Tegneserier og illustration

Le Coffre de Pierre (with lithographs by Maurice de Lalau)

Larragoiti, Antonio Sanchez de (Maurice Lalau, illustrator) (A. du Bouchet-Verhylle, translator) · 1941 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$150.00 (€135.76 | £113.40 | ¥23,980)

Paris, 1941, An attractive livre d'artiste illustrated with 10 original full-page hors-texte lithographs by Lalau, all signed in the stone (there is also a smaller lithograph on the title-page). Edition limited to 150 numbered copies, all identical, beautifully printed on fin...

La petite Jeanne pale... (lithographs by Robert Bonfils)

Tinan, Jean de (Robert Bonfils, illustrator) · 1945 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris: Compagnie Francaise des Arts Graphiques, 1945, FIRST EDITION of this novel by Tinan, BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH 16 ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS (plus an additional one on the cover) BY ROBERT BONFILS. Bonfils was one of the most versatile illustrators of his time, and...

L'Homme Interieur 1901-1905 (Braun and Henriette Bellair, illustrators)

Guerin, Charles (Braun and Henriette Bellair, illustrators) · 1926 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$75.00 (€67.88 | £56.70 | ¥11,990)

Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1926, Illustrated with drawings by Braun, printed in sepia. Limited and numbered edition printed on good wove paper. This copy is EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH A SUITE OF 14 DRAWINGS BY HENRIETTE BELLAIR, IN TWO STATES (hand-colored and uncolored). Only 200 o...

La Savatiere. Lithographies originales de Serge Friedberger

Courtois-Suffit, Maurice (Serge Friedberger, illustrator) · 1930 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$225.00 (€203.64 | £170.10 | ¥35,970)

Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1930, FIRST EDITION of this novel by Courtois-Suffit, illustrated throughout with original full-page hors-texte lithographs by Serge Friedberger. Edition limited to 245 copies, of which this is one of 200 copies printed on fine Lafuma wove paper. 4to....

Les desirs de Jean Servien. Avec dix-neuf lithographies et des bois de Fernand Simeon.

France, Anatole (Fernand Simeon, illustrator) · 1924 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$75.00 (€67.88 | £56.70 | ¥11,990)

Paris: Le Livre, 1924, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION WITH THE SIMEON ILLUSTRATIONS, which comprise 19 full-page hors-texte original lithographs and many small woodcut ornaments. Limited, numbered edition printed on fine Lafuma wove paper. 8vo. Original wraps. Minimal wear to wra...

Un homme se penche sur son passe. Illustrations de G. Pichard

Constantin-Weyer, Maurice (G. Pichard, illus.) · 1943 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$25.00 (€22.63 | £18.90 | ¥3,997)

Paris: Les Editions de la Nouvelle France, 1943, First edition with the Pichard illustrations, which are printed in color. Limited, numbered edition printed on good wove paper. 8vo, original wraps. Minimal wear to wraps, else bright and fine.

Nouveau museum d'histoire naturelle; ou representation fidelle des etres les plus remarquables compris dans les trois regnes de la nature en figures coloriees sur planche.... Tome premier. Regne animal.--Classe des quadrupedes vivipares ou mammifer

Manuel, Blaise Etienne and François Dufart (Jacques-Eustache Deseve et al., illustrators) · 1806 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris: Dufart, 1806, ALL PUBLISHED of this abortive yet spectacular attempt at a comprehensive survey of natural history, THE FIRST BOOK ON ZOOLOGY WITH COLOR-PRINTED (as opposed to hand-colored) PLATES. Comprises a general preface describing the entire project (by Dufart), ...

Inferno. Cinquante-cinq eaux-fortes de Barta WITH AN ORIGINAL ETCHED COPPER PLATE

Dante Alighieri (Laszlo Barta, illustrator) · 1938 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Editions de la Cigogne / Jacques Klein, A beautiful edition of Dante's Inferno (Italian text). Illustrated with 55 extremely disturbing original etchings, almost all full-page and hors-texte, by Hungarian-Jewish artist Laszlo Barta. Edition limited to 275 numbered cop...

L'Entre-deux. (with original etchings by Marcel Jacno)

Helft, Claudine (Marcel Jacno) · 1975 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris /Nimes: Editions Saint-Germain-des-Pres, 1975, First edition of this collection of poems by Helft, ILLUSTRATED WITH TWO ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY MARCEL JACNO, EACH SIGNED IN PENCIL AND NUMBERED 27/60. Edition limited to 60 copies printed on fine wove paper. 4to. Loose as...

Peches Roses (illustrated by Hanriot and Mesples)

Aubert, Charles (illustrated by Hanriot and Mesples) · 1884 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$175.00 (€158.39 | £132.30 | ¥27,977)

Paris: Chez Tous les Libraires, 1884-1885, Five parts bound in one, complete. A collection of lightly erotic short stories by Aubert, each illustrated with a lightly erotic frontispiece etching (the first four by Hanriot, the last by Mesples). Printed on fine laid paper. 4...

