ARP. Alexandre, Maxime.
L'Enfant de la Terre.
Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1965. Tall 8vo. Illustrated with three monochrome 'dessins' by Jean Arp (there is an additional 'dessin' for the wrapper). Original publisher's printed wrappers with 'dessin' by Arp to upper wrapper.
From the edition limited to 50 copies, signed by PAB.
[Livres Realisé par P. A. Benoit 114].
ref: 34249
BONNARD.
Les Pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis et Chloé. Traduction de Messire J. Amyot, revue et completée par Paul-Louis Courier. Lithographies originales de P. Bonnard.
Paris. Ambroise Vollard. 1902. 4to. pp. x, 294. Illustrated with 156 original lithographs printed in ... (more)
From the edition limited to 250 copies, with this one of 40 on Chine with a double-suite of the ... (more)
ref: 29703
BONNARD. Mellerio, André.
La Lithographie Originale en Couleurs.
Paris. Publication de l'Estampe et l'Affiche. 1898. Small 4to. pp. (iv), 47. Original wrappers.
Edition limited to 1,000 copies, with this one of the first 200 numbered copies on papier ... (more)
ref: 30719
BONNARD. Vollard, Ambroise.
Sainte Monique.
Paris. Ambroise Vollard. 1930. Small folio. pp. pp. (2), ix, (1), 222, (6). With 29 lithographs and ... (more)
One of 257 copies on vélin d'Arches, from the limited edition of 390 (including 50 copies hors commerce).
ref: 30710
BRAQUE. Perse, Saint-John.
L'Ordre des Oiseaux.
Paris. Au Vent d'Arles. 1962. Folio. pp. 54. Illustrated with 12 original colour aquatints. Original publisher's black morocco-backed moiré silk-covered boards by Jean Duval, upper board with onlaid paper collage bird design after Braque, matching slipcase.
From the edition limited to 152 copies, signed by the artist and the author on the justification page.
ref: 34234
BRAQUE. Satie, Erik.
Le Piège de Méduse.
Paris. Editions de la Galerie Simon (Kahnweiler). 25th June 1921. Folio. [18 unnumbered leaves ... (more)
From the edition limited to 112 copies signed by the author and artist, with this one of 90 on ... (more)
ref: 34217
BRASILIER. Leroux, Gaston.
Le mystere de la chambre jaune.
Paris. Andre Sauret. 1969. 8vo. pp. 305. With 9 original colour lithographs by Brasilier. Publisher's leather, silk endpapers, contained in slipcase.
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BRASILIER. Leroux, Gaston.
Le mystere de la chambre jaune.
Paris. Andre Sauret. 1969. 8vo. pp. 305. With 9 original colour lithographs by Brasilier. Publisher's leather, silk endpapers, contained in slipcase.
ref: 23860
BRASSAÏ.
Histoire de Marie par Brassaï, avec une introduction par Henry Miller.
Paris. Les Editions du Point du Jour. 1949. Small 8vo. pp. 89. Frontispiece etching by Brassaï, signed and numbered by him in pencil. Original publisher's brown printed wrappers with facsimile of Brassai's handwritten title.
From the edition limited to 2,600 copies, with this one of 126 édition-de-tête copies on 'alfa ... (more)
ref: 32605
BROUET. Doumergue, Gaston (intro).
Frederic Mistral. Memoires et recits.
Paris. Frederic Gregoire. 1937. 4to. pp. 223. With 43 original etchings by Auguste Brouet, including 15 hors-texte plates. Loose as issued in publisher's wrappers. With chemise and slipcase.
Limited to 220 copies.
ref: 20497
CAVAFY, Constantine Peter.
Poiemata 1912 - 1919.
Alexandria. By the Poet. 1919. c. Tall 8vo. (304 x 194 mm). [68 leaves]. Contents: Printed title ... (more)
First edition of Cavafy's rare privately printed poems with a presentation in Greek to Christian ... (more)
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CEZANNE. Riviere, Georges.
Le Maître Paul Cézanne.
Paris. H. Floury. 1923. 4to. pp. 242. 35 plates in colour and monochrome, text illustrated throughout. Bound in half imitation marbled leather, original front wrapper preserved.
One of 75 deluxe copies on Japon paper, with an original etching by Paul Cézanne. Also includes a proof of the front wrapper printed before text, as well as an extra hors-texte colour plate. Many of the plates are present in both black-and-white and bistre.
ref: 27800
CHAGALL.
Four tales from the Arabian Nights.
New York. Pantheon Books. 1948. Folio. Illustrated with 12 original colour lithographs by Chagall, each signed and numbered in pencil. [Sorlier 36-47]. This copy lacks the text and original wrappers.
From the edition limited to 111, with this one of 90 on wove. There were also a further 11 with ... (more)
ref: 26126
CHAGALL. Lassaigne, Jacques.
Chagall.
Paris. Maeght. 1957. Square 8vo. pp. 179. Profusely illustrated with colour and monochrome reproductions of Chagall's work and thirteen original lithographs. Publisher's boards with coloured lithograph by Chagall as dustjacket.
Containing 13 original lithographs by Chagall of which 12 are coloured.
ref: 28985
CHAGALL. Mourlot, Fernand, Julien Cain and Charles Sorlier.
Chagall Lithographes. Vol. 1 - 6.
Monte Carlo. Andre Sauret. 1960 - 1986. 6 vols. 4to. pp. 220; 209; 179; 180; 250; 224. Illustrated ... (more)
The complete catalogue raisonne of the lithographs.
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