Best.-Nr. 39196Wien: Burgverlag/Richter & Zollner 1922. . 4to. unpaginated cloth-backed patterned pictorial boards 14 lithographic colour plates each preceded by a text-leaf pictorial endpapers; gutter slightly visible between leaves occasional slight creasing to upper corners light wear to extremities including small tears to cloth at head and foot of spine and wear to paper along edges a very good copy of this scarce Christmas volume which is illustrated with artwork by the Youth Art Class at the Austrian School of Arts and Crafts at the Ostreiche Museum in Vienna. Wien: Burgverlag/Richter & Zollner, 1922. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 51-4518Lyon: Cercle Lyonnais du Livre 1953. 4to. 19 x 28 cm. 82 14pp. Sheets loose as issued in wraps buckram chemise and slipcase; vellum spine. 50 lithographs by Derain. Edition of 200 on Rives this one of 70 in Roman Numerals printed for Pierre Lemerre. Last book with original prints published during the artist's lifetime.Monod no. 237 with wrong date. Fequet et Baudier pour la typographie Mourlot Frères pour la lithographie 1953 ; in-8 en feuilles sous chemise crème rempliée imprimée chemise dos vélin ivoire titre doré à la japonaise étui beige emboitage éditeur ; 3 ff. blancs 80 81 1 bl. 12 pp. 3 ff. blancs 50 lithographies par André Derain 7 à pleines pages..Tirage total à 200 exemplaires sur vélin pur fil BFK de Rives. Lyon: Cercle Lyonnais du Livre, 1953. paperback
1943Best.-Nr. 39461Saigon Vietnam now Ho Chi Minh City: SILI Société des Imprimeries et Librairies Indochinoises 1943. Saint-Maur. ONE OF ONLY 70 COPIES PRINTED ON VIETNAMESE PAPER OF THIS EXTREMELY RARE LIVRE D'ARTISTE PRINTED IN VIETNAM DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. X 11-78 pp. FOUR FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY SAINT-MAUR. From a total edition of 570 numbered copies this is ONE OF ONLY 70 COPIES PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE HANDMADE VIETNAMESE PAPER. Each leaf is printed on one side only tipped onto thick rustic handmade paper. Folio. FINE AND BRIGHT in the original cloth chemise and paper-covered board slipcase. A MOST UNUSUAL SURVIVAL: OF THE GREATEST RARITY. SILI (Société des Imprimeries et Librairies Indochinoises) hardcover
1990Best.-Nr. 18112301New York: The Limited Editions Club printed by Heritage Printers Inc. 1990. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Hejduk John. No. 122 of 375 copies quarto size 193 pp. signed by John Hejduk with LEC Monthly Letter. German writer Thomas Mann 1875-1955 a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929 is best known for his novels and short stories employing symbolism and examining the psyche of those in intellectual circles most famously in his works "Buddenbooks" and "Death in Venice". He wrote "The Black Swan" in 1954 and the novella revolves around an aging woman who must deal with her changing body and the expectations of an uncaring society that values youth over old age. Noted for being one of the first works to utilise hard medicine in the narrative "The Black Swan" is here published by the Limited Editions Club with lithographs by celebrated architect and artist John Hejduk 1929-2000 who brings an architect's eye for symmetry and simplicity in his geometric imagery. This edition includes an afterword by David Shapiro b. 1947 a prolific poet and literary critic whose first book was published when he was eighteen; offering insight and a sympathetic view of the brutality and bluntness often found in Mann's prose he writes "A master of X-ray Mann leads us to the master montage of disease itself. And to the possible health of love." ___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather title in black on the front board black endpapers lithographs printed in two colours by John Hejduk throughout; Monotype Gill Sans mouldmade Rives Buff Text paper quarto size 12" by 9.25" pagination: i-vi 1-183 184-186 1 colophon one of 375 copies this number 122 signed by John Hejduk on the colophon. With LEC Monthly Letter a thirteen-page softcover booklet with two staples at the spine. In a slipcase covered in black cloth. ___CONDITION: A fine copy; the