Search Results: Authors starting with W from Cole & Contreras

Lipsiae (Leipzig): Joh. Frid. Gleditschius B. Filium, 1737. Two parts in one, complete. A very attractive copy of the first and only edition of one of the true monuments of Germanic philology. This is the first great German dictionary, and includes both words used in the 18th century and obsolete words back to the middle ages. For many entries it gives not only the definition but also equivalents in numerous other Germanic languages, both modern and extinct. Includes sections on etymology, on the genesis of letters, and grammar. Text in two columns. Large margins. Large thick folio, recent black buckram, all edges stained blue. Small piece missing from upper margin of title-page, otherwise fine. Brunet V, col. 1395: "Ouvrage estime et peu commun." Graesse VI, part 2, p. 407.

München (Munich): Heinz Moos, 1970. First and only edition of the standard catalogue raisonné of the prints of this important surrealist. 86 items reproduced as full-page plates (almost all in color) and exhaustively described. Square 4to. FINE AND BRIGHT, in a lightly-worn dustjacket.

Paris: Firmin-Didot / Societe des Anciens Textes Francais, 1907-1909. Two volumes, complete. First and only critical edition of this work. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper. Published by the Societe des Anciens Textes Francais. Large 8vo, publisher's cloth. Light traces of wear to bindings. Internally fine, bright, and uncut. Bossuat 1339.

Paris: L. F. Hivert, 1830. First and only edition of this beautifully-illustrated voyage to England. Six full-page lithographic views. Printed on fine laid paper with the views on fine wove paper. Attractively bound in contemporary hardgrain morocco over marbled boards. Minimal wear to binding and light foxing to views, otherwise fine and bright. 8vo.

Tuebingen: Max Niemeyer, 1956-1967. Two volumes, complete. A classic critical edition of the poems of the most important medieval German lyric poet. 8vo, original wraps. Very good.

New York: Interview, 1979. andy warhol. This is the front cover of volume IX, number 4 (April, 1979) of INTERVIEW, Andy Warhol's fabled tabloid. On this cover is a brightly-colored portrait of a young and attractive Jessica Lange, executed in purest "Interview" style. Warhol has added a fanciful necklace in felt-tip pen. Inscribed "To Lillyan" (sic) and FULLY SIGNED (again, in felt-tipped pen) BY ANDY WARHOL. Boldly SIGNED on the acid-free mount in felt-tipped pen BY JESSICA LANGE in Barcelona on April 23, 2015, at the Centre Santa Mònica, which was holding an exhibition of her photographs. 43 x 28 cm (17 x 11 inches), and thus COMPLETELY UNTRIMMED. Professionally deacidified and matted. In excellent condition. Provenance: "Lillyan" was Lilyan Cole, the second wife of Sylvan Cole (dean of American print dealers and a well-known fixture of the New York arts scene from the 1940s until his death in 2005.) When Lilyan died in 1989 this picture passed to Sylvan. Shortly before his death Sylvan… Read More

Paris: La Fanfare de Montparnasse, 1925. First edition of this short novel by Warnod, illustrated thoughout with drawings by Pascin, hand-colored with pochoir. 4to. Original salmon pink wrappers. Wrappers lightly crinkled at spine with a small tear at base of spine, else a fine and bright copy of a charming book.

Tokyo: Galerie Han, 2005. Mikio Watanabé. WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING. The catalogue raisonné of Watanabé's mezzontints from 1998 to 2005. Items 143 to 251 reproduced and thoroughly described. THIS COPY BELONGED TO THE AUTHOR, GILBERT LASCAULT, and has two dedications on the front flyleaf: a dedication from Watanabé to Lascault, SIGNED by Watanabé and dated December 13, 2005; and a poetic dedication from Lascault to himself("De moi à moi"), also signed. On this same page is a marvelous miniature trompe l'oeil drawing of a fly (yes, on the fly-leaf!) by Watanabé. Folio. Publisher's cloth. Dustjacket. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Hammersmith: Printed for Private Circulation for Mrs. C. J. Watson by Emery Walker, Limited, 1931. THE RARE CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF WATSON'S PRINTS. 204 items described and illustrated. Heliogravure frontispiece. Folio, original cloth. Some sunning to covers, internally fine and bright. Privately printed and extremely hard to find.

London, T. Evans, 1796. The fourth edition, with a new preface, of this treatise opposing Thomas Paine's Deism. 4, 120 pp. 8vo. Later marbled wraps. Very good condition.

New York: Berard Danenberg Galleries, 1969. An exhibition catalogue illustrated with dozens of black and white plates. 4to. Original wraps. Minimal wear to covers, else fine and bright. An invitation to the opening, printed on fine bluish wove paper, is laid in.

Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1953 (reprint). The standard bibliography of travel in Greece and the Levant up to 1800. 860 items thoroughly described. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Like new.

Princeton: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1952 (reprint). The standard bibliography of travel in the Levant during the 19th century. 1206 items thoroughly described. 4to. Publisher's cloth. Like new.

Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag, 2000. The standard monograph and catalogue raisonné. 406 pp. Several hundred items reproduced in black & white and thoroughly described. 72 full-page color plates. 4to. Publisher's illustrated boards. FINE AND BRIGHT. Like new, with no defects.

Brooklyn, New York: Historical Printing Club, 1891. First and only edition of the standard monograph and bibliography. 130 items thoroughly described. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. 4to. Attractively bound in recent marbled boards. Uncut. Fine and bright. Scarce.

Leipzig: Weigel, 1855-1856. TWO VOLUMES, complete, with the lists of prices realized. The auction catalogue of the outstanding collection of old master prints assembled by Hermann Weber, who died in 1854 at the age of 37. VIII, 122, 12; VIII, 69, 8 pp. 1324 + 717 items. THE SECOND VOLUME IS DEVOTED TO WEBER'S UNSURPASSED COLLECTION OF REMBRANDT'S ETCHINGS, plus prints after Rembrandt and prints by his disciples. Of the 717 prints in this volume, 508 ARE ETCHINGS BY REMBRANDT. Priced throughout in a contemporary hand. 8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary decorated boards. Light wear to binding, internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Rare.

Tuebingen: Max Niemeyer, 1956. Critical edition of this medieval German fabliau. 8vo, original wraps. Fine.

Little Rock, Arkansas: General Publishers, 1962. The rare first edition of this bizarre privately-printed civil rights movement title. Signature of civil rights leader Jack Greenberg on front free endpaper. Greenberg argued Brown v. Board of Education with Thurgood Marshall and was Martin Luther King's lawyer. Small 4to. Fine in a very good dj.

New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1966. Prospectus for six new lithographs by Wengenroth. One folded sheet of coated paper. All six lithographs illustrated, with title, dimensions, and price. 8vo. Fine and bright.

Romae (Rome): Ex Typographia Sacrae Congregationis de Propaganda Fide, 1782. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this extremely early catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts on palm leaves and on paper. 80 pp. Lengthy scholarly introduction. Dozens of manuscripts described. Wesdin (1748-1806), a Carmelite, was sent to Malabar as a missionary in 1774. After returning to Europe in 1789, he wrote many important works introducing India to the West. Printed on fine laid paper. Sanscrit types appear sporadically throughout. 4to. Attractively bound in recent marbled boards. ENTIRELY UNCUT. FINE AND BRIGHT. An important and very rare book.