HUGO (Victor). BARBIER (George).Livre Rare Book
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1912Best.-Nr. 217381912 Aquarelle sur papier greige signée en bas à droite, (1912), 32 x 29.5 cm., encadrée.
Best.-Nr. 124060Paris Pierre Corrard 1914. . First edition limited edition one of 500 numbered copies on papier vélin d'arches this numbered 65 and initialled by the publisher; folio 325 x 278 mm title-page with pictorial vignette to head and verso 18pp. 12 full-page coloured illustrations by Barbier printed on rectos only plates exceptionally fresh; original pictorial wrappers spine slightly split at top and bottom lower wrapper age toned a near fine copy. An attractive copy in the original wrappers of Barbier's early masterpiece dedicated to Tamara Karsavina. 'The cover design pays homage to Beardsley. and its 12 pochoir plates depict Karsavina in her principal parts. That their purpose is again to stir the emotion and delight the eye of the viewer not to document the performance is demonstrated by Le spectre de la rose glimpsed at the moment when the phantom lover of whom the young girl has dreamed after the ball is about to disappear as the rose drops from her hand' Ray. Paris, Pierre Corrard, 1914. unknown
1914Best.-Nr. 195542Paris: Pierre Corrard 1914. Barbier's tribute to a Ballets Russes star First edition limited issue number 85 of 500 copies printed on Vélin d'Arches. This splendid album celebrates the prima ballerina and star of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes Tamara Karsavina in some of her principal roles with 12 hand-coloured pochoir illustrations by Barbier and 15 poems by Vaudoyer. This copy comes from the collection of Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts whose posthumous bookplate is included. Vaudoyer wrote the libretto for the ballet Le Spectre de la Rose one of the most beloved productions in the Ballets Russes' repertoire and the album contains a poem and illustration paying homage to Karsavina's performance alongside Vaslav Nijinsky in the work. Barbier also depicts Karsavina in what was arguably her most celebrated role dancing en pointe beneath the golden apple tree as the original Firebird in the first production of Stravinsky's now-canonical ballet. Loosely inserted is a bookseller's ticket from Gilberte Cournand's La Danse collection. Quarto. With 12 full-page colour pochoir plates on rectos only 3 black-and-white illustrations text in French. Original illustrated wrappers in original glassine all edges uncut. Housed in a custom blue quarter morocco clamshell box. A little uneven toning to wrappers from glassine edges a little nicked and creased offsetting of plates to opposite leaves final leaf mounted on stub contents clean and plates remarkably bright; edges of glassine chipped: a near-fine copy. unknown
Best.-Nr. 119437A Paris, Aux bureaux du Journal des Dames, de 1912 à 1914, 4 tomes in-8, contiennent les 79 numéros parus, complets des 186 planches gravées coloriées au pochoir (184 +2), menu illustré par Boscher au numéro du mois de décembre 1913, tirage à 1279 exemplaires numérotés, un des 1250 exemplaires numérotés sur papier de Hollande (n°1009). 79 fascicules aux cahiers non coupés, non cousus, sous leur couverture de livraison titrée bleue, bleu-vert, ou grise, regroupés sous 4 chemises éditeur papier bleues titrées (par année pour 1912, par semestre pour 1913 et 1914). Chaque numéro contient : 4 pages publicitaires en supplément, 8 pages de chroniques littéraires ou poèmes, 1 ou plusieurs planches hors-texte rehaussées au pochoir; le premier numéro contient en plus une préface de 8 pages et 1 feuillet fac-similé de la première page du Journal de mai 1812. Menus défauts aux chemises I et II (légères taches, petites déchirures), un numéro avec des traces de mouillures (n°73), de très rares rousseurs (pl.17 et 26), sinon intérieur en très bon état, les planches et les couleurs sont magnifiques, bon état général.
