Search Results: Titles starting with B from Cole & Contreras

Montreuil / Paris: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2019. Bierge. The catalogue raisonné of the paintings. 352 pp. About 1350 color and black & white illustrations. Folio. Publisher's boards. FINE AND BRIGHT, like new.

Barcelona: Orbis / Destino, 1985. A hardcover edition of this novel. INSCRIBED BY ARRABAL WITH A SPECTACULAR DOUBLE-PAGE SURREALIST DRAWING, SIGNED AND DATED. 8vo. Publisher's boards. Contents toned, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Like new.

Amiens: Librairie Edgar Malfère, 1924. FIRST EDITION. One of only 20 numbered copies on fine Dutch laid paper (tête). 191 pp. 8vo. Original wraps. Entirely uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT. Pristine.

Paris: Editions Jean Auber, 1956. A collection of poems by Leiris with a cover illustration by Joan Miró. AN HORS-COMMERCE COPY ON FINE MARAIS WOVE PAPER, SIGNED IN RED INK BY JOAN MIRÓ. 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Signed copies are of the greatest rarity.

Paris: Presses du Temps Présent, 1961. First and only edition. Preface by famed French-Jewish mime Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), followed by 20 full-page surrealist plates (including one depicting Marcel Marceau) by Tuszynski. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies on good wove paper. AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATION COPY, WITH AN EXTREMELY FINE SIGNED SURREALIST DRAWING BY THE ARTIST, DEDICATED TO MARCEL MARCEAU (1923-2007). Folio. Loose as issued in publisher's wraps. Wraps spotted and lightly torn. OTHERWISE FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS. An outstanding association copy, in very good condition.

Paris: Chez Ed. Sagot, 1912. A LARGE-PAPER COPY ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER of this rare pamplet celebrating Lepère promotion to Officier of the Légion d'Honneur. 35 pp. plus two hors-texte plates, also on Imperial Japanese paper: AN ORIGINAL WOODCUT SELF-PORTRAIT BY LEPERE ("Portrait d'Auguste Lepère", Lotz-Brissonneau 247 ii/II) and a reproduction of an etching ("Les baigneurs") made to commemorate the occasion. 8vo. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. A pristine large-paper copy, and extremely rare as such.

Geneve (Geneva) / Paris / Barcelona: Editart - D. Blanco, 2006. FIRST EDITION of this collection of poems by Bonnefoy, illustrated with SIX LOOSE, FULL-PAGE ORIGINAL PENCIL-SIGNED COLOR ETCHING-AQUATINT-COLLAGES BY MASAFUMI YAMAMOTO, perhaps the world's greatest living book artist. Edition limited to only 55 numbered copies, each SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND THE ARTIST. Printed on fine, thick handmade wove paper. Bilingual (facing-page) French-Japanese text. In addition to the six signed color etchings, there are six etching printed over pages of Japanese text, and embossing on the front and rear cover. 4to. Quires sewn together, and loose in wraps as issued. Housed in a folding cloth case. FINE AND BRIGHT. A gorgeous production, which amply demonstrates Yamamoto's virtuosity as a printmaker and creator of illustrated books.

Hamburg: Heinz Stefan Bartkowiak, 2004-2005. A comprehensive guide to book arts in Germany, with biographies of the artists and detailed descriptions of their work. 636 + 3 original prints (bound in) + 10 original signed prints in a separate folder. ONE OF ONLY 110 NUMBERED COPIES OF THE DELUXE EDITION, WITH TEN PENCIL-SIGNED PRINTS BY CONTEMPORARY GERMAN BOOK ARTISTS: Carla Bertola, Nils Burwitz, Kirsten Heitkamp, HFK, Francis van Maele, Emilio Sdun, Felix Reidel, Tamar Mason, Alberto Vitaccio, and Gerd J. Wunderer. Includes a monotype, linoleum cuts, typographical prints, etc. 8vo. Book in original wraps, prints in separate folder. Housed in a cloth slipcase. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.

