2000Best.-Nr. 298146Norwalk Connecticut: The Easton Press 2000. Full Leather. Fine binding. Signed. Large 8vo; in midnight blue leather with titling and elaborate decorations in gold; all edges gilt; silk ribbon marker; silk moire endpapers; with the Easton Press Notes certificate and the Certificate of Authenticity signed by both Jeff Shaara and Mort Kunstler.~~Please note that this copy is essentially unopened as we removed the shrinkwrap in order to catalog accurately the book. Fine binding. The Easton Press unknown books
Best.-Nr. 215816Norwalk: Easton. hardcover. fine. Many color illustrations by Mort Kunstler. 4to full blue leather with gilt decoration and pictorial cover. Norwalk: Privately Printed by the Easton Press n.d. circa 1992. Limited Edition. Fine Signed by the illustrator Mort Kunstler. Easton unknown books
1750Best.-Nr. 323461750. unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 418159Philadelphia: The Westminster Press 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Foxing on the foredge else fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a touch of age-toning. Novel by a white Philadelphia teacher about school race riots. Surprisingly uncommon in the trade. The Westminster Press hardcover books
2004Best.-Nr. 50860Seymour: Greenwich Workshop Press 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 221pp index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Kunstler on the title page. Greenwich Workshop Press hardcover books
1950Best.-Nr. 50266Munich: Philipp Rauscher 1950. First edition. Softcover. Good condition. Sextodecimo. 59 1 1 folding plan. Original tan illustrated wraps with black lettering and double frame on cover. Guide through the memorial sites of the former Concentration Camp Dachau. Pictorial and written reports on the suffering and death of uncounted prisoners from countries around the world. "The booklet was written without any thought of hatred or revenge; it shall give the visitors of the Dachau memorial sites information on everything that has happened here without any exaggeration but also without any extenuating phrases. The attached plans will give detailed orientation on the memorial sites at the Crematory on "Leitenberg" and "Waldfriedhof" in Dachau." Introduction. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproduction of photographs artistic renderings and tables conveying overwhelmingly the horror and suffering that took place in the concentration camp. Includes photographs of the postwar tribunal the memorial sites and plaques and a folding map of the Crematory and the surrounding area at the camp. All images with captions. Text in English and French. Booklet age-toned and back cover with mostly closed tear small chips half way down the spine repaired with japan tissue. Philipp Rauscher unknown books
2004Best.-Nr. 229345Seymour: Greenwich Workshop Press 2004. hardcover. fine. Kunstler Mort. Many color Illus. by Mort Kunstler. 223pp. Oblong folio full red leather with pictorial front cover and gilt decoration. Seymour CT: Greenwich Workshop 2004. Fine Signed by Mort Kunstler. Greenwich Workshop Press unknown books
1962Best.-Nr. 131827Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1962. Treatment script for the 1963 film. Paul Brenner at AllMovie: It's Bob Hope as phony explorer Matt Merriwether who promotes himself as an expert on the dark continent basing his exploration of the African subcontinent on old diaries of his uncle. When an American space capsule crashes in an uncharted region of Africa Merriwether based on his alleged expert knowledge of the region is selected to recover the capsule. Joining Merriwether and his pre-Kervorkian suicide kit is security agent Frederica Larsen Edie Adams. Hot on their heels are Russian agents Luba Anita Ekberg and Dr. Ezra Mungo Lionel Jeffries who want to get to the space capsule first. Self wrappers. Title page present integral with front wrapper dated 1st June 1962 noted as Original Screen Treatment on the front wrapper with credits for producers Saltzman and Broccoli. 35 leaves mimeograph on gray stock. Pages Very Good plus to Near Fine side stapled with a single staple. United Artists unknown books
Best.-Nr. 590611 page to an autograph collector promising a signed photo etc. Very good. . unknown books
1811Best.-Nr. 8017Augsburg: M Rieger 1811. Fifth Edition stated. Contemporary three-quarter leather. A very good copy. 8vo. A most unusual and little known book. The aim is to advise individuals on how to approach and deal with those that are sick and dying. The text is specific in how to make inquiries dealing with incoherent replies what to say how to say it providing medical assistance and comfort simple rules to follow etc. M Rieger hardcover books
1815Best.-Nr. 42321Rhode Island 1815. Folio broadside 8-1/2" x 14." Twenty-four four line stanzas printed in two twelve-stanza columns separated by a rule. Names of the dead children printed in italics at the bottom . No imprint. One spot. Else Very Good. This is a later printing of a 1782 tragedy originally printed at Newport in 1782. The tragedy occurred in Jamestown Rhode Island; its initial printings included illustrations of seven coffins. unknown books
