H. A. Forde (I. de B. Lockyer, illustrator)
The Fruit of the Spirit (with woodcuts by I. de B. Lockyer) (The Saint George Series Number I)
De la More Press, London: 1910
- $1,250
A REMARKABLE SURVIVAL: A PRISTINE COPY ON VELLUM, IN SHEETS, IN THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPE. 23 pp. A beautiful little fine press book, and the first book in the St. George Series. Forde's inspirational verses, with the stunning art nouveau woodcuts by I. de B. Lockyer (half-title, title, and frontispiece.) : The striking frontispiece depicting St. George serenely slaying the dragon appears here for the first time. One of only 21 numbered copies PRINTED ON VELLUM. This copy is of particularly great interest as it is preserved in unbound sheets enclosed in the original (somewhat worn) publisher's envelope, where we find "I. Fruit of the Spirit. Real vellum Nº 13" neatly inscribed in ink. 8vo. FINE AND BRIGHT, AS NEW WITH NO DEFECTS. Also included is a pristine copy of the regular edition, printed on extremely fine handmade Whatman wove paper and sewn into the original wraps. Uncut, and also in perfect condition.
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Unpublished autograph letter signed by Paul Signac to a journalist
A FASCINATING FOUR-PAGE SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM PAUL SIGNAC TO A JOURNALIST, in which the artist effusively thanks the journalist for a recent article about the Société des Artistes Indépendents (Signac's organization) and explains why artists must remain free of the clutches of dealers. About 200 words in very legible script on two conjugate leaves of fine writing paper, with the letterhead of Signac's "Société des Artistes Indépendants". Dated February 15, 1931. A VERITABLE MANIFESTO OF ARTISTIC INDEPENDENCE, AND AN UNPARALLELED AND VERY PERSONAL GLIMPSE INTO THE PARISIAN ART WORLD DURING ITS GREATEST MOMENT. In perfect condition. Tala. Poemas. (with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER FROM GABRIELA MISTRAL TO FRANCIS DE MIOMANDRE)
FIRST EDITION of Mistral's most important collection. 288 pp, printed on good wove paper. An association copy belonging to Mistral's close friend, celebrated French novelist Francis de Miomandre, WITH A DOZEN MANUSCRIPT CORRECTIONS AND AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER, in Spanish, SIGNED BY MISTRAL, dated March 25 (1940). The letter, two pages and approximately 400 words, is written in blue ink on good wove writing paper. It is in excellent condition. Mistral addresses Miomandre as "Respetado y caro amigo", and describes her imminent voyage to Brazil, where she will become the first female Chilean consul. She tells Miomandre to contact her, for the moment, through Palma Guillén, the dedicatee of the book and an intimate friend of Mistral's. She concludes with a few thoughts on God. An abbreviated French translation of the letter is laid in. The book is 4to, original wraps. Wraps faded at spine. Internally UNCUT, fine and bright. Letter in perfect condition. An outstanding association copy. Rembrandt (suite of signed original drawings by Thierry Le Saëc)
A UNIQUE LIVRE D'ARTISTE / PORTFOLIO OF SEVEN ORIGINAL DRAWINGS ON FINE WOVE PAPER BY THIERRY LE SAËC. The drawings, all of which feature (and respond to) the image of a celebrated etched self-portrait by Rembrandt, are made with graphite, pastel, and collage. Each one is SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST on the verso, and measures 38.5 and 28.5 cm. There is a brief printed text about the book by Maurice Benhamou, and a printed justification / colophon also signed by the artist. THIS IS THE ONLY COPY CREATED: IT IS A COMPLETELY UNIQUE BOOK. It is discussed at length in the very substantial catalogue raisonné / bibliography of Le Saëc's books ("Ce que les images ignorent: Livres d'artiste de Thierry Le Saëc 1989-2005" [Rennes: Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, 2006], pp. 38-39). Four drawings from the book are reproduced on p. 39. