Fumetti e illustrazione

Zush. La Campanada. (Evru)

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reino Sofía (Zush) (Evru) (Alberto Porta y Muñoz) · 2000 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, An exhibition catalogue that is also the standard monograph on Alberto Porta y Muñoz, a Catalan surrealist known as Zush until 2001 and Evru thereafter. 370 pp. Profusely illustrated in color, with many full-page plates. TH...

Brassée d'Avril (Illustrated by Vieira da Silva)

Michel Butor (Vieira da Silva, illustrator) · 1982 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$95.00 (€85.98 | £71.82 | ¥15,187)

Paris, éditions de la différence, Illustrated with 3 reproductions of gouaches by Vieira da Silva. 135 pp. THIS COPY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST TO MICHEL DELABORDE. 8vo. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Los consejos del viejo vizcacha de Martín Fierro a sus hijos. Prefacio de Eugenio d'Ors. Con grabados en cobre de Héctor Basaldúa.

José Hernández (Héctor Basaldúa, illustrator) · 1928 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Agrupación de Amigos del Libro de Arte, A wonderful gem of a livre d'artiste, illustrated with SIX ORIGINAL BURIN ENGRAVINGS BY HECTOR BALDASUA, hand-colored by Jean Saudé. 49 pp. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies printed on extremely fine Arches mouldmade wove p...

Le Tigre et Coquelicot (illustrated by Auguste Leymarie)

Charles-Henry Hirsch (Auguste Leymarie, illustrator) · 1905 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Librairie Universelle, First edition. 351 pp. ONE OF ONLY 30 NUMBERED COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, signed in the justification by Jean de la Hire. Illustrated throughout by Auguste Leymarie. Laid in is a highly literary autograph letter (men...

Oedipe en colère, pointes sèches de Charles Picart le Doux

Jean Variot (Charles Picart le Doux, illustrator) · 1955 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris, Les Amis du Livre Moderne, A charming livre d'artiste illustrated with 26 DELICATE ORIGINAL DRYPOINTS BY PICART LE DOUX. Edition limited to 135 copies (this copy printed for M. Rossigneux), all printed on extremely fine wove paper. Folio. Loose as issued in wraps. Hou...

Die Sage von Sankt Julien dem Gastfreien (La légende de St Julien l'Hospitalier), with 12 signed original lithographs by Max Kaus

Gustave Flaubert (Max Kaus, illustrator) · 1918 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Weimar, Kiepenheuer, AN IMPORTANT EXPRESSIONIST LIVRE D'ARTISTE, ILLUSTRATED WITH 12 SIGNED ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY MAX KAUS. From a total edition of 1100 copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER, WITH EACH OF THE LITHOGRAPHS SIGNED IN PENCIL...

Tableau de la Bourgeoisie, par Max Jacob, illustré de lithographies originales et de nombreux dessins par l'auteur

Max Jacob · 1929 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, NRF (Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise), AN OUTSTANDING HORS-COMMERCE COPY ON JAPANESE PAPER. A sardonic look at the French bourgeoisie on the eve of economic collapse and world war, illustrated with 10 original full-page lithographs (and numerous drawings) by Ja...

Sienne. Burins originaux de Pierre-Yves Trémois

André Suarès (Pierre-Yves Trémois, illustrator) · 1963 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Les Francs-Bibliophiles, A livre d'artiste devoted to Siena, illustrated with 26 ORIGINAL BURIN ENGRAVINGS BY PIERRE-YVES TREMOIS. From a total edition of 225 numbered copies all printed on fine Arches wove paper. Large folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. FINE A...

Le Jardin des Plantes en estampes

Jules Rostaing (Albert Adam, illustrator) · 1860 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Maison Martinet -- Hautecoeur, frères, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this rare account of the Jardin des Plantes intended for juveniles, with 24 full-page lithographs by Albert Adam, each depicting numerous exotic animals in zoo settings. 3, 31 pp on thin wove paper + 24 l...

Pasiphae, le chant de Minos. Gravures originales de Pierre-Yves Trémois

Montherlant, Henry de (Pierre-Yves Trémois, illustrator) · 1953 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$2,500.00 (€2,262.71 | £1,890.00 | ¥399,670)

Paris and Lyon, Archat, Trémois's masterpiece, illustrated with 29 ORIGINAL DRYPOINTS, OFTEN WITH AQUATINT. From a total edition of 225 numbered copies, all printed on fine Rives wove paper, this is ONE OF ONLY TEN (10) COPIES WITH A REMARQUE SUITE ON ANTIQUE JAPANESE PAPER. ...

La misère sociale de la femme, d'après les écrivains et les artistes du XVIIe au XXe siècle (with original prints by Charles Cottet, André Devambez, Abel Faivre, Gaston La Touche, Charles Léandre, Auguste Lepère, Bernard Naudin, Alfred Roll, Steinlen, and Jean Veber, Toulouse-Lautrec)

Paul Adam, Léonce Bénédite, Eugène Brieux, Léon Frapié, Camille Lemonnier, le Dr Le Pileur, Pierre Louÿs, Paul Margueritte, Victor Margueritte, Jean Richepin, J-H Rosny, Gabriel Séailles (Charles Cottet, André Devambez, Abel Faivre, Gaston La Touche, Char · 1910 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Devambez / Georges Weil, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS FOUNDATIONAL TEXT IN THE FIELD OF WOMEN'S STUDIES, an examination of how art and literature depict the ways society has failed to protect women in vulnerable circumstances. 158 pp. plus numerous hors-texte illustr...

