Tegneserier og illustration

Paysages des Etats-Unis (American landscapes, with original lithographs and an original watercolor by Pierre Eugene Clairin)

Clairin, Pierre Eugene (text by John Brown) · 1947 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris: aux depens de l'artiste, c. 1947, A spectacular album of somewhat impressionistic color lithographs, dedicated to the artist's (American) mother, which depict the picturesque scenery of the East Coast from Massachusetts to Virginia, c. 1946. 13 original color lithogra...

Le carnet de reves (illustrated by Robert Bonfils)

Beucler, Andre (illustrated by Robert Bonfils) · 1927 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris: Aux Editions du Raisin, 1927, A livre d'artiste with 3 intriguing, complex full-page hors-texte original etchings by Robert Bonfils. The etchings show the influence of Cubism and Laboureur. From a total edition of 130 copies, this is one of 120 printed on fine Auverg...

Nouveaux contes cruels (Edouard Goerg, illus.)

Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (Edouard Goerg, illus.) · 1946 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris: Marguerat, 1946, A fabulous livre d'artiste illustrated with 30 original color lithographs by Edouard Goerg. Edition limited to 115 numbered copies. Beautifully printed on fine Lana wove paper. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. Fine and bright, in the orig...

U no es ningu (illustrated by Antoni (Antonio) Tapies)

Brossa, Joan and Antoni (Antonio) Tapies · 1979 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Barcelona: Poligrafa, 1979, Poems by Brossa illustrated by Tapies' artwork. One of 1500 numbered SIGNED BY BROSSA AND TAPIES. Folio, publisher's cardboard binding. Fine and bright, like new.

1992. Deux fragments d'une histoire universelle

Maurois, Andre (Jean Bruller, illustrator) · 1929 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$225.00 (€203.64 | £170.10 | ¥35,970)

Paris: Paul Hartmann, 1929, An attractively illustrated edition of this semi-serious look at what was then the future. Numerous original color aquatints by Jean Bruller. 4to. Original wraps. About fine.

La vida i l'obra de Soler i Rovirosa

Elies, Feliu (Francesc Soler i Rovirosa) · 1931 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Barcelona: Seix Barral, 1931, First and only edition of the best monograph on Soler i Rovirosa (1836-1900), the great Catalan set designer of the late 19th century. Profusely illustrated throughout. 43 beautifully produced full-page plates of set designs, several printed in...

Llambrec material / Material Glance / Regard Materiel (illustrated by Antoni (Antonio) Tapies)

Shuzo Takiguchi and Antoni (Antonio) Tapies · 1975 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Barcelona: Poligrafa, 1975, 16 poems by Shuzo Takiguchi illustrated with 12 hors-texte original color lithographs by Antoni Tapies. 9 of the lithographs are single-page (44 x 32 cm) and 3 are double-page (44 x 64 cm). From a total edition of 425 copies, this is ONE OF ONLY ...

Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux. Illustrations de Robert Bonfils

Prevost d'Exiles, Antoine Francois (Abbe Prevost) (Robert Bonfils, illustrator) · 1928 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris: Jules Meynial, 1928, An attractive livre d'artist illustrated with 22 ORIGINAL HAND-COLORED (pochoir) ART-DECO LITHOGRAPHS BY ROBERT BONFILS. Edition limited to 173 numbered copies printed on fine, thick Arches wove paper. 4to. Original wraps. Light wear and sunnin...

Le cantique des cantiques (the Song of Songs, illustrated by Edy Legrand)

Solomon (illustrated by Edy Legrand) · 1930 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris: N. Matzneff / Editions Orion, 1930, ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATED BOOKS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Illustrated with 35 original etchings (with aquatint and drypoint) by Edy Legrand. In these prints the artist conjures the exotism, dreaminess, and voluptu...

The New Freedom: Corporate Capitalism. By Fredy Perlman. Woodcuts by John Ricklefs.

Perlman, Fredy (illustrated by John Ricklefs) · 1961 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

New York: Lorraine and Fredy Perlman, 1961, First edition of Perlman's extremely rare first book, an anti-capitalist livre d'artiste. Text mimeographed. Illustrations by Ricklefs throughout, including FIVE DOUBLE-PAGE COLOR-PRINTED WOODCUTS ON FINE WOVE PAPER. Edition limi...

