Tegneserier og illustration

Sites légendaires et historiques d'Alsace. Illustrations de Bernard Gantner.

Pierre Schmitt (Bernard Gantner, illustrator) · 1974 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Strasbourg, Editions Publitotal, BEAUTIFULLY BOUND, AND WITH AN OUTSTANDING SIGNED DRAWING. A wonderful illustrated book devoted to Alsace, with illustrations depicting both famous landmarks and picturesque cities, towns, and villages. Edition limited to 700 numbered copies,...

Quelques aventures de Maître Renart. Burins de Joseph Hecht

Joseph Hecht, illustrator · 1950 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Michel de Romilly / La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine, A beautifully and utterly charming livre d'artiste, with 14 ORIGINAL BURIN ENGRAVINGS BY JOSEPH HECHT. From a total edition of 265 numbered copies, this is one of 230 printed on fine Rives wove paper. Folio. Loose a...

Etskunst, techniek en geschiedenis. Met voorwoord van H. Teding van Berkhout

Jan Poortenaar · 1930 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Amsterdam, J.H. de Busy, First edition. A handbook devoted to the art of etching, illustrated with SIX ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS ON FINE PAPER BY THE AUTHOR, EACH SIGNED IN PENCIL, and 174 reproductions. XVI, 216 pp + plates. Edition limited to 375 numbered cop...

Dalí de Draeger WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING BY SALVADOR DALÍ

Max Gérard (Salvador Dalí) · 1968 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$9,750.00 (€8,824.58 | £7,371.00 | ¥1,558,713)

Paris, Draeger, First edition. A PRESENTATION COPY FOR DR. ROUCAUTE (Dalí's personal physician), with a SIGNED AND DEDICATED INDIA INK DRAWING BY DALI ON A PRELIMINARY BLANK. Most of Dalí's presentation drawings were done on the spur of the moment in ballpoint or felt-tip pe...

La politique coloniale du Père Ubu. Croquis par Georges Rouault.

Ambroise Vollard (Georges Rouault, illustrator) · 1919 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Editions Georges Crès et Cie., First edition. A LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF VOLLARD'S "UBU" PLAYS, a satire of French colonial policy (Vollard, of course, was from Reunion Island.) 29 pp. Illustrations by Georges Roualt. ONE OF ONLY 25 NUMBERED LARGE-P...

La Butte des Moulins, avec documents archéologiques et administratifs inédits, par le Dr. Moura. Eaux-fortes de A.-P. Martial.

Bertrand Moura (Adolphe Martial Potémont, etchings) · 1877 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, Vve Cadart, AN OUTSTANDING SET, ONE OF ONLY 15 PRINTED ON CHINE APPLIQUÉ. A wonderful monograph and suite of etchings devoted to the Butte des Moulins, a picturesque Parisian neighborhood that was, when these etchings were executed, about to be razed so that the Avenue...

Le vieux Paris de St. Séverin à St. Etienne du Mont. Vingt eaux-fortes originales de Louis Toussaint. Préface de Jules Clarétie.

Louis Toussaint (eaux-fortes) and Jules Clarétie (préface) · 1909 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, Charles Bosse, A PORTFOLIO OF 20 STUNNING LARGE FOLIO ORIGINAL ETCHINGS OF CHARMING PARISIAN SCENES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TRADITONAL ARCHITECTURE, PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. Introduction by Jules Clarétie and 20 large folio etchings. Edition limited to 350 num...

L'imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune selon Jules Laforgue 1881-1886. Avec 4 eau-fortes de Jansem

Jules Laforgue (Robert Mallet, preface) (Jansem, illustrator) · 1974 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Les Cent Une, WITH ONE OF FIVE SUITES OF THE FOUR ETCHINGS (with aquatint) ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER, WITH EACH ETCHING SIGNED BY JANSEM. A wonderful livre d'artiste published by Les Cent Une, the first bibliophile society strictly for women. Illustrated with four fu...

Le cantique de soleil. Eaux-fortes originales de Camille Quesneville (Il cantico del sole, delle creature)

St François d'Assise (Saint Francis of Assisi, San Francesco de Assisi) (Camille Quesneville, illustrator) · 1953 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, Camille Quesneville (privately printed by the arist), A gorgeous livre d'artiste, ENTIRELY ENGRAVED BY THE ARTIST (both text and illustrations). Bilingual text, in Italian and French. ONE OF ONLY 165 NUMBERED COPIES, ALL PRINTED ON MARAIS WOVE PAPER. Large 4to. Loos...

Promenade avec Gabrielle. Texte et images lithographies en couleurs par Jean Giraudoux et Jean-Emile Laboureur.

Giraudoux, Jean (Jean-Emile Laboureur, illustrator) · 1919 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (NRF), AN OUTSTANDING COPY OF LABOUREUR'S EARLY ART-DECO MASTERPIECE, WITH A SUITE ON CHINE OF SIXTEEN PENCIL-SIGNED ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY LABOUREUR. The only book illustrated by Laboureur with color lithograph...