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. The front cover is an ADDITIONAL SIGNED DRAWING by Le Saëc. Housed in the original handmade wooden slipcase, WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY THE ARTIST ON THE SIDES. (So ten original artworks by Le Saëc in all.) FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Effets de théàtre (ornaments by Bellery-Desfontaines)
ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON ANTIQUE JAPANESE PAPER of the first edition of this collection of poems. 51 pp. Numerous woodcut ornaments by Mathieu after Bellery Desfontaines. Large 4to. Original wraps. Some wear to spine and dustiness to wraps, internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Very rare. La payse (Pièce en un acte)
First edition, ONE OF ONLY TEN NUMBERED LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, WITH A LONG AND EFFUSIVE SIGNED PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION (beginning "A l'artiste la plus complète que je connaisse.") FROM THE AUTHOR TO JANE MARNAC, WHO PLAYED THE TITLE CHARACTER AND WHOSE PORTRAIT APPEARS IN THE BOOK. 43 pp. Signed in the justification by the publisher. 4to. Attractively bound in three-quarters cloth and marbled boards. Original wrappers preserved. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Tiny traces of wear to extremities of binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Cinamon (with etchings by Rafa Forteza and poems and an original scene on celluloid by Joan Brossa)
An extraordinary artist's book / livre d'artiste, with poems by Brossa, SEVEN LOOSE FOLIO ETCHINGS (with aquatint) BY RAFA FORTEZA, AND SEVERAL STRIPS OF CELLULOID FILM CONTAINING AN ORIGINAL SCENE. Edition limited to 34 numbered copies SIGNED by Brossa and Forteza. Folio (housed in a tin box measuring 44 x 29 x 5 cm). FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Etude sur Georges Michel
First edition of this important monograph devoted to Georges Michel, precursor of the Barbizon School. VIII; 182 pp. 17 HORS-TEXTE ETCHED PLATES PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER. Catalogue raisonné of 150 paintings. 4to. Original printed parchment boards. Front joint worn. Internally clean. Le Bocage amoureux, ou le divertissement des amants citadins et champêtres. Avec des figures et ornaments par Albert Gleizes
ONE OF ONLY 40 SIGNED LARGE-PAPER COPIES OF ONE OF THE VERY FIRST CUBIST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. 85 pp. 60 fine illustrations by Gleizes. From a total edition of 190 numbered copies, this is one of only 35 copies printed on fine Dutch laid paper and SIGNED BY ALLARD AND GLEIZES. 4to. As issued in original wraps. Entirely uncut. Minor stain to corner of front cover, else FINE AND BRIGHT. EXTREMELY RARE. Céleste Ugolin
ONE OF FIVE LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER OF THE FIRST EDITION. IV, 231, 3 pp + frontispiece portrait. From a total large-paper issue of 18 copies, this is one of five on Dutch laid paper. 12mo. Beautifully bound in irridescent decoarated boards with gold leaf, morocco spine label. Original wraps preserved. Tiny traces of wear to extremities of binding, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Dictionnaire Typographique des Environs de Paris, jusqu’au 20 lieues à la ronde de cette capitale, comprenant le département de la Seine et celui de Seine-et-Oise en entier, avec partie de ceux de Seine-et-Marne, de l’Oise, de l’Eure, d’Eure-et-Loir et du Loiret. On y trouve: une nouvelle description de toutes les Villes.