covers clean the corners straight and unrubbed the binding tight with solid hinges the interior clean and bright and free of prior owner markings; spine is very slightly sunned else fine. The LEC Monthly Letter is near fine clean overall with a few stray marks the text block is sturdy without wear except at the corners and a small nick on the top edge of the rear cover. The slipcase is near fine strong and sturdy clean with some minor fraying to the cloth otherwise free of wear. ___POSTAGE: Please note that this is a large and heavy book and additional postage may apply; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Limited Editions Club (printed by Heritage Printers, Inc.) unknown
1963Best.-Nr. 3114302Barcelona: Sala Gaspar. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Prints. First trade edition of this portfolio of lithographs by Joan Miro. One of 1250 copies issued in wrap-around pictorial jacket with a paper folder containing an essay by writer Joan Perucho and 4 original lithographs by Miro. 2 of lithos are on separate sheets 9 1/4" x 11 3/4" and one on folded double sheet 12" x 17". The lithos are very close to fine with trifle signs of age. The jacket also a Miro litho has damage from a 2"-inch circular chip at center of rear panel. The paper folder is afflicted by long tears with clear tape mends and traces of shelf-soiling. The Perucho essay is fine. The prints are suitable for framing. EB ; 9 1/4" X 11 1/4" . Sala Gaspar. unknown
1975Best.-Nr. 321681975. Paris / BiÂvres Pierre de Tartas 1975. Un vol. au format in-folio 372 x 281 mm de 92 pp. en feuille sous couverture lithographie rabats remplis et coffret de pleine percaline satine marine dos lisse titre dor. Un des 12 exemplaires du tirage numrot sur Japon nacr. L'ouvrage est occup en couverture par une lithographie originale en couleurs de Jean-Baptiste Valadi et est revÂtu des signatures autographes de l'artiste ainsi que de l'diteur. L'exemplaire comporte par ailleurs 23 lithographies originales : dont deux signes par l'artiste la mine de plomb. Outre les lithographies en couleurs qu'il se doit de contenir il recÂle sous chemise spare une dcomposition de deux planches alors qu'il ne devrait en figurer qu'une. Mais dpourvu de la ''composition originale d'un dpart ou d'un in-texte planche double signe'' annonce au colophon ainsi que de la ''suite de toutes les planches doubles en couleurs sur grand vlin d'Arches''. ÇJe vous conterai l'histoire du Cygne et de la petite nymphe qui vivait sur les bords du fleuve Eurotas. C'est la louange des bienheureuses tnÂbres.È Monod II Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrs modernes 7418. TrÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
1950Best.-Nr. 9120Paris: André Sauret 1950. First Thus. Hardcover. Fine. This collection of bohemian poems by the French Fantaisiste poet Francis Carco was first published in 1912. It proved to be a popular text for livres d'artiste and illustrated versions appeared in 1927 1943 1950 this and 1974. This version illustrated by Dignimont may have been the most successful paring of artist and poet. This example of the Carco-Dignimont edition is the copy reserved for the artist's wife with "Exemplaire réservé à Madame Dignimont" printed on the colophon. This copy matches the contents of the 12 copies on vélin de Rives with the finished book accompanied by three extra suites of plates: one in color without the text "une suite en couleurs" a suite of single color lithographs "une suite dans le ton du dessin" and one of rejected designs "une suite de lithographies refusées". The book and extra suites of plates are unbound being loose sheets laid into the printed covers with a vellum-backed chemise. The two chemises fit into a two-compartment box. The colophon is signed by Carco and Dignimont. A fine copy complete with all plates. Signed by Carco and Dignimont and additionally inscribed by Carco to Mme. Digninmont with a small self-portrait drawing. André Sauret hardcover
1972Best.-Nr. 82762Ediciones Poligrafa S. A 1972-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Large format hardcover in jacket with text in Spanish light chip to head of spine of the jacket. All 11 original lithographs are intact. Tight binding no marks. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Ediciones Poligrafa, S. A hardcover
