Search Results: Titles starting with H from Sims Reed Rare Books

Cologne.: Galerie Der Spiegel., 1964.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. Folio. (260 x 380 mm). . With 4 woodcuts by Grieshaber, 2 of which are loosely inserted on coloured paper (one double-page). Full-page monochrome photographs. Published to accompany the exhibition of Hap Grieshaber at Galerie Der Spiegel, 1964.From the edition limited to 350 copies; with texts by Albrecht Fabri and Heinrich Böll.

London.: H. Humphrey., 1798.. Later marbled paper-covered boards, black morocco label with gilt title to spine.. Small folio. (278 x 222 mm).. 12 etched plates by James Gillray, each with wash borders and additional colouring by hand, signed beneath 'J[ame]s. G[illra]y. d[elineavit]; & f[eci]t.' at lower left and with the publisher's address 'Pub[lishe]d. April 18th ( - May 21st) 1798. by H[annah]. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street' at lower right and with title caption at foot, the first plate with title as above and numbered '1', the remainder with 'French Habits' and numbered 2 - 12; plates mounted on tabs throughout, sheet size: c.268 x 202x mm. A very fine complete set of James Gillray's hand-coloured satirical etchings of the Whig opposition depicted in the costumes designed by Jacques-Louis David for the legislators of the French republic.Published by Hannah Humphrey from her shop in St. James's between 18th April and 21st May, 1798, Gillray's caricatures depict, despite the title indicating… Read More

Paris.: Edition Internationale Situationniste., 1961.. Publisher's yellow paper-covered boards with printed black design on front board. Original black hand-painted slipcase, with title stencilled in white. Overlay of small-gauge chicken wire wrapped around slipcase as designed.. 4to. (275 x 210 mm).. Colour lithographed illustrations throughout by Martin. A striking collaborative work by the poet Jorgen Nash and illustrator J.V. Martin. One of 750 numbered examples signed by Nash and Martin.Both Nash and Martin were major actors in the Situationist movement at the time of this publication and the hard-edged polemic of the work underscores this. A very good example with a slight bump to the upper forecorner of the book and minor wear to the extremities of the black slipcase; both internal protecting cards are still present - these are usually missing from most copies - and the chicken-wire is in perfect condition.

London.: Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., 1966.. Original wrappers, stapled.. Small 4to. (228 x 208 mm).. Catalogue for the exhibition on Hannah Höch held at Marlborough Fine Art in January 1966. Introduction by Will Grohmann with list of 55 exhibits.

Cologne.: Walther Konig., 1989.. Original publisher's cloth, illustrated dust-jacket.. 4to. (245 x 216 mm). Colour and black and white illustrations. Catalogue published on the occasion of Feldmann's exhibition at the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Düsseldorf in 1990.

Paris.: (Christian d'Orgeix)., 1950.. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers, printed titles to front cover in black and magenta, later brown crushed morocco protective box, boards ruled in gilt, banded spine with gilt title in six compartments.. 4to. (254 x 200 mm).. Frontispiece on glossy paper (Bellmer's self-portrait), leaf with printed title in magenta and black, 11 leaves with text (see below), section title and 9 leaves of glossy paper with 23 monochrome reproductions of works by Bellmer, leaf with 'Table' recto and verso, leaf with 'Notes Bibliographiques', final leaf with achevé d'imprimer and justification and a reproduction by Bellmer in magenta; also included, loosely inserted, is Bellmer's original engraving with numbering to match the book. One of the first books dedicated to the work of Hans Bellmer, the scarce issue signed by Bellmer, with an original signed engraving and contributions by his friends and collaborators.From the edition limited to 415 numbered… Read More

Milan.: Galleria Pagani., 1962.. Publisher's printed wrappers, stapled. Catalogue somewhat creased.. 4to. (29.5 x 20 cm).. Exhibition catalogue.

