ALBERS, Josef.

Interaction of Color.

New Haven & London. Yale University Press. 1963. 2 vols. Large 4to. pp. 80 (text); 48 (commentary). 80 silk -screened folders, many with flaps, cut-out overlays and other variables. Text in full publisher's cloth, plates in cloth drop-back box, slipcase. In original publisher's printed card box.

First edition of Albers masterpiece on colour theory.

£4,000

ref: 37864

APPEL. Looten, Emmanuel.

Cogne Ciel. Poème de Emmanuel Looten, Dessins et Composition de Karel Appel.

Paris. Michel Tapié. 1955. Folio. (Sheet size 500 x 370 mm.). pp. (4). Two sheets, each illustrated with 7 lithographs by Karel Appel, of which three are printed on colour backgrounds. Loose as issued.

Aside from the edition limited to 175 copies, these are unnumbered and hors commerce copies. One bears corrections in red pen and is printed without some text.

£750

ref: 24225

ARIKHA.

8 lithographies sur le theme de Cain accompagnes de textes du Midrach choisis et traduits par D. Jassine.

Paris. Caracteres. 1955. Square 4to. With 8 original lithographs by Avigdor Arikha, each tipped onto larger sheets, and initialled in pencil by the artist. Loose as issued in original wrappers.

Edition limited to 110 copies, with an original drawing by Arikha on the front cover.

£1,250

ref: 21965

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].

£450

ref: 34249

ARP.

geh durch den spiegel. Folge 14.

Cologne. Galerie der Spiegel. 1958. Folio. Illustrated with two woodcuts by Arp, a further ten plates by Arp (including the cover design), a plate by Sophie Taeuber-Arp and one by Michael Seuphor. Original publisher's yellow printed boards with a design in black by Arp, chip missing from lower spine, hinges loose.

From the edition limited to 180 copies.

A collection of prints by Arp, Taeuber-Arp and Seuphor, as well as some of Arp's poetry and critical essays.

[Bleikasten Aa112].

£350

ref: 24711

ART D'AUJOURD'HUI. Juin 1949 - Decembre 1954. [Complete Run].

Boulougne-sur Seine. Architecture d'Aujourd'hui. 1949-1954. 50 issues in 37 (several double ... (more)

The publication of the five series was irregular. The aim of 12 issues a year was never ... (more)

£7,500

ref: 33090

BAJ, Enrico. Mansour, Joyce.

Ça.

Paris. Le soleil noir. 1970. 2 vols. 8vo. + large portfolio. pp. 158 + 5 screenprints. Book in wrappers in a glass box with polychrome 'CA' on both sides. The interior of the box has broken glass mounted on serigraphed paper, the glass signed and numbered by Baj using a diamond point.

Edition de tête limited to 135 examples, published in the series 'livre-objet' by Soleil Noir ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 37845

BELLMER. Mansour, Joyce.

Jules César.

Paris. Pierre Seghers. 1955. Tall 8vo. 5 original drypoint etchings by Hans Bellmer. Bound in marbled boards, with matching slipcase.

From the edition limited to 112 copies, with this one of 99 copies on vélin Rives, with a double ... (more)

£4,500

ref: 31720

BELLMER.

Petit Traité de Morale. Dix Gravures en Deux Couleurs de Hans Bellmer.

Paris. Editions Georges Visat. 1968. Folio. Illustrated with ten coloured etchings by Bellmer, each signed and in pencil and with printed title and number. Loose as issued in original publisher's wrappers with title in blind, purple silk moiré chemise and slipcase.

From the edition limited to 150 copies on vélin d'Arches (with an additional 20 copies numbered in ... (more)

£8,500

ref: 40545

BERTINI, Gianni. Benoit, Pierre-André.

Aller.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1960. 4to. Illustrated with five full-page colour engravings by Gianni Bertini. Original publisher's printed wrappers.

From the edition limited to 50 copies signed by Bertini and PAB, with this one of ten édition de tête copies with a separate suite of the prints without colour.
[Livres Realisés par P. A. Benoit 361].

£1,800

ref: 34164

BERTINI, Gianni. Picabia, Francis.

Laissez Déborder le Hasard.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1962. 4to. Frontispiece 'gravure' by Gianni Bertini, signed in pencil. Original publisher's printed wrappers.

From the edition limited to 29 copies signed by PAB, with this one of ten édition de tête copies with an additional colour pull of Gianni Bertini's 'gravure', signed in pencil.

[Livres Realisé par P. A. Benoit 407].

£850

ref: 34247

BRAQUE. Benoit, P. A.

Braque et le divin manifesté.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1959. 4to. Two colour pochoir illustrations after Georges Braque. Original wrappers.

From the edition limited to 300 copies, signed and numbered by PAB.

£225

ref: 10773

BRAQUE.

Les petites heures de Thouzon.

Alès. P[ierre]. A[ndré]. B[enoit]. 1964. 4to. pp. (24). With original etching by Braque. Loose as issued in original wrappers.

From the edition limited to 75 copies, signed on justification by Benoit. The printing was not completed at the time of Braque's death, thus the etching remained unsigned. [Vallier 192].

£1,500

ref: 23836

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, slipcase.

£180

ref: 38571

BRASSAI.

Histoire de Marie. Avec une Introduction par Henry Miller.

Paris. Editions du Point du Jour. 1949. 12mo. pp. 85. Original wrappers.

First Edition (limited to 2,600 copies on 'Vélin alfa des papeteries de France'). From the ... (more)

£1,600

ref: 22760