1985Best.-Nr. 383805New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Foreword by Dr. Armand Hammer. Large folio. Fine in fine dustwrapper and fine slipcase. Copy number 173 of 500 numbered copies Signed by the author and additionally Inscribed by him. Harry N. Abrams, Inc hardcover books
1855Best.-Nr. 50015New York 1855. Very Good. New York 1855. Bifolium 25x19.5cm written on first page only with original mailing envelope. Letter shows mail folds and light wear from handling. Envelope is addressed to Mrs Ellis Warehouse Point Connecticut and is heavily worn with staining losses to edges and a few tears. Very Good in a Good only envelope. Mid-19th century maritime death notification written from Burling Slip in New York City informing a mother of the death of her son at sea. The letter reports that her son James aboard the brig S.B. Hill was swept overboard and despite attempts by the crew to save him sank before the rescue boat could be launched. Full transcription reads New York Oct. 24 1855 Madam It is my painful duty to inform you of the death of your son James who sailed in the Brig S.B. Hill. He was swept overboard from the Brig when five days out by the sail striking him. As soon as the Captain heard that he was overboard he threw ropes to him but he did not take hold of the rope. They then put a spar overboard and the Capt. had to speak sternly to him to get him to take hold of the spar while they cut the boat loose but before the boat got out he sank to rise no more. His clothes you can get by calling by office. Respectfully Yours Geo. Walsh 39 Burling Slip. unknown books
1890Best.-Nr. 664851890. Hampton Illinois: S.n. February 1890. Hampton Illinois: S.n. February 1890. A Fatal Fall Through Thin Ice Broadside. Accidental Death. Illinois. $50.00 Reward! The Above Reward will be Paid for the Recovery the sic Body of Miss Jennie Warren Who was Drowned by Breaking Through the Ice at Hampton Saturday February 1st. Hampton Illinois: S.n. February 1890. 13" x 9-1/2" broadside. Light browning some wear and chipping to edges vertical and horizontal fold lines some with clean tears which are mended on verso with archival tape tiny hole near center where fold lines cross. A curious and poignant item. $350. The victim was "17 years of age short dark completed weight about 115 pounds." This appears to be an unrecorded broadside. unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 149763N.p.: N.p. 1976. Two vintage color reference photographs from the 1976 film one showing actor Jodie Foster the other showing actor Scott Jacoby and the back of Connie Foster Jodie's older sister and body double for the scene. One with a collector label on the verso and manuscript ink annotations noting the film's German title the other with a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's Dutch release. Based on Laird Koenig's 1974 novel wherein a teenage girl living alone attempts to hide a dark familial secret from her upper-crust neighbors. To the displeasure of several producers Jodie Foster who was 13 years old at the time of filming refused to appear in a sex scene with Jacoby leading director Nicolas Gessner to call in Foster's 21 year-old sister as a nude body double. Set in Wells Harbor Maine and shot on location in Montreal and Knowlton Quebec. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with pinholes to the corners and light fading overall. N.p. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 59060Miller complains about an award ceremony: The program had been endless painful.I belive Jophn's was the last prize. I wanted to simply hand it to him and congratulate him. I said something like "Now that everyone else has said absolutely all there is to say please accept congratulations for yet another award for your great work and let us hurry home." Miller is probably talking about an award given to John Huston who directed the movie "The Misfits" based on Miller's script. unknown books
1974Best.-Nr. 147271London: Hemisphere Productions 1974. British Treatment script for the 1974 UK film here under the working title "Internecine." Former spy Robert Elliot has recently been promoted to a government advisory position. In order to start his new job without any ties to his shady past he crafts a scheme which will take out his four former associates over the course of one fateful night. Set and partially shot on location in London. Green wrappers with a die-cut title window in the British style. Title page present with credits for novelist Mort W. Elkind. 45 leaves with last page of text numbered 44. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with two gold brads. Hemisphere Productions unknown books
