Fumetti e illustrazione

Recettes inédites des Chevet, traiteurs au Palais Royal ("Le bien-vivre"). Illustrated with color aquatints by Annapia Antonini

Chevet · 1968 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Fequet et Baudier and J.J.J. Rigal for the Bibliophiles et Graveurs d'Aujourd'hui, A gem of a livre d'artiste, with dozens of recipes by the Chevet family--a dynasty of French chefs from the time of the French Revolution until a century later--printed here for the first...

Poèmes d'exil

René Guesnery · 1945 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris?, A MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF POEMS ILLUSTRATED WITH FOUR CHARMING SIGNED WATERCOLORS BY THE RENE GUESNERY (1900?-1974?), DEDICATED TO HIS DAUGHTER. 8, 156 pp. Written in a neat cursive hand on very good wove paper. 8vo. Bound in contemporary quarter morocco and decorated b...

L'Enfer (The Inferno, with original etchings by Edouard Goerg)

Dante Alighieri (Edouard Goerg, illus.) (Espinasse-Mongenet, trans.) · 1950 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Chez Jean Porson, Four volumes, complete. ONE OF ONLY 24 "EXEMPLAIRES DE TETE" OF ONE OF THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED INFERNOS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Illustrated with 108 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY EDOUARD GOERG, including 36 full-page hors-texte plates. From a total edition o...

Bagatelles végétales (with cover by Joan Miró,a nd signed by him)

Michel Leiris and Joan Miró · 1956 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Editions Jean Auber, A collection of poems by Leiris with a cover illustration by Joan Miró. AN HORS-COMMERCE COPY ON FINE MARAIS WOVE PAPER, SIGNED IN RED INK BY JOAN MIRÓ. 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Signed copies are of the greatest rarity.

Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane par Le Sage, précédée d'une étude littéraire, avec 300 illustrations sur bois. Dessins de MM. Philippoteaux et Pellicer, gravure de Ch. Barbant.

Alain René Le Sage · 1884 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Librairie Illustrée and Marpon & Flammarion, A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY-ILLUSTRATED EDITION of Le Sage's perennial favorite. XIII, 1, 808 pp. ONE OF ONLY 48 NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE CHINESE PAPER. Illustrated with 300 wood-engravings by Barbant aft...

L'Image. Revue litteraire et artistique ornee de figures sur bois, nº 12

Bellery-Desfontaines, Marcel Lenoir, De Feure, Fantin-Latour, Perrichon, Rodin, Luc-Olivier Merson, Jacques Beltrand, et al. · 1897 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$225.00 (€203.64 | £170.10 | ¥35,970)

Paris, Floury, A set of 38 relief prints executed for the December issue--the last of twelve published--of L'Image, a groundbreaking artistic and literary journal. THIS IS A SET OF PROOFS ON CHINESE PAPER, WITHOUT THE TEXT, with dozens wood-engravings and woodcuts. Folio. P...

L'Image. Revue litteraire et artistique ornee de figures sur bois, nº 8. (with "Au Luxembourg", by Jean-Emile Laboureur)

De Feure, Berthon, Camille Mauclair, Paul Margueritte, Victor Margueritte, Maurice Barrès, Verhaeren, Roger Marx, Ernest Raynaud, Puvis de Chavannes, Perrichon, Jean-Emile Laboureur, et al. · 1897 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Floury, A COMPLETE PROOF SET ON CHINESE PAPER, before all letters, of all of the relief prints executed for the July issue--the ninth of twelve published--of L'Image, a groundbreaking artistic and literary journal. Numerous wood-engravings and woodcuts including A FINE...

L'Image. Revue litteraire et artistique ornee de figures sur bois (illustrated by Pierre Gusman, Maurice Denis, Tony Beltrand, Ardail et al.)

Gusman, Pierre, Andre Mellerio, Auguste Rodin, Maurice Denis, Tony Beltrand, Ardail, et al. · 1897 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Floury, The September issue--the tenth of twelve published--of this groundbreaking art-nouveau influenced artistic and literary journal. A COMPLETE PROOF SET OF THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS ON CHINESE PAPER ("papier de chine"), WITHOUT TEXT. Includes fine wood-engravings by Gu...

Les contes de soi. Avec des burins de Charles-Emile Pinson.

Patrice de la Tour du Pin (illustrated by Charles-Emile Pinson) · 1946 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Robert Laffont, ONE OF ONLY EIGHT COPIES OF THE DELUXE ISSUE. A beautiful livre d'artiste with four full-page hors-texte burin engravings by Charles-Emile Pinson. From a total edition of 650 numbered copies, this is ONE OF ONLY EIGHT (8) COPIES PRINTED ON FINE RIVES LA...

Le Mirivis des Naturgies. Lithographies de Jean Dubuffet.

André Martel (Jean Dubuffet) · 1963 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Alexandre Loewy, A rare and important livre d'artiste, illustrated with SIXTEEN FOLIO HORS-TEXTE LITHOGRAPHS BY JEAN DUBUFFET. Edition limited to 110 numbered copies printed on fine Auvergne wove paper, signed in the justification by Dubuffet and Martel. Folio. Loose a...