Nus de l'Inde (Nudes from India). Photographies de D. S. Ramamurthi

Ramamurthi, D. S. (Jean-Louis Swiners, introduction) · 1966 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$175.00 (€158.39 | £132.30 | ¥27,977)

Paris: Editions Prisma, 1966, An introduction by Swiners followed by dozens of full-page and double-page black and white photographs by Ramamurthi of very young and beautiful nude Indian women, mainly in natural settings. 4to. Original wraps. Light wear to wraps, internall...

Voyage pittoresque dans les Pyrenees francais [with] Souvenirs des Pyrenees [with] Bagneres de Luchon et ses environs [with] Les Pyrenees dessinees d'apres nature [with] Alpes et Pyrenees

Melling, Antoine-Ignace, Joseph-Antoine Cervini, Victor Petit, Eugene Ciceri, Andre Gorse, et al. · 1826 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$19,500.00 (€17,649.15 | £14,742.00 | ¥3,117,427)

Paris, London, Pau, Luchon, etc.: various publishers, 1826-c. 1880, AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, OF 19TH-CENTURY DEPICTIONS OF PYRENEAN SCENERY, executed in lithography (often hand-colored), aquatint, and engraving. ***(1) An unusually fine set of Melling...

Nocturnos e altre poesie (with four original etchings by Henri Goetz)

Guillen, Jorge (Henri Goetz, illustrator) · 1979 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Milano (Milan): M'Arte Edizioni, 1979, The poetry of Jorge Guillen (facing-page Spanish and Italian versions), an outstanding member of Spain's legendary "Generacion de 1927". Includes a facsimile, printed in blue, of Guillen's manuscript. SIGNED IN PEN BY JORGE GUILLEN. I...

Flammes & Fleurs. Poemes. Ornes de quatre eaux-fortes de Jean Frelaut

Fontaine, Jean-Gabriel (Jean Frelaut, illustrator) · 1946 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris: privately printed, 1946, Poems by Fontaine illustrated with FOUR ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS BY FRELAUT. Edition limited to 150 copies printed on fine wove paper. 4to. Contents loose as issued in original wraps. Faint spotting to wraps and a few text lea...

Sous la lumiere noire. Nouvelles inedites de Henri Perruchot. Lithographies de Yvette Alde

Perruchot, Henri (Yvette Alde, illustrator) · 1948 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$175.00 (€158.39 | £132.30 | ¥27,977)

Paris: Les 13 Epis, 1948, FIRST EDITION of these short stories by Perruchot, illustrated with 7 FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE LITHOGRAPHS BY YVETTE ALDE. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies, of which this is one of 230 printed on fine Marais wove paper. Folio. Loose as issued in...

Les Corsaires du Roi (with original lithographs by Jo Merry) (Merigeault)

t'Serstevens, Andre (Jo Merry, illustrator) (Merigeault) · 1945 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$175.00 (€158.39 | £132.30 | ¥27,977)

Paris: Editions du Pavois, 1945, Illustrated with 43 original lithographs by Jo Merry (the assumed name of Merigeault), of which 12 are full-page hors-texte tinted lithographs. From a total edition of 500 numbered copies, this is one of 450 printed on fine Rives wove paper. ...

Tartarin de Tarascon (illustrated by Andre Collot)

Daudet, Alphonse (Andre Collot, illustrator) · 1930 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris: Librairie Paul Cotinaud, 1930, Daudet's masterpiece, illustrated throughout with original color-printed etchings by Andre Collot. Edition limited to 330 numbered copies, beautifully printed on fine Rives wove paper. From the collection of Luis de Caralt, the Barcelon...

Heureux les humbles. Nouvelles. (Illustrated with original etchings by Pierre Falke)

La Varende, Jean de (Pierre Falke, illustrator) · 1949 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Lyon: Cercle Lyonnais du Livre, 1949, The last book illustrated by Falke, who in fact died before it was published. With a suite of 14 original etchings printed on seven double folio sheets. In these etchings Falke achieves a spontaneity and economy of line reminiscent of t...

Portrait de Jacob Balgley. Orné de gravures originales

Roger-Marx, Claude (Jacob Balgley) · 1959 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, Editions Manuel Bruker, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of the only monograph on Jacob Balgley (Brest-Litovsk, 1891-Paris, 1934), a Russian-Jewish artist who moved to Paris and died young, having achieved great proficiency as a printmaker. While this publication was issued 25 y...

Le baiser au lepreux (illustrated by Henri Mirande)

Mauriac, Francois (illustrated by Henri Mirande) · 1925 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris: Emile-Paul Freres, 1925, A livre d'artiste with 18 haunting original full-page hors-texte lithographs by Henri Mirande. From a total edition of 316 copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 60 COPIES ON FINE HANDMADE DUTCH LAID PAPER, WITH THE LITHOGRAPHS ON FINE WOVE PAPER. From ...