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

London.: Institute of Contemporary Arts., 1980.. (21 x 10 cm).. Black and white illustration. Invitation to the private view of the ICA's Moholy-Nagy exhibition, 15th January 1980.

Paris.: Editions M.-P. Tremois., 1928.. Loose as issued in publisher's wrappers, patterned paper board chemise and slipcase.. Folio.. With 5 coloured lithographs mounted in passepartout. Marie Laurencin's charming illustrations for this 17th-century fairy tale.From the edition limited to 480 copies.The illustration consists of five superb large format colour lithographs printed on chine paper, after crayon drawings by Marie Laurencin.

Paris.: G[uy]. L[évis]. M[ano]., 1937.. Stapled as issued in original publisher's pink printed wrappers with titles in black to front cover and publisher's credit to rear.. 16mo. (140 x 95 mm).. Printed text recto and verso throughout. Scarce reprint on pink paper of Georges Hugnet's text L'Apocalypse with a presentation.Hugnet's text was originally published to accompany a suite of etchings of the same name by Stanley William Hayter issued by Editions Jeanne Bucher in 1932; this copy with a presentation from Hugnet in red ink on upper wrapper: 'pour ma petite / Jeanette / de tout coeur / GEORGES / 1937'.

Paris.: Camille Bloch., 1919.. Original publisher's glossy purple wrappers, front cover faded to blue, minor spotting throughout.. 8vo.. Engraved frontispiece and five full-page engraved plates by Laboureur (gravés sur cuivre au burin). From the edition limited to 575 copies (including five hors commerce), with this one of 500 on papier rose, vergé, à la forme.

Paris., 1930.. Loose as issued in two vellum wrappers, slipcase.. Small folio. (335 x 265 mm).. With 26 original etchings by André Dunoyer de Segonzac. 'L'Appel du Clown' with the additional suite. From the edition limited to 135 copies, with this one of 30 copies on Hollande Van Gelder with an addtional suite of the etchings (two of the prints in the suite are printed on the same plate).

Paris.: Iliazd., 1964, 21 avril.. Original publisher's grey / green wrappers with printed vignette in black to front covers and white glossy wrappers with title to front cover in black, loose in original publisher's envelope with matching vignette and numbered at upper right in pencil in Iliazd's hand as per the book.. 2 vols. Tall 8vo. (316 x 125 mm).. Original etching with aquatint by Max Ernst, signed in pencil at lower right (sheet size: 310 x 106 mm; image size: 201 x 54 mm); the accompanying booklet, in matching format on glossy white paper features 12 reproductions of monochrome photographs. A very fine copy in the original printed envelope of the very scarce Iliazd and Ernst collaboration to mark the publication of Maximiliana.From the edition limited to 70 copies on japon ancien numbered and signed by Iliazd in pencil and with Ernst's signed etching.This copy also includes the original invitation - a sheet of red card (303 x 102 mm) with printed text in black, the typography by Iliazd,… Read More

Paris., 1892.. Stitched as issued in original publisher's colour two-tone printed wrappers (each month different) with illustration and titles to front covers, advertisements for works by Uzanne to rear, loose in original publisher's pink paper-lined turquoise cloth portfolios with gilt floral motifs surrounding blue printed titles and vignettes, titles to spine in blue with gilt rules, matching advertisements to rear covers with matching floral motifs on gilt background.. 12 livraisons in 2 vols. Large 8vo. (252 x 180 mm).. Half-titles with justifications verso (vol. I with number), printed titles in red and black with publisher's vignettes and text, illustrated throughout with monochrome vignettes and plates, reproduction photographs, reproductions of drawings and original graphics (see below), all on various paper stock and by various artists and illustrators, occasional inserted supplements and advertisements to rear of each vol. Printed text in French throughout. An excellent complete and… Read More

(Brussels?).: Edition de la Libre Esthétique., 1902, 7 mars.. Original publisher's yellow wrappers with Yapp edges, stitched as issued, titles and vignette in black to front cover, small split to head of spine and slight tear to upper cover.. 16mo. (170 x 130 mm).. Title with vignette, leaf with explanatory text and Rouart's lecture, woodcut tail-piece at conclusion of text. A good, unsophisticated copy of Eugène Rouart's important lecture for the 1902 Salon de la Libre Esthétique.Although issued without a justification it seems likely that this is one of 100 copies on Hollande Van Gelder paper.Eugène Rouart was an agronomist, politician, a lifelong friend of André Gide and an important collector and theoretician. In the present lecture, rather than a dry, academic approach, Rouart looks at the emotional aspects of art and its powerful effect on the human spirit. Picasso appears to have been influenced by Rouart, whose name is recorded in one of Picasso's 'Les Demoiselles' sketchbooks.'En… Read More