1912Best.-Nr. 51747Reliure postérieure pleine basane racinée pour 3 tomes et 1 volume en plein bradel vélin à petit recouvrement. Chaque fascicule est illustré d'une, deux ou trois planches coloriées au pochoir, gravées sur papier fort. Les couvertures de livraison ont été reliées à la fin des volumes.L'ensemble est orné de 186 figures hors texte gravées sur cuivre et finement aquarellées à la main d'après George Barbier, Léon Bakst, Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Umberto Brunelleschi, Étienne Drian, Marie-Madeleine Franc-Nohain, Paul Iribe, Pierre Legrain, Charles Martin, Fernand Simeon, Armand Vallee et Gerda Wegener, entre autres.Les chroniques sont signées Robert de Montesquiou, Robert de Flers, Marcelle Tinayre, René Boylesve. On y trouve également des poèmes de Jean Cocteau, Anna de Noailles, Lucie Delarue-Mardrus.
Best.-Nr. 116864Paris Meynial 1917-1921. . First editions 5 vols 12mo 12.3 x 8.4 cm; 31 colour pochoir lithograph plates illustrations in the text; original pictorial satin over Bodoni boards with pictorial dust-wrappers original decorated slipcases some age-toning to dust wrappers and slipcases otherwise very attractive copies housed in a later Art Deco style box with tassle and gold tassle a fine set. A fine complete set of Barbier almanacs which although published in a small format due to wartime austerity are nevertheless extremely luxurious. The early volumes of these beautiful little annual almanacs often include images of men in military uniform. In addition to the pochoir illustrations Barbier contributed articles from 1918 to 1921 on such topics as the Ballets Russes epigrams opera and the pleasures of love. The fashions depicted show a radical post-war shift in style with the adoption of shorter and fuller skirts backless gowns and fabrics that incorporated more risqué elements of the tango. Paris, Meynial, 1917-1921. hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 1477Imprimé pour Charles Meunier, La Maison du Livre, Paris 1914. 1 volume in-folio (370 x 280 mm) entièrement monté sur onglets, couverture muette de papier marbré gaufré, portefeuille à rabats, dos et coins de percaline bleue, pièce de titre (de l'éditeur). 10 EAUX-FORTES ORIGINALES EN COULEURS HORS-TEXTE DE LOBEL-RICHE dont un frontispice, une vignette gravée sur le titre, 10 illustrations dans le texte et nombreux ornements. Édition de luxe tirée à 30 exemplaires seulement. EXEMPLAIRE SUR JAPON IMPÉRIAL contenant 5 ÉTATS DES EAUX-FORTES dont un état sur parchemin signé à la mine de plomb (1e, 2e, 3e épreuves en états d'eau-forte, 4e état terminé sur parchemin, signé pour chacune au crayon par l'artiste, 5e état en couleurs à la poupée sur vélin blanc), une suite sur Japon de 12 petites eaux-fortes reprenant les vignettes in-texte, la gravure de titre avant la lettre et 2 très jolis DESSINS ORIGINAUX signés au crayon en noir et bistre sur le faux-titre. English description: LES BARS. Size plate or paper : 37 x 28 cm, 10 original etchings in 5 states : 1rst state (eau-forte pure), second state in black, state in black signed and printed on parchemin, in black with aquatint, and final state in color (à la poupée). cumulatively 50 plates. Also 20 pages of text with small drawings printed in red. All these drawings are reinterpreted in original etching (pointe-sèche) : 12 (tltle + 11), and printed on Japan paper. 2 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS signed on the half-title page.