1963Best.-Nr. N5061aParis: Andre Sauret 1963. Limited/Numbered . Original Cardboard. Very Good. 4to. 183pp. EXEMPLAIRE SUR GRAND VELIN D'ARCHES. ONE OF 125 COPIES THIS COPY 55 SIGNED BY ANDRE SAURET AT COLOPHONE. Cover is an original lithograph by BRAQUE. Missing the frontispice and the title page both were original lithographs FINE PRINTING BY THE MOURLOT PRESS IN PARIS.SUPERB COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WORKS OF BRAQUE. A VERY GOOD AND CLEAN COPY. Andre Sauret unknown
1949Best.-Nr. 4261Port-Louis - Ile Maurice: Éditions Esclapon 1949. Jouvancourt Limited Edition. Hardcover. Outer Case : Fair / Inner Case Text and Lithographs : Very Good to Near Fine. Huges de Jouvancourt. No. 24 from an edition 250 copies. The colophon and publishers ad insert both state that the lithograph stones were destroyed after printing. A series of unbound signatures in a cloth backed case with a paper spine label folio size 16 inches tall pp. 12 132 8 illustrated w. head and tailpieces 13 full page lithographs inc. the internal case front cover and frontis - 11 being signed in pencil by Jouvancourt. Text in French. The prints and text are contained in an inner case with an original lithograph on front cover and all signatures remain untrimmed and unbound as issued. The outer case is worn and slightly bowed near bottom corner with soil stains and some discoloration hinges cracked lacks original ties from fore-edge label is chipped ; inner case is clean with a few small spots and a small crack to joint at foot of lower cover text with an occasional spot of soil or closed tear to leaf extremities - not affecting prints. Huges de Jouvancourt has created a beautiful set of prints to illuminate this edition of a classic French love story. "Paul et Virginie sometimes known in English as Paul and Virginia is a novel by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre first published in 1788. The novel's title characters are friends since birth who fall in love. The story is set on the island of Mauritius under French rule then named Île de France. Written on the eve of the French Revolution the novel is recognized as Bernardin's finest work. It records the fate of a child of nature corrupted by the artificial sentimentality of the French upper classes in the late eighteenth century. Bernardin de Saint-Pierre lived on the island for a time and based part of the novel on a shipwreck he witnessed there." wiki. Éditions Esclapon hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 298781924. S.l. aux dpens de la Socit Hippocrate et ses amis 1930. Un fort vol. au format pt in-folio 336 x 254 mm de 250 pp. broch sous couverture titre rabats remplis et tui-chemise cartonn gardes de pleine sudine vert-bronze dos lisse piÂce de titre contrecolle. Tirage unique 120 exemplaires dont 20 hors-commerce ; tous sur Arches. ''Edition estime''. in Carteret. L'ouvrage s'agrmente - en premier tirage - de 37 lithographies originales par Andr Mare. Exemplaire ici truff de 20 dessins originaux de l'artiste prparatoires l'illustration d'une suite en feuilles sur Japon de l'ensemble des compositions figurant dans l'ouvrage d'une correspondance entre l'diteur et l'artiste comportant 4 lettres manuscrites signes de ce dernier enfin d'un menu - agrment d'une grande lithographie d'Andr Mare signe la mine de plomb figurant un portrait en pied de Barbey - de la socit ditrice pour clbrer la publication du prsent ouvrage. Lequel est en outre ici bien complet d'un fac-simil d'une lettre de Barbey ; ici reproduite en lithographie. ''Il existe 20 suites de lithographies sur Japon''. in Carteret. ''Natif d'Argentan en 1885 Andr Mare exposa aux Salons des Indpendants et d'Automne o il exposa avec le groupe cubiste en 1912 et 1913 et prsenta avec Duchamp-Villon la Maison cubiste. A partir de 1920 il appliqua certains principes stylistiques du cubisme aux arts appliqu le style Arts dcoratifs 1925 ; en rfrence la trÂs importante exposition internationale.'' in Bnzit. Un jour de dcembre quelques annes