Albert Skira

First bilingual edition with texts in Spanish and French, one of the numbered copies.

Publisher’s full beige cloth bindings, smooth spines, complete with their illustrated dust jackets and slipcase.

A richly illustrated work featuring numerous black and colour reproductions of Vieira da Silva’s artworks.

Texts by Jean-François Jaeger, Guy Weelen, Jean-Luc Daval, Diane Daval Béran, Virginie Duval...

A fine copy, complete with the chronological list of works reproduced in colour, inserted as a loose leaf.

New edition, with no deluxe copies printed.
Richly illustrated.
Slight sunning to spine.
With a precious signed autograph inscription from André Malraux to his friend, the prominent Gaullist resistance fighter Brigitte Friang: “Pour Brigitte. A. Malraux. Oct 1948.” accompanied by an original coloured drawing depicting the famous "dyable" walking in profile, sketched in red and blue pencil (used for the eye and bristling hair)
Brigitte Friang joined the Resistance at the age of 19 and quickly became a key operative in charge of coordinating parachute drops in the western region. She was arrested by the Gestapo after...

First edition, profusely illustrated.

Publisher’s full black cloth binding, smooth spine, a fine copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket.
Our copy bears a dated and signed presentation inscription from Jean Dubuffet to Robert Dauchez, to whom he offered this work: "Jean Dubuffet adresse son amical salut à Robert Dauchez. Paris, nov 1975."
 

First edition, no deluxe issues published.
Richly illustrated.
A momentous presentation copy, signed and inscribed by André Malraux: "For Jean Dubuffet - who will not agree but who may console himself with the pictures! André Malraux. Dec. 1947." (Pour Jean Dubuffet - qui ne sera pas d'accord mais qui pourra se consoler avec les images ! André Malraux. Déc. 1947.)

This highly interesting inscription by Malraux acts as a perfect demonstration of their differing views on the subject of art:

"In 1947, as Malraux published, with Editions Albert Skira, the first essay of his Psychologie de l'art entitled Le Musée...

First edition of which there were no large paper copies.
Handsome autograph inscription signed from the author to Colonel Rémy.
André Malraux recovered this copy from a previous dedicatee, whose name (but not signature) he erased in order to re-inscribe it with this handsome new inscription from one Compagnon de la Libération to another: "Pour Rémy, en souvenir de collaborations variées, bien amicalement. André Malraux. Février 48. [To Rémy in memory of our various collaborations, with best wishes. André Malraux. February 48]."
Richly illustrated.
Spine slightly sunned, but retaining dust jacket.

First edition, of which there were no large paper copies.
Handsome autograph inscription signed by one Compagnon de la Libération to another: "Pour Rémy avec l'amitié d'André Malraux [For Rémy, in friendship, from André Malraux]".
Richly illustrated.
Spine slightly sunned, but retaining dust jacket.