Search Results: Authors starting with P from Sims Reed Rare Books

Montevideo., Abril 76.. Unbound, although originally stapled.. 4to.. 13 leaves including cover. Issue No. 6 of the second generation of Clemente Padin's publication, OVUM, focusing on experimental poetry, writing and art. This issue with contributions by Robin Crozier, Al Whitson, Frank Ferguson, Ismael Assumpçao, Odair Magalhaes, Luis Iurcovich, Paulo Bruscky, A. L. M. Andrade, Geoffrey Cook, Guy Schraenen, Eduard Bal, Teresinka Pereira, and Graciela Gutierrez Marx. This copy seems to be issued with 2 contributions by Ismael Assumpçao (including one painted) and without the contribution by Graciela Gutierrez Marx.'OVUM was edited thanks [to] the colaboration [sic] of our friends that sent 500 copies of their works. Unfortunately due to the rise in the price of paper and mail it is impossible to continue with the edition of the magazine. We will start to edit it again if our economic situation gets better.' (From the first typed leaf).

London.: Architectural Association., 1986.. Loose as issued in original publisher's black cloth-covered board box with titles to front cover in silver, slight rubbing to box.. Large square 4to. (320 x 318 mm).. Printed text and monochrome illustration throughout (booklet), original colour lithograph signed and dated by the artist in pencil and 18 further plates on black or grey card. 'Folio X', the Architectural Association monograph on Eduardo Paolozzi produced in collaboration with the artist and with an original signed colour lithograph.This portfolio includes a colour lithograph signed andd dated by Paolozzi in pencil, 18 loose plates specially prepared by Paolozzi 'reproduced by an experimental thermographic printing process' and a text booklet with essays and a bibliography. It was published to accompany the exhibition of Paolozzi's designs for murals for Tottenham Court Road Underground station at the Royal Academy.'This 'Folio' was originally intended to follow 'Private Vision - Public… Read More

Sweden.: Munkedals., 1999.. Publisher's printed card wrappers. Ring-binding.. 8vo. (211 x 158 mm).. Colour photographic illustrations throughout. A signed Martin Parr book produced as a year 2000 Diary for the Swedish Munken paper manufacturer. Contains many typical Parr images focussing on particular European clichés. Also features six removable postcards.This copy signed by Parr to first text leaf.

Berlin.: Verlag bei Paul Cassirer / PAN-PRESSE., 1910.. Original publisher's full vellum, front cover with lithograph by Pascin with additional colouring by hand, title to spine in black, t.e.g.. 4to. (312 x 242 mm).. Leaf with title with lithograph vignette by Pascin recto, justification verso and Heine's text illustrated with 35 lithographs by Pascin, of which 9 are signed in pencil and 6 are coloured by hand (one double page), final leaf with list of the illustrations recto. The édition de tête of Pascin's first illustrated book with an original drawing.From the edition limited to 310 copies, with this one of 60 from the édition de tête on Kaiserliches Japan, signed by Pascin pencil to the justification; Pascin has signed 9 of the lithographs in pencil and 6 feature additional colouring by hand.The original drawing by Pascin, on a sheet of smooth laid paper without watermark (196 x 196 mm), is for the second illustration in the book, that on page 10. The drawing, as per the illustration,… Read More

Rome.: Presso Gregorio Settari Librajo al Corso all'Insegna d'Omero con Licenza de Superori., 1772.. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine with gilt decoration and black calf label with gilt title, marbled edges.. 4to.. Engraved title in red with vignette bust of Homer and decorative scrolled border in black by Carloni, editor's dedication to Count Ignazio Accoramboni, leaf with Imprimatur recto, 'Discorso Preliminare' verso, leaf with editor's preface (Giovanni Bottari), leaf with list of subjects, text. Decorative woodcut initials and tail-pieces throughout. First edition of Passeri's important collection of lives of 17th-century artists.Passeri's text - continuing Baglione's 1642 'Le vite de'pittori ... ' - details the lives of important artists in the order of their deaths. Commencing with Domenico Zampieri (Il Domenichino) he includes such painters as Petro Wander (Il Mamboccio), Guido Reni, Pietro Testa, Francesco Albani, Poussin, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino), Pietro… Read More

Weltmelodie., 1980.. Gatefold sleeve, multi-colour printed design by Penck.. Double 12'' LP. Penck's artist record.Ralf Winkler (A. R. Penck), since his emigration to the West, has been increasingly involved with music. [Broken Music pg. 198; Schraenen pg. 122].

