First edition printed in 112 copies, ours one of the 90 numbered copies on Arches laid paper.
A pleasant and scarce copy.
Illustrated with 5 original lithographs by Juan Gris.
Manuscript signatures of Armand Salacrou and Juan Gris at the colophon.
First edition printed in 100 numbered copies on wove paper, this copy unnumbered.
Rare and fine copy.
First edition richly illustrated with reproductions of works by Francis Bacon in the second volume.
Text by Gilles Deleuze for the first volume.
The slipcase is lacking in our copy.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, as usual.
Inscribed copy signed by Gilles Deleuze to the art critic Gilbert Lascault in the first volume.
First edition, one of 500 copies of this catalogue for the exhibition Les invendables [The Unsellables], featuring 40 drawings and paintings at the Galerie Alphonse Chave.
Illustrated with 5 full-page black lithographs and 6 tipped-in colour plates.
In his characteristically provocative style, Man Ray opens with a preface mocking collectors' tendency to purchase names on canvas rather than the artworks themselves. Among the pieces selected for this book are several examples from his series of automatic paintings called "Peintures naturelles " (including the cover) created without the use of a brush. Among the other artworks one can find subtle allusions to...
First edition, one of 37 numbered copies, ours one of a few hors commerce copies for collaborators and friends, signed by Man Ray on the justification. 15 photographs on watermarked vélin Montgolfier mounted on guards, each bearing Man Ray’s printed studio stamp (“Épreuve originale atelier Man Ray Paris”). The copy exceptionally contains the original subscription prospectus and an invitation to the book launch exhibition opening night organised by Simone Loliée.
Publisher’s binding by the renowned bookbinder...
First edition of this issue entirely devoted to Louis Marcoussis.
Small tears and minor spotting to the margins of the covers.
Literary contributions by Tristan Tzara "Marcoussis
First French edition.
Profusely illustrated.
Text by Edgar Morin, Georges Lois, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Eric Troncy, Jérôme Sans.
Valuable signed autograph inscription from Jean-Paul Goude to Sonia (Rykiel) in capital letters: "POUR SONIA QUE J'AIME."
First edition, one of 1,400 numbered copies, only issue.
Outstanding publisher’s cream silk Bradel binding signed by Engel at the foot of the spine, flat spine decorated with Japanese characters; upper boards in excellent condition, elaborately decorated with a reproduction of Shinman’s starlings against a setting sun from the Henri Cernuschi collection (also illustrated pl. 26, vol. 1); corners slightly rubbed; both volumes complete with their illustrated dust jackets, showing tears and some losses.
A rare and remarkable sammelband of six musical scores for pianoforte: four by the Spanish composer Pedro Pérez de Albéniz, together with two scarce Madrid imprints of fantasies by the Austrian composer Carl Czerny.
Bound in half brown shagreen, flat spine gilt-tooled with fillet lines, gilt lettering-piece, boards covered in blue gauffred glazed calico, blue endpapers. Some skilful restorations to the boards, corners, edges and spine. Scattered foxing...
First edition, one of 925 numbered copies on Artois vellum, the only issue including a sheet of butcher’s paper in tribute to General de Gaulle, together with 20 hors commerce copies and 75 on Marais paper.
Illustrated with headpieces and tailpieces.
Attractive copy.
First edition, limited to 500 copies, this being one of only 8 numbered, signed and justified by Jean Lurçat in the colophon, constituting the deluxe issue.
As is often the case, this copy lacks the original drawing by Jean Lurçat that accompanied each of the eight deluxe copies.
Bookplate pasted to the upper left corner of the inside of the front cover, a scarce and pleasing copy.
First edition, deluxe issue, one of 58 numbered copies on Montval paper signed by the artist on the colophon, with two original colour lithographs signed by Max Ernst.
Additionally illustrated with 11 full-page drawings reproduced in black and reproductions of paintings by the artist, including one folding plate.
Copy as issued, green wrappers illustrated with an original artwork by Ernst in perfect condition without any trace of discolouration as is commonly the case.
First edition of the French translation by Grauert from the 1835 German first edition, specially revised by the author (hence the somewhat ambiguous designation of "new edition" on the title page and front board, as there was no previous French edition).
Illustrated with five engraved plates and eight vignette illustrations.
Contemporary half black calf with corners, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets, slight rubbing to the spine, gilt fillet frames to the marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original pink wrappers preserved, bookplate pasted to a pastedown, contemporary binding signed J. Pernot at the foot of the spine.