La bonne peinture. Eaux-fortes de Touchagues

Ayme, Marcel (Jacques Touchagues) · 1947 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris: Le Salon Carre / Editions G. Gregoire, 1947, Text by Ayme illustrated with 10 original full-page hors-texte etchings by Touchagues, many lightly erotic, all hand-colored with pochoir. Smaller decorations by Touchagues throughout. Edition limited to 299 numbered copie...

Le soir et le matin de la vie, ou conseils aux jeunes filles (with 8 hand-colored lithographs by Louis Lassalle)

Bassanville, La Comtesse de (Louis Lassalle, Illustrator) · 1850 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris: Desesserts, n.d. (c. 1850), First and only edition of this charming mid-19th century children's book with EIGHT FULL-PAGE HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS. Desesserts usually issued both colored and uncolored copies of each title, the former being far rarer. 4to. Bound in c...

Hudibras, A Poem

Butler, Samuel (illustrations by J. Clark) (William J. E. Bennett association copy) · 1822 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$325.00 (€294.15 | £245.70 | ¥51,957)

London, 1822, Two volumes, complete. 12 beautiful hand-colored aquatints by J. Clark. Second edition with these plates (first was 1819, and plates are dated 1819). An interesting association copy: from the collection of William J. E. Bennett, with his armorial bookplate. ...

Le neveu de Rameau (illustrated by Bernard Naudin)

Diderot, Denis (Bernard Naudin) (J.-L. Perrichon) · 1922 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris: Editions Edouard Pelletan / Helleu et Sergent Editeurs, 1922, An edition of Diderot's subversive classic illustrated by Bernard Naudin, one of the great book illustrators of the early 20th century. Includes a striking etched portrait of Diderot by Naudin, here present...

Les Erinnyes. Tragedie Antique. Bois dessines et grave par A. Bouchet

Leconte de Lisle (A. Bouchet, illustrator) · 1920 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris: Edouard-Joseph, 1920, A beautiful edition of Leconte de Lisle's classic, illustrated with wodcuts by A. Bouchet. Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies, of which this is one of only 50 printed on bright blue wove paper. Large squarish 8vo, original wraps. Uncut an...

Haiku. Grabados originales de Kouji Ochiai

Patterson, Keith and Jose Maria Sancho Fortich (original etchings by Kouji Ochiai) · 1981 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Barcelona, 1981-1982, A portfolio with six haiku by Patterson (in English, with a Spanish translation) and six more by Sancho Fortich (in Spanish, with an English translation). SIX ORIGINAL LOOSE ETCHINGS BY KOUJI OCHIAI, PRINTED IN COLOR, EACH NUMBERED (83/99) AND SIGNED IN ...

3 petites filles dans la rue (trois). Dessins en couleurs de Pascin.

Warnod, Andre (illustrated by Jules Pascin) · 1925 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$325.00 (€294.15 | £245.70 | ¥51,957)

Paris: La Fanfare de Montparnasse, 1925, First edition of this short novel by Warnod, illustrated thoughout with drawings by Pascin, hand-colored with pochoir. 4to. Original salmon pink wrappers. Wrappers lightly crinkled at spine with a small tear at base of spine, else a...

Le Livre de Tobie, Traduit sur la Vulgate....Illustrations de Maurice Denis, Gravees sur bois par Jacques Beltrand

Sacy, Silvestre de (translator), Jean-Pierre Altermann (preface), and Maurice Denis (illustrations) · 1929 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris: Beltrand, 1929, A livre de peintre copiously illustrated with beautiful, luminous color wood engravings designed by Maurice Denis and cut by Jacques Beltrand. Edition limited to 200 numbered copies beautifully printed on fine wove paper. Folio. Loose as issued in or...

Les Enfants peints par eux-memes. Types, caracteres et portraits de jeunes filles (written and illustrated by Saillet)

Saillet, Alexandre de · 1842 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$575.00 (€520.42 | £434.70 | ¥91,924)

Paris: Desesserts, 1842, First edition of this rare and important children's book. Complete with lithographed frontispiece and 36 charming full-page lithographs hors texte. Small 4to. IN THE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S CLOTH BINDING, boards decorated in blind, spine gilt, all edg...

Contes fantastiques (with aquatints by Andre Villeboeuf)

Fargue, Leon-Paul (Andre Villeboeuf, illustrator) · 1944 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris: Editions de la Galerie Charpentier / Daragnes, 1944, A beautiful, haunting livre d'artiste illustrated with 22 original aquatints by Andre Villeboeuf, 16 of which are full-page and hors-texte. The artist wrote extensively about Goya, and we see Goya's influence both i...