1934Best.-Nr. 260057New York: The Derrydale Press 1934. First Edition ONE OF 55 LARGE-PAPER COPIES signed by Barber this being No. 22. 5 color plates one of them handcolored and 121 other illustrations. TOGETHER WITH BARBER'S ORIGINAL INK DRAWING FOR THE TITLE PAGE laid in. 1 vols. 4to. Original full red morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut; very slight chipping to top of spine else a fine copy of a book seldom found approaching this condition. Half red morocco slipcase with Derrydale logo on spine and on upper cover leather label with chemise. First Edition ONE OF 55 LARGE-PAPER COPIES signed by Barber this being No. 22. 5 color plates one of them handcolored and 121 other illustrations. TOGETHER WITH BARBER'S ORIGINAL INK DRAWING FOR THE TITLE PAGE laid in. 1 vols. 4to. "One of the most important books published by Connett." -- Siegel This is the large paper edition of this work. The regular trade edition was published at the same time by Windward House a sporting press started by Connett in 1933. Both editions used Barber's vignette on the the title page. From this drawing it appears that Connett liked the artist's Windward design and used in it the Derrydale edition: in the margin of the drawing Connett has pencilled "reduce 1/4 inch" and the drawing was photographically reduced to the smaller dimension for the large paper copies. A simplified version of the design was used on the Derrydale edition spine. One of the rarest and most desirable productions of the Derrydale Press and by virtue of the drawing a unique copy. Siegel 85; Frazier B-5-a The Derrydale Press unknown
Best.-Nr. 10127Used; Like New/Used; Like New. A fascinating and important collection of autograph letters and telegrams to the important American composer dating from the premieres of his two operas Vanessa 1958 and Antony and Cleopatra 1966. Included are autograph letters from Aaron Copland John Browning who premiered Barber's Piano Concerto Rosalind Elias the original Erika in Vanessa and Charmain in Antony and Cleopatra Ignace Strasvogel and other friends and admirers and telegrams from Leonard Bernstein Martha Graham Jerome Robbins W. H. Auden Noel Coward and many others. While Vanessa with libretto by Menotti won Barber the 1958 Pulitzer Prize for music Antony and Cleopatra written for the opening of the new Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center was not well-received. Franco Zeffirelli chosen to write the libretto and stage the opera weighed down the production with over-the-top scenery animals and extras; technical difficulties marred the opening night. As Barber departed New York for Italy the very next morning his years of success had for the most part come to an end. The 1966 letters to Barber reflect his unhappy state with many of his friends consoling him over the bad reviews and assuring him that his music transcended the problems of staging. Included are: 88 telegrams sending best wishes and congratulations on the première of Vanessa in 1958 sent by W. H. Auden Noel Coward Aaron Copland Leonard Bernstein Jerome Robbins John Browning Frank O'Hara Stephen Spender Martha Graham Erich Leinsdorf Antal Dorati Andre Kostelanetz Regina Reznik "Your old Baroness" Roberta Peters G. Schirmer Lillian Gish Max Rudolf Samuel Chotzinoff the heads of ASCAP and NBC and many other luminaries and friends. 3 letters about Vanessa two ALS and one TLS dated January 1958. One from Roberta Peters celebrated Met coloratura thanking Barber for sending her some music mentioning that she is looking forward to learning Barber's song "Nuvoletta" and wishing him good luck for Vanessa 2 pp.; one from Eleanor Belmont a member of the Metropolitan Opera board congratulating Barber on the premiere 1 p.; and one from a music student William Gordon expressing his love for the opera and asking where he can obtain the score 1 p. typed and undated. 19 letters mostly autograph with one TLS to Barber from before and after the 1966 premiere of Antony and Cleopatra. Dated September-November 1966. Letters are from: Ignace Strasfogel 1 p; John Browning 3 pp.; Rosalind Elias 2 pp.; John Barrows 1 p.; Aaron Copland wishing Barber the best for the opening 1 p. with original envelope; David Johnson from Time-Life Records 2 pp.; C. W. Bailey 3 pp.; Dick 1 p.; Ellie Frankfurter 3 pp.; an unidentified correspondent in Russian 1 p.; Nina Fassler 1 p.; Lisette Lewis and another correspondent in one airmail letter from South Africa 3 pp.; Andrew Chiappe 2 pp.; Channing Way Jr a West Chester friend1 p.; Katy Katsoyanis mentioning Dimitri Mitropoulos 1 p.; "Chandler" 1 p.; Edith Jackson Barber's old school teacher from West Chester! 2 pp.; Horace P. Halsing from West Chester 1 p.; Mrs. Henry Holt 3 pp. Also included is one letter about the premiere addressed to "Bill" from "Ed" on the letterhead of the St. Thomas Aquinas Rectory Chicago; and an envelope addressed to Barber letter missing from Sol Schoenbach postmarked October 31 1966. Also included are 2 telegrams sent to Barber at the Metropolitan Opera House on the occasion of the premiere of Antony and Cleopatra. One is from an Ada Camillo congratulating Barber on behalf of all Cadegliano Menotti's hometown in Lombardy. The other reads "Love the story hated the music I think you are an American disgrace. Frank Terez 17" - a comic reaction to Barber's music but one that may have hit a nerve unknown books
