rear. Boards Worn And Bumped At Corners Glassine With Small Chips At Corners And Missing Most Of Top Third Of Rear Panel. With The Red Paper Wrap-Around Band Announcing This "Nouvelle Edition Transformee / 30Eme Mille"And The Erratum Slip. Former Owner's Name On Half Title. Piere Tisne hardcover
1933rif. 2311Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques 1933. First Edition. Near fine. Spiral-bound Quarto 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches 248 x 191 mm 12 pp 62 photogravure plates after photographs by Brassaï each numbered in lower outer corner. Spiral bound stiff card covers without jacket as issued; housed in a custom clamshell case lined in red felt covered in red cloth with morocco spine gilt title. Two-notch chip at bottom of spiral extending into first leaf and one notch at top of spiral; pages lightly toned at the edges but photogravures in excellent condition. 8 pages of text in French by Paul Morand plus a 4 page index with detailed captions for each of the photographs. As beautifully stated in the first line of Paul Morand's introduction to this exceptional collection of photographs: Paris at night is not the negative of the day; the surfaces not not stop being white to become black: in reality they are not even the same images." The 62 photographs by Hungarian-born photographer Brassaï Gyula Halász capture nocturnal scenes throughout Paris - from glowing wet pavement and empty streets to bars cafés and the denizens of Paris at night. This was Brassaï's first published photo book and the work that established his reputation as a master of night photography showcasing his ability to extract light and atmosphere from darkness. A collector's treasure scarce in good condition this is one of the most influential photo books ever produced and is admired not just for its content but for the its productions values: the deep and velvety gravure printing and the evocative layout make it an object of intense tactile and visual appeal. The photogravures are in exceptional condition-richly inked with deep velvety blacks luminous highlights and a striking tonal range that preserves the full atmospheric subtlety of Brassaï's nocturnal vision. The plates retain remarkable clarity and contrast with a vividness and depth seldom found testifying to both the high production standards of Arts et Métiers Graphiques and the care with which this copy has been preserved. Arts et Métiers Graphiques unknown
1949rif. 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
1976rif. mon0000507556Thames & Hudson Ltd 08/11/1976 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 2.0305 in x 27.1574 in x 21.5736 in. Thames & Hudson Ltd hardcover
2026rif. x-2080491156Flammarion 2026. Hardcover. New. 176 pages. 12.25x10.75x12.50 inches. Flammarion hardcover
1932rif. 189332Paris: Édition Arts et Métiers Graphiques 1933 1932. The city of light by night First edition of the photographer's first publication an exploration of the nocturnal life of Paris. Brassaï showcases his mastery "at drawing luminosity from the darkness. The swaths of wet paving stones featured on the covers and endpapers of Paris de Nuit gleam like pale beacons in the streetlight. Inside Brassaï explores the city beginning with its broad vistas and grand public spaces and gradually moving into the demimonde he knew so intimately" Roth p. 76. Quarto. Illustrated with 62 full-page gravure plates 2 double-page. Original spiral bound photographic wrappers front cover lettered in red. Wrappers creased and rubbed a few spots of wear short closed tear to head of front wrapper a few marks to rear wrapper: a very good copy. Parr & Badger I p. 134; Roth p. 76. unknown
1954rif. 179049Paris: Robert Delpire Editeur 1954. Inscribed by the author to Arnold H. Crane First edition first impression inscribed by the author on the dedication page "Pour Arnold H. Crane de la Semaine Sainte à la Feria. que j'ai photographie à Séville en 1952 et 1953. Bien cordialement Brassaï Paris le 3 octobre 1968". Arnold H. Crane 1932-2014 was an American photographer who took portraits of Brassaï in the late 1960s as part of his collection of famous photographers. Brassaï's unique portrait of the Andalusian city is the 12th volume in the Collection Neuf series. Quarto. Illustrated with full-page black and white photographs. Original blue cloth spine lettered in gilt patterned endpapers. With the pictorial dust jacket. Spine gently creased upper cover ends faded; jacket spine creased ends and corners nicked short closed tear to rear cover not priced as issued: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
1933rif. 48496Neuilly-sur-Seine. 1933. Original publisher's printed white glossy wrappers reproduction of a Man Ray photograph to front cover of each issue with titles and contributors in red against a white background taking the form of a lighthouse with revolving light later cream morocco-backed black card board chemise with title in red to spine and matching slipcase. 4 vols. in 3. Small 4to. 252 x 182 mm. 4to. 284 x 194 mm. Printed text in French with reproductions of monochrome photographs throughout nos. 1 & 2 with printed 'Bulletin d'Abonnement' sheets on orange paper tipped-in issue with advertisements on various coloured stock see below. An excellent complete set of Lise Deharme's very scarce 'Le Phare de Neuilly' with the final number in the even scarcer large paper édition de tête format.The third number i.e. 