avant la rvolution de 1830 dans une petite ville du Cotentin plusieurs amis se runissent pour leur causerie du soir et trÂs vite l'un d'entre eux voque la rencontre qu'il vient de faire : celle du chevalier Des Touches ci-devant hros de la chouannerie. Mais le chevalier n'est-il pas mort Ce soir-l on remonte le pass et devant ses amis mademoiselle de Percy qui y participait raconte l'expdition des Douze : l'enlÂvement de Des Touches prisonnier Coutances par ses compagnons d'armes. De cette soire de dcembre un enfant silencieux avait t tmoin et c'est l'auteur lui-mÂme qui en fait la matiÂre de ce roman. Peu importe que Des Touches y devienne un hros plus glorieux qu'il ne le fut en ralit. L'essentiel est ailleurs : c'est que si les chouans vers 1799 au moment de ce rcit mÂnent encore la guerre ils l'ont dj perdue. Un royalisme dsenchant teinte ainsi tout le roman sans en attnuer la vigueur et bien plus tard Anatole France voquera l'"impression trÂs forte" que lui auront laisse ces "figures la fois hroques et brutales" : "Ce livre dira-t-il me donna le frisson." Monod I Dictionnaire des illustrateurs 943 - Bnzit VII Dictionnaire des peintres p. 7 - Carteret IV Le Trsor du bibliophile / Illustrs modernes p. 57. Quelques altrations superficielles parses affectant l'tui-chemise. Exemplaire quant lui parfaitement conserv ; sinon que le feuillet de Table prsente de discrÂtes rousseurs. b42961 unknown
1920Best.-Nr. 42713Berlin Erich Reiss 1920. 4to. Orig. full blindtooled lettering to frontcover. Uncut. Top edge gilt. 60 pp. and 16 original lithographs by Wilhelm Kohlhoff all signed by the artist. A very faint dampstain in lower margins of some leaves. Otherwise clean and fine. No. 19 of 60 copies signed by the artist. In all 250 copies. "Als zwölfter Prospero-Druck wurde die vlämische Märe "Herr Halewijn" von De Coster für den Verlag Erich Reiss bei Otto v. Holten Berlin im Sommer 1920 in einer Auflage von 250 Exemplaren gedruckt. Die Übersetzung stammt von Albert Wesselski Die dem Werk beigegebenen 16 Originalsteindricke von Wilhelm Kohlhoff wurden von Alex. Rogall mit den Hand abgezogen. Die ganze Auflage wurde auf handgeschöpftes Bütten gedruckt. Die Steindrucke in Nr. 1-60 hat der Künstler signiert. Dieses Exemplar trägt die Nummer 19."Kolophon. unknown
Best.-Nr. 170404Wallingford Pa: The Elm Press 1986. Hardcover. VG. Light blue clamshell box with inlaid fabric on cover. Thirty-six pages are hinged in an accordion fold permitting the images to interweave from page to page. This artist's book developed from a plan by Ruth Mortimer former Curator of Rare Books at Smith College for an anthology of poems using weaving and fabric arts as metaphor. The text of The Bewildering Thread contains fifteen poems selected from the work of fourteen contemporary women poets: Sandra M Gilbert Eleanor Wilner Jody Aliesan Carolyn Kizer Amy Clampitt Linda Pastan Maura Stanton Adrienne Rich Katha Pollitt Lyn Lifshin May Swenson Margaret Atwood Susan Snively and Gjertrud Schnackenberg. The poem by Emily Dickinson from which the title of the collection is taken is printed as an epigraph. This is copy No. 13 of the 50 printed. Eleanor Wilne described the book as ".contained poems about the womanly arts of the thread---spinning embroidery lacemaking weaving—the tapestries in which women spoke before the page and the public stage were open to us." Includes some associated paperwork in the back on the clamshell box. 34 of the 50 copies are held in institutions. The Elm Press hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 002853Paris: Aux depens d'un amateur 1965. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Illustrators. Loose sheets in lithographed wrappers. In grey cloth clamshell box with white lettering. Illustrated with 22 original lithographs in color including wrappers by Leonor Fini. Text in French translated by Andre du Bouchet. Printed on Grand Velin de Rives with BFK watermark. One of 50 copies with an extra suite of the lithographs on Grand Velin de Rives. This is number 83 of a limited edition of 200 copies hand signed by Leonor Fini and Andre du Bouchet on the limitation page. All lithographs protected by tissue guards. The clamshell box is in very good condition with a few vague stains The contents are in mint condition. Sheets measure 40 x 30 cm. . Aux depens d'un amateur Paperback
