Art and Fashion by Vertes, Marcel - 1944

Ein Buch über Freud und Leid Zürich (Diogenes Verlag) 1961. unpag. Pbd. Diogenes TaBu

Diogenes, 1961..

Genève: Pierre Cailler, 1956.. First edition. One of the series, Encyclopédie générale des beaux-arts au XIXe et XXe siècles. Softcover. Very good in original printed wrappers. 15pp. Illustrated..

Tudor Publishing Company, 1952. hardcover. good: corner wear to boards and base of spine, under plastic cover with evidence of tape on front and end papers, writing on FFEP, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. Vertes. 8vo unpaginated. Captioned drawings lampooning psychoanalysis by Marcel Vertes, costume designer and illustrator who won 2 academy awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design for 1952 film Moulin Rouge) from dedication: "To him who loves to dream and slouch / Upon the analytic couch, / To lie and chatter for a while / About his libido infantile, / To probe the vast unconscious void / In strict accord with Dr. Freud, / Speak words mysterious and critic / Describing matters analytic . . . / This work, obviously sublimated, / Is affectionately dedicated." #01041.

Tudor Publishing Co.. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Book Poor. Spine missing. Pages shaken. (psychoanalysis, sexual behavior, psychoanalyic theory, american with and humor)

Putnams. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. Short gifter's inscription on inside. Slightly dampstained. Dust Jacket corner clipped. (Art, Humor, Abstract art)

VG+. 1973. FOLIO OF REPRODUCTIONS WITH LETTER TO NIEMAN MARCUS SIGNED BY STANLEY MARCUS .

New York, NY: Tudor Publishing Co., 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. Marcel Vertes. Designed in the style of editorial cartoon collections, in this case spoofing psychotherapy. Unpaginated. Open the book, a full-sized cartoon frame on the right page, and the caption will be on the left page. Approx 80pp., 17 x 21,5 cm. Binding is loose but intact, boards very good on the face and back but totally worn through on the edges and corners. Pages are slightly tanned. Spine plate completely detached and missing. No markings anywhere. Copyright 1948 and 1952, English language edition, hence reprint. Missing dust jacket. Marcel Vertès (born Marcell Vértes, 10 August 1895 – 31 October 1961) was a French costume designer and illustrator of Hungarian-Jewish origins. He won two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Moulin Rouge. Vertès is also responsible for the original murals in the Café Carlyle in the Carlyle Hotel in… Read More

NY: Tudor, 1948. First Edition. Large 4to, pp. not numbered. Foreword by Anita Loos. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Ex library with stamps, bookplate, dj blurb pasted on flyleaf. Rear hinge tender, front hinge mended; cover worn. Good. One of a limited edition of 3500 copies. Cartoons about psychiatry.

Hardcover. 1954 Hardback (see my photos). Same Day Dispatch