1863Best.-Nr. Cat320Concord Massachusetts: Benjamin Tolman 1863. Printed broadside 11 ¼ x 10 inches. Some tearing at folds very good. A straightforward but telling piece documenting the expansion of a Massachusetts burying ground during the American Civil War signed in type by three trustees of the North Sudbury Burying Ground. As casualties mounted and remains were returned to hometowns existing cemeteries were frequently enlarged with new land enclosed and improved by contract. The specification of “25 rods” over 400 feet of wall indicates a substantial addition typical of mid-war efforts to increase capacity in established town burial grounds rather than create entirely new sites. Sudbury contributed roughly 150–170 men to Union service of whom approximately eleven died a scale of loss consistent with small Massachusetts towns and sufficient to register locally in burial and memorial practices. We find no other records of ephemera or broadsides relating to Civil War-era cemetery expansion. This notice is not at AAS. Benjamin Tolman unknown books
1905Best.-Nr. 9447Bullfrog Nye County Nevada 1905. Two broadsheet menus 26 x 13.5 cm. 1 page each. Illustrated. Two holiday menus for Thanksgiving and Christmas of 1905 from the height of the Nevada Gold Rush. The Christmas menu assembled by Robert Brogelman Chef included Blue Point Oysters Mock Turtle Soup Lobster Mayonaise Oyster Fritters English Plum Pudding Malaga Grapes Hennesy 3 Star Brandy and Josyni Key West Cigars. The Thanksgiving menu included Roast Young Turkey a la Malcolm MacDonald Pumpkin Pie and a Manhattan Cocktail. The Montgomery-Shoshone Mine was a Death Valley gold and silver site discovered in 1904 and in operation by 1905 the year of these Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. In April of the same year the Salt Lake Mining Review declared "the story of . the Mine's company's property at Bullfrog Nevada is so incredible that the bare facts seem clear out of the range of possibilities" page 8. In June of the same year the LA Times reported there were 1300 head of horses and mules on the Bullfrog-Las Vegas hauling freight. These holiday dinners were offered by the founder of the mine the already ridiculously wealthy Mr. E.A. Montgomery and his major partner Malcolm L. MacDonald. A year later the mine was sold to Charles Schwab the steel magnate not the financier Bullfrog was the definition of a boom town. Within a year of the original discovery 10000 people sought gold and pleasure there. "The town citizens had an active social life including baseball games dances basket socials whist parties tennis a symphony Sunday school picnics basketball games Saturday night variety shows at the opera house and pool tournaments. In 1906 Countess Morajeski opened the Alaska Glacier Ice Cream Parlor to the delight of the local citizenry. That same year an enterprising miner Tom T. Kelly built a Bottle House out of 50000 beer and liquor bottles" nps.gov "Rhyolite Ghost Town". By 1908 mine productivity was dwindling and by March 1911 the mine was shut. The Thanksgiving menu has some small grease stains and tape repairs to the verso at two folds. The Christmas menu has one short tape repair to the edge. Still near very good and a rare survival from the apex moment of a town that lasted little more than six years. unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 4106071983. Unbound. Fine. Index cards. Each measuring 5” x 3”. Overall fine with occasional pencil or ink notes on the rear identifying the artist: one card with tack holes and another with a tape repaired tear. A group of 39 index cards featuring sketches by various comic strip and humor cartoonists of the late 1970s and early-1980s. Most well-known of the group are Chester Gould Dick Tracey Mort Walker Beetle Baily Cathy Guisewite Cathy Bill Keane Family Circus Russell Myers Broom-Hilda and Don Trachte Henry. The collection appears to have been assembled by three individuals collecting autographs of cartoonist they liked. Most of the artists responded with a basic pen and ink sketch though some are more elaborate than others. Other notables includes five cards by New Yorker cartoonists Arnold Roth Jerry Marcus Howie Schneider and Garrett Price a frequent cover artist for the magazine during the ’40s and ’50s; and syndicated political cartoonist Bill Schorr. A lovely collection of original comic strip and cartoonist art. A complete list is available upon request. unknown books
