Gift Ideas – Rare Editions

They are called deluxe papers, limited editions, tirages de têtes or simply first editions. They were printed in small numbers on special paper and carefully preserved, from the very beginning, by the first readers and admirers of these literary geniuses. These copies are the origin of the work and its legacy.

Gift Ideas – Rare Editions

Jean LORRAIN
L'aryenne
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1907|14 x 19 cm|broché
First edition, one of 10 numbered copies on Hollande, the only large paper copies.
Cover illustration by Antoon van Welie.
Two slight tears to foot of joints near edges, occasional small spots essentially to ffep, but otherwise a good, well-margined copy.
Rare.
€1,500
Guy de MAUPASSANT
La vie errante[The Wandering Life]
Paul Ollendorff|Paris 1890|15 x 19 cm|relié
First edition, one of 100 numbered copies on Hollande paper, the only large paper copies along with 5 on Japon.
Elegant brown morocco by G. Levitzsky, spine in six compartments, gilt roulettes to head- and tail-pieces, date at foot of spine, double gilt fillets to edges of covers, pastedowns with a frame of dentelles and quintuple gilt fillets, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, covers and spine preserved, top edge gilt.
Cover illustrated by Riou.
A very good copy in a handsome binding.
€1,500
Józef PANKIEWICZ (Ex-dono) (to Moïse KISLING)
Josef Pankiewicz - Exemplaire de Moïse Kisling[Josef Pankiewicz – Moïse Kisling’s copy]
M. Arct|Warszawie [Warsaw] 1936|18 x 25.50 cm|broché
M. Arct | Warszawie 1936 | 18 x 25,5 cm | in original wrappers

First edition.

Rare handwritten inscription from Josef Pankiewicz to [Moïse] Kisling.
Illustrations. Three light, minor snags at the top of the spine, tiny marginal tears without pieces missing at the top of the first board, otherwise pleasant copy.

In 1906, Pankiewicz was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Notably, one of his pupils was Moïse Kisling whom he encouraged to abandon sculpture in favor of painting. He introduced the young man to French painting and more specifically Cézanne and Renoir. In 1910, on the advice of his mentor, Kisling...
€2,000
Pablo PICASSO, COLLECTIF
Bal olympique, vrai bal sportif costumé le vendredi 11 Juillet 1924 de minuit à 6h du matin à la taverne de l'Olympia, 28 Bd des Capucines, organisé par l'Union des artistes russes à Paris[Olympic Ball, a Genuine Fancy-Dress Sports Ball, on Friday, 11 July 1924, from Midnight to 6 a.m., at the Olympia Tavern, 28 Boulevard des Capucines, organized by the Union of Russian Artists in Paris]
Union des artistes russes • François Bernouard|Paris 1924|24.50 x 29 cm|broché
The program is illustrated by V. Barthe (wrapper) and includes hors-texts by Chatzman, Manet (a reproduction of his Olympia), Picasso, Vassilieff, Fotinsky and Ganovsky (a spatial composition).

Appearing at this event were: Olga Koklova and the Ballets Suédois of Juger Friis and Jean Borlin, the “dance of the lobster, crab and crocodile” with costumes by Marie Vassilieff and Fernand Léger, the Petrograd Puppet Theatre with costumes and puppets by Goncharova and music by Bohslav Martinou and Vernon Duke, three-dimensional poems by Iliazd and Katabadze as well as futurist poems from Vazry, a dance by Thamara Svirskya to Satie's Gymnopédies, “Japanese...
€1,000
Louis ANQUETIN
Nu masculin, de dosA male nude from the back
Fin XIXème - Début XXème|21 x 27 cm|10
A male nude from the back
Pencil on paper | Late 19th – Early 20th century| 21 x 27 cm (31 x 47 cm with mount) | one drawing
Original pencil drawing, mounted on guards.
Artist's signature stamp and monogram stamp in the lower right corner of the work; artist studio's stamp on the back. Handwritten note on the back, in pencil, of the paper, the title and the date: 1895.
Light signs of foxing on the left border without affecting the drawing, otherwise in very good condition.
Provenance: artist's workshop, referenced in the Atelier Louis Anquetin catalogue (Thierry de Maigret, 28/11/08).
€400
Francis PICABIA
Jésus-Christ rastaquouère
Collection Dada|Paris 1921|19.50 x 25 cm|broché
First edition, one of 50 numbered copies on pur fil paper, the tirage de tête (firsts deluxe) copies after 10 Chine paper.
Illustrated with drawings by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes.
Spine slightly faded, a few pale spots, not serious, to upper wrapper, internally good.
A rare copy.
€2,500
COLLECTIF
Théâtre de la pantomime futuristeFuturist Pantomime Theater
M. & J. de Brunoff|Paris s. d. [circa 1930]|22 x 27.50 cm|agrafé
(COLLECTIVE)
Théâtre de la pantomime futuriste [Futurist Pantomime Theater]
M. & J. de Brunoff, Paris n. d.
[c. 1930], 22 x 27,5 cm, stapled
First edition.
Biographies of the most celebrated futurists, richly illustrated.
A very good copy despite a light foxing to upper cover.
$ 2 500
€2,000