Fumetti e illustrazione

El Cantar de las hoces corvas

Andres Ferrero, Agustin de (Victoria Rodrigo, illustrator) · 2008 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$95.00 (€85.98 | £71.82 | ¥15,187)

Barcelona: (self-published), 2008, A long poem, illustrated with reproductions of color paintings by Victoria Rodrigo. Includes a CD of the author reading the poem. Printed in a very small edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Original illustrated boards. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Duse Zeny ("The Soul of the Woman", in Czech)

Rasin, Jaromir (Frantisek Pavelka, illustrator) · 1927 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$4,950.00 (€4,480.17 | £3,742.20 | ¥791,347)

Kral. Vinohrady (Prague): Ludvic Bradac, 1927, THE ONLY COPY PRINTED ON VELLUM OF THE POET'S FIRST BOOK, ILLUSTRATED WITH THREE ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE DRYPOINTS BY FRANTISEK PAVELKA. 71 pp. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is COPY NUMBER 1, THE ONLY COPY P...

Sis Contes (with six lithographs by Vilacasas)

Vilacasas, Joan · 1957 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$295.00 (€267.00 | £223.02 | ¥47,161)

Barcelona: Horta, 1957, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of these six brief stories by Vilacasas, ILLUSTRATED WITH SIX LOOSE, HORS-TEXTE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR, EACH PRINTED ON A DIFFERENT COLOR OF FINE LAID PAPER. Edition limited to 508 numbered copies, of which this is o...

Sept vieilles chansons. Recueillies et chantees par Mademoiselle Janik Leonnec. Harmonisees par Jean Messager. Bois graves par Maurice Savin.

Leonnec, Janik (Maurice Savin, illustrator) (Jean Messager, music) · 1926 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris: Editions Girard et Bunino, 1926, A wonderful illustrated book, featuring seven French songs (mainly about sailors and the sea) and SEVEN FULL-PAGE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS and numerous text illustrations by MAURICE SAVIN. These illustrations focus on sailors, especially the ti...

A Book of Drawings by Mimi Gross and Red Grooms.

Gross, Mimi and Red Grooms · 1961 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$975.00 (€882.46 | £737.10 | ¥155,871)

Firenze (Florence), 1961, A collection of 18 reproductions of drawings (including one on the dustjacket): 8 by Gross, 9 by Grooms, and 1 by both. One of 700 numbered copies. THIS COPY WARMLY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS TO CLOSE FRIENDS, WITH A CLEVER DRAWING OF A W...

Sixteen Pastels by Francesco Clemente, with Poems by Rene Ricard

Ricard, Rene and Francesco Clemente · 1989 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$195.00 (€176.49 | £147.42 | ¥31,174)

London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1989, Illustrated with 16 full-page color reproductions of pastels by Clemente (printed rectos only) and 8 full-page reproductions of typescript poems by Ricard (also printed rectos only). Edition limited to 1000 copies SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. ...

Nat Smolin

Gauthier, Maximilien (Nat Smolin) · 1932 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$975.00 (€882.46 | £737.10 | ¥155,871)

Paris: Editions Le Triangle / Jacomet, 1932, The only monograph on this Jewish-American artist of Russian and Polish descent. An introduction by Gauthier and 32 fine phototype plates, mainly of sculpture. From a total edition of 555 copies, THIS IS ONE OF ONLY 50 DELUXE COP...

Voyage en Hollande et en Belgique. Correspondances parisiennes. Descriptions, points historiques, scenes de moeurs, etc.

Chaumont, C. de · 1858 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Limoges: Barbou freres, 1858., FIRST EDITION of this epistolary account of travel in the Low Countries. 166 pp plus FOUR FINE TINTED LITHOGRAPHED VIEWS (complete). The lithographs depict Amsterdam, Antwerp, Ostende, and Bruges. 4to. Publisher's gilt cloth binding, with po...

Croquis Pittoresques

Petit, Victor · 1860 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$975.00 (€882.46 | £737.10 | ¥155,871)

Paris: Goupil, c. 1860, An album of 12 beautiful tinted lithographs by Victor Petit. This project was a departure for Petit, famous for his lithographs of Pyrenean scenery (albums originally sold to tourists) and architectural renderings. Here he searches for a more general...

AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF BOOKS ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BY MAURICE LEROY. Le bon plaisir, Le malheureux petit voyage, La belle sans chemise, Le Diable amoureux, La Fille aux yeux d'or, etc.

Soulages, Gabriel, Henri de Regnier, Erasmus, Cazotte, Voltaire, Balzac, et al. (Maurice Leroy, illustrator) · 1939 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$4,950.00 (€4,480.17 | £3,742.20 | ¥791,347)

Paris: various publishers, 1939-1948, AN UNPARALLELED COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED BOOKS BY ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED BOOK ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ALL OF THESE BOOKS ARE ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVINGS / ETCHINGS /AQUATINTS / ROULETTES. Maurice Leroy, like ...

Campagne. Lithographies de Charles Bouleau.