Paris., 1896.. Original publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to front covers, pale blue endpapers, original front wrappers preserved.. 2 vols. 4to. (248 x 192 mm).. Original wrapper for each vol. half-title with justification verso to each vol., title and text in French throughout illustrated with vignettes, original lithographs, etchings (see below) and reproductions, hors-texte plates, each with tissue guardleaf with printed title, text and some plates printed on smooth wove paper, supplements on green paper (vol. I) and newsprint (vol. II) with announcements, advertisements, contents, the 'bulletin d'abonnement' and other details bound in at rear of each vol. The complete series ofthe literary and artistic review 'Le Centaure' with all the original prints and the supplements.Vol. I: 7 plates including 3 original colour lithographs by Jacques-Emile Blanche (colour) and Charles Leandre; and 2 original etchings by Felicien Rops and Gustave Leheutre. Cover designed by Louis Anquetin. Literary… Read More

Paris., 1868 - 1871.. Red calf-backed red buckram boards, titles gilt to spines, some splitting to hinges.. 2 vols. Folio. (444 x 340 mm).. Pictorial cover with large illustration with additional colouring by hand, printed text in French in triple columns and numerous monochrome vignettes throughout, occasional double-page central illustrations also with additional colouring by hand, from the 'Quatrième Année' many of the illustrated rear covers also with additional colouring; supplements as applicable, title pages for the individual volumes and 'Designations des Charges' listing the satirical cover illustrations. A very good set with some occasional minor spotting or creasing. An excellent unsophisticated, extensive run of this celebrated satirical journal, with the coloured illustrated covers, titles and tables, as well as a large number of 'bis' issues.L'Eclipse was founded by Polo after the suspension by the censor of the journal La Lune, and was to become the base for the great talents of… Read More

Paris.: Librairie Auguste Blaizot., 1949.. Original publisher's printed wrappers with lithograph over covers and spine in purple with title 'FAUTRIER' in black, faux vellum chemise with label with title to spine and matching slipcase.. Folio. (516 x 388 mm).. Illustrated with colour frontispiece etching, five full-page reproductions of paintings, 23 etchings (21 in colour), a woodcut (four images on a single spread) and two lithographs, for the title and the wrapper. The first edition of Jean Paulhan's large format critical study with stunning reproductions and original work by Fautrier.From the edition limited to 250 copies, with this one of 204 examples on Marais.Jean Paulhan's analytical text is divided into the following sections: Preface - 'Le critique n'a jamais tort';I - 'Quel virtuose! Le Blanc et le Noir. Un peintre ambigu. L'époque des fureurs.';II - ''Comme c'est donc beau', dit-on. De quelques matières précieuses. Ou l'ambiguité se fait peinture. L'époque des… Read More

Paris., 1893 – 1894.. Later burgundy cloth-backed marbled paper boards, original publisher's printed illustrated wrappers preserved.. 11 issues. Folio. (396 x 294 mm).. Each issue with title and cover illustration, printed text in French throughout and advertisements to rear cover and with 33 illustrations by Toulouse-Lautrec, Bonnard, Ibels, Willette, Vallotton, Hermann-Paul and others. An excellent, complete set of the very scarce fin-de-siècle illustrated revue 'L'Escarmouche' with additional important ephemera and original material.Directed by Georges Darien, the writer, satirist and artist, the anarchist 'L'Escarmouche' was short-lived even by the standards of the day, appearing weekly for only three short months from November 1893 to January 1894 (a very rare final number, included here, was issued as an afterthought and without illustration apart from the cover by Ibels, in March 1894). Noted rather more for its illustration than any literary merit, 'LEscarmouche' featured covers by… Read More

