Tegneserier og illustration

Douze dessins pour amour de Goya, composés et gravés par Hermann-Paul (suite of 12 color woodcuts)

Hermann-Paul (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) · 1932 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Les Editions du Balancier, A PRISTINE SET OF ONE OF HERMANN-PAUL'S UNCONTESTED MASTERPIECES. A suite of twelve stunning color woodcuts, each depicting a phase of Goya's life. ONE OF ONLY 48 COPIES PRINTED, ALL ON JAPON NACRE, AND SIGNED BY HERMANN-PAUL. Folio. Loose...

Le calvaire. Bois de Hermann-Paul.

Mirbeau, Octave (Hermann-Paul) · 1928 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$395.00 (€357.51 | £298.62 | ¥63,148)

Paris, Editions Mornay / Les Beaux Livres, A livre d'artiste illustrated with 12 ORIGINAL WOODCUTS BY HERMANN-PAUL, of the masters of the technique. Edition limited to 1000 numbered copies, of which this is ONE OF ONLY 38 COPIES PRINTED ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER, WITH AN EXTRA...

Vingt oeuvres du peintre Baud-Bovy (1848-1899)

Baud-Bovy, Auguste (Roger Marx, introduction) (Charles Morice, poem) (Maurice Baud, wood engravings) · 1901 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Genève (Geneva), Cercle des Arts & des Lettres, A stunning suite of TWENTY LARGE FOLIO WOOD ENGRAVINGS by Maurice Baud after paintings executed by Auguste Baud-Bovy between 1886 and 1898, depicting 19th-century Alpine life and landscapes in all of their picturesque austerity. ...

Antonio Blanco: His Life - His Works - His Dreams (cover title: "Fabulous Blanco"

Blanco, Antonio, et al. · 1990 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Bali & Jakarta, Duta Fine Arts Foundation, The best monograph on the work of this modern Catalan artist (1912-1999), profusely illustrated in color. WITH A SIGNED COLOR SELF-PORTRAIT IN PROFILE BY THE ARTIST ON THE TITLE-PAGE. Large 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, LI...

Fantasy Drawings

Gross, Chaim (A.L. Chanin, introduction) (essay by Samuel Atkin, M.D.) · 1956 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

New York, Bittner / Beechhurst Press, First edition. Illustrated with 152 full-page plates reproducing surrealist drawings by Gross. This is ONE OF 100 COPIES OF THE DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, WITH A SIGNED SURREALIST WATERCOLOR BY GROSS ON FINE, THICK WOVE PAPER LAID IN (28 x ...

L'Odyssée (chants V, VI, VII). Ouvrage décoré de trente-deux bois originaux de Paul-Emile Colin (The Odyssey, in French)

Homère (Homer) (Médéric Dufour and Jeanne Raison, translators) (Paul-Emile Colin, illustrator) · 1946 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Au Bourg-la-Reine, près Paris, Chez Paul-Emile Colin, A charming privately-printed edition, ILLUSTRATED WITH 32 ORIGINAL WOOD-ENGRAVINGS BY PAUL-EMILE COLIN, including five hors texte. Edition limited to 186 copies of which this is ONE OF ONLY 40 PRINTED ON FINE ARCHES WOVE P...

Jaco & Lori. Illustrated with etchings by Edy-Legrand

Bainville, Jacques and Edy-Legrand · 1929 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Editions du Capitole, A livre d'artiste illustrated with 37 original etchings by Edy-Legrand, one of the greatest and most underrated graphic artists and book-illustrators of the 20th century. Includes 25 full-page hors-texte etchings and 12 smaller etchings. From a t...

Visiones de Fernando Arrabal (WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED COLOR DRAWING BY ARRABAL), in Minerva, Revista del Círculo de Bellas Artes, number 42, March 2000.

Galindo, I. and J.V. Martín (Fernando Arrabal) · 2000 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$175.00 (€158.39 | £132.30 | ¥27,977)

Madrid, Minerva, A magazine with an article on Arrabal, OVER WHICH ARRABAL HAS MADE A DELIGHTFUL FULL-PAGE SIGNED AND DATED SURREALIST DRAWING IN SEVERAL COLORS. Large 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Unique.

Portfolio of seven signed mezzotints by Yoshika Fujita.

Yoshika Fujita. · 0 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Tokyo, Yayoi Gallery, A lavish portfolio by a modern Japanese master of the mezzotint. Includes FIVE MARVELOUS MEZZOTINTS BY YOSHIKA FUJITA PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE, THICK WOVE PAPER, each signed and justified by the artist. Large square folio. Each print in a protective f...

Portfolio of seven signed mixed etchings by Shoichi Shibata.

