LA BALLADE DU SOLDAT by [Ernst, Max]: Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges - 1989

Couverture rigide. Bon/1972. in-8. Paris, 1972, in-8, np, broché, Plaquette tirée à l'occasion de la parution du texte original de La Ballade du Soldat par Ribemont-Dessaignes et Max Ernst! très bel exemplaire!

Vence, Edition Pierre Chave, 1972, -

Vence: Pierre Chave, 1972. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Loose sheets in illustrated wrappers. In light blue cloth chemise with dark blue cover illustration and spine lettering. Lacking the slipcase. Illustrated with 34 original lithographs and two vignettes by Max Ernst. HC copy of the regular French edition of 217 copies (there were also 98 copies with an extra suite). Printed on Velin d'Arches. Singed in pencil by Max Erst and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. 95 (i) pp., 39 x 29 cm. Light stain on frontcover chemise, occasional light offsetting to text pages. Lithographs in very fine condition. .

Vence.: Pierre Chave / Kenneth Nahan., 1972.. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with vignette by Ernst to front cover, blue cloth chemise with purple vignette (a reduced version of that for the wrapper) and title to spine in purple, matching slipcase.. Folio. (396 x 288 mm).. Leaf with half-title and justification verso, leaf with original colour lithograph verso as frontispiece, printed title and Ribemont-Dessaigne's verse illustrated with 34 original colour lithographs (frontispiece and 24 full-page, 9 as head- or tail-pieces) and 2 original vignettes by Max Ernst, 'Table of Lithographs', final leaf with colophon recto and copyright verso. From the edition limited to 714 numbered copies, with this one of 217 copies on Vélin d'Arches in English, signed by the author and artist.

Vence.: Pierre Chave / Kenneth Nahan., (1972) 1989.. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with vignette by Ernst to front cover, blue cloth chemise with purple vignette (a reduced version of that for the wrapper) and title to spine in purple, matching slipcase.. (39.6 x 28.8 cm).. pp. 95, (i). Illustrated with 34 original colour lithographs (frontispiece and 24 full-page, 9 as head- or tail-pieces) and 2 original vignettes by Max Ernst. From the edition limited to 714 numbered copies, with this one of 217 copies on Vélin d'Arches in English, signed by the author and artist. The lithographs for all the variant language editions were printed at Atelier Chave in 1972, contemporary with the preparation and publication of the edition of the French text (a total of 315 copies). A German language edition (also consisting of 199 copies plus 18 h.c.) was published. This English translation, prepared in 1972 by Nicolette Bernard, Peter Leslie and George Kimball, was not actually printed… Read More

Pierre Chave, 1972. Exemplaire 73/79. Signed by Dessaignesa and Ernst at limitation. Loose gatherings contained in pictorial wrappers within a protective wrapper and blue slipcase (which repeats design on front cover). Internally in fine condition. Slight wear to outer slipcase. .

France: Pierre Chave, 1989. Paperback. Very Good. [publisher: [Vence]: Pierre Chave / Kenneth Nahan, [1989].] Small folio (38.5 x 28 cm). Loose gatherings laid into pictorial wrappers, enclosed in folding cloth chemise and slipcase. Very fine with two small soil spots to slipcase. First English language edition. Illustrated with thirty-four original lithographs and two vignettes by Max Ernst. #15 of 199 numbered copies (of 217) on Arches, with the text in English, signed by the author and the artist. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.

7 pics-NOT XLIB; clean & sharp with light shelf wear & a few very light spots to exterior; spine uncreased; binding tight; pages clean

Innsbruch Felizian Rauch [?], 1936, hardcover. No publication date given: 1936? -- Black-and-white reproductions of the art done when she was 5 to 15 years old. Texts in GERMAN, English and French. 143 pages, 9.5x11 inches. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good minus (cover has soil, spine lettering rubbed, but pages are clean and bright).

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good minus. Hardback with Dust Jacket which has some edge wear, small rip, faint price on back

This book is in very good condition. There is minor wear on the dust cover and little to no wear at all on the front, back, spine and edges of the cover boards. The pages are white, crisp and free of any markings. "Perhaps because it seems so close in time to our own experience, many art lovers feel a special kinship with the turn of the century. We speak of fin-de siecle artists almost as if we know them, and a large body of scholarly work exists covering nearly every conceivable aspect of the late nineteenth-century philosophy, sociology, and art. Given that, it is a rare and remarkable opportunity when one finds something new and unknown about the late 1800's, a privilege we at the Smithsonian Institute Traveling Exhibition Service are pleased to share with everyone who reads this book and visits the exhibition Art Nouveau Bing...." - Foreword from Art Nouveau Bing: Paris Style 1900

This fine, 2nd edition of David Hockney's 'alphabet' drawings with short poems and essays by various authors (Joyce Carol Oates, Arthur Miller, John Updike, Iris Murdock, Susan Sontag, Seamus Heaney, etc.) was an AIDS fundraiser. The book is in fine condition with no flaws and the Dust Jacket has only a small crease on the front dust jacket bottom and the inside front panel price clipped (see photos.) Priced to sell!
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.

NEAR FINE Limited edition (1000 copies printed). Gray cloth exteriors with blue lettering and his signature dog on the cover. No dustjacket. Light shelfwear to cover corners and edges. Crisp, clean, unmarked interior pages. Satire. 287 pages, 9.5" X 12.25X X 1.5" John T. McCutcheon was an American political cartoonist, war correspondent, combat artist, and author . This covers the full breadth of his career, and reproduces his newspaper work from a 40 year career, including his Pulitzer Prize winning cartoon from 1931 "a Wise Economist Asks a Question". Includes some of his earliest work in the Purdue university paper "Debris" and stories, cartoons, and reporting from The Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Daily News, the Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Cosmopolitan, as well as sketches from the Art Institute of Chicago. Political cartoons (no index and some pages with multiples), probably more illustrations than pages.

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr. Camphor's houseboat. Of course, things never go as Freddy expects and a series of strange, amusing, and sometimes alarming adventures ensue. Please also see our Freddy The Pig catalogue.

Ruth Krauss. The Carrot Seed. Illustrated by Crockett Johnson, author, illustrator of the Harold and the Purple Crayon series. 1945, Harper & Brothers First Edition. States 1945 on the title page. QUITE RARE. EXLIB. Good Condition/ no dust jacket is included. A nice solid copy. "Ruth Krauss's book about a little boy who stands his ground and grows a carrot in the face of doubt from his parents brings up themes of individuality, standing one's ground, and what it is to know something (the basis of knowledge)" Not an easy find.

Messenger, Norman: Making Faces By Norman Messenger. Doring Kindersley Publishers, Ltd., 1992. ISBN9780863189975. LARGE FORMAT. 8 ¼ X 14. Summary: Starting with eight basic characters, Norman Messenger offers the possibility of making an astonishing variety of different faces in this fascinating contemplation of human uniqueness. By mixing and matching foreheads, eyes, noses, mouths and chins, thousands of individual faces can be created. A stimulating and amazing book. 65,000 different combinations are available. WOW. For all ages. USED. VG CONDITION.

This book is new. Never opened or used. Excellent condition. This book is dedicated to the memory of two departed friends- Helen L. Card and E. Walter Latendorf.
"In the words of the authors: They devoted themselves to the advancement of American Illustration as a great art. Their like will never be seen again."