Paris.: Au Sans Pareil., 1926.. Original publisher's dark turquoise printed wrappers with titles to front cover and spine in black, spine with some fading.. 8vo. (194 x 144 mm).. Half-title with 'Du Même Auteur' verso, leaf with Hecht's original engraving as frontispiece verso, printed title with copyright verso, leaf with Cendrars' dedications to Jacques Doucet and to Conrad Moricand and Cendrars' prose illustrated with four further original engravings by Hecht, leaf with 'table des Matières', leaf with 'Note Bibliographique' and final leaf with justification; the additional double suite of Hecht's engravings is included after the justification. A scarce example on Japon Impérial of Blaise Cendrars' 'L'Eubage aux Antipodes de l'Unité' with Joseph Hecht's plates on three different paper stocks.From the edition limited to 1,100 copies, with this one of 25 examples on Japon Impérial with Hecht's engravings on three paper stocks: Japon Impérial, Hollande and vélin Montgolfier; the first 20… Read More

Paris.: A. Quantin., 1882.. Contemporary blue half-morocco by Fock with binder's signature to front free endpaper verso, marbled boards and endpapers, banded spine with elaborate decorative gilt tooling and gilt title in six compartments, original publisher's printed wrappers with elaborate decorative vignettes in gilt and colour preserved, striped silk placemarker, t.e.g.. Large 8vo. (268 x 180 mm).. Half-title with quotation from Maréchal, inserted leaf of japon with engraved portrait of Uzanne by Gaujean verso as frontispice and signed by Uzanne in purple ink, printed title in red and black with vignettes in blue, 'Avant Propos', 'Epitre Dédicatoire' and Uzanne's text, 'Appendice', final leaf of text with achevé d'imprimer verso, the majority of pages with an elaborate decorative border in a variety of colours and the text illustrated with vignettes and text illustrations also in a variety of colours, all by Paul Avril, throughout. A good copy of Octave Uzanne's anecdotal history of the fan… Read More

Strasbourg.: L'Imprimerie de Levrault., 1802.. Half morocco-backed cloth. Some foxing throughout. Corners bumped, spine worn, front inner hinge cracked.. 4to.. 4 hors texte engraved plates by C. Guerin, each with guardleaf with caption. De Lille's translation of the Georgics.

Milan.: Edizioni d'Arte Grafica Uno., 1966.. Wrappers.. 8vo.. Contains 8 original colour etchings, including the cover, on Avorio di Fabriano paper. With a signed dedication from Baj on the cover: 'pour Lars'.No. 3 of 25 copies, signed & numbered by Baj, from a total edition of 125.

Paris.: Galerie "J"., 1963.. Printed invitation card. (100 x 210 mm).. Invitation to the vernisage of the exhibition L'Objet Pressenti at Galerie "J" on the 17th of May 1963. The exhibition ran from the 17th of May to the 9th of June 1963. Text by Pierre Restany.

Paris.: Editions Sagesse / Librairie Tschann., 1937.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. Small 4to. (210 x 160 mm).. Title to front wrapper and Espinoza's three poems to interior, printer's credit to rear wrapper; tears to some folds, light spotting to front wrapper. Man Ray's copy with a presentation from Espinoza.From the edition limited to 60 copies, this copy with a presentation to the front cover from Espinoza in black ink: 'à Man Ray / avec l'espoir que le toucheront [? faucheront ?] / ces quelques images / toute la sympathie / Espinoza / Paris 10 Avril'.Espinoza was the pseudonym of the painter and poet Henri Espinouze (1915 - 1982), associated with Surrealism, Espinoza was a friend of Dali and Tanguy and later had a lasting liaison - after the death of Robert Desnos in 1945 - with Yuki, the former model and lover of Foujita who left the painter for Desnos.This copy features pencil sketches to the rear cover; it is tempting to assume that these are by Man Ray.In the Feuillets de… Read More

Paris.: A. Quantin, Imprimeur-Editeur., 1883.. Contemporary blue half-morocco by Fock with binder's signature to front free endpaper verso, marbled boards and endpapers, banded spine with elaborate decorative gilt tooling and gilt title in six compartments, original publisher's printed wrappers with elaborate decorative vignettes in gilt and colour preserved, striped silk placemarker, t.e.g.. Large 8vo. (268 x 180 mm).. Half-title, printed title in red and black with vignettes in blue, 'Avant Propos', Uzanne's texts 'L'Ombrelle (Le Parasol - La Parapluie)', 'Le Gant (La Mitaine)' and 'Le Manchon (La Fourrure)' and 'Appendice, final leaf with achevé d'imprimer, the majority of pages with an elaborate decorative border in a variety of colours and the text illustrated with vignettes and text illustrations also in a variety of colours, all by Paul Avril, throughout. Octave Uzanne's anecdotal histories of the umbrella, the glove and the muff, each decorated and illustrated by Paul Avril and with four… Read More

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.