La conversion de Monsieur Gervais

Léonce Petit · 1881 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, G. Charpentier, éditeur, ONE OF ONLY FIVE LARGE-PAPER COPIES OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this comic illustrated work devoted to contemporary French manners. 3, 123 pp. Profusely illustrated with wood-engravings by the author. ONE OF ONLY FIVE NUMBERED COPIES PRI...

Le horla. Pointes sèches de Weisbuch.

Guy de Maupassant (Maurice Genevoix, preface) (Weisbuch, illustrator) (Pierre de Ridder association copy) · 1979 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Rouen, Société Normande des Amis du Livre, A stunning livre de peintre illustrated with 14 STRIKING ORIGINAL HORS-TEXTE DRYPOINTS BY WEISBUCH, THE LAST OF WHICH IS SIGNED IN PENCIL BY THE ARTIST. Edition limited to 130 numbered copies beautifully printed on fine Rives wove pa...

La vie inquiète de Jean Hermelin. Gravures de Pierre Falké.

Jacques de Lacretelle (Pierre Falké, illustrator) · 1926 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$195.00 (€176.49 | £147.42 | ¥31,174)

Paris, Edmile-Paul frères, A livre d'artiste illustrated throughout with delicate wood-engravings by Pierre Falké, printed in beige. V, 253 pp. From a total edition of 225 numbered copies, this is ONE OF 25 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. 4to. Original wraps. U...

Das Märchen von den Bremer Stadtmusikanten. Mit 5 Holzschnitten von Walther Klemm. (The Musicians of Bremen)

Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm (Walther Klemm, illustrator) · 1922 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Weimar, Reiher-Verlag, A wonderful illustrated edition of the class ic tale, with FIVE FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE WOODCUTS BY WALTHER KLEMM, EACH WOODCUT DELICATELY HAND-COLORED BY THE ARTIST AND SIGNED IN PENCIL. Edition limited to 150 copies printed on fine laid paper. This copy...

Secreta Sibyllae (with unique original drawings / collaeges / watercolors / gouaches by Luigi Auriemma, Peppe Piorito, Gaetano Lomonaco, Antonio Monzoni, and Antonello Scotti)

Gerardo Pedicini (Luigi Auriemma, Peppe Piorito, Gaetano Lomonaco, Antonio Monzoni, and Antonello Scotti) · 1983 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

ILLUSTRATED WITH SIGNED UNIQUE MIXED MEDIA WORKS. A poem by Pedicini, followed by unique mixed media works (drawing, gouache, collage, and watercolor) by Luigi Auriemma, Peppe Piorito, Gaetano Lomonaco, Antonio Monzoni, and Antonello Scotti, all full-page and hors-texte, AND ...

Le satyricon. Cuivres gravés par André Derain.

T. Petronius Arbiter (etchings by André Derain) · 1951 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Ambroise Vollard / Georges Leblanc, An outstanding copy of this important livre d'artiste illustrated with 33 HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS BY ANDRE DERAIN. Derain executed the etchings in 1934 but they were not published until this livre d'artiste appeared in 1951. Large folio...

Sibilla. Poema drammatico in quattro atti (written and illustrated by Giulio Aristide Sartorio) PAGE PROOFS

Sartorio, Giulio Aristide (Ettore Cozzani, editor) · 1922 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Milano (Milan), L'Eroica, PAGE PROOFS FROM GIULIO ARTISTIDE SARTORIO'S "SIBILLA", one of the greatest Italian illustrated books of the 20th century, SIGNED IN INK BY THE PUBLISHER, ETTORE COZZANI. One bifolium (two leaves / four pages, the last page blank), with one full-page...

Les nouvelles de Marguerite, reine de Navarre

Marguerite de Navarre (Freudeberg and Dunker, illustrators) · 1780 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Berne (Bern), Chez la Nouvelle Société Typographique, Three volumes, complete. A PRISTINE LARGE-PAPER SET OF FREUDEBERG'S MASTERPIECE, THE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH LANGUAGE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, FAR AND AWAY THE GREATEST WORK OF ITS KIND PRODUCED IN ...

Le barbier de Seville. Décors et personnages. 56 lithographies par André Derain

Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (André Derain, illustrator) · 1963 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, An outstanding livre d'artiste based on Derain's costume and set designs for Beaumarchais' Barbier de Seville. ILLUSTRATED WITH 56 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY ANDRE DERAIN, of which 52 are in color. Edition limited to 270 copies, all prin...

Le Ieel bleu (with 10 original lithographs by Gilbert Lascault, the author)

Gilbert Lascault · 1998 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Nantes, Edition Marguerin et Le Petit Jaunais, A wonderful artist's book with 10 original lithographs by Lascault (including both front and back covers). Both text and images are printed lithographically. Edition limited to only 16 numbered copies, all printed on extremely fi...