...First edition of this handsome trade catalogue illustrated with 33 plates (printed recto and verso), incorporating several mounted colour fabric samples (silks, woollens, etc.), each facing a pochoir-coloured vignette depicting a young woman dressed in a garment fashioned from the textiles presented; the designs bear evocative names: Caprice, Oasis, Pluie de rose, Polyanna, Divine chanson, Pêcheuse, Vamp, Mickey, Poupée blonde, Intrépide, Espiègle, Montparnasse, Sibéria, Câline, Incognito, Magicienne, etc.
Bound in full grey flexible boards, smooth spine lettered in gilt on the upper cover, the copy complete with its original textile cord.
A few leaves with staining or foxing...
First edition, printed in a very small run as a separate issue.
No copies recorded in the CCFr or WorldCat.
Our copy is presented in its original wrappers, preserved under the original cream paper dust wrapper.
Oxford antiquary and numismatist, William Sandys Wright Vaux (1818–1885) was also closely associated with the Oxford Movement.
On the front cover, autograph inscription from William Sandys Wright Vaux to Count Melchior de Vogüé (1829–1916), the renowned French archaeologist.
A very rare first edition of this atlas only, comprising a folding map and 46 plates mounted on guards depicting a total of 135 figures.
Contemporary Bradel-style binding in black half-cloth over marbled boards, spine damaged at the foot, title label partially rubbed away along its length, boards with scuffs and losses to the marbled paper covering, bumped corners, minor wear to the edges.
An exceptionally rare standalone atlas from this landmark monograph on the Chibcha, or Muisca, civilization.
First edition illustrated with 7 plates printed outside the text.
A snag with loss to the front wrapper, foxing throughout, dampstain to the rear wrapper.
A commentary on the bilingual Phoenician and Greek inscription engraved on one of the two Cippi of Melqart, dating from the 2nd century BC and presented in 1782 to Louis XVI by the Grand Master of the Hospitallers.
It was then housed at the Bibliothèque Mazarine and has been preserved at the Louvre since 1864.
First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the August 1858 issue of the Annales de philosophie chrétienne, vol. XVIII, p. 85.
Our copy is preserved in its original wrappers, housed in the publisher's contemporary plain paper covers.
Minor marginal losses to the covers.
Only three copies recorded in the CCFr (BnF, Sorbonne, BULAC).
One of the author's earliest publications. Victor-Honoré Guérin (1821-1891) was entrusted with a mission to Palestine and the island of Rhodes in 1854.
During two subsequent missions to Palestine [1863 and 1870], he visited more than 1,500 localities, towns and villages, thereby acquiring an...
First edition, illustrated with 11 photographic prints measuring 9 x 15 cm, mounted on heavy paper and hinged on stubs.
S.l., s.d. [circa 1890], oblong 12mo (12 x 19 cm),
Publisher's full green percaline binding, smooth unlettered spine, gilt and blind-tooled fillet borders on the covers, title stamped in gilt on the upper cover, a few stains to the covers, grey-blue paper pastedowns and endpapers.
A photographer active in Nice from the late 1860s to around 1883, Jean Walburg de Bray (1839-1901) subsequently moved to Cannes, where he remained until the early 1890s. His assistant Jean Gilletta (1856-1933) succeeded him in Nice and reissued part of the stock under his...
Programme for the Ballets Russes, for the Paris season in May-June 1912 at the Théâtre du Châtelet and the Hungarian tour of March 1912. It includes the argument of Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, the programme for Saturday 8 June 1912 with cast list and the argument of Daphnis et Chloé, Sheherazade, The Rite of Spring, The Firebird (L’Oiseu [sic] de feu), followed by a page with the argument and cast list for Carnaval and Narcissus, and two pages in Hungarian announcing the programme of the March 1912 tour at the Royal Hungarian Opera.
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First edition.
Publisher's full cloth-backed pictorial boards, front board with color illustration, pictorial endpapers, a newspaper clipping photograph of the Disney couple pasted on the front pastedown. Minor lacks to the upper cover, corners slightly creased.
Exceptional incribed copy by Walt Disney on the front pastedown: "Best wishes / Walt Disney," below a portrait of him with his wife and their dog.
First edition featuring the celebrated original color stencil "Aidez l'Espagne!", printed on Arches paper by Joan Miró.
With literary contributions by Christian Zervos on Pablo Picasso's "Guernica", as well as texts by Jean Cassou, Georges Duthuit, Pierre Mabille, Michel Leiris, Paul Éluard, René Char...
Illustrated with numerous reproductions of works by Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró’s "Le faucheur".
Some rubbing and small tears to the spine, as often, a vertical crease to the rear wrapper, otherwise a fresh and well-preserved copy.
First edition, with no copies printed on deluxe paper.
A very good copy.
Precious signed autograph inscription from Jean-François Lyotard to Pierre Vidal-Naquet.