1975Best.-Nr. 1268345New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1975. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. 4to. 224pp.; VG/VG; spine tan with teal and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; minor bumping and shelfwear; price-clipped; the front pastedown both sides of the ffep and the half-title pages have inscriptions and drawings/doodles by the following cartoonists: Mort Gerberg Sam Gross Marvin Tannenberg Dana Fradon Bill Woodman Jack Ziegler Gahan Wilson George Booth; shelved in Case 11. 1268345. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1786Best.-Nr. 4439France 1786. Hand-colored etched folding paper fan printed on the recto of two joined sheets backed in plain paper mounted on 15 later plain wooden sticks the open leaf measuring approx. 112 x 460 mm. total fan height 260 mm. The etching shows two couples and a small dog and table with wine carafe and glass flanking a female figure in white Grecian robes and a green wreath holding in one hand a heart at her breast and with the other hand ceremoniously setting alight a bundle of wood a fagot on a small pedestal or altar above which is the wreathed inscription Institution des fagotiers a auteuil le 2 avril 1786 / On prete serment sur un fagot de pratiquer toute sa vie cinq vertus : cordial franchise amitié générosité obeisance sic et tendresse; at top a star with the initials T L A and a banner lettered Vertus des fagotiers surmounted by the caption Ronde joyeuse des fagotiers/ Air: c'est la petite Theresse sic; on either side of this scene are four verses within two green-outlined oval cartouches within stenciled blue and yellow decorative border. Some wear and slight splitting along a few folds a couple of small tears at mounts. A mildly licentious pre-Revolutionary printed fan possibly commemorating a real event a "festival of the wood-gatherers" fagotiers held in Auteuil on April 2 1786 but of which there appears to be no historical record. Rather than a guild the fagotiers may have been a local association or club. The symbolism of the image and verses seems to be along the lines of Carpe diem carnally for death is around the corner - heavy sentiments for a feather-light fan. One of the men is gesturing toward his partner's crotch and the verses on either side of the central scene are dotted with sexual innuendo. The first stanza "Let us sing of the burning fagot a bundle of small wood lit by friendship / he who backs away from it knows her i.e. friendship only half-way / without her life is nothing / with her one is deified" could be understood as innocuous but the second stanza celebrates the joys of Déduit an archaic term for the pleasures of love or coïtus. Stanza three brings in Death in the form of Charon: "amiable fellow let us sing his good humor his boat may lead to the devil but his spirit leads to happiness / with his worthy ardor the fire burns in our hearts." The last stanza declares that the "august fagotine law" allows us to include women we need not hide everyone kiss your partner etc. I locate one other example of this fan held by the Musée Carnavelet in Paris. It is digitized on their website with the description "The Genie of Friendship lights the pyre on which the couples will take the oath of friendship." The stenciled border of our copy differs from that of the Carnavelet example which is in pink; here it is in two colors and includes two birds perched on branches. unknown books
1774Best.-Nr. 6518Mexico 1774. Very good. Broadside 23.5 x 16.5 inches. Untrimmed. Printed on two joined sheets. Previously folded. Contemporary manuscript docketing on blank verso. Minor edge wear and scattered faint foxing. A rare ecclesiastical edict addressing the burial of deceased infants issued by the Archdiocese of Mexico on March 15 1774. The broadside responds to complaints from parish priests that numerous baptized children were being buried without notification to their parishes depriving the churches of both jurisdictional oversight and the burial fees set by the ecclesiastical tariff. The document sheds light on the social realities of infant mortality and poverty in eighteenth-century Mexico City. It notes that many families were unable to afford burial expenses resulting in unrecorded deaths and in some cases the abandonment of children's bodies at the doors of churches. Particularly noteworthy is its condemnation of the custom of dressing deceased children as angels clerics bishops or cardinals and displaying them publicly before burial. The edict denounces these practices as abuses and orders that all burials whether of children or adults be conducted only with the knowledge and authorization of the proper parish priest. The present copy bears the manuscript rubrics of Josef Ruiz de Conejares Vicar General of the Archdiocese and Joaquín de Sasturain Chief Notary and the complete wafer seal of Archbishop Alonso Núñez de Haro. unknown books
1696Best.-Nr. 5532Frankfurt: Heirs of Matthäus Merian 1696. SECOND EDITION THUS. Fifth edition overall. This edition is based on Merian's own 1649 edition which was the first to include these revised images and a number of the supplementary texts. Hardcover. Fine. Bound in original tanned sheepskin light surface wear corners bumped lower edge of rear board abraded faithfully and almost imperceptibly rebacked the new spine richly tooled in gold and with a red morocco label. Internally an attractive copy with minor soiling and discoloration to margins of the title page scattered mild soiling in the text mainly marginal a few small rust spots and light blemishes a discreet contemporary repair to one blank margin a small tear in the margin no loss of leaf G1 a clean tear barely entering the image no loss on leaf