1848Best.-Nr. 001197Boston: Crosby Nichols and Company 1848. FIRST EDITION. Recent half brown morocco leather with faded purple cloth blind stamped gilt decorated and lettered on the front board. The boards have been laid and the book rebacked. Four raised bands with gilt rulling and tool work on spine. All edges gilt. Original brown endpages. From the drawings of Isaac Sprague. 4 4pp. followed by 16 lithographic plates interleaved with corresponding leaves containing explanatory remarks. 1 "The White Mountains" 2 "Mount Crawford" 3 "The Notch of the White Mountains" 4 "The Lower Cascade of the Notch" 5 "The Gate of the Notch" 6 "The Falls of the Amonoosuck" 7 "The Granite Cliffs of the Falls" two views on one plate 8 "The Franconia Notch" 9 "Profile Mountain at Franconia" 10 "The Profile Rock" 11 "The Basin in Lincoln N.H." 12 "The Flume in Lincoln N.H." 13 "Nancy"s Bridge" 14 "Mt. Crawford from the Notch" two views on one plate 15 "Mount Washington" two views on one plate and 16 "Mt. Washington over Tuckerman"s Ravine." Plates 10 11 12 & 14 are by lithographs by Bufford the rest are by Thayer. Some marginal dampstaining to a few plates and some light foxing to a couple of plates else very good. Benjamin W. Thayer and John Henry Bufford 1810-1870 were among America's most important earlier lithographers both were successors to the pioneering William Pendleton. Isaac Sprague September 5 1811 - 1895 the artist who drew the scenes was a self-taught landscape botanical and ornithological painter. He was America's best known botanical illustrator of his day. Photos can be e-mailed. . First Edition. Half Morocco Leather. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Hardcover. Crosby, Nichols, and Company Hardcover
1990Best.-Nr. 38913Firenze Florence: The Artist 1990. A portfolio of 34 PENCIL-SIGNED HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS BY GIANFRANCO RONTANI PRINTED ON FINE THICK WOVE PAPER. Edition limited to 50 copies. Large 4to. Loose as issued. Housed in original cloth folding case. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. Complete sets are of the greatest rarity. Not in WorldCat. The Artist hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 002863Paris: Aux depens d'un amateur 1965. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Illustrators. Loose sheets in lithographed wrappers. In grey cloth clamshell box with white lettering. Illustrated with 22 original lithographs in color including wrappers by Leonor Fini. Text in French translated by Andre du Bouchet. Printed on Grand Velin de Rives with BFK watermark. One of 50 copies with an extra suite of the lithographs on Grand Velin de Rives. This is number 83 of a limited edition of 200 copies hand signed by Leonor Fini and Andre du Bouchet on the limitation page. All lithographs protected by tissue guards. The clamshell box is in very good condition with a few vague stains The contents are in mint condition. Sheets measure 40 x 30 cm. . Aux depens d'un amateur paperback
1953Best.-Nr. 182631953. Paris Scripta & Picta 1953. Un fort vol. au forma tin-folio 383 x 289 mm de xxx - 126 pp. en feuilles sous couverture titre et tui-chemise cartonn dos lisse titre dor en long. Edition originale. Tirage unique 269 exemplaires seulement. Celui-ci comptant parmi les 245 numrots du tirage sur vlin d'Arches second papier aprÂs seulement les 24 de tÂte sur Japon nacr. Il s'agrmente - ici en premier tirage - des superbes compositions originales en couleurs de Jacques Villon lithographies sur les presses de Mourlot FrÂre. ''L'oeuvre grave de Jacques Villon marque une date dans l'histoire de cette technique. L'importance accorde la lumiÂre le sens de la construction et de l'unit de l'espace n'ont cess de proccuper l'artiste tout au long de sa carriÂre. in Bailly-Herzberg citant la prsente contribution de l'artiste. En 1913 Villon cre ses chefs dÕÃuvre cubistes sept grandes pointes sÂches o les formes se cassent en plans pyramidaux obscurcis. La mÂme anne il expose au clÂbre Armory