First edition of this important and very rare magazine, complete with 4 issues in 3 volumes.
Complete collection of this luxurious Surrealist magazine, edited and funded by Lise Deharme and characterized by its emphasis on photography. Covers illustrated by Man Ray, illustrations in black.
Contributions by Salvador Dali, Hans Arp, Dora Maar, Oscar Dominguez, Brassaï, Lee Miller, Jacques Lacan, James Joyce, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Ilarie Voronca, Nathalie Barney, Benjamin Fondane, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Alejo Carpentier, Eugène Jolas, Lise Hirtz [Lise Deharme], Raymond Queneau, Claude Sernet, Roger Vitrac, Robert Desnos, Jean Follain, Léon-Paul Fargue, Pierre...
First edition abundantly illustrated with photographs.
Publisher's full black cloth binding, smooth spine, black paper endpapers and pastedowns, black edges, complete with dust jacket and soft cardboard slipcase.
Signed and inscribed by Peter Marino to a couple of friends accompanied by two drawn hearts on an endpaper: "For Christine & Olivier. Love. Peter"
Photographic postcard depicting Jean-Paul Belmondo with sunglasses and a cigarillo between his teeth.
Handsome copy.
Autograph inscription signed by Jean-Paul Belmondo in the lower margin of the photograph: "Pour Claude JP Belmondo".
Provenance: from the collection of the great autograph collector Claude Armand.
First edition of the exhibition catalogue of Albert Aymé's works presented at Galerie Editions from February 11 to March 7, 1976.
Handsome copy.
Text by Mireille Guezennec.
First edition of the exceptionally rare catalog of Claude Monet and Auguste Rodin's dual exhibition at the Georges Petit gallery in Paris.
With introductory essays by Octave Mirbeau for Monet and Gustave Geffroy for Rodin. The catalog features 145 paintings by Monet and 36 sculptures by Rodin in chronological order, including the famous Impression soleil levant (Impression, Sunrise) as well as Le Penseur (The Thinker), still described as a part of the Gates of Hell for which it was originally created.
Small restoration to head of spine, title and dates penned on spine, traces of stamp on front pastedown, scattered foxing thoughout.
Rare copy of the...
Exhibition catalogue listing 66 paintings by Félix Vallotton exhibited at the Druet gallery, 20, rue Royale in Paris, from 22 April to 3 May 1929.
Light worming to the first cover, otherwise a handsome copy.
Catalogue illustrated with 7 photographic reproductions of works by Félix Vallotton.
Complete set of 13 original lithographs by Eugène Delacroix, in first edition, first issue with the letter, one of 20 copies on Chine paper pasted on laid paper:
"It was originally printed in a few proofs on Chine, the format of which exceeds the square line by one or two centimeters. They are highly sought-after, even though they bear the letter" (Robaut).
Bound in the original publisher's brown half-shagreen binding, title gilt stamped on first board, original first cover wrapper preserved. Small restored tear to the margin of the wrapper over 5 cm, sunned spine, joints and corners rubbed, scattered foxing and a dampstain to the lower part of the laid paper...
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Set of 52 original plates, etched and enhanced with watercolours at the time, numbered 1 to 52, mounted in pairs under mats.
Leaves in red half calf slipcase (early 20th century), red shagreen boards.
The plates vary in size (10.8 x 17.6 cm to 28.1 x 18.8 cm) and paper stock, as was often the case with La Mésangère's publications. Unbound engraved title on a bifolium, printed separately, absent from most copies. It is replaced here by its identical reprint by Gosselin (1893-1903), on antique watermarked paper and bears the publisher's 'G' mark, characteristic of this reprint a century later. All the plates, however, are in their first edition, without the G...
First edition, printed in a small run of numbered copies.
With two photographic portraits: one of Charles Pathé and the other of his brother Émile, and a view of the Kodak-Pathé and Pathé-Cinéma factories.
3/4 beige sheepskin binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with black typographical motifs, date at foot of spine, marbled paper boards, endpapers and flyleaves.
Discrete restorations to spine, some rubbing to upper corners of boards.
Signed by Charles Pathé on his photographic portrait.
Rare first edition of this manual on film development.
Illustrated with 54 figures in the text and 6 folding plates at rear, containing 107 interesting samples of films negatives and celluloid.
With a frontispiece photographic portrait of Charles Pathé.
Skilfully restored brown half sheepskin publisher's binding, smooth spine decorated with golden arabesques, small gaps filled at head of spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
"In the early years of the twentieth century, the largest film production company was the Société Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers Company). Founded in 1897, the company was at its height in 1920s when it unveiled the first home...