Los Angeles: The Institute of Cultural Inquiry, 1997. A fascinating and wonderfully-illustrated monograph--with contributions by various scholars--devoted to Georges Bataille's magisterial erotic surrealist novel, Histoire de l'Oeil (first published pseudonymously in 1928). This is ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES WITH THE UNEXPURGATED COVER, which was "cleaned up" for the trade edition. All of Masson's lithographs executed for the first edition of Histoire de l'Oeil are reproduced, as are the etchings Bellmer made for the second. There are many other related illustrations as well. This is ONE OF FEWER THAN 30 NUMBERED COPIES OF THE DELUXE EDITION, WITH A PORTFOLIO OF 13 ORIGINAL SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS (etchings, aquatints, lithographs, woodcuts, photoengravings, mixed media) by Deborah Cullen, Sophie Sanders & Rudzani Nemasetoni, Edward Fausty, Shigeku Kumabe, Wei Jane Chir, Andrew Davis, Esteban Chavez, Marjorie Van Dyke, Kelly Driscoll, Lance Lumar, Richard Nelson, Peter Mayer, and Scherer &… Read More

Paris: Societe des Anciens Textes Francais (SATF), 1931-1933. Two volumes, complete. FIRST EDITION of this important 14th-century Middle French prose romance. Includes (also in first edition) the fragments of the 13th-century Old French poem on which the prose work is based. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper. Published by the Societe des Anciens Textes Francais. Large 8vo, original cloth. Uncut and unopened. Bindings lightly worn. INTERNALLY FINE AND BRIGHT. Bossuat 4100.

Londini (i.e., London): Typis excudebat A. MacIntosh, Spitalfields, for the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews., 1817. An outstanding copy, in its original binding, of this early translation of the New Testament from Greek into vocalized Hebrew. 246 leaves (492 pp). Beautifully printed on fine wove paper. 8vo. Bound in the original paneled calf. Binding somewhat worn, especially at extremities, but structurally solid and still attractive. Darlow & Moule 5170.

Munchen (Munich): Hirmer, 1991. The massive standard monograph on this abstract painter. 315 beautifully-produced full-page color plates. Folio. Publisher's cloth. Dustjacket. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Munich: Prestel, 2002. The standard catalogue raisonne of the paintings, prints, and drawings. 410 items illustrated in color and described in German and English. Large 4to. Publisher's boards. Dustjacket. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Barcelona: Tabelaria, 1996. First edition of these poems by Viladot. Illustrated with a signed color etching by Josep Guinovart. Edition limited to 42 copies. Printed on fine wove paper. Large folio, original wraps. Fine.

Paris: Aux Trois Soleils, 1946. A beautiful livre d'artiste with the FIRST EDITION of this verse bestiary by Kerdyk and 14 LARGE FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS (with drypoint, aquatint, etc) BY PEDRO ZAMORANO DE BIEDMA. These intricate, technically complex and extremely accomplished depictions of animals reflect influences as varied as the Surrealists, Chagall, and Picasso (especially his etchings for Buffon). From an edition limited to 450 numbered copies, this is ONE OF 16 COPIES ON LANA WOVE PAPER WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE ETCHINGS ON RIVES WOVE PAPER. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. A little discoloration to spine of wrapper, internally FINE AND BRIGHT.

London: Chiswick Press, 1910. First and only edition of this useful bibliography. The frontispiece is a wood-engraved portrait of George Washington by Alexander Anderson, originally published in 1818 and reprinted here from the original block. Edition limited to 150 numbered and signed copies printed on fine laid paper. This copy additionally inscribed and signed by Levis to Horace Parshall. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards. Uncut. Near fine, with only minimal wear to binding. Internally bright.

Avranches: Chez l'Auteur, n.d. [c. 1945]. A rare, thorough, and highly unusual bibliography of the folklore of Lower Normandy. About 180 items described, with notes (often extensive) about content, rarity, value, and so forth. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, printed on many different hues of brightly-colored wove paper. 48 pp. Small 4to, multi-hued original wraps (beautifully produced). Uncut and unopened. A bit of wear and tear (and sunning) to wraps. Internally fine.

Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1874-1877 (1878). Two volumes, all published. The rare original edition of this excellent bibliography of books relating to art. A LARGE-PAPER COPY, beautifully printed with large margins on handmade laid paper. 2362 thoroughly described, many of which are passed over by Brunet. Text in two columns. 4to, nicely bound in later cloth and wood-veneer over boards. Light wear to bindings. Internally uncut, fine, and bright. Large-paper copies are very rare.

Berkeley, 1933. Offprint from the University of California Publications in English. Looks like it may be a reprint, but there is no printed indication that it is. Over 400 items described. 4to, fine in buckram.

Paris: H. Daragon / P. Sacquet, 1901. THE RARE ORIGINAL EDITION of this groundbreaking bibliography of French slang and obscenity. XVI, 17-173, [1] pp. 365 items described in great detail. 8 full-page facsimile plates. From a total edition of only 274 copies, this is one of 250 numbered copies printed on fine laid paper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Large 8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary quarter cloth and marbled boards. Original wraps bound in. Minimal wear to binding, light fading to spine. Internally fine and bright.