1917Best.-Nr. 002990Paris: La Guirlande 1917. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Complete set of this rare and highly decorative art deco periodical. Eleven issues all published bound in two volumes. 59 pochoir colored plates by renowned illustration artists Georges Barbier Umberto Brunelleschi Taquoy Vallee Bonotte Domergue Wegener Stab and others. Most pages with in-text color illustrations including head- and tail-pieces. All eleven original printed wrappers with colored and silver design by Brunelleschi are included. Brunelleschi was the artistic director of the short lived but significant La Guirlande. Jean Hermanovits was the literary director. Jean Saude one of the foremost artists to explore and promote pochoir techniques was responsible for the brilliant pochoir coloring. Texts by Lucie Delarue-Mardrus Rene Boylesve Jean Hermanovits Abel Hermant and others. Each issue numbered 79 of a total edition of 800 copies. Both Barbier and Brunelleschi at that time were at the top of their artistic prowess and their beautiful illustrations in La Guirlande reflect their talents. Includes duplicate of 'L'Heure du Bain' as stated in Colas. Each issue complete with mostly illustrated advertisements of 'Maisons de luxe'. Bound in two volumes half calf with raised bands and patterned boards matching patterned endpapers and gilt titles on spine. Top edges gilt. Besides the inevitable offsetting from the pochoirs this is a very fine complete set of all issues published. No marks or inscriptions no foxing. 28 x 20 cm. . La Guirlande Hardcover
1812Best.-Nr. M12282Paris:: Crapart & C.L.F. Panckoucke 1812-22. 1812. Complete set of 60 volumes. 127 engraved plates list of subscribers in the index volume 10 folding charts; occasional foxing ink and water-stains. Modern quarter green spines over original marbled boards gilt-stamped black leather spine labels; re-backed. Ex-lib bookplates and ink stamps of the Norwich & Norfolk United Medical Book Society early ownership inscription of Hudson Gurney. Fine. FIRST EDITION. 19th Century French Medical Encyclopedia Possibly one of the most important encyclopedia/dictionaries of medicine ever assembled and certainly the earliest. As Diderot's encyclopedia became the model for assembling scientific knowledge this massive set brings together all that was known about medicine in the post-Napoleonic era. Included here are numerous engraved plates of surgical instruments of the period. Also illustrated are facial expressions and signs of mental abnormality many in the style of Esquirol's work. A smaller set Dictionnaire abrege des sciences medicales. . . was concurrently published however that set is only 15 volumes. In 1821-25 Panckoucke published Dictionnaire des sciences medicales Biographie medicale. . . which includes biographies of medical luminaries. Nicolas Philibert Adelon 1782-1862 and Francois Victor Merat 1780-1851 were two of the prominent contributors to this medical encyclopedia. This compendious work was not included amongst the items exhibited by the Library of Congress in their Circle of Knowledge exhibition of the history of the encyclopedia. Panckoucke 1736-1798 was involved with issuing various encyclopedias beginning with Diderot's Encyclopedie which ". . . was an immediate success: a new edition was called for even before the first had been completed. C.J. Panckoucke proposed such a new edition in 1761 and bought the rights to the first seven volumes. He approached Diderot to edit a new revised edition and when Diderot refused began to reissue the original volumes. The government intervened in 1770 and seized the three which had appeared. After the death of the last of the original proprietors in 1775 Panckoucke published a five-volume supplement to the Encyclopedie and later in 1780 a two-volume index. The complete first edition comprises Diderot's twenty-eight volumes plus Panckoucke's seven; its publication spanned the years 1751-80." Circle of Knowledge 1979 p. 8. Provenance: Hudson Gurney 1775-1864 was an antiquary and verse-writer of Norwich. He became an M.P. for Newtown in 1816 and sat in six successive parliaments. In 1835 he was high-sheriff of Norfolk and was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries 1819 was vice-president from 1822-46 a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the British Archaeological Association. As such Gurney may have been the donor of this set to the Norwich & Norfolk Library. DNB Vol. VIII pp. 803-4. Circle of Knowledge 1968 1979; Wellcome II p. 465. Crapart & C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1812-22. hardcover
1928Best.-Nr. 87423Sous étui et chemise cartonnés. Couverture illustrée en rempliée.Belle édition publiée d'après une maquette typographique de François-Louis Schmied, illustrée de 33 compositions en couleurs de George BARBIER gravées sur bois par Pierre Bouchet.
