Tegneserier og illustration

Héro et Léandre. Poème dramatique en trois actes. Illustré par A.-E. Marty. (André-Edouard Marty)

Edmund Haraucourt (A.-E. Marty, illustrator) · 1930 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Le Livre Contemporain, THE UNIQUE SET OF PAGE PROOFS of this enchanting livre d'artiste. 114 pages in all, with 36 pages--each with typographical text and an original etching by Marty--signed and annotated "bon-à-tirer" by the artist. Printed on extremely fine handmad...

Les juifves. Tragédie, 1583. Lithographies originales de Léon Zack.

Robert Garnier (Léon Zack, illustrator) · 1948 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Editions A. et P. Jarach, A wonderful livre d'artiste illustrated with 29 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY LEON ZACK, 17 of which are full-page and hors-texte. From a total edition of only 166 numbered copies, this is one of 126 on extremely fine Lana wove paper. Folio. Loose...

Het nieuwe werk van Karel Appel / The new work of Karel Appel 1979-1981. Museum Biymans-van Beuningen Rotterdam 1982 (Allen Ginsberg association)

Wim Beeren and Cor Bok (Karel Appel) (Allen Ginsberg association) · 1982 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, A 44-page catalogue of a museum exhibition of Appel's recent work. Profusely illustrated in color. The inside rear cover, unprinted, features A WONDERFUL FULL-PAGE (30 x 22 cm) SIGNED ACRYLIC PAINTING BY APPEL, SIGNED, DATED, AND AFFE...

Obliques. Numéro spécial. Butor / Masurovsky (one of ten copies with two original "estampes manuscrits" by Michel Butor and Gregory Masurovsky, each signed by both)

Michael Butor and Gregory Masurovsky · 1976 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris / Les Pilles, Editions Borderie / Obliques, ONE OF ONLY TEN NUMBERED COPIES PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER, WITH TWO LOOSELY INSERTED "ESTAMPES-MANUSCRITS" BY BUTOR AND MASUROVSKY, SIGNED BY BOTH, ON FINE WOVE PAPER. The body of this substantial special issue (160 pp) compr...

Pensées Sur L'homme Et Dieu. Eaux-fortes préparatoires. (Albert Gleizes)

Pascal, Blaise (Albert Gleizes) · 1950 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Casablanca, Editions de la Cigogne, Gleizes' suite of 15 large "eaux-fortes préparatoires" (Loyer 6-20) for Pascal's "Pensées sur l'homme et Dieu", the last great Cubist book. One of only 45 such suites, all printed on extremely fine Montval laid paper. Folio. Loose as issu...

Paris, capital du pittoresque (1944) [with] Paris, capitale du pittoresque (1945)

Marie-Louise Fraysse (Paul-Louis Guilbert, drypoints) · 1944 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Le Vésinet / Paris, Victor Dancette / L'Artiste, TWO ASTONISHING SETS OF DRYPOINTS, BOTH PRISTINE EXEMPLAIRES DE TÊTE, BY THE SAME ARTIST AND THE SAME TITLE, DEPICTING PARIS DURING AND JUST AFTER THE OCCUPATION. Guilbert was a wonderfully talented printmaker. The first featu...

Solange, ou introduction à la vie conjugale. Eaux-fortes de Sylvain Sauvage.

P. D'Aniell (Sylvan Sauvage, illustrator) (Paul Reboux, preface) · 1927 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, Au Cabinet du Livre, ONE OF ONLY THIRTY COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, WITH THREE STATES OF THE ETCHINGS. A charming little erotic livre artist, erotic verse illustrated with FIVE ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY SYLVAIN SAUVAGE. From a total edition of 360 numbered copies, t...

Het leelijke jonge Eendje, geteekend en gelithographeerd door Theo van Hoytema (lelijke)

Hans Christian Andersen (Theo van Hoytema, illustrator) (Hoijtema) · 1893 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Amsterdam, Printed by S. Lankhout for Van Gogh, A PROOF COPY ("proefexemplaar", on front cover) OF HOYTEMA'S MASTERPIECE, A MONUMENT OF DUTCH MODERNISM AND ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL CHILDREN'S BOOKS, IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. 31 mounted color lithographs (they are mounted only...

Images d'Amérique. Ornés de 25 bois originaux par Philippe Burnot

Jean Marie Carré (Philippe Burnot) · 1927 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Lyon, H. Lardanchet, A wonderful livre d'artiste devoted to the United States of the Roaring Twenties, illustrated with 25 art-déco-influenced woodcuts depicting New York, Florida, San Francisco and the Bay Area, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, etc. V, 143 pp. From a total ...

Suite des bois non utilisés (unused woodcuts) d'après Pierre Bonnard pour Sainte Monique

Ambroise Vollard (Pierre Bonnard, illustrator) · 1930 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$195.00 (€176.49 | £147.42 | ¥31,174)

Paris, Ambroise Vollard, Éditeur, The complete suite of unused woodcuts after Bonnard for "Sainte Monique", a livre d'artiste written and Published by Ambroise Vollard. Half-title, justification, title, colophon, and 15 FOLIO SHEETS (printed rectos only) WITH A TOTAL OF 37 WO...

