Fumetti e illustrazione

Dix paysages graves a l'eau-forte (portfolio of landscape etchings by Pierre Bazire)

Bazire, Pierre · 1972 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,250.00 (€1,131.36 | £945.00 | ¥199,835)

Carcassonne (?): pour Gustave Arthur Dassonville, c. 1972, Portfolio of 10 exquisite landscape etchings by Pierre Bazire, each of which is JUSTIFIED (10/15) AND SIGNED IN PENCIL. These etchings evoke the rustic, pastoral landscapes of southern France, bathed in soft sunlight...

Etching: Its Principles and Practice. Third Edition.

Shrubsole, W.G. · 1889 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$150.00 (€135.76 | £113.40 | ¥23,980)

London: George Rowney (c. 1889), A manual of etching techniques. 68, 16 pp plus two plates with three etchings. This is the third edition, far and away the most desirable because it includes TWO FULL-PAGE ETCHED PLATES BY SHRUBSOLE, printed on fine thick wove paper, one of ...

L'indifferent. Poemes illustres de compositions originales dessinees et gravees sur bois par Jacques Simon-Barboux.

Vaunois, Louis · 1922 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris: Henri Leclerc, 1922, FIRST EDITION of of this collection of poems by Vaunois, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH ART-NOUVEAU WOOD-ENGRAVINGS BY SIMON-BARBOUX. There are 20 large illustrations and numerous head- and tail-pieces. From a total edition of 230 numbered copies, t...

Dix gravures de J.-J. Philippon (a portfolio of etchings)

Philippon, J.-J. · 1948 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, 1948, A portfolio of eleven stunning cubist / surrealist etchings (with drypoint) by Philippon, each numbered (15/15) and signed by the artist in pencil. Edition limited to 15 sets, all printed on fine wove paper. Philippon, although little known, was a very talented ...

The Jewish Holidays. A Suite of Eleven Original Lithographs by Chaim Gross

Gross, Chaim (Rabbi Avraham Soltes, introduction) · 1968 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,200.00 (€1,086.10 | £907.20 | ¥191,842)

Paris and New York: Associated American Artists, 1968, A SUITE OF NINE LARGE FOLIO ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY CHAIM GROSS, EACH SIGNED BY HAND (the other two lithographs, "Rosh Hashoneh" and "Pesach", are missing). Complete with two leaves of explanatory text for each lit...

Russian Book Art 1904-2005. A Selection from the LS (Lemmens-Stommels) Collection (DELUXE EDITION, with original prints by Mikhail Karasik, Grigorii Katsnelson, Evgenii Strelkov, Aleksandr Stroilo, and Leonid Tishkov)

Lemmens, Albert and Serge-Aljosja Stommels (Annie de Coster, introduction) (Mikhail Karasik, Grigorii Katsnelson, Evgenii Strelkov, Aleksandr Stroilo, and Leonid Tishkov, illustrators) · 2005 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

Brussels, Mercatorfonds / Europalia International / Bibliotheca Wittockiana, The best survey of 20th-century Russian book illustration. 256 pp. 201 items thoroughly described, virtually all illustrated in color. ONE OF ONLY 37 COPIES OF THE DELUXE EDITION, ACCOMPANIED BY A ...

Sur les bancs de Flandre (illustrated by Gustave Alaux)

Chack, Paul and Gustave Alaux · 1920 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$50.00 (€45.25 | £37.80 | ¥7,993)

Paris: A la Revue Fran aise, no date [1920s], Limited numbered edition with several chiaroscuro wood engravings by Gustave Alaux. Original wraps with backstrip a little crinkled, otherwise very good. Octavo.

Julio Hector Silva. "Hautes Terres"

Juin, Hubert (Julio Hector Silva, illustrator) (Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues association) · 1959 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris: Galerie A.G., 1959, A livre d'artiste published in conjunction with an exhibition of Julio Hector Silva's work at the Galerie A.G. in Paris. A long poem by Juin, illustrated with 2 original full-page hors-texte prints by Silva, an Argentine artist with marked affinity...

Guide De L'Amateur De Livres A Gravures Du XVIII Siecle. Sixth Edition. Revised by Seymour De Ricci.

Cohen, Henri and Seymour De Ricci · 1912 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris: Rouquette, 1912, SCARCE ORIGINAL PRINTING of the sixth, last, and best edition of this standard bibliography of 18th-century illustrated books. Thousands of items described in great detail. Limited to 1050 numbered copies, of which this is one of 1000 on wove paper. ...

A Genealogical History of the House of Yvery; in Its Different Branches of Yvery, Luvel, Perceval, and Gournay.

Anderson, James, John Percival, and William Whiston · 1742 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

London: Printed for H. Woodfall, jun., 1742, Seven books in two volumes, complete. AN OUTSTANDING SET, IN FIRST STATE AND ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE, OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF ONE OF THE RAREST, MOST IMPORTANT, AND BEST-PRODUCED GENEALOGICAL WORKS OF THE 18th CENTURY. 1 lea...

Milagros de Nuestra Senora. Una seleccion de nueve milagros ilustrados con nueve aguafuertes de Ascension Biosca sobre dibujos originales de Sandra Escohotado y Fernando Cano.