Milan.: Galleria del Naviglio., 1970.. Publisher's printed wrappers, stapled.. 8vo. (22.9 x 16 cm).. Exhibition catalogue, Galleria del Naviglio, Milan, October-November 1970.

Cologne.: Buchhandlung Walther König., 1989.. Original publisher's cloth, illustrated dust-jacket, large cloth-backed card portfolio for book and print.. Square 4to. (245 x 216 mm). + Large format print. (870 x 497 mm).. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout; together with the large silkscreen print with extensive colouring by hand. The deluxe edition of Feldmann's 'Das Museum im Kopf' with the large additional screenprint with extensive colouring by Feldmann by hand.From the edition limited to 30 numbered copies with the additional screenprint; the portfolio is numbered in pencil as is the screenprint verso.This catalogue published on the occasion of Feldmann's exhibition at the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Düsseldorf in 1990; the edition is limited to 30 copies and is accompanied by a large screenprint of Cologne cathedral, 'Ansicht vom Kölner Dom', with extensive additional colouring in watercolour by Feldmann. Both the book and hand-coloured print are… Read More

Linz.: Edition Neue Texte., 1984.. Original publisher's blue printed wrappers with text in white.. 4to. (264 x 208 mm).. Neue Texte nr. 30, with texts by each of the four contributors.

Paris.: Editions G[uy]. L[évis]. M[ano]., 1935.. Original publisher's cream printed wrappers with titles in black to front cover.. 8vo. (189 x 142 mm).. Half-title, printed title, leaf with Eluard's preface recto and Penrose's verse, final leaf with achevé d'imprimer and justification; the errata leaf is also included, loosely inserted. Salvador Dali's copy with a presentation from Penrose.From the edition limited to 320 copies, with this unopened copy one of 300 on 'Hélio' and with a presentation from Penrose in blue ink to the half-title: 'à Salvador Dalí / admiratif hommage de / V. Penrose'.Also included loosely inserted is the errata slip for the publication.Valentine Penrose (1898 - 1988), née Marcelle Bouée, was the glamorous wife of the English Surrealist poet, painter and photographer Roland Penrose. Muse to the Surrealists, model for Man Ray, Valentine Penrose also appeared in Bunuel's L'Age d'Or as a spirit. Profoundly influenced by Eastern spiritual thought, Penrose was also… Read More

Vienna.: Galerie Junge Generation., 1964.. Original printed wrappers, two holes punched to head of catalogue for filing.. Tall 8vo.. With 6 illustrations. Very early Nitsch catalogue for the exhibition at the Galerie Junge Generation held from the 24th of June to the 4th of July 1964.

Paris.: H. Launette Editeur., 1883.. Full dark green crushed morocco by Marius Michel with his signature gilt, front board with elaborate cuir ciselé decoration to surround central armorial with title tooled in black, the decoration of floral, foliate and bestial devices in colour calf representing a coat of arms, banded spine in six compartments, turn-ins ruled in gilt, patterned decorative silk doublures and endpapers, original printed and decorative chromolithograph wrappers (two sets) preserved, a.e.g., silk placemarker, marbled board slipcase.. 4to. (280 x 228 mm).. Each page with decorative border and many full page plates and section headings, all in colour after Grasset. Grasset's finest illustrated book and one of the icons of Art Nouveau in a cuir ciselé binding by Marius Michel.From the édition de luxe limited to 200 copies, with this one of 100 numbered copies on papier de Chine.' ... a turning point in the history of illustration.' (Ray)The introduction and notes are by… Read More

