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Verve: Contes de Boccace

Verve: Contes de Boccace by TERIADE E. CHAGALL Marc

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Seller: Bauman Rare Books
Title
Verve: Contes de Boccace
Author
TERIADE E. CHAGALL Marc
Seller
Bauman Rare Books (United States)
Description
1950. First Edition. Signed. CHAGALL, Marc. Verve. Contes de Boccace. Paris: Éditions de la Revue Verve, 1950. Folio, original lithographic dust jacket over boards. $5800.First edition of this exceptional volume of 26 Chagall heliogravures, accompanied by 26 tipped-in color prints from a medieval miniaturist, boldly signed by Chagall on the half title. From the collection of Joseph Liverant, a fellow Russian Jewish emigré and friend of Chagall.The art critic Stratis Eleftheriades, under the nom de plume Tériade, published the art journal Verve in Paris from 1937 to 1960. He commissioned famous artists of the day, from Matisse to Picasso and Chagall, to provide works for the journal, with numerous lithographs appearing for the first time in his publications. This volume is particularly notable for the unusual medium (for Chagall) used: ""New washed drawings in India ink, which are quite unrelated to anything he had done before. Using black diluted in every possible degree from onyx to the palest shade of gray, he produced sheets that give an intensely colorful effect… These drawings… were a response to what he saw in his new environment and stemmed from the urge to render in a spontaneous fashion the overwhelming impact of the profusion and light. They also reveal, paradoxically, the increased importance of color as a medium of expression. In these drawings, 'light' does not signify a diminution of the colorfulness, but an advance into the zone from which it springs. One might say that the heart of the color is light and from this light Chagall created the colorfulness of his sheets. What this means is visibly demonstrated by the drawings he did at Tériade's suggestion for the number of Verve dedicated to Boccaccio's Decameron. What Chagall produced was a present-day counterpart to colored reproductions of the miniatures in a fifteenth-century manuscript of Boccaccio's work. For each of his drawings he drew inspiration from the miniature of the same scene and the old and new illustrations are reproduced side by side in the pages of Verve. In Chagall, however, everything attains a new meaning. A new logic links the objects of the anecdotic 'tale,' and the plot of the love story gives rise to ardent desire and serene joy. What is more, in Chagall's large black-and-white plates the light radiates in a far richer modulation of color than the full coloring of the miniaturist's precise magic-lantern pictures"" (Meyer, 499). From the collection of Joseph Liverant, a fellow Russian Jewish emigré and close friend of Chagall. Liverant and Chagall both fled Europe in World War II, Liverant to Canada and Chagall to the United States. After the war, both acquired residences in Provence, where shared social circles, similar ages, and a mutual love of Yiddish combined to forge a lasting bond of friendship between the two.About-fine condition.
Massimo Campigli.  Il Lamento del Gabelliere: 10 black and white Original Lithographs.

Massimo Campigli.  Il Lamento del Gabelliere: 10 black and white Original Lithographs. by Poems by Raffaele Carrieri. Note Carlo Bo.

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Title
Massimo Campigli.  Il Lamento del Gabelliere: 10 black and white Original Lithographs.
Author
Poems by Raffaele Carrieri. Note Carlo Bo.
Seller
Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB) (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Massimo Campigli. Il Lamento del Gabelliere: 10 black and white Original Lithographs. Poems by Raffaele Carrieri. Note Carlo Bo. Edizioni Toninelli, Milano 1945. With 10 Original lithographs by Massimo Campigli in B/W, of which three of them in double-page, that accompany the poem of Carreri Total Edition of 250 copies numbered: 100 with hand-colored lithographs, 125 with B/W lithographs, and 25 out of commerce. The Lithographs were pulled from stone by Piero Fornasetti Atelier in Milan, the lithographic stones were destroyed after the limited prints. A Good copy in good condition. Condition: Beige cardboard hard cover with title in brown worn, corners with scratches and discoloration, spine missed, but front and back cover solid attached to the book. Light splits on the text block, Lithographs in good conditions, some light waves and creases on the paper are visible in almost all the pages, as same some tanning on the edges. In Good Condition Ref: Campigli Catalogo ragionato dell opera grafica, Meloni/Tavola # 79. PICTURES ON REQUEST
Tinker, Tailor