Best.-Nr. 125420Paris Pierre Corrard 1914. . First edition folio 32.5 x 27.8 cm; No.396 out of a limited edition of 512 numbered and initiated by the publisher; signed by Karsavina; title page with pictorial vignette to head and verso 12 full-page coloured illustrations by Barbier printed on rectos only plates exceptionally fresh; original pictorial wrappers; 24 ll. Signed by Tamara Karsavina An attractive copy in the original wrappers of Barbier's early masterpiece dedicated to Tamara Karsavina. 'The cover design pays homage to Beardsley. and its 12 pochoir plates depict Karsavina in her principal parts. That their purpose is again to stir the emotion and delight the eye of the viewer not to document the performance is demonstrated by Le spectre de la rose glimpsed at the moment when the phantom lover of whom the young girl has dreamed after the ball is about to disappear as the rose drops from her hand.' Ray. Paris, Pierre Corrard, 1914. unknown
1920Best.-Nr. 118958London: the Field Press Limited 1920. An attractive run of the hugely influential French fashion magazine. Founded by Lucien Vogel the first issue was released in November 1912. Publication was suspended in 1915 due to the First World War resuming in 1920 with the present volume and continuing until 1925. Extensive runs such as this especially in such bright condition are uncommon. "After the last issue of this excellent magazine in 1925 nothing else quite like it was ever produced. It has the prestige of having pioneered the idea of using the very best artists to illustrate the very best haute couture designs of having maintained a superb standard of printing on hand-made paper and for most of its life it was guided by one director Lucien Vogel" Robinson p. 28. Although short-lived Gazette du Bon Ton was a key publication and reported on the latest developments in fashion and lifestyle at the beginning of the twentieth century at a time when styles were changing dramatically in the space of a few years. The magazine was only available to subscribers at a price which equals $425 per year in today's money thereby creating a very exclusive image. Lucien Vogel the editor aimed to establish fashion as an art form and to create "good taste" for the Parisian elite. Contributing artists included all the greatest names of the day such as Dufy Bakst Barbier and Brunelleschi all of whom depicted the haute couture in a narrative and dramatic style using vivid colours and the pochoir technique on special handmade paper. Many of the designs were idealistic leisure scenes of the well-to-do illustrating the latest creations of Paris vintage fashion houses such as Worth Lanvin Doucet Poiret Callot Soeurs Paquin and Beers often without explanatory text. The literary content was also of the highest quality with essays by well-known art historians playwrights and novelists of the day. 10 vols quarto: 79 hand-coloured lithograph plates en pochoir 48 coloured croquis. Loose as issued in original printed paper wrappers. Housed in a custom orange cloth solander box. Trivial wear to edges corners very slightly defective to front wrapper of part I; a very good remarkably well-preserved set. Julian Robinson The Golden Age of Style 1976. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 94761Paris A. Blaizot 1928. . First edition number 101 of 150 copies; 4to 26 x 21 cm; 27 text illustrations wood-engraved by Pierre Bouchet and printed in colour after designs by Barbier; presentation copy signed by Barbier on front blank; loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers after Barbier publisher's burgundy cloth chemise and slipcase. Presentation copy inscribed by Barbier A French Romantic poet Maurice de Guérin 1810-39 achieved cult status in his lifetime as one of the first writers of 'prose poems.' The present work is illustrated by George Barbier who provides beautiful illustrations of the mythological Centaur and the Bacchante a follower of Bacchus Dionysus. The charming presentation inscription reads: 'À Mademoiselle Violette Gath / ces petites divinités d'autrefois déjà touchées par la mélancolie d'aujourd'hui / avec les respectueux compliments de l'artiste / George Barbier / juin 1928.' To Miss Violette Garth / These small deities of days past already touched by the melancholy of today / With respectful compliments of the artist George Barbier / June 1928. Carteret IV 195; Méhé II 309-310; Ritchie 25. Paris, A. Blaizot, 1928. hardcover