Paris.: Editions du Point du Jour., 1949.. Original publisher's terracotta printed wrappers with reproduction of Brassai's manuscript title in black as titles to front cover and spine.. 12mo. (165 x 128 mm).. Leaf with publisher's device verso, leaf with calligraphic title recto and justification verso, six leaves with Henry Miller's 'Introduction' and Brassaï's verse, three leaves with 'Répertoire des Mots-Clés de Marie', two leaves with 'Table' and final leaf with achevé d'imprimer recto and 'Printed in France' verso. André Breton's copy with a presentation from Brassaï.From the first edition limited to 2,626 copies, with this unnumbered copy on vélin des Papeteries de France.From the library of André Breton, with a presentation from Brassaï to Breton on the colophon: 'Pour André Breton / Ces annonces faites par / Marie / Souvenir amical de / Brassai / Paris, vendredi treize, mois de / Marie, 1949'; the achevé d'imprimer gives the date of publication as 'le 30 Avril, 1949'.Also… Read More

London.: Published by J.D.for Tho. Basset....., 1687.. Contemporay calf rebacked.. Folio.. With 3 engravings, (2 of the Sultans and 1 of "A Turkish Pageant"). Frontispiece portrait of Rycaut is after Sir Peter Lely. Three works on Ottoman Turkey by the Consul at Smyrna, Sir Paul Rycaut.Second edition of the first work and first editions of the 2nd and third work.Also with:'The history of the Turkish Empire continued, from the year 1676 to the year 1686 by Sir John Manley'.'The Present State of the Ottoman Empire. Containing the maxims of the Turkish Polity; ... In three books by Sir Paul Rycaut. London, Printed by J.D. 1687'.The second part of the first work is with separate half-title, 'The Memoirs of Sir Paul Rycaut, containing the history of the Turks from the year 1660, to the year 1678. With the remarkable passages relating to the English Trade in the space of 18 years'.Sir Paul Rycaut (1629-1700) was first employed as private secretary to the British Ambassador to Constantinople and… Read More

London.: Printed for Robert Clavell., 1700. Contemporary calf, rebacked.. Folio.. With frontispiece portrait of Rycaut by Sir Peter Lely and 4 portraits of the Sultans and one portrait of Comte de Tekely. First edition.This is Rycaut's third and last history of the Ottoman Empire covering the years between 1679 and 1699.

Brooklyn.: Editions Hémisphères / Editions de la Maison Française., 1943 – 1945.. Original publisher's printed yellow paper wrappers, titles by George Barker, imprints and contents to front covers, advertisements to rear, no. 4 with vignette, later paper board box with title to spine and slipcase.. 6 issues in 5. Large 8vo. (c.238 x 155 mm).. Each issue with title in English and French and biographies of contributors verso, printed text in English and French throughout with monochrome illustration. Complete set of this exile revue published in Brooklyn by Yvan Goll, bringing together the work of the exiled French Surrealists with that of American Surrealists and sympathisers.Contributors include Aimé Césaire, Kenneth Patchen, Pierre Mabille,Saint-Jean Perse, Roger Caillois, Patrick Waldberg, William Carlos Williams, Alain Bosquet, Yvan Goll, André Breton, André Masson, Henry Miller, Kurt Seligmann, Julien Gracq, Guillevic, Robert Lebel and many others.Illustrations include those by… Read More

Brussels.: Galerie Les contemporains., 1957.. Publisher's wrappers, stapled.. 8vo. (24 x 16 cm).. 26 reproductions in black. Maurits Bilcke text in Flemish and Leon Louis Sosset's text in French. Catalogue of the exhibition held from May 11 to 29, on the occasion of the artist's sixtieth birthday. Artist's biography and excerpts from the press. List of exhibited works.

Prague.: Družstevní práce., 1934.. Publisher's cloth with Halas' initials to front cover.. 8vo. (192 x 120 mm).. Cover and typography by Jindrich Styrsky and with frontispiece by Toyen.

Přerov.: Tiskem a nákladem Obzoru hranice., 1921 - 1922.. Cloth bindings, preserving the front wrappers of each issue in second volume.. 4to & 8vo. 11 + 10 issues.. Profusely illustrated. Complete first and second year of the revue devoted to art and literature.Contributions by Karel Schulz, Konstantin Biebl, Lev Blatny, Otakar Kubin. Includes works of Modigliani, Kubin, Prochazka and others.