La Haye, Martinus Nijhoff, 1892. Good. 1892-1893, 2 vols., (8); (4),8p., 48; 60 facs. plates, loose as issued, orig. unif. clothbacked board portfolio w. ties, folio. Text in French. Volume I: Adam van Vianen. Modelles artificiels de divers vaisseaux d'argent, et autres ouvres capricieuzes, mis en lumière par Christien de Viane à Uytrecht et gravez en cuivre par Théodore de Quessel (1650); Volume II: Balthasar Sylvius. Quatre suites d' Ornaments. Varium protactionem quas vulgo Maurusias vocant omnium antehac Libellus etc. 1554. (. . .) Plate B11 'missing', but also missed in the Original copy ... View More...
Anatole France. Les Sept Femmes de la Barbe-Bleue et Autres Contes Merveilleux. Paris: Librairie des Amateurs, 1921. First edition. Number 50 of 70 copies on Japon paper, with three states of each illustration, including one in black. Thick quarto (9.75 x 6.25 inches; 248 x 159 mm). Illustrations by G. A. Mossa. Superbly bound by Myriam (Marie de Jouvencel) for Mabilde in full red levant richly grained morocco with deeply impressed gilt strapwork, vine and flower pattern with concentric ruling and stippling on both covers, spine with four prominent bands, two towards the top and two towards th... View More...
Flammarion, 2009, 200 pages 12.5" x 9.5". Text in French.Exhibition catalogue. Illustrated mainly in black and white. Paperback. Ships from Hawaii. --- In the 1951 exhibition "Five French Photographers" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Izis was one of the five together with Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doineau and Willy Ronis. View More...
Hardcover Text In French. Very Good almost like new condition, 9.25 x 1.18 x 11.42 inches. Light shelf wear to edges of dust jacket Pages and photos like new Ships from Hawaii?. -- Orientalism, born of the great voyages to the "mysterious" East, was a fashion of the West which successively took on several aspects. Finally, it blended into the colonial spirit. Apart from the imagined territory, nothing in common between Molière's Mamamouchi and these young women, painted or photographed. However, the materiality of the photograph should not mislead us: these young women do not exist... They may... View More...
A fantastical work about an engineer who invents a machine to erase his memory Vian, Boris L''Herbe Rouge Color frontispiece, 5 hors texte, and 7 in-text etchings by Lars Bo 4to, contents loose as issued in decorated wrappers; terracotta cloth clamshell box. Large format (135 x 105 x 22 inches). Number XIV (imprime pour M. Alfred Chauvac); of 50 copies specially printed for members, from a total edition of 180 printed for members of Cercle Grolier and Societe les Centraux Bibliophiles, 1978. Loose Leaf. Very Good. Slipcase has light shelfwear, 2 corners bumped with small tear (see photo). page... View More...
NEW in shrink-wrap. New old stock found in a french book warehouse. ACR, Paris, 2001. in French, Hardcover in slip-case. 636 pages, size: 11.65 x 2.2 x 10.39 inches. Hard to find book Ships from Hawaii with priority mail within US, not slow media mail. The Influence of French Painting would not exist without Foujita, said the headline of the Nouvelles de Versailles on March 11, 1987. The story told of the decision made by the Versailles Court of Appeals in the suit, by Mrs Kimiyo Foujita, trying to prevent the publication of the first volume. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Leonard-Tsuguharu Foujita cou... View More...
The Limited Editions Club, 1971. No. 890 of an edition of 1500 copies. Interesting edition in 2 Volume set in one slipcase. Volume I in English. Volume II in French. Introduction and Notes by James Laver. Illustrations in both volumes by Pierre-Yves Tremois, who has signed the limitation page. === The books are in very good condition inside and out. The spines are slightly faded. Only very faint spotting on the free endpapers, text and illustration pages very clean. The slipcase is solid and has some minor shelf wear. Ships from Hawaii. View More...
"Voyage Dans Les Mers Du Nord", by Charles Edmond, printed at Paris Michel Levy Freres, 1863 Illustrated plates, gold fore edges 536 pages Very Good, some mostly mild discoloration Measures 725 x 105" View More...
Hardcover New The catalog for the huge Crumb exhibition at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris in 2012 The book features 220 unpublished or rare drawings, reproduced in color and mostly full-page 16 seldom seen photographs Text is in both English and French Has a dustjacket that folds out into a 36 x 36 inch poster! "The Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris presents a premiere retrospective exhibit on one of the greatest illustrators of the past fifty years: Robert Crumb One of the pioneers of Underground comics, he represents a mythical figure in American counter-culture His satiri... View More...