Tinker, Tailor by Vredenburg, Edric. Louis Wain (illustrator)

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books
Title
Tinker, Tailor
Author
Vredenburg, Edric. Louis Wain (illustrator)
Seller
Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1914. Original quarter brown cloth over beveled brown boards. Front cover pictorially stamped and lettered in black and white with laid-on color plate. Spine lettered in black. Collating 136, [4, ads]. Twelve color plates (including frontispiece) and numerous black and white text illustrations. Corners and spine ends a little rubbed, inner front hinge expertly strengthened, some minor marginal soiling to some leaves. Still a Very Good copy. One of the rarest of all Wain-illustrated books, the cat-master's delightful take on a tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, gentleman, apothecary, ploughboy, thief. At the end of the last century, Louis Wain (1860-1939), the Edwardian cat artist, became a household name as an illustrator of cats, whom he depicted in all sorts of activities, from skating and playing cricket to driving motor cars, attending dances, and playing musical instruments. "He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves" (H.G. Wells). "From 1883, Wain began to draw cats as they had never been drawn before, cats in humorous guises, in human situations, but always beautifully handled...[a]lthough he was sometimes forced to draw dogs before he became well- known!" (Houfe, The Dictionary of British Book Illustrators and Caricaturists 1800-1914 ) . Dale, 201.
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Improvement Era, vol 1, 1897-1898

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Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB
Title
Improvement Era, vol 1, 1897-1898
Seller
Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1897-1898. Very Good. Improvement Era, vol 1, 1897-1898. Salt Lake City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1897-1898. 944pp. Thick 8vo. 3/4 black leather with black cloth boards. Book condition: Good. Spine has raised bands and gilt lines, and is rubbed and scuffed a bit at edges. Corners bumped with boards exposed. Previous owner name in ink on front flyleaf, as well as a library stamp; library pocket inside back cover. Contents very good, clean.
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The History of the World Conqueror. By ‘Ala-ad-Din ‘Ata-Malik Juvaini. Translated from the text of Mirza Muhammad Qazvini by John Andrew Boyle. (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: Persian Series.) by al-Djuwayni, ‘Ala’ al-Din ‘Ata-Malik b. Muhammad.

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The History of the World Conqueror. By ‘Ala-ad-Din ‘Ata-Malik Juvaini. Translated from the text of Mirza Muhammad Qazvini by John Andrew Boyle. (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: Persian Series.)
Author
al-Djuwayni, ‘Ala’ al-Din ‘Ata-Malik b. Muhammad.
Seller
Ars Libri Ltd (United States)
Description
Manchester (Manchester University Press), 1958.. 2 vols. xlv, (1), 763pp. 2 frontis. 4to. Cloth.
A.L.S., on his printed letterhead, 1p., 4to., NY.,NY. March 4, 1942

A.L.S., on his printed letterhead, 1p., 4to., NY.,NY. March 4, 1942 by BRATTON, JOHN W.

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Title
A.L.S., on his printed letterhead, 1p., 4to., NY.,NY. March 4, 1942
Author
BRATTON, JOHN W.
Seller
Schulson Autographs (United States)
Description
Letter reads in part, "Dear Madam/ My friend Gitz Rice, with whom I wrote the song "Follow The President", has shown me a card from you...believe me, I greatly appreciate your kind remarks." Signed nicely "John W. Bratton". Usual folds, light surface creases, very good.
Saltair Beach Pavilion. Great Salt Lake, Utah

Saltair Beach Pavilion. Great Salt Lake, Utah by Savage, C.R. [Charles Roscoe]