Third and final issue of this exhaustive geographical dictionary of the region surrounding Paris at the close of the Napoleonic era. III, 698 pp. + large engraved folding map. Every village, town, castle, monastery, etc. thoroughly described, with number of inhabitants, distance from Paris, main industries, etc. Finely printed on excellent laid paper. 8vo. Attractively bound in old quarter cloth and decorated boards. Original wraps bound in. Uncut. Fine and bright (including map), with no defects. This third and final issue is rare. Le paysagiste aux champs. Croquis d’après nature. (with original etchings by Corot, Daubigny, and many others)
FIRST EDITION of this most unusual book illustrated with 12 ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS by members of the Barbizon School, all printed on fine wove paper. COMPLETE COPIES (LIKE THIS ONE) ARE EXTREMELY RARE, AS MANY HAVE BEEN FULLY OR PARTIALLY DISMEMBERED. Includes Corot's "Solitude" (Delteil and Melot 8, also known as "Wooded Countryside" and "The Cottage") and Daubigny's "Le 'Botin' a Conflans" (Henriet 109, Delteil and Melot 119). The text is a collection of funny stories about landscape artists working outdoors. 4to. ORIGINAL WRAPS. Wraps worn, especially at spine, but structurally solid. INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH THE ETCHINGS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. James Ensor: Obra gráfica completa (James Ensor: The Complete Prints. Catalogue raisonné of the etchings and lithographs)
THE RAREST CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF ENSOR'S PRINTS, AND THE ONE THAT FOCUSES MOST STRONGLY ON HAND-COLORED IMPRESSIONS. 304 pp. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of high-resolution color plates. Each item exhaustively described. 4to. Publisher's cloth, dustjacket. FINE AND BRIGHT, LIKE NEW. Le manteau. Eaux-fortes originales de Lars Bo. (The Overcoat)
A STUNNING LIVRE D'ARTISTE, with 12 haunting etchings (with aquatint) by Lars Bo. From a total edition of 200 numbered copies, this is one of 150 printed on fine Lana wove paper. 4to. GORGEOUSLY BOUND BY R. MARCHAL (signed) IN FULL MOROCCO, WITH "REPAIRED TEARS" ON FRONT AND BACK COVER, IN IMITATION OF THE TORN OVERCOAT IN THE STORY. Watered silk endleaves. Original wraps and backstrip preserved. Top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Silk ribbon page marker. Housed in a matching half-leather chemise and slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. A WONDERFUL BOOK IN A WONDERFUL (and unique) MASTER BINDING. Petite histoire de la Revue de fin d’année
AN OUTSTANDING LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, WITH HUGE MARGINS. XXXII, 348 pp. Profusely illustrated. One of only 25 copies printed on Imperial Japanese paper. 4to. Original wraps. Completely uncut and unopened: counting the margins, the book measures 25 x 29 cm. A couple of small chips to bottom of wraps, else FINE AND BRIGHT. A PRISTINE COPY. Jean Michel Coulon, 1920-2014. Catalogue raisonné de l’uvre de jeunesse [with] Catalogue raisonné des collages et des gouaches [with] Catalogue raisonné des peintures à l’huile
Thre volumes, COMPLETE. 221, 191, 111 pp. Thousands of items beautifully reproduced and exhaustively described. The standard catalogue raisonné. Large 4tos, publisher's cloth and dustjackets. Slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Gery Trefois (album of surrealist nude photographs)
Gery Trefois An album of ten mounted photographs (sensuous, surrealist nudes) by Belgian surrealist Gery Trefois. EACH PHOTOGRAPH IS JUSTIFIED (3/25) AND SIGNED IN INK BY TREFOIS. Edition limited to 25 sets. Folio. Loose as issued. FINE AND BRIGHT, in the original board folding case and slipcase (slipcase adorned with an additional mounted photograph.) Complete sets are of the greatest rarity.- $750
- $750
Horizons Marins (UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT)
Georges Rouault A LONG, UNPUBLISHED, and absolutely wonderful AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT, a meditation on the magic of daily life, children, parents, art, life, and death. 74 verses (divided into 14 stanzas on five leaves) in neat script. WITH THREE LEAVES OF ROUGH DRAFTS FOR THIS POEM, heavily edited. Eight leaves in all. 27.5 x 22 cm. In very good condition, with a few tiny marginal tears to leaves of drafts (no loss of text.) Although many artists of the School of Paris tried their hands at poetry, only Rouault succeeded. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT.- $1,250
- $1,250
David et les antiques (UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT about Jacques-Louis David)
Georges Rouault (Jacques-Louis David) AN UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT: A POETIC APPRAISAL OF THE WORKS OF JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID. 52 verses (divided into 11 stanzas) in neat script in black ink on two leaves on ledger paper. WITH TWO PAGES OF ROUGH DRAFTS FOR THIS POEM, heavily edited. Four leaves in all. In very good condition, with a few minor marginal tears to drafts (no loss of paper or text.) Although many artists of the School of Paris tried their hands at poetry, only Rouault succeeded. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT.- $750
- $750
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Parmigianino: Die Zeichnungen. Band 1: Text [with] Band 2: Katalog (Werkverzeichnis / Catalogue raisonné of the drawings of Parmagianino)
Achim Gnann (Parmigianino) Two volumes, complete. The monumental catalogue raisonné of the drawings of Parmigianino. Over 1000 items exhaustively described and beautifully reproduced. Dozens of full-page color plates. Folio. Publisher's cloth and dustjackets. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.- $325
- $325
Parade picturale (UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT)
Georges Rouault AN UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT: A MEDITATION ON LIFE, ART, AND DEATH. 17 verses (divided into 3 stanzas) in neat script in blue ink. WITH THREE PAGES OF ROUGH DRAFTS FOR THIS POEM, heavily edited. Four leaves in all, 27.5 x 22 cm. In very good condition, with a few minor marginal tears to drafts (no loss of paper or text.) Although many artists of the School of Paris tried their hands at poetry, only Rouault succeeded. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT.- $750
- $750
Chonque eptités gnotes: pièces pou l’théyâte. Littérature Boraine.