The Paris Metro in the 30's. With many photos and 4 color plates, metro plans. COMPAGNIE DE CHEMIN DE FER METROPOLITAIN DE PARIS & Les Ateliers A.B.C., Paris, 1931. Illustrated silver hardcover, 58 pages. 12.5 x 10 inches. Elegant publication printed in heliogravure illustrated with numerous B/W photos, 4 color plates, network diagrams and plans, vignettes and tailpieces, color illustrated endpapers. Good condition, with an unusual metallic looking cover and great graphic design of the book. Pages very slightly browned, but very clean. No markings, no damage to pages. The cover has some shelf-... View More...
Very Good hardcover, bound in bordeaux-red leather, very good condition, tight binding, Paris : Perrin Et Cie, 1908, First edition. Octavo. 364 pages. French text. Illustrated with 13 photogravure illustrations. Very good. ships from Hawaii. View More...
Fine, in French, in fine slipcase(viii),265,(vi)pp + 204 full-page plates in b/w & color. Unbound signatures as originally issued. Publisher's embossed paper chemise binding in slip case. Printed in 450 copies only. Documentation of 659 bindings, sorted by authors and with references to the sales in which they figured in and the prices that were realized (where available). The major work and catalog raissone on Georges Crett (1893-1969), the successor of Marius Michel and one of the greatest twentieth century bookbinders. Large format (13.5 x 10 x 2 inches). Ships with Priority Mail from Hawai... View More...
Hardcover Good An illustrated history of goldsmith and jewelry work in France The decorative leather folio is lavishly illustrated with numerous textual figures and 40 plates, including some in color This massive decorative leather folio (472 pages, width: 1075" height: 14", 13 pounds) is lavishly illustrated with numerous textual figures and 40 plates, including some in color This antique folio is solidly bound in red three-quarter leather with marbled paper covers There are raised bands on the spine The exterior shows light age/wear, concentrated at the edges and gutters The pages and plates... View More...
1939 Limited Edition Portfolio with French Original Art: Contes de J De La Fontaine Paris, France, Philippe Gonin, 1939, Portfolio Contes de J De La Fontaine, Philippe Gonin (Paris, France). 1939 Limited edition portfolio #14 of 25, original art in gouache of fables in French by Jean De La Fontaine, signed by the artist "D'Essertine" (Claire Gonin-Vergès). From the preliminaries: "This edition consists strictly of twenty-five copies numbered 1 to 25 and will never be reprinted. The painter D'essertine illustrated each copy of this book, with original gouaches executed entirely with his own han... View More...
2 of 3 Volumes. [2], 12, [2]; 11, [3], pp. 80 full page plates in each volume. Each plate with mostly one full plate and also some plates with 2 or 3 photos. (Folio) 51x36 cm (20x14") red cloth-backed color printed paper-covered boards. First Edition. The 2 volumes weigh 21 lb. Spine of vol 1 strengthened with book tape from inside. Vol 2 spine repaired with book tape from inside. -- Moderate wear to portfolios, joints starting, toning to boards, abrasions to rear boards of Volume II; very light toning around plate edges, otherwise plates almost like new.occasional spots in margins; very good.... View More...
LOUYS, Pierre - ICART, Louis: CHRYSIS. Tale of Pierre Louÿs illustrated with Fifteen etchings by Louis Icart. IN FRENCH. Publisher: L. I. - 1940, 2 sheets, 28 pages, 2 sheets. With 15 (5 full-page) colored etchings by Louis Icart. Nearly all with tissue guards. Text and plates loose, as issued. (Pages slightly browned and foxed.) Quarto (11.25 x 8.375 inches; (29 x 20.5 cm), .-. Printed in 147 copies; this one n° 97 of 125 on cream vellum copies, numbered from 23 to 147. Cover with undamaged, original pergamine cover (very slightly browned and foxed), inserted in original, undamaged marbled ca... View More...
Black Sun Press, 1930. 4to. Number 235 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Publisher's wraps (lightly spotted) printed in red and black. Glasine cover strengthened with tape at the bottom and top of spine. In custom-made, diagonal folding chemise and quarter morocco-bound slipcase with gilding on the spine. Page edges rough cut. -- Facsimile letters and portrait of Proust under tissue guards after title page. Parallel text in French and English. Ships from Hawaii well packaged and with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. (Please inquire for international rates). View More...
Société des Médecins Bibliophiles, Paris, 1941. 4to (330 x 252 mm). 38 wood-engraved pochoir illustrations by Schmied, engraved by his son Theo. Publisher's illustrated wrappers, original chemise, without slipcase, intermittent foxing (almost entirely in the margins), custom morocco-backed folding case. DELUXE EDITION, number 22 (printed for 'Docteur Loup') of 100 copies (of a total edition of 150). Schmied's last work, engraved and printed by his son Theo after his death in January 1941. Carteret IV, 151. A refined and effective modern edition of the ancient myth. Ships from Hawaii well packa... View More...