Gonzalo de Berceo (Sandra Escohotado, Fernando Cano and Ascension Biosca, illustrators) · 2004 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,250.00 (€1,131.36 | £945.00 | ¥199,835)

Madrid: Summa Editorial, 2004, A bibliophile edition of selections from Berceo's masterpiece, ILLUSTRATED WITH 9 FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE MIXED ETCHINGS BY ASCENSION BIOSCA AFTER SANDRA ESCOHOTADO AND FERNANDO CANO. Each etching is SIGNED AND JUSTIFIED BY BIOSCA IN PENCIL. From...

Sechs Radierungen zu Hans Bethge's Satuila (original etchings by Georg Alexander Mathey)

Mathey, Georg Alexander (Hans Bethge) · 1921 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Berlin: Morawe & Scheffelt, 1921, NUMBER ONE OF ONLY TEN SETS OF THIS OUTSTANDING PORTFOLIO OF EXPRESSIONIST ETCHINGS, WITH MANY OF THE ETCHINGS PRINTED ON OLD JAPANESE PAPER. In 1918 German novelist Hans Bethge wrote "Satuila oder vom Zauber der Suedsee" ("Satuila or the En...

La Gravure sur Cuivre. Estampes gravees par Robert Cami, Rene Cottet, Albert Decaris, Robert Jeannisson, Kiyoshi Hasegawa ("Bouquet sur fond de dentelle"), and Paul Lemagny

Adhemar, Jean (Robert Cami, Rene Cottet, Albert Decaris, Robert Jeannisson, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, and Paul Lemagny, illustrators) · 1945 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Angers: Editions Jacques-Petit, 1945, WITH ONE OF KIYOSHI HASEGAWA'S MOST IMPORTANT PRINTS. *** 12 pp. plus 6 loose engravings. *** A monograph on engraving followed by short biographies of each of the six artists, accompanied by a suite of six large engravings, one each by C...

Le Testament. Nouvelle en prose par monsieur Paul Bourget de l'Academie Francaise. Illustrations de monsieur Garcia Benito.

Bourget, Paul (Garcia Benito, illustrator) · 1919 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$950.00 (€859.83 | £718.20 | ¥151,875)

Paris: printed by Francois Bernouard for Edition de La Guirlande, 1919, ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND ONE OF THE BEST ART DECO ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. First edition of this novella by Bourget, illustrated with 22 beautifully hand-colored pochoir plates by Garcia Benito, of which three ...

Bataille's Eye. Signed prints 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 et al. Histoire de l'oeil History of the

Lord Auch (Georges Bataille) (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, Scherer and Ou · 1997 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,250.00 (€1,131.36 | £945.00 | ¥199,835)

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). ...

Satyre Menippee de la Vertu du Catholicon d'Espagne et de la Tenue des Estats de Paris

Nodier, Charles (introduction) · 1824 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$225.00 (€203.64 | £170.10 | ¥35,970)

Paris: printed by Jules Didot for Delangle and Dalibon, 1824, Two volumes, complete. A beautifully-produced edition of this classic, printed by Didot on very good French laid paper. Complete with all 9 plates by the Johannot Brothers and others after Deveria. Large 8vo. E...

Les 22 concertos pour piano de Mozart (with a lithograph by Balthus)

Messiaen, Olivier and Balthus (Balthazar Klossowski de Rola) · 1988 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,250.00 (€1,131.36 | £945.00 | ¥199,835)

Paris: Editions Librairie Seguier, 1988, First collected edition of Messiaen's detailed accounts of each of Mozart's piano concertos, which had appeared individually in concert programs. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was the pre-eminent French composer of the second half of t...

Costumes de fantaisie pour un bal travesti. Dessins inedits de A. Grevin.

Grevin, A. · 1870 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris: aux bureaux des Modes parisiennes, de la Toilette de Paris, du Journal amusant et du Petit Journal pour rire, 1870, 24 striking, full-page, delicately hand-colored designs for costume-ball outfits to be worn by young women. Printed on fine wove paper with versos blank...

Silex (a portfolio of signed original woodcuts by Hernández Pijuan, Eduard Alcoy, Carles Planell, and Rovira-Brull)

Hernández Pijuan, Eduard Alcoy, Carles Planell, Rovira-Brull, and Lluís Terricabres ("Terri") · 1955 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Barcelona, 1955, A portfolio of four original woodcuts (by Hernández Pijuan, Eduard Alcoy, Carles Planell, and Rovira-Brull) and a short poem (by "Terri", i.e., Lluís Terricabres). THE ONLY PUBLICATION OF THE "SILEX" GROUP OF ARTISTS, formed in Barcelona in the mid-1950s. In...

Charades (lithographs by Jacob Landau)

Landau, Jacob (Sylvan Cole association copy) · 1965 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$7,500.00 (€6,788.14 | £5,670.00 | ¥1,199,010)

New York and San Francisco: Associated American Artists and Tamarind Lithography Workshop, 1965, LANDAU'S RAREST AND MOST IMPORTANT GRAPHIC SERIES. This is a suite of 10 haunting and enigmatic original lithographs by Jacob Landau, each one justified and signed in pencil by t...