M1; Memento Mori plate lightly soiled. There is a curious feature in this copy: there is light offsetting -from the text of different book- on one side of the 3 sheets that made up gatherings H S and Cc probably the result of those sheets having been laid upon sheets of the other book while still damp. With the collector's stamp of Johann Carl Conrad Oelrichs 1722-1798 on the title verso. A series of engravings with accompanying text by Matthäus Merian the Elder depicting the Grossbasler Totentanz the 60-meter long Dance of Death mural painted circa 1439 which adorned the inner face of the cemetery wall adjoining the Dominican convent and Predigerkirche in Basel. It was along with the Danse Macabre murals painted in the arcades of the Paris Cimetière des Innocents one of the two earliest painted Dance of Death fresco cycles. The Basel frescoes were lost in 1805 when the wall was destroyed. Only 19 fragments survive. The murals depicted a communal dance between cadavers and people from all strata of society from pope to peasant including members of various trades and professions from physician to fool. The list of those who join -unwillingly- their macabre dance masters in this dance to the grave are in order of appearance: pope emperor empress king queen cardinal bishop duke duchess count abbot knight lawyer councilman church canon physician nobleman noblewoman merchant abbess lame man hermit young man usurer maiden minstrel herald mayor executioner fool peddler blind man Jew heathens a man and a woman cook peasant painter and a mother holding her child. The dance is preceded by the images of a preacher delivering a sermon and a group of skeletons emerging from a charnel house playing instruments this image was probably added over the actual ossuary in the cloister during the restoration of 1616. "The figures of Death were depicted in all kinds of contortions suggesting movement and presumably intended to evoke an association between the represented action and the variety of dance being performed particularly round dances Reigen popular at that time. This is all the more probable because the introductory part of the dance of death which did not survive quite likely depicted figures of Death making music."Dreier Der Totentanz p. 47 "Beneath the pictures was a band containing addresses by Death and replies by the individual representatives of the estates each of four lines in Basel or eight lines in Paris. These verses were written in the local idiom generally in iambic rhyming couplets or alternating rhyme. In the verses the encounter between Death and the human representative was cast as a dialogue in which Death reminded human beings that in the face of mortality everything worldly was transitory and vain. Following Erwin Koller's outstanding philological investigations. it may be assumed that the blockbook produced in Basel around 1460 now preserved in Heidelberg University Library under the shelfmark cpg 438 is a contemporary virtually identical transcription of the original Basel text."Dreier p. 48 Merian made his engravings based on his drawings of the Basel frescoes in 1616. He then either gave or sold his engravings to his nephew Johann Jakob Merian. The first two editions appeared in 1621 one of them printed by Johann Schröter the other by Matthäus Mieg who re-published the book in 1625. The artist himself reworked the plates in 1649 adding atmospheric elements and background details and printed them with a greatly expanded text. This 1696 edition by Merian's heirs reprints the images and text of that edition. For the 1649 expanded edition Merian added a 10-page history of the Basel mural the now-iconic Memento Mori engraving an hourglass with a skull a burning candle and wilting flowers the Adam and Eve engraving and the dual-portrait engraving which when viewed right side up shows a bearded man and when turned upside down show a death's head. Merian also added as announced on the title 42 pages of "Admonitions concerning Human Mortality the Fleeting Nature of This Present Life and the Vanity of All Earthly Things; concerning the Burial and Resurrection of the Dead; concerning the Last Judgment; concerning Hell and the Damnation of the Godless; and concerning Eternal Life.". Heirs of Matthäus Merian hardcover books