Isabel Bishop. Eight Etchings, 1936-1953 [with] Eight Etchings, 1930-1959 [with] Eight Etchings, 1927-1934 [with] Eight Etchings, 1925-1931 (ALL FOUR PORTFOLIOS, COMPLETE WITH 32 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS)

Bishop, Isabel (Sylvan Cole association copy) · 1981 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$12,500.00 (€11,313.56 | £9,450.00 | ¥1,998,351)

New York, Sylvan Cole Gallery, SYLVAN COLE'S OWN COMPLETE SET OF THE FOUR BISHOP PORTFOLIOS HE PUBLISHED (AS DIRECTOR OF ASSOCIATED AMERICAN ARTISTS AND LATER AS OWNER OF THE SYLVAN COLE GALLERY), WITH A TOTAL OF 32 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY ISABEL BISHOP, 16 SIGNED IN PENCIL AND 1...

Le jardin des supplices (PROOF SET ON JAPANESE PAPER OF 14 HANDCOLORED ETCHINGS BY GIO COLUCCI)

Gio Colucci (Octave Mirbeau) · 1925 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, La Connaissance, In 1925 Giò Colucci executed fourteen etchings to illustrate Octave Mirbeau's "Le jardin des supplices", and the result was one of the greatest livres de peintre produced between the world wars. The etchings combine Japonisme, eclecticism, art nouveau, ...

Emaux et camées. Eaux-fortes originales de Paulette Humbert. (illustrated with original etchings ans 50 signed original drawings by Paulette Humbert)

Théophile Gautier (illustrated by Paulette Humbert) · 1944 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Editions Littéraires de France, A UNIQUE COPY (aside from the edition of 350) OF THIS BEAUTIFUL LIVRE D'ARTISTE, illustrated in the Romantic style. With 24 loose hors-texte etchings and 50 SIGNED PENCIL DRAWINGS BY THE ILLUSTRATOR (drawn in the blank spaces above and b...

Galatée roman pastoral imité de Cervantès (illustrated by Nicolas Monsiau)

Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (Miguel de Cervantes) (Nicolas Monsiau) · 1793 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$795.00 (€719.54 | £601.02 | ¥127,095)

Paris, Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, First and only edition with FOUR CHARMING FULL-PAGE COLOR-PRINTED PLATES by Colbert (2) and Cazenave (2) after Monsiau. 125 pp. A LARGE COPY (34.6 cm) WITH ALL OF THE PLATES BEFORE LETTERS. Text printed on very fine laid paper; engravings pr...

Derborence. Eaux-fortes de J. A. Carlotti

Ramuz, Charles-Ferdinand (C.F. Ramuz) (Jean Albert Carlotti, illustrator) (J.A. Carlotti) · 1944 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$225.00 (€203.64 | £170.10 | ¥35,970)

Grenoble, Bordas éditeurs, A livre d'artiste illustrated with 22 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY J.A. CARLOTTI. From a total edition of 860 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 100 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE TINTED MOULDMADE WOVE PAPER. This copy, exceptionally, has a SECOND SUITE...

Poèmes de Brandebourg. Avec sis eaux-fortes en couleurs par Jacques Villon

André Frénaud (Jacques Villon, illustrator) · 1947 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, NRF / Gallimard, An important livre d'artiste featuring the first edition of Frénaud's text and SIX ORIGINAL COLOR-PRINTED ETCHINGS BY JACQUES VILLON (five of the six are hors-texte). One of 170 numbered copies printed on fine wove paper. Large 4to. Loose as issued i...

Kaltnadelradierungen zu Verszeilen aus der Göttlichen Komödie von Dante Alighieri (unique suite of 13 drypoints on 11 sheets)

Claudia Berg (Dante Alighieri) · 2004 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Halle an der Saale, C. Berg (the artist), THE UNIQUE COPY, WITH 13 ORIGINAL DRYPOINTS ON 11 SHEETS BY CLAUDIA BERG, EACH SIGNED, TITLED, DATED, AND JUSTIFIED BY THE ARTIST. The total edition was 12 copies: in the 11 "normal" copies the drypoints have no margins, are folded, ...

Hölle (The Inferno, translated by Stefan George and illustrated with 51 original signed etchings by Hanif Lehmann)

Dante Alighieri (Stefan George, translator) (Hanif Lehmann, illustrator) · 2003 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Dresden, Widukind Presse, A portfolio of 51 haunting original etchings by Hanif Lehmann printed on extremely fine, thick wove paper, with 12 pages of relevant text excerpts from Dante's Inferno in German, as translated by Stefan George. ONE OF ONLY FIVE COPIES OF THE LARGE FO...

Pantins et poupées (couverture en pochoir par André Masson)

Frédéric Boutet (André Masson) · 1928 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris, Librairie des Champs-Elysées, One of one FIVE COPIES ON JAPANESE PAPER (tête) of the first and only edition of this collection of stories. With a stunning lithographed cover by André Masson, colored by pochoir. 255 pp. 8vo. UNCUT, FINE AND BRIGHT IN THE ORIGINAL WRA...