1922Best.-Nr. 3930Collection Pierre Corrard, Paris 1922. Un volume in-4 en feuilles sous coffret décoré imitant la peau de serpent dorée, incrustée au premier plat, la médaille de Bilitis réalisée pour l'occasion par le sculpteur art-déco, Albert POMMIER. Première édition illustrée par GEORGE BARBIER et gravée sur bois par F.L. SCHMIED. 44 superbes illustrations couleurs dont la couverture, 13 en hors-texte et 8 à pleine page, 21 dans le texte ainsi que de nombreux ornements. L'un des 125 ex. numérotés sur Arches, seul tirage, signé par G.Barbier. Il est joint à cet exemplaire trois maquettes originales d'essai de la couverture avec ajouts et découpes par Barbier. - ENGLISH DESCRIPTION: P. Loüys. LES CHANSONS DE BILITIS. Taduit du grec. Illustrations de G. Barbier gravées sur bois par F.L. Schmied (1922) .Collection Pierre Corrard, Paris 1922. A quarto volume (33 x 26 cm) issued in loose sheets within a shellcase featuring a gold snakeskin-effect finish; the front cover is inset with the "Bilitis" medallion created for the occasion by Art Deco sculptor Albert Pommier. First edition, illustrated by George Barbier and featuring wood engravings by F.L. Schmied.- 44 superb illustrations, including the cover, 13 plates and 8 full-page images, 21 in-texte, as well as numerous decorative elements. One of 125 copies numbered on Arches paper, signed by G. Barbier. Included with this copy are three original cover mock-ups featuring additions and cut-outs by Barbier. A perfectly preserved copy housed in a highly elegant custom-made presentation box. Additional photographs available upon request.
Best.-Nr. 121036Paris Meynial 1922-1926. . First editions; 5 vols 8vo 252 x 170 mm; each issue with colour vignette to title & 12 colour pochoir plates 60 in total introductory text by Colette; loose as issued in original coloured pictorial wrappers by Barbier a fine set. A fine example of a complete set A complete set of this exquisite series displaying fashion in magnificent and imaginative illustrations. The series includes Barbier's depiction of the seven deadly sins in the volume for 1925. Here one finds a great theme of the Western iconographical tradition at home in Barbier's special world. 'Anger' shows a modish couple quarrelling in a formal garden; 'Envy' is displayed by a maid regarding her mistress as she steps from a Rolls Royce; and 'Gluttony' is depicted as a gourmandise. Falbalas et fanfreluches was the last of Barbier's books to reflect contemporary life. Its special value lies in the unique way in which it catches the tone and mood of les années vingts. Gaudriault p115. Paris, Meynial, 1922-1926. unknown
1922Best.-Nr. 48789Paris.: Chez Meynial. 1922. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with a colour design by Barbier heightened with gilt gilt black and purple marbled board chemise and matching slipcase. Folio. 380 x 294 mm. Illustrated half-title with colour wood-engraved design by Barbier title with colour wood-engraved Harlequin vignette 12 full- and 2 half-page wood-engraved colour plates 22 wood-engraved colour four-line initials as well as decorative devices in the text many heightened in silver and gold final wood-engraved colour vignette list of plates and colophon. Each leaf of text surrounded by decorative frame. The cover illustration is repeated on the half-title. A very fine copy of this delightful collaboration between two Art Deco masters: Georges Barbier and François-Louis Schmied.From the edition limited to 150 numbered copies signed by Barbier in pencil. The plates were engraved by Schmied after Barbier's magnificent original designs. Chez Meynial. unknown