1900Best.-Nr. 4922N.p. France: No printer for Joseph Vitta 1900. FIRST STATE of two before the addition of the artist's signature in the plate. Hardcover. Fine. Printed on laid paper with watermarks "A. Portabeuf" and "Arches". Most margins untrimmed with their deckled edges preserved. Light marginal soiling to some plates one plate with light foxing in lower margin not touching the image one plate with foxing to blank verso not visible on the printed recto final plate with light crease to blank margin and soiling to blank verso. Very light dust-soiling to the tips of the deckles and occasional very small tears in the margins. Housed in a custom box. This copy formerly with David Carritt Limited Artemis Group Ltd. London. A complete set of Albert Besnard's striking suite of 26 etchings on the theme of death signed by the artist in graphite. The edition was limited to nine impressions five of them on paper. At least one paper set and one vellum set were dispersed the National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. has a set comprising a single vellum leaf the other 25 are mixed states on paper. In this set nine prints Delteil 131 136 139 148 150-152 155 156 have watermark "Arches"; the others have the watermark "A. Portabeuf". "Les épreuves de ce premier état tirées 'à fleur de métal' sont d'une remarquable qualité Elles sont toutes signées de l'artiste."Delteil "The title of the series of prints Elle refers to Death La Mort. The series is considered one of Albert Besnard's most significant works in printmaking and depicts the omnipresence of death among the living. In this series Death is shown in several scenes in the disguise of the mistress of the household of a courtesan or of a lover. Death appears in all aspects of daily life striking when one least expects it on the path of a horse rider or as a couple embraces in a garden. One scene is particularly cruel as Death stands in front of a mother with two young children on her lap and the title of the print elucidates what is at stake: Lequel Which One. In Après sa visite After the Visit a man and a woman hide their faces in despair. On the other hand in L'Importune Importunate a doctor by a patient's bedside pushes her away. In Danger passé Danger Passed a horse rider continues on unscathed. Other prints demonstrate the benevolence of Death who can bring relief. In one scene Death brings together a couple under her cloak. "In 1900 the French banker collector and patron Baron Joseph Vitta 1860-1940 commissioned the series Elle from Besnard. The series was to include 50 plates of which only 26 were editioned. A 27th plate titled L'homme suivant la Mort was realized but destroyed after only two proofs were pulled. Vitta controlled the preliminary drawings the plates and the printed impressions and limited the size of the edition. The first printing of the series comprised only nine proofs of each plate. A second state of the series with the addition of Besnard's monogram was printed in nineteen impressions in 1921. An additional set of impressions of the 1921 issue was offered to the printer of the series Auguste Vernant. The plates were then cancelled impressions of the cancelled plates are at the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris. "Born in Paris Albert Besnard entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1866. He exhibited at the Salon of 1868 and won the Prix de Rome in 1874. While in Rome he met Charlotte Dubray 1854-1931 the daughter of the sculptor Vital Dubray 1813-1892 and a sculptor herself who benefited from the sponsorship of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland to study sculpture in Rome. After their marriage in 1879 the couple moved to London. There Dubray had numerous contacts and Besnard received numerous commissions as a portrait painter. He also studied printmaking with Alphonse Legros. Their four children three sons and a daughter became artists. Besnard was the director of the Académie de France in Rome from 1913-1921 and the director of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1922 to 1932. He became the first painter to be given a state funeral in France."Getty "With Elle Besnard resurrected and modernized the ancient dance of death adapting its imagery to current tastes while retaining the themes of the power of death and the equality of all before it. Death portrayed by Besnard the eponymous 'She' of the title is an omnipresent force that circulates among the members of modern society. Lurking in the bushes and gutters she occasionally takes on the features of a prostitute or a lover. She is a tenacious and patient adversary usually triumphing over her prey through trickery or duplicity. She is everywhere at once; she strikes arbitrarily and mercilessly. "Besnard's images illustrate only a few of the countless occasions when Death manifests itself. Many scenes are imbued with black humor the effect of surprise and macabre turns of events. Some are poignant others terrifying. All remind us that death plays a very real and very active role in every aspect of our lives."Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada www.beaux-arts.ca Besnard himself established the order of the prints: Exigeante D. 131; Dans la Foule D. 132; L'Accident D. 133; L'Obstacle D. 134; Danger Passé D. 135; L'Inconnue D. 136; Importune D. 137; L'Enigme D. 138; Le Mystère D. 139; Après sa Visite D. 140; Ponctuelle D. 141; Aux Aguets D. 142; Le Coup de Filet D. 143; Musicienne D. 144; Le Vertige D. 145; Lequel D. 146; La Possession D. 147; Discrète D. 148; Le Duel D. 149; la Présentation D. 150; L'Orgie D. 151; Charitable D. 152; Coquette D. 153; L'Avertissement D. 154; Elle consacre l'Amour D. 155; Indifférente D. 156. No printer [for Joseph Vitta] hardcover books