Vincent, Raymonde (Charles Bouleau, illustrator) · 1943 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris: Stock, 1943, A livre d'artiste illustrated with 27 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS by Charles Bouleau. From a total edition of 295 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 20 COPIES BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED ON FINE IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE LITHOGRAPHS ON "JAPON...

Les Talents. La Lecture - L'Ecriture - Le Dessin - Le Chant - La Danse - La Broderie - L'Economie Domestique - La Gymnastique

Bres, Jean-Pierre · 0 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$2,950.00 (€2,670.00 | £2,230.20 | ¥471,611)

Paris, Chez Lefuel, Eight volumes, complete. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this excessively rare set of children's books, dedicated to various skills cultivated by well-to-do children in early 19th-century France. 39-40 pp per volume. EACH VOLUME HAS A STUNNING STIPPLE-ENGRAVED...

Le Trestoulas precede du Serpent. Lithographies d'Edy Legrand.

Bosco, Henri (Edy Legrand, illustrator) · 1937 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,950.00 (€1,764.92 | £1,474.20 | ¥311,743)

Compiegne: Aux depens de la Societe des Bibliophiles de Provence, 1937, A GORGEOUS LIVRE D'ARTISTE. Two texts by Bosco ("Le Serpent" appears here in first edition) illustrated with 25 ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE LITHOGRAPHS (and an additional double-page lithograph on the wraps) BY ...

Ombres & Llunes. Joan Brossa, Ricard Giralt-Miracle, Josep Iglesias de Marquet, Manuel de Pedrolo, Jordi Valles, Guillem Viladot, Antoni Arbalat, Albert Aragones, Jordi Badiella, Xavier Canals, Eduard Escoffet, Bartomeu Ferrando, et al

Giralt-Miracle, Daniel, Antoni Agra, J.M. Calleja, Albert Rafols-Casamada, Josep Sou, and Gustavo Vega · 2004 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$125.00 (€113.14 | £94.50 | ¥19,984)

Barbera del Valles, Barcelona: Tabelaria Edicions, 2004, A study of modern Catalan visual poetry. 16 poets featured, and for each one there is a page of biography and a full-page sample of his work, beautifully printed in full color. Printed in a small edition on very fine,...

Rois de France, par Paul Fort (illustrated by Gino Severini)

Fort, Paul (Gino Severini, illustrator) · 1931 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris: Typographie Armand Jules Klein, 1931, A poetic tribute to France's most noted monarchs. Surrealist frontispiece illustration by Gino Severini. ONE OF THIRTY NUMBERED COPIES BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPAN PAPER. WITH A FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION BY FORT, comprising...

MIND: Anticipation and Chaos. Antizipation und Chaos (with a signed print by Todd Siler)

Nadin, Mihai (Todd Siler) · 1991 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$250.00 (€226.27 | £189.00 | ¥39,967)

Stuttgart and Zuerich (Zurich): Belser, 1991, First and only edition of this examination of the concept of mind. Edition limited to 980 numbered copies, of which this is ONE OF ONLY 65 COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL PENCIL-SIGNED COLOR PRINT (mixed media retouched by hand) BY TODD ...

Cantilena. Avec une lithographie d' Aristide Maillol

Pons, Josep Sebastia (Joseph Sebastien) (Aristide Maillol) · 1937 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$975.00 (€882.46 | £737.10 | ¥155,871)

Barcelona / Toulouse: (the author), 1937, The EXTREMELY RARE first edition of this collection of poems by Pons (in Catalan, with facing-page French translation). The frontispiece is an ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH BY ARISTIDE MAILLOL (Guerin 319), likely the LAST LITHOGRAPH EXECUTED ...

Barrieres au travers des chemins du soir. Vingt-neuf et une pierres. Gravures de Masafumi Yamamoto

Bonnefoy, Yves (Masafumi Yamamoto, illustrator) · 2006 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$2,950.00 (€2,670.00 | £2,230.20 | ¥471,611)

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 a...

L'Ange du bizarre. Eaux-fortes de Dominique Heraud. (The Angel of the Odd, with original etching/aquatints by Dominique Heraud)

Poe, Edgar Allan (Charles Baudelaire, translator) (Dominique Heraud, illustrator) · 1998 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris: A l'Enseigne du Bateau Ivre, 1998, Baudelaire's translation of Poe's surreal, delirious tale, illustrated with THREE ORIGINAL SIGNED LOOSE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS (with aquatint) by Dominique Heraud. From a total edition of 50 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY FIVE (5)...

Ronces pour un herbier. (a suite of original signed aquatints by Ginette Litt)

Litt, Ginette · 1972 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$975.00 (€882.46 | £737.10 | ¥155,871)

Carcassonne (?): privately printed, 1972, A suite of 6 stunning original surrealist/symbolist aquatints by Litt, each JUSTIFIED, TITLED, AND SIGNED IN PENCIL. Edition limited to 52 numbered sets, of which this is one of 42 printed on fine Arches wove paper. There is an addit...