N.p.: Apparition., 1999.. Original publisher's tan cloth, title to spine in black, original white pictorial dust-jacket with a reproduction of a drawing by Penn and titles to front cover and spine in black. 4to. (324 x 279 mm).. With 21 black and white plates. An excellent presentation copy with a long and admiring letter to the Swedish critic who had been the only one to appreciate Penn's first book 'Moments Preserved'.Irving Penn's presentation, is in black ink to the front free endpaper: 'To Ulf Hård af Segerstad / with admiration / Irving Penn'.Also included, loosely inserted, is a remarkable and personal letter from Penn, dated 'N.Y. Feb 7, 2000', in black ink on the photographer's mailing card: 'Dear Good friend, I am the grateful recipient / of Alison Durehed's translation of your recent writing / in Svenska Dagbladet. Over the years you have / enriched my existence with your generous appraisals. / Your words allow me to think more kindly of what / I do, as I recall with pleasure our… Read More

New York.: Privately printed by The Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn Trust, 1994.. Original publisher's orange cloth with title in black to spine, patterned paper endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket with photographs of work by Fonssagrives-Penn to front and rear covers, title to spine in black. . 4to.. An excellent presentation copy.Irving Penn's touching presentation, is in black ink on the 'Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn Trust' card: 'To reintroduce Lisa, if only on / paper as L.F.P. / Kind greetings. I.P.'; the original envelope is also included, inscribed by Penn: 'Mr and Mrs Ulf Hård af Segerstad'.The privately published memorial volume on the work of Irving Penn's Swedish artist wife, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn (born in 1911), who died in 1992.

Paris.: Galerie du Dragon., 1979.. Single sheet of pink card.. Illustrated with monochrome image reproducing Penrose's 'Le Paradis des Alouettes' recto, text and typical postcard layout verso. Postcard of 'Le Paradis des Alouettes' (1937) by Roland Penrose published by Galerie du Dragon in 1979 in connection with their Surrealist exhibition of the same year where the work was exhibited.

London.: At the de la More Press., 1905.. Full polished milk chocolate calf by Donnelley of Chicago with their signature gilt to pull-off case, banded spines with gilt titles in six compartments, turn-ins and board edges ruled in gilt, matching morocco wool-lined pull-off cases with banded spines with gilt titles.. 4 vols. Folio. (312 x 232 mm).. Series title ('The King's Library'), leaf with elaborate engraved pictorial series title and publisher's note verso, printed title in red and black with engraved portrait vignette of Bishop Percy, leaf with justification verso, leaf with title 'The Percy Folio', leaf with contents for each vol. and printed verse throughout, final blank where applicable. The de la More edition of the highly important Percy Folio on vellum.From the edition limited to 325 copies, with this unnumbered copy 1 of 5 printed on vellum; the remaining 325 copies were issued on hand-made paper.Issued as part of the King's Classics series and under the general editorship of… Read More

Stuttgart.: Klaus Burkhardt., 1961.. 8vo. (240 x 156 mm).. Printed text by Kurt Leonhard and with four monochrome illustrations, all printed recto only. Sheet size (unfolded): 430 x 680 mm. From the edition limited to 400 copies.

Nuremburg.: Kunsthalle Nuremburg., 1977.. 8vo. (204 x 104 mm).. Invitation to the opening of the exhibition Georg Karl Pfahler Zeichnungen-Collagen-Gouachen-Gemälde-Präkonzeptionen-Objekte-Architekturprojekte at the Kunsthalle Nuremburg on the 25th of November 1977. The exhibition ran until the 29th of January 1978.

Stuttgart.: Galerie Schurr., 1986.. 8vo. (210 x 147 mm).. Invitation to the opening of the exhibition G.K. Pfahler 30 Jahre Malerie at Galerie Schurr on the 25th of October 1986, the exhibition ran from the 25th of October to the 3rd of December 1986.

Berlin.: Galerie Springer., 1962.. Publisher's wrappers, stapled. Small segment cut from rear cover.. (18.4 x 14.4 cm).. Black and white illustrations. Exhibition catalogue, March 1962. This copy inscribed by Pfahler on the title page.

Parma.: Carmignani., 1828.. Modern boards, original wrappers bound in, uncut. Note in a 19th century hand on the front pasredown.. 8vo.. Description of the buildings and paintings in Piacenza, with the author describing in detail the contents of each of the city's major churches and palaces.