1928Best.-Nr. 214599New York: The Derrydale Press 1928. Watercolor signed "Joel D. Barber / New York 1928" lower right. 1 vols. 11-1/2 x 18-3/4 in. framed to 16 x 22-1/2 in. overall. Fine condition. Watercolor signed "Joel D. Barber / New York 1928" lower right. 1 vols. 11-1/2 x 18-3/4 in. framed to 16 x 22-1/2 in. overall. Fine 1928 Original Duck Decoy Watercolor by Joel Barber. A fine large rendering very much reduced in the Derrydale Press and Windward House editions of Barber's classic book. It shows "a Stevens Widgeon . In this decoy the painting is original and still shows the work of a 'graining comb' on the back." The watercolor execution is meticulous. Inscribed verso: "Amer. Widgeon Baldpate / No detailed history - just used in Currituck Sound North Carolina / the Currituck Club. / Reproduced through the Courtesy of H.F. Stone Esq. of New York 1928. / Note-- Undoubtedly a machine made decoy of the Eighties - a product of some early northern factory possibly a Stevens - Weedsport / Joel." A UNIQUE AND HIGHLY DESIRABLE DERRYDALE DUCK RENDERING. Siegel 85. Provenance: From the private collection of Eugene V. Connett III. Literature: Barber's Wild Fowl Decoys plate 60 [The Derrydale Press] unknown books
1912Best.-Nr. 1091912. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. FIRST EDITION OF ALL 79 ISSUES WITH 186 HAND-COLORED PLATES by some of the most famous artists of the era. Number 884 each issue from the same set of only 1250 sets on Holland paper out of a total edition of 1279. IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS IN FINE CONDITION. "The Journal des Dames et des Modes lasted only two years the first issue appeared on 1 June 1912 and the last on 1 August 1914. This stylish periodical was issued regularly three times a month and ceased publication upon the outbreak of the First World War. With its expensive layout its society columns its poetic texts its colourful annotations and its fashion reports it represented the last brilliant refined impartial and aestheticizing impulse of a happy and optimistic society occupying the centre of the stage in the period that has aptly been called the 'belle époque'. It was essentially the testimony the history--illustrated or rather 'clothed' and narrated--of the customs ideas and ideals of a society and a period. "Every issue carefully reviewed all the current novelties of fashion and every issue carried coloured stencil prints reproducing the latest conceptions of the fashion designers." For the text "the magazine could count on the collaboration of the best known writers and littérateurs of the time" including Henri Duvernois Marcel Boulenger Paul Margueritte Jean Cocteau and many others. The artistic contributions "included the works of some outstanding artists and many promising young ones. Most frequent in his appearance and outstanding for the quality of his illustrations was Georges Barbier." Other artists included Léon Bakst Bernard Boutet de Monvel Umberto Brunelleschi H. Robert Dammy Paul Iribe Charles Martin and Fernand Siméon. Christina Nuzzi Parisian Fashion from the "Journal des Dames et des Modes". Note: all 186 plates are present numbered 1-184 with two unnumbered plates. Paris: 1912-1914. Octavo each issue loose as issued in original wrappers inserted loosely into four half-yearly plus one supplemental original large wrappers. A few plates with spots but generally exceptionally clean dampstaining to edges of five issue wrappers. A nearly immaculate set exceedingly scarce in original wrappers. unknown
1998Best.-Nr. SBBI-L-BFL00202-RAG-20230Centre for European Reform CER 1998. paperback. 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. Centre for European Reform (CER) paperback
1914Best.-Nr. 191067Paris: La Belle Édition 1914. Neoclassical Art Deco First edition one of 25 copies on vergé paper and with the extra suite of monochrome illustrations from a total edition of 240 numbered copies of which this is number 63. Barbier transforms the Song of Songs into a sumptuous reverie both neoclassical and charged with the style of early Art Deco. Indeed this is "one of the few significant illustrated books in which the Art Deco style already predominates published in 1914 or earlier" Ray p. 32. Quarto. With 17 designs including 13 pochoir plates each present in two states: black and gold and monochrome. Original wrappers. With glassine dust jacket. Housed in a custom black cloth solander box by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Contents possibly reglued into wrappers still a near-fine copy. Gordon Ray "The Art Deco Book in France" in Studies in Bibliography vol. 55 2002. hardcover