'Numéro 3 - 4' is a large paper copy one of 20 nominatif examples issued on papier couché mat spécial printed for 'Monsieur et Madame Raoul Fernandez'; only the third volume was issued in this format.Although each title page of 'Le Phare de Neuilly' suggests that ten issues were to be published 'Dix numéros par an' only these four were achieved. A mixture of the literary and artistic the illustration is of monochrome photographs throughout with Lee Miller contributing to each issue; Man Ray's work also features - the covers are his work - as well as Nadar Dora Maar Brassaï Pierre Keffer Eli Lotar Lloyd Sloane and others.The literary contributors - all listed on the covers of each issue - are extremely varied and include Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes who also wrote the record reviews in the first two numbers Robert Desnos two poems in no. 1 Céline Arnauld Jacques Baron Hans Arp as a poet translated from the German by Georges Hugnet Paul Dermée Lise Hertz i.e. Lise Deharme Nathalie Barney Stendhal the unpublished 'Le lac de Genève' writen under Stendhal's pseudonym 'Henri Martineau' James Joyce see below Thérèse Aubray Jacques Lacan the poem 'Hiatus Irrationalis' Marcel Jouhandeau Ilarie Voronca the poem 'Foules' translated from the Romanian by M. de Boully D. H. Lawrence a translation of 'The Man Who Died' Claire Goll Eugène Jolas 'Gyroscope' Raymond Queneau 'Fragments d'un Roman' and many others.Of particular note in terms of content not to mention innovation are the following: - Alejo Carpentier's 'Images et Prières Nègres' illustrated with a series of photographs - the negatives were burnt in the presence of the Cuban sorceror 'Taita José' - of ritualistic objects shrines and saints; - Le Phare de Neuilly's presumably Deharme herself writing under the eponymous psudonym 'Manifeste du Désarmement Psychique'; - James Joyce's poem 'Ecce Puer' written on the birth of his grandson Stephen in 1932 translated into French by Yvan Goll and printed on the right of a sheet of transparent crystal paper; beneath on a sheet of glossy paper is a photographic reproduction of Joyce's manuscript for the poem and at left is a portrait of both Joyce and his grandson by Robert H. Davis; - Lloyd Sloane's extraordinary 'Monsieur Sépulcre Agent d'Assurances Présente . ' a Surrealist photographic collage novella; - no. 1 with the advertisements at the front of the issue printed in black on monochrome sheets of burgundy blue and pink paper that on pink with text reproducing Deharme's manuscript those at rear on cream newsprint paper advertising Jose Corti''s publishing house 'Corti / 6 Rue de Clichy' and announcing Deharme's own 'Cahier de Curieuse Personne / Poèmes / par / Lise Hirtz' to be published by Corti as appearing 'dans trois mois' this advertisement also reproducing Deharme's manuscript and Roger Vitrac's 'Le Coup de Trafalgar'.Lise Deharme the editor of 'Le Phare de Neuilly' published in the Paris suburb of Neuilly was a salonnière a prolific poetess and a novelist. A muse and patron to the Surrealists - she encountered them as a group in the 1920s - her first published work was 'Images dans le Dos de Cocher' of 1922 although her collaboration with Miró 'Il était une petite pie' of 1928 is cited more usually as her first publication both were issued under her maiden name Ilse Hirtz. Deharme was immortalised by Breton in Nadja as 'la dame au gant' and she can be regarded in many ways as being 'Le Phare de Neuilly' herself.'Page de couverture identique pour les trois fascicules : photographie de Man Ray contient de nombreuses reproductions photographiques de Man Ray Lee Miller Nadar Brassaï Pierre Keffer Dora Maar'. Destribats. Le Fonds Paul Destribats 339; not in Ades. unknown
1932rif. 162876Paris: Édition Arts et Métiers Graphiques 1933 1932. A superb copy inscribed by author and photographer First edition of the photographer's first publication double presentation copy inscribed by Morand on the first page of text "à Pierre Cot Voici un joli décor pour La Patriouille etc. Chut! chut! chut! tres fideliement P. Morand Paris fev. 32" and further inscribed by Brassaï across the following two pages "Pour Christian-Vincent Matorasso ce Paris de Nuit perdu et retrouvé avec toute ma sympathie Brassai Ete Village le 7 mai 1965". The first recipient Pierre Cot 1895-1977 was a politician central to the establishment of the French Air Force and later of Air France. Morand's inscription alludes to La Patriouille a display wing of the air force the French equivalent of the British Red Arrows. Pasted below Morand's inscription is a small photograph of Brassaï in later life which probably relates to the photographer's subsequent inscription. This is a superb copy of the work in which Brassaï showcases his mastery "at drawing luminosity from the darkness. The swaths of wet paving stones featured on the covers and endpapers of Paris de Nuit gleam like pale beacons in the streetlight. Inside Brassaï explores the city beginning with its broad vistas and grand public spaces and gradually moving into the demimonde he knew so intimately" Roth p. 76. It remains one of the most influential photobooks; signed copies are rare and copies inscribed by both author and photographer rarer still. Quarto. Illustrated with 62 full-page gravure plates and 2 double-page plates as endpapers. Spiral bound monochrome photographic wrappers front cover lettered in red. Housed in a custom black quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. A few punch holes slightly worn covers lightly creased and rubbed at extremities a few pages faintly soiled. A very good copy of a notoriously fragile book. Parr & Badger I p. 134; Roth p. 76. unknown
rif. 0821227386.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1949rif. 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