Show de New York qui contribue introduire l'art moderne aux tats-Unis. Ses Ãuvres connaissent une grande popularit et se vendent sans peine. Sa notorit grandit tellement que dÂs les annes 1930 il est mieux connu aux tats-Unis quÕen Europe. La galerie Louis Carr organise une exposition de son Ãuvre Paris en 1944 la suite de quoi il reÂoit des rcompenses dans un certain nombre dÕexpositions internationales. En 1950 il reÂoit le prix Carnegie et en 1954 il est nomm commandeur de la Lgion d'honneur. L'anne suivante il reÂoit la commande des vitraux de la cathdrale Metz La France. En 1956 le grand prix de la Biennale de Venise lui est dcern lÕexposition. Les plus grandes ralisations de Villon en gravure sont sa cration dÕune langue purement graphique pour le cubisme une ralisation dont aucun autre graveur y compris ses camarades cubistes Picasso ou Braque ne pourrait se vanter. Un caractÂre Didot a spcialement t fondu pour cette dition par la Fonderie Peignot. ''Il m'a t demand par un de mes amis au nom de quelques personnes qui veulent en faire un beau livre de traduire ma faÂon Les Bucoliques .''. Bnzit X Dictionnaire des peintres p. 517 - Bailly-Herzberg Dictionnaire de l'estampe en France p. 335. Petite fente affectant une coupe du coffret. Dont les plats prsentent par ailleurs d'infimes frottements. Quelques serpentes effranges. Nonobstant trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
1994Best.-Nr. 3115950New York: Limited EDITIONS CLUB. Fine with no dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in Slipcase. Limited edition. Copy number 3 out of 300 SIGNED by Cartier-Bresson on colophon. Illustrated with 7 original Lithographs and a Photogravure by Henri Cartier-Bresson. The Lithographs were pulled by Bruce Porter at his Trestle Editions studio in New York. The photogravure was printed by Jon Goodman on French-made Arjo Wiggins stock. Folio 12 x 16 inches. Laid-into grey-green silk slip case with interior felt linin. Book and slipcase are fine. The Photogravure frontispiece by Henri Cartier-Bresson is a portrait of writer Louis Aragon. A lovely production. ; 12" x 16" . Limited EDITIONS CLUB hardcover
1954Best.-Nr. 007666New York: The Noonday Press 1954. Limited First Edition. Cloth. Fine. No. 22 of 64 copies printed of which 55 were placed on sale. Printed on hand-made Fabriano paper by Igal Roodenk and James Lanier. Lithographs pulled in Paris by Fernand Mourlot Freres. The fine woven paper is various colors -- cream black blue rose. Folio 44 by 28.5 cm. Light wear to black cloth -- a few light scratches. Otherwise like new. The Noonday Press unknown
1912Best.-Nr. 37873Paris France: R. Engelmann. As New. Hardcover Monograph. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE & UNMARKED - NUMBERED COPY of an EDITION of 225. Text in French. 58 page monograph. Rare. -- with a bonus offer--; T-Lovlou; Loviot Louis; Huvey Louis lithographs J. J. Henner et Son Oeuvre Avec Vingt Lithographies De Louis Huvey - NUMBER 23 OF 225 COPIES . 1912. R. Engelmann hardcover
1925Best.-Nr. 55932Berlin: Horodisch & Marx 1925. First limited edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. 22/100. Unnumbered 42pp. Original quarter parchment over brown paper-covered boards with framed black lettering on label of cover gilt lettering on spine. Printed by Poeschel & Trepte Leipzig lithographs by A. Rogall Berlin. Nos. 1-15 on Japan paper Nos. 16-100 on van Gelder handmade paper with all lithographs signed in pencil by H. Struck. Featuring 15 lithographs by Hermann Struck representing Zweig's philosophical and Zionist perspectives exploring the physical and spiritual landscape of Palestine. No OCLC records. Text in German. Some wear along edges of binding and at top of parchment spine with circular water stain with 1 3/4" diameter above paper label of front cover. Light foxing of endpapers at front and back title page and dedication page at front last page and limitation page at rear; else minimal in mostly right margins in one instance at top margin. Lithographs in fine condition. Horodisch & Marx hardcover