Henry Raveline (pseud. of Dr. Valentin Van Hassel) AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ILLUSTRATED BOOK IN WALLON, WITH FIVE CHARMING (and anonymous, sadly) FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE COLOR LINOLEUM CUTS (plus some smaller ornaments.) 95 pp printed on fine wove paper + 5 color linoleum cuts printed in black and orange on even finer wove paper. 4to. Original wraps, with a striking color linoleum cut of a wolf on the front cover. FINE AND BRIGHT, A PRISTINE COPY WITH NO DEFECTS. Not in BN. Three copies in WorldCat. Very rare.- $375
- $375
Sammlung von Minnesingern aus dem schwaebischen Zeitpuncte, CXL Dichter enthaltend; durch Ruedger Manessen, Weiland des Rathes der uralten Zyrich. Aus der Handschrift der Koeniglich-Franzoesischen Bibliotheck Herausgegeben
Manesse, Ruedger (Ruediger, Rudger, Rudiger) (Walther von der Vogelweide et al.) (Johann Jacob Bodmer and Johann Jacob Breitinger, editors) Two volumes bound in one, complete. FIRST EDITION OF THE MANESSISCHE HANDSCHRIFT (also known as the Grosse Heidelberger Liederhandschrift), compiled in the 14th century and far and away the most important collection of medieval German lyric verse. Thus also the FIRST EDITION OF VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE SURVIVING CORPUS OF MIDDLE HIGH GERMAN POETRY. Includes the work of 140 poets, including Walther von der Vogelweide, Reinmar der Alte, Gottfried von Strassburg, Hartmann von Aue, Niedhart von Reuenthal, Kaiser Heinrich, and Reinmar der Zweite. 4to. Attractively bound in contemporary calf. Spine gilt in six compartments, with raised bands. Some wear to binding, but structurally solid. Internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Brunet III, 1362; Graesse IV, 362. Very important and very rare, especially in such good condition.- $2,950
- $2,950
Turner (UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT about J.M.W. Turner)
Georges Rouault (J.M.W. Turner) (Joseph Mallord William Turner) AN UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH POEM BY GEORGES ROUAULT: A POETIC APPRAISAL OF J.M.W. TURNER, in which he contrasts Turner's work, interestingly, to that of Claude Lorrain. 22 verses (divided into 6 stanzas) in neat script in black ink on a leaf of ledger paper. WITH A LEAF OF ROUGH DRAFTS FOR THIS POEM, heavily edited. Two leaves in all. In very good condition, with a few minor marginal tears (no loss of text.) Although many artists of the School of Paris tried their hands at poetry, only Rouault succeeded. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT.- $750
- $750
Gilbert Lascault et Daniel Nadaud sonnent chez Alain Buyse (with two hand-colored lithographs)
Gilbert Lascault, Daniel Nadaud, and Alain Buyse A charming surrealist livre d'artiste, illustrated with TWO DOUBLE-PAGE HORS-TEXTE HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS BY DANIEL NADAUD, BOTH SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Edition limited to 60 numbered copies, SIGNED by Nadaud and Lascault in the justification / colophon (there are an additional 140 copies without the lithographs.) 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.- $275
- $275
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