1914Best.-Nr. 20580Paris: Aux Bureaux du Journal des Dames 1914. First edition. Wraps. Loose in original wrappers as issued. Near fine. 25 x 16 cm. Limited edition copies 14 & 15 of twelve examples numbered 6-17 on Japan Imperial with illustrations in two states -- monochrome and color from total of 1270 copies. 184 pochoir plates plus two supplemental unnumbered plates "Le Choix Difficile" Charles Martin and "La Folie Du Jour" Georges Barbier also in two states. The Art Deco fashion plates by leading artists of the period including Leon Bakst Iribe Martin Brunelleschi Simeon Vallee Wegener et al: Georges Barbier the principal illustrator. Plate 184 in colored state only plate 183 supplied from another copy printed on Hollande paper with watermark "Journal Des Dames."Plates1-93 from copy 14 Plates 94-184 from copy 15 both housed in original paper wrappers with spine reading Journal Des Dames Tome III Juillet-Decembre 1913 title within front cover rectangular decorated border. No text. Plates fresh bright and crisp copies in two states are rare. Aux Bureaux du Journal des Dames unknown books
1933Best.-Nr. 1713Se trouve pour les amateurs à Paris à l'enseigne du nombril de Vénus (1933). Un Album in-folio oblong (310 x 415 mm), en feuilles, chemise toilé à quadruple rabat. Très rare album commandé à Charles Martin par Marcel Valotaire, Jean Beauclair et Georges Cretté, composé d'un titre illustré et de 12 planches très libres, en couleurs et en noir, gravées à l’eau-forte au repérage par Charles Martin. Chaque planche est présentée dans une chemise légendée. Feuillet de justification en fin d'ouvrage. Celui-ci exemplaire J comprenant : La planche de titre en état définitif couleur, état en noir et état avant la lettre ; les 12 COMPOSITIONS LIBRES EN 4 ÉTATS DONT : couleur, noir, eau-forte pure, à part l'état en noir avec très importantes remarques, réservé aux seuls exemplaires lettrés. Cet exemplaire est accompagné de : 13 DESSINS ORIGINAUX DONT : 6 AUX CRAYON DONT UN REHAUSSÉ DE COULEUR, 7 DESSINS DÉFINITIFS À L'ENCRE DE CHINE (À LA PLUME) DONT UN ENTIÈREMENT AQUARELLÉ, tous au format 310 x 415 mm et un dépliant recto-verso, et 4 rarissimes "kodatraces" gravés ayant servis au reports sur cuivre des originaux de Charles Martin.
Best.-Nr. 121033Paris Pierre Corrard 1913-1922. . 7 issues complete 8vo; all issues a total edition of 300 issue no.1 one of 271 copies on Japon no.276 12 plates after Lepape initialled in pencil by Lepape and Corard on the justification; issue no. 2 one of 17 copies with an original 'remarque' on Japon no.27 original signed in pencil by Lepape creased in the bottom corner 12 plates after Charles Martin signed by Martin on the justification; issue no. 3 one of 271 copies on Japon no. 139 initialled by Barbier on the justifcation 12 plates after Barbier; issue no.4 one of 17 with an original 'remarque' on Japon no.20 original drawing with silver monogrammed by Charles Martin 12 plates after Lepape; issue no. 5 one of 271 copies on Japon no.113 12 plates after Andre Marty; issue no. 6 one of 271 copies on vélin d'arches no. 74; 12 plates after Robert Bonfils; issue no. 7 one of 271 copies on vélin de cuve no.76 12 plates by Fernand Siméon; all loose as issued in the original portfolios with patterned paper folding paper internally each issue with a illustration on the upper by the corresponding artist some issues with some spotting to covers no. 4 with split spine no. 6 lacking one tie housed in a modern red cloth box with brown morocco label to spine a very good set. Complete set of seven volumes of Modes et Manières in the original portfolios with 84 plates in total. A fine bright copy of an Art Deco landmark. Two of the issues numbers 2 and 4 are from the smaller edition with an original signed drawing one by Lepape and one by Martin. Paris, Pierre Corrard, 1913-1922. hardcover