Best.-Nr. 001692New York: The Limited Editions Club LEC 1988. Book. Illus. by Willem de Kooning. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Bound in black Nigerian goatskin. Covers stamped in 22 karat gold leaf. The book is set in a black fabric covered and lined clamshell case with gilt-lettered leather spine label. This is copy 57 of a limited edition of 550 copies with Willem de Kooning's facsimile authorized signature taken from the handsigned Bon a Tirer proof. Contains 17 original lithographs by Willem de Kooning. The lithographs were originally created in 1967 as charcoal drawings on mylar sheets to illustrate O'Hara's 'Ode to Willem de Kooning'. Only three of De Kooning's drawings were used in the MOMA publication. In this LEC publication the complete original suite of 17 drawings were printed for the first time to illustrate the Club's edition of the O'Hara poems. They are accompanied by thirteen poems by O'Hara. The text was set in English Monotype Bodoni at Golgonooza Letterfoundry and printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress on Magnani paper. The charcoal drawings were transferred from the film to lithographic plates at American Atelier by Benjamin Shiff and printed at Trestle Editions on Japanese Kitakata. The prints were hand-torn and applied with intaglio presses to the text page at Wingate Studio and Renaissance Press. The book was designed and edited by Benjamin Shiff. Introduction by Riva Castleman. Elephant folio 225 x 175 inches. No LEC letter. Clamshell case is in fine condition with only the slightest bump to corner. Book and lithographs are in mint condition. Google 'Ceebe100' to watch a video of this book. Will require extra postage due to weight and value. The Limited Editions Club LEC Hardcover
1938Best.-Nr. 11642Verve. Paris. 1938 1939. FOLIO. 14.1 x 10.4 inches. Two issues bound in one hardback volume. Fully illustrated throughout with drawings paintings and photographs these 2 numbers contain original full colour lithographs by Chagall Miro Rattner Klee Matisse & Derain. The two issues have been bound into one hardbound volume and the binding has been beautifully hand painted in acrylic and oils with an abstract design including the volume title to both the boards and the spine by noted Neo-Expressionist American painter Gaylen Hansen. There is some rubbing to the edges and one small split to the outer edge of the front board without loss which has been strengthened to the inside with clear tape but generally the book is in very good condition. Included with the volume is a fine hardback copy of the fully illustrated book issued in 2007 to accompany the retrospective exhibition "Gaylen Hansen: Three decades of Paintings" at the Seattle Art Museum October 2007 - January 2008 and Salt Lake City Art Center February - April 2008. Verve. Paris. 1938 1939 hardcover
1933Best.-Nr. 028506New York: John Becker / Merle Armitage / Will And Lynton R. Kistler 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine/Very Good Dust Jacket. #243 Of 500 Copies Signed By Armitage Kistler And Charlot With 32 Original Lithographs By Charlot Signed In Color On The Plates And A Dj By Charlot. True Lithographs Drawn By Charlot Directly On 34" X 44" Zinc Plates In A Color Separation Process That Charlot Had Learned From Ben Shahn. Text Hand-Set By Kistler In Castellon Old Style With Heads In Bodoni Ultra-Bold. A Fine As New Example No Wear Or Damage No Browning Or Fraying. With The Original Light Brown Dust Jacket Lettered And Illustrated In Red On Front And Rear Covers And On Spine With Unprinted Upper And Lower Flaps On Front Panel Side Flap On Rear Panel; The Dust Jacket Has Light Edge Wear And Spine Wear With Very Short Tears At Corners And A 1/8" X 1/16" And Another 1/8" X 1/4" Light Brown Stain Or Mark At Lower Front Spine Corner Otherwise Very Clean And Unfaded. An Exceptional Example. With The Four Page Prospectus For The Book With Another Original Zinc Lithograph By Charlot Signed In Pencil #25 In The Book But With A Completely Different Color Scheme From That In The Book; The Prospectus Had A Small Printing For Circulation Amongst Printers In Los Angeles And Is Rare No Institutional Holdings Identified In Worldcat. John Becker / Merle Armitage / Will And Lynton R. Kistler paperback