Shoichi Shibata. · 0 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Tokyo, Yayoi Gallery, A lavish portfolio of surrealist prints by a modern Japanese master. Includes title-page, justification and SEVEN SIGNED AND JUSTIFIED MIXED ETCHINGS BY SHOICHI SHIBATA PRINTED ON EXTREMELY FINE, THICK WOVE PAPER. From a total edition of only 93 sets, t...

The Etching Works of Atsushi Shimizu [sic]. A Catalogue Raisonné.

Shuntaro Tanikawa, Takio Tomoda, and Atsushi Shimizu · 1991 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Tokyo, Abe Shuichi, First and only edition of the standard catalogue raisonné of the prints of this mezzotint master. 143 pp. 313 prints reproduced and fully described. Hundreds of plates in color and black & white. ONE OF ONLY 180 NUMBERED COPIES WITH A PORTFOLIO OF THREE...

Joerg Ortner / Douze Gravures / 1963

Ortner, Joerg · 1963 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Lacourière-Frélaut, A portfolio of TWELVE STUNNING ORIGINAL ETCHINGS (with aquatint and drypoint) BY ORTNER, EACH SIGNED AND JUSTIFIED BY THE ARTIST. Dedicated to poet Paul Celan. Edition limited to 120 sets, all printed on fine, thick Rives wove paper. Large square ...

¡Viva la ciencia! (illustrated by Antonio Mingote and featuring AN ORIGINAL DRAWING OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON)

Mingote, Antonio and José Manuel Sánchez Ron · 2008 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Barcelona, Crítica, A popular guide to science by two members of the Spanish Royal Academy, the illustrator Antonio Mingote and the historian of science José Manuel Sánchez Ron. 273 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. With a LARGE, SPECTACULAR COLOR DRAWING BY MINGOTE ON TH...

Decidme cómo es un árbol (Valeria Brancaforte, illustrator)

Marcos Ana (Fernando Macarro Castillo) (illustrated by Valeria Brancaforte) · 2009 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Barcelona, A marvelous livre d'artiste, with both text and illustrations printed from linoleum blocks. Edition limited to 20 numbered copies, printed on fine, thick Somerset wove paper and signed by the author and the artist. Large 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Duccio il pittore elettrodomestico (Valeria Brancaforte, author and illustrator)

Valeria Brancaforte (author and illustrator) · 1996 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Milano (Milan), Edizioni del Buon Tiempo, A stunning livre d'artiste / portfolio of prints, with both text and illustrations printed from linoleum blocks. Eleven large (35 x 50 cm) sheets, printed in bright colors, each initialed by the author / artist (the twelfth sheet, the...

Myshi (Mice) (illustrated by Valeria Brancaforte)

Tolstoy (Tolstoi), Leo (Lev) (Valeria Brancaforte, illustrator) · 2009 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$650.00 (€588.31 | £491.40 | ¥103,914)

Barcelona, A charming livre d'artiste, with both text and illustrations printed from woodblocks. Text in Russian. Edition limited to 16 numbered copies, printed on fine, thick Somerset wove paper and signed by the artist. 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT.

Géographie animale. Dix-huit lithographies originales avec textes inédits de Jean Lurçat.

Lurçat, Jean · 1948 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Lausanne, André Gonin, FIRST EDITION of this signular bestiary, a tour de force of modern illustration. Illustrated with 18 powerful and wildly imaginative full-page hors-texte original color lithographs by Jean Lurçat (who is also the author of the text). From a total editi...

Joanne of Ark (Joan of Arc). Written and illustrated by Flip Hattingh.

Flip Hattingh · 1995 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

White River, South Africa, The Artists' Press, A stunning, rebellious, and sacrilegious book, consisting of 18 original color lithographs (many with additions in gold leaf), with lithographed text (the author / artist's handwriting, on lithographic plates) and a lithographed j...

Histoire d'un merle blanc. Compositions de Hector Giacomelli gravées à l'eau-forte par L. Buisson.

Musset, Alfred de (Hector Giacomelli, illustrator) · 1904 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Louis Conquet / Léopold Carteret et Cie, Successeurs, A charming edition, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY BUISSON AFTER GIACOMELLI. 70 pp. Every page with an elaborate etched border. Four full-page etchings and eight etched vignettes, plus an additio...

La mission Champlain aux Etats-Unis et Canada. Avril-Mai 1912 (with two original prints by Auguste Lepère)

Hanotaux, Gabirel, Louis Barthou, René Bazin, Etienne Lamy, etc. (Auguste Lepère) · 1913 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Editions France-Amérique, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION (aside from recent junky reprints) OF THIS ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA UNDERTAKEN IN 1912 BY A GROUP OF FRENCH DIGNITARIES TO CELEBRATE CHAMPLAIN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS. They departed on the ocean line...