Paris. : Au Sans Pareil., 1920.. Original publisher's thick yellow printed paper wrappers with titles to front cover and spine in black.. 8vo. (208 x 152 mm).. Blank leaf, leaf with half-title, printed title, leaf with Picabia's 'Portrait de l'Auteur par Lui-Même', leaf with Picabia's dedication ' ... A mon meilleur ami', two leaves with Tzara's 'Préface', leaf with Pascal's 'Préface' recto and quotations verso, section title and ten leaves with Picabia's verse recto and verso dated 'Paris, 6 janvier 1920', final leaf with justification and publisher's woodcut vignette by Derain; the protruding uncut pages have some minor spotting at foot. An unsophisticated copy of the large paper édition de tête of Picabia's dada verse composition.From the edition limited to 1,025 copies, with this No. 3 of 10 copies from the édition de tête on large paper vergé d'Arches - all hors commerce - stamp-numbered to the justification.Published in the series 'Collection Dada' with a preface by Tristan Tzara,… Read More

Paris.: Imprimerie Union., 1949.. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with title to front cover in black, the suite loose in a separate wrapper with title in black and flap, orange paper-covered board chemise with title to spine in black and grey paper-covered board slipcase.. Small folio. (326 x 260 mm).. Half-title, printed title in red and black and Mendes' verse illustrated with 6 monochrome lithographs by Francis Picabia, final leaf with achevé d'imprimer and justification, also included with this copy is the additional suite of lithographs printed in red; the lithographs were printed by Desjobert, Paris. A very good unsophisticated copy of the very scarce illustrated book 'Janela do Caos': Francis Picabia illustrating Murilo Mendes.From the edition limited to 220 numbered copies on Auvergne, with this one of 23 hors commerce examples marked 'EXEMPLAIRE / H. C.' with the additional suite of lithographs in red.This remarkable and scarce book, truly international in… Read More

Paris.: Le Degré Quarante et Un., 1940.. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed parchment wrappers over card boards with title in black to upper cover, original tan patterned paper board chemise and matching slipcase with label with 'ILIAZD / PICASSO' in blue ink to edge.. Oblong 4to. (215 x 320 mm).. Half-title, original aquatint with 'arabesque' title, leaf with justification in Russian verso, leaf with justification in French, leaf with title in French verso, leaf with title in Russian, leaf with original aquatint with second 'arabesque' and Iliazd's verse in Russian in double columns illustrated with 4 engravings with burin by Picasso, final leaf with achevé d'imprimer in Russian. The first of Iliazd's beautiful and typographically inventive illustrated books and the first he produced with Picasso.From the edition limited to 64 copies on 'Montval à la cuve', signed by Picasso and Iliazd in pencil. 'Afat was the first of nine books Iliazd and Picasso collaborated on. All of them… Read More

Berlin / Düsseldorf.: Otto von Holten for Galerie Alfred Flechtheim., 1929.. Original publisher's printed textured paper wrappers, stapled as issued with printed titles in red to front cover with illustration after Picasso and advertisement and printer's credit to rear.. 12mo. (158 x 119 mm).. 16 monochrome illustrations recto and verso throughout on glossy paper. The scarce catalogue booklet published by Galerie Alfred Flechtheim: 'Sommer 1929'.The artists included, and their works, are the following: Picasso ('Maternité', 1921, and 'Femme au Fauteuil Rouge', 1929), Matisse ('L'Odalisque'), Munch ('Der Blaue Knabe'), Maillol ('Venus', bronze, 1928), Derain ('Cathérine Hessling (Mme Jean Renoir)', 1925), Hofer ('Italienerin', 1929), Grosz (a drawing), Beckmann (Der Peruanische Soldat Trinkt', 1929), Braque ('Dieppe', 1928), Klee ('Die Schwarzen Schiffe', 1927), Gris ('Compotier et Carafe', 1923), Laurencin ('Alcools', 1910, formerly in the collection of Guillaume Apollinaire), Léger… Read More

Paris.: Bordas Editeur., 1950.. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers with flaps, artist's and author's names in black to front cover and publisher's and details to rear, additional vellum jacket with flaps and printed titles to front cover.. Small folio. (328 x 258 mm).. Half-title, printed title with original lithograph illumination, copyright verso and the 4 sections of Tzara's text in verse and prose illustrated with 8 full-page original lithographs in black by Picasso, 3 leaves with 'Table' and final leaf with justification and achevé d'imprimer verso; also included loose is the additional suite of all of the lithographs on Japon. The édition de tête of Tzara's collection with a suite of Picasso's finger-drawn lithographs on Japon and with the additional vellum jacket.From the edition limited to 350 copies, with this one of 30 on Hollande Van Gelder Zonen signed by the author and artist and with the additional suite of the plates on Japon Impérial paper; the 300 copies issued on… Read More