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Saltair Beach Pavilion. Great Salt Lake, Utah
Author
Savage, C.R. [Charles Roscoe]
Seller
Tschanz Rare Books (United States)
Description
Salt Lake City, 1890. Cabinet card. Albumen photograph [12.5 cm x 20.5 cm] on a tan mount [18 cm x 25.5 cm] Title in the negative at the foot. Overall sunning and fading. Bird's eye illustration of the original Saltair. Founded by Mormon leaders and the Salt Lake, Garfield and Western Railway, as an alternative to the "Gentile" resorts on the Great Salt Lake, Saltair has been the most successful of all of these resorts, and now in its third incarnation, after the previous were both destroyed by fires. Saltair also played a starring role in the horror film, 'Carnival of Souls.' Charles Roscoe Savage (1832-1909) was an accomplished and prolific photographer who lived successfully within his Salt Lake City community and traveled widely throughout the West taking photographs and befriending other important photographers of his day such as Carleton Watkins, Edward Wilson, Timothy O'Sullivan, Alfred Hart and A.J. Russell. Savage took several of the West's most famous images at the celebration of the joining of the transcontinental railroads at Promontory Point, Utah in 1869. Savage also took the first photographs of what became Zion National Park.
Künstlerbücher, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 16.10 - 23.10.1981

Künstlerbücher, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 16.10 - 23.10.1981 by WEIERMAIR, Peter, curator

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Künstlerbücher, Frankfurter Kunstverein, 16.10 - 23.10.1981
Author
WEIERMAIR, Peter, curator
Seller
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description
Many black & white illus. Ca. [106] pp. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers, perfect-bound, title on spine. Frankfurt: 1981. A rare exhibition catalogue of artists’ books. It contains a country by country survey of artists’ books and their creators. This is an extremely useful resource for the early popularization of the genre. With contributions from Guy Schraenen, Tim Guest, Simon Cutts, Maurizio Nannucci, Leif Eriksson, John Armleder, Jiri Valoch, Jennifer Phipps, Printed Matter, and Marijan Susovski. In fine condition; WorldCat records no copy in North America. ❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 32.
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THE LIFE OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER by (WHISTLER) PENNELL, E.R. and J

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Title
THE LIFE OF JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER
Author
(WHISTLER) PENNELL, E.R. and J
Seller
L'Estampe Originale (United States)
Description
Philadelphia and London., J.B. Lippincott Company and Heinemann., 1909. Thick 4to. 4th ed. 644 pages pgs. with index. . 2 vol. Gilt-stamped lettering on orig. tan boards with mustard cloth spine. Deckled edge. Each volume has a frontispiece and numerous B&W plates. Boards rubbed and corners bumped.
Gilding & the making of Gold Leaf

Gilding & the making of Gold Leaf by BARNES, Richard

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Title
Gilding & the making of Gold Leaf
Author
BARNES, Richard
Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Description
N.p.: [The Author], 1962. One of 500 copies. 8vo (21 x 13 cm). Photographic illustrations, square of Hastings genuine gold leaf in fine condition within plastic sleeve after p. 18. Blue cloth, edges gilt. Gilded by John F. Bussinger and bound in Macksan cloth supplied by William J. McLaughlin and Company. The photographs and binding were made by the author.
Open City No. 10 July 7-13 1967; A New Weekly Review of the Los Angeles Renaissance

Open City No. 10 July 7-13 1967; A New Weekly Review of the Los Angeles Renaissance by [Bukowski, Charles] Bryan, John

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Open City No. 10 July 7-13 1967; A New Weekly Review of the Los Angeles Renaissance
Author
[Bukowski, Charles] Bryan, John
Seller
Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
Los Angeles: Open City, 1967. Good. Good. Tabloid with browned paper, stained and with multiple tears at the spine fold, a few small chips and tears at the fore-edge. This issue features articles about Love-ins, the Angry Arts Festival, police brutality, the Vietnam War, as well as an early installment of Charles Bukowski's "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" column.

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