Les amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloé. Traduction de Jacques Aymot. Gravures au burin de Jean Dulac.

Longus (Translation by Jacques Aymot) (Illustrated by Jean Dulac) · 1931 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Chez l'artiste, ONE OF A HANDFUL OF COPIES WITH ALL OF THE ENGRAVINGS BEAUTIFULLY COLORED BY HAND. A wonderful livre d'artiste, with 26 ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS, most lightly erotic, BY JEAN DULAC. From a total edition of 340 numbered copies, this is ONE OF A FEW COPIES ON...

Fables de La Fontaine. Eaux-fortes originales par Tigrane Polat

Jean de La Fontaine (Tigrane Polat, illustrator) (Louis Barthou, preface) · 1929 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Aux dépens d'un amateur, An outstanding livre d'artiste, one of the most beautiful editions of La Fontaine's fables. Illustrated with 70 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY TIGRANE POLAT, 23 of which are full-page and hors-texte. One of 130 numbered copies printed on very fine Rives...

Le maître du navire. Illustré de soixante-cinq bois originaux de Pierre Falké.

Louis Chadource (Pierre Falké) · 1925 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris, G. Crès, A PRISTINE COPY. An adventure novel illustrated with 65 ORIGINAL HAND-COLORED WOODCUTS BY PIERRE FALKÉ. IX, 248 pp. From a total edition limited to 365 numbered copies, this is ONE OF 300 PRINTED ON FINE RIVES WOVE PAPER. 4to. Original printed wraps. Entu...

Manières noires. Cinq gravures originales à la manière noire de Tadashi Motomura.

Moto (Tadashi Motomura) · 1982 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Nice, Editions d'Art de Francony, A portfolio of FIVE STUNNING MEZZOTINTS BY MOTO (Tadashi Motomura), EACH IN TWO STATES (in color and in black & white, so ten mezzotints in all.) Each mezzotint is signed and justified in pencil by the artist. Printed on fine handmade Moulin...

Oeuvres de l'Abbé Prévost. 79 gravures d'après Marillier.

Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles (L'Abbé Prévost) (Clément-Pierre Marillier, illustrator) · 1783 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$225.00 (€203.64 | £170.10 | ¥35,970)

Paris, A COMPLETE SET of 78 engravings after Marillier, complete with the portrait of Prévost by Ficquet after Schmidt (so 79 engravings in all, without text). The engravings are printed on fine laid paper and mounted on hinges. 8vo. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND in three-quarters céri...

Hamlet. Tragédie en cinq actes par William Shakespeare. Adaptation et préface par Vercors. Eaux-fortes originales par Jean Bruller.

William Shakespeare (translated by "Vercors", pen-name of Jean Bruller) (illustrated by Jean Bruller) · 1965 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Vialetay, AN ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR COPY OF ONE OF THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED HAMLETS. Illustrated with 24 SHADOWY AND HAUNTING ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY JEAN BRULLER (who, as "Vercors", was also the translator.) From a total edition of 330 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist-...

España sagrada. Eaux-fortes de Roger Bertin

Henry de Montherlant (Roger Bertin, illustrator) · 1951 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Dominique Wapler, A UNIQUE AND OUTSTANDING COPY OF A WONDERFUL LIVRE D'ARTISTE DEVOTED TO BULLFIGHTING. Illustrated with dramatic fulll-page hors-texte etchings depicting bullfighting scenes. While most copies have only a frontispiece and no additional etchings, this ...

Aventures du gourou Paramarta. Conte drôlatique indien. Orné de très nombreuses eaux-fortes par Bernay et Cattelain.

Constantino Giuseppe Beschi, Francisque Sarcey (preface), and L'Abbé Jean Antoine Dubois (translator). Bernay and Cattelain, illustrators · 1877 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, A. Barraud, AN UNIQUE AND OUTSTANDING COPY. A lively account, originally written in Tamil but here in French, of the adventures of a foolish guru. Profusely illustrated with etchings and wood-engravings by Bernay and Cattelain. IX, 184 pp plus numerous hors-texte etc...

Picture Story of Preparing Tea

0 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$195.00 (€176.49 | £147.42 | ¥31,174)

China, A most unusual book with ten color paintings on silk depicting the process of preparing tea. Brief text in Chinese and English. The illustrations are utterly charming. Printed on fine Chinese paper. 8vo. Accordion-fold. Wooden boards, as issued. Fine and bright, ...

Picture Story of Silkworm and Raw Silk

0 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$225.00 (€203.64 | £170.10 | ¥35,970)

China, A most unusual book with ten color paintings on silk depicting the process of making silk. Brief text in Chinese and English. The illustrations are utterly charming. Printed on fine Chinese paper. 8vo. Accordion-fold. Wooden boards, as issued. Fine and bright, wi...