Lotus-d'Or. Roman adapté du chinois. (Jing Ping Mei)

Soulié, Georges (Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng) (odd Léon Gambetta association) · 1912 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Eugène Fasquelle, ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES ON CHINESE PAPER FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THE FIRST FRENCH ADAPTATION of the classic Chinese novel "Jin Ping Mei" ("The Plum in the Golden Vase" or "The Golden Lotus". VIII, 295 pp. Illustrated with 14 full-page reproductions ...

Rythme des Collines. Contes imériniens d'Alfred Chaumel. Eaux-fortes d'Urbain-Faurec

Alfred Chaumel (Urbain Faurec, illustrator) (Henri Gouraud association copy) · 1933 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Tananarive, Imprimerie des Arts Graphiques, ONE OF ONLY 15 COPIES ON PAPER MADE IN MADAGASCAR, OF THIS LIVRE D'ARTISTE PRINTED IN MADAGASCAR. Illustrated with 12 full-page hors-texts etchings by notable printmaker Urbain-Faurec. From an edition limited to 215 numbered copies...

L'Eperon d'argent. Eaux-fortes originales de Jacques Despierre.

Paul Vialar (Jacques Despierre). · 1957 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, Les Bibliophiles Franco-Suisses, Two volumes, complete. A livre d'artiste illustrated with 74 FINE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY JACQUES DESPIERRE, including 2 double-page and 12 full-page. Most of the etchings depict horses. Edition limited to 125 numbered copies printed on ...

Syon House 1922 (unique photo album)

1922 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Syon House, AN OUTSTANDING UNIQUE PHOTO ALBUM, WITH 25 LARGE (22.5 x 28.5) MOUNTED ORIGINAL SILVER PRINTS DEPICTING SYON HOUSE AND ITS OUTBUILDINGS (both exteriors and interiors), AND SYON GARDENS. Each of the photographs is titled in French in a very neat, calligraphic hand....

Les élégies martiales. Illustrées de gravures sur bois par Raoul Dufy.

Allard, Roger (Raoul Dufy) · 1917 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Camille Bloch, First edition of this collection of poems by Allard, based on World War I, ILLUSTRATED WITH 30 WOODCUTS BY RAOUL DUFY. 83pp. Edition limited to 251 numbered copies, of which this is ONE OF 180 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE BFK Rives wove paper. 12mo. Printed...

Le Plaisir des Dieux, chansons de salles de garde (with pochoir illustrations by Raymond Lep)

(Raymond Lep, illustrator) · 1946 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Asclepios, ONE OF ONLY TEN SPECIAL COPIES WITH AN ADDITIONAL POCHOIR PLATE. A charming livre d'artiste, illustrated with 51 full-page lightly erotic pochoir plates and numerous smaller pochoir illustrations by Raymond Lep. 279 pp + 32 pp of sheet music (also illustrat...

Voilà ce qui sera. Cinq poésies de János Piliszky et cinq gravures de Pierre Duclou. / Ez Lesz. Pilinszky János öt verse és Pierre Duclou öt metszete

Pilinszky, János (Pierre Duclou, illustrator) · 1988 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

A livre d'artiste with 5 STUNNING ABSTRACT ORIGINAL MIXED COLOR ETCHINGS BY PIERRE DUCLOU. From a total edition of 60 copies printed on fine Moulin du Gué pure rag wove paper, this is one of ten lettered copies, PRINTED FOR JANOS PILINSZKY, THE AUTHOR, with the justification ...

L'Inferno. 34 litografie originali colorate a mano dall'autore (Gianfranco Rontani), Presentazione di Dino Carlesi

Dante Alighieri (Gianfranco Rontani, lithographs) (Dino Carlesi, introduction) · 1990 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,500.00 (€1,357.63 | £1,134.00 | ¥239,802)

Firenze (Florence), The Artist, A portfolio of 34 PENCIL-SIGNED HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS BY GIANFRANCO RONTANI, PRINTED ON FINE, THICK WOVE PAPER. Edition limited to 50 copies. Large 4to. Loose as issued. Housed in original cloth folding case. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEF...

L'apprentie. Préface de Henry Céard. Eaux-fortes et pointes sèches dessinées et gravées par Auguste Brouet

Geffroy, Gustave (Auguste Brouet, illustrator) (Henry Céard, introduction) · 1924 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Frédéric Grégoire, A charming livre d'artiste, with 38 FINE ETCHINGS AND DRYPOINTS BY AUGUSTE BROUET (portrait of the author; title-page vignette; 12 full-page hors-texte plates; 12 headpieces; 12 tailpieces). From a total edition of 162 copies, this is one of 110 numb...

L'Abencerage, nouvelle historique espagnol écrite par Antonio de Villegas M. D. LXV

Villegas, Antonio de (Hermann-Paul, illustrator) · 1927 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Aux dépens de la société Les Exemplaires (printed by Léon Pichon), A beautiful livre d'artiste illustrated with 16 ORIGINAL COLOR WOODCUTS BY HERMANN-PAUL (2 large compositions and 14 lettrines). Edition limited to 109